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Roadblock for democrats hoping to advance a top priority for the party. cnns congressional reporter daniella diaz joins us from capitol hill. walk us through the timeline here. what are we going to see play out in the senate this week? >> you know, boris, its exactly as christy said. they were hoping to have a vote by martin luther king day tomorrow, that is not happening. they had to push that vote for voting rights legislation in the senate because of scheduling conflicts and they were schedul...

Passed a bill that will spend money on stuff like this. that being said, there are a number of high profile democrats in pennsylvania who are running for office and for governor and senate who are not appearing along joe biden today, they have scheduling conflicts. why? >> ultimately you saw john fedderman, the current lieutenant governor there, and he did go when biden visited the bridge collapse site, and he did previously have scheduling conflicts. another candidate also said there was schedu...

He isnt accessible or doesnt answer questions. >> harris: meanwhile it appears some democrats in key states are keeping their distance from the president. they are now going to seek reelection. first stacey abrams and others in georgia. she failed to become governor but she is running now for other things. now two leading democrats will not appear alongside the president today in pennsylvania. he is going to pittsburgh and they say they are having scheduling conflicts. marc thiessen, former whit...

Candidate josh piro, the states attorney general. both turned down an invitation from the president citing scheduling conflicts. they are not the only ones, their absence adds to growing list of dem krats putting distance between themselves and the white house. earlier this month abrams claimed a scheduling conflict when biden came to town for voting rights speech. and beto orourke told the dallas morning news he is "not interested in any national politician coming to the state to help decide th...

>> bill: fox news alert. pittsburgh now. two-lane bridge collapsing around 7:00 a.m. today. several minor injuries but thankfully no word of any fatalities. a commuter bus was among the vehicles on the bridge. just east of downtown pittsburgh and the president will be there coming up today. >> dana: thats exactly right. the bridge collapsed hours before president biden was set to arrive in pittsburgh to talk up his infrastructure bill which includes funding for bridge maintenance. the states lot...

Biden do what donald trump did release the entire transcript, be totally transparent. we the american people. how aboutt letting us decide if it was a perfect phone call president trump did? why cant we what does he havees to hide? but of course the troubles arent just abroad broad as we continue to follow a devastating bridge collapse in pittsburgh todayll that occurred only hours before biden was scheduled to visit the city to tout his recent infrastructure bill. now there are multiple injurie...

Reports of anything different are completely false. meanwhile the future of the nord stream 2 pipeline is still uncertain. listen. >> it need to be tested and certified. no gas will flow through it currently a hunk of metal at the bottom of the ocean. >> general jack keane joins us next hour to discuss rising tensions with russia. and today president biden is heading back to pittsburgh to promote his successful infrastructure bill. he invited three high profile democrats to join him but two turn...

Right now. 12 minutes after the hour now president biden heading for infrastructure plan but whats missing from his visit that speaking the loudest. >> brook is live with more wiped out crowds are distancing themselves from president. >> good morning, guys, two high-profile democrats will be missing from president bidens visit to pittsburgh today. john fadiman, a leading set eight candidate and the states current lieutenant governor, most gubernatorial candidate josh biro, the state attorney gen...

Fentanyl, why is the open -- what are you doing about the open border where the drugs are coming over? the crime rate in our city just hit a record high of homicides. you stopped operation legend, the trump administration policy of providing federal law enforcement to our city. why did you cancel that? you have to be ready for every one of those questions and be prepared. the combination of not wanting to confront those issues and i dont think having the bandwidth to be that prepared on granular...

House right now on a presidential executive order on police accountability. merrick garland yesterday spoke to the major county sheriffs association closed press but he said quote your jobs are difficult and dangerous and have been made even harder by the pandemic. you are on the front lines of combating violent crime. it didnt sit well with members of the press it was closed press. a colleague of mine who works for the associated press tweeted nice to see the justice department releasing quotes...