let's get to hillary vaughn, whose at the white house watching every development she is live. hillary? reporter: hi, liz. well the threat in afghanistan is certainly not over and the president was briefed by his national security team today and in that briefing, he was advised that it is very likely that there will be another terrorist attack in kabul, so right now, the u.s. military is engaging in maximum force protection at the airport, white house press secretary jen psaki saying moments ago, it's clear that something went wrong in the security process, that the u.s. is entrusting the taliban to handle outside the airport. >> we don't anticipate the afghan national security forces would have folded as they did. we didn't anticipate that, and as a result of that all happening we saw a chaotic situation just two weeks ago. there are consequences to any of these difficult choices and decisions. that's what faces you as commander-in-chief. reporter: she was asked if working with the taliban was the u.s. military's best option or only option and she replied, maybe both, but even

hillary vaughn, let's start with you first. >> reporter: hi, jackie.he threat is certainly not over. the president was briefed by his national security team today, and they told him that there still is a very active threat in kabul right now in afghanistan. and because of that, the u.s. military is engaging in a maximum force protection posture at the kabul airport. white house press secretary jenn psaki was asked today if working with the taliban was the u.s. military's best option or their only option, and she replied, maybe both. >> when the president says we will hunt you down and make you pay, what does that look like? is he going to order a mission to kill the people responsible, or would he be satisfied if they are captured and brought to trial? >> i think he made clear yesterday that he does not want them to live on the earth anymore. >> reporter: but even though they say the threat is still there and u.s. troops are still in danger, the evacuation missions are continuing. flights are continuing to take off with americans and sivs inside. >> cl

we don't know for how long but hillary vaughn on the latest there, hillary? reporter: hi, neil. we do know the bilateral meeting has been delayed but another meeting that the president had scheduled with governors at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon has actually been canceled. we did get an update moments ago from the white house. we do know that the president met this morning with his national security team including secretary blinken, austin and chairman millie, also commanders on the ground in afghanistan. the white house telling us he will continue to be briefed on updates on the evolving situation throughout the day but advises there will be changes to the president's schedule. we also do know that the vice president who just touched down in guam also showed up to that national security briefing in the situation room virtually over video at 9:00 a.m. this morning with the president. she also is being actively briefed while she is out of the country on this evolving situation. but i want to touch on what we're hearing from sources. griff jenkins mentioned that memo from the state de

>> hillary vaughn on capitol hill. thank you.erruption" on fox necklace. great to see you. i was taking notes there. 73% of small business owners having trouble firing workers. $3,900 a month is what you could get from the government. if you work for $15 an hour, which is what most restaurants pay, you get $2,400 a month. the decision is not difficult. stay home. >> small business owners have had it hard enough. some americans have become addicted to government. the government is using your taxpayer dollars as i said to incentivize laziness. here's what they did. they created a problem with government. they shut down businesses and deemed who and what was essential for several months. when people weren't able to go to work, which they wanted to do, then they started sending government checks paid for by you, the american taxpayer. some americans realized hey, this isn't so bad. i can sit on the couch and collect a check. there's always a catch to that. you don't just get free money, no matter what aoc and bernie and the rest tell

let's get right to hillary vaughn. she is on capitol hill. has got the very latest on americans stranded in afghanistan. hillary. reporter: liz, the secretary of state antony blinken says there are still about 1500 americans according to their estimates still in afghanistan. he says the state department ising a agressively trying to get in touch with about 1000 of them they have not been able to reach trying to figure out if they want to evacuate the country. so far 4500 americans have been evacuated. that is just a sliver of the 88,000 people that have been evacuated from afghanistan suns july. even though president biden says he is sticking by his pullout deadline of august 31st blinken says any americans left behind after that date will still be able to get out somehow. >> let me be crystal clear about this, there is no deadline on our work to help any remaining american citizens who decide they want to leave to do so, along with the many afghans who stood by us over these many years and want to leave and have been unable to do so. that eff

