worry around the coronavirus pandemic builds. his coronavirus advisers were grilled on capitol hill today. instead the president choosing to focus on an issue he hopes unite and invigorate his political base. at least right now the votes aren t there. and progressives are skeptical. in fact, one of the leading progressive adds vo cats for voting changes who happens to be from georgia, snubbed the president, electing not to show up in atlanta today white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening,. peter: peter good evening, bret. the president isn t even back here yet the naacp is already pressuring him to back up today s big talk saying in a statement voting rights should not simply be a priority it must be the priority. it s not the only thing on the president s plate as covid continues to spread more than ever. it s worldwide. it s not slowing up very much. peter: covid cases in this country climbing higher, 1 and a h
administration a wake-up call, calling for an urgent strategy reset or risk losing credibility with the public. the president biden claims the white house is doing just fine. speak to what we ve been able to do is we have been able to generate significant federal help in terms of both coming into the hospital and administering all the help that the states need. that s what we are doing now but i m confident we are on the right track. dana: dr. anthony fauci and other top health officials getting grilled about president biden s handing out comic handling of the pandemic. frankly, you ve lost your reputation in the american people don t trust the words coming out of your mouth. i believe that s a real distortion of the reality. but perception is a reality and you are hurting the team right now. has any of this funding, this close to $83 billion that was supposed to be used for testing been diverted for other purposes? some of the funds have been used for mitigation
But over the past few weeks it just got my main untamed. elmer bliek if you are in the cleveland area. dana: did a nice job. i thought maybe it was because you ended up with covid i m giving it up my hair. we are glad you are healthy and look great. that s it for everyone. special report is up next. bret: thanks for the all star panel.com. i did not ethics that s all jesse. i do like the spitting fish. good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, president biden changes his policy on filibuster reform saying he now favors changing senate rules even if it means eliminating the filibuster in order to pass voting rights legislation. a filibuster for the minority, that biden fought to protect as a senator. the president went to atlanta today to push voting rights legislation as frustration and