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reassure, reaffirm ties and we are live overseas. but as the president tries to build bridges there, his agenda here at home is running into roadblocks. senators are rallying to drum up respect after an unprecedented effort to restrict voting. it's a push that looks like it is going nowhere right now. a push on infrastructure is seeming stalled after a break down. a new offer is on the table, will it be enough to move the needle. along with our nbc news team. boris johnson will meet with the

queen and meet with world leaders in cornwall. next monday and tuesday he is going to brussels to meet with nato leaders. and then in one week from today it is a highly anticipated face to face with russian president vladimir putin. that is something that the world will be watching, high stakes for sure. the british ambassador to the u.s. is saying there is a bit of a trust deficit after four years with that america first agenda. how does that play out? >> president biden is going to pursue a very similar position especially when it comes to foreign policy. everybody recognizes that biden is simply not making foreign policy a priority. everybody gets that because every world leader will be attending.

mainly that pandemic, but as you know on these trips all of the stuff, all of the important information is really don't that really seals deals is done ahead of time. it is part of the mission here. a lot of the former and current diplomats say that a lot of this work, because the president is pursuing such policies, is really about repairing the plumbing. making sure the state department. the diplomats throughout the world are working toward u.s. goals and the president and the white house are engaged to make things happen. that is what this is about. even as we go ahead and do a lot of the same stuff as president china did. when it comes to nato. nay wanted officials to increase

their spending so they can match what is happening. they are going to be polite, respectful, and they show that the global institutions matter more even more than they have before they will be looking at the trump years saying this goes to show that the american voter is very vickle and that anything can happen from any future president. american politics can change overnight depending on the mode of the voter. it can be denied by a future president. that's the insecurity that the leaders are looking at. biden called in 2019, he called

prime minister johnson here a physical and emotional clone of president trump. on a personal level there is a little acromony, too. as far as deliver rabbles, as much as they exist, they talk about democracy. what is he opening to accomplish? it is more of a focus on the means rather than the ends, and the means being reestablishing america's place at the negotiating table, reaccomplishing america as a reliable partner. this challenge that matt laid out there about the allies, the other developed countries being jittery about whether or not

they can trust them to be there. those are not concerns that the biden administration is very aware of and will try to overcome. here is what the president had to say before leaving on this trip a few moments ago. >> make it clear to putin and let them know that europe and the united states is tight. >> i will add, i spoke to somebody that helped prepare them for these trips, they said these personal relationships is something that biden really feels he has a strong strength, a lot of the work is done ahead of time but the real work comes over the cocktails, over the dinner, and the long walks. that is something that biden can get out of this try trying to

solidify those relationships. >> we're going to follow this throughout the day and the week right here on msnbc. his domestic agenda keeps hitting hurdles. joe manchin throwing up roadblocks and a key bill is in jeopardy. that is why senate democrats are rallying over the supreme court. they're putting restrictions on. mitch mcconnell is make making it clear that he doesn't think voting reform is necessary. where does this go next. >>. >> where it is starting right now is the democratic senators

are making the trek to rally on this issue, the for the people act. despite the fact they don't have the votes to pass it. senator joe manchin came out opposed to it. they say it is a partisan bill. he cannot get behind the legislation. they are trying to raise the awareness of this legislation and this is the beginning u of a very public pressure campaign to perhaps convince him to change their mind. they will show the voters and they will try to pass this legislation. this is all gearing up to a vote

at the end of this month on the for the people act. if there is any changes, and my ours are telling me that the votes are not yet. let's see where it goes. >> thank you, let's talk about infrastructure, right? that deal to try to fix up the nation's roads, bridges, rails and more are mitting another roadblock. a new plan is trying to jump start things. let me bring in garrett haake. what's the deal with any movement here. this looks like it was going nowhere. maybe it is going somewhere, but

what is the destination? i think the first rule of infrastructure week is that hope springs eternal. and with the end of the conversation -- >> do we not talk about it? >> now, we talk about infrastructure week all of the time, hallie. so with the end of this conversation yesterday, the negotiations that have been blessed, they are trying to reach out with their own alternatives. that was close to the level of spending. it doesn't include any information about how they would pay for it. secondly there is a group of about 20 bipartisan senators and about ten of them have been intensely focused on this issue. they met for several hours, and they were getting close on the top line number. perhaps around that trillion dollar mark.

