and the atlanta braves announcing they'll start trying to fill all their seats beginning next week. summer activities as well, muse he'lls and concerts. the smithsonian set to reopen seven of its museums and the in a zoo preparing to open in may nbc news kerry sanders in miami, the cruiseship capital of the world. >> reporter: after more than a year of turbulent borders, the cruise ship industry is ready for smooth sailing ahead >> this is the first glimmer of hope that is allowing to us be able to set sail >> reporter: since last march, the cdc banning voyages from u.s. ports because of covid. now in a letter to industry executives, the cdc is setting new standards that may allow ships to sail again as early as mid july >> it's been 14 months this industry has been shut down. 14 million passengers, american passengers for a year have not had a chance to sail the economic impact is massive >> reporter: most of the major cruise lines have been sailing, but from europe, asia and the caribbean. it was not like that before the pandemic >> nearly 60% of all cruising originates from u.s.

imagine, a two hour train ride between atlanta and charlotte and going the speed of 220 miles an hour. and two and a half hour trip between chicago and detroit, or faster more regular trips between los angeles and las vegas and right to that could be. popular on fridays. and bill as you said, your vision for amtrak calls for a new intercity rail service up to 160 previously unserved communities being connected. think about when it will mean for opportunities that we connected milwaukee to green bay to madison, scranton and allentown to new york and minneapolis to louisville and much much more. would provide jobs, also accommodate jobs. and what this means is that towns and cities hundred been endangered of being left out in left behind, will be back in the game and families won't have to sacrifice the cost of living on the quality of access and the opportunities to sometimes only occurs if they live in a big city. we have a huge opportunity here to provide fast safe reliable clean transportation in this country rated and transit is part of the infrastructure. and like the rest of our

today the president was heckled in atlanta by people calling for an end to ice and end to the detention of immigrants. seems like he's getting pressure from all side. >> greg: i can use the democrat slogan "it's nothing new." hey, look, there's a house with 90 people in 900 square feet. hey, that's nothing new. a spike in crime? nothing new. if you're not going to get mad about the forced labor, abuse of children, trafficking, take a page out of biden's book. it's the lack of mask and lack of social distancing in that house of 90 people that you should be truly outraged about. >> juan: tucker, a question for you. >> greg: un-american. >> juan: what do you think about biden saying the shelf was bigger when i got here. not enough staff, not enough people. what do you say to that? >> tucker: look, this if you're looking for an attack on democracy, this is it. they don't care about the conditions of the people at the border or the children in cages. they don't care about human trafficking. most immigration at this point is human trafficking. that's what it is. they only care about stacking

imagine a two-hour train ride between atlanta and charlotte going in speeds of 220 miles an hour. 2 1/2 hour trip between chicago and detroit? or faster and more regular trips between los angeles and las vegas. a route that i imagine could be pretty popular on fridays. bill, as you've said, your vision for amtrak calls for a new inner city rail service up to 160 previously unserved communities being connected. think of what it will mean for opportunity if we can connect milwaukee to be green bay to madison? scranton and allentown to new york? indianapolis to louisville? much, much more. it's going to provide jobs and will also accommodate jobs. what this means is that towns and cities that have been in danger of being left out and left behind will be back in the game. means families don't have to sacrifice the cost of living or quality of access to opportunity that sometimes occurs in they live in a big city. we have a huge opportunity here to provide fast safe reliable clean transportation in this country. transit is part of the infrastructure. like the rest of our infrastructure, we

imagine a two-hour train ride between atlanta and charlotte going at speeds of 220 miles per hour. an two and a half hour between chicago and detroit, or faster and more regular trips between los angeles and las vegas, a route that i could imagine could be pretty popular on fridays. bill, as you said, your vision for amtrak calls for a new inner city rail service, up to 160 previously unserved communities being connected. think of what it will mean for opportunity if we can connect milwaukee to green bay to madison. scranton and allentown to new york, indianapolis to louisville, and much, much more. its will provide jobs and also will accommodate jobs. and what this means is towns and cities in danger of being left behind will be back in the game. it means families won't have to sacrifice the cost of living or quality of access to opportunity that sometimes only occurs if they live in a big city. we have a huge opportunity here to provide fast, safe, reliable clean transportation in this country. and transit is part of the infrastructure. and like the rest of our infrastructure, we

