once again fm washington, moderator yamiche alcindor. che: good evening and welcome to "washington week." president biden has been in office for 165 days. thursday, he made a rare appearance on the white house driveway with a bipartisan group of senators. they announced a $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal. >> i think it is important. we all agreed none of us got what we all wanted. i clearly did not get all i wanted. they gave more than maybe they were inclined to give in the first place. yamiche: he and other democrats insist they will only pass the bipartisan package if a separate second bill is passed. the second infrastructure bill would include democratic priorities aimed at families, children, and communities. mitch mcconnell is already criticizing democrats and president biden for their plan. >> less than two hours after publicly commending our colleagues and actually endorsing the bipartisan agreement, the president took the extraordinary step of threatening to veto it. >> democrats remain divided and what to put in the reconcilia

once again from washington moderator yamiche alcindor. yamiche: good evening and welcome to "washington week." inauguration day was 135 days ago. but republicans are still contesting the 2020 election. at least 14 states have passed g.o.p.-backed laws restricting voter access including in georgia, arizona and florida. and in texas this week, republicans were on the verge of passing their own set of laws. that is until democrats in the statehouse walked out. here's what they said. >> we will connue to fight and speak out against those measures that attempt to silence our voices. they don't want youo know the truth on that bill. yamiche: last month, i interviewed texas state senator brian hughes. he's a co-author of the texas bill. here's part of what he told me. what do you say to the criticism that regardless of the intent of this law thait will make it harder for some people including people of color, black people, disabled people, toote? >> well, i hear that generalization but no one has shown me any evidence of it. yamiche: what do the

yamiche alcindor. >> welcome to sunday, it is "meet the press." >> announcer: this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> it is sunday morning, we'll get to politics of the day. we'll begin with the terrible tragedy with the miami beach condo collapse. 156 people remained missing in the collapse of the champagne tower south complex. hopes are fading that more survivors will be found in the rubble. the death toll could end up roughly at par with oklahoma city. these terrible images of the building pancaking one on top of each other. joining me now is our own sam brock. we know yet more fires in the rubble slowed down the process. i know officials insist this is still search and rescue. what can you tell us about how realistic it is that they're going to find more survivors? >> well, they are maintaining hope. that's the best i can tell you. we are entering fourth day of the search. on the other side is a pile of rubble that is three or four stories high. that rubble is incredibly fragile. we know search and rescue crews out having much more better accessibility than they did 24 hours

yamiche alcindor, who will be covering all of president biden's trip into next week. ank you, yamiche. ♪ stephanie: i'm stephanie sy at newshour west. we will return to judy woodruff and the show after the latest headlines. there is were the u.s. will buy 500 million more doses of pfizer's covid-19 vaccine to donate to 92 low income countries and african union. about 200 million will be shared this year. the remainder wilbe distributed in 2022. the official announcement tomorrow. the united kingdom reported its highest daily count of new covid cases since late february, more than 7500. the rise is due in part to the highly contagious delta variance, first found in india. prime minister boris johnson says it obligates plans t reopen on june 21. >> cases are going up and in some cases, hospitalizations. what we need to assess is the extent to which the vaccine rollout, which has been phenomenal, has built up enough protection in the population, in order to go ahead to the next stage. stephanie: the delta strain is spreading quickly in the u.s., where it now makes up 6% o

white house correspondent yamiche alcindor reports. che: 100 years after the tulsa race massacre, president biden came to mark one of the darkest chapters in american history. >> for much too long, the history of what took place here was told in silence, cloaked in darkness. but just because history is silent, it doesn't mean that it did not take place. and while darkness can hide much, it erases nothing. yamiche: he's the first u.s. president to travel to tulsa to do so. he acknowledged the scars seared onto the nation's conscience. >> private planes dropping explosives, the first and on domestic aerial assault of its kind on an american city, here in tulsa. eight of greenwood's arly two dozen churches burned like mou zion. my fellow americans, this was not a riot, this was a massacre. yamiche: mr. biden also met with survivors of the massacre. in 1921, from may 31 to june 1, a white mob rampaged through the greenwood district in tulsa, oklahoma. it was once a thriving african american community known as black wall street. the violence

