ocasio-cortez of new york. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from new york. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from missouri seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. graves, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. graves will vote nay on amendment 36. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. ruppersberger, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. ruppersberger will vote no on the ocasio-cortez amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlem

cortez masto: thank you. -- sen. cortez masto: thank you. for purposes of the rescue plan, is that the soul because you see with respect to the minimum increase in inflation? chair powell: i think a lot of things go into it. the main thing is that we have demand rebounding very strongly. that is partly monetary policy, partly the fiscal policy, and what we see on the supply side is supply that just can't keep up with this demand and all of these bottlenecks, and it is happening everywhere in the world, so it is a combination of factors. sen. cortez masto: so unlike the last recession that we lived through in 2010 to 2014, i am curious, when our economy opened up from that, it was a gradual opening up of our economy. this is kind of a light switching on with the economy opening up quickly, and that is why we see some of the concerns with supply and demand on so many different areas, and that is why we see highly concentrated sectors where there is a demand like you have touched on today. is that accurate? chair powell: it is accurate, and i w

congresswoman ocasio-cortez, the real speaker of the house missing in action. the left social justice warriors, they too are missing in action even still tonight. one time backup quarterback turned woke profiteer colin kaepernick. see him decked out in his bed all castro shirt, he doesn't seem to care about those who are crying out, risking their lives for freedom in communist cuba. collin, by the way, the guy on the shirt that you're wearing in that picture right there, that guy? yeah, he was no ruthless mass murderer. maybe that is something to take in the about a month maybe some solidarity for cuba's freedom movement that's going on. so far it's crickets. one "new york times" columnist playing "shouting "freedom" and other antigovernment slogans." freedom and other antigovernment slogans. poorly worded, do you think? thousands of cubans took to the streets. other anti- -- i can't get over that. freedom and other antigovernment slogans. in "the new york times" -- i guess freedom is an antigovernment slogan. that shows you how far they've sunk in the sewer. t

ocasio-cortez: what did we learn? mr. bernal: texas discriminates against voters because of their race. over the past 10 years, texas has been found to have acted against the interest of minorities over 10 times by three federal courts. rep. ocasio-cortez: to clarify, the fifth circuit already told governor abbott that these voter id propositions are discriminatory, and abbott knows this, has been told by the courts, and is still continuing to support laws that he knows are discriminatory, as ruled in the court of law. >> the witness may answer that question and then the gentlelady's time has expired. mr. bernal: every chance they get. rep. ocasio-cortez: thank you very much and i yield my time. >> here's what we are going to do. votes have been called. we are just going to keep it going. i hope my friend, congresswoman norton, is still on the call, because being the represented of the people of washington, d.c., she doesn't have to go vote and i am hoping she can fill in for me. we've got some very distinguished represen

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cortez masto: thank you. -- sen. cortez masto: thank you. for purposes of the rescue plan, is that the soul because you see with respect to the minimum increase in inflation? chair powell: i think a lot of things go into it. the main thing is that we have demand rebounding very strongly. that is partly monetary policy, partly the fiscal policy, and what we see on the supply side is supply that just can't keep up with this demand and all of these bottlenecks, and it is happening everywhere in the world, so it is a combination of factors. sen. cortez masto: so unlike the last recession that we lived through in 2010 to 2014, i am curious, when our economy opened up from that, it was a gradual opening up of our economy. this is kind of a light switching on with e on

ocasio-cortez campaigned in ohio for nina turner, who also just picked up the endorsement of congressmember jamie raskin. shontel brown has received the backing of hillary clinton and the congressional black caucus political action committee. meanwhile in a special election in texas yesterday, voters rejected a trump-endorsed candidate and elected another republican, state representative jake ellzey to the u.s. house. ellzey ran an anti-immigration campaign and called himself a "reagan republican." he ran against susan wright, the widow of the former congressmember ron wright, who died this year from covid-19, leaving open his seat in texas's 6th congressional district. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. i am joined by juan gonzalez in new jersey. juan: welcome to our viewers and listeners across the country and the world. amy: the house select

