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♪ ♪ for many americans, mount rushmore is one of the country's most patriotic and awe-inspiring symbols, like a giant apple pie wrapped in a kid rock t-shirt, yee-ha. but for others, it's a reminder that this country was intended to be whites only. as we talk about the removal of controversial monuments and statues, mount rushmore is a part of that. located in the black hills of western south dakota, it's become the epicenter in a battle over who are the rightful inhabitants and caretakers of the land currently known as the united states of america. i'm letting you go first bec...

Way thats adverse to the United States is nothing new. We want to begin in arizona where Vice President mike pence is set to arrive next hour as that state becomes the latest at the center of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. Arizona one of the states just to reopen just reported a Staggering Number of 4800 new covid cases and 88 deaths. Thats just in the last 24 hours. Today, the state is also seeing the most hospitalizations yet. Joining me now from phoenix is nbcs Vaughn Hillyard, who to have you with us. After claiming all 50 states were safely reopening, the Vice President today is...

Written by Frederick Douglass and spoken by his descendants that remind us that there is no other holiday more symbolic of american patriotism than the 4th of july. But today, its being celebrated as other symbols of this nations past are toppling down. Were seeing the removal of confederate statues by protesters and by state leadership, mississippi, stripping the confederate symbol from its flag. And even the statue outside new yorks famed Natural Museum of history. You know the statue of Theodore Roosevelt on horseback flanked by an indigenous man and an african man. Thats coming down, too. ...

That sparked a reckoning on race and inequality. Frustration and anger brought millions into the streets demanding justice and change. By the summer of 2020, america was struggling to breathe. Uncertainty, fear, and confusion seemed to be everywhere. The question is, how did we get from this what we dont want want to do is revert back to phase one to this. Our covid units are completely full. United we stand, divided we fall, they need to unite with one another. To this in search of answers, we traveled 7,000 miles across 15 states on a road trip through the most turbulent time of a generation...

Welcome to the week. Tomorrow President Biden will announce new covid travel restrictions. The new order blocks most noncitizens if theyve recently been in south africa where a new covid variant was recently discovered. Mr. Biden will also reinstate a similar ban regarding International Travelers from the uk, ireland, brazil, much of europe. The legislative focus remains on the American Rescue plan including direct payments of 1400 to most americans. Also it would increase the federal weekly Unemployment Benefits of 400 a month through the end of september. It would raise the minimum wage to 1...