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- [Jenna] Tonight, the really big deal.
- A bipartisan group ofsenators has finished
writing the text of theinfrastructure bill.
- [Jenna] This as thepandemic ERA moratorium
on evictions comes to an end.
- There is tsunami coming.
- [Jenna] And Lalapalooza.
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The Delta variant on therise across the country
leading to a reversal on mask mandates.
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Infrastructure week in Washington.
Will we finally see Congresspass a bipartisan deal?
Good evening, I'm Jenna Browder.
And that is the question.
Tonight, all eyes are on the Senate to see
how quickly it might acton a new bipartisan bill.
Last night, the bill made its way
out of the committee to the Senate floor.
The nearly 3000 page document
includes the most funding in years
to address the nation'scrumbling roads and bridges.
CBN White House correspondent
Eric Philips has our top story.
- By all accounts, it wasa long painstaking weekend
for the group ofbipartisan senators working
on this legislation.
But in the end, the group emergedwith a 2,700 page document
that they believe will survivethe whole Senate's scrutiny.
- The bipartisaninfrastructure bill is designed
to bring our infrastructureup to date for a new century
and that is a significant achievement.
- [Eric] Senate Majority Leader
Chuck Schumer introduced the bill
to the floor late Sunday night,
a move receiving rare praisefrom members of both parties.
- We will continue toonce again demonstrate
to our country and to the world
that we can indeed do our jobs,
that we can legislate,that we can work together.
- No new taxes, core infrastructure only,
and it's great for the American people.
- [Eric] The bill'sprice tag, $1.1 trillion
with 550 billion in new spending,
110 billion earmarkedfor roads and bridges,
39 billion for public transportation,
and 65 billion to expandbroadband internet.
When it comes to the Senatebody backing the bill,
there's a sense of optimism.
- [Jay] And you think it will pass?
- I do, oh, absolutely, I do.
When you see Chuck Schumerand you see Mitch McConnell
both voting for the samething it's unbelievable.
- I believe the Senate can quickly process
relevant amendments and passthis bill in a matter of days.
- [Eric] At the same time, some members
of the GOP are insistingthat this not be rushed.
- Our full consideration ofthis bill must not be choked
off by any artificialtimetable that our democratic
colleagues may have penciledout for political purposes.
While I salute the hardwork of my colleagues
who produced the basetext that's now before us,
their conversations can'tbe the Senate's last word.
- But even if and when the Senate
passes the infrastructure bill,
House Speaker Nancy Pelosisays she won't introduce it
until the Senate passes the Democrat's
$3.5 trillion reconciliation bill.
That includes the climate andsocial pieces not included
as part of the infrastructure bill.
At the White House,Eric Philips, CBN News.
- Thank you, Eric.
And here with us now is David Brody,
CBN chief political analyst.
David, Mitch McConnell,Chuck Schumer seeming
to work together on infrastructure.
How significant is it that Republicans
and Democrats are coming to terms?
- Well, it's a big deal.
Anytime Democrats andRepublicans can agree on anything
to even a small degree, it becomes news.
It's kind of sad, but that'swhere we are in America today.
And let me just be veryclear about all of this.
We're going to do storyafter story about this.
It's gonna pass, the bill will pass.
It's not even a question at this point.
Yes, there's gonna be an amendment process
and what day will they wrap up,all of that, yada yada yada.
Bottom line is a will pass.
'Cause you don't getthis far in Washington
in Congress and Chuck Schumerwould never put the bill
on the floor if he didn't have the votes.
He's got the votes, notjust on the Democrat side,
but he's got those 10Republicans plus more.
My guess is you're gonna see65 to 70 votes on this thing.
- David, do you think it'llpass the House where Democrats
also want to includesocial and climate issues
in that $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill?
- Well, that's the bigdrama and we're gonna see.
I think it's unknown at this point.
If I'm a betting man, ifyou will, I'm saying yes,
I think eventually it will pass the House.
Why?
