it was lindsey graham of south carolina.indsey graham support the confirmation of someone like warren or perez? to answer that question, this is hardly an isolated case. lindsey graham is the only republican on the judiciary committee who has not voted to reject a single judge the biden administration has proposed, no matter how crazy they are. for procedural reasons and a senate split 50/50, his apartment is very much. ten aides tell us that because of lindsey graham, one man, the biden administration is able to rush its nominees through the senate confirmation process faster than any other president in memory. the most radical president of our lifetime is the most judges confirmed thanks to lindsey graham. those nominees include someone that many democrats hope to see in the supreme court soon. that would be an activist, he spent the last four years writing political orders for the benefit of jerry nadler and nancy pelosi peer brown once wrote an opinion comparing the previous administration to an illegal monarchy. the dec

you. >>> just into cnn, moving forward on the breaking news from earlier this hour that senator lindsey graham was on senator joe manchin's house boat this weekend. manchin entertained a small group of senators and graham was in attendance. manchin's office declined to comment on the attendance on his boat. senator manchin is fully vaccinated, they say, and followed the guidelines from the cdc for those exposed to a covid positive individual. that's from manchin's spokeswoman. >>> all right, "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now with pamela brown filling in. ♪ >>> well, it seems like something is working. "the lead" starts right now. more americans are taking their shot, and a month later the white house has hit one of its vaccine goals. but is it too late? >>> then, back to school. today is the first day for many kids. but in some places masks are not on the school supply list. the two counties in one state with two different strategies, ahead. >>> plus, finding her balance. simone biles has one last shot at a medal. but will she get caught up in the twisties again? ♪ >>> and welcome t

lindsey graham can shut his mouth.ment, i mean, and this is the danger of the rightful impeachments that were inflicted upon the florida retiree, that we just knew that come january, republicans would be wanting to find any old reason to throw out the impeachment term. we heard it from senator rick scott last week, and the 25th amendment, that craziness and we heard it from lindsey graham now, and that's exactly what you said, that's from the peanut gallery and the cheap seats, that's for the fox news audience. >> and we don't like to quote the insurrection and big lie enthusiasts, we merely do in this case to let people know it's out there. bill, this one is coming to you. and this is aaron david miller, the veteran state department middle east hand, he wrote this on social media tonight. media coverage is turning afghanistan into the fulcrum of western civilization and biden's withdrawal, however incompetent, into a narrative of cosmic betrayal, incompetency, collective compromise of security, and liberal value, and

on saturday night, senator lindsey graham says, he started having flu-like symptoms. tor graham attended a gathering on a bow in the potomac river, which is the washington d.c. home of jet senator joe manchin. initial reports of the event called it a party, but senator manchin refers to call it a gathering. senator graham and senator manchin are fully vaccinated, senator manchin says everyone else at the gathering was fully vaccinated. >> all senators, bipartisan senators. we were outside okay, and we were all vaccinated. so you know, i talk to lindsay today, he's fine, he's all good. >> how long did you all go? how long was the? event a couple of hours? >> whatever it takes eta hamburger to. >> senator graham now takes his place in that rare group, fully vaccinated people, who then get infected with covid. today doctor anthony fauci said this. >> as of july 26, the cdc received 6587 reports, of breakthrough infections. that resulted in hospitalization or death. among 163, fully vaccinated million people. that is a percentage of zero, 0.01%, or less. >> joining us now

lindsey graham can shut his mouth. impeachment, i mean -- this was the danger of the rightful impeachments that were inflicted upon the florida retiree, that we just knew, come january, republicans would be wanting to find any old reason you throughout the impeachment term. we heard from senator scott last week, and the 25th amendment, that craziness. we've heard it from lindsey now. and that's exactly what you said, it's from the fox news audience, cheap seats, peanut gallery. >> and we don't likely quote the big lie enthusiasts, we merely do so in this case to let people know what's out there. bill, this ones coming to you. this is aaron david miller, the veteran state department middle east hand. he wrote this on social media tonight. l medi tonight. bill, is there a good chance he might be right? >> i don't really think so actually. it's nice and sophisticated that, oh, everyone should be not so upset. take the big picture. people said that in 1979 and during the hostage crisis and revolution. we got through it eve

