all things considered peter the bill, the by the ministration, tells us the world faces to start short power in the world system is moving to multicolor a t and it's not defined. why ideological preferences dangerously. washington continues to claim it has the right to define what is the legitimate world worker. i to discuss these issues and more, i'm joined by my guess, george m u l e in budapest, pizza podcast, or at the gaggle which can be found on youtube and locals. and here in moscow were joined by dmitri bobbitt. she's a political analyst and editor. it's me, internet media project. gentleman cross up rules and effect, that means he can jump in anytime you want was appreciate it. okay, let's go to your 1st in budapest year. it's really quite interesting out the, by the ministration, endlessly talked about diversity, diversity diversity, and we see it in their politics domestically and now we see it since they had been to the administration pushing and diversity into the international system. which actually is really quite contradictory because diversity, in least nominally, is a

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peter, for the moment, thank _ forcing them. peter, for the moment, thank you - forcing them. peter, for the moment, thank you very - forcing them. peter, for the - moment, thank you very much. an infrastructure billed a major hurdle in the us senate, after passing a procedural vote. a formal debate can now begin on the programme, one of president biden's main priorities. earlier republican and democratic leaders announced they'd agreed on the legislation's key elements following months of negotiations. mr biden said the breakthrough showed the world that american democracy could deliver and do big things. president biden says he was honoured to meet the exiled belarusian opposition leader, svetla na tikhanovskaya, at the white house. she said the visit would prove inspirational to her opposition movement which is trying to oust president lukashenko from power after what they claim was a rigged election last year. mark lobel has more and his report contains flashing images. this was the state's response to protesters disputing what they called a rigged election back in august. few here believe the country's long—time president alexander lukashenko when he claimed he had won re—election with 80% of

means is that the debate on the bill will not proceed having got pass that 60 vote stronghold that it needs to get the debate on the bill under way. but here comes the problem, peter. and that is that the book has not been completely written yet. they are still items to be added to be rewritten. and the debate that is going to be happening is over the next few days, is going to center on these issues. and there is the possibility that some who are supporting the process at this point may walk away if something is added or something is admitted that they would want. so it's a long way indeed, before this bill would finally pot the senate and then the next problem is go to the house for approval because the speaker up the house says she will not accept this book for a vote until the senate excepts another infrastructure vote. a massive 3 trillion $1.01 that was passed in the house earlier this month. mike, i'm sure you and i must have discussed this infrastructure issue during the election campaign. not the election campaign last year, but the election campaign 4 years before that i remember you remember, i'm sure donald trump and hillary clinton, squaring off again

including those very close to the ruling. conservative party and the outdoor bond remain very dear to many german. ha, peter, all of them off the bill and on his kevin most go ahead. the british come to pigs in, let's go to american kids following their favorite characters. every word but their parents sound that old friends with the result i driven by a dreamer shaped by those in me dares thing. we dare to ask me. what we got to do is identify the threats that we have crazy, even from station let it be an arms race is often very dramatic developments. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical of time. time to sit down and talk to me the news ah us is to continue to bomb up gonna stand despite pledging to withdraw from the country by september. 11th this year, the top general saying strikes will detect the taliban from further advancing on africa and government positions. the united states has increased air strikes in the support of afghan forces over the last several days and were prepared to continue this high level support in the coming weeks. if the taliban continue the

the police. >> bill: peter doocy picks it up, leading off this hour from the north lawn. the president doesn't want to defund the police, but that's not what he was asked. he was asked about people in his party, too. what he said is not consistent with this. >> yes, i support the defund movement. not only do we need to defund, we need to dismantle and start a new. >> by use the word defund? this is the word coming from the streets. >> i am for defunding the police. >> to take things off the shoulders. >> in many cities in america, over one-third of the city budget goes to police. so we have to have this conversation. what are we doing? >> the room cnn test for last night's town hall was not filled to capacity. you can see it there. the whole point was to neatly make the case for vaccinations and update federal efforts, like to get the vaccine fda approved and get recommended for kids. >> the question is whether or not we should be in a position where you are -- why can't the experts say we know this virus is, in fact -- that it's going to be -- we may know that the drugs a