imagine a two-hour train ride between atlanta and charlotte going at speeds of 220 miles an hour. and 2 1/2-hour trip between chicago and detroit. or faster and more regular trips between los angeles and las vegas. a route i imagine could be pretty popular on fridays. bill, as you've said, your vision for amtrak calls for a new inner city rail service. up to 160 previously unserved communities being connected. think of what it will mean for opportunities if we can connect milwaukee to green bay to madison. scranton and allentown to new york. indianapolis to louisville. and much, much more. it's going to provide jobs and also accommodate jobs. what this means is that towns and cities that have been in danger of being left out and left behind will be back in the game. it means families don't have to sacrifice the cost of living or quality of access to opportunity to sometimes only occurs if they live in a big city. we have a huge opportunity provide fast, safe, reliable, clean transportation in this country. and transit is part of the infrastructure. and like the rest of our infras

holding a rally in atlanta on thursday to start selling that multi-trillion dollar economic plan to voters. >> before he made the trip, you sat down with him at the white house yesterday. >> we talked about government spending we talked about racism in america, the rudy giuliani raid and the situation at the southern border as well, which the president still refuses to call a crisis. but the tough sell facing president biden for the price tag of his ideas is where we started our conversation >> reporter: in your first 100 days, you proposed $6 trillion in new spending, and you plan to pay for it by raising taxes on people, on businesses, on investments. why tax and spend so much when the economy is still recovering as a result of the pandemic? >> that's the reason why it's recovering, because we're investing. look how rapidly it's recovered since we passed the last piece of legislation that legislation was $1.9 trillion if we don't invest in this country, we're going to actually start to -- we're going to fall behind even further. >> reporter: democrats and republicans for generations have

, moving it to denver which i might note atlanta is 51% african-american denver is 9% african-american. so good job baseball you care about racial equality so much that you took 100 million dollars away from largely african-american small businesses, and atlanta and moved it to bunch of lily white businesses in denver. you've shown your virtue through and through. and i have to say my attitude i'm fed up with it. i'm sick of it. i think a lot of americans are sick of it. and so i announced this week as of this point going forward i will not accept any contributions from corporate packs not a penny in nine years corporate packs contradicted 2.6 million to my campaign and i've decided enough is enough. that if they're going behave as enemies of the american people, enemies of liberty if they're goapg going to engage in lice and willingly be weaponized as economic tools of punishment for the democratic party and the radicals, who are doing enormous damage to the country that -- that i want nothing to do with that endeavor. >> fair enough. senator cruz, you speak right to the issue, and we

we were rolling the video from atlanta, georgia, yesterday. the president with the two senators and first lady, he couldn't find his mask. >> dana: this is me every time i try to leave my desk to come down to the studio. >> bill: he is the masked man, right? we can call him that, right? 14 months you've needed a mask. i can tell you for certain i know my mask is in my right pocket 24 hours a day. >> dana: i'm always losing mine. here is the other thing. >> bill: how is it possible? >> dana: here is the other thing he is outside and full' vaccinated which means you don't have to wear your mask. the whole thing was unnecessary. >> bill: it's right here. right pocket. it is like losing your shoe, right? >> dana: it's not like losing your shoe. >> bill: putting the wrong shoe on the foot. >> dana: it's like losing your reading glasses. >> bill: that could be. that was that. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and dozens of other senate republicans sending a letter to the education department to stop a proposed rule in our nation's schools. the

the manhunt for a murder suspect who escaped from deputies near atlanta's airport is over. jssan strover is accused of murdering someone in a bar in arizona. he was caught in georgia. deputies say he took off when they tried to return their rental car at the airport. authorities didn't say where strover was found overnight. >>> eight former fraternity members were charged in the alcohol related death of a bowling green state university student. 20-year-old stone foltz was attending a pledge party for phi cappa alpha where he was told to drink a full bottle of alcohol, prosecutors say. he passed out then died three days later. the eight suspects are facing charges that range from hazing to manslaughter. they're expected in court on may 19th. >>> the arrest made in lady gaga's dognapping case. the singer's dog-walker was shot during the encounter. now it appears gaga's $500,000 reward helped investigators. here's abc's andrea fujii. >> reporter: this morning, multiple arrests in connection with the dognapping of lady gaga's two french bulldogs and shooting of her dog-walker.