let's get right to hillary vaughn at the white house with more. hillary. >> reporter: hi, liz. price also said that while that august 31st deadline is not budging, the president is standing by that, that is a deadline to get u.s. troops out, but it is not an expiration date on the u.s. military's commitment to get americans out. safety of americans and afghan allies though still stuck in afghanistan is still in danger. as the white house says today, the threat in afghanistan is not over, and another terror attack is likely. >> when the president says we are hunt you down and make you pay, what does that look like? is he going to order a mission to kill the people responsible, or would he be satisfied if they are captured and brought to trial in. >> i think he made clear yesterday that he does not want them to live on the earth anymore. >> reporter: the u.s. military is engaging right now in maximum force or protection at the kabul airport. the biden administration, from the pent9 gone to the white house, has denied that the taliban had anything to do with the suicide bomber tha

to hillary vaughn at the white house right now. the president meeting with the israeli prime minister, that was put off after yesterday's developments, so what can you tell us, neil? >> reporter: hey, neil. just going into the oval office, but we do know that they've been meeting for over an hour, and you're right, this meeting was delayed. it was supposed to happen yesterday. the two actually talked on the phone last night, and the israeli prime minister expressed his condolences for the military members that lost their lives yesterday in that suicide attack. but -- suicide bombing attack. but two of the big topics that we are expecting to come up in this one-on-one meeting between the two and the then the bilateral meeting with other members of the white house's national security team is going to be iran. the prime minister has said that he really is going to pressure president biden to not met iran go back -- not let iran go back into a nuclear agreement when there's essentially no goodwill or demonstration on behalf of iran to

neil: hillary vaughn, thank you very very much want to go now to lydia hu in monticello clair, new jerseyidia? reporter: yeah, hi, neil. we're getting that consumer price index data fresh in this morning showing about 5.4% increase year-over-year for all products that's about the same rate that we saw last year. what is slowing is the month-to-month rate. that's coming down to about half a percent for july down from almost a full percent in june, but as we tease apart the data we're learning more about certain categories of products that are still costing consumers more and what's standing out are appliances. appliances are on the whole costing about 5% more than they did last year, but for major appliances, like refrigerators and freezers, consumers are paying 12.3% more for these products than they did a year ago. now, neil, manufactures are setting the prices and as their costs go up they are passing those costs along to the consumer and one of the things that they're doing is they are eliminating the annual sales and promotions and discounts that you see typically around the holidays

we have you covered with hillary vaughn covering treasury secretary janet yellen. she is sort of pushing for the biden economic agenda passed. if we don't we could risk our preeminent status as a world power. edward lawrence on the administration plan to push back evictions of renters might be past their prime. might be past being able to afford where they live. jonathan serrie new reads of on possible fda approval for one vital vaccine. hillary vaughn on capitol hill with the latest on the biden-harris economic agenda and how it might mix with our global push to be the global leader. hillary. reporter: hey, neil, we are seeing the ripple effect of the biden-harris economic agenda that treasury secretary janet yellen was touting moments ago in atlanta, georgia. seeing that u.s. private sector employment fell way short of expectations. adp national employment report found out right sectors jobs increased 330,000 in july. that was half of what economists expected. gains in the service industry, overwhelmingly leisure and hospitality with 139,000 new jobs and the indu

thank you very much, hillary vaughn following a all of that. rns that this might not be, apparently, paid for. it's going to add to the deficit. the congressional budget office estimates it's going to add to the tune of about $260 billion -- 256 billion, i should say, works out to about $26 billion a year with over each of the next ten years. indeed, in washington they say that's just is chump change. be that as it may, the former congressional budget office director joins us right now, douglas holtz-eakin. doug, obviously, they're looking the other way on the project adding to the deficit here because it's only, you know, about $256 billion over ten years, so they can deal with that. what do you think of all this? >> well, i do think tata they're going to go forward regardless of the score. i don't see any great concern about deficits on either side of the aisle in congress right now, and the sticker shock that has come with the past year makes $256 billion look like a bargain, and that's a shame because this is real money, it has real conseque