do not have the votes to stop the republican-backed bills in texas, nor to pass their voting rights bills in the senate >> we, the people, will never give up >> but, peternate democrats would likely have to make a very controversial rule change in order to pass those bills, correct? >> reporter: yes, lester, that's right that's the dilemma for democrats. to pass the voting rights bills they need ten republican votes but they have none the alternative here would be to eliminate the filibuster rule, which they could do if every senate democrat was on board, but right now at least two democrats oppose it. lester >> peter alexander at the white house. thank you. >>> growing concern this evening about new covid infections the number of daily cases doubling in the last three weeks while about 184 million are at least partially vaccinated, less than half the population has full protection officials met with pfizer to discuss whether there's a need for a booster shot here is miguel almaguer with that. >> reporter: after a private zoom meeting with pfizer monday night, today the cdc and fda say there's still not enough evidence americans need a booster the natio

> all of this is entirely funded through donations. >> peter: those specifics about donors remain unknown even though a big part of the federal bill the texas democrats are lobbying for is transparency. >> the for the people act is about ensuring the freedom of people to vote. getting dark money out of politics. >> peter: the for the people act is the federal law president biden hopes stops states from tightening voting regulations. >> bulls were and merchants fear peddlers of lies are threatening the very foundation of our country. >> peter: top republicans are balking at the historical parallels. >> these false comparisons are an insult to the actual hurdles that americans have overcome. >> co-founder of black voters matter was hoping to hear the president say in that big speech he would get rid of the filibuster if it meant passing voting rights legislation. but the president didn't say it. so, all bright tweets the speech was an epic fail. white house officials want any fails about removing the filibuster to be made by senators. >> it's up to them to vote on what their processes will be moving forward. >> some republicans are

. >> bill: peter doocy live at the white house to tell us where this goes and where it ends. ill. when the surgeon general's office sees something on facebook they don't like they reach out to silicon valley and say it needs to be taken down. administration does not think facebook was doing enough on their own to counter vaccine misinformation and apparently they've already got a list. >> we're flagging problematic posts for facebook that spreads this information. there are 12 people who are producing 65% of anti-vaccine misinformation on social media platforms. all of them remain active on facebook despite some being banned on other platforms including facebook. ones that facebook owns. >> in the covid era the tech companies don't have a good record with similar censorship than like when they stopped letting people share stories about covid possibly originating in a lab. now the president admits is a possibility. >> it's scary to have the federal government of the white house, white house compiling lists of people, organizations and whatever and going to a private company tha

the most expensive transportation bill in u.s. history. a vote to advance it happening tonight. lester? >> peter alexander at the white house, thank you. >>> in just 60 seconds, my conversation with c olympi >>> here in tokyo, gymnast simone biles was hoping to repeat her gold medal performance in the individual all-around. instead, biles will skip that event as she focuses on her mental health. tom llamas has late details. >> reporter: the biggest star in gymnastics is sitting out its marquee event. just a day after withdrawing from the team final, simone biles announcing she won't compete in the individual all around either, saying she is focusing on her mental health. >> it's been really stressful this olympic games. >> reporter: she could still compete in four more events, but biles says she's taking those decisions day by day. here at the ariake gymnastics center, a surprise at the men's all-around final. not in the competition, but in the crowd. simone biles here rooting on team usa, despite everything she wa through. teammates grace mccallum and jordan chiles recalling the moment biles to

the state tv john. ah, hello and welcome mind peter w. you're watching al jazeera live from headquarters here and also coming up. the us senate agrees to debate a bipartisan infrastructure bill. it's a big win.