cortez did push through 2000000000 euros in federal aid for artists salvation for many, but for others, they're still struggling. country and shoot line is the artistic director of a small theater. she is very happy company has been able to hold performance is again since the end of may, the theater is receiving funds from stimulus program called noise start cool tool, or restart culture, shoot line and team worked on the application for weeks. dust on the club, tut. when our application was accepted, i thought i'd my now suddenly know what it's like to get real support. to go into to to clicked. ah, austin, spring and burger and his band fell in 21 street workers of busking. the jazz clubs have only just reopened, and there are long waiting list for gigs this way. they can earn a few euros in the meantime. were playing on the streets and try to compensate the losses in earnings we've had, but especially also to keep musical skills home funding on the fuel process and as always hope and we're recover exists in the scene. some theaters and other cultural event organizes us getting a hug

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for more, we're joined by alexandria ocasio-cortez.ver 650,000 people across parts of the bronx and queens, one of the most diverse districts in the united states. we want to talk about the mayoral election here in new york. we want to talk about infrastructure in the green new deal. i this latest news in haiti and the call for u.s. or u.n. troops from some sectors, the interim government of haiti. what is your concern here with president biden pulling the troops out of afghanistan and the possibility of pressure to go back to the u.s. -- u.s. going back to occupying haiti? >> you know, i think there are any enormous amounts of concerns. first of all, i apply the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan but the intention is -- that is not to relocate troops from afghanistan to anywhere else. i don't believthat was the intention ofhe withdrawal from the white house, either. but the situation is extraordinarily delicate. extremely fragile. i do not believe right now that the introduction u.s. troops without -- particarly without any sort of

david cortez says something has to be done after learning that a serious personality has been handed down to a hospital. federal regulators had issued a notice of "immediate jeopardy" to the hospital due to low staffing and safety issues. moments ago, ach told us they have not read the entire notice yesterday and now believed to receive a note of termination which said would be less severe. cortez issued a statement today in part saying i continue to be concerned and making specific recommendations in response to the situation at good samaritan hospital in the next few days. coming up at 6:00, our reporter candace nguyen will join more to talk about this. >>> day five of the desperate search for phillip kreycik, the father of two went missing. today search and rescue crews focused on the effort on the side of the park. robert handa has more for the 37-years-old. >> reporter: while it was a long, intense day of searching here in pleasanton, another day of frustration and disappointment. >> reporter: search volunteers keep showing up near the foothill high school and trails at the plea

democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez and the black lives matter organization placing theunited states for the suffering of the cuban people. fox's mark meredith is in washington with more. hey, mark. >> reporter: good evening. leaders of black lives matter generated a lot of controversy by suggesting that the u.s. is to blame for cuba's economic woes. now some of those views are being sported by, as you mentioned, congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez. >> the embargo, the u.s. embargo is absurdly cruel. and, like other u.s. policies, particularly other u.s. policies targeting black americans and latinos, the cruelty is the point. >> reporter: florida senator marco rubio said blaming the u.s. for cuba's conditions is outrageous. he says the communist regime is responsible for the economic crisis. he also took a shot at black lives matter on twitter. he wrote: my office stands ready to help the leaders of the black lives matter organization emigrate to cuba. president biden not blaming the u.s. for cuba's troubles. he says if they fail, it's because of the leaders embracin

in just a minute, though, congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez. she's going to weigh in on that, and the news, tonight, that kevin mccarthy, as chris and i have been talking about, has made his picks for the select committee to investigate the january-6th insurrection. congressman jim jordan, you remember the former guy called him a bulldog. wasting no time showing just how little he cares about the committee's mission to get the truth of what happened on january 6th. >> mr. jordan, what do you hope to accomplish on the republican side in this investigation? >> we know what this is about. this is about going after president trump. you know? i mean, the democrats. they don't want to talk about anything else. >> hmm. well, there you go. and that, right there, that's why kevin mccarthy chose him. to defend the disgraced-former president. still, the up disputed leader of the republican party. to defend the big lie and the big liar. the big liar. the white house with, you know, we all saw it. the whitewashers, excuse me, i should say, that we all saw w

