our mike memoli reports the president plans to blast what he'll call the most egregious attempts to harm the integrity of our democracy since the civil war. and under intense pressure from civil rights leaders, the plt plans to link new voting rights laws to some of the more egregious efforts including poll taxes, literacy tests. it's democrats sounding the alarm as republican-controlled state legislatures across the country move swiftly to restrict access to the ballot with new laws already proposed or passed. texas democrats leaving the state to deny republicans a quorum and delay votes on new voting restrictions. right now they're in washington, d.c. pleading with democrats in congress to act now. >> they claimed this is about election integrity. no, no. it's about them letting the people they want to vote vote. not just about texas. we are merely the next domino that extreme republicans are attempting to fall in each state to fall in line with this big lie and keeping people from having their true voices heard. >> the cold hard truth for democrats is that short of blowing up the fili

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mike memoli is in philadelphia, sahilkapur on capitol hill, and reverend al sharpton joins us as well. thank you all for being here. sahil and mike, let me start with the reporting. sahil, you have texas democrats, you are inside the capitol, about to deliver a news conference i think at a different location from where you are with the expectation that they will really push hard specifically on senate democrats to effectively change the rules to get something done to give them some backup in texas. >> reporter: that's right, hallie. the texas democrats have fled the state in an attempt to stop republicans there from passing some restrictions on the voting process and ultimately this works because the texas legislature requires a quorum of two-thirds majority to conduct business. republicans have majorities in the legislature but don't have two-thirds and that is the reason these texas democrats are at least temporarily probably going to be able to block this. the reality on capitol hill, they're here to ask for reinforcements from washington they say and correctly only washington can

. >> let's talk to mike memoli and stephanie gosk and dr. a pell. >> the test follows coco goff and bradley beal. what do we know at this hour about the individual, how this could impact, potentially, the whole gymnastics team? >> reporter: andrea, these athletes come here and they're preparing for events and dealing with training and the events themselves, and now here in japan you have this cloud of this pandemic. and we are seeing now covid cases starting to pop. the latest usa gymnastics, an alternate member of the team -- so the team is made up of six gymnasts who are selected to compete, one of the alternates tested positive for covid and she's going to be moved to a facility, a medical facility, and then another teammate we are told by usa gymnastics has to go under enhanced quarantine protocols until she is cleared. that comes on top of this news about coco goff. now, it's important to make a distinction. coco goff tested positive while she was still going through protocols to get here. she hadn't arrived. this case of this gymnast h

nbc's mike memoli in travers city, michigan, thank you. we had technical difficulties with daniel lippman. we apologize to the audience and to daniel as well. did want to talk to him. >>> former president trump holding a rally in florida days after his cfo and his company were indicted. prosecutors say weisselberg used his position to get out of paying taxes on $1.7 million in income. both he and the trump organization pled not guilty. i want to bring in ali vitali who is following this for us. thanks for joining us on this. what are we expecting to hear from the former president today and what specifically about the indictment? >> reporter: yeah, yasmin. it is highly likely we are going to hear about the indictment, those criminal charges that were finally filed this week. last weekend we were talking about how they were coming. they were not mention at the former president's last rally last weekend in ohio, but certainly now that we're here a trump aide tells me the way the former president is likely to frame it is that this is an exampl

i want to get to nbc's mike memoli at the white house on this.and what is the time line for keeping this in place? >> it's important to specify what we're talking about here, ongoing restrictions on non-u.s. citizens coming into the u.s. from places like the uk, from europe, from china, these are restrictions that have been in place since the earliest days of the pandemic last year, and what this announcement from the white house is telling us is that the u.s. is far less willing to welcome in foreign travelers into the u.s. than some of these foreign countries are willing to welcome u.s. citizens into their countries at the height of the tourism season. this white house has been lobbied fairly aggressively by the airline industry, by some of our foreign allies who want to allow their citizens to travel to the u.s. who want to bring tourists to this country. the u.s. in making this announcement an official telling me it's about the rise in cases because of the delta variant. official saying the u.s. remains committed to reopening international tr