lindsey graham, republican senator lindsey graham announcing today he has test positive for coronavirus was vaccinated because without vaccination i am certain i would not feel as well as i do now, my symptoms would be far worse. how much of an impact could it have to have someone like lindsey graham come out and say, look, i'd be a lot worse off if i wasn't vaccinated? how much of an impact would that have on vaccine hesitancy? >> i don't know what more people need to hear, but go get your vaccine because it does make covid symptoms less severe. and that should tell the complete story right there. i think what we're having here is a miscommunication problem with this administration between the biden administration saying one thing and the cdc saying something else. if we could get all of our elected officials and all of government on the same page and encourage vaccinations, take the politics out of it, this is a healthcare issue, and encourage people to get the vaccine, and that helps make getting the disease much less and makes the likelihood of you getting it even smaller. >> what d

. >> lindsey graham has now confirmed that he has tested positive for covid. he has gotten the vaccine. so that's a break-through case. we do not know in the senator is symptomatic, asymptomatic, what his condition is. he tweeted that a short time ago. i want to put up these covid cases in florida, kayleigh. you've been a big supporter of governor ron desantis and the job he's done down there. he has up to this point made all the right cases. but they're sky rocketing down there. would you reevaluated his position? would you tell him maybe he needs to reevaluate considering the cases and the hospitalizations being way up down there? >> no. he's making all the right decisions. we're in a didn't place. when i was in the white house, we didn't have the vaccines. there was a reason for the mandates put in place for the temporary brief lockdown, which nobody wanted to see happen. we're in a totally different place. vaccines are available. the days of mandates are gone. we know when you look at data, when you're vaccinated, the chances of hospitalization are 0 to .0

we don't know whether senator lindsey graham has the delta variant or not. but to dr. marty's point, thank you for adding that. thank you both. a big announcement from the white house just before the top of the hour. president biden taking new executive action to keep americans from being evicted from their homes in the middle of this pandemic as we were just talking about. we'll get an update on what he is now directing states to do in all of this. plus, now we know what is in the infrastructure bill, believe it or not. but senators are up against a tight deadline to try and get it passed. we're live on capitol hill with the very latest on the time line ahead. >>> plus, a nasty primary is pitting progressives against establishment democrats. what's getting lost in the battle? we'll tell you about that next. you're watching "ayman mohyeldin reports." you're watching "ayman mohyeldin reports. th us... our bargain detergent couldn't keep up. turns out it's mostly water. so, we switched back to tide. one wash, stains are gone. [daughter] slurping don't pay for water. pay

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ask lindsey graham. here he is, we're showing you earlier this afternoon minutes before announcing that he tested positive for covid. he tweeted this, he said i feel like i have a sinus infection and at the present time i have mild symptoms. i'm very glad i was vaccinated because without vaccination, i am certain i would not feel as well as i do now. that is lindsey graham from a state where 41% of the population is fully vaccinated and yet, at the same time you have graham's colleague, senator ron johnson raising doubts about the vaccine. remember, this is a man who has not been vaccinated according to a spokesman and also no stranger to conspiracy theories. he tweeted this today about a former journalist now chief conspiracy theorists and says he has been quote a courageous voice of reason throughout the pandemic. more like a dangerous voice. he's been telling people the best way to combat the virus is simply to become infected by it and then there is this statement that he made at cpac. >> the governm

jonathan: senator lindsey graham testing positive for covid.e wishing the best and for a full, speedy recovery. how does this reshape the infrastructure talks with the passing of this bill? annmarie: we also should note that the good news is that senator lindsey graham also said on twitter that without the vaccine come he is sure that his symptoms would be far worse, so he does feel like he is dealing with minor symptoms. he was on the weekend gathering with other senators, on senator joe manchin's houseboat, so there is this cloud of worry that potentially there could be others that test positive. unlike the house, the senate does not have a proxy vote, so if he is in quarantine, he would not be able to vote for the upcoming legislation where it to hit the floor. that is potentially one key issue. also the fact that he was part of that bipartisan group, a very loud voice trying to push this through and getting other republicans on board. so there is a lot of interesting facets at play because of this -- with this because without his vote it co