could it lead to another round of more spending in hillary vaughn on the hill with the latest. there could be one less republican vote in the senate for this bipartisan infrastructure bill. not because they don't support it or they're losing support but because senator lindsey graham has tested positive for covid-19 even though he got the vaccine. now he has to quarantine. putting the fate of the bipartisan infrastructure package on shaky ground with one less republican lawmaker to support it. graham said this in a statement. "i started having flu-like symptoms saturday night and went to the doctor. i feel like i have a sinus infection and will be quarantining ten days. chuck schumer wants a vote by thursday. graham will not be able to show up to vote. there could be more trouble for the bill, a source telling fox news, graham was with senator joe manchin and other lawmakers on manchin's house vote over the weekend. manchin's office says he's following cdc protocol and he's been vaccinated. he's another critical democrat for the package. if the deal has the votes to get through

hillary vaughn is more on this on capitol hill. hey, hillary.grappling with a shortage in daycare workers for years and now president biden's plan to offer universal pre-k and child care could be a challenge if they can't find anyone to hire. a survey from the national association for the education of young children from july found that 80% of child care centers say they are having a staffing shortage. many of those daycares have at least one to five jobs open. 15% of them are trying to fill six or more positions, but president biden has said he wants to raise the wage for day care workers to at least $15 an hour to attract more workers but some centers say they already offer that and more and are still having trouble. some critics argue the push to universal pre-k, would make child care more expensive. private daycares rely on pre-k aged kids to subsidize the money they lose on taking care of infants, a government takeover would essentially take the money maker away from daycare forcing them to raise costs substantially caring for infants and t

let's go right to hillary vaughn. good evening, hillary.bill sailed through the senate with 19 republicans voting for it. it sits stalled in the house until the senate can pass the $3.5 trillion reconciliation packag

hillary vaughn is live from capitol hill with the very latest. hi, hillary. >> reporter: hi, david.

first, to hillary vaughn on where this spending push is coming from. hillary? >> with all of this money going out the door, the u.s. government says that they need more money to cover the costs or at least more credit to cover it. treasury secretary janel yellen session if congress doesn't raise the limit, they're in trouble. but democrats unveiled their plan for more spending on human infrastructure without plans to raise the debt ceiling. but did include pricey provisions like universal pre-k, a civilian climate corps and a pathway to citizenship. republicans are already blasting it. >> this is a $3.5 trillion debt bomb launched on society and joe biden's transformation of america. this is a social reformation like we've never seen before. >> there's pressure on moderate democrats to make sure that the $3.5 trillion infrastructure plan is paid for, a letter circulating to speaker pelosi pleading with her not to rush a reconciliation package before they know how it is paid for. writing this. before the house adopts a budget resolution, members of congress shou

but lawmakers on both sides raising concerns that more spending could mean a surge in inflation hillary vaughnll in the billions that it can potentially be adding to the debt. >> is putting a lot of pressure on members in the house who are in the swing districts hearing from their constituents and same way i am in tennessee but this was far too big and there's not enough infrastructure. jackie: the build was introduced to 3.5 human infrastructure package like universal pre-k and community college in a pathway to citizenship all of this was 0 gop support senator manchin he was undecided on the total price tag of the budget bill has his eye on rising inflation jerome powell, our monitoring response met when our economy suffered the equipment of a heart attack and now it's time to ensure we don't over prescribe the patient my further constituents are saying they dropped the budget resolution, members of congress with a detailed scope on spending levels and revenue these are crucial particular given the combined threat of rising inflation and national debt, even though bernie sanders introduces bu

i want to bring in hillary vaughn. she is the at capitol with the very latest. hillary.after the mayor put a mask mandate for people inside indoors to wear a mask but in the photo you can see she is not wearing one. this was taken at an indoor reception at a wedding that she was officiating. the mayor's office tells fox business a statement, on saturday july 31st, may bowser officiated an outdoor rooftop wedding ceremony followed by an indoor dinner. the mayor wore a mask indoors in compliance with the mandate. the "washington examiner" who broke the story said the mayor did not wear a mask during the wedding toast. she did not wear a mask even not actively eating or drinking as seen in this photo. the mayor announced the changes to mask guidance on thursday. the mandate she said would go into effect on saturday morning but on friday, she was also seen posing maskless with dave chappelle before his hoe opened here in d.c. bowser is not the only politician getting blow back for skirting the rules. speaker nancy pelosi spotted on friday taking off of her mask while inside