yamiche alcindor will cover all of president biden's trip into next week. thank you, yamiche. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, there is word that the u.s. will buy 500 million more doses of pfizer's covid-19 vaccine to donate to 92 low-income countries and the african union. about 200 million of those doses will be shared this year; the remainder will be distributed in the first half of 2022. president biden is expected to make the official announcement tomorrow. the united kingdom has recorded its highest daily count of new covid cases since late february, more than 7,500. the rise is due in part to the highly-contagious "delta" variant first found in india. on a tour of a solar panel site, british prime minister boris johnson said the surge may complicatelans to re-open on june 21. >> cases are going up, and in some cases, hospitalizations are going up. and i think what we need to assess is the extent to which the vaccine rollout-- which has been phenomenal-- has built up enough protection in the population, in order for us to go ahead to the next sta

joining me now from geneva is yamiche alcindor and pbs white house correspondent. also in geneva former u.s. ambassador false. yamiche, i want to go to you first. from the white house's point of view, what was the goal of the last several days and what was the outcome? i don't know if we have yamiche. okay. ben, we are going to go with you first. we are going to start with you first. assess for us for a moment. you know, i called him spicy biden today. biden was definitive in not allowing the media -- you know, the fox reporter tried to frame president xi as a friend, which is sort of a narrative on the right, but he also i thought was very strong in saying to reporters afterwards in the scrum, look, we've got a problem. you know, reasserting the importance of democracy, and this is a challenge for western nations around the world. what do you think the outcome was of the meeting with putin and the aftermath? >> i mean i think it was an incredibly important piece of business, joy, because essentially what he is doing is after four years of vladimir putin getting a c

yamiche alcindor reporting on it all for the president's trip into next week. yamiche, thank you.eff zients is the white house covid-19 response ordinator and i spoke with him earlier about the president's historic announcement. jeff zients, thank you very much for joining us. 500 million doses is a lot. i guess that's 250 million people, two doses a person. we know people are dying from this virus every day. i saw 10,000 just yesterday. so, the question is, how soon is this going to get into the arms of the people who need it? and, how much of a dent is it going to make overall? >> you are right to focus on, how does vaccine become the accination? in other words, how do you get needles in arms? there are strong plans in each of the recipient countries to make sure that the vaccines become shots in arms as soon as possible so that we can save lives. the 500 million doses today is in addition to the 80 million doses that the president announced a few weeks ago that we're sharing from our u. supply of vaccines, and we will continue to share additional supply across the summer months

so student loans is top of mind and the president did not deal with that today. >> woodruff: yamiche alcindorporting on president bidenas visit to tulsa today. thank you, yamiche. >> reporter: thank you. >> woodruff: >> woodruff: tulsa's history is casting a larger light on the long-term effects of institutional racism, lost income and opportunities and the toll this all takes on the wealth of black americans. the wealth gap that yamiche reported on is believed to have widened last year during the pandemic. and it stretches among all levels of education. let's explore this more and the president's initiatives. william darity is a professor of economics and african american studies at duke university who has long studied and written about this. professor darity, very good to see you. thank you so much for joining us. we know what happened in tulsa 100 years ago, horrible, in human terms. what about in economic terms? what did it mean over time, not only for the people of tulsa, but more broadly for black americans across this nation? >> so it's been estimated the property losses, apart from th

and russia, not in spite of them. >> woodruff: yamiche alcindor with president biden on this trip to pe, yamiche, thank you. >> woodruff: in the day's other news: the united states neared a total of 600,000 deaths from covid-19. that milestone came even as daily deaths have fallen sharply. meanwhile, novovax reported that testing trials found its new vaccine is 90% effective. the maryland-based company said it will seek emergency approval in the u.s. before october. u.s. attorney general merrick garland promised tighter rules today for obtaining information on members of congress. it's been revealed that the trump justice department gathered phone records on house democrats and journalists. john demers was the department's top national security official during that time. today came word that he's resigning, as planned, at month's end. in israel a new prime minister, naftali bennett, formally to office, ending benjamin netanyahu's 12-year rule. bennett met with his new staff, but netanyahu refused to join in public ceremonies. instead, he vowed his right-wing bloc will oust bennett's f

