Live once todays services resume. Lets begin with new developments on capitol hill, republicans now say they want to send Many Americans another round of 1,200 stimulus checks. Today white house officials and Senate Republicans announce theyre working out the details of a new coronavirus aid package that would include the stimulus checks. But the gop plan also calls for cuts to the extra 600 in federal Unemployment Benefits that are set to expire this week. Trump Administration Officials say details of the bill are set to be unveiled as soon as tomorrow. If the bill will be introduced monday and were prepared to act quickly. This is all about kids and jobs, this is our focus and we want to make sure something gets passed quickly so that we deal with the unemployment and all the other issues, paycheck protection plan, tax credits to rehire people and money for schools. All right. Lets talk more on this, bring in Christine Holmes with the president in new jersey where he is spending the
Average daily death toll dipped under 1,000 after topping that number multiple times last week. But while deaths are down nationally, they are spiking in certain states. According to the washington post, the average death toll over the last week reached highs in nevada, texas, mississippi and north and south carolina. On sunday, dr. Deborah birx said shes worried the rising infection rates could overtake states further north as well. Governors in kentucky, tennessee, ohio, indiana and virginia should seriously consider closing bars and limiting crowds in order to stop this spread. And finally, this could be a very big week for vaccines. Thats positive news. Today, moderna is set to begin phase three trials expanding its vaccine testing to 30,000 people. Johnson johnson also set to begin Human Vaccine trials in the United States later this week. Weve got our reporters spread out across the country this morning. Lets take you there. I want to start with some possible good news out of ari
Doubles. That is terrible, and thats where we are. In politics news, the major headline today, what will actually, i think, go down in the books in terms of president ial politics history is the fact that the president last night did just abruptly announce the cancellation of the Republican National Convention Next month to renominate him to run for a second term. One day after that surprise announcement from the president , were about 24 hours after that announcement now, its still unclear as to whether there will be anything that looks like a Republican Convention at all next month. I mean in american president ial campaign history, there have been good conventions. There have been bad conventions and boring ones and scary ones. In modern times, though, theres never been one they just couldnt get it together to actually do, and it seems like that is a real risk here. Well see what they pull off, but the republicans and the white house being in denial about the coronavirus, first in N
The pandemic. Facing tough poll numbers in several battleground states. The new stimulus deal stalled, and still possibly weeks away. The president today greeting supporters and handing out hats without wearing a mask. The protest turning deadly. Questions about the death of a black lives matter demonstrator, shot and killed marching in austin. A car driving through a crowd outside of denver. A protester shot and wounded. And a demonstration against Police Violence turning into a riot in seattle. Officers firing flash grenades into the crowd. The deadly plane crash into a neighborhood. The pilot slamming into a home. Three people onboard killed, including the pilot and his baby daughter. One person inside the house injured. Debris damaging neighboring homes. The final crossing for the late civil rights icon and congressman john lewis. His flagdraped casket carried across the Edmund Pettus bridge in selma for the last time. And, rogue trip. Our bob woodruff and his son mack, taking us o
Some medical experts are now encouraging our leaders to start all over again. Shut down the country. Congress is working feverishly to craft a new bill before Unemployment Benefits run out for millions of people in the coming days. We are going to be prepared on monday to provide Unemployment Insurance extension that would be 70 of whatever the wages you were prior to being unemployed that it would reimburse you for up to 70 of those wages hopefully as a way to get people back on their feet. In Selma John Lewis casket crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge one final time on its way to the alabama capitol as part of the Memorial Services for the late civil rights hero. Well have more on that shortly. Protests sparked by the homicide of george floyd continue in portland as they have for months with federal agents overnight deploying tear gas at protesters. Against this backdrop, it seems to be dawning on President Trump that the virus is not going to just disappear like he had hoped. Hes now r