about 30 minutes outside of atlanta. people were honking their horns when they agreed with something that he said. brian: car full of the three stooges the marks brothers. he wouldn't talk he would honk his horn. we will show footage next hour. ainsley: they were on stage. jill biden introduces her husband. there were hecklers in the crowd. steve: really close to the stage. ainsley: they're interrupting his speech. they are not for privately run prisons. listen to this. >> 100 days ago today when i was inaugurated. [shouting] >> on the steps of the united states capitol to be your president. i was looking forward to coming back and seeing these guys. [shouting] >> detention centers now. >> i agree with you. i'm workings on it, man, give me another five days. there should be no private prisons, period. none, period. [cheers and applause] that's what they're talking about, private detention centers. they should not exist. and we are working to close all of them. steve: see, that fits in with what we are talking about with

. $1.8 trillion to the american families plan, the pitch to the public on thursday and atlanta. >> that is why i proposed the american jobs plan. a once in a generation investment in america, the biggest jobs plan since world war ii. >> winning congress over, probably spending money but raising taxes, republicans pushing right back. >> in 100 days the biden/harris administration launched an avalanche of liberal policies that threaten to derail the progress that we make for safer, more prosperous, more secure. >> reporter: they are eager to work with the white house. this photo of her speaking with the president by phone. those negotiations on infrastructure continue. south carolina republican senator tim scott is still in the spotlight, he is defending his remarks after critics online accused him of ignoring his heritage. >> there is a coming backlash, and oppression that is becoming front and center and they are not hiding their hands anymore. >> reporter: the ratings are in, 27 million people tuned in to hear from president biden but those numbers are down significantly from donald tr

live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching here in the

looked, whether it's los angeles, san francisco, detroit, baltimore, great american cities, new york, atlanta, that things have not gotten better in the urban areas. wherever the democrats are in control, there is the status quo of misery. it is the 21st century. everyone deserves better. this country will only get better when the lives of people on the margins and people of color, people who are minorities get better. and the democrats have convinced many people that there is only one place to go. i believe that with you, sir, and people like donald trump, who clearly is not going away, that we will make sure that we know there are alternatives and an important move forward. thank you for being here tonight. i really appreciate it. very important time. >> you can go to jones for georgia.com. >> tammy: now, coming up right now, i think we have a very good example of someone who speaks up, serving everyone. a good role model when it comes to what we need to do. jason, host of the jason rantz show on k tt h. jason, i see you often on other programs here. it's always a pleasure to watch you and

president biden in georgia right outside of atlanta. this is his 100th day in office. and we are waiting a rally after that big and ambitious speech to congress last night. we're keeping an eye on this. we have special guests and we will dip in and listen to him live. we begin, though, with the biggest story in the country, the criminal probe intensifying into rudy giuliani. the story that touches not only onering we lived through in the last four years but where we're headed now as a nation and what it means for an ex-president who remains under criminal investigation for trying to steal an election. what's new is the feds now have giuliani's phone and electric devices and computer after raiding his apartment and office. giuliani speaking out now on what he's up against and the raid. here's what he said. >> the report a moment ago is that the search warrant involves my pressuring ukrainian officials on behalf of president trump. nothing of the sort. the search warrant involves something totally opposite. search warrant is one act of failing to register as a foreign --

. >> reporter: los angeles says they might move into lowest level restrictions next week when, in atlanta, braves will allow fully pack stadiums. >> just opening up like we have has meant the world, i think, to everybody here. >> reporter: nationwhy, average daily new case count, the lowest it's been in over six months. tennessee declared mission accomplished. i am not renewing any public health orders, tweeted the governor, because covid-19 is no longer a health emergency in our state. jumping the gun? tennessee has one of the lowest rates of vaccination in the land. not quite one-third of americans are now fully vaccinated and the pace is slowing, dropped nearly 20% the past two weeks. >> go get vaccinated, america. go and get the vaccination. they're available. >> reporter: supply? no longer the issue. it's demand. in our new poll of the not yet vaccinated 58% of adults said they won't try to get a shot. think again say the experts. think ahead. >> one critical way to prevent long covid is to prevent covid it itself, even for young people who consider their risk of severe covid to be l

let's bring in to our conversationry sill la thompson in atlanta. what's on the minds of voters there today? >> reporter: i have to tell you, nicole, most of the voters that i've spoken to here today and i've spoken to more than a dozen didn't watch joe biden's address last night. so the fact that he is going to be here hosting that car -- that drive-in rally is really an opportunity for him to speak directly to the voters in the state who, as you mentioned, were crucial in his win in november but, of course, this does come on the heels of the new more restrictive voting laws that have been passed here and within days of those laws passing we saw businesses and large events pulling out of the state, prominent businesses speaking out in opposition to the laws, but i had an opportunity to speak to small business owners who are very worried about whether that type of behavior will continue and what it means for owners who were worried about whether that type of behavior will continue and what it will mean for businesses that aren't just headquartered h

