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Roadblock for democrats hoping to advance a top priority for the party. cnn's 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, it's 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 scheduled to be on recess this week. they're coming back on tuesday where they will debate the voting rig...

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 scheduling conflicts. you saw that conor lamb, the congressman in the primary for senate was with presiden...

He isn't accessible or doesn't 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 white house speech writer in "focus." it happens once one thing. multiple people in one state. they ha...

Candidate josh piro, the state's 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 o'rourke told the dallas morning news he is "not interested in any national politician coming to the state to help decide the outcome of his election," and some are calling this the biden effect, the president's plunging p...

>> 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: that's 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 state's lot governor and attorney general pulled out of the appearance at the last minute due to scheduling c...