Allocated but hasnt gone out to anybody yet. So this bill will pass with basically democrat support, so reconciliation that allows them to squeak it by on 51 votes. And the compromise and unity that we heard so much about are not a priority at this white house so far. Republicans say this is a liberal wish list. President biden says that he will be the most progressive president in history. He told us that on the Campaign Trail and a promise that hes making good on and progresses are thrilled with it. Heres one progressive senator that said biden has been very good at the ending the garden so far. So are these passages about covid or about expanding the government here in the United States over the longer term . As this plays out, in the background of all of this about the money, theres a shift going on in the country. Take a look. Cases have dropped 47 since the daily average peak january 8. Very good news about where this virus is headed. Think about this. The governors that have rea
President also tweeted the house and senate should immediately approved 25 billion dollars for Airline Payroll support and 135 billion dollars for Paycheck Protection Program for small business. Both of these will be fully paid for with unused funds from the cares act have this money i will sign now president is now appearing walk back. Comments that he made earlier when. President trump tweeted that House Speaker nancy pelosi is not negotiating in good faith adding that the speaker is asking for 2. 4 trillion dollars to bail out what he calls poorly run high crime democratic states he then asked that Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell, direct all his before the election into confirming his u. S. Supreme court nominee, amy coney barrett. And tonight, another persons surrounding the president has tested positive for covid19 Stephen