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atlanta set to allow full capacity at two sports stadiums beginning may 7th. disney land is preparing for friday's grand reopening and new york city's mayor just announcing today the city will fully reopen on july 1st. but it's hard to feel too good about this, as we witness what is happening in india. the skyrocketing surge in new cases of covid there, is prompting the u.s. government to urge all americans in india to leave, as soon as possible, coronavirus is spreading so fast. yesterday india hit a new record of more than 3,600 deaths in one day. graphics, apocalyptic images coming in from new delhi that may be difficult to watch. it's important you see the reality, crematoriums are running out of space, forcing them to build makeshift funeral pyres in parks and other public areas. cnn's sam kylie is there. >> reporter: this is a crematorium where the dead have to join a queue. relatives or friends have a take tickets from an office to get access to the crematorium that's dealing with about 150 people a day, almost all of them victims of the covid pandemic,

will visit jimmy carter, rose lynn carter in atlanta. jonathan serrie in duluth georgia with all of this? reporter: neil, president biden is celebrating the first 100 days in office here in georgia. not only did the peach state help him get into the white house, but georgia gave the president's party a slim majority in the senate with the elections of democrats rafael warnock and john ossoff and that as allowed president biden to pursue a more ambitious agenda especially when it comes to government spending. that includes the american families plan, american jobs plan, american rescue plan, adding up to nearly $6 trillion in government spending. the president planned to celebrate passage of covid relief during the first visit to georgia back in march. neil: all right. we just lost jonathan scary. i apologize for that. you don't really want to know the technical issues we've been having. they're figuring it out. meantime i do want to go to tom bevin, "real clear politics," cofounder there. tom, the president obviously is taking this trip

then he's coming to atlanta for this strive it rally, it's been rescheduled. he's touting the infrastructure plan and also the american families plan that he unveiled last night. and, of course, those are these big transformational packages that also have another "t," trillion attached to their. that is something he's trying to sell here after doing so last night in washington, unveiling that package. as you were saying, not just trying to sell it to republicans in the room but even those moderate democrats, people like senator joe manchin who says these proposals the president is putting out, they are going to have a lot of scrutiny throughout congress before you see them getting anywhere, gaining any traction and that's what president biden said last night. he said he wanted to introduce them before they got deep into the details so they can have those negotiations with lawmakers. but the other part that you're going to see them embarking on this week and next is selling it to the american people. because that was something they relied on when they talked ab

. >> and, kate, the president will continue to make that case today as he heads to atlanta where he's holding a drive in rally. one other thing we heard from the president yesterday he is was framing the issues including the trillions of dollars in spending as matters of domestic importance and also in terms of national security. and the global competition between democracies and awe to beingcies. i spent time with the national security adviser jake sullivan what they've been telling me is this is something that president biden is framing. it is something he sees as central to the mission as president of the united states. he believes that the united states and the world really are at an inflection point and history will judge the united states as well as his presidency over how he is able to answer this question of can democracy work in the 21st century and compete with these autocracies? it is something that is on his mind. he brings it up in all kinds of meetings whether it is talking to the team of nasa engineers or if he is talking about car batteries, electronic vehicle batterie

he will celebrate by holding a rally in atlanta, and then he and the first lady will travel to georgia to meet with former president jimmy carter. carter was not able to make it to the inauguration because of health reasons. >>> a look at our weather forecast, meteorologist kari hall, nice today. we know we're in a drought. >>> yeah, we are in a drought. we've been monitoring it. warm temperatures for our inland valleys in spots like dublin and brentwood will reach into the low 80s today. it's going to be slightly cooler for the second but quite gusty and we'll see the dry weather continuing into next week while san francisco will see highs in the mid-60s. we'll reach up to 70 degrees today so it will be cooler for the weekend as though winds pick up. kris? >> thank you, kari. we have more local news coming up in just a half hour. of course you can find us anytime of day nbcbayarea.com. >>> at 7:30 no >>> at 7:30 now on a thursday morning, the 29th of april, 2021, and there's a pretty good chance at this moment ten years ago you were right here watching, well, that, a big event, willia

