sahil, what can we expect on this bill this week?would remake american elections from start to finish by imposing a federal floor of voting rights that requires states to provide two weeks of early voting and universal access to mail-in votes. the house has passed this bill democrats in the senate are putting it through committee starting tomorrow. this is expected to be a very contentious markup they are changing the bill from the house version by adding flexibility for states to implement portions of it things like automatic voter registration that experts said would be very difficult for states to implement on the short deadlines stated in this bill. this is designed to placate concerns among democratic senators about the availability of their states to put these measures into effect republicans are going to be contesting this vigorously i would expect dozens or possibly hundreds of amendments from republicans and this mark-up could take days, shep. >> sahil, thank you. >>> the department of homeland security is launching a new sy

yamiche, carol, sahil, thank you all so much. >>> we've got to move on. breaking overnight, microsoft sounding the alarm that the solarwinds hackers are at it again. this time they're targeting 150 organizations, most of them here in the u.s. they say a russian-backed group launched the attacks after hacking into email marketers used by a u.s. government aid agency calling it, quote, an active incident. nbc's chief white house correspondent kristen welker joins me now. kristen, i'm so happy to see you on your last day before you leave us for maternity leave. good to see you this morning. but we're not talking about good news. explain what's happening here. >> steph, you're so right about that. thank you for having me. it's so good to be with you. thank you for all of the love and support. to this breaking news overnight, this latest hack could not come as a more perilous time at the white house gearing up for that high-profile meeting, steph, you and i have been talking about between president biden and russian president vladimir putin. here's what we kno

sahil, i had, my ep and i had a conversation last night about this story.th hugely consequential and possibly politically inconsequential, at least for a while. republicans have been through this wash, rinse, and repeat cycle with donald trump and investigations for five years now. are they numb to this? >> for the most part, chuck, yes, i suspect they are. i think the republicans break down into three categories with trump. there's a small number of republicans like mitt romney, like liz cheney, who are vocally critical of him and are willing to rebuke him. there's a small number of pro-trump die-hards who are eager to defend him at any moment, as much as they can. and then there's the vast great middle, the silent majority, you can call them, who want to not talk about him, who want to avoid questions about him, who don't want to land in the crossfire. i suspect that's where most republicans are going to continue to be. the thing about president trump is that he got very politically effective during the mueller probe, during the russia investigation, at t

sahil kapur?among democrats those who said as far back as month or two ago, this is not worth it, ignore the republicans and go alone on the issues they could. but they have thin majorities in house and senate and have to listen to voices who say give bipartisanship a chance. there are a number of officials in biden administration and democratic leadership who said may is when they figured out if bipartisanship was feasible on these measures and able to get modest things done, beefing up response to asian-american hate crimes, but pendulum is likely to move to the democrats who say go it alone. >> going to talk about police reform in next segment, but throwing the focus behind infrastructure, tuesday was self-imposed deadline for the president and congress and powers that be to work out something on police reform. that ain't happening. is infrastructure the administration's -- i don't want to say last best hope, but do they seem confident about throwing focus into this, can really still get done?

sahil, most conservative supreme court is going to rule on abortion and gun rights before midterms. could rulings from the court that don't match the views of most americans, you saw the polling, impact the political landscape? >> we don't know what the supreme court is going to do here, could take incremental steps in conservative direction or big, blockbuster rulings against abortion rights in favor of gun rights. given the conservative tilt of the supreme court, can be confident the right is going to be happy about this. if they are big rulings, creates opportunity for democrats. on the issue of roe versus wade, as much as 70% supports that decision and doesn't want abortion rights to be taken away. guns used to be winning issue for republicans but since 2013, the newtown shooting of children in classroom, public opinion has moved toward stricter gun laws. this all creates opportunity for democrats to say they're probably going to lose at supreme court but they have opportunity to galvanize voters who happen to agree with them on these issues. may not be happy with what happened

sahil, how much money is he looking for? and how does he plan to use it >> all told hi's asking for about $35 billion, an 11% increase from the current levels, and the areas are notable. he's asking for an extra $101 million to combat domestic terrorism, $33 million for the civil rights division. let's have a listen to what the attorney general said on that front. >> from protecting voting rights to prosecuting hate crimes, like those experienced by our asian-american and pacific islander communities during the pandemic, doj's civil rights work is pretty cal to protecting the american dream >> reporter: there was some republican opposition, particularly on the request for extra money to combat gun violence let's have a listen to the republican congressman from alabama said to merrick garland about that >> i'm concerned that if implemented, this budget would irresponsibly invest taxpayer dollars in initiatives that lack the proper grounding in evidence or in science, such as the highly questionable gun buyback schemes. >> now

and so i refuse to give it further oxygen. >> i love that, sahil, juanita, thank you both. i want to turn to what a post roe america could look like. there are six states in the country that only have one abortion clinic, a result of relentless attacks from republicans on abortion access. mississippi, the center of the new supreme court case is one of those states. the "new york times" reports many women in mississippi already live 250 or more miles from the nearest abortion clinic. and this map from the "times" shows the clinics likely to close in the south if the court reverses roe. this would force women throughout the southeast to travel hundreds of miles for abortion access. joining me now to discuss the dangers of overturning roe, i want to start with the decision to hear the mississippi case. reading the tea leaves, what kind of ruling should we start preparing for given the new conservative super majority? >> just a decision to take the case is earth-shattering. for years the supreme court has been asked to hear these kinds of ban that are previability. in this case

