election lice whachlt did they learn? the chairman of the committee dick durbin, joins me next. plus millions of americans in danger of losing their homes can now breathe a sigh of relief because one democratic member of congress drove the most powerful person in washington to take action i ll speak to the leader of the protest, congresswoman cori bush, ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is in rewind. for the first time since february, the u.s. is averaging more than 100,000 new covid cases per day. hospitalizations and deaths are also once again on the rise. almost exclusively among the unvaccinated. president biden this week flash nud levels of frustration, rebuking republican governors for standing in the way of vaccine and mask requirements. some governors aren t willing to do the right thing to beat this pandemic and should allow businesses and universities who want to do the right thing to be able to do it. i say to these govern
finally pass an infrastructure bill. will they finally be able to get it done? i ll speak with a key republican negotiator, senator bill cassidy, next. attempted coup? an investigation by the top senate committee digs deeper into the plot to push trump s election lies, what did they learn? the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, dick durbin, joins me next. plus millions of americans in danger of losing their homes can now breathe a sigh of relief because one democratic member of congress drove the most powerful person in washington to take action. sometimes presence makes all the difference. that s what this was here. i ll speak to the leader of the protest, congresswoman cori bush, ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is in rewind. for the first time since february, the u.s. is averaging more than 100,000 new covid cases per day. hospitalizations and deaths are also once again on the rise. almost exclusively among the unvac
vaccines for concertgoers. hello and welcome to the programme. tokyo has recorded its highest number of new daily covid cases for six months ahead of the olympics opening ceremony in a matter of hours. almost 2,000 infections have been reported as the host city remains under a state of emergency. the official opening of the games later will be a subdued affair, with just 1,000 guests due to attend. let s go live now to our sports presenter, sarah mulkerrins, who s in tokyo. and sarah, there s only a matter of hours remaining until the opening ceremony? good afternoon and welcome to tokyo. we all wondered, didn t we, if we would ever get here to the opening day of the olympic games with the official ceremonyjust hours away. the coronavirus pandemic, well, it has altered the shape of these games into something we have never quite seen before for an 0lympics. they were delayed by one year, they are now here but they are, as you say, a more subdued affair. today we had got the l
but they believed it was worth it. they were serving a cause bigger than themselves. so they set out on the journey of a lifetime with just thee clothes on their backs. they took nothing apart from a private jet, iphones for selfies and regular social media updates, and a case of miller lite for sustenance. they forwent even their paperle obedience masks, the ones that federal laws require the rest of us to wear when we travel by air. not these people. they traveled light.t. they were like the vietcong marching 50 miles and sleeping in trees. they were only about their mission. finally after a grueling refueling stop at an fbo en route, they arrived in washington as conquering heroes. one of the pilgrims, an enthusiastic if not especially bright legislator called jean wu posted that fans were all but throwing themselves at them as they arrived at a national airport in d.c. virtue has its benefits. the group then even met with the president of the united states, kamala harris,
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