they, too, are struggling to come up with ways to pay for this. the republican ideas, taking money that was allocated but not spent. user fees for highway and other infrastructure, it was rejected by the president. so that is the challenge that this group meets. there is a significant mix of people in this group. there are at least in theory enough republicans that you could get there and with the danger of these things is that these discussion groups become a senate book club. they meet and meet and talk and talk but they get nowhere in terms of producing a product. we'll see they have time when the president is overseas. >> if they're like my book clubs there is wine involved. there is another key priority and that is judicial nominations. they talked about it quite a bit

on the campaign trail. >> yeah, that is absolutely right. they were able to confirm and the remaking of the federal judiciary is mitch mcconnell's biggest achievement with hundreds of federal judges at every level installed in that time. they really focused on that time when the senate and democrats have their first two federal judges confirmed as of yesterday. we were looking for a replacement for merrick garland. democrats are definitely playing catch up here. they are keenly aware that the federal judiciary that is a lot more conservative thanes ago. they're trying to reverse that trend and chipping away at it. >> garrett haake, live for us on capitol hill. coming up the richest

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on capitol hill senators are back in session in just around 15 minutes and the big question facing top democrats today is what is their next move to fully investigate why and how january 6th happened. chuck schumer is signaling that he may bring up the bipartisan commission idea back up for a vote, but at this point there is nothing to suggest that the outcome would be any different this time around. the new senate report out this week has not changed any minds in the republican party. >> had we chosen to establish a

commission we would be haggling over appointments for the next few weeks. what we needed was a quick solution to the problem of security and pursue of those that broke the law with the justice department that assures me it's going on very aggressively. >> i'm joined now by sandra garza. good morning and thank you for being on the show. >> some of the details as you know, i wonder how you're doing this morning and what your reaction has been now that you have had time to digest it. >> honestly, to hear that clip of mitch mcconnell making excuses is enraging.

this is full protection of trump. they don't want a full commission because they know it would expose donald trump for inciting that riot that day. >> tell me more, do you think it was a mistake to not consider the trump factor that day? >> in my opinion i think trump was the gun and those people were the trigger for him that day. as far as i'm concerned he has blood on his hands for the people that died that day as well as suicides that occurred after, and for officer billie evans, and thank god there has not been any other suicides after the fact. but that issing something that i as a mental health professional am very concerned about.

and unseen injuries from that day, but i absolutely 100% hold trump accountable for that day. the people that were there are absolutely responsible for their actions, but we're talking about the president of the united states at the time. not a celebrity that has some followers on twitter and instagram, right? we're talking about the president of the united states at the time who could not accept defeat, that's really what it was. he was so fragile that he could not accept that he lost and he want today go over and have his people take the capital over and get back into office by brute force. it's totally unacceptable. they don't want a full commission because they know it would expose him for what he did

and the role he agreed to play. anyone with a brain in their head knows that he did not call the national guard in immediately. he watched it on television. he saw the officers being pummelled, and he did absolutely nothing. >> you have not a long time anti-trump person and you were a supporter of the former president for a bit. i know you said you would be willing to meet with him to talk to him, has there been any outreach on your part to try to do that? >> they have not made any exact with me. i certainly would be willing to meet with him because i deserve answers. brian's family deserves answers. i would will being to meet with him. i think he is too chicken to meet with me honestly. if i could meet with him i would. but i want to get to the bottom

of what happened. i want to know why he didn't call in the national guard immediately. he oversees the dc national guard, he can't put this on anyone else, why didn't he call them in asap. i also want to know why he went and hid and didn't contact myself or brian's family to offer his condolences, you know? it's pretty obvious at that time that no one knew what happened to brian. we didn't know if it was a homicide or not. he hid because he thought i may be responsible for this officer's death. president biden came out to the private memorial service that we had for brian and he did that out of the goodness of his heart. i have a lot of respect for him