cortez-masto: that is my next question.ou will study that data to see the differences between states that cut it off early versus those that kept a going, whether that was an impact. chm. powell: everyone is looking to see a meaningful difference. too early to say. sen. cortez-masto: finally, you touched on housing. we are seeing home prices are up more than 15% since last year. how much is due to the federal reserve's purchases of mortgage-backed securities versus the supply issues? chm. powell: i think are purchases of treasuries and nbs are what is holding down and hoarding interest rates low. the overall picture of a company in monetary policy is contributing to what is happening in the housing market. i think mortgage-backed securities are contributing more than treasury securities but ultimately, it is roughly the same order of magnitude. was that your question? sen. cortez-masto: i appreciate that answer. thank you very much. sen. daines: good to have you here today. thank you for taking a steady hand during these tu

alexandria ocasio-cortez is nothing more than a communist sympathizer who wants to bring socialism to united states of america and i'm sure she sympathizes with the regime in cuba. the reality is, is that they use everything that they get when they do business with other countries for the regime, they use it to reward the people in the ruling class. it never gets to the people. todd: last week, congresswoman ocasio-cortez released a video calling the embargo absurdly cruel for targeting latin americas -- latin americans and latinos. ashley: jeff bezos is one day away from joining richard branson as the latest billionaire to blast into space. he they will leave west texas on the new shepherd rocket at 9:00 a.m. eastern standard time. todd: tune into fox news later today when bezos sits down withl cavuto to talk about his flight into the final frontier. ashley: las vegas following los angeles, sort of, reimposing the mask mandate for casino employees regardless of vaccine status. coming unwe talk with a california business owner and las vegas council woman. todd: a bold claim made by th

>> that is absolutely correct what alexandria ocasio-cortez is proposing and enlisting in the embargo will profit the regime at a pivotal moment when we have the opportunity as a leader of a free world to bring liberty and freedom to an island nation that is 90 miles away from our shores. i think there's a lot at stake and am very concerned about the president's next move i spoke with the state department and i urge them to work with our neighbors, mexico, brazil, work with our nato allies work with canada and other countries that are democracy to push this regime out and bring freedom to the people, that is what they want and deserve and i know the people firsthand mean is him in the reality communism is not for good for anybody neither is socialism. mike: an ongoing sexual harassment aggregation against andrew cuomo he went into testifying we have not heard a lot about that you get a sense that were near the end at this point? >> yes they have interviewed senior staff members in his or administration and interview the governor under oath and we should expect a report from the attorn

you can see our full interview with germany's culture commissioner, monica cortez this weekend on d. w. 's arts 21 program. now one of the biggest hurdles she's faced has of course, been the corona virus, pandemic, artists and creatives lost their jobs, lost their income, as theaters, galleries and clubs were forced to close for months. cortez did push through 2000000000 euros in federal aid for artists salvation for many, but for others, they're still struggling. catherine, she line is the artistic director of a small theater. she's very happy company has been able to hold performances again since the end of may. the theater was receiving funds from an up stimulus program called noise start called to or restart culture. shoot i and, and her team worked on the application for weeks. i just didn't get laptops. when our application was accepted, i thought i'd my now suddenly know what it's like to get real support. first to go into to, to collect, ah, austin, spring and burger and his band. berlin, 21 street workers basking. the jazz clubs have only just reopened, and there are long wa

we did reach out to congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez. we have not heard back.me, guess what is back right now? well, things are opening in france at least. the eiffel tower is open for the first time since the pandemic. unfortunately everything else in paris is a mess. they're protesting all of these restrictions being put in place. it's happened in greece, italy, malaysia and indonesia. now restrictions are happening again here. in california, outside las vegas, the push to get masks back on all indoors all the time whether you're vaccinated or not. are you ready for this? after this. i'm so glad you're ok, sgt. houston. this is sam with usaa. do you see the tow truck? yes, thank you, that was fast. sgt. houston never expected this to happen. or that her grandpa's dog tags would be left behind. but that one call got her a tow and rental... ...paid her claim... ...and we even pulled a few strings. making it easy to make things right: that's what we're made for. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. get a quote today. [footsteps] so, are you gonna buy the c