hillary vaughn is live from capitol hill with the very latest. hi, hillary. >> reporter: hi, david. that he has covid-19 even though he got the vaccin

elizabeth: hillary vaughn, thank you so much for your report there.ning us now new york congresswoman claudia tenney of house foreign affairs. former navy seal commander, david sears. claudia, congresswoman, let's get your reaction to the biden administration saying americans must get taliban permission to leave afghanistan. this is the same taliban that gave safe haven to 9/11 attackers. what do you say? >> no person president should ever stand in our white house and pin the success of a u.s. military mission depends on cooperation with the terrorist group. that is exactly what position we've put ourselves in which is why you're seeing so many of -- [inaudible] elizabeth: okay. i think we lost the sound. we'll work on that technical problem. let's move to david sears. david, thank you for your service to our country. do we still have the congressman? go ahead congressman. >> i don't think we lost sound. i am concerned we put ourselves in this position. we are concerned about -- [inaudible]. what's happening the, move forwards, i mean don't see how we

hillary vaughn on capitol hill on that $3.5 trillion so-called human infrastructure package that has e does this thing stand right now? reporter: hi, neil. well right now, the senate is busy writing the actual details for this $3.5 trillion price tag that they approved, but despite a recent fox news poll that shows that more people would rather have the government leave them alone than lend them a hand , the biden administration is still pushing for some hand outs in that $3.5 trillion infrastructure package, like government subsidized child care , universal pre-k, making the monthly direct cash payments for the child tax credit permanent. national economic director argues these extras are not going to keep people out of work but instead give people the safety net they need to go to work. >> the investment in this plan are fundamentally different from this idea of short-term stimulus that's not about putting demand into the economy this year. it's about giving families the security that over the next decade, they're going to be able to afford child care costs. reporter: some senate re

hillary vaughn is, she's keeping track of all of the legislative movements.capitol hill. where do we stand on the infrastructure bull? that's what i'm -- bill? i'm interested in at the moment. >> reporter: we're expecting a final passage vote at the very least at 3 a.m., but it could happen earlier than that. you're right, waiting at the end of that glide path -- which we do understand there is enough support to get that bipartisan infrastructure package through -- there is that $3.5 trillion reconciliation package that senator bernie sanders introduced today x that is a raising eyebrows not only among moderate democrats, but also republicans who are worried about rising inflation and the impending debt limit. treasury secretary janet yellen saying today that if congress does not raise the debt limit, the u.s. government is going to run out of money, saying that it will cause irreparable harm to the u.s. economy. but even though yellen is warning that they are running out of money, democrats are moving forward with that massive $3.5 trillion reconciliation pa

let's get to hillary vaughn who joins us now from the white house where the president will be speakingat is brand new just moments ago. liz: okay, we lost hillary but again she was just indicating hillary, you back? reporter: yes, i am here. lightning must have had some issues but we can now report that the president will be addressing the american people at 5 p.m., this will be the first time that we have heard from anyone at the white house since we did get confirmation that at least 12 u.s. military members were killed in that attack, in kabul. we also just wrapped up a briefing with the pentagon where we heard from general kenneth mckenzie the head of u.s. central command and gave more information about those two suicide bombings that were carr ied out. he says those attacks can be attributed to isis. >> if we can find whose associated with this , we will go after them. we've been clear all along that we're going to retain the right to operate against isis and afghanistan, and we are working very hard right now to determine attribution to determine whose associated with this coward