. >> thank you so much the racial and i think absent today in the billings, and two peter also and particularly, sarah who i have known it since the late 60s in the early 70s princeton. i want to show everyone a copy of sarah's wonderful book, thinking about history and a recommended that everybody become acquainted with it and read it. no one taken its wisdom. i want to start this evening for this afternoon with a brief story about the origins have this book. i suppose that one has to say that it its origins can only of happened in the washington. and when a colleague for some you know, roger brown and historian like myself of the early american republic and i found myself sitting in the supreme court chambers of justin clarence thomas. we were leaving about 55 high school teachers to what had become known as constitution boot camp, a multiple program on the origins of american constitutional government and the justice that agreed to speak to agree to enter speak with us and he wanted to be brief so roger and i were sitting in this chamber and having a very lively conversation is very lively v

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peter, let's talk about what the white house wants to get with the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the new plan through congress on to the desk of the president to rack up a big legislative win before the august recess and september and how can they get both at the same time with different coalitions. >> andrea, exactly right. that is what the president and the white house is facing at this time. the president within the next hour will be going behind this effort after going to meet with the senate democratic caucus on capitol hill to focus these $4 trillion in new spending as it relates to the first infrastructure package and that bipartisan deal that has $600 billion in traditional infrastructure roads, bridges and other items beyond that and also this $3.5 million and while we don't have specifics on $3.5 trillion and what exactly would be in there, this is what the president has referred to as items that would address child care and elder care and climate change, universal pre-k, two years of free community college as well here. fundamentally the challenge for the president her

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the committee on appropriations to order. lisa: two house democrats -- appropriations chairwoman rosa delauro and transportation chairman peter defazio -- are leading the effort to put them in spending billsow. tell me why bring back earmarks now? >> you know, because i think of what we're about here is the spending of federal dollars. and i don't believe that anyone knows better about what the the issues are in in a community than the member who represents that community. lisa: it's about who decides which parks, which roads and which local projects get federal funds. right now that's government agencies. earmarks would give individual lawmakers some of that power. earmarks amount to just a fraction of the federal budget. but even so, billions of dollars are on the line. to shake earmarks' past, the appropriations committee has given them a new brand name -- community project funding -- and new rules. each earmark request must be public. they're posted online, a sea change from years where this was all in secret. each must show community support and they cannot directly benefit for-profit companies. >> we're all playing by the same rules. it's got to meet the guidelines. so for me, i wil

peter doocy's questions, take it from the podium. it was a good answer. instead of the audio being bad, just take peter's question. >> bill: we should make a calendar to let you know where we were in the month of may. now 2 1/2 months later with the variant that came out of india known as the delta which is what we're dealing with now. facts can change. we'll go through it today and let you know what you need to know. cdc hasn't published the data behind its decision. they might release that information today. >> dana: we're covering it from all angles. jerome adams is here with reaction. steve harrigan from the cdc and let's go to mark meredith reporting live from the white house where we don't have to shout questions to him. >> good morning. the president is defending the cdc's latest guidelines suggesting that millions of americans wear a mask again indoors even if already fully vaccinated against covid-19. the president says these new guidelines are necessary because of the surge in cases due to the variants of the virus still spreading. the president is blaming the rise in cases on unvaccinated americans. while each

the democrats on how to structure this bill. this will probably play out over the next couple of months. host: mike debonis joining us. our first call comes from peter in massachusetts. democrats line. you're on with our guest. caller: thank you for taking my call. one of the things about january 6, or perhaps i misunderstood -- why there was no mutual aid amongst the four major law enforcement agencies in washington, d.c., in good numbers that could have offset and perhaps pushed back on the crowd that descended on capitol hill. you had the capitol police, you had federal protective service, the uniform brass of the u.s. secret service and the much smaller police contingent that was trained in counterterrorism. and why we have to go and reinvent the wheel and put more money into more manpower when adjustments to mutual aid packs was achieving the same objective, something we need to be scratching our heads. thank you. guest: that is a great about the point failures of january 6. they were massive, obviously. he raised the question about ritual aid, particularly the other federal police forces who were present in the district. i am not up-to-date on

voted against the stimulus bill? our own peteraki for any evidence to back this up. >> which republican ever said that they did not like the american rescue plan because they wanted to defund the police? >> well, first let me just note that president ran and won the most votes of any candidate in history on a platform of boosting funding for law enforcement. after republicans spent decades trying to cut the cost programs. >> any examples of republican members of congress asking to defund the police? >> actions are more important than words. if you oppose funding for the cops program, something dramatically cut by the prior administration and many republicans spoertd and you vote against a bill that has funding for the cops program, we can let other people evaluate what that means. doesn't require them to speak to it or to shout it out. their actions speak for themselves. >> dana: our next guest warned democrats defund the police would cost them in the ballot box in 2020 and she was right. elissa slotkin of michigan joins us now. w