and the first lady. brian was not a supporter of his and he did that yeah. brine was a huge supporter of trump and he knew all of this. and he didn't even write a letter. he made absolutely no effort to contact me. it is devastating, it is hurtful, everything that i thought i knew is completely upside down. >> when you were looking at this report, reviewing the investigation about it, were you disappointed about what it shared about the actions and failures involving capital police before and during the attack. i wonder if you think the acting chief should resign? >> you know, i mean, i think honestly they were not prepared for this. but you know the day before there was the protests going on, and realistically they get

threats all of the time. i'm not saying that again that this report doesn't expose things that could be done better. certainly there is. i think in in kind of chris situation you want to have a debrief, you want everyone to sit down and say what can we do better? achieve pitman has been very supportive of me and the rest of brian stanley. i have nothing bad to say about her as a person. i don't work for her so i don't want to speak for the officers, but her has a person she has been fantastic to me and the family. and you know i don't -- i can't say that it is just capital police, right? they were talking about the department of justice, they were talking about the department of homeland security, they were talking about the fbi.

the secret service had the vice president in the building. clearly they didn't get the memo either. i don't think any of them knew the verity of the thaet da, but trump did and the people in his administration, i believe, did. that's why they don't want some of the republicans, i don't want to say all, but clearly this is about the person, this is about the person not the party, but they knew and that's why they don't want the full commission. they want to sweep that under the rug and i'm going to expose them for what they are. gladys has never been a supporter of donald trump. i think she would kill me if i didn't say that. >> i have a couple more questions i was hoping, they are

shying away from culling this an insurrection. and senator mcconnell said it yesterday, do you consider what happened an insurrection? >> yes, and i think is shameful. he is not deserving of dignitary protection. >> mitch mcconnell? >> yes. >> that is a, that seems like a potentially extreme move. >> yes, i mean, you know if they are going to say all of them, any of them that are members of congress that have dignitary protection and they're going to downplay the events of that day and not vote yes on a 9/11 still commission, they're not deserving or dignitary protection. if they're saying it is it

doesn't matter, they don't deserve the protections. >> i can't imagine you will get lowture from this, but what will give you comfort in the weeks ahead. >> i would like to see what we're doing on capitol hill, a 9/11 tile commission. it will be more in-depth. they will be able to have more experts in there analyzing the events of that day. a lot more subpoena power. they will look into the root cause of that day. we can build up law enforcement, right? that's just addressing the system. we need to get to the root cause of what happened that day so it never happens again. >> it is an important message.

we appreciate that you took the time to be with us here live this morning on msnbc. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> president biden now in danger of not meeting that july 4th vaccination goal and it is happening as a very concerning new variant spreads in this country. that and the senate having a rare bipartisan moment that you may have missed. we'll tell you what it is all about. that bill with china is coming up next. l with china is coming up next. from prom dresses to workouts and new adventures you hope the more you give the less they'll miss. but even if your teen was vaccinated against meningitis in the past they may be missing vaccination for meningitis b. although uncommon, up to 1 in 5 survivors of meningitis will have long term consequences. now as you're thinking about all the vaccines your teen might need make sure you ask your doctor if your teen is missing meningitis b vaccination.

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the last few weeks. the u.s. is arching half of the shots in arms that we need to to meet that presidential goal. >> we have to redouble efforts. maybe the delta varpt. giving his contagiousness, motivating some people to get the shot. >> they make up 6% of cases. they talk with dr. anthony fauci about all of this on "meet the press daily." >> a new report from pro publica report shows that some people

paid next to nothing. if you paid a single dollar in federal tax you paid more than elon music that year in is a stunner of a report. showing how the tax system works difficultly. getting attention over at the treasury department. explaying how he got out in the first place. >> they are the biggest billionaires in america. they are the biggest and their personal forest check ups are enormous. turns out in some cases they're not. not even close as newly revealed records show how the all tra rish can work the someone to pay income tax in recent years. >> we have shown that the system is upside down and that the ul

va relaty pay less in tax. >> he paid no federal income tax. the same year that he claimed a tax great and as shock ag as it is, nothing they did is illegal, everything they did is in keeping with our tax code. we tax income, not wealth. >> they don't have to pay taxes until they sell and they can off snet other ways, too meaning it is legal to be worth a lot and pay a little. >> they point out that some years the billionaires paid hundreds of millions in taxes depending on their investments.