hillary vaughn has been looking into that and has run into a group that's doing just that in arlingtonnationwide to help these refugees fleeing for their lives start their new life here, and one of the organizations that's leading this effort is catholic charities. we're at window nation dropoff that that they have of 40 -- one donation dropoff that they have of 40 around the country. the hard part really has been finding a home for these refugees to get to. and the last two weeks, over 100,000 people, evacuees, have made it out of afghanistan here to the u.s. thousands more refugees, the pentagon said today, are scheduled the arrive soon at dulles airport, but with housing prices surging, it is a tough market. a lot of them have no credit or job history in the u.s., but they also are having a hard time finding an apartment to approve them. that's where catholic charities has been helping out. they give these refugees a lifeline. they help them secure housing, pay rent, find a job and acclimate to life here. >> we're watching what's happening in kabul, and we're actually then seeing pe

hillary vaughn live on capitol hill with the latest.orter: senate democrats are chugging along toward their $3.5 trillion human infrastructure package. that would invest in programs like paid family leave and subsidized child care and make the earned income tax credit and child tax credit expansions permanent but some of these programs in place are already being targeted by scammers and fraud experts warn, supersizing social programs could mean supersizing the fraud that comes with them. a whopping, eye-opening estimate from lexus nexus risk solutions of fraud found in the paycheck protect program and covid unemployment insurance found $800 billion at least was paid out inappropriately. now the top republican on the house ways and means committee, kevin brady has been calling for more oversight of all this money going out the door, telling us quote, due to the poorly-dine designed too generous covid unemployment programs we're experiencing the greatest theft of tax dollars and greatest theft of workers from main street in american histo

has chosen to spend like crazy people to give us a congressional low down, let's go right to hillary vaughnhe senate can pass the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package that helps

hillary vaughn live on capitol hill with the very latest. reporter: hi, charles.s bill would pay for if passed. it is 2700 pages. in those 2700 pages there are some interesting things that it is paying for. a woman's trucking advise sy board to promote more women behind the wheel and on the road in the trucking industry. a study on the keystone xl pipeline cancellation, jobs lost because of it and impact on energy prices. drug impaired driving program to study the impact of marijuana use on driving. educating to drivers about the risks and reducing injuries and and death because of people driving high. a plan to clear roadways taken over by invasive weeds, help communities prevent them from growing back so people drive them on the road. a pollinator friendly grant program to help communities put native plants that grow well locally, that require less maintenance, saving taxpayers dollars on excessive mowing and up keep and watering. the charles, the bill is still being debated. a lot of law make remembers trying to tack on their own amendments. so the 2700 plus pa

do we have hillary vaughn with us?pments. let me spell out what i know at this point and what has been confirmed. a suicide bombing at the the at abbey gate at the airport in kabul. where three marines we know have been wounded. there was another explosion very close to the airport. we don't have the exact location. but there was another explosion. that was explosion number two. there was an explosion at the baron hotel which had been a staging ground to get americans out. hillary vaughn at the white house. what do you have for us, hill? reporter: stuart, we're waiting to hear from the president. we know he has been briefed on this matter. we're hearing from our own chad pergram that sources on capitol hill are also getting ongoing information about this. we are hearing that the gates are completely closed. the abbey gate and other gates at could be buell hotel are completely closed. the baron hotel was used as a location as jennifer griffin reports to evacuate 150 a afghanis and americans with three operations with th

>> as hillary vaughn just put out in an email, and i believe she reported on error that there was a threata warning from the state department to lawmakers not to tell people who were remaining on the ground in afghanistan to go to the airport. there was some effort that was continuing even as of this morning by various offices to try to reach out to people who are still in afghanistan and get them to the airport to make it on some of these flights, the state department telling those lawmakers, stop doing that. that is posing a security threat and there has been some pushback now from lawmakers who said, we are not going to stop helping people who we know are on the ground if there is some effort to find safe houses burned them to go to. but again, the direction about what american should be doing and what american should be listening to is really going to come out of the state department and the u.s. embassy. they had been sending us those warnings overnight when those threats were imminent, get away from the airport, listen to the media for updates, follow the channels of the u.s. embassy