ocasio-cortez, rashida tlaib, cori bush.with -- solidarity with cuba. >> doesn't seem to be a way to convince them that the regime in cuba is a dictatorship. great admiration for radical left ideologies. >> independent vermont senator bernie sanders identifies as a socialist but back to the protesters over the communist regime. >> i urgently hope that the government there will tolerate and respect people's right to protest. >> democrats lost two house seats in southern florida last year. cuban-american voters thought democrats were squishy on socialism. the views of progressives overshadow mainstream voices in the party. democrats stumbled badly in florida last fall. if democrats don't flip the senate seat and reclaim those house seats, it could be because of the parties messaging on cuba and socialism. that could mean florida is no longer a battleground state. >> shannon: chad pergram, thanks. asking kevin corke to come back. tonight we want to talk about this. a five-month luxury world cruise. kevin, it's already sold out

cortez years. german cultural policy to quit to politic for, for us is miss cortez. you've been in office for over 7 years now. and your 2nd term is at the end in the fall. you once said it's the job in the world. is that still how you feel? wonderful. yeah, as i'm finished, mano, sooner today for me. yes, i still feel that way. and that's my own subject to view, but given my background, this is in fact, the nicest job i could imagine on record them. and i'm grateful to anglo merkel that i could serve a 2nd time as her minister state. so culture and media, here are the chancery where i can help shape federal cultural policy compared on an international level. i think this is quite unique. not only because i believe i am currently the longest serving minister of culture in europe. but also because in my view, germany does quite a lot for its culture compared to other countries being able to play a key role in shaping policy is a huge value to me. both on a personal level as well as on a greater political level. and i do my job with great enthusiasm and passion, and wh

her beef is that she doesn't think she put it, represents us anymore in her complaint is cortez and thew, i never thought i would see someone get the left of aoc but this week that made my day. paul: could we get a primary run against aoc? >> you never know. paul: if you have your own hit or miss, tweet us at j er.fnc. that's it for this week's show. thanks to my panel and thanks to all of you for watching. i am paul gigot, hope to see you here next week. ♪♪ legal battle laying out the court, justice department suing over order by governor right out of it, he wants to limit ground transportation of migrants what he says may be carrying the coronavirus virus during that in the name of protecting the health of texans and americans across the country, he said.

and alexandria ocasio-cortez, she tore into sinema.of tanking the democratic bill on infrastructure and climate change, trace? are a. >> trace: chad pergram on the hill. thank you. new indications that the gubernatorial election in california might be much tighter than previously believed. a survey shows almost half of likely voters support the action against democratic incumbent gavin newsom. some of the major issues facing the governor crime, homelessness, and accusations of hypocrisy over maverick usage. newsom calls it a partisan effort. here's national correspondent william la jeunesse in los angeles. >> republicans won't stop their election rejection. so in california, we have got to stop them. >> a new poll says it's not just republicans. 47% of all likely voters support the recall. the poll also found 53% of republicans believe newsom will be recalled just 8% of drassments a poll uc berkeley say could turn low turn out. under job performance 51, 48. he remains undeterred. >> we are going to defeat this partisan effort and we ar

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left wing crediting the president black lives matter and alexandria ocasio-cortez. >> the u.s.surdly cruel and, like other u.s. policies, particularly other u.s. policies targeting lat continue americans and latinos, this cruelty is the point. and i outright reject the biden administration's defense much the embargo. >> sunday's marches by thousands of cubans across the island have largely been a one day protest now that the communist regime cracked down. cuba's president continues blaming the u.s. and american social media influence on his country's unrest reiterating, quote: we will defend the revolution in the end. miami's cuban born congressman carlos gimenez says not necessary. >> regime in eastern germany and poland and check volume vok i can't had no intention to relinquish power. eventually if had enough people did go out in the street and demand change, they got it i think the same thing has to happen in cuba. >> and in a very rare admission. cuba's leaders accepted some blame for the demonstrations across the island on sunday and the conditions that inspired them and

representative cortez, thank you so much.ween the president's remarks, our pleasure, between the remarks and meeting with chuck schumer, do you feel the federal government, certainly this administration is taking what is happening in texas seriously enough? >> i want to thank president biden for the support and effort they have given not only to us but to other states kroos the nation are dealing with the same issue. so now we're here in d.c. to meet with that effort and meeting with lawmakers. and we're hoping that john lewis voting rights act and the for the people act can get out of neutral where it is stalled and get and be made into law. because we're living in barrowed time in the state of texas. we're here in d.c. for the remainder of the special s session. the governor can call us back immediately. the so we're living on borrowed time. we're determined to ensure that washington, d.c. does something to help us to ensure that texans and all americans have fundamental right to vote. . >> what is that something you want t