he is off to atlanta today for a rally there to begin a big push to do just that. but, look, he's taking a real gamble with this sweeping plan, and, guys, he's now relying on the vice president to help carry this across the finish line. >> why should you mention that, mary, because vice president kamala harris is now joining us live. e good morning to you. >> good morning. >> that historic image seeing you and house speaker pelosi, so much reaction to the president's speech last night. what's your main takeaway? >> i believe that the president yet again has reminded us to be optimistic and believe in america, believe in america. he was very clear, he's going to bet -- we're going to bet on americans and america every day and the work that he has been doing and the words of his speech, i think, really rallied the country to remember that we are competitive by nature. we believe in investing in working people. that is how we have grown. that is how we have grown our economy. that is how we've grown our standing around the world and this is a president who is prepared

in the next hour, president biden heads to suburban atlanta for a rally as the administration starts the job of trying to put their very ambitious words we heard last night into action. last night the president laid out a massive jobs and family plan that he says is aimed squarely at helping the american middle class. >> the american jobs plan is a blue collar blueprint to build america. that's what it is. and it recognizes something i've always said in this chamber and the other, good guys and women on wall street, but wall street didn't build this country. the middle class built the country. >> the big-ticket items include the largest jobs plan since world war ii, as well as plans to add two years of free preschool and two years of free community college. in all, get ready for this, his proposals amount to $6 trillion in new spending and he made absolutely no bones about the fact he wants to tax the rich to pay for it all. labor secretary marty walsh joins me later in the hour to talk about that very thing. the president also said he wants and needs republicans' help to get this st

his trip comes after he backed major league baseball's decision to leave the all-star -- leave atlanta and not do the all-star game in a peach state. chad pergram is on capitol hill with more. >> president biden targeted georgia since it approved the new voting law. >> president biden: this makes jim crow look like jim eagle. this is gigantic what they are trying to do. >> there has been criticism that the decision by major league baseball to pull the all-star game from atlanta could ruin the state's economy. president biden used his speech last night to push congress to correct what democrats see as a wrong in georgia. >> president biden: congress should pass when hr1 and the john lewis voting act right away. >> you have to remember how important georgia is politically to president biden. he captured georgia's 16 electoral votes narrowly and democrats wound have control of the senate if they didn't win both of georgia senate seat in a january runoff. the democratic senate gives the president a chance to pass some of his policy priorities. >> dana: thank you, chad. >> president biden:

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"the atlanta journal constitution" reports a federal grand jury in georgia indicted three white men on hate crimes charges in the killing of ahmaud arbery. gregory mcmichael, his son travis, and william roddy bryan were charged with attempting to kidnap the 25-year-old black man in february of last year. arbery was chased and shot and killed as he was jogging through a neighborhood just outside of brunswick. the three men also face state murder charges. >>> the "las vegas review journal" says an animal skeleton found dating back thousands of years was found in the back yard of a home. workers digging an in-ground pool unearthed the remains five feet below the ground. the bones from a horse or similar mammal between 6,000 to 14,000 years old. they date back to the earth's most recent ice age. >> we had joked friday while they had started digging that, great, maybe they can find a dinosaur and it will pay for our pool. obviously when they told us they found some fossils that was a shock to us. >> scientists say that the area where the bones were found was covered in springs during the ic

. >>> and a dramatic rescue was captured on camera in atlanta. four police officers were called to the scene of an accident involving a car on fire and when they got there they noticed that the guy inside was having a seizure. it was a struggle to remove him but they were safely able to pull him from the car. luckily both the drivers and the officers involved here, they're expected to be fine. >>> this extraordinary 12-year-old in north carolina proving knowledge is power mike wimmer is gettingdiploma. but he's also getting his college degree in the very same month. he's not even a teenager graduating from college with a 4.0 gpa. he said he plans on pursuing a career in robotics and computer programming. would you love to sit and listen to this kid talk >> man, i'd love to learn from him. he has a lot to learn. >>> across the pond one guy has what could be the ultimate remote work setup. jason griffon said as long as he has amobile connection anda laptop, he can do his work >>> there's no reason for him to be dead. >>> right now at 4:30, still sp

