decade. a bipartisan achievement for biden. can anything else get through the senate? wisconsin has been at the forefront of the national republican efforts to override the will of the people. i will speak to the democratic governor of wisconsin who just vetoed republican efforts to undermine democracy in his state. as cvid cases surge in florida, patiences are suing the governor. i don t want to hear a blip about covid from you. when all in starts right now. good evening from washington, d.c. he was accused of sexual harassment. now he resigned. i m not talking about donald trump. rather, the democratic governor of new york, andrew cuomo. he was forced out under pressure from his own party. this situation by its current trajectory will generate months of political and legal controversy. that is what is going to happen. 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. therefore, that
texas state legislature last week as she shepherded them around on capitol hill. i am both officials attended the reception with the texas democrats, only six of whom who have now tested positive for covid. sandra: the nation s top health officials testifying before the senate committee today. there were some fireworks. republican kentucky senator rand paul and anthony fauci at one point going at it. listen here. it is a crime to lie to congress. do you wish to retract your statement of may 11th where you claimed that the nih never funded research in wuhan? senator paul, i have never lied it your microphone. senator paul, i have never lied before the congress, and i do not retract that statement. this paper that you are referring to was judged by qualified staff up and down the chain as not being of function. let me finish. you take an animal virus, increase the transmissibility to humans. that is correct. senator paul, you do not know what you are talking abo
going. it s very complex, and to track thing they re trying to do, never done before. i have to check with norm. am i getting ahead of this, there is just really going as well as i think? a wise thing to do. i often use norm for the same things. i look forward to the show, have yourself a good evening. thank you, ali. 24 hours after the senate s big bipartisan vote in favor of biden infrastructure bill, the enormity of the victory for president biden, appears to be even more solid than it did with last night 67 votes in favor of the bill. you judge the strength of pending legislation not with the words of its most ardent supporters, but by the words of people who could kill the legislation if they really tried. that s what makes the words mitch mcconnell said today, all the more important. mitch mcconnell entered the senate at the age of 20, two as an intern, with kentucky s republican senator john sherman cooper. mitch mcconnell return to the senate as a staffer 1960 a
through the crowds. i think the governor told his truth. i think it s a noble cause. it s whether he agrees with the cause whether the law will be enforced or not. he s right. it s a political cause. it is. it is. i appreciate that he clarified it. next hour starts now. it s a brand new hour. unvaccinated americans are reversing the country s progress in the pandemic. they are driving up cases and hospitalizations. here is today s math. all but four states are seeing an increase in cases. doctors subscribe the patient who is they are seeing as younger and sicker than what we saw in the winter. here is an example. in mississippi, the state health officer says 7 children there are in intensive care. two of them are on ventilators. as for kids who are eligible to get the vaccine, only 25% of those who are age 12 to 15 have gotten the shot. the white house has enlisted pop star olivia rodrigo to reach that group and young adults. she visited the president. she recorde
recovery efforts. no rescues overnight or this morning. the numbers stand as they have been. four people confirmed dead, 159 missing and this as officials continue to stress this is a search and rescue operation. here is the mayor of miami-dade. we continue to have hope. we re continuing to search. we re looking for people alive in the rubble, that s our priority and our teams have not stopped. that report that you cited from 1918, that there were cracks in the beams of the parking garage, around the pool deck and also erosion of the concrete. this has sparked an immediate audit of buildings in the area as well. this,as a memorial sprung up on a chain link fence. friends and relatives posting pictures and photos of those missing as we hear from those who survived that night. do you feel like you re given a second opportunity? i don t know why. what s our purpose, honestly. the fact is we survived and so many people didn t is definitely heartbreaking and i don t know