In mississippi. The hospitals are full from memphis to gulf port, natchez to meridian. Everything is full. Everything is full. The i. C. U. Crisis is getting more critical by the hour. Some states are at or they are near capacity. Only a few hundred beds are left in some of the largest states in the south, or in the case of mississippi you see there on your screen zero. Mississippi is now requesting help from the federal government as they are dealing with this crush of coronavirus patients. And a critical staffing shortage. Theres a Field Hospital thats now being set up in a Parking Lot that could be used to take Care Of older teenagers with coronavirus. Some schools in mississippi, Indiana And Georgia have already gone back to virtual learning because of growing case numbers. Many are now rethinking mask policies. West Virginia Republican Governor jim justice warns that if cases continue to climb, as they clearly are, masks may be required in schools there. More children are now hosp
Thing. Jeff says get in here and you can wear sweatpants, too. I read it somewhere. Top of the hour, everyone, im alisyn camerota. Im victor blackwell. Any moment at the White House, the president will meet with West Virginia Republican leading negotiations on infrastructure. Interestingly, this is a Oneonone Meeting, and that really underscores just how crucial this conversation will be. There has been so much back and forth over the cost of President Bidens proposal, we may soon know whether they can actually get bipartisan support to get this thing passed or if the democrats will have to somehow go it alone. With us now, cnn senior white House Correspondent Phil mattingly. A Oneonone Meeting . Reporter i think your framing is good in that, yes, White House officials have made clear this is a Fish Or Cut Bait Decision by The End of this Week Or Start of next week in terms of what their pathway forward is. Thats why this conversation is so important. Not that the two the two negotiato
At airports, more than 1. 9 million passengers passed through tsa checkpoints just yesterday alone. That is easily the biggest Oneday Number since the start of the pandemic and new jersey, massachusetts, theyre all rolling Back Mask mandates as well. With me now, covering this for us, my Friend Cal Perry at reagan national Airport And Shaq brewster, whos got the best assignment in the biz. Those glasses. Come on, shaq, in miami, florida. Gloating. And you can just tell cal is angry underneath that mask there at the airport. Cal, im going to start with you on this one. American airlines announcing its not yet resuming serving alcohol in economy. What more do we know about this decision, and also, this uptick in Passenger Confrontations happening on planes right now . Reporter yes, so, American Airlines is actually following southwest in this policy. Southwest said they were going to bring back the drinking in economy class, but theyre delaying it at least until the end of the summer. No
Where things stand tonight from the north lawn. Good evening, peter. Peter good evening, bret. President biden spent a lot of time talking about ways he thought he could help the united states recover from the pandemic until recently. Now he is starting to look back to the beginning of covid19. Where the origin of the coronavirus. If i knew that i wouldnt ask for a 90 Day Review. I dont know. Peter within 90 days some are skeptical new evidence will emerge from an event more than a year and a half ago. Its not time to kick the can down the road and ask the Intelligence Community to look for 90 more days for something they have already been looking for 18 months. Peter some intel was in a March Version of the president ial daily briefing or pdb. Following that pdb he made clear make clear to declassify that information. Make it available to the public. Peter the declassified intel came in this rare public statement from the office of the director of national intelligence. It says spies
And Nikki Haley coming up right away. Sandra we begin with new development in evolving with the covid Lab Leak Theory as he issue take Center Stage again on Capitol Hill. Hello, im Sandra Smith in new york, welcome to tuesday and this is America Reports be when im John Roberts in washington, secretary of State Anthony Lincoln facing a new round of questioning today before two senate committees over whether a laboratory in wuhan, china, made a key role in the Covid Outbreak as a newlyserviced u. S. Government Lab Report from the early days of the pandemic down to the completely plausible and said it deserves further investigation. Sandra former State Department Official will join us next hour on that report which then led to an investigation during the Trump Administration. We Look forward to that but first, lets go to for jeppesen live at the State Department with the latest on that. Hannah, rich. Good afternoon, sandra. In their investigation last year, former State Department Officia