mike memoli at the white house, garrett haake on capitol hill. former democratic senator and msnbc political analyst claire mccaskill. great to have you all on board. mike, since the president hasn't left yet. why don't we start with you at the white house. we seem to be on biden time. we expected him to be up at capitol hill near garrett already. what's the goal for the president here? this has to be the environment that heel revel in getting to go back to the lunches he attended for 36 years. see something colleagues still there from when he served. a lot of new faces. what's the approach? and what does he see as the main task at hand? >> well, there's obviously going to be a little bit of reminiscing when they all get into the room for lunch. the president, of course, always valued his time in the senate. and there's going to be a lot of nostalgia in the room. of course, we also have to note, and that picture you showed of senator schumer, senator sanders last night announcing this deal speaks to the level of coordination, surprising coordinati

nbc's mike memoli for us in michigan. i will talk to you at the top of the hour. >>> with his business facing charges, president trump is holding a rally in a few hours. both his organization and cfo pled not guilty. at this so-called grievance tour in sarasota, florida, he is expected to address the indictment. this is coming as we learn more about him latest effort to overturn the election. new records are showing he also attempted to do the same thing with election officials in arizona but clint hickman, the chairman of the maricopa county board of supervisors, rejected the calls. we will deal into it with former manhattan assistant rebecca roiphe and with jill wine-banks at the top of the hour. we will break it down and you don't want to miss the analysis and conversation. still ahead, everybody. >>> olympics dreams shattered. an inspiring track and field star suspended over marijuana use. the growing debate over whether officials should just let her run. >> don't judge me because i am human. i am you, i just happen t

i want to bring back mike memoli, sahil kapur, and leigh ann caldwell. mike, give us a sense of what president biden is up to today in ohio as he makes this sales pitch for the infrastructure bill we've been talking about, the infrastructure proposal. and i also understand that the white house has released a statement about everything that's been happening with this january 6th select committee. bring us much speed on that front, too. >> reporter: i'll start there. while you were speaking to the senator a few moments ago, i have got this statement saying that the president has made clear that the events of january 6th deserve an investigation to make sure it never happens again. that just in, reacting to the speaker's decision to veto some of the members on that select committee is entirely in keeping with how this white house has approached this entire thing. the president could have established a presidential commission on the events of january 6th, but the white house's standard line has been that they are deferring to the speaker. they say the congres

mike memoli is at the white house with more mike, good to see you. what are we expected to hear this evening? >> two years ago he marked the independence day in independence, iowa, taking part in a parade, but last year when he was the presumptive democratic nominee, the fourth of july he was grounded, at home in delaware, like many americans, unable to celebrate because of the pandemic. so when you see him celebrating on the south lawn it would be a remarkable turnaround as this company what is tackled this, and we understand the president will say, to mark that progress and says there's a lot more work to be done. we heard the similar message take a license. >> with the lower vaccination rates, so it's really important that people gets vaccinated. the good news is confidence in the vaccine. those saying they're willing to get vaccinated has increased across time. we've heard some of the music, the preparations, rehearsals, even smelling some of the barbecue for the invited guests this is a white house easer to celebrate. not only are were see a tim

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. >> let's get started with mike memoli and gabe gutierrez. mike, let's start with the hearing.the white house's entire goal is to convince more people to get vaccinated, how did fauci and walensky perform, sounds like the number of people convinced already have been vaccinated. >> that's the exact point, garrett, i was going to make. as much as we enjoy a little fauci fireworks on a tuesday morning, the answer to the persistent vaccine challenge the white house is facing is not going to be solved by anthony fauci or rochelle walensky speaking with lawmakers on capitol hill, it will be what we saw a few days ago with dr. fauci speaking with olivia rodrigo, the effort by the white house to engage nonpolitical, apolitical actors across the country to try to get through to those populations that remain hesitant. i thought it was interesting when we heard from the president yesterday at the white house, he singled out four states responsible for 40% of the cases that we're seeing now. he did not single out florida, something a political actor never wants to do. we know a lot of them