the state tv channel. ah, hello and welcome peter w. a watching al jazeera lived from headquarters here and also coming up. the us senate agrees to debate a bipartisan infrastructure bill. it's a big win. peru swears in a new president petro castillo, who has to make big reforms, but he faces fierce opposition. and her predecessor said the virus would be fought with pres, potentially, as president makes a public show in support, affects the nation. ah, jan is his president's demand in the return of billions of dollars in public money . he alleges was stolen from that unity and people in a televised interview. you said indicated a crackdown on corruption cases may be coming. he's accused politicians of hiding behind parliamentary immunity, which he lifted on a sunday june as he is weathering a political crisis. after a fact, the prime minister prose parliament and took over public prosecutions and nationwide curfews in place that included the what we're looking for is for penal reconciliation. and i call upon the business means, particularly those who own big and small businesses. what the money's been taking by these people must be returned to the tune as you and peopl

> democrats taking the stand against gop voting bills by hopping on a private jet to dc as these bills become a main target of the left. live in dc. >> alonso defenses title. >> peter alonso defending his title as homeland or reach an lugging his way into the history books with an explosive performance that of tonight's all-star game. "fox and friends first" starts right now. ♪♪ >> i wish i could have a ball like that. that was the all-star game at 7:30 on fox, carley shimkus will be joining us live all morning long. with that you are watching "fox and friends first" on tuesday morning. ainsley: look at this, president biden hits the road to address voting rights and white house claims republicans for election reform. >> the battle of the ballot intensifies. >> reporter: we expect president biden to lay out how he will fight the republican-led state election laws. the white house gop efforts, the worse challenge to our democracy since the civil war. >> to layout the moral case for how this is a form of suppression and silencing. >> fighting the gop bills went up hill battle for congress and the department of justice. already republicans have been able to stop feder

bill to make the district the 51st state. i especially thank senator gary pierce for holding -- peters for holding a senate hearing on the bill in june, only the second in senate history. i particularly appreciate the work of senator tom carper, the lead senate sponsor, for a record 45 senate sponsors. these efforts in the house and senate have resulted in 54% of the american people now supporting d.c. statehood. d.c. is more than ready. indeed, is overqualified for statehood. residents pay more federal taxes per capita than any state, more taxes per capita than 12 states, and has a larger gross domestic product than 17 states. the district of columbia is well on its way to becoming our 51st state, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i rise to address the house and ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, at the grocery store and at the gas pump, american families are facing a harsh new reality, rising prices have effectively creat

agreement, but i don't believe, now maybe i'm just speaking for myself, that the members have seen bill language. now, i know our chair, peterut i don't know that they have shared bill language. until you can see what is written, it's easy to make agreements verbally. but we need to see the bill language. any time the bill moves from one house to the next, you know that significant change takes place. >> thank you so much. i appreciate your time, congresswoman. >> you're welcome. >>> next, the former ceo of overstock.com, a major donor to the cyber ninjas, two are conducting arizona's so-called audit. >> we have a lot of hope for tomorrow. there's a lot of ways this can go. >> millions of americans could soon face eviction if congress doesn't act in the next two days. that's ahead. breyers is always so delicious... i can tell that they used your milk, matilda. great job! moo you're welcome. breyers natural vanilla is made with 100% grade a milk and cream and only sustainably farmed vanilla. better starts with breyers. only 6% of us retail businesses have a black owner. that needs to change. so, i did something. i created a b

the white house has not said whether president biden will meet with those legislatures as well >> peter, thanks more on the lawmakers from texas who fled the state filibuster a gop voting bill they argue is restrictive. back home republicans in state house voted for the sergeant at arms to track down the democrats who left and the republican governor greg abbott says when they step back into the lone star state, texas rangers will arrest them. priscilla thompson live in a austin outside the state house. >> reporter: the stalemate here in austin continues. house members voted along party lines to grant permission to the sergeant of arms to go after those democratic members of the house that have left and even arrest them. this comes as that is likely not going to happen because representatives are in washington, d.c. and law enforcement does not have a jurisdiction there texas law enforcement does not have jurisdiction there. the governor's agenda has been delayed but not denied and the bills will get a vote. listen to what one house republican told me >> we will continue to have special sessions until they come back i suspect our colleagues will come back and have to engage