Because you're not gonna go this far
and get a bipartisandeal done in the Senate
for it just to fall apart in the House.
So clearly Nancy Pelosihas taken the temperature
of many of those moderates in the caucus.
She knows the progressivesquad, AOC and the like,
are all going to not vote for it
if that $3.5 trillionbudget reconciliation bill,
the human infrastructure,the social infrastructure,
is not with that $1.1 trillion bill.
Two separate bills, butthey've got to go together.
That's the big rub.
We'll see.
But I think ultimatelywhen all is said and done,
Chuck Schumer has been around for awhile,
Nancy Pelosi has been aroundsince what, Reconstruction,
they'll get it done.
- David, while I have you,
I do want to talk to youabout elections and the GOP.
It looks like former President Trump's
influence is gonna beput to the test in Ohio
where a Trump endorsedcandidate is facing a pretty
crowded field of Republicans.
Do you think this is a litmustest for the 2022 midterms?
- I don't know if it's a litmus test.
Here's the problem with this, Jenna,
and this also in Texas with Susan Wright,
his candidate lost down there.
And if you look at thecandidate that won down there,
that candidate was backed by Rick Perry,
Donald Trump's foreign energy secretary.
So Republicans are allkind of split on this.
And even if you look atwhat's going on in Ohio,
many of the other candidates are that,
well, let me start this.
Trump is backing one certain candidate,
but many of the othercandidates are backed
by other Republicans.
Like Rand Paul isbacking another candidate
and you've got other prominent Republicans
backing different ones.
So you're kind of splitting the field.
It'll be interesting to watch.
I'm not convinced it's a litmus test.
I just think it just showsthat the Republican Party
is trying to figure it out as they go.
- Yeah, we'll all be watching.
All right, David Brody,good to see you, thank you.
- Good to see you, Jenna.
- Well, to COVID-19.
With COVID on the rise innearly every state now,
breakthrough infections arebecoming more and more common,
a growing number of peoplewho are fully vaccinated
falling ill to the virus.
CBN correspondent Brody Carter is breaking
down the numbers as publichealth officials are
using everything in theirarsenal to fight COVID.
Brody.
- First, Jenna, a hugemilestone for the nation.
The White House reporting70% of adults have received
at least one shot of the vaccine.
The Biden administrationoriginally shooting
for that goal to beaccomplished by July 4th.
And now with the deadlyDelta variant starting
to rear its ugly head, government leaders
and public health officials are scrambling
to crack the COVID code.
- So we're looking not,I believe, to lock down,
but we're looking tosome pain and suffering
in the future because we'reseeing the cases go up.
- [Brody] Monday, 46 statesreporting a COVID increase,
many considered substantialwhere the average number
of new cases per day grew55% over the past week
according to the CDC.
- We want to. stronglyrecommend the people wear masks
in indoor settings evenif you're vaccinated.
- [Brody] And breakthrough cases,
those are becoming a rising threat.
Three quarters of those infectedduring separate outbreaks
in Los Angeles andProvincetown, Massachusetts
were reportedly fully vaccinated.
- Masks were not being used.
There was very little social distancing,
at least in my activities.
All the bars and nightclubs were open
and ready for business.
The one time there was anysort of mitigation effort was
when I had to show myvaccine card on my phone.
- [Brody] Out of 164 millionvaccinated Americans,
roughly 125,000 tested positive for COVID.
- In the breakthrough infections,
they are mostly mild or without symptoms.
Whereas the unvaccinatedwho have a much, much, much
greater chance of gettinginfected in the first place
are the ones that are vulnerableto getting severe illness
that might lead to hospitalizationand in some cases death.
- [Brody] The biggest areas of focus,
Florida, Texas, and Louisiana,
where the governor's officeis reporting the country's
highest infection rateand hospitalizations
rising nearly 500% in the last month.
- Certainly the surge incases among unvaccinated
because of the Delta variantprompts even more discussion
about what actions can be taken.
- [Brody] Last week,the CDC reversed course
recommending masks forthose vaccinated or not
in areas with high COVIDtransmission rates.