mike memoli, thank you to both of you. experts sounding the alarm over the rapidly spreading delta variant in this country. today representatives from pfizer are meeting with this country's top health officials to talk about the need for a possible booster shot. pfizer announced they will seek fda approval for that third shot. this is happening as the seven-day average ticked up to 16%. it accounts for more than half of all new infections. sam brock has more on these trends, also joining me is dr. natalie azar. you're in florida where weekly covid infections are up a staggering 48%. what do we know about this surge and this pfizer meeting? the reality is here in south florida there is so much going on, people taking to the streets, cuban americans here, up set that there are not vaccines available in cuba and the assassination of the haitian president that the spike in covid numbers slipped a little under the radar. now they're looking at a positivity rate of about 8%. it was 3.4% a month ago. to add on top of that they ha

nbc's mike memoli, thank you as always for your great reporting.really appreciate it. >>> let's go abroad. cuba has arrested demonstrators during the worst crisis the country has seen in decades. security forces are being deployed across the country. nbc news chief correspondent of affairs andra mitchell has the details. >> reporter: thousands of demonstrators spilling into the streets of cuba this weekend, calling for an end to the 62-year communist regime, chanting "we want freedom" echoing through the streets, demonstrators throwing rocks. demonstrations of blackouts. in miami, protests in solidarity with havana. >> we've been wait for change for so long. >> reporter: maria figueroa has family in cuba. >> i don't even know what their situation is right now. >> reporter: an economic crisis exacerbated by the pandemic and no access to approved vaccines. a perfect storm for anti-regime anger as more gain access to the internet. the president blaming the unrest on u.s. sanctions. >> translator: the lack of medicine and food, all of those are embedde

mike memoli is at the white house for us.hear from the president later this morning. this is an issue we've covered on this show. house speaker pelosi described it as the biden child tax credit. to be very clear, this is something that democrats delivered with american families with republican opposition. >> reporter: yeah. this has been a major priority for some democrats in congress for decades and the white how was able to get this enacted as part of that $1.9 trillion covid relief law in march. now, i don't know that the president is going to come out and call this a big bleeping deal, like he famously did about the affordable care act a little more than a decade ago. the way that the white house, democrats more broadly, are messaging around this moment today, when millions of americans are seeing hundreds of dollars show up in their bank accounts really speaks to what the white house feels is potentially a political benefit for the party moving forward. what are we talking about here in this child tax credit was initiall

nbc's mike memoli in traverse, city, michigan, where we saw the president last hour. that felt like a very quick first stop. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, lindsey. the president has a full day here in the upper michigan peninsula area, and it very much feels, as you were talking to cal a few moments ago who reminded us that president trump spent the fourth of july last year at mount rushmore. do you remember where then-candidate joe biden was on the fourth of july? he was home in delaware, very much off the campaign trail. and the white house very much appears now on a campaign like footing, the president touching down in a swing state, joined by the governor of michigan who is up for re-election next year, the two senators to tout the progress the country has seen since the president took office. they issued a fact sheet as the president landed, touting that the case rate is down 90% since biden was inaugurated. the hospitalization rate, because of covid-19, is down 87% since the president was inaugurated. so, yes, we remember the president set those goals about h

>> mike memoli live at the white house, mike, thank you very much.e, appreciate your reporting. i know you'll be keeping an eye on all of this, coming up throughout the morning. >>> we are 24 hours away, less than that from another billionaire headed to space. coming up hear from amazon founder jeff bezos on why this historic launch is really different from the last one. >>> but up next, that rare senate field hearing going on in atlanta on voting rights. garrett haake one on one with the senator in charge of it. >> given how republicans are on that, given the fact there are no republicans expected to be here today, do you conchief that for the people act is not going to be the solution to this ultimately? >> i don't concede that. facing leaks takes strength. so here's to the strong, who trust in our performance and comfortable long-lasting protection. because your strength is supported by ours. depend. the only thing stronger than us, is you. the instant air purifier removes 99.9% of the virus that causes covid-19 from treated air. so you can breath