bezos and musk did not respond to it. but pro public ka says 99% of his money will go to philanthroies and taxes. propublica is not sharing how they got data. the report is adding fuel to the fire for democrats like elizabeth warn pushing for a wealth tax. >> this shows it is hard working middle class families they pay income taxes. the inspector general to the fbi, and to the u.s. attorney for dc. now over to the senate, something that we don't see too often, actual significant bipartisan support. passing a new policy bill with a huge price at $250 billion.

this might be the first time you're hearing about it. all of the other very contentious battles have been playing out. so what brought them snogt china. it is designed to make the u.s. more competitive. it pumps money into businesses that make semi conductors. they target some of china's trade practices. and it boosts american requirements. but this bill's fate is not sealed yet. it's going over to the house where it is facing a steep climb and the response from china is already responding. the statement is blasting the bill full of cold war thinking and side logical congress. congressman, good morning, thank you for being back on. >> good morning, hallie, thank you for having me. >> sure, in super duper simple

terms what would the average american do? >> it makes the biggest increase in science since the apollo years if will create technology across america, the heartland and the south, and that will mean millions of jobs in the next ten years for americans in the leading industries. >> what about retaliation from china? >> how could you be certain there is not some sort of snowball effect, right? >> i'm not for a new cold war with china. i'm not for that kind of thinking. we're just saying you to have the innovation here. i want them to remind them of a technology race. it is antichina and i think it is just prudent policy. >> this is coming as anti-asian hate crimes have risen.

politico saying they have to be more careful. i'm wondering how you respond, congressman. >> i represent the only asian majority district in the continental united states. and it's the heart of silicon valley. what i say is we do want to have cultural exchange, scientific exchance. we should not shun that kind of activity. i want us to lead in technology, ai, and but they not have over the top rhetoric in china. >> what are the chances it gets through the house? >> very, very high. the chair of the science

committee they're going to pass it. >> first, the report that we just aired, i'm sure that you're aware of it. are you getting the sense from your conversations with colleague that's this could bring more lawmakers on board to chie to change the tax system? >> this is outrageous. they are making money on stocks, they don't pay tax all layoff. this is exactly the type of loop hopes that president biden's tax plan tries to fix. look, don't think that anyone should be leaking someone's tax returns, and if there is someone that did something illegal that

should be accountable. i think they should expose the issue. >> this report by the new york times saying that president biden is revoking, and i think this happened when you talked about it, an order to ban tiktok. the biden administration will have a norm of foreign control aelss. how big of a deal is this? >> what we have to be concerned about is the data really going to china. we support the restrictions, but we should not restrict competition frankly i wish there was more competition and technology. so i think they will strike the proper balance on that. >> always great to have you on

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one parent was here on the show last week and compared the teachers actions saying they were inexcusable. being debated right now the rights of college athletes as it relates to money and whether or not they can or should be able to profit on their names or likeness. noticeably absent? the student athletes. you're seeing pressure for a federal response. separate from all of this by the way is what we expect possibly as early as tomorrow and that is a ruling from the supreme court. joining me now a college athlete, a university of iowa basketball player and member of the national players association. thank you for being on. >> good morning, thank you for having me. >> so a little background here,

you're iowa's all-time leader in three pointers. you're very good. you tied your return to the team with that bill passing. there's a deadline and it didn't go through. tell me why you feel so strongly to fight for this. >> i think it will benefit greatly for future college athletes. it would be great for to pass this year we're at a point where all of the athletes are tired. we have seen countless athletes speaking out about this important issue and it's time for the ncaa to do something. congress is trying to get this thing passed. >> what are they trying to.

passing standards, and that is an important issue as well as title 9. what we saw with march madness, that was an embarrassment. >> you're talking about when the facilities were beautiful for the men and terrible for the women, right? >> correct. and that should never happen. and like i said, they should be an embarrassment to the ncaa and they should have done everything possible before that tournament to not let that happen. so that shows you under your name and likeness that that will benefit a lot for the women athlete and help a ton to create that separation and continue to, you know, control that gap that has been occurring in college

athletics. >> and you're not fights for this for you, does it hurt your chances or other athletes chances for advocating for this? for being outspoken? for being supportive on this front? >> don't think so at all, i met with senator booker and senator blumenthal. i meant with countless state senators. we almost got a state bill passed in congress this year. unfortunately it was held up for unknown reasons. but the experience that i have gotten to meet with top officials. and i got the lay of the land and it has been very grateful for me. all of my athletes have been pushing forward on this. >> this is more about money to

