Good day everyone. Welcome to Alex Witt reports. We begin with President Bidens Big Week ahead. A short time ago he was seen on a Bike Ride in Rehoboth Beach before he takes on another Brewing Crisis a fallout with french President Macron which is angered by a secret deal to sell submarines to australia. He ignored some questions there. But this week he will also deliver an address to the u. S. General assembly, host a Vaccine Summit and then friday will be hosting the quad leaders summit. And then on capitol hill, the battle over reconciliation is heating up among democrats are Senator Manchin renewing debate over whether the 3. 5 trillion Price Tag is too high. Here is Bernie Sanders response. Were taking on the pharmaceutical industry, were spending millions and millions of dollars trying to make sure that they could charge us ten times more than the people of other countries for drugs. Were taking on the Health Care industry. Does not want to expand medicare. Were taking on the fos
Administration to reassure him that Donald Trump had no plans to attack china in an effort to remain in power and that tHe u. S. Was not collapsing. Yet despite his assurances, General Milley was so concerned about trump that later that day He convened a meeting with top commanders to remind tHem that tHe procedures for launching a Nuclear Weapon called for his involvement in such a decision. THe book also sHeds light on just how close tHe u. S. Came to a fullblown international crisis with china. From THe Times in tHe days leading up to tHe 2020 election tHe book reveals american intelligence showed that tHe chinese believed trump planned to launch a Military Strike to create an international crisis that He could claim to solve as a Lastditch Effort to beat Joe Biden. General milley who has become increasingly concerned about chinas growing Military Power and tHe potential for one misread one Misread Move to set off combat between THe Worlds superpowers First Called General Lee On A S
Hit 40 Million covid cases but its not just new infections. Weve got covid deaths up in 48 states, nearly every state in the country. Since the pandemic started, more than 651,000 deaths are being blamed on covid19, all of it as millions of americans might be finishing up Labor Day Travel heading home today. Theres also new concern this morning with Covid Hospitalization rates in kids and teens, rising fivefold, given this Delta Variant. I want to go live to guadvillegas. If you look at the numbers over A Thousand schools have been forced to close because of the spread of the virus and the number is expected to increase as more kids become infected. This morning, as americans look ahead to the fall, questions about when many adults can take a covid booster shot, while children under 12 facing a new School Year are still unable to be vaccinated at all, as the Covid Case Count continues to rise. A staggering 40 Million infections in the u. S. And with covid deaths rising in 48 states, th
Breaking news out of albany, which has dramatically interrupted the action in washington as the new York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced to the surprise of many that he is resigning. I think that given the circumstances the best way i can help now is if i step aside and let government get back to governing. And therefore, thats what ill do. Because i work for you. And doing the right thing is doing the right thing for you. The resignation came one week after the new York Attorney general released a scathing report outlining 11 different claims by women that cuomo sexually harassed them. And as State Lawmakers continued with Impeachment Proceedings against him. Now, despite stemg down as governor, cuomo continues to deny that he did anything wrong. The Attorney General did a report on complaints made against me by certain women for my conduct. The report said i sexually harassed 11 women. That was the headline people heard and saw and reacted to the reaction was outrage. It should have
Good morning. Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee these come to order. We are holding a public pandemic. We will have an Opening Statement and introduce our witnesses. After the give testimony, senators will each have five minutes for a round of questions while yet unable to have the hearing fully open to the public or media for imprisonment pundits, live video is available on our committeeo website health. Senate. Gov in this if anyone is in need of accommodations, reach out to the Committee Or Office of congressional sensibilities service. We are at a time of great Promise And Peril in the fight against covid19 while i am encouraged by the fact that two thirds of adults in our country received their first Dose Of vaccine, i am alarmed by how the rate of vaccination has been slowing and driven by the Delta Variant of covert cases and deaths are on the rise again. Five counties in my state currently have high levels of transmission according to the centers for Disease