with the taliban leader baradar in kabul as first reported by the washington post. mr. biden has been meeting with his national security council along with g7 on a secure video line this morning and we are following breaking news from capitol hill. the house is back in session and now moving towards a procedural vote this afternoon to begin debate on a massive budget bill, the first step towards the democratic leadership s goal of trying to pass the budget before getting to the smaller bipartisan infrastructure bill and on the coronavirus, dr. anthony fauci saying today that the fda s full approval of the pfizer vaccine will bring new national enthusiasm for vaccine mandates and already today lsu announcing that the school will require fans 12 and older to provide proof of vaccination or a negative covid test before attending lsu football games, but let s begin with nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel in kabul, nbc news correspondent courtney kube and kelly o donn
900,000 shots being given every day, mean time with the delta variant sending people, kids, to the hospital. regular testing for all teachers and other personnel statewide. in texas, counties defied orders from their governor and imposed mask mandates. governor abbott and some people in there political party following president trump has politicized this masking, public health and vaccination when there is no politics. the virus doesn t care what your politics are. what your political party is, how you feel about any issue. that is dallas county judge clay jenkins. he ll be joining us shortly. first, chief medical correspond dr. sanjay gupta and the distributor of minnesota center for disease and research and policy. sanjay, the news that the fda is expected to give authorization. can you explain what that means and who you think would be eligible? yeah. i think we re talking nine to ten million people here, three to four percent of the population. for example, cancer p
california governor ordering regular testing for all teachers and other personnel statewide. in texas, counties defied orders from their governor and imposed mask mandates. dallas county the latest today. governor abbott and some people in there political party following president trump has politicized this masking, public health and vaccination when there is no politics. the virus doesn t care what your politics are. what your political party is, how you feel about any issue. that is dallas county judge clay jenkins. he ll be joining us shortly. first breaking vaccine news first, chief medical correspond dr. sanjay gupta and the distributor of minnesota center for disease and research and policy. sanjay, the news that the fda is expected to give authorization. for a third dose. can you explain what that means and who you think would be eligible? yeah. i think we re talking nine to ten million people here, three to four percent of the population. whose immune systems ar
competition in our world. we re gonna watch on his competition for the next couple of weeks and i m excited for. that there is a reason why we love sports because we love meritocratic competition and that is what it is, and if there s a reason we love it, that s why. have a good night. rachel thanks. tonight we are sounding the alarm now is the time to protect the right to vote. everyone s right to vote, not next, week know what s the nonsense. the fraud in arizona not when the next election comes around, but in fact, now. each moment wasted is another moment for republicans to stop more of us from exercising that right. and that s how it s going to go. in a brand-new report, the justice finds that just since the start of this year, 2021, 18 states have passed 30 laws to restrict voting access. 18. we re only halfway through the year. you can bet more coming. last, night president biden reiterated that he would not advocate for getting rid of or weakening the filibu
journalists records. we will dive into the hands-off relatesship with the doj as he tries to set boundaries for the agency. plus, today marks 40 years since the first cdc report on what we call aids. how far have we come and what is next in the fight against hiv. and we will talk about pro sports with nba hall of famer chris bosh. i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. it has been quite a week and this week was marked both by anticipation and anxiety. one reason for the anxiety among many americans, the former president will speak any moment now at the republican state convention. he is expected to touch on some familiar themes. we re monitoring it in case he commits news, and nbc s ali vitali is there in north carolina. we will have an update from her in a moment. tonight caps a week of trump-related news. he has reportedly been telling friends he will be reinstated as president this summer. for those of you playing the home game, it is not possible. also, h