you? >> we flif america, this should be a free market, i say profession because i believe we're employees under the ncaa and why we're looking at we can make. monetize our name and likeness. >> thank you very much for being with us and your perspective on a pretty important and interesting day here in this argument on capitol hill. coming up, the conversation keeps going with chris bosh, with craig melvin talking about why he feels so strongly that college athletes, like jordan, should get paid. this morning in texas, the biden administration is doing construction on the border wall but not the kind you might expect. it has nothing to do with immigration but rather to fix big holes that the trump administration blew into levees at the border while trying to build a border wall, levees that are supposed to take hundreds of thousands of americans in the rio grande valley from flooding,

especially during hurricane season. dasha burns has exclusive access to this area. she's out at a construction site. walk us through what's happening. >> reporter: where i'm standing is a pretty literal representation of the race to bridge the gaps between two opposing administrations, and in this case the gap was 1,700 feet where a levee once existed. the ground is flat here. it's here no more. the u.s. army corps of engineers had to cut this hole in the levee and others in the system here in order to build the wall. when biden signed that executive order to stop construction, it ground to a screeching halt. these holes were left here. now the army corps is tacked with rebuilding not the wall itself but the levees. they are doing that very, very quickly, because as you said, we are in hurricane season. this construction site already

looks very different today than it did when we saw it yesterday. this flat section will look a whole lot more like this concrete section here, which is really the core of the protective levee system. when you talk about walls and you are talking about construction and you are talking about the border, people can get pretty confused about what's happening. i spoke exclusively to a brigadier general who is overseeing this project. he cleared some things up for us. has there been confusion around what this wall is? >> that's a great question. to be clear, like you stated, we are not building additional board are wall. this levee repair and remediation, this is critical to get back to a state of where this levee was prior to any construction in the previous ed aadministration? >> reporter: it's for water, not people? >> that's correct. >> reporter: they will pour

concrete. what you see here, that is phase two. that's the concrete barrier. were this the trump administration, bars would be going up on top, 18 to 30-foot bars to build the wall. that is not happening in this case. instead, they will backfill this with earth and turn it back into a levee, protecting the vulnerable communities. they say this project is critical, the most urgent work done by the end of the month. they will do more repairs and remediation through the next six to nine months. they say the community here is now safe. when i talked to community leaders, they say they are frustrated it took so much flag waving and sounding alarm for the administration to take care of this. they say they wish that the biden white house would have considered more some of the unintended consequences of signing that executive order and so quickly halting construction. >> dasha burns live in mission,

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cicada, they will here. they are invaing the nation's capital. not even president biden is immune. one flying into his neck. that's just hours after a swarm of cicadas filled the engine of the press plane set to carry reporters, delaying them for six hours. if they are bugging you, you are not alone. the giant swarm spotted by meteorologists. >> this is likely cicadas that the radar is picking up. >> one making its way on a reporter's jacket. >> oh, my god. >> this car crashed after a cicada flew into the driver's face in cincinnati.

the current cicada epicenter is around d.c. like a lot of things in this town, it's divisive. >> they are gross. >> find them on sidewalks, even the menu. this chef has been planning dishes for over a year. >> it's delicious. >> it's more exciting. for me it's like, it's going to be my next meal. >> edible and audible. they will be gone soon. the next generation hatching in 2038. for now, you could say, they are all the buzz. it's actually pretty good. that does it for us this hour. find us on twitter @hallieonmsnb. more with craig melvin picking up our coverage.

good wednesday morning to you. craig melvin here. american diplomacy on the move. literally. right now, president biden is in the airheading to the united kingdom. it's his first foreign trip as commander in chief. he is stepping on a very different global stage compared to his time as vice president. there's a raging global pandemic, shaken alliances and what the british ambassador to the united states just called a, quote, trust deficit. we will see his first meeting with vladimir putin since becoming president. this morning, he is laying out his goal for the trip. >> strengthening the alliance, making clear to putin and to china that europe and the united states are tight, the g7 is going to move. >> back here at home, there's a