host: here is the atlanta journal-constitution. when president joe biden arrived in georgia today, he will be commemorating his first 100 days in office. he will also be taking a victory lap in the state that put his expensive legislative agenda within reach. biden is set up to visit former president jimmy carter in his hometown of planes and headline a driving rally in gwinnett county the day after rolling out a sweeping $1.8 trillion plan to expand access to education and bolster family assistance programs that will be partly financed i higher taxes on the wealthiest americans. that is coming up tonight, that driving rally coming up life tonight. you can follow it live on the c-span app. reporter: i want to keep you updated on the news. the associated press about 10 minutes ago, the number of americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped by 13,000 last week to 553,000, the lowest level since the pandemic hit last march, and another sign that the economy is recovering. this also from the associated press. the recovery from

atlanta at number 4 may select kyle pitt in that offense. looks like one of the best in the national football league. >> any idea? >> the larger more in the first round, but a lot of people in nfl circles, rising up, so much for a larger more, sleeper in this. steve: you got up early to give us the preview, thank you very much. we will have a good day because your radio show is coming up 6 minutes from now. brian: that will be a stunning move by san francisco. over the next 3 hours, the democratic perspective about how last night went, senator lindsey graham on how he felt tim scott did and what they are looking for in rudy giuliani's apartment at 6 in the morning yesterday for 2 hours. that is coming up. hopefully you are up. .

in the next hour, president biden heads to suburban atlanta for a rally as the administration starts the job of trying to put their very ambitious words we heard last night into action. last night the president laid out a massive jobs and family plan that he says is aimed squarely at helping the american middle class. >> the american jobs plan is a blue collar blueprint to build america. that's what it is. and it recognizes something i've

the decision to hold the rally in atlanta sparking criticism. the president himself has been a vocal critic of georgia's new voting laws and supported efforts to boycott business in the state. georgia proved to be a he key state for biden in the 2020 election. futures are pointing to gains to start trading this day, big gains if you look at the nasdaq 100 futures, up almost 1%. this after president biden unveiled his american families plan in his first address to congress and the proposal calling for tax hikes. >> i will not impose any tax increase on people making less than $400,000. but it's time for corporate america and the wealthiest 1% of americans to begin to pay their fair share. just their fair share. i'm not looking to punish anybody. but i will not add an additional tax burden to the middle class in this country. they're already paying enough. dagen: joining me now, federated hermes chief investment officer, steven auph. also joining the conversation all morning long, steve forbes, who i know will have a lot to say about the speech la

two of atlanta's professional sports teams, the braves and atlanta united say they're returning to pre-pandemic seating levels next month. starting may 7th the braves saying they will increase their fan capacity to 100%, about 41,000 seats when they play the philadelphia phillies. atlanta united are going to 100% of a typical soccer configuration at mercedes-benz stadium with a match against montreal. both teams went to 50% capacity last week. >> reporter: i'm jacqueline howard in atlanta. a new cdc study shows more evidence that the pfizer and moderna vaccines really do work. they cut the risk of being hospitalized for covid-19 in the real world among older adults. data showed that being fully vaccinated was tied to a 94% reduced risk of hospitalization and being partially vaccinated so only receiving the first dose of a vaccine was died to a 64% reduced risk of hospitalization. >> translator: i'm alexandra field in new york where governor andrew cuomo has announced the next step forwards easing restrictions. the state planning to lift the midnight curfew on restaurants and bars. that goes int

he'll visit with former president jimmy carter and hold a drive-in rally in the atlanta area. the trip will be biden's second trip to atlanta as president, proof of how key georgia is to his agenda, which only has a shot of becoming law because of the election of georgia democratic senators raphael warnock and jon ossoff. joining me now eugene daniels, white house correspondent for "politico." msnbc political analyst, and the owner of the best afro ever in time. eugene, thank you for being here. serious question here. there's a strategy here behind the president's now frequent visits to georgia, isn't there? >> absolutely. this is a white house that we've seen this before, right, a big tent pole moment, and then they take it to the american people, right? this is the white house that is calculating and essentially nothing is done on accident. and after kind of four years of the then president trump, whatever he wanted to do it worked out, this is a department, a press team that is planning for the future, so they know, just like you said, going to georgia is a clear acknowledg

live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching here in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber, this is "cnn newsroom." ♪ >>> joe biden calls it the american families plan, a sweeping multi-billion dollar agenda meant to help with things like child care, preschool education, paid family leave and free community college. he outlined his vision last night in a address to joint members of congress. they say no one making $400,000 a year will see their taxes go up and says investing now in america's future will create millions of new jobs and trillions in economic growth. biden delivered his speech with two women sitting behind him, a historic first. vice president kamala harris and house speaker nancy pelosi became the first women to lead both the senate and the house during a presidential address to congress and president biden didn't let it pass unnoticed. >> madam speaker, madam vice president. no president has ever said those words from this podium. no president has ever said those words and it's about time. >> biden also comme

