Were following multiple big developing stories tonight. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigning trying to avoid impeachment while also attempting to undercut the Sexual Harassment allegations forcing him out. Plus Delta Variant putting children at risk. Nearly 94,000 Children Testing Positive for covid in the past week. Why are some republican governors trying to punish schools for wearing masks in the classroom. And President Biden celebrating passing the 1. 2 trillion bipartisan bil that included 19 republicans. After years and years of infrastructure week, were in the couples of an Infrastructure Decade that i truly believe will transform america. We have proven we can come together to do Big Things, important things for the american people. If passed by the house, the bill would revamp the countrys roads and bridges while boosting broad band connections and fighting climate change. So lets start with cnn political Commentator David Axelrod and ron brownstein. Thank you both for jo
Straight ahead. All as Nbc News has learned a decision is expected really any time on sweeping new protocols for federal workers. The president strongly considering requiring the vaccine or else strict testing for all government employees, plus the cdc with an aboutface, vaxed and masked in certain places. And the politics of the pandemic taking center stage. Republican governors and lawmakers from Coast To coast pushing back saying not in my state and not legal. Well give you the Reality Check on both claims and correspondents standing by. On Capitol Hill the January 6th committee already planning their next hearing. Well talk about when that will be and who will be there as the Justice Department moves not to defend a republican congressman in a riot related lawsuit. Senator Elizabeth Warren to talk about it and the fragile Infrastructure Deal and the push to cancel student debt. Im Hallie Jackson in washington with Mike Memoli at the White House, Gabe Gutierrez in atlanta, Morgan Ch
The testimony from four Police Officers who risked their lives to protect our democracy and the members of the house and senate. The leader of thE Select Committee says tuesday was just the first step. Nothing is off limits in this investigation. We are absolutely committed to get to the bottom of what happened. You know, theres a record and in this institution, in a democracy those records are important. We plan to pursue them. And another stunning announcement from Olympic Superstar simone Biles Today who is now withdrawing from the womens individual gymnastics allaround competition, keeping the spotlight on athletes Mental Health on the worlds biggest stage. This is an opportunity for us, all of us, to really learn more about Mental Health. To help each other out. The only way that were able to be 100 authentic self is to take care of our Mental Health and our physical health. Thats the only way. Shaq brewster in arkansas, Morgan In Dallas and host of weekend today. Morgan, first to
to the january 6th capitol riot. a capitol police officer has been indicted on charges of insurrection. michael a. riley advised the rider to remove online facebook posts that could be incriminating. reilly allegedly took this person he was just looking out for them. let s go to cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider, how did this come to light? reporter: this is all detailed, alisyn, in a six-page indictment that was just unsealed this morning, after this officer, michelangelo reilly was arrested. officer reilly appeared in court an hour ago. it was visual. he was in his holding cell while the proceedings were held online. he s being released with restrictions, he needs to get approval for any travel. he can not have any weapons. that includes guns. this all came about according to this indictment in the beginning of january when this officer first friended someone who later appeared at the capitol riot, made his way inside the capitol. one day after the capitol rio
headed to florida. you can see it from outer space. we re going to tell you when and where it is expected to come ashore. and taylor swift fans rejoicing this morning. we ll have the new tracks she dropped while you were sleeping. cnn this morning starts right now. a very big newsday. it is friday. we re going to start with russia getting major show of support from china as the war rages in ukraine. beijing just announcing this morning that chinese president xi will head to moscow next week for the first time since the invasion they began. he will meet face-to-face with president putin. russia is desperately trying to turn the tide. china is thinking about sending weapons to help. but beijing has been casting itself as a peacemaker and chinese officials insist that is what this meeting is all about. translator: china will uphold an objective and fair position on ukraine crisis and play a constructive role in promoting talks for peace. cnn s will rippley live for