yamiche alcindor examines the complicated story behind the statistics. >> alcindor: michelle hawkinsher daughter mercedes had one thing on their minds: mammograms. >> no new breast issues? >> none. >> alcindor: the pandemic meant annual appointments had been delayed. for mercedes, it was her first screening at age 41. >> i'm excited, a little anxious but okay. >> alcindor: they were at breast care for washington. it's a clinic in the heart of ward 8, an economically disadvantaged part of washington, d.c., where 93% of residents are black. >> we ready to ride now! >> alcindor: across town, bernard fuller was behind the wheel of a mobile mammography unit. it's another way breast care for washington is trying to boost the number of women getting breast exams. the big bus maneuvers around the nation's capital, a city where breast cancer death rates for black women are among the very highest in the country-- 34.3 per 100,000 people. on this day, the bus set up in the parking lot of the former providence hospital in northeast washington. black women face a triple threat. they have higher m

she and yamiche alcindor join me now. lyssa, the voting is under way. tell us where everything stands. >> this is a procedural vote, a vote to even start the debate on the idea of election and voting rights reform. the truth is we expect this vote to fail. it needs 60 votes, but it only has 50. it is important it does have 50 because this issue, judy, i can't stress enough, is one that both sides believe is critical to our democracy itself, the future of voting rights in this country. who can vote and who decides who can vote. in fact, vice-president kamala harris is in the chair right now for this vote. what democrats are kind of corraling around, all 50 of them for opening debate, is a compromise by west virginia senator joe manchin. he is proposing -- i'll show you in a graphic what he is proposing. he is saying in his deal, in his proposal, he would like voter i.d. to be required across the country. that could be something that includes even a utility bill or a driver's license. 15 days of early voting. also automatic registration of ting. in additi

. >> sreenivasan: newshour's white house correspond yamiche alcindor, thanks so much. >> reporter: thanksan: for the latest on the g-7, president biden's overseas trip, and the latest national and international news visit pbs.org/wshour. >> sreenivasan: israel's parliament is voting today to approve a negovernment, sending former prime minister benjamin netanyahu into the opposition after a ror12 years in office. one of the leaders of a new coalition party, naftali bennett, is set to become prime minister when the vote takes place. bennett was continuously interrupted by loud heckling from netanyahu's suprters as he addressed the knesset ahead of the vote. thright-wing, hi-tech millionaire thanked netanyahu for his years of service, and promised that his new administration would reach across the aisle. >> ( translated ): our government will make an effort to deepen and nurture relation with our friends in both parties-- bipartisan. if there are disputes, we will manage them with fundamental trust, and mutual respect. >> sreenivasan: bennett's coalition is the first to include an arab mino

. >> sreenivasan: newshour white house correspondent yamiche alcindor, joining us from plymouth in theunited kingdom. thanks so much. >> thanks, hari. >> sreenivasan: for more on the g7 summit and the latest international and national news, visit pbs.org/newsur. >> sreenivasan: at least 14 people were wounded in a shooting on a crowded street in austin, texas, early today. the incident took place in austin's busy downtown sixth street entertainment district at around 1:30 this morning. as of early this afternoon, two of the injured were in critical condition, and authorities were still searching for two unidentified suspects. officials believe there was a ght between two people and that they were not targeting others caught in the gunfire. austin police are asking for help from the public and those who may have cell phone videos of the incident. commemorations are under way today in remembrance of the victims and survivors of the pulse nightclub mass murder. five years ago today, a gunman opened fire on the gay nightclub in orlando, florida, killing 49 people and injuring more than 50.