. >> three shootings atlanta area spas where at least seven people have been killed. >> breaking overnight, another mass shoot manage the u.s. >> at least eight people were killed at a fed ex warehouse near the airport in indianapolis. >> i think it's difficult to not be numb. the numbers are so huge, it's almost unimaginable. >> reporter: almost unimaginable, and yet increasinglily predictable. >> on average, probably at least 20 times the likelihood that someone in the united states will die of a gun death than people in other developed countries. >> reporter: it's not just mass shooting events, which are only a small fraction of gun-related deaths in the u.s. in 2019, more than 60% were suicides. and every day an average of over 300 people are injured by a firearm, according to researchers at penn and columbia. our gun violence epidemic is a uniquely american problem. but the firearm holds a different place in our american mythology and history than it does in any other country. and we have to be able to hold up both of those things as true. >> reporter: which is why in a nation that no

he'll visit with former president jimmy carter and hold a rally in the atlanta area. the troop will be his second trip to atlanta as president, proof of how key georgia is to his agenda, which only has a shot of becoming law because of the election of georgia democratic senators. joining me now, eugene daniels, white house correspondent for call political, coauthor of the political playbook, msnbc analyst and the owner of the best afrin time. eugene, thank you for being here, serious question here. there's a strategy here behind the presidents now frequent visits to georgia is in there? >> absolutely. this is sent vote white house that we have seen, this is the white house that is calculating and nothing is done on accident. and after four years of the president doing whatever he wanted to do, this is a prestige that is planning for the future. so they know that going to georgia is a clear acknowledgment that he and the administration know that this is how much he owes to the state. he owes them not just his presidency, basically, but also making his drop a lot easier

the president is in atlanta tomorrow and philadelphia on friday. kamala harris is in baltimore tomorrow and cincinnati friday. and doug emhoff will be in raleigh, north carolina on friday. according to their plans, they are expected to travel to about a dozen states by the end of next week. >> more reaction to the speech. this notable, this is from democratic senator mark kelly. the new senator from arizona. quote, while i share president biden's urgency in fixing our broken immigration system, what i did not hear tonight was a plan to address the immediate crisis at the border, and i will continue holding this administration accountable. from our viewers, chelsea and new haven, i am looking forward to seeing more of tim scott's presence in the gop. i hope he becomes the new face of the party as they move away from trump. appealing to a wide array of voters and bring moderates back to the party. another one here from roger in illinois, if senator tim scott does not rise to be a republican presidential front runner, they are foolish. and finally, au

>> yes, this president will go on the road beginning tomorrow and headed to atlanta and the first stop will be visiting jimmy carter, the former president and his wife rosalynn carter. senator joe biden -- candidate jimmy carter so many years ago and a show of respect to former democratic president and on that topic, you really are struck by some of these moments that we're seeing here and more traditional politics taking place and the president in his speech tonight with the nod to mitch mcconnell praising him, thanking him for his kindness in naming one of the cancer initiatives back in 2016 after beau biden, the president's late son, just moments earlier just moments ago you saw rob portman, the republican from ohio sharing an extended moment with the president there, but as you hear this speech tonight i am struck by bill clinton in 1996 and 25 years ago saying the era of big government is over and tonight joe biden effectively said that the era of big government is back and another item that's notable is the fact that this took place almost in may really in the eyes of his aides a

america the current european champions are aiming for their 4th olympic medal in tokyo after 3 bronzes atlanta 70 in beijing but not surprisingly cave at 19 has hampered the build up. if you. just want on the 9 year old perhaps the greatest difficulty is the injuries there are players who stopped playing for the clubs with and suddenly had to play lots of competitions we've lost 2 of our top players which is a challenge. formula one's canadian grand prix has been cancelled for the 2nd year in a row due to cope with 19 travel restrictions it will be replaced with a race at turkey's istanbul circuit circuit on june 13th but there was some good news for organizers of the canadian g.p. f one has extended its contract with the montreal race by 2 years to take into account the cancellations securing it until 2031 with the 2nd tennis grand slam of the year the french open a month away a world number one novak djokovic has decided to reduce his schedule he's pulled out of the madrid open which starts on sunday meaning he won't defend the title he won in 2019 masters event was cancelled due to the pand