what do you have to say two representatives cori bush and alexandria ocasio-cortez?tting them to achieve some kind of actual bipartisan agreement, all this does is send us ten steps back. i think it's absolutely reprehensible that we have that sort of biting statement being put out in lockstep with twitter's toxicity there. i found cori bush's tweet far more offensive than aoc just for that reason, #negotiationssowhite. it's my recollection that both of them has served as surrogates for candidates who aren't all minorities. they have most notably bernie sanders, for example. how does that bode well with their continued surrogacy for these democrat candidates that aren't minorities? and back to julie's point, to dilute the fact that they represent constituents well. if so they should come out and be totally honest because that's what these tweets imply. >> kennedy: there's a lot of work to be done, morgan. not only on infrastructure but certainly on immigration and the border crisis. but when you are making every issue about race, you sort of don't have to focus on th

you know, you have -- where is this statement from alexandria ocasio-cortez here.a tweet she is upset with kyrsten sinema, she's going to support the reconciliation process, right now she doesn't support the other big bill that's going through and cortez says good luck tanking your own party's action. my question is, what are the white house plans to keep democrats together on this? >> sinema, the white house has spoken with. they spoke on wednesday. president biden said, yes, i have my endorsement of what they voted on last night. i think the white house is well aware that there are moderates in their party who do not want a giant package coming alongside this bipartisan bill. 3.5 trillion is a lot smaller than what the progressives wanted to see. you're going to see this fight play out. bernie sanders did sound confident they'll have all 50 democrats on board. he said we are -- i feel pretty good about this. i think we are going to get there. so that is optimism coming from bernie sanders. i think he knows pretty well how this is going to go. >> that's still bein

cortez for some people saw the fish farmer now fears for his livelihood. he doesn't blame climate change for his plight, but rather international food processing giant done on it extracts mineral water from the surrounding region to bottle and fill worldwide under the brand new volvic locals complained that despite repeated droughts, volvic is siphoning more and more water from the area with no regard for their needs, rejects their claims for me, i think you must keep in mind that we don't just do whatever we want. we are subject to and monitored by the authorities. and the authorities might appear at any time to inspect all holes in order to confirm that the statements we make in our data. correct. so no provider forgetting secret became august 2020 for example . they were 2 such con, announce visitors when they did anything. ok, non one from one dominique de la la zia, a geologist is very familiar with this region characterized by extinct volcanoes. he says there are still plenty of natural water sources, but they're dwindling as a result of general cont

>> cortez was in texas, meeting with the capital leadership team, they should have held him then thatto be firm on this issue, we cannot have anarchy at the state capitol. i don't know when they left but they had time to keep him right then and a few more democrats in the state they could bring them in. we got to put a end to this. government has to function. laura: if republicans in texas don't see the writing on the wall come on. i have to get this request from those were still in dc, they are asking the public for care packages, dr pepper, salsa, hard candy, hairspray, travel toiletries, first date and/or money to pay shipping. >> they are shameless, hanging up their underwear in a photo, griping about the food they are reading, they made this decision. more texans don't care about that. they will have hard-core democrats saying he's helping them as they are losing support day by day especially with independents. one of the reasons they are hammering us on the new number for the bill is we are gaining more black voters, they talk about fear, they are the ones who are afraid, losing

ocasio-cortez of new york. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 555 the gentlelady from new york, ms. ocasio-cortez, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from new york. court court -- ms. ocasio-cortez: thank you, mr. chair. i present this amendment at the desk today because for a very long period of time, the united states has and continued to uphold obsolete and old provisions from the war on drugs. this provision specifically has for a very long period of time prevented and acted as a barricade to federal research on certain substances such as mdn -- mdma and marijuana, in allowing us to research the applications and potential therapeutic applications of these drugs in the treatment of diseases such as ptsd, addiction and depression. we are long overdue in a moment of reckoning to make sure we not only rectify the harms of the past but allow us to research the potential medicinal applications of these substances and the first step in doing

