Meanwhile president elect biden blasted the Trump Administration yesterday for, he says, not providing critical information needed for the transition. Joining us now, nbc news correspondents Leigh Ann Caldwell on capitol hill, Garrett Haake in West Palm Beach with President Trump, mike memoli covering President Trump, and the associate press jonathan lemire. Welcome, all. Senator schumer is threatening to force a senate vote on the stimulus checks. Whats Mitch Mcconnell going to do . Hey, andrea, that is the big question. The ball is really in mcconnells court. As you said, well hear from him on the senate floor within the next few minutes. Shortly after that, we can expect Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer to offer his unanimous consent request to go ahead and for the senate to pass the 2,000 stimulus checks. Of course any one senator can block that and we compaexpect to be done. There are a few dynamics that are at play here just developing in the last hour or so. The georgia ru
Press secretary. Good afternoon, everybody. Happy monday. Ok. Tuesday. Oh, my gosh. Giving myself an extra day. All right. Well. Good to see you guys on tuesday. So we are closely monitoring the impact Hurricane Fiona is having on puerto rico and as the president has said, we are keeping the people of puerto rico in our prayers. I want to provide a brief overview of our response to date. On sunday, before the hurricane made landfall, President Biden issued an emergency disaster declaration to ensure the federal government has was ready to surge resources and Emergency Assistance to puerto rico. Yesterday, as you all know, the president called governor from air force one to discuss puerto ricos immediate needs as the storm made landfall. Karine and today fema administrator will be on the ground to assess the Emergency Response. Right now hundreds of fema and federal responders are on the ground in puerto rico, including u. S. Army corps of engineers, power restoration experts and urban
As youre making your crossing across the bridge podcast show some really Clear Conditions all across the bay area, especially towards this afternoon to just going to be something to look forward to as we move make our way into the weekend. You want to go outside this weekend, spent some time out there. Great option is the coastline because our inland areas will are getting hotter and hotter that low pressure area continues to work out of the region. As the High Pressure ridge builds in. That means temperatures are only going to further climb ahead of us 50s and 60s for current numbers doubling. Youre at 56, oakland and berkeley at 59 degrees. Concord sitting right at 60 while santa rosa, one of our cooler spots at only 53 later on today. Look forward to some 70s by the coast. Maybe a little less excited about those 90s inland. But, you know, its been hotter than this. Only a couple of weeks ago. So with 90s that are very hottest, its something we can get through, but maybe just not qui
Hello . Ok. Yes we do. Today is a great day for middleclass americans and for the economy. We are excited to have domestic policy advisor and a Deputy Director of the economic council. I apologize. It is not the first time. They are here with us today. The ambassador will discuss the president s announcement today as you just heard him. To provide what we did say, the announcement he did today to provide reading room to student loan borrowers. Then she will take some questions. They have about 15 minutes. Giving you a heads up. They do have to leave to go to another meeting. With that, they will take it over. Good afternoon, everyone. As you heard from President Biden a few minutes ago, the administration is taking a number of important steps to provide student loan borrowers with relief and improved student loan system in ways it will help low and middle income students and now and in the future. This comprehensive plan does not just deliver on the president s Campaign Commitment to p
Advisor Jake Sullivan said the Biden Administration will unequivocally represent reject calling the votes of violation of ukraine sovereignty. He made these remarks at the White House Press briefing, the press secretary. Good afternoon, everybody. Happy monday. Ok. Tuesday. Oh, my gosh. Giving myself an extra day. All right. Well. Good to see you guys on tuesday. So we are closely monitoring the impact Hurricane Fiona is having on puerto rico and as the president has said, we are keeping the people of puerto rico in our prayers. I want to provide a brief overview of our response to date. On sunday, before the hurricane made landfall, President Biden issued an emergency disaster declaration to ensure the federal government has was ready to surge resources and Emergency Assistance to puerto rico. Yesterday, as you all know, the president called governor from air force one to discuss puerto ricos immediate needs as the storm made landfall. Karine and today fema administrator will be on th