And while some private employersare mandating vaccines,
that won't be the casefor federal employees,
rekindling both confusionand political division
across the United States.
- Does the county executivehave the authority
or his public health directorto issue these mandates?
And the answer legallyclearly is he does not.
- [Brody] And as the countryfights off the virus,
economic fallout from thepandemic could soon pile up
as 3.6 million Americans are now at risk
of losing their homes after the nation's
eviction moratorium expired Saturday.
- Does the county executivehave the authority
or his public health directorto issue these mandates?
And the answer legallyclearly is he does not.
- Well, the fight againstCOVID-19 that is continuous,
calls to extend the moratoriumdeadline now taking shape
after Congress was unableto pass new legislations.
Now democratic leaders,they want the president
to extend the moratoriumthrough October 18th.
Brody Carter, CBN News.
- Thank you, Brody.
- Well tonight, the Treasury is resorting
to what it calls extraordinary measures
after missing July's debt limit deadline.
The Treasury Departmentconducting emergency cash
conservation steps afterthe two year suspension
of the debt ceiling came to an end Sunday.
The Treasury will be able topay the US government's bills
for two to three monthsunder these conditions.
After that, Congress willneed to raise the debt ceiling
or suspend borrowing inorder to avoid default.
And joining us now is John Quelch
Dean of the Miami Herbert Business School
at the university of Miami.
John, welcome, it's greatto see you this Monday.
What do you think when you hear this
about America's debt limit?
It sounds like the alarmbells are going off
over at Treasury.
- Well, there is aprocedural element to this.
In 2019, when Congress decidedto suspend the debt ceiling,
the federal debt at thattime was around $22 trillion.
In the two years duringthe suspension period,
it's risen to a little over $28 trillion,
a really enormous increasemuch of which is related
to COVID mitigation measures.
Now July 31, thesuspension period expired.
And that means that Congress has to act
to either raise thedebt ceiling or continue
with a further suspensionof the debt ceiling
allowing the debt to grow unimpeded.
And this has happened previously.
There is a procedural element to quote,
"extraordinary measures,"which essentially mean
that the government has to conserve cash.
And in some respectsit has to sell assets.
For example, it might redeemfederal pension investments
in order to conserve cash so that
there's no risk of a default.
The slight wrinkle this time is, I think,
that, first of all, TreasurySecretary Yellen has said
that because of the verysubstantial increase
in the size of the debtand the various bills
that are pending in Congress as well,
that there is uncertaintyaround how many weeks,
how many months the federalgovernment can actually proceed
in an orderly way beforethere would be a problem.
But I believe that both parties
in Congress mutuallydetermined to make sure
that there is a resolution on this issue
without any risk of thegovernment defaulting,
which would have anenormously negative effect
on interest rates of course.
- Well, we'll see what happens.
Evictions are expected to spike
as the federal moratorium ends.
The White House, John, iscalling on local governments
to step up and help.
Is that the solution do you think?
- Well, that's a classiccase of kicking the can down
to the state and localauthorities to deal with.
But at the same time, housingis very much of a local issue
and people with boots on the ground
in particular jurisdictionsreally know more
than the federal government does about
how to deal with this situation.
And there is, of course, a wide degree
of political disparity among folks
who want to maintain themoratorium and keep it alive,
while at the same time, there are others
who think that this hasgone on long enough.
So one way of resolvingthat kind of a dispute
at the federal level is toessentially give more authority
to state and local jurisdictionsto execute as they see fit.
- John Quelch with theUniversity of Miami,
we always appreciate your expertise.
Thank you for joining us.
And coming up, the US withdrawal of troops
in Afghanistan leaving thosewho helped in the lurch.
What is being done?
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- The Taliban is rapidly gaining ground
in Afghanistan with roughlyhalf of the country's
400 districts now under their control.
Joining us now is NationalSecurity Correspondent
Caitlin Burke with the latest on efforts
to evacuate the thousands of Afghans
and their families whose lives are at risk
because of their affiliationwith the US military.