republican party when house democrats have the majority. >> reporter: and, wolf, after senator lindsey graham tested positive despite being fully vaccinated, we are learning he spent a portion of the weekend on joe manchin's houseboat here in washington. not just senator graham and manchin, but there were several others on that boat as well. several of their offices are putting out statements and following cdc guidance which now says if you are fully vaccinated and around someone who tests positive, you still need to get tested within 3 to 5 days of that contact. these instances of break-through cases are rare for fully vaccinated people, but clearly, wolf, they're happening across the country and even here in washington tonight. >> i thought it was significant that senator lindsey graham said in a statement, i am very glad i was vaccinated because without vaccination i am certain i would not feel as well as i do now. my symptoms would be far worse. bottom line, he's recommending everyone go get vaccinated. kit thank you very, very much. now to new york city as the first epicenter of the pand

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>>> plus, senator lindsey graham tests positive for coronavirus despite being vaccinated. he's the first senator to disclose a breakthrough infection. the question circulate we see others? >>> and it's the final day of women's gymnastics events at the tokyo olympics, and simone biles is making her return to the competition. the question circulate we see her win gold on the balance beam? it's way too erl too early for . >>> good morning and welcome to "way too early," the show that is resolved to never step foot on a houseboat with a senator. i'm jonathan lemire on this tuesday, august 3rd. let's start with the news, and we'll begin with the biden administration, which is finally reaching its goal of getting 70% of american adults at least one dose of the covid vaccine. it's a milestone president biden had hoped to reach a month ago. as of yesterday, the cdc says more than 180.7 million people in the united states, ages 18 or older, have receive at least one shot. for those 12 years or older, less than 68% have received one dose. but covid cases are on the rise. hospitals a

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none of them other than lindsey graham tested positive. break through infections are rare.ke sure they are in fact negative. senator manchin spoke to reporters on this. this is what he had to say. >> we were outside, okay, and we were all vaccinated. i mean, i talked to lindsey today, he is fine. >> how long did you all go? how long was the event? >> i don't know. >> couple hours? >> whatever it takes to eat a hamburger or two. >> reporter: manchin was trying to say they didn't do anything wrong. it appears to be correct, outdoors, hanging out, doing a barbeque. as far as the infrastructure bill goes, they have a significant question. 67 senators voted to move it forward. lindsey graham in quarantine, that's not imminent danger unless there's massive spread of infection. the real thing is the budget resolution. they need all 50 members healthy, present, voting to get it through. otherwise dead in the water. they have no hope of getting republican support. chuck schumer wants to get it done before they leave for august recess, why we see them being so cautious. >> it is amaz

and i want to go back to a statement lindsey graham made about this infection that he's gotten, as a ed this statement saying, i am very glad i was vaccinated because, without vaccination, i am certain i would not feel as well as i do now. my symptoms would be far worse. is -- is that message getting through? >> i, certainly, hope it is. you know, by vaccinating people, we're not going to prevent every-single infection. vaccines are not perfect but they are very good at preventing severe disease, hospitalization, and death. a lot of people compared covid to the flu, early on. to be very clear, covid is not the flu. but we can turn covid into something more akin to the flu. more like a regular-winter cold, through vaccination. and -- and that's the key. through vaccination. >> dr. celine gounder, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> my pleasure. >>> and coming up. what has happened to those giant corporations that have stopped making political contributions to the republicans who voted to overturn the presidential election? yale business school professor says those companies

mona. >> andrea, thank you. >>> senator lindsey graham has tested positive for covid after going to aookout with at least seven other senators, all of them vaccinated. graham says he started feeling mild symptoms saturday night after the cookout on senator joe manchin's houseboat. manchin who tested negative defended his decision to host the gathering. >> we were outside, okay, and we were all -- everybody has been vaccinated. >> how long was the event? >> oh, i don't know. >> a couple hours? >> whatever it takes to eat a hamburger or two. >> the other senators have either tested negative or they're still waiting for results. graham is in quarantine. he says he's glad he's vaccinated or his symptoms would be far worse. >>> house republican leader kevin mccarthy is facing calls from democrats to apologize or even resign after telling gop donors it would be, quote, hard not to hit house speaker nancy pelosi with a gavel. an aide says mccarthy was just joking. >> i want you to watch nancy pelosi hand me that gavel. [ cheers and applause ] it will be hard not to hit her with it, but i wil