white house correspondent yamiche alcindor begins with that story. che: at the white house, a rare presidential appearance in the driveway to announce a big bipartisan deal. the agreement came after president biden and a bipartisan group of senators settled on a framework on infrastructure built in a compromise both sides are praising. >> this is not non-infrastructure items, without new taxes, and with the commitment from republicans and democrats and not -- alike to get it done. >> we all gave some to get some, because what we did was put first the needs of our country. >> the total price tag of the package is $1.2 trillion. over eight years. over five years, it's $973 billion. overall, there's $579 billion in new spending, as republicans wanted, it poses -- focuses on traditional items like roads, ridges, and broadband. the scope is more narrow than president biden's original proposal but the president insists democrats will pass a separate bill. president biden: if this is the only one that comes to me, i'm not signing. it's in tandem. yamiche: fr

we start with yamiche alcindor and also garrett hake on capitol hill. let's start with the multiple efforts by the white house, what does the plan entail and what does it not? >> the president is going to be going to tulsa to talk about racial injustice, and he announced new initiatives, trying to focus on create an opening for more ownership and small businesses, and rolling back two trump-era housing rules, and this is all trying to get at this idea that there's a really big racial wealth gap in this country. one study put it as much as 15% of the wealth that black families have is what they have of white families. i saw another study that said -- this initiative is getting at those disparities and trying to rectify the harm. the thing that is not included is student loan debts, and the naacp says it's critical for the biden administration to take that step. there's also reparations, the president has not been clear on whether or not he's backing reparations, specifically for the tulsa families he's meeting with today. >> and an objective of the white

white house correspondent yamiche alcindor reports from brussels. >> we will now take the founding photooday at the nato summit, president biden got a warm welcome. the overwhelming feeling in the air -- relief. p.m. rutte: i think with joe biden, it's more natal again. p.m. bettel: we know that with the american president now, we have someone who believes in multilateralism. yamiche: after former president donald trump, nato leaders are anxious for stronger relations with the u.s. trump constantly threatened the alliance, initially declaring it "obsolete." pres. biden: i just want all of europe to know that the united states is there. yamiche: this morning, during a meetinwith nato secretary general jens stoltenberg, president biden tried to put to bed any uneasy feelings. pres. biden: i want to make it clear -- nato is critically important to u.s. interests in and of itself. if there weren't one, we'd have to invent one. yamiche: mr. biden wants nato leaders to instead focus on a host of growing challenges. they include endinthe pandemic, confronting cyberattacks, and climate change, a

but as yamiche alcindor reports, anxiety about the future remains. e: for months, the streets of port-au-prince, haiti, have been filled with protests. people gather often to demand that president jovenel moise step down. they say he is increasingly acting like a dictator. these men chant, "moise is a thief." his critics say he took office under bad circumstances, but made them much, much worse. >> jovnel doesn't have any respect for the constitution. you are a thief, jovnel moise. you don't have respect for the constitution. yamiche: gangs have come more powerful. kidnappings have skyrocketed and become more brazen, like this one caught on a church live stream. civilian deaths are on the rise. people all over the island nation are terrified. they say even for a country that has long struggled, these past few months have felt like a new rock bottom. even a notorious gang leader, jimmy chereizier, known as barbecue, walks the streets freely, in his neighborhood, hailed as a hero. critics argue president moise is turning a blind eye to gangs at best, an

correspondent andrea mitchell, joshua johnson, danielle pletka of the american enterprise institute and yamiche alcindore the moderator of washington week and congratulations on that. >> thank you. >> on first freedom friday our team laid out three ways this bipartisan deal can get derailed. scenario one, conservatives revolt. you saw that with lindsey graham, a plan that he called extortion. you heard bill cassidy say maybe the president's statement helped calm the waters. see therrio two, the democratic consensus unravels. we heard how that's possible from congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez. however, i sense there is an attempt to not make the white house mad. i mean i thought that was interesting there. and then, scenario three is something, we call it the great unknown. the fact is these are fragile majorities, okay, and anything can happen and suddenly the majorities can change. we have very narrow majorities in the house and senate. andrea mitchell, where does this deal stand? >> it is in such a fraught place, just teetering in the balance. you heard from senator cassidy. they want a lot of wh