- Jenna, a big announcement
from the State Department this morning.
In light of increasinglevels of Taliban violence,
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of Afghans eligible for resettlement.
- Today the State Departmentis announcing a new
resettlement program for Afghans
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and we will do everythingwe can to help them
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to the United States for thisgroup of people possible.
- Politico reports that StateDepartment officials are in
discussions with neighboring countries
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- [Jenna] All right,Caitlin, thank you very much.
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- The release of a USgovernment report analyzing
UFO activity is stirring upmore questions than answers.
The Department of Defense reviewed more
than 140 videos showing odd shaped objects
making unusual patterns of movement.
They include what's calledunidentified aerial phenomenon
that seem to defy the capabilitiesof existing technology.
The Pentagon report concluding
there were no clear links to alien life.
Now a Wall Street Journal op-ed says
those UFO's may be earthly and dangerous
adding that adversaries ofthe US could be developing
technology to disrupt flight systems
and that the US toocould be doing the same.
And joining us now is the writer of that
Wall Street Journal op-ed legal analyst
and investigative reporterJeffrey Scott Shapiro.
Jeffrey, thank you forcoming on the show tonight.
How serious is this threat?
You mentioned flight systems.
What else could be at risk?
- Well, I think it is a serious threat
because these technologies were designed
to possibly confuse our fighter pilots
during combat aviation situations.
So that if a pilot is flying in the sky
and they see possible enemy aircraft,
the enemy aircraft couldpossibly have other images
beside them so that ourpilots can't actually tell
what the real target is.
And because this technologyappears to be able
to show up on different sensors,
not only infrared, butradar, it's quite possible
that our pilots would not be able
to tell which target is a real one
and they may inadvertentlyfire a heat-seeking
Sidewinder missile at whatis actually a hologram
of an aircraft or a UFO instead
of the actual targetwhile it's firing upon us.
- Is this the 2018 US Navy patent
for laser technology thatyou're talking about?
- Correct.
There is a patent
for the Space and NavalWarfare Systems Center Pacific,
where they are usinglaser plasma technology
to project holographicimages that would project
sort of a type of unidentifiedflying object in the sky.
And as you know, a lot of people,
especially militarypersonnel, are seeing these
tic-tac shapes or UFOs in the sky.
But a lot of times theappearance seems to be grainy,
we don't see where they land,
we don't see where they take off,
And so if there was actually a laser image
projecting a hologram,that can not only explain
those factors, it couldalso explain the fact
that a lot of these imagesseem to be able to move
in a very erratic fashionthat defy our laws of physics.
- You know, we hear a lotabout UFOs in the media,
but we don't hear a lotabout this laser technology
that you're talking aboutand that you write about.
Why do you think that is?
- That's an excellent question.
I think that the mediaobviously loves a panic.
They love great stories.
This is an exciting story that everyone's
always waited for answers on.
But I also think thatthe media is sometimes
politically tilted.
We see that with climate change.
We've seen it with the pandemic.
And a possible extra terrestrial incursion
of any kind is precisely the kind of panic
that the media likes togenerate headlines from
and it could also generatepolitical responses
such as creating more global protocols.
So for whatever reason,
I think this technology isprobably very complicated,
it's hard for people to understand,
and it's harder to explainin a simple headline.
So I have to say that I'mdisappointed, for one,
that the media has notexplored all avenues
of this because when I seejournalists sort of shake
their heads and say, "Well,what else could it possibly be,"
this is a possible answerof what some UAP could be.
So when Senator Marco Rubio says we have
to have an honest andintelligent discussion
about this, I agree, butI think that an honest
and intelligent discussionincludes everything
and that means complicatedweaponry as well.
- We appreciate your op-ed that you put
in the Wall Street Journal that
"UFOs May Be Earthly andDangerous" and we would direct
all of our viewers togo ahead and read that.
Jeffrey Scott Shapiro, it'sgreat to have you with us.
Thank you.
- Thank you.
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