the senator, one of the lawmakers getting backlash at home for supporting it. >> yes, senator lindsey grahamrting the aiken county republican party overwhelmingly voting to censure him. that censure itself is a slap on the wrist. doesn't mean much for him saz this moves forward with one local party there opposing his support for the $550 billion bipartisan bill. if you remember former president trump in the weeks and days leading up to that vote. she was threatening all republicans who were considering voting for the bill, including senator lindsey graham, who is a big ally of the former president's. of course he didn't listen. he voted to get on the bill but this really is part of the dynamics that we were all watching here in the weeks leading up to it. 19 republicans voted for the bill, of course senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, one of them, providing cover for his members, to take that vote, that back home can be seen as politically challenging with allies of president trump. now as we see this next election cycle, we saw two senators, at least two of them, slip off of the vote, t

caller: caller: nobody gives a crab about what lindsey graham says anymore. i think biden is doing the right thing withdrawing the troops. he had the backbone to make a decision and stand by it. too many soldiers killed, innocent people killed. imagine what we could have done in this country. we have a broken health care system. the middle class is struggling to survive. how many morell

and south carolina senator lindsey graham has tested positive for covid-19 after being vaccinated. he says he has mild symptoms and he's very glad he received the vaccine or he could be in worse shape. bradley blackburn has the very latest from new york. bradley, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. the cdc is echoing senator graham reminding people these vaccines work against the delta variant. in more places we are seeing calls for vaccine mandates. >> covid-19 vaccinations are on the rise but more people are getting infected as well. >> the numbers that we're seeing are unbelievable. >> as the u.s. reached president biden's goal to get 70% of the adults partially vaccinated, the focus is on the millions who have had no shots. >> 100% of the people in my icu in the intensive care unit are unvaccinated. >> reporter: white house coronavirus jeff zeinst said the delta variant has renewed the demand for vaccines. >> in the states with the highest case rates, daily vaccination rates have doubled. >> he said schools should make it mandatory for students and staff. >> it makes sen

similar lindsey graham and at least four others attending an event over the weekend.raham will quarantine for 10 days and miss votes on the legislation. if others test positive, that could mean they delay the vote timetable altogether. the tokyo olympics, american star simone biles made an emotional return to competition and ended up winning the bronze medal in the balance beam final. that came a week after she withdrew from several events to focus on her mental health. it is her seventh career olympic medal. she won it by doing a watered-down version of her usual routine on the beam. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> now we are talking about a 550 billion dollar package. who knows where this is going to end up? the conversation changes week to week. but at this point i think the market expectation for another large fiscal plan has been damaged to some degree. jonathan: that was lisa hornby, schroders head of fixed incom

lindsey graham announced he has tested positive for covid and will quarantine for 10 days. this means he would miss voting on the legislation. graham was one of the republicans who helped negotiate the bill. he says he was vaccinated. china is said to be opening an investigation into deadly flooding in a province after the numbers known death surged from 99 to 302. state media says the government will look into the disaster response to improve prevention and relief efforts. most deaths were in the capital, where torrential rain collapsed buildings and submerged subways. china is battling covid-19 outbreaks, the strongest one since the coronavirus emerged. they delta variant has been detected in nearly half of the country's 32 provinces, including the original epicenter of wuhan. health officials are urging residents in beijing to curb their travel in the near future. the afghan president has blamed the speedy withdrawal of u.s. troops for worsening violence, as fighting with the taliban intensifies. during a house session in kabul, he urged lawmakers to back a mobilization

