Well have a political roundtable. But were going to talk about when the Biden Administration blocked oil drilling in alaskan wild life refuge heres the front page of the thursday journal. They canceled drilling leases and well get into this article in just a minute. But we want to get your view on whether or not we should be drilling for oil in the alaska area. 2027488000 if you support the Biden Administrations position on blocking the oil drilling. And if you are opposed to what the administration did, 2027488001 is the number for you to dial in on. And as always, if you cant get through on the phone line, try the text number, 2027488003. Please include your first name and your city and you can see there, all sorts of social media ways of contacting us via facebook, x or instagram. Just remember cspanwj is thehandle for that. Interior Department Secretary deb holland authorized cancelations of seven leases held by alaskas stateowned Economic Development agency, the Alaska Industrial
aback by the ferocity of this latest israeli offensive. meanwhile, new threats by iran backed militias. a u.s. warship forced to shoot down several drones on the red sea, including one heading in its direction. back at home, arguments now happening before the supreme court in one of the highest profile bankruptcy cases in recent history. and it all stems from the nation s opioid epidemic. federal officials are closing an arizona crossing to help border patrol deal with the rising number of migrants coming into our country. and on capitol hill, a vote to launch an impeachment inquiry into president biden could take place as soon as this week. and we begin this hour with breaking news out of israel and the israeli-hamas war. israel is expanding its ground offensive in gaza four days after the collapse of the truce. israeli forces pushing deeper into southern gaza and ordering new evacuations. residents in gaza say they have no safe place to go. in northern gaza, we re
administration on immigration. an influx of children crossing the border alone. there is a crisis on the texas border right now. as a result of president biden s open border policies. democratic congressman vicente gonzalez weighs in. and welcome to inside politics sunday. i m abby phillip. to our viewers around the united states and the world, thank you for spending part of your weekend with us. one year ago this weekend, the coronavirus lockdowns were just beginning and covid had killed 70 people here in the united states. the doeath toll, now 534,000 ca counting, would seem unimaginable, but today, americans have never been more optimistic the end is in sight. three quarters in a poll tell cnn the worst is finally behind us, and president biden says there will be enough vaccine for all adults by the end of may and we can safely celebrate the fourth of july with a backyard barbecue if all goes well. i will not relent until we beat this virus. but i need you. the a
out of five americans has received a shot. this as those $1,400 stimulus checks are starting to hit bank accounts. but despite the progress being made, there are concerns about the thousands of people who are traveling and attending spring break events across the country. masks and social distancing don t seem to be a priority and health officials are warning of the potential consequences, saying the next few weeks will be critical in determining if we ll see another surge. even though the numbers have gone down, over the last couple of weeks they ve plateaued. when you see a plateau at a level as high as 60,000 cases a day, that is a very vulnerable time to have a surge to go back up. we can avoid that if we continue to vaccinate people, get more and more protection without all of a sudden pulling back on public health measures. and many people are spending their spring breaks in florida. the state is seeing a rush of people despite health warnings. cnn s natasha chen is
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