Ways. We just seem to have lost the ability to dialogue and to reason, and to do it in a way that s respectful and thoughtful, inside of politics. On monday, the democrats plan to pay for the $3. 5 trillion infrastructure bill that came into focus. The house ways and means committee announced tax hikes that would amount to nearly $2. 1 trillion in increased revenues. But left unscathed, the vast fortunes of the megarich, like mark zuckerberg and elon musk. Perhaps that s why congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez struck such a chord with the fashion statement heard round the world at one of the most opulent events of the year. And to aoc s credit, just a few days later, president biden seemed to echo her sentiments. People with tens of millions of dollars. They play by a different set of rules. Where is it written with all the tax breaks in the american tax code go to corporations at the very top. I think it s enough. I m tired of it. Meanwhile, as democrats plow full steam ahead on the
Negotiation space, something is happening behind the scenes that is helping some people get through, can you talk about that too to some extend? i know the most senior commanders on the ground are out and discussing with the taliban leaders that are manning the check points, what they need to look like, the details of that. As we know there are reports that some that are not able to get through there. I can tell you that the department of state, the consoler affair officers there are working there to ensure that documentation, names, and those things, as often as required, are at the check points allowing transition in there to get into the gates. And on the contingency plans, i m not going to get ahead of the planning process, one of our main job social security to make sure that the president has options. He wants to see this mission complete by the end of the month. We re still working towards that goal, but question will be drafting up potential drafts and sequels for what we feel
Watch it. And our colleague maybe her son had an incredible guest on last hour, i don t know if you saw. It had the woman who was the first fixed wing pilot from the first female fixed wing pilot from the air force who eventually had to apply for asylum in our country, because of the taliban hunting her. Her talking about happening what s happening in the country and her fear for her family, it s there is no word for it other than dire. A share your view that when many mehdi finishes he is sure it was riveting. May this have a better ending. Rachel, you have a good weekend. See on monday. Thanks, elaine. Well, it is. Friday friday the 13th. May seem silly to say this about joe biden is still the president of the united states. Perhaps you didn t know, but for months the my pillow guy was telling any person, gullible school who would listen, that some all chemical voodoo was going to make trump president again. And it was going to happen today. Right after joe biden and kamala harris re
It s hard. The women s 400 meter race was another hotly anticipated event and in another big surprise, australia s beat out olympic champion katie ledecky, that was not expected at all. 18 months into the pandemic, dr. Anthony fauci says the u. S. Is headed in the wrong direction. New daily covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths are spiking in certain pockets across the country. Particularly arkansas and florida. The cdc says every single county in both states is an area of high transmission. Still, florida s governor is fighting any mandates that would help bring the numbers down. The mayor of new york city is mandating all city employees be vaccinated by september 13th or be tested weekly. The white house had been reluctant to vaccine mandates. That s until now. A short time ago, we learned that the department of veterans affairs will require its front line health care workers to be vaccinated. The va is the first agency in the federal government. Related to the veterans affairs. Y
The olympic games are under way in a world still very much in the grip of this pandemic. The virus forced a yearlong delay of these games. And once again the illness is surging there in japan. The risk made for a subdued opening ceremony, let s call it, in a nearly empty stadium. Even as fourtime grand slam tennis champion naomi osaka lit the cauldron, there was no doubt these olympics will be unlike any other we ve ever seen. The ioc did not require athletes to be fully vaccinated against covid. Just today the doctor for team usa estimated that 83% of the competitors were fully vaccinated. That s still a lot better than our country as a whole. Over half the nation remains unvaccinated. Cdc says today saw the lowest number of shots given since early january. That plus this super contagious delta variant continue to drive this surge in new covid cases. Cdc data are showing the sevenday average of new cases now the highest its been are you ready for this since the beginning of may. As we