mem mike memoli with us from the white house. stephanie ruhle also joining us. walk us through who gets the payments and how much they can expect to see. >> for those filed their taxed already from last year they will be seeing that money very quickly. any family with a combined income of $150,000 or less above that it fazes out. if you have children between ages 0 to 6, that is $300 a child per month and six to 18 it is $250. it is important to remember this is. many say this is looking like the seeds of universal base income. you should get this yet if you. if you haven't done your taxes, you didn't get the money and that's who needs it most. >> so if you didn't file using direct deposit, do you have to wait for the paper check. >> you can file and if you didn't file your taxes at all, you also want to go to the website and fill out the appropriate paperwork because you're owed that money. is that this what we can expect to hear from them sf. >> yeah, they have shots in arms and checks in walts. this is a benefit that the white house also want what they want.

mike memoli is outside of the white house. shaquille brewster is outside of a medical center. i also want to bring in dr. vin gupta. thank you all for being with me today. mike, it is a big step for the biden administration, walk through the rules and what they have played. they are indoors or outdoors. they were quick to go out of the rose garden that day. the cdc is announcing dwlaed in states with high or substantial transmission rates right now in terms of the covid virus, specifically the delta variant, they're recommended that individuals need to wear masks even indoors. they are potentially transmissing this to others and that is something they want to avoid. we should need is guidance and not mandates. when we talk about the federal workforce, that is an area where they have some sway. and that is what we expect to hear from the president tomorrow. not a mandate but requirements impedd on the federal requirements. and if they're not vaccinated, they have to subject themselves to rigorous testing requirements. it is a distraction from what he want today be focused on tod

mike memoli will be at the white house.well. >> craig, you seat it up as a very important week. the senate vote at least an initial vote later this week to get that process under way. look at this speech today as the president is really trying to set the table and build momentum going to it. he will look backwards and see the gains from 600,000 in the most recent month and attribute that plus some of the economic imperatives contained in that. what do we know is the republicans chief argument against what the president is proposing to do going forward. some of the really steep pricetag on that build back better agenda. a white house official tells me the president will address that head on by tackling some of the persistent and unresolved challenges in this country like childcare and transportation infrastructure, trying to revitalize american manufacturing, these actions will over time reduce costs on the average consumer and that the price spikes are temporary in nature. so that will be important for the president to make

mike memoli joining us now. we know this is important to the president, what can we expect to hear from him? >> it is critical for the president for his infrastructure package. why is he spending this time today on this finish. it was, of course, one of the pieces of legislation that the president is very proud of. he signed it, he cosponsored it, but you're going to expect to hear from the president as well. take a listen. >> so sorry to interrupt you. >> this day is indeed a historic day. on this day the americans with disabilities act was signed into law. on that day america became better. because we know an accessible america is a better america. speaker nancy pelosi, chairman path-- pat leahy and more for being here today. i see so many who helped make the ada real. the activist that's gave everything they had to fight for that bill. the advocates who helped to shape the bill, title by title. the policymakers who worked tirelessly to pass it including, of course, our own president, joe biden. house majority

joining me now is mike memoli and anny lensky. and with increased vaccination this summer was also about the success story of the covid recovery. is the delta variant putting a damper on that? and how is the white house planning to respond to it. >> i think you said it quite well. think about where we were a year ago in the heat of the campaign for then candidate joe biden. they were conscious and overly critical of the trump white house where the messaging was at odds with what scientists were saying with what we should be doing in terms of taking precautions. where we started the month of july was the white house trying to celebrate the fact that as the slogan went america was coming back together. well we don't hear that kind of messaging any more. but they are seeming to want to be add odds in terms of going back wards from where they were as they pressed forward with their other agenda at this point. the white house is walking a fineline here, too. the message that i'm getting is a lot of this, they think, is being driven by