hillary vaughn on capitol hill. hillary, what are the senators saying about inflation?the senate but wait negotiate wings is the $3.5 trillion infrastructure package. bernie sanders and chuck schumer introducing it today. that could have shaky support with democrats alarmed for increase spending. joe manchin righting federal reserve chairman jerome powell our monetary, fiscal response met the crisis when our economy suffered the equivalent after heart attack but we have to make sure by stimulating the patient with already strong recovery. this infrastructure bill was supposed to be passed but the process was slowed down by republicans that the promise would be paid for was broken when the cbo report found less than half of it is. the republicans have issues with the reconciliation bill coming right after it. senator bill hagerty tweeting about sanders' reconciliation package, more spending, socialization debt bomb that will fundamentally reshape american society and our economy. we're expecting, if the senators are not able to expedite the process this infrastructure bi

my colleague, hillary vaughn, asked the white house about that as it relates to this, in the white housepresident's pledge. the administration will evaluate all legislation, including any bills relevant to these pilot programs against the $400,000 pledge, but anytime there is talk of new taxes, that is worrying to people. especially drivers in states like illinois, pennsylvania, california, will already pay some of the highest gas taxes in the country. >> anita: thank you so much pnm from california, so it's definitely got my attention. thank you so much for that report. i know you tweeted out this information about the possible mileage tax last week. you have 4 million impressions on twitter. >> john: a lot of people are concerned about new taxes, new fees. new taxes masquerading as fees. as we said was robert wells and steve moore, the only thing, maybe that government is not so greedy that they want a gas tax and mileage fee. maybe the transition to electric vehicles, people will use less gasoline. so they need to get it somewhere else somewhere else. >> anita: got to make their money

hard to make out what is really going on but hillary vaughn would know if anyone knows. following the story closely than anybody. hillary, a lot of give-and-take i understand. where does it stand now? reporter: right now looks there may be close to a deal. looks like this ongoing standoff between speaker pelosi and this mod squad, the group of 10 moderate democrats could be coming to an end because speaker pelosi essentially put a deal on the table, offering to guarranty a vote on the infrastructure bill by september 27th. up until this point "the mod squad" successfully stalled the house from moving forward on the $3.5 trillion social spending package that delay has even been on going into today but if this agreement to nail down a vote on the infrastructure package by september 27th goes through in return moderates will need to help pelosi fulfill progressive demands voting for the budget framework for the massive 3.5 trillion spending social package. >> a commitment to have the president's bipartisan infrastructure bill considered in the house no later than september

let's go to hillary vaughn on some of these other efforts democrats are taking to keep the eye on whatamerican history that hit all the right buttons for them but maybe not right now all that likely even with the deal scored. where does this stand right now, hillary? >> reporter: well, right now, neil, they are busy filling in the details, and each committee is writing their portions of that $3.5 trillion reconciliation package. but congress overall is poised to to push out $5 trillion total in new government spending this month. but this is happening as economists are are warning that we are not getting a lot of bang for our buck when it comes to the economic impact of this extra cash. data is signaling that the economic expansion is slowing. the $3.a 5 trillion reconciliation package is not going to do much to boost sectors that relie on consumer spending -- rely on consumer spending. a big bulk is going to universal pre-k, subsidized college and climate change initiatives, and the $1 trillion slated for hard infrastructure projects like roads, rail, bridges and broadband, the penn w

hillary vaughn on the hill with the details for us. reporter: jackie, the d.c. mayor was caught maskless just hours after her mask mandate for indoors went into effect of the mayor officiated an outdoor wedding ceremony on saturday but was snapped without her mask inside at the reception. the mayor's office telling fox in a statement, quote, on saturday, july 31st, mayor bowser officiate ad outdoor rooftop wedding ceremony followed by an indoor dinner. the mayor wore a mask indoors in compliance with the mandate. "the washington examiner" who broke the story said she did not wear a mask during the wedding toast, even when not actively eating or drinking as seen in this photo. the mayor the night before was seen posing with comedian dave schappell before his show reopened at the anthem theater friday night just hours before the mask mandate she put into effect would go into effect. bowser is not the only politician in d.c. getting blow back for skirting the rules. speaker nancy pelosi spotted on friday taking her mask on the house side to take a photo. >> can we

