The biden American Rescue plan. The next will be recovery. We call it reconciliation. Theres nothing in reconciliation that precludes republicans from voting for it. Good morn, everybody. Im tiffany cross, and we have a lot of news to get to this morning on Cross Connection, so strap in. President bidens 1. 9 trillion rescue plan is on a fast track to approval after the house and Senate Passed a Budge Bill Yesterday and democrats pretty much tossed the deuces to the republicans warning they maybepass them altogether. Its good news for struggling americans who cant even afford to put gas in the car or go to a job they no longer have. Meanwhile capitol hill is preparing for Donald Trumps second Impeachment Trial to kick off on tuesday. And at least as of this morning, it looks unlikely that a minimum of 17 republicans will vote with the dems to convict trump. Now, the irony doesnt even seem lost on them that as they make these bow was calls for unity, theyre increasingly unwilling to hol
negotiators in washington. we ll have the key sticking points as the clock ticks down to a potentially catastrophic default. and later, nine lives. these so-called ghost cats were driven to the brink of ex tecs tinks, but are pouncing back. protects your way of life. yes, sir, it does. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. all eyes are on capitol hill tonight as the deadline for a possible government default closes in. both president joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy insist a deal is close. more on that in a minute. we begin this memorial day weekend at the national mall. thousands are turning out at the poppy wall of honor. the red flowers symbolizes bloodshed and lives lost in service since world war i. there are more than 645,000 flowers lining the wall this year. and as always, many of us are on the move for the holiday weekend. whether by ground or air, travelers are feeling the impact of the economy bo
Miracle if they will pay you to do it. That is my situation. With doing these bookshops, this has been the most final year of my life. Really . Because i love to tell stories. I was kind of blocked with the stories i loved to tell, i had the womens murder club, we dont need any more hardback. There was no place for me to let my imagination go, and now there is. I will have more content than marvel by the end of this year. It is Little Wonder that youre known as the busiest man in publishing, not just because known as the busiest man in publishing, notjust because of the number of books you are writing but because of the time and money you spend on championing literacy. Why is that so important . The most important thing for me is getting kids reading. If our children do not become competent readers, especially kids at risk, how will they get jobs . Go through school . If they get through, they are ten or ii and im not confident, it is going to be. They are going to be a drag on the soc
Miracle if they will pay you to do it. That is my situation. With doing these bookshops, this has been the most final year of my life. Really . Because i love to tell stories. I was kind of blocked with the stories i loved to tell, i had the womens murder club, we dont need any more hardback. There was no place for me to let my imagination go, and now there is. I will have more content than marvel by the end of this year. It is Little Wonder that youre known as the busiest man in publishing, not just because known as the busiest man in publishing, notjust because of the number of books you are writing but because of the time and money you spend on championing literacy. Why is that so important . The most important thing for me is getting kids reading. If our children do not become competent readers, especially kids at risk, how will they get jobs . Go through school . If they get through, they are ten or ii and im not confident, it is going to be. They are going to be a drag on the soc
Thank you. What are bookshots . Hopefully, they are a revolution in reading and the way we look at books. At the least they are going to be an evolution. They are under 150 pages, relatively inexpensive, and hopefully impossible to put down. Its like one of my regular books on alex cross, except at, like, 145 pages, very tight. With a bookshot, you can get on the train, you can go to work, you get on the train and go home, and youve read one. So youve accomplished something, which is kind of cool. So the slogan is all thriller, no filler, and is that what makes you think somebody will pick up one of these, rather than a magazine, or go online . Bookshots are like reading a movie. I mean, theres no fat, its just all story, hopefully with good characters. So if you like alex cross, heres an alex cross you havent read before, but itjust happened so quickly. Here in england were going to start with six, so its kind of a category of being alex cross, there will be a zoo, theres one about th