. >> and now, joining us is mike memoli, and former white house agent and security analyst clint walk. so mike, walk us through the phone call, and put in context of what biden said on the way out of the east room. >> well, the u.s. read out that you referenced just before we heard from the press secretary is jen psaki, and this was a few words, but it was a lot more discussed. she said that the discussion was about an hour, a if you want a sense of how complicated the rhealationship is, the first part was an area of collaboration about specifically a u.n. security council vote regarding the pathways of the humanitarian efforts under way in syria and russia has a big role. that is a part of the role there, and the president was thanking putin for the role in this. but then there was a question about why the u.s. has not seen more action on this, when we are seeing more ransomware attacks on the u.s. firms playing a significant role, and why haven't we seen more benefits, and the president going beyond what the readout of the call was, and he said that he did make it clear that there w

mike memoli is tracking this from the white house, and cal perry has been at mount rushmore talking to out on the vaccine. mike, the white house just short of their 70% goal at 67%. what do they see as the best way to convince those holdouts to get their shots? and how do they see what they can contribute in trying to convince people. >> the white house recognized several weeks ago that it would not hit that 70% single dose vaccination goal. what i heard was pointing back a few months earlier. in march the president said maybe if everyone masked up and did get the vaccine we could have small limited backyard barbecues. so that was sort of the larger framing, but you did hear in the president's remarks the sort of enthusiasm that might have liked to have brought to this occasion tempered by the fact that the delta variant is still a very real concern. polling indicates that the population that remains unvaccinated is very hesitant and seemingly dead set against getting the vaccine. the white house and the surge teams are dealing with the increasing prevalence. one of the things that i s

we have a lot going on and i want to bring in mike memoli in the white house. gabe gutierrez is with us in florida where at that hospital they have more than 100 covid patients. we have comments fresh off of the economy, the dow is sinking for one of the worst days in recent months here. talk to me about the strategy in the administration and the fight against misinformation with president biden, it sounded like, trying to do a little clean up. >> in the president's remarks this morning you got a snapshot of what makes this a challenging moment for the biden administration. you have the president trying to mark the six month anniversary of his inauguration talking about his economic agenda. what he wants to focus on going forward. taking credit for the fact that we're seeing a rebounding economy. taking head on the republican charge that some of his spending proposals are responsible for the inflation that we're seeing. but you also have the president not able to fully turn the page from what has been the focus of his administration for the last six months whic

. >> and let's sink into it with mike memoli and also leigh ann caldwell. his argument are clear. and it is critical to what happens withinfrastructure, republicans are blaming the president for inflation. today we heard firsthand his response. >> yeah, that's right. and this is a white house that is very well aware of what the lead republican argument has been against his spending proposals and the president tried to go on offense today and i thought it was interesting how he did so. first by rewinding the clock since months as he prepares to mark the first half year in office tomorrow. he noted that his critics and his former opponent were predicting that if he were elected, if he were sworn in, that as he put it, there would be a socialist agenda being implemented and he said in a capitalism is alive and well talking about the fact that the economy has rebounded beyond what many were projecting six months ago. so with that pretext, he argued had if we tackle some of the long standing issues like child care and infrastructure and boosting manufacturing, it

i'm hallie jackson in washington with mike memoli at the white house, gabe gutierrez in atlanta, morgan chesky live in dallas and also joined by dr. nahib bedelia. good morning to all of you. doctor, we'd like to start with our reporting team but this morning start with you and pfizer is putting out new data finding that a third dose of its vaccine effectively a booster shot can provide more protection against the delta variant, up to five times in younger people, 11 times in older people, compared to after two doses. i think you've had a chance to look through this, which has not been peer reviewed and data not published. talk about your takeaway here. >> hallie, i think that we do have to wait for the full data. this came out with the earnings and press release. the devil is in the details to the go a sense. what we've seen is when you look at the public health england data or the data here is that people who are immunocompromised, 65, you're seeing slightly higher rates of breakthrough with delta. the data is stronger in people immunocompromised in the already existing data that's ou

