robert gibbs, a big thanks to both of you.urn back to the other big part of president biden's agenda we were discussing. the pandemic. dr. charles anderson is with me. dr. anderson is president and ceo of a center in boston. dr. anderson, president biden admitted on wednesday his administration should have done more, testing sooner, but they're doing it now. the tests are literally in the mail. do you think there's enough available testing to help stop slow the spread? >> the reality is we're still in a position where we could use more testing. part of the value of the testing, the importance of being able to do those things after one finds a positive test which is a type of quarantining. the other idea about the important thing about having testing is that allows us to understand more about what's going on so that we can plan and prepare. >> dr. anderson, we heard the president say on wednesday we are moving toward a time when covid won't disrupt our daily lives. do you share that optimism? are we close to that point now? >>

joining me to discuss this a bit further, robert gibbs, former white house press secretary and an msnbc political analyst. robert, quick on this topic before we have you back in a little bit. how do you interpret this move? do you think it was appropriate given the way voting rights measures went down? >> well, look, i think if you look, alex, at arizona, arizona is in many ways ground zero for a lot of the things that we've seen around voting and voting rights really since the 2020 elections. i think the consternation among democratic activists shouldn't be a surprise to senator sinema at all. i do think while the censure may not do much in the short-term, i do think as she looks towards re-election in 2024 that her votes are going to create a series of political problems for her, particularly in the democratic party. she ran as vaughn said in 2018 and wins that seat, there are now two democratic senators from arizona, grant it that mark kelly has got a tough re-election, but my hunch is that she'll go through a very robust primary in 2024 should she seek to run for re-election of the

joining me nbc news chief correspondent and weekend today peter alexander, press secretary robert gibbsalth policy adviser dr. kavita patel. and stephanie young, executive director of when we all vote. peter, first to you, this will be only the second solo press conference of the president since he took office. he's had five overseas and three joint ones with other officials which are different in tenor and the number of questions that can be asked. and it's coming amidst some setbacks from the white house? >> yeah, andrea, i think that's exactly right. this will be the tenth total news conference the president's held. there are certainly a number of issues for him to address today. he came in the office with this message of effectiveness and competence. there are questions of effectiveness of this white house and competence, after series of failings, departure, exit from afghanistan overseas was problematic. covid still exists for an issue that the president said he would try to defeat. among the challenges for the president today will be to do a better job, officials here say, of comm

co-founder of punchbowl news john bresnahan and robert gibbs, an msnbc political analyst.at to see you guys. garrett, how is it all going to unfold today and what happens next? >> reporter: the senate a back today, we expect to see a robust debate on these voting rights bills that will last well into tomorrow, i think we might see every single senator speak on this, it's entirely possible. the debate has been that heated. but then we know what will happen with the vote, all 50 republicans oppose these measures, all 50 krooths support them. so they will fail. what happens after that is an open question. chuck schumer the democratic majority leader in the senate has promised unspecified votes on rule changes that might allow democrats to get around the 60-vote threshold for legislation. we expect those votes will fail, too, after kyrsten sinema, joe manchin reiterated their opposition last week, there could be other democrats who feel the same way, that we have not yet heard from. we will start this process today. where it ends, chris, is really anybody's guess right now. >>

us now ashley parker former chairman of the rnc, and former obama white house press secretary robert gibbs. your boss lost the house in a historic wave, how worried should they be? >> look, i think 11 months from the lekts republicans are the likely favorite to take over control. i will say as we think this wave of retirement, these districts are all created equal, right? and there is no one worried that they are going to replace it, but we think redistricting looks more like a wash right now. i don't think retirement wills determine who is in control of the house. >> and michael steel two that point, in the report, and in first read today, they point out that it looks like redistricting will be more or less a wash. so is this all, these retirements autoabout the presidents delining poles? >> not really. i don't think so. you can draw a direct line this way. a few of them served a decent amount of time. they are moving to the senate or some or elected office. i think it is spot on for how it plays out. i think gets more interesting for democrats and republicans on big factors leek the supr

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we have robert patel and president and general counsel david gibbs.o see you here i'm going to start a pot with exhibit a. this is with the complaint. within hours of complaining about not getting his last paycheck, they decided to pay him and pennies. defended walker said hockey make this time realize what a disgusting example of a human being's. i've got plenty of pennies. out use them. he's as of march 12, 2021, left the pennies on his driveway. defend is a copy of this paycheck with an expletive written on the outside. >> they are clearly for tell you a big to the complaining witness in this case. they had nine hours of work to clear this from the yard. they had to be coiled up and put in the bank as legal tender. they meant to retaliate against this individual and that is not protected by federal law. >> shannon: exhibit b, this is the former employer. he posted online and this was taken down. he says that us department of labor approved the payment. we specifically asked if we could pay them in cash of any denomination and us department of later