all of this is happening as senator lindsey graham announcing today he has tested positive for covid despite being fully vaccinated, put up this full screen for you. the senator says he has mild symptoms but he is very glad that he was vaccinated because without the vaccine, he is sure that he would be much sicker. okay? so graham was part of a small group of senators of joe mansion's houseboat over the week weekend. senator mansion who is fully vaccinated said he tested negative. hear that? he is happy. i'm talking about lindsey graham he was vaccinated because otherwise it would have been a lot worse. you got to wonder, though, whether maybe some unvaccinated republicans will listen to lindsey graham. but a new national poll tonight shows 31% of republicans will likely never get the vaccine. so no surprise a senior biden administration official tells cnn there are governors in this country who are putting politics ahead of public health. that official didn't name names. but florida's republican governor ron desantis would probably be at the head of that list. his state accounts for

we will get to lindsey graham in a second the first focus on what appears to be hypocrisy coming frome member of the democratic party, where focusing on muriel bowser, the mayor of washington dc. washington dc into the mask mandate starting just a couple days ago. there is mayor muriel bowser at a wedding over the weekend without a mask just sitting there watching the ceremony. she said i was eating, was busy at the time but yesterday on our show, tiana low was uninvited at the wedding and here's what she has to say about mayor bowser. >> i was at that winning and grabbed that photo. there were hundreds of people, all unmasked. why are you here with a bunch of people, you were mask was. other people i maskless. does that not recover hypocrisy. already dc has had 11 homicides since we had our last coronavirus death. jillian: democracy from the beginning from the democrats but she talks about homicides in dc. i asked them together information for the covid information in dc in the last 7 days, 301 deaths in the last 7 days, there have been 3. 3. look at the fact that she referenced 11 d

we'll talk with jake sullivan and republican senator lindsey graham. finally, the delta variant continues its rampage. former f.d.a. commissioner dr. scott gottlieb joins us. it is all ahead on "face the nation." ♪ >> good morning and welcome to "face the nation." as we come on the air this busy sunday morning, hurricane ida is threatening the gulf coast, likely hitting mid-afternoon, exactly 16 years to the day that hurricane katrina made landfall and the terror threat, meanwhile, in afghanistan is still extremely high has the u.s. continues air lifts to evacuate the last remaining americans. president biden is in dover, delaware this morning, for the dignified transfer of the remains of the 13 americans killed in the kabul airport suicide bombing last week. it also killed more than 270 afghans. plus, the delta variant continues to spread, particularly among children. but we begin this morning on lo louisiana gulf coast. omar villafranca has more. >> reporter: ed, good morning. at last check, there were about 30,000 people without power. we're seeing

and senator lindsey graham revealing he has a breakthrough infection. his message on the importance of getting vaccinated. >>> also, tonight, she is back. simone biles set to return to competition here in tokyo as teammate jade carey wins gold. >>> a stunning upset for the u.s. women's soccer team. and the american track star with a defiant podium protest. >>> spirit airlines cancelling hundreds of flights, stranding thousands of travelers. why airline complaints are soaring this summer. >>> and my conversation with team usa superstar caeleb dressel. what's next after winning five gold medals here in tokyo? >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt reporting tonight from tokyo. >> hello, everyone from japan. we'll get to news coming out of the olympics in a few minutes. back home, more than 35 million americans have now tested positive for covid during the pandemic. and tonight the biden administration finally reaching its goal of getting a minimum of 70% of americans at least partially vaccinated as the country plunges deeper beneath a

henry cuellar and i spoke with senator lindsey graham on friday.n at the white house and said okay, kamala harris is not the right person for the job. that was a bipartisan suggestion. henry cuellar the texas democrat was involved. kamala harris if she doesn't have a solution let's put jeh johnson in charge. obama era dhs secretary. lindsey graham secretary saying things have gotten so bad he was willing to write the letter to the white house. jeh johnson isn't up for it and mayorkas is sensitive to the issues happening there. how are we to have any confidence there will be somebody in charge who is going the tackle this? >> we shouldn't. the one who is supposed to be in charge is joe biden and he is listening to left wing open bortders activists who will crack down on him. the trump white house through policies of build the wall, third party agreements and remain in mexico had stemmed the ties. it was whether or not america would enforce its own laws and deport people who come here illegally. they shifted all those policies on day one. i realize t