mike memoli at the white house, and again, thank you as always.t to bring in amish hidalges, and so we did not reach the administration's goal, and was it realistic goal to begin with and how much does the fact that we missed it matter when we are hovering around 67%? >> well, it is an ambitious goal, and we should strive to meet it, but if we didn't, well, we still did a good job, and the high-risk individuals and those likely to be hospitalized and 70% of those are fully vaccinated and that is what the vaccination program is to do and to remove the ability of the virus to reduce hospitalizations and never threaten that hospital capacity again. we have succeeded with that and to get the numbers as high as possible especially in the counties lagging. but we have done a good job to taming the virus, and so more than it was six months ago. >> talk about the delta variant, because we know it accounts for more than a quarter of new case, and it is soon to be the dominant variant according to models and projection, and do we have the vaccine coverages

mike memoli is traveling with the president in michigan, amanda golden is at the capitol and scott mcfarland joins us from washington. we're going to start in tra ver city, michigan. the president is expected in the next few minutes. we see quite the picturesque scene behind you with a ferrous ferris wheel. what do you think he'll say today? >> reporter: it was two months ago the president said the ambitious goals for the 4th of july, one to have 70% of american adults partially vaccinated by independence day and then to also have 160 million americans fully vaccinated to park as they put it the independence from this virus. now, by the numbers, obviously the president falling short of this goal and they made it clear a few weeks ago that that was going to be the case. but what today is all about is showing even if by the numbers they don't hit the goal, the spirit of the goal is very much realized here. i'm at traverse city where we have the festival kicking off just today. the biggest driver of local tourism in the city throughout the year. last year there was no cherry festival because of

. >> mike memoli, garrett haake, thanks to both of you. >>> to cuba and the historic protests happeninght now as we told you at the top of the show. the country's president trying to redirect some of the anger and pain towards the united states. here now former congressman carlos pribello, whose parents fled cuba during the castro good morning. good morning. >> good morning. good to be with you. >> of course. we have to start with the nuts and bolts of what happened. in the last hour, not even, we've heard from leaders in cuba saying let's point the finger at the united states for creating the problems we are seeing demonstrators protest about. give us a couple of things. first, the context of what we've seeing on the ground as someone who has followed cuba for year and the rare nature of this. second, what happens on the political front because we've heard calls for president biden to do more. >> that's right, hallie. it is absolutely historic and extremely dramatic by cuban standards. the last time we saw protests of this scale, and not even this big, was in 1994 when thousands of cub

mike memoli at the white house, lee and caldwell on capitol hill, and white house correspondent eugene daniels, coauthor of the politico play book. lee ann, start with you. this is the kind of spending bill that could break records. it has the child tax credit, free pre-k, expanded medicare benefits. the barbie dream house of improvements to the human condition, we all want to live in that barbie dream house, but how are we going to pay for it. >> that is one of the $3.5 trillion questions, how this is going to be paid for. democrats insist it will be fully paid for. they say that because there's a lot of moderates with anxiety about the price tag, including senator joe manchin who told me yesterday that is something that he wants, is to be fully paid for. however, he did not say it was a red line for him, so that is a good sign for democrats. how the major spending bill will be paid for, democrats say they're going to increase taxes on corporations, increase taxes on the wealthy. also going to have a lot of health care savings, and also they're going to rely on economic growth which c

this is what he told nbc's mike memoli when asked about it. >> i think that it is critical that we makeon and suspension. the ability of a state legislative body to come along and vote their legislature vote to change who is declared the winner i find to be somewhat astounding. >> what was your initial reaction to the ruling? >> well, thank you for having me, yeah, it's -- it was absolutely disappointing and disheartening and for us, as an arizona democratic party, as someone who has been working here in arizona to ensure that our communities are part of the decision-making process, it was undemocratic. frankly, these laws make it harder for arizonans to vote. we have seen it over the years. and now, this is going to impact not only arizonans, but everybody across the country in their access to the ballot box. but we have had -- we've had these type of restrictions in the past, and we've been able to organize. so despite these barriers, we are extremely committed to make sure that voters here in arizona know their rights and that they come out to the ballot box regardless of these barri