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hillary vaughn is at the white house and, or hillary, we know there's an alert for more potential attacksy. right now americans and afghan allies till in afghanistan -- still in afghanistan are facing two choices, either they stay where they are and risk being hunted down by the taliban, or they try to get to the airport and risk being blown up by isis. how does this evacuation continue without advantage see wees risk -- evacuees risking their lives? >> we are in direct contact with every citizen, and we are working with each of them and their families on an individual base-- basis on how to get them to the airport. that's the process. >> reporter: but that process getting complicated by isis-k. just because isis has been able to target americans in afghanistan, that's a lot different than isis coming here to attack on the homeland. at least 13 u.s. military service members were killed yesterday in that isis-k suicide bomb explosion outside of the airport, and the pentagon says there is still an ongoing, active threat around the airport and around kabul. there are as many as 2,000 isis-k

hillary vaughn is on capitol hill for us. for unions. prevailing wages applying davis-bacon laws to federal prompts that would be paid for through -- projects means that the biden administration through the secretary of labor decides what construction contractors have the pay their workers in order to get a government infrastructure project. they base the wages on similar projects that are having locally. unions say that the federally-inflated wages is a good thing for blue collar workers, it prevents what they say would be a race to the bottom for builders bidding on projects and takes away the incentive to cut costs by paying laborers less. but it doesn't come without a cost to taxpayers. the nonpartisan congressional budget office estimated repealing these wage requirements could save the federal government over $17 billion over the next ten years. critics, though, say prevailing wages benefit unions overwhelmingly and cut out private contractors. the associated builders and contractors spoke out against prevailing wages in

reporter: hillary vaughn reached out to biden administration asking whether this provision goes againstinistration, will evaluate all legislation including any bills relevant to these pilot principals against the $400,000 pledge you can see how additional tax or even a you replacement tax that tracks miles you drive would be concerning to a lot of americans. dagen: oh, yeah grady, thank you so much for that reporting grady trimble, jonathan your thoughts on this we point out people who drive electric vehicles don't pay gas taxes helps on the -- the highway trust fund. jonathan: dagen i think a good point you made this is a classic game of major by democrats looking at infrastructure bill good for middle class they don't tell you this mileage tax is being snuck in, really an attack on middle class america, this is going to cause tremendous upset, and negative consequences around the implications for upper drivers lyft drivers people struggling to make ends meet. we're not talking about people who have it together we are talking people at lower end of economic strum in middle class strugg

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for allowing the taliban to stay on the platform while former president trump is still banned hillary vaughn >> we will see but republican lawmakers on capitol hill are using the issue to renew calls to reform section 230 that essentially shield social media companies from liability from what occurs on their platform or blowback from the content moderation decision as of this morning spokespeople with the taliban have hundreds of thousands of followers, twitter allowing them to engage on a platform that some conservatives including americans are currently banned jim jordan said is time for congress to take up section 230 tweeting that the taliban can tweak the president can't section 230 could help fix that and democrats in congress won't bring it up for about congressman claudia tenney says she is partially centered on twitter tweeting my account is search beyond and i'm congressional colleagues who are regularly suspended from the service, something is very wrong twitter says there rules are applied equally across users and they will take action against any content that glorifies violence

hillary vaughn in d.c. she is now responding to the criticism. what is the may saying? mask outside in d.c. but you are do when you're inside. the exceptions when you are eating or drinking. this is what the mayor's office is telling fox, quote, on saturday, july 31st, mayor bowser is owe fish eight ad outdoor wedding. the mayor wore a mask inside. "washington examiner" said bowser was sitting at tables not designated for her during the wedding toast. during the wedding toast she did not wear a mask not actively eating or drinking. in the photo she is not actively eating or drinking. there was another photo popped up late last week, her and comedian dave chappelle maskless posing for a photo. she attended the comedian's show reopening at the washington anthem theater on friday night. this is one day after she announced to d.c., that this mask mandate would be in place starting saturday morning. she is not the only d.c. lawmaker coming under fire. speaker pelosi is facing criticism after she defied the mask order on the house side, that she staunchly defended when admini