house announcing it will send another $360 million in humanitarian assistance to ukraine, as well as 400 million more in military equipment to help slow the russian onslaught in the eastern donbas region. and, to support the people affected by russia s war. while on capitol hill, the january six committee is gearing up for another hearing this tuesday. after securing testimony from a key witness. yesterday, former trump white house counsel pat cipollone, sat down for a marathon seven and a half hour interview before that panel. so joining us right now, nbc s laura barrick in delaware, liz mclaughlin and highland park illinois, and janice mackie flare from tokyo. welcome to you all, more we re gonna start with you here. talk about the abortion protests, but first, what do we know about the january 6th committee s hours long interview with former white house counsel pat cipollone? well, this is something very generous its committee has been waiting months for, to hear that te
of england andrew bailey dismissed any hopes of an interest rate cut in the near term. speaking at a conference hosted by the central bank of ireland in dublin earlier today, bailey said that it s too early to talk about a rate cut, given the continued risk of inflation. also today the international monetary fund warned that rapid wage growth in the eurozone will also keep inflation higher for longer. the imf urged the european central bank to hold interest rates at or near record highs through next year to keep a lid on price pressures. here s one economist we spoke to earlier. i think the imf is very much in tune with what the european central bank has been saying, which is that although the headline inflation rate has come down a lot, the labour market is still strong, wage growth has been quite strong. and it s going to be a very difficult and slow process to squeeze out that last bit of inflation from the system. so, i mean, we re thinking interest rates are likely to
moment, flanked by vice president kamala harris. and it is worth noting tonight, not just what this president who has been in 50 days this evening has gotten done but how he has done it, with very little drama, no tweets and his party pretty much united. while this bill isn t perfect, it is remarkable. president biden s steady hand hasn t let us to. we ve seen ramped up vaccinations, a schedule, reversal of wicked policies like the muslim ban, return of the paris climate accords and now the passage of the american rescue plan, to rescue an economy that was left in a flaming dumpster fire by his predecessor. today really is a big f ing deal. it represents an historic victory for the american people iechl look forward to signing it later this week. everything in the american rescue plan addresses a real need. together, we re going to get through this pandemic and usher in a healthier and more hopeful future so there is real reason for hope, folks. there s real reason for hope
nbc s cal perry is following. this so cal, this is quite the about face for mask. what is the latest? in just the past two months, elon musk has gone from being all in on twitter, to being all out. now trying to back out of that 44 hit daunte. twitter, for its part, saying not so fast. the deal is a deal. it began with a style and flair that were now somewhat accustomed to when it comes to the richest man in the world. but this might end in a courtroom. last night, elon musk announcing in a filing with the fcc, he wants out of his deal to buy twitter. saying in part to that the company made quote, balsam this leading representations, especially when it came to bots or fake accounts. musk, currently worth an estimated 219 billion dollars, initially purchased 9% of twitter with cash in april. he entertained rumors of a hostile takeover. he trash talk to twitter on twitter. and finally came to new agreement to buy the social media giant for $44 of their
per share, taking it private to save civilization. he can only own it to be the best steward of civilization there. that would be his final offer, best and final. it s under the number, $4.20, he has pot references from time to time. he said erroneously he had the funding to take his other company private at $4.20. i don t understand what that means, disclaimer. i don t get it. but he has a big thing with marijuana. it doesn t mean he s unserious. it is not normal investment banker speak. how can he afford this? because he has more money than god. more money than anybody else on the planet. at the end of last year, $219 billion. since then, it is even bigger. he s probably opened the gap between skwrefl bezos, almost $100 billion. a billion is 1,000 million.