ocasio-cortez one of the youngest members of congress speaking one of the longest serve's black womenwhen she was leading the fight against that texas bill on a recent appearance right here on "the beat." >> i have seen a lot in my lifetime. and during that lifetime i've had an opportunity to see people denied the right to vote, the struggles they had at trying to get to the polls. i've seen people who were black killed, murdered, dogs released on them. aftering have experienced all those things in my life, it was incumbent upon me to take a stand and to be able to continue to fight for the rights of black people to be able to vote. and my constituents to have that privilege not ripped from them. >> well, let's keep listening to that living history. when we come back, a barrier broken at the olympics. stay with us. stay with us ♪ ♪ ♪ born to be wild ♪ see disney's jungle cruise. applebee's and a movie, now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. mission control, we are go for launch. ♪♪ t-minus two minutes and counting. ♪♪ um, she's eating the rocket. -copy that, she's eating the rock

michelle cortez.ed should we be about this delta variant when in the u.s. we are seeing a growing number of people being vaccinated or more people being vaccinated than the rest of the world? >> at this point, vaccinations seem very effective against the delta variant. the concern is that you might get infected, but not developed serious infection or serious disease, hospitalization, or die. it does still give you protection. the concern is people who are on vaccinated and we are seeing delta spread more quickly than any previous strains. people who don't have protection against the virus are really in danger if they encounter it in anyone else. >> anthony found cheap pleading for more vaccinations. take a listen. dr. fauci: among vaccinated people, that is a significant risk and the reason why we are practically pleading with people to please, if you are not vaccinated, seriously consider getting vaccinated. >> we have seen initial huge success in vaccination, bookings in france when they introduced

cortez masso in nevada as much as $11 million.rado michael bennett he'll get up to $11 million. or 16 million dollars. now let's talk about our good friend chuck schumer, now, chuck schumer, don't you just love the guy? so you know, he's not partisan at all. so he says we have to pass this bill, he's working on it really hard because we have to pass it to save democracy. no, he wants to pass it to save his skin. guess how much he would get? up to $45 million of your money to run attack ads. it's corruption for the democrats right out in the open and it's based on a complete, complete lie. there's no basis for this. now, first off, we all should congratulate the arizona g.o.p., they had a historic victory in the supreme court, right? [applause] >> so thank god for president trump's picks for the supreme court, they upheld the election security laws in arizona, so now hopefully in '22, we'll have across the country a secure, free, and fair election which is all we expect. but the democrats are going to fight tooth and nail to strip

squad members alexandria ocasio-cortez and cori bush putting to issues of race and diversity when itins us live on capitol hill with more. >> democrat on democrat violence democrat kyrsten sinema backs the bipartisan package but not the $3 trillion democratic bill. >> the word in this town at all across the country from the naysayers is that bipartisanship is dead. and that government is broken. we are here to say, no. it works. it takes time, it is hard. >> alexandria ocasio-cortez blasts kyrsten sinema and accuse the democrat of taking the bigger democratic bill. she tweeted it "is this a bipartisan infrastructure group or the audience at a kid rock concert. and they have some work to do. >> talking to members, and that racial equity is embedded throughout the bill. they are withholding their boat through the partisan bill, >> i don't know what it is and hoping for the best. they need it progressives on board and they can only lose four votes in the house and as we always say julie, this is about the math. the math, the math. back to you. >> julie: is so president biden gets his pr

. >> reporter: that from nick cortez on haight street. >> i feel like there's a small handful of people that would look for. that but not everybody. a lot of people are over all the covid madness. >> reporter: one thing for sure, you'll still have some vaccinated or unvaccinated options when you come to drink in san francisco. >>> uber is joining facebook, twitter and google in requiring employees to be vaccinated when they return to the office. that was pushed back from october fifth and it could be pushed back even further depending on the pandemic. lyft is postponing its return to office date to february second. >>> students across the bay area are preparing for a return to in-person learning in just weeks. approval of students who don't want to be in the classroom this fall will be taught remotely by a third party service. >> we're gonna contract out with professionals who do this as their sole purpose. and when a person does one job, they do it better than the person that's trying to do three or four. >> reporter: every public school district is now required to offer a remote learn