. >> three shootings in atlanta-area spas where at least seven people have been killed. >> breaking overnight, another mass shooting in the u.s. >> at least eight people were killed at a fedex warehouse near the airport in indianapolis. >> i think it's difficult to not be numb. the numbers are so huge, it's almost unimaginable. >> reporter: almost unimaginable and yet increasingly predictable. >> on average there's probably at least 20 times the likelihood that someone in the united states will die of a gun death than people in other developed countries. >> reporter: it's not just mass shooting events which are only a small fraction of gun-related deaths in the u.s. in 2019 more than 60% were suicides, and every day an average of over 300 people are injured by a firearm according to researchers at pen and columbia. our gun violence epidemic is a uniquely american problem but firearm holds a different place in our american mythology and history than it does in any other country, and we have to be able to hold both of those things as true. >> reporter: which is why in a nation that now has more

the current european champions are aiming for their false olympic medal in tokyo after 3 provinces in atlanta sydney and beijing but not surprisingly 1000 has hampered their build up. because not under 9 year old perhaps the greatest difficulty is the injuries there are players who stopped playing for their clubs with and suddenly had to play lots of competitions and we've lost 2 of our top players which is a challenge. manchester city a 2 games away from their 1st champions league final with paris standing in their way the 1st leg of the semifinal kicks off in the next few minutes in paris will be the 19th time pep guardiola city and i have faced each other as managers katina got the better of the city boss in 2019 when his tottenham side beat city in the quarter finals but here is urging his players to enjoy the whole experience. been privileged to be one of the best 4 teams in europe this season in any month been enjoyed today the training and everything in this is what i would love to to see my players in the back from a 7 everyone because we know how tough our struggle how difficult is t

major league baseball made the decision to pull the all-star game out of atlanta. in response to those announcements, a lot of democratic politicians in georgia are saying that we disagree with this law. we do not want the economy in georgia to suffer. people like stacey abrams and senator warnock have said they do not support businesses pulling out because they live in georgia and have to say that. but that is not to say that corporate america or outside voices are wrong for making a stand against the law in georgia. ruth bader ginsburg and stephen breyer, it is their job to publicly keep confidence up about the court as an institution. it is the job on us on the outside to have enough common sense to know the court has become irreparably politicized. host: the president has talked about forming a commission to take a look at the issue. we heard speaker pelosi and the senate majority leader saying they will hold off on expanding the court until they hear from the commission. is that a good move? guest: the commission is something that by its very existence is a no

atlanta and washington, d.c., who had the warmer day >> d.c. >> i'll fight on this one. >> atlanta. >> d.c. is going to shock you. >> oh! >> atlanta, april 13th they're going to be 84 87 in washington, d.c. there you go, losers let's show you what we have for today. summer highs up and down the eastern seaboard flood risk in the midsection of the country. severe storms through texas. gorgeous day along the west coast. that's w >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are enjoying a beautiful day. tack a live look outside in dublin. it's slow move, but we do have the sunshine and make sure you grab the sunglasses before you head out and it will warm up quickly today. livermore will reach into the mid-80s today and we'll see some more 80s tomorrow and slightly cooler for the weekend and it will be a very windy weekend with highs in the upper 70s and dry weather continues into next week. >> tha >> that's your latest weather. hoda. >> tell them what they didn't win. >> exactly. >>> carson, we've been waiting for this all morning you'll go one-on-one with music sensation julia mic

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supporting major league baseball's boycott of the state's new election laws set to hold a rally in atlanta tomorrow touting his first 100 days in office. he slammed the states new voting laws as jim crow in the 21st century. jeremy hunt, take a listen to vernon jones on "fox & friends" about this very issue. >> he is coming really to take a tour of a disaster that was not caused by god but was caused by liberals. it is an embarrassment and a slap in the face for us in georgia for him to show his face here. >> dana: he is a governor candidate there. joe biden thinks georgia is a state he would like to keep in the blue column. can this help him do that? >> to put it frankly no. it takes some nerve to call our state every name in the book, jim crow 2.0, whatever and then advocate for boycotts of the state, lose us millions of dollars in revenue and then have the nerve to show up to celebrate his first 100 days in office. his first 100 days have been a disaster for the state of georgia. i'm a proud georgia native. i love my state. so many memories in georgia. met my wife there and i can tell y