We have two lead stories out of Washington tonight.First, the country is on the verge of a massive wave of housing instability after the federal ban on rental evictions expired over the weekend.Congress failed to extend a moratorium. And President Biden declined to do so in the face of a court order.Today, Gene Sperling, who is the White House coordinator of pandemic recovery funds, said the president's hands are tied after a Supreme Court ruling in June made it clear that another extension by presidential order wouldn't stand.The wording in the Supreme Court opinion was fairly clear that they said the CDC could not grant such extension without -- quote -- "clear and specific congressional authorization."I think, really, what has happened, what we are all dealing with is that the rise of the Delta variant is particularly harmful for those who are most likely to face evictions.And as that reality became more clear going into the end of last week, I think all of us started asking, what more could we do?And our White House correspondent, Yamiche Alcindor, joins me now.So, Yamiche, tell us more about what is behind the president's decision not to extend this ban himself? And what is making this issue so contentious?Well, the federal moratorium and the contention and scrambling around it comes to two big things, law and politics.
