Want the democrats to go it alone, but the president doesnt seem ready to throw in the towles. This meeting is to take place at 2 45 Behind Closed Doors with the senator from West Virginia. The president set that memorial Day Deadline for serious progress to be made. We are hearing from the president s aides and allies, trying to amp up the urgency saying they cant sit and negotiate forever. We heard from pete buttigieg. When they return from congress, saying they need a clear direction. But there is a big gap between where the republican senators sit and the president sitsz. Sits. 928 Billion presented by the republican. And it is not just how do you pay for this, but what money in the first place. Democrats say this should be new money. Republicans want to use what is already allocated but unspent money going forward. The two of them will be meeting Behind Closed Doors. This is the president who viewed himself as the president of service. Leo. Everyone said they have negotiated in go
A very good day to All Of You from Msnbc World headquarters here in new york. Welcome everyone to Alex Witt reports. We begin this hour with an encouraging trend on the first Holiday Weekend since Mask Mandates were lifted for vaccinated americans. 43 states are experiencing a decline in coronavirus cases over the past two weeks. It comes as the country tops 33,400,000 cases with almost 600,000 americans losing their lives to the virus. And with the drop in cases comes a Record Spike in travel. The tsa says 1. 9 million travelers passed through checkpoints on friday, making this the first time since the pandemic last march that Passenger Volume reached that height in a single day. And heres some breaking news. Were just learning that American Airlines will maintain its ban on Alcohol Sales to Economy Passengers until midseptember. That is according to Usa Today travel. Helping us Track Life after lockdown and the first Summer Holiday without masks since 2019, nbcs Shaquille Brewster is
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The latest republican led state trying to enact new Voting Restrictions in the shadow of President Trumps Big Lie. Democrats effectively killed the bill walking out of the State Capitol in austin. Republicans had votes to pass sb 7, but the democratic group left the gop short of quorum minutes before midnight when the states legislative session ended. Sara murray joins me live. What happens now . Democrats know it could be a shortlived victory. Texas governor abbott, a republican, came out swiftly, said this is a top priority for him. He is going to call a Special Session to make sure it gets done. Texas democrats walking off the House Floor late sunday. We wont let them disenfranchise voters. It was short of the lawmakers needed for a vote. Killing the bill for the legislative session. It may be dropped only temporarily. Greg abbott, a republican, saying it is deeply disappointing the bill didnt reach his desk, vowing to call a Special Session. After hours of heated debate, after repu
Time need needed for schools to make adjustments. Carley most people assumed Cdc Guidance would change as we learned more about the virus. This is for the rest of this School Year. Just a few weeks. But we do know the virus doesnt traditionally spread in schools well ventilated. A lot of parents are wondering why are students being masked . There are a lot of adverse effects that could happen. One parent wrote an oped in Usa Today, let my children take off their masks. The science says it is safe. That Mom Hadley Heath manning bows it on to say, there is reason to believe young childrens emotional and verbal development depend greatly on human faces. Suffering from being surrounded by adults and people wearing masks in public places. The time to free children is is come and gone. The woman that went viral said take these masks off my children. Pete the sad reality there doesnt feel like real Pressure Or Ability to push administrators across the spectrum to make the move about masks. It