in that country take has taken away freedom and liberty from the cuban people. >> harris: ocasio-cortezo the u.s. embargo and additional trump-era restrictions which are profoundly contributing to the suffering of cubans. marc thiessen, what do americans need to know about this story? >> first of all it seems that cuba is the only country where white police officers can beat and arrest unarmed black protestors and black lives matter supports the police. the cuban regime is mostly white. cuba, a third of the country is afro cuban. they are supporting a white police state. when they call for lifting the embargo are advocating for the right of american companies to use black slave labor in cuba. that's what lifting the embargo would do. the sole employer in cuba is the cuban state and use it as control with exception of a handful of restaurants. when a foreign investors goes into cuba to do business they can't do business with ordinary cubans with u.s. dollars they have to go into business with the cuban state. they pay $10,000 a month per worker. the state pays the worker just about worth

>> well, alexandria ocasio-cortez is not running for mayor.ng. i have to win an election in november. my comments are for those candidates in the race. we have different beliefs. i don't support disbanding police departments. i don't support many of their concepts. so i'm talking about the concept of the socialists that are trying to take us away from our way of life. it's not the individual. now, we all want the same thing. i'm proud of the life of many of those individuals that want better schools, health care, affordable housing, to rebuild our economy. we just have different ways of doing that. it's my job as the mayoral candidate to point out how different i am from those who are running against me. >> it's a pleasure to have you on, eric adams. i hope you come back so we can continue these discussions. thank you so much, okay? >> thank you. take care. >> thank you. >>> simone biles, speaking out tonight. tweeting, the outpouring, love, and support i've received has made me realize i'm more than my accompl accomplishments, and gymnastics,

ocasio-cortez with a snarky clap back. with this tweet.oes to charitable efforts. joe concha, media and politics columnist for the hill with me now. joe, what is this? >> well, it is interesting, right? if you put those tweets up again, you see one of the tweets there is literally meg phones next to one of the messages on it regarding tax the rich. i'm wondering exactly are we supposed to be looking at the twitter account there of an objective prominent wire service and should reuters allowing interns to -- reuters tweets this news out nine times, harris, nine times and that's just about the best free tizing for one of the least effective members of congress in terms of getting legislation passed than anybody can ask for. it depends on the letter next to one's name and the message being sent as far as media coverage is concerned. in aoc's case if the message is tax the rich or spend heavily and climate change we'll not only tweet it out and give about the best advertising that you could but also cheer it on. the irony is the democratic soc

. >> reporter: that from nick cortez on haight street. >> i feel like there's a small handful of people that would look for. that but not everybody. a lot o p are over all the covid madness. >> reporter: one thing for sure, you'll still have some vaccinated or unvaccinated options when you come to drink in san francisco. >>> uber is joining facebook, twitter and google in requiring employees to be vaccinated when they return to the office. that was pushed back from october fifth and it could be pushed back even further depending on the pandemic. lyft is postponing its return to office date to february second. >>> students across the bay area are preparing for ao in-person learning in just weeks. approval of students who don't want to be in the classroom this fall will be taught remotely by a third party service. >> we're gonna contract out with professionals who do this as their sole purpose. and when a person does one job, they do it better than the person that's trying to do three or four. >> reporter: every public school district is now required to offer a remote learning option to t

it to the cares act and the fiscal policy. >> that was democratic representative alexandria ocasio-cortez asking about the supply chain as well as long-term trajectory of the employment rate. powell says he believes we can get back to 3% unemployment and participation. >> i'm not hearing mr. sessions. >> is that better? >> that's better. >> thank you very much modem chairman and it's good to see. i wanted to have you take the majority of my time to talk with us about your 12 regional banks and what they are seeing across the country for recovery. as you see it in these banks reporting their successes and the things they see as things that are inhibiting or causing you to think about your international plan around the country. >> he would like me to talk about that a little bit? this is one of the great features of our system is we have 12 reserve banks around the country. they are in every community in the country and they extract a lot of data. the story they're telling is like what we've been talking about today. you have very fast growth and a lot of money seeing anything like this. th