. >>> nbc news white house correspondent, mike memoli, and capitol hill correspondent is on the hill with the group of democrats from texas, and then i am also joined by damian hewitt, the president of the lawyer's committee for civil rights under law. thanks to all of you. garrett, let's start with you on the hill. that group of texas democrats in d.c. trying to pressure congress to pass federal election protections. they just spoke the last hour. what are we learning? >> texas democrats, more than 40 of them wanted to raise the stakes and draw attention to the issue and propose some of what they believe would be opportunities for the federal government to step in and get in the way of these texas voting laws which they view as restrictive. they drew a straight line from the election results of 2020 and the former president's lies about them to this effort in texas to change voting laws. here's one of the texas democrats kind of laying out the way they see this issue. take a listen to this. >> we are not going to buckle to the big lie in the state of texas. the big lie that has resu

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. >> mike memoli, garrett haake, thanks to both of you for your reporting.'ll be all over your beats as the afternoon unfolds. thank you. >>> also happening in washington today the fight to protect voting rights and news on that front this morning, with that battle getting a big boost from corporate america, just in the last hour. you've got some of the biggest names in business coming out to back federal voting rights legislation, pepsi, nestle, best buy, some of the more than 150 companies that are getting involved in this. of course there's a question, right? does corporate america getting involved move where congress is on this, and specifically where senate democrats are on this, or senate republicans at all? all of it is happening as texas, state democrats are back at it this morning, trying to do the same thing, get some movement from congress. they've already met with the vice president and majority leader and getting ready for a big meeting tomorrow with senator joe manchin to convince him and others to support a rules change, not a big one, just a

joining me from cincinnati, ahead of president biden's trip there today, mike memoli.he white house back the strategy from chuck schumer of holding the vote to just start debate today? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, garrett. the white house yesterday and this morning reiterating support for the schumer strategy, saying they very much support this strategy. it was constructive the way the president addressed this a few days ago speaking about the economy, he repeated twice, we shook hands on this agreement, there was implication there, we all knew the pay fors were flimsy, wants to see republicans follow through on their word to support the bipartisan deal. the white house says, senior officials from the white house are in meetings, working all hours of the day, trying to get an agreement. it is constructive to what the president is doing as he leaves washington during the vote. he is landing in air force one in kentucky, not an insignificant political state, driving across the river to ohio, a state represented by a retiring republican who is part of the infrastructu

. >> mike memoli, thank you so much. i hope you enjoy the cherry festival in traverse city. as republicans ready for their roster for the january 6th committee, democrats are reportedly worried they'll get stuck with a panel of pro-trump chaos agents. what it could mean for the insurrection investigation. that's up next. on that's up next you need an ecolab scientific clean here. and here. which is why the scientific expertise that helps operating rooms stay clean now helps the places you go too. look for the ecolab science certified seal. [ echoing ] some of us were born for this. to protect people. to help them save. with a home and auto bundle from progressive. ahh. i was born for this. and now it's prime time. cut. jamie, what are you doing? you're not even in this one. i thought it was thursday. sorry. -it is. -i thought -- i thought it was last thursday. ♪ when i was young ♪ no-no-no-no-no please please no. ♪ i never needed anyone. ♪ front desk. yes, hello... i'm so... please hold. ♪ those days are done. ♪ i got you. ♪ all by yourself. ♪ go with us and find millions of

mike memoli joins us now with the details.it. >> reporter: mika, as you know, during his time in the senate as a member of the foreign relations committee. president biden was deeply engaged in the military and the diplomatic efforts that led to kosovo's independence from the former yugoslavia. but this morning it's not the president but his late son being honored with the presidential medal for the rule of law. the honor is for his work in the military and the security and cooperation in europe. in 2001 beau biden travelled there to help. president biden accepted the award in honor of his late son. >> we're forever grateful of the people of kosovo that beau fell in love with, so much so he believed in your independence and democracy. as a lawyer, he volunteered to go to the republic of kosovo to support your democracy and the rule of law. accepting this award on on behalf of our son, i want to recognize and applaud the incredible progress kosovo has made the past 20 years. i've been there a number of times and the people who