schumer s office with two leading republicans trying to negotiate out this package and what we ve heard so far are these negotiations have centered on spending $15.6 billion, but it s hard to figure out how republicans and democrats are going to off set or pay for this new investment. a couple of weeks ago when republicans and democrats needed to pass the spending bill to keep the government funded, they were going to include $15.6 billion for covid relief and treatments moving forward, however, there was a number of concerns from democrats in the house of representatives over the fact that that money was going to be using unspent funds from past covid relief bills. their concern that there were states and local governments that had been planning to get money that then were not going to have the money they thought they were going to have. so there was a little bit of a revolt in the democratic party in the house of representatives.
0 i m not going to get into intelligence but the president s intention of sending u.s. military to fight in ukraine against russia has not changed. even if there is a chemical weapons attack, the calculus will not change? i want to be clear what the response would be. we are conveying to all of you what the capabilities are. the steps they have taken in past. the president and our nato partners have not changed their assessment about their plans to send u.s. troops in. president biden let a chemical weapons attack in ukraine go unanswered by the united states. we have not let anything go unanswered to date. we have not let anything go unanswered to date, any steps that president putin has taken to date. what that would look like, i can t give you assessment of that from here. one other question. the u.s. says their assessment is ukraine has planes that they could use, they don t think it would be effective to send more aircraft to ukraine right now. president zelenskyy has pl
james rosen explores whether our ability to determine the number of americans depends on the numbers being tossed around on capitol hill today. through wars, booms, and panics, the census has presented a broadening picture of the nation. with 30 months to go before the constitutionally mandated count of every living soul in america, wilbur ross told lawmakers the bureau needs 15.6 billion to get it done. 3 billion more than the cost in 2010. ross cited declining responses, heightened privacy concerns, mistrust of government and the integration of new i.d. infrastructure. normally two months into my 10-year, the census bureau suddy announced 20% cost overrun in one component. namely of this census enterprise
workers at the plants are forced to, who up to 18 hours a day and paid as low as $1 an hour in violation of china s labor laws. they say workers suffer regular verbal abuse. the ivana trump brand said it stopped using the facilities back in march, although the watch group contens that ds that the case. the three now face trial. let s turn to business now where the nation s largest banks have passed the latest federal stress testing and are set to issue pay-outs to shareholders. cnbc s joins us live. gem gemma, this is the first time all the banks undergoing stress tests have actually passed. that s right. all 34 of them did pass the fed stress test last week. the market has been waiting to see how much money they re planning to give back to shareholders. well, among the banks being the most generous was citigroup, which is planning its largest ever share buy-back worth around $15.6 billion and doubling its
and there s been something so wonderful about george w. bush really retreating into his own. painting. he s painting, he s doing, he s living. very lee expectful of president obama. that s the way it should be. we have enough people like chuck schumer, elizabeth warren and bernie sanders holding this president accountable from the cincinnati floor. you don t need some one else from the side lines. i understand why bill clinton went out and crafted this foundation, it was laying the foundation for his wife to run for president. and i really think that president obama needs to take at least a couple of years to look inward, write some books. he s looking backwards and bragging about his track record, particularly on the economy. anthony, almost in that same breath, he said eight years later we have a completely different story, we have turned recession into recovery. our businesses have created 15.6