in their second week, without power. amid extreme heat in louisiana and extremely challenging conditions. conditions that get more and more challenging, with each day passing. with the power still not returned. reviewing the damage today, president biden said quote, the evidence is clear. climate change poses an existential threat to our lives to our economy. the threat is here. it s not going to get any better. the storms are going to get worse and worse and worse. he said quote we have got to listen to the scientists and economists in the national security experts. they all tell us this is code red. the nation in the world are in peril. that is not hyperbole, that is a fact. president biden speaking today, again on his trip to new york in new jersey, of course what is he proposing to do on climate, is what s in his build back better plan. the big infrastructure bill. that democrats are trying to pass. one thing to sort of have in mind over these next few days, is by the end
bipartisan infrastructure plan and it has passed a critical vote with 17 republicans joining the democrats. senator mark warner, a democrat, joining us in five minutes with more on that. including $119 billion for roads and bridges and $66 billion for railways and $65 billion for broadband and $55 billion for water. it is a duty of government. and even faint praise by mitch mcconnell, the senate leader. but even still, it has to go through the house where they say it does not go enough, and the separate $3.5 trillion that the democrats will pass without the republican support. because of to vote last night, the senate is now moving forward with the bipartisan infrastructure bill, and we are on track to pass both elements of the two-track strategy before we adjourn for august recess. and let s kick it off with the nbc news capitol hill correspondent garrett haake, and it is good to have you with us, friend. how soon could the senate move on this, and what happens when
$3.5 trillion and they re saying we ve struck a deal. what does struck a deal mean? two weeks ago the white house was saying to me they made history with a bipartisan deal with republicans. that deal hasn t been signed. no, they struck a deal amongst themselves on $3.5 trillion and even amongst themselves it s only 11 democrats on the senate budget committee led by senator bernie sanders of vermont. you ve got the whole entire caucus that needs to sign off on this. that s going to be a much tougher lift. but this was the first step. as we mentioned this morning, this is a first step. they had to have this agreement, schumer has to find a way to get sanders and progressives to agree with moderates. but this was the first step. as you said, there s still a trillion dollar package out there on a bipartisan infrastructure deal. that s still got to happen and that s part of this whole complex game that is going on inside the senate right now. do we know where moderate senators
the message if they plan on run on about anything else? evidence that none of this is about her ability to do the job surfaced just after that interview. axios was first to report that mccarthy cause caught on a hot mic trashing liz cheney. a tape reviewed shows i think she has real prove, he told steve doocen. quote, i ve had it with her, i ve had it with her. i ve lost confidence. someone just has to bring a motion, but i assume that will probably take place. cheney s communication director made it clear, saying this, quote this is about whether the republican party is going to perpetuate lies about the 2020 election in an attempt to whitewash what happened on january 6th. liz will not do that. that is the issue. now, this is a watershed moment for the gop, making it official today the party is no longer some run of the mill opposition party committed to object instructing president biden s agenda. that is the old gop. what the gop is making official with today s attempte
celebrating black history month in the us. every february the united states pays tribute to the legacy and contributions of black americans. from the fight for voting rights to the civil rights movement, which pushed for an end to discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex or national origin. black history month in the us is a tradition that began in 1926 as a week long celebration of black history and culture started by author and civil rights activist dr carter g woodson. 50 years later in 1976, gerald ford would become the first us president to formally recognize it as a month long celebration. calling on americans to seize the opportunity to honour the too often neglected accomplishments of black americans in every area of endeavour throughout our history. it wouldn t be until 90 years after the first black history week that the nation s first black president, barack obama, would commemorate black history month at the white house. from our earliest days, blac