i am talking about lindsey graham. vaccinated because otherwise, it would have been a lot worse. you got to wonder, though, whether, maybe, some unvaccinated republicans will listen to lindsey graham. but a new monmouth national poll, out tonight, showing 31% of republicans say that they will likely never get the vaccine. so, it's no surprise, that a senior-biden administration official tells cnn that there are governors in this country who are putting politics, ahead of public health. that official didn't name names. but florida's republican governor, ron desantis, would probably be at the head of that list. his state accounts for a stunning 20% of all-new covid cases in this country. hospitalizations are breaking records. there were long lines, today, at a testing site in hialeah and governor desantis? well, he is representing the party of no. >> i think it's very important that we say, unequivocally, no, to lockdowns. no, to school closures. no, to restrictions. and no mandates. >> he should be saying no to the coro

senator lindsey graham announcing he is one of them, adding, quote, i am very glad i was vaccinated.ot everyone is taking the cdc's mask advice. >> there will be no restrictions and no mandates in the state of florida. >> reporter: today new york mayor bill de blasio urged vaccinated new yorkers to wear masks inside but stopped short of issuing a new mandate. >> we thought that was the right balance. we still want to respect the fact that vaccination does and gives you different opportunities and rights than unvaccinated people. >> reporter: right now five states are accounting for nearly half of all new covid-19 cases. meanwhile, a federal freeze on evictions expired over the weekend putting millions of tenants at risk as infections are spreading nationwide. >> why did the president wait until sunday to ask the cdc for a targeted moratorium focused on those areas with high case rates? >> i think what you're seeing is a president who is just trying to do everything that he can in his power. >> reporter: democrats didn't have the votes to get an extension passed last week. but progres

lindsey graham said -- this is almost a verbatim quote.vid vaccine, you need to get the covid vaccine.id i got the covid vaccine and i got covid anyway. think about that. it's like a zen cone. you could spend the rest of your life trying to unravel the reasoning there and never do it. it's the sound of one hand clapping. meanwhile, we have news tonight from dr. anthony fauci, who runs the country, and we got to warn you, it's bad news. matt finn has that story. >> white house medical advisor dr. anthony fauci is now saying that some individual freedoms should take a backseat during this ongoing pandemic and fauci is endorsing vaccine mandates for teachers and professors. >> i mean, i know people must like to have their individual freedom and not be told to do something, but i think we are in such a serious situation now that under certain circumstances, mandates should be done. it's understandable that people want to do the kinds of things they want to do, they want the freedom to do that, but there comes a time when you're dealing with a

lindsey graham is out with a warning. othing to stop them from raising taxes by whatever amount they want. he says 3 1/2 trillion. that is a lot. what do you say? >> you're absolutely right, lindsey is right. this is gateway drug to socialism as well as taxing and spending spree. i think it will be five trillion dollars when all said and done. i think this will mortgage our children's future. don't forget, this will take away money from our seniors. they're taking away medicare dollars to pay for this. one other issue, this gives trans genders a special situation for them to have to be a protect class as well. elizabeth: that was an interesting footnote. >> yeah. elizabeth: douglas holtz-eakin what do you say to the fiscal gimmicks, the gymnastics how they're making like this won't hit everybody's wall lawsuit but it sure is. what do you say? >> i think there are two different things going on here. one is the use of reconciliation, american rescue plan two trillion in march and next bill they promised. american rescue plan

senator lindsey graham, who is fully vaccinated, but, after having flu-like symptoms, tested positive. senator graham tweeted, without vaccination, i am certain i would not feel as well as i do now. my symptoms would be far worse. the delta variant is responsible for the nation's exponential surge, according to the c.d.c.. in new york, the push continues to mandate vaccinations. today, governor andrew cuomo announced that 68,000 state transit workers will be required to get vaccinated or face weekly testing and that others should follow suit. >> private businesses, i am asking them and suggesting to them go to vaccine-only admission. >> reporter: mean while, back in missouri, vaccination rates are low and opposition is high, as covid continues to surge at this hospital near the lake of the ozarks, the prognosis is grim. >> we're working longer hours, and when we see the level of sickness that we are seeing and the number of deaths, it takes a toll on the healthcare workers, and that's what we're seeing. we're seeing burnout. >> reporter: does that include yourself? >> yes. it does. >>