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let's start with what's happening this morning on the hill, sahil. we know liz cheney has decided to stop whipping for votes. it does not mean she's surrendering her position but it means she -- i won't make any weird promises, you have to decide, you either want a liar in this position or you don't. >> that's right, chuck. it increasingly seems like a fate acomely that liz cheney will be removed from the house leadership position. but if she's determined to expose the fact she's being ousted for simply telling the truth about the 2020 election, she wrote the scathing "the washington post" op-ed yesterday talking about our children watching and history watching. and mccarthy said the siege at the capitol, that donald trump bears some responsibility for what happened, and she accuses him of turning the tale on this. and if she's going down, she's going down swinging. she is trying to make clear she stood on the side of truth and acknowledgment of legitimate election, and her colleagues are going in the opposite direct out of loyalty to donald trump. >

sahil, it's good of you to be here thank you. >>> the house has overwhelmingly passed a bill aimed at combatting the rise in hate crimes against asian-americans during the pandemic. all 62 no votes were from republicans. the bill creates a point person in the justice department to expedite covid-related hate crimes and provides support for local law enforcement agencies to respond to hate crimes. the senate approved the bill last month it now heads to president biden's desk for his signature. >>> a club drug approved for use by the fda some experts now believe that could happen as soon as 2023 how ecstacy, lsd and mushrooms are shaking up the world of mental health. are we headed toward a psychedelic revolution we'll ask deepak chopra, one of the biggest names in alternative medicine, his take on treatment with mind-altering drugs, next so it's another day. yeah- that's what most people think. but in business it's never just another day. every day is the day. there's the day your store has its biggest sale. the day you have a make or break presentation. and the day your team operates

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juanita tolliver is back, and joining the conversation, national political reporter, sahil kapoor.resident biden has his first former meeting with top congressional leaders, pelosi, mcconnell, schumer, mccarthy, they're going to be here. what is the president hoping to get out of the meeting? >> the meeting of the so-called big four. the top leader of each party in each chamber. they want to have a conversation about how to restore trust among americans in government and make sure government can deliver for people. the translation of that is they want to talk about the president's infrastructure and jobs and safety net poll. it's about $4 trillion in new spending that he's putting as a high, high priority. there are other issues like police reform and gun control, but he wants to drive the car when it comes to infrastructure. what he's going to look for of whether there's a sense of a deal to be struck among republicans. many democrats are highly skeptical of this. talk to different sources and they'll say different things. there are white house sources i have spoken to who say it'

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nbc's sahil kapur here now the commission would also have subpoena power is that one of the concerns of kevin mccarthy's >> it may be on the mind of kevin mccarthy, shep, but that is unlikely to be the overriding concern of his simply because he may not be able to escape a subpoena even if this panel is ultimately killed, in which case it would basically go back to the committees in the democratic-controlled house which would be able to investigate this without any republican input the real concern for mccarthy is in large part political. the fact that these were supporters of donald trump and, thus, the republican party who stormed the capitol is an uncomfortable political fact for mccarthy that doesn't help his goal of taking back the house majority mccarthy wants to be speaker in two years and believes he needs the support of donald trump to secure the vote that he needs in the house to do that if this commission is created and the report comes out and donald trump doesn't like what he sees, he's going to want someone to blame and kevin mccarthy could be thrown under the bus there

oh, you're gonna die soon, sahil. my story had power. my struggle as a kid growing up between two worlds mattered to people. and that got me thinking, the world is full of struggle, comedy comes from adversity. this must be one hilarious planet. what if there were young comics out there just like me killing it in places i never imagined? who are the pryors or the carlins of this new global comic spring? what stories were they telling? what truth bombs were they dropping? what sacred cows were they slaying? and more importantly, how could i get in on the joke? i decided to find out. i have a bunch of frids that are also comics, and i perform with them all the time. but they have a ry different perspective, each of them. >> when i tell people i'm jamaican and haitian, they're like, oh, my god, girl, shut up. what part of puerto rico is that? i'm like what? >> so i grew up here. i'm also gay. so sorry, ladies, and you're welcome, fellas. >> i'm from tennessee. i didn't learn aut countries in school. i learned about tennessee, and then i lea

