so it s very positive. i view this as an early test whether the democracy was recovering. meanwhile trump loyalists in congress targtding colleagues for the sin of voting to actually do something, a situation that left a republican congressman that voted for an infrastructure bill searching for words after getting death threats like this one. voted for dumb ass biden. you re stupider than he is. [ bleep ]. piece of crash. i hope you [ bleep ] die. i hope your [ bleep ] family dies. i hope everybody in your [ bleep ] staff dies. it is so unsettling. you know? this is not what our democracy is about. these physical threats not only to ourselves but to the family members as well as to our staff. it is a sad day in america when this type of stuff i got a better four-letter word for it but i ll save you, when it happens. president biden is going to sign that infrastructure bill into law tomorrow and the administration out in force today to assure americans they have a pl
to find enough common ground to pass a social spending bill before the midterm season. we begin this hour with nbc news correspondent heidi business bella and gary grum baugh on capitol hill. the white house trying to turn momentum here and approval ratings, also. could this help him do that? reporter: for sure, lindsey, the president calling it a blue collar blueprint to rebuilding america. the scope of it is similar to the interstate highway system back in the 1950s. it s going to be a major investment definitely expected to help businesses, deliveries and commuting easier. the second part is equally as important, guys. this is the part that is going to help women work outside the home. we all know women are an important part of the workforce. overall, some of the investment houses that are looking at this, economic forecasters rather, expected to add .4% in 2022. those are the two systems combined. here is the president. we took a mon mental step forward. we learned
and we ll examine the ever-increasing military might that might back up those intentions. and the legacy of colin powell. should we admire him as a soldier and statesman? weapons of mass destruction or deride him for that u.n. speech? then we will check in on the troubling condition of afghanistan under the taliban two months after the fall of kabul. and with author kati marton, we will discuss angela merkel s 16 years in office and what her pending departure means for europe s future. but first here s my take. are we returning to the 1970s as several commentators have recently claimed? there are surprising similarities, the humiliating withdrawal from afghanistan echoes the u.s. defeat in vietnam. prices are rising along with demands for higher wages, even as economic growth is stalling. a new economic superpower is challenging american supremacy. back then it was japan, now it s china. on closer examination, however, most of these analogies turn out to be supe
part of two years. a lawsuit filed against the administration for colluding with big tech. arguing in this case government is outsourcing the big tech partners and fighting back. counting down to the kersh. . janice: i m exciting to bring you all the sights and sounds from the kentucky derby. brian: that s the man that used to be married to kim kardashian doing what he does best singing out loud. that is new hampshire. i had any state i could pick from, i think it was fourth grade to do a state report and i picked new hampshire. and i wrote the state house and they actually wrote me back with a bunch of facts. i think i did well. pete: i bet right from the source. and you mailed it to them, right and they mailed the information back. brian: wrote a letter longhand and sure enough new hampshire said you should come. only been there twice. last time i was there was it the republican convention? pete: yep, it was there. rachel: does kanye sing out loud or doe
have been sheltering for weeks. jill biden has arrived in eastern europe in solidarity with ukraine. and we will dig into the new numbers with labor secretary marty walsh. and federal abortion rights, as the leaked draft opinion from the supreme court continues to send shock waves through the nation. another journalist has been killed. we will bring you the latest. we begin this busy hour with the latest of the russian invasion of ukraine. an exclusive that u.s. intelligence helped ukrainian forces help to sink the war ship. embas rassing blow to valdimir putin. it sank after being hit by two missiles. the u.s. didn t know they would target the ship. the u.n. said that 500 people safely fled the city. president 00 accused moscow of attacking critical infrastructure. all this, we are hearing terrifying stories of those who survived russia s violent occupation. this woman described what happened to her family when russian forces were in bucha. i screamed lay down. my moth