alexandria ocasio-cortez, rashida tlaib, jamaal bowman and cori bush. dsa expressed solidarity with the communist government in cuba. gop representative mario diaz-balart has a theory. >> there doesn't seem to be a way to convince them that the regime in cuba is even a dictatorship but clearly they have great admiration for radical left ideologies. they themselves espouse radical left ideologies. reporter: democrats lost two house seats in southern florida last year. partly because voters thought the gop had a better case against socialism. how the democrats handle cuba could be an issue in the midterm elections. bernie sanders of vermont identifies as socialist. he says the cuban people deserve democracy. he implored the cuban government to allow protests to continue. liz. elizabeth: chad pergram, great to see you. thanks for joining us. joining us former deputy assistant secretary for cuba and venezuela for the state department. we're honored to have her on. you heard the report. why the silence from the progressive left here? >> it is not just the si

the silence of the squad is deafening, they rarely any of the most local lawmakers like a cause of corteznd ilhan omar miss an opportunity to speak out against violation of human rights in any part of the globe and you have not heard a word that is quite the disconnect. >> for house members associated with the socialist of america or dsa alexandria ocasio-cortez, rashida tlaib, jamaal bowman and corey busch, the dsa has expressed solidarity with the communist of cuba gop has a theory. >> there does not seem to be a way to convince them that the regime in cuba is a dictatorship, clearly they have grade integrate admiration for radical left ideology. democrats had to house seats in southern florida last year that's partly because the voters thought gop had a better case against socialism, how democrats handle cuba could be an issue in the midterm elections, bernie sanders vermont identifies a socialist and says the cuban people deserve democracy and implored the cuban government to allow protest to continue. elizabeth: chad pergram, great to see you, joining me now former deputy assistant s

your response to alexandria ocasio-cortez black lives matter trying to blame the u.s. here? >> this is a wonderful question, there is no embargo, the united states sends we the cuban-americans $3 billion a year remittances that the biggest influx of cash flow on the island. $200 million in humanitarian medicine and food. we are the number one trading partners with the cubans because we sell them poultry and chicken, what embargo, you trade with 180 countries in the world, trade to canada, mexico, spain and italy and the cuban regime, the one who has impose this embargo on the people because the cubans are not your average viewer knows that the regular cuban has not opened up the beauty parler or a cafeteria or hardware store because the government does not allow them that has nothing to do with embargo they cannot sell their fish, the farmers cannot sell their crops, because they're being strangled and they say no more, they need the united states of america. elizabeth: congresswoman maria salazar, great to see you. come back soon. we hear you loud and clear we hope th

congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez admitting progressives, will, quote, tank the bipartisan billdemocrats do not pass another $3.5 trillion spending bill through reconciliation. every senate democrat will need to be on board to make that happen. and the white house is reportedly readying sanctions on seven chinese officials over beijing's crackdown on hong kong's freedom. this comes after president biden yesterday said the situation in hong kong is, quote, deteriorating. those sanctions could be rolled out you as soon as today. we are waiting to see if this materializes. big deal in the semiconductor industry, intel reportedly in talks to acquire contract chip maker global foundries for $30 billion. the wall street journal says the deal would help intel build its new contract manufacturing unit. if it does not go through, global foundries may go forward with an initial public offering perhaps next year. a major set biontech for biogen's new alzheimer's drug. let's tell you about the alzheimer's drug, three major hospitals including the cleveland clinic and mount sinai in new york

. ♪ ashley: a colorado congresswoman and alexandria ocasio-cortez going head to head on twitter aftershimkus is here to explain. carley, quite the battle. carley: lauren bobert and new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez got into an epic sparring match on social media following bobert's cpac speech. take a listen. >> we're here to tell government we don't want your benefits, we don't want your welfare, leave us the hell alone. carley: to that aoc responded, tweeting tell them loud and proud, girl, they will dismantle any semblance of a public safety net we have left and make working people pay more for everything on low wages while wall street gets a meal ticket, good old conservative values, baby. the congresswoman said no one is talking about taking away safety nets, she is encouraging people to do more for themselves than what the government can offer them. this whole thing got ugly. that was like the highlights. that was an abridged version. it was long, family members were mentioned and i have a feeling it will continue into today. todd: it's like mma on twitter, right? c