alex thompson, white house reporter and co-author thanks for being with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you.

joining us is alex thompson. the first on the agenda is the g7. the minimum corporate tax worked out by the leaders this week. what will that mean? guest: basically, this has been a huge part of the biden agenda, to try to not have an international race to the bottom when it comes to trying to attract corporations. now, how much is it really going to affect practice? the devil is in the details. is there a way corporations can get around these through loopholes, deductions? we don't know. the point is saying we don't want a country to entice a corporation to leave america because -- or any of these countries having corporations leave their country. it is trying to prevent outsourcing, stabilize this period of disruption over the last few decades when it comes to jobs being outsourced. but really, the devil is in the details here. we don't know if it is going to have the intended result the biden administration wants. host: of course, another headline from politico.com. british prime minister boris johnson calling on the g7 to vaccinate the world a

joining us is alex thompson. the first on the agenda is the g7. the minimum corporate tax worked out by the leaders this week. what will that mean? guest: basically, this has been a huge part of the biden agenda, to try to not have an international race to the bottom when it comes to trying to attract corporations. now, how much is it really going to affect practice? the devil is in the details. is there a way corporations can get around these through loopholes, deductions? we don't know. the point is saying we don't want a country to entice a corporation to leave america because -- or any of these countries having corporations leave their country. it is trying to prevent outsourcing, stabilize this period of disruption over the last few decades when it comes to jobs being outsourced. but really, the devil is in the details here. we don't know if it is going to have the intended result the biden administration wants. host: of course, another headline from politico.com. british prime minister boris johnson calling on the g7 to vaccinate the world a

kicking us off tyler paige and alex thompson white house correspondent for politico. thank you for being with me. alex, you have civil rights leaders signaling that they are losing patience with bipartisanship and stacy abrams embraced and can you talk to me about the tension within the democratic party on whether or not to compromise on voting rights. >> yes, well, it's a big mess. the problem right now is that unless you do away with the filibuster, you need bipartisan support because you need ten republicans. they don't have any. some democrats were quietly saying that stacy abrams endorsing joe manchin's proposal hurt their proposal to make it a proposal. you saw republicans immediately consolidate and say stacy abrams support it and we definitely can't support it. until they convince joe manchin and krystin sinema nothing can happen unless they get ten republicans. this is why some democrats wish they would ditch the current voting rights act and move on to the john lewis voting rights act. but so far democrats and chuck schumer in particular are very determined t

joining live is alex thompson who is following all of this as a white house reporter and -a