senator lindsey graham, has said that joe biden should be impeached for what is unfolding in afghanistan. do you agree with senator graham? no, i don't. it's not a high crime or misdemeanor it's stupidity, but that's, that's not an impeachable offense. and i'd say with respect to the trump and teach mentioned this whole conversation about impeachment, the framers did not give us a parliamentary form of government. governments don't fall at the whim of parliamentary majorities or lack of popularity. they have 4 year terms we've. we've struggled along from $1789.00 to the president without president to the present time, with only one president resigning from office. we don't need to make this into a tradition. well, we will leave it there. john bolton, former un ambassador, former national security adviser, and an author of the book in the room where it happened, a white house more. thanks so much for joining us today. well, thanks steve for having me. glad to be with you. so what's the bottom line? when they look at afghan, a stand, some american decision makers see a national security ch

trillion dollar infrastructure bill and theyhe worn it does not pay for, but this morning from lindsey graham he says you know the next $3.5 trillion bill that democrats want to pass with just democrat votes senator brand warning there's nothing to stop democrats from raising your taxes by $3.5 trillion, another deadly weekend across the u.s., caught shot dead and another fighting for his life we have new polls showing concern over violent crime now at highest in years and the new report the white house is frustrated over poor data on covid-19, this ass you may be shocked at the dramatically low percentage of covid-19 samples that are genetically tested for variance and how low the u.s. ranks around the world, think low and then think lower, is the u.s. making flawed research and policies when they don't even know what is going on. the new york times and the democrat governor of new jersey that's backlash for downplaying the visors this is nbc reports about one out of five migrant families detained have the virus and democrat from texas and doctors and judges warned about all of that, another

reporter: senator lindsey graham saying in the last hour that he has covid-19ve

senator lindsey graham -- i am going to play this for you and then get your response. [video clip] >> let's be clear -- a pathway to citizenship as part of our immigration package in the budget reconciliation bill would have a substantial and direct impact on our budget. a pathway to citizenship for dreamers -- host: that was another perspective. apologies print i apologize for that. as far as republicans, can they do anything to slow it down or stop it? guest: in fairness to your viewers, what lindsey graham said -- he used to work with john mccain. he was part of the gang of 8 to try to pass it on a nonpartisan basis. republicans will try to make this painful for democrats but they cannot stop it. they will try to say immigrants are criminals, spread disease, are invading us, all of the right wing tropes that have been trotted out for centuries. they are speaking to a minority. the majority of americans have discussed this and come to a consensus. every public opinion research poll of any quality finds the same thing -- about 3/4 of the american people support puttin

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that should be the title of lindsey graham's autobiography.s that, not one, not two, not three, but four different democrat congressional committees have announced they will open investigations. a lot of these senate and house democrats were quiet when the pentagon papers out in 2019 showing how disastrous the war was. why is this a joe biden problem? >> yeah, well, listen, i think when the dust settles they will deal with it responsibly. democrats believe in government. we believe in facts. we believe in accountability. it's not just a theater of politics. so but if it's done responsibly, and does take that 20-year arc. and listen, i was part of discussions, you had ben rhodes on earlier, around afghanistan. there was no good time to make this move. you are going to have issues. now, i think that what we need to really focus on now is between now and the end of august. i agree with ben. probably that need to go deeper into september. if we execute well, i think we can really go a long way to satisfying. so valid concerns people have. but demo

republican senator lindsey graham announced he has tested positive for covid. he said he has mild symptoms. he said he feels grateful. he says it feels like a sinus infection, and he is grateful he is fully vaccinated for covid. otherwise, his symptoms could be a lot worse. i am glad he said that. he was reportedly at a party this weekend on senator joe manchin's houseboat. so far none of the other senators have tested positive and whether they plan to quarantine given their exposure to senator lindsey graham.t nc all of this is unsustainable. we can't keep doing this. what needs to change? what are we capable of doing differently? joining us now is andy slavitt, former biden administration white house senior adviser for covid response, the author of "t "the inside leadership, failures, politics, and selfishness doomed the coronavirus response. good to see you.s leadership failures, politics and selfishness continue to be detrimental to us. there are selfish people out there who are challenging those of us who are vaccinated.e you're vaccinated. how do you addr