. >> yamiche alcindor and sahil kapur, thank you. >>> a democrat from california and a member of the transportation and infrastructure committee, thank you for your time. a very important day for people like yourself who are heavily invested. you were one of the first members of the house the president asked to meet on this subject on infrastructure. knowing what you know from this framework agreement, i don't want to use the word bill yet, will you support it? >> absolutely this is very close what we talked about at the white house two and a half months ago and very close to what we put out of our committee, the transportation committee a couple weeks back. each of the various elements in infrastructure, not included the education research piece of it, each one of those was added up and came to just under $600 billion of new money. this is an important piece of what we need to do to move this nation forward. we'll add a few things along the way. we want this to come out of the senate. we'll do everything we can to support this. yes, there are folks in our caucus who want to have the

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us now is nbc correspondent kerry sanders who is there on the ground in guatemala city, and yamiche alcindor, and political analyst. the message she is sending today while on the ground in guatemala, tell us about that and how it was received there. >> well, there were several messages that happened, first of all, you have the vice president physically making the visit here. that is symbolic. it suggests to all involved in the triangle here, we're talking about guatemala, in el salvador, in honduras that there is a crisis that the united states recognizes and then she holds the news conference with the president along her side from guatemala and in the presentation they're talking about adding task forces to look into corruption and establishing a stronger judiciary, but in the diplomatic back and forth when there is a press conference like this there is always a diplomat, in this case, the vice president who is speaking on those her side and trying to speak directly to the community that is listening in this country. so let's listen to what she had to say and then we'll point out the proble

yamiche alcindor reports. >> alcindor: for the new york city board of elections, it's been a cotic 24rs. yesterday, on their results webpage, the city posted some unofficial results, including 135,000 new ballots. those results showed that the lead of the current frontrunner, eric adams, had significantly narrowed against his two closest competitors, maya wiley and kathryn garcia. but hours later, the city removed those additional ballots. officials said a software error had included sample, test votes in the official tally. here to help us understand what went wrong and what it means for ranked choice voting, i'm joined by christina greer. she's a professor of political science at fordham university. christina, thank you so much for being here. what is going on? why all the confusion? >> new york city voters decided to use rank choice voting for municipal elections. this is a period instead of having winner take all, 40% or more and being declared the victor, this is a system that counts all ballots. eric adams is in the lead, but we still have absentee and affidavit ballots that nee

who formally served as fbi general counsel and former senior member of the mueller probe and yamiche alcindorderator of pbs. this is two years too late. what does this actually get you? >> on the too little too late, there really is a systemic issue here which the house is trying to remedy with a bill, which is this just took so long. there's a lot of blame to go around. the house didn't press this as quickly as it should have. the white house tried to delay it, as does don mcghan and the courts are slow. all of that needs fixing. on the other hand, it is important for people to actually hear from the proverbial horse's mouth. in other words, it's one thing to hear from don mcghan indirectly through the special counsel counsel report but now people are going to be able to ask him questions under oath and hear what he has to say, and to remind viewers, he critically said that he was asked by the president to lie to the press and memorialize that lie in a memorandum and give it to former president trump. and the lie was about whether the president asked to have special counsel mueller fired. so

worst journalists, because are not journalists, george stephanopoulos, you michelle synder -- yamiche alcindorthe worst of all is chuck todd. they are democratic activists, and yet they spout off their opinion is if they are independent. host: thank you to all of you who have participated this morning. we have two members of congress to talk about issues on capitol hill. first up will be mark pocan of wisconsin. later on, we will be joined by the top up of can on the budget committee, jason smith of missouri. this topics and more coming up. host: our first guest serves the second district of wisconsin, representative mark pocan, democrat from that state. he also serves on the appropriations committee. that president has released his budget. some of the top line numbers have drawn attention from both sides when it comes to 6 trillion in spending for 2022 of a back up to age trillion by 2031. when you look at those numbers, how do you react? guest: a lot of this has been spending that we have needed to do, especially around infrastructure and i know that there is a couple bills possibly moving.