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i'm joshua johnson. . welcome to "the week." >>> you know, sometimes grown-ups can act like high schoolers, including on capitol hill. this week was all about who's popular and who's not. >> you got everybody there. you got your freshman, jocks, preps, jv jocks, asian nerds, cool asians, varsity jocks unfriendly black hotties, girls who eat their feelings, girls who don't eat anything, desperate wannabes, burnouts, sexually active band geeks, the greatest people you will ever meet, and the worst. beware of the plastics. >> oh, the mean girls we love to hate. but a new seat opened up at the cool kids' table after wyoming congresswoman liz cheney was told to sit somewhere else. on wednesday, she was purged from house republican leadership for refusing to echo donald trump's lies about the election. yesterday, republicans voted for new york congresswoman elise stefanick to become conference chair. she made it clear that she shares minority leader kevin mccarthy's view on the former president's role in the gop

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i'm joshua johnson. welcome to the week. >>> the white house spent part of mother's day doing damage control after a disappointing jobs report last month. >> we're making bold moves but there's a long way to go and we have to be there to help americans find jobs. we're focussed on working with congress to get the jobs package passed and family's package. the reality is we have fallen behind with our investments in the economy and people are still struggling. >> the gop is blaming the april job's report on the jobless benefits put in place to combat the pandemic recession. some republican governors have started cutting federal aid hoping to force more people back to work. president biden says he has hope for bipartisan support of his multitrillion dollar infrastructure and jobs package. he plans to meet with each party's house and senate leaders and with a group of republican senators. the gop has more on its mind than even this huge infrastructure plan. house republicans could vote congresswoman liz chen

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from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i'm joshua johnson welcome to the week. ♪ ♪ ♪ will thence continue today between israel and hamas. they launched a series of early warning airstrikes on gaza city. today the israeli defense forces reportedly hit more than 90 targets including the homes of senior hamas leadership this overnight strike killed 42 palestinians. 16 women and ten children lost their lives in the attack. at least 188 palestinians have been killed so far including 55 children. that is according to the local health ministry. the reported death toll is far lower in israel. ten people are known to have died there in this latest violence. meanwhile, some nations are pushing to stop the fighting. today, the united nations security council held an emergency meeting. secretary general antonio called for the violence to end immediately. israel's prime minister made it clear that won't happen. >> we'll do whatever it takes to restore order in quiet and on the security of people were trying to degrade how losses abilities and degrade their will to do this again, so it will

i hand it to my colleague, joshua johnson.ys since joe biden won the presidential election but many republicans are fighting over it. what does it mean for our democracy. >>> former homeland security chief of staff is diving into take fight. he is leading an effort to make the gop accept the election result, and he will join us just ahead. >>> meanwhile, more than 400 voting restriction bills have been introduced in nearly every state. what, if anything, can congress do to counter them? >>> right now violence is escalating between israelis and palestinians. today president biden spoke to both sides. an israeli strike had just destroyed a building where reporters were. we are live in the middle east with the latest. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i'm joshua johnson. welcome to "the week." ♪ ♪ >>> you know that old saying that democracy depends on the consent of the losers? if that's true, what happens to democracy when the losers won't concede? that's kind of where we find ourselves this week. the loser of th

now it's time to turn it over to joshua johnson. >> thank you very much.epublican describes the infighting over loyalty to donald trump. this week could be crucial to the gop's future. >>> plus. >> i still want to make sure we don't declare victory prematurely. >>> april's job report was not just washington or wall street hoped. how will it affect president biden's policy plans?

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from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i'm joshua johnson. welcome to "the week." >>> joe biden has probably attended many joint sessions of congress. on wednesday night, he addressed a joint session for the first time as president. the speech capped his first 100 days in office. it's an arbitrary marker but it's good time to take stock of his administration so far. we will see how the next 1,300-plus days in his term measure up to these hundred. still, this checkpoint coincides with some major accomplishments. his $1.9 trillion american rescue plan. and as of yesterday, 100 million americans are fully vaccinated. i'll be among them in about a week and a half. these are big steps toward addressing the administration's two most urgent priorities and that was why it was important to hear directly from the president about what comes next. we don't hear from him every day. certainly, less than his predecessor. we have had a press conference, a couple interviews, including the one you are about to see. but for the most part, he's let his team do t

. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i'm joshua johnson. welcome to "the week." ♪ >>> this civil war in the gop is reaching a turning point. house republicans are preparing to oust congresswoman liz cheney from her number 3 leadership position. it is a fight driven by former president donald trump. he seems in at the point on dividing the party in his favor. and much of his i focus has bee on punishing law you makers who voted to impeach him, including congresswoman cheney. the whole thing reminded some of us on there team of the movie "captain america's civil war." if you missed it, the name kind implies the story. aes super villain turns the avengers against one another. >> that empire toppled by its enemies can rise again. but one which crumbles from within, that's dead. forever. >> i knew i couldn't kill them. more powerful men than me if tried. but if i could get them to kill each other. >> now, to be clear, we're not saying the republicans are"the avengers," but that battle didn't end well and this might not either. strategist brendan

but now it's time to turn it over to joshua johnson. >> thank you very much. and hello to you.te cease-fire. what, if anything, can joe biden do to ease the tensions? >>> the republican party can split into two one probably mucn the other. how would that go? we'll consider if the gop might go in the way of the wig party. plus, march for our lives core founder david hogg is here. it will talk about his activism against gun violence and a new documentary about the students in portland. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i'm joshua johnson welcome to the week. ♪ ♪ ♪ will the violence continue today between israel and hamas. they launched a series of early warning airstrikes on gaza city. today the israeli defense forces reportedly hit more than 90 targets

now it's time to turn it over to joshua johnson. johnson. hello joshua. >> hey thank you very.mean? especially for the prospects of an infrastructure plan. also, joe biden marked 100 days in office, with kamala harris did to. we will look back at her first 100 days. as vice president. we have a live update on a boat that capsized just off the coast of san diego. officials say it looks like smuggling. and last night we asked for your photos of things that helped raise your perspective in these troubled times. i call it the observatory effect. and you did not disappoint. we will share some of our favorites, throughout the hour. from nbc news world

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. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i'm joshua johnson, welcome to "the week." >>> you know, that old saying that democracy depends on the consent of the losers? if that's true, what happens to democracy when the losers won't concede. the loser of the last presidential election has still not conceded six months after election day, maybe he never will. but on wednesday, house minority leader kevin mccarthy insisted that republicans are not, not questioning last fall's election. >> i don't think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election. i think that is all over with. >> apparently not. just this afternoon the former president released yet another statement questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election. he says it will go down as the crime of the century. exclamation point. this is the former president the new gop leadership chose to close ranks around. this week they began a very public purge of people who criticized donald trump for refusing to accept the election outcome. on wednesday, congresswoman liz cheney was removed from her lea

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from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i'm joshua johnson. welcome to "the week." >>> it was another good week in the fight against the pandemic. with new cdc masking guidelines in place, americans are beginning to enjoy a bit more freedom to start this summer. more than 3 out of 5 american adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine, hopefully you, too. and the seven-day average for new cases is down 19%. last time that number was this low, last june. across the country states are lifting mask mandates and easing restrictions and inching towards business as usual. here in new york city, an early epicenter for the virus, capacity limits have been lifted. no more mask or social distancing requirements for fully vaccinated folks. vaccinations and the drop in new cases are changing the game on both the health and economic fronts. this week, jobless claims fell to their lowest level since last march. it's great news for the biden administration after a disappointing april jobs report. despite all of this, it's not clear how much women i

now i hand it over to joshua johnson. >> thank you very much hello. >>> the polls are closed in virginia. after republican delegates voted to pick their nominee for governor. ballot counting starts tomorrow. and the results could shed some light on how gop voters view the future of their party. >>> plus, florida is the latest state to sign restrictive new voting laws. florida congressman charlie crist joins us to respond and to tell us why he's running for governor again. >>> plus, it seems like the justice department under president trump secretly obtained reporters' phone records. more on "the washington post" report coming up. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i'm joshua johnson welcome to "the week." ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> well, the battle lines are getting sharper in the fight for the future of the republican party. donald trump has been working behind the scenes to banish people that he deemed disloyal. today, "the washington post" reported that congresswoman liz cheney, she's the chair of the house gop conference, has been working just as hard to keep the former president from

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i'm joshua johnson. welcome to "the week." >>> the violenced continued today between israel and hamas, and israeli warplanes launched early more strikes on gaza city and today the defense forces hit more reportedly than 90 targets, including the homes of senior hamas leadership. this overnight strike killed 42 palestinians. 55 children have been killed so far according to the local health ministry. the reported death toll are far lower in israel. ten people are known to have died there in the latest violence. today the united nations security counsel held an emergency meeting, and secretary general antonio gutierrez called for the violence to end immediately, and israel's prime minister made it clear that won't happen. >> we will do whatever it takes to keep quiet, and we are trying to degrade hamas's terrorists abilities and it will take time, and i hope it won't take long but it's not immediate. >> president biden was working the phones this weekend. he spoke to both netanyahu and mahmoud abbas. now he

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