the unvaccinated. and they are killing people. >> it's hurting people's health and costing them their lives. that price is way too high. >> bill: peter the north lawn. nice to see you. good morning. >> good morning. facebook, bill, does not think it is fair for officials here to scapegoat them. the facebook brass in california crunched some data and report back this. the data shows that 85% of facebook users in the u.s. have been or want to be vaccinated against covid-19. president biden's goal was for 70% of americans to be vaccinated by july 4th. facebook is not the reason this goal was missed. but the surgeon general, whose office is monitoring social media trends and flagging ones they don't like to facebook is not satisfied. >> i acknowledge they're taking some steps and i appreciate that but i'm also very clearly saying it is not enough. intention is good but at the end of the day it doesn't save the life of somebody who is misled by misinformation on these sites who didn't get vaccinated, got sick and lost their life as a result. >> some elected conservatives see slippery slope and have growing concerns about the federal gover

the state tv channel. ah, hello and welcome. i peter w, watching al jazeera life, my headquarters here, and also coming up us senators say they've agreed on the outlines of a i partisan infrastructure bill, a key test votes is underway right now through switch in a new president petro castillo, who has to make big reforms but he faces fears, opposition and the african precedent. astra dawning outlines his vision to the country's future and continuing territorial gains by the taliban. ah, top story soon as he is president, is demanding the return of billions of dollars in public money. he alleges was stolen from the chin as he and people in a televised interview case indicated, a crackdown on corruption cases may be coming. he's accused politicians of hiding behind parliamentary immunity, which he lifted on sunday, june as he is weathering a political crisis. after a fact the prime minister froze the parliament and took over public prosecutions and nationwide curfews in place rod looked. and what we are looking for is for a piano reconciliation on a call upon business men, particularly those who earn big and small businesses. the money that are taken, that is taken by these people must b

the d.c. statehood bill. thank you so much. sen. peters: thank you for your statement. our next witness is richard primus, professor of law at the university of michigan law school. go blue. professor primus is an expert in congressional law and is the recipient of the first guggenheim fellow ship studies with this work in the relationship between constitutional interpretation. he also clerked for ruth kidder -- ruth bader ginsburg. you may proceed. >> members of the committee, my name is richard primus. i am the collegiate professor at the university of michigan law school. i am honored by your request to participate in these proceedings. chairman peters is my senator, and -- [indiscernible] the constitutionality is straightforward. the admissions clause of article four section three empowers congress to admit new states subject only to the limitation that congress cannot -- reconfigure existing states. this would not reconfigure any condition to -- >> some say that this admission would require a constitutional amendment, but the constitution does not say that. the cons

migration to the country, don't we know that people want to leave cuba because they don't like communism. do you think people are leaving cuba because they don't like communism >> bill: peter doocy pressing jen psaki whether socialist policies blamed for the crisis in havana. we'll play her response coming up. >> martha: republicans accusing hunter biden of profiting off his father's presidency and seeking dock frments the white house. we'll tell you what they are looking for. >> bill: britney spears legal victory. is it short term or not in her battle in court? that's coming up. veteran homeowners, newday's rates have dropped again. it's time to refinance. newday's low rate refi offers their lowest rate in history. two and a quarter percent. just 2.48 apr. save thousands every year and there are no upfront costs. not one dollar. the newday low rate refi. take advantage of these record low rates so you and your family can save. i suffered with psoriasis for so long. it was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. i'm still clear, five years now. cosentyx works fast to give you clear skin that can last. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. don't u