let me bring in sahill. you have senator schumer there, who is really dropping some fire here. get more people to vote for you. you're not supposed to ban the other side from voting. this thing is getting heated. >> it is and it will continue to get more heated throughout the week. many of which are designed to strike portions of this bill that they oppose. and i think the fact that chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell are showing to get it through. mitch mcconnell made it his personal mission to kill this bill. what they're planning is a series of changes to the house passed version that gives states more time and flexibility to implement portions of the bill like automatic voter registration. there are dozens of states that will need more time and they're same day registration mandates that they worry won't be able to do in time and in the manner prescribed in a manner. there is a 15 day ruling out jurisdictions and those that mail in ballots to everyone. it's things like that that democrats are doing based on feedback and they urged republicans to accept those amendments and co

sahil kapur now. where do democrats and the few republicans who wanted this go from here? >> well, there are two options, ali. the first is if they can finding three more republican votes to get it to 60 the six who voted yes plus pat toomey who was absent but whose spokesman said he would have voted yes. that appears highly unlikely i don't know where they finding those three extra votes. mcconnell has exerted some real pressure on his republican members to oppose this and he has been successful at getting a minimum of 41 republicans on that page. what likely happens next is democrats figure out how to use their power to investigate this alone. they always had that option. they always controlled the committees in the house and could investigate it themselves there or in the senate the other possibility that speaker nancy pelosi has held open is to create a select committee to investigate this, sort of like republicans did with benghazi years ago. the big difference is that kind of committee would not have the added legitimacy that bipartisanship would convey in the eyes o

>> sahil, good to see you. >>> the russian cybercriminals believed to have launched last year's massiveolar winds attack being blamed for a new widespread hack launched through the takeover of a u.s. government email account this hack coming weeks before president biden is to meet with vladimir putin how will the president's call for more thoughtful dialogue with moscow square with increasing russian aggression? >>> and new details on the san jose shooting suspect as we get a look at the arsenal that police found at his home >>> the facts, the truth, the news with shepard smith, back in 60 seconds >>> the group though >>> the group thought to be behind one of the worst data breaches -- the group behind the solarwinds hack is now targeting more than 150 government agencies, think tanks, consultants and ngos this comes just three weeks before president biden's scheduled meeting with russian president vladimir putin, the kremlin today denied any awareness of the attack, in a moment we'll hear from matthew rojanski, an expert on u.s. allegations, but the senior washington correspondent ayma

. >> sahil, you have new reporting, this is the only thing i want to talk about today, an actual bipartisan guns. please tell us about this. >> stephanie, it's a real meaningful effort between chris murphy the democrat and john cornyn, the republican senator. they both sounded upbeat about one component of the deal, beefing clarifying an ambiguity in existing law that would expand the universe of people who have to register as a federal firearms license see and once you register as an ffl, as they call it, you have to conduct a background check. right now there are a number of people who make money selling guns who don't register as a federal firearms license see. they can sell guns as a private seller to someone without doing a background check. senator cornyn said that wasn't the intent of congress and has to be clarified. chris murphy told me that has an opportunity for agreement. that would be a major breakthrough if these two come together on that aspect which would expand background checks. something congress has tried to do for nearly a decade. >> and why do you think closing this lo

sahil kapur joins me now, you were there last night or covering it closely, and can you just walk us through how it went down? because when i took the anchor chair last night, it was a few hours away, and i woke up this morning to find, they still haven't done it yet. >> quite a chaotic 24 hours, chris. the senate went late yesterday after attempting to pass a china competitiveness bill, and there was one wrench after another that was thrown into it, finally by ron johnson. the senate stayed in session and adjourned before 3:00 p.m. it came back at 9:00 a.m. they decided to push it back and vote on the january 6th bill. 11 of them ented up missing the vote, and it got 54 votes, sort of the 60 needed to break a filibuster. i had never seen the disillusionment. and joe man chin, a proponent of bipartisanship. that is a cool to promote cooperation. >> and mcconnell. that they are part of the it, and not getting his amendments, is moot and beside the point of what the outcome was going to be. there wasn't that much suspense but was there a possible ten vote? >> i don't think so, chris. i

sahil kapur is national political reporter for nbc news and be covering these proceedings. he joins me now. you were covering it closely last night. can you just walk us through how this went down? when i took this anchor chair last night, it was maybe just a few hours away and maybe later in the night. i woke up this morning to find, oh, they still haven't done it yet. >> quite a chaotic 24 hours, chris. the senate went late yesterday after attempting to pass a china competitiveness bill and there was one wrench after another that was thrown into it. finally by ron johnson, one that was not avoidable, the senate stayed in session and adjourned a few minutes before 3:00 a.m. they came back and the 9:00 a.m. and agreed to push the china bill back and vote on the january 6th bill. as you can imagine, many senators were absolutely exhausted. 11 of them ended up missing this vote, and in the end it got 54 votes, short of the 60 needed to break a filibuster. i had never seen the kind of disillusionment i've seen from certain senators, most notably joe manchin, the most vocal . i