the director of plans. when did that shift? plans to operations, peter, it was still plans at the time. ddp, plans like bill harvey and landsdale and others making the operations at the actual -- or the people overlap on the ground, no. the plan for castro was done with cuban exiles first and foremost. they only cared about cuba and that is -- they're great because they have a singular focus and they were really, really dedicated. they still are really, really dedicated to this day. castro dying, they had a celebration and said who is next. it is raul. it is cuba -- cuba is not free until cuba is free. for a long time it was a cult of fidel but i think they realized like everybody else is now becomes the government of fidel and until the government of fidel is brought down, then there is no freedom. and you got to think, these guys for 60 years now have been the same thing, as passionate as they've ever been. and that is pretty extraordinary. just as extraordinary as the longevity of fidel, the longevity of their passion. i could understand. look, i never have my homeland taken away from me. i would be pret

the table. taylor: always a pleasure, peter praet, former ecb chief economist. this is bloomberg. ♪ ritika: it is time for the bloomberg business flash. leadership changes reportedly underway at the billinda gates foundation. according to dow jones, the foundations has it would add trustees to expand oversight, plus says that melinda would eventually depart from the viewership if she and bill gates decide they can no longer lead the foundation together. 0[kmoet hennessy has halted shipments of champagne such as dumb paring on to russia -- as dom perignon to russia due to new rules. the french champagne industry isn't happy, and the european commission is evaluating whether russia is infringing its commitments to wto. in a soccer, italy has reached the final. the italians beat spain, 4-2. they will face either england or denmark, who square off today in the other semifinal in london. that is your latest business flash. guy: thank you very much, indeed. 8:00 p.m. tonight, big game. i really hope it doesn't go down to penalties. taylor: do you still call it soccer instead of football? what do we do? guy: i've never called it soccer. it is you guys that call it soccer, which we find perpl

the mounting legal bills and paying back taxes could cause him to flip. what we don't know is how far it goes after weisselberg and the corporation. >> peter, an uninvited co-conspirator. we are left with that mystery. the bottom line, trump himself has not been charged. can you give us an idea what it might mean however for donald trump himself? >> well, we should start remembering how just how unique this event really is. this is not just a company that the president was involved with. this is his career, his family organization. there's no shareholders, no board. this is the trump family. while he himself is not indicted, the trump organization is very, very tightly associated with the former president himself. it's not a distant relationship. it's unique a former president of the united states indicted through his company and call it a criminal organization. we should not lose sight of that, but there is also a political angle as well. republicans are saying this is just more persecution. this is just more democrats coming after him, and the new york state attorney general has said, vocally in her campaign, she wanted to go after president trump. you heard donald

peter, let's talk about what the white house wants to get with the bipartisan infrastructure bill and

the white house saying there is still no decision yet. peter doocy from the white house lawn kicking it off today on a friday. good morning, sir. >> good morning, billience." he says he's waiting to hear back from scientists about whether or not these contagious covid-19 variants can stopped with masks, vaccination status regardless of vaccination statu. >> this group we've put together are looking at all possibilities of what's happening now. and we are going to investigate every aspect of any change that could or might take place. >> the white house is not concerned about the so-called breakthrough cases, positive tests of the vaccinated, because vaccinated people don't get very sick. but unvaccinated people do. so new mask mandates may just be focused on regions with low vaccination rates. >> but we are not there yet. on a national level, there is so much difference from place to place. the cdc has a tough job because they have to look at the whole country. the whole country is made up of a lot of different situations. >> so president biden's rhetoric for the last few months, that we are close to declaring independence from the buyers, the people

. >> bill: of the state of the story now come alive to the white house on the north line. peterthis runaway texas democrat legislators cross paths with some staffers who work here, but their leader isn't saying much about it. >> i don't know exactly who this staffer was. i don't know the identity of the person. there were a couple of people from -- at least one person from the speaker's office that was helping us last week on capitol hill. i can verify that, i don't know if it's the same person. >> so now what? the white house says they will wait to change their health protocols until the cdc says so. the cd says no changes at this time, but up on the capitol, the attending physician rights to members, individuals have the personal discretion to wear a mask and future developments in the coronavirus delta variant local threat may require the resumption of mask wearing for all, as now seen in several counties in the united states. the white house is still thanking these legislators for taking a stand on voting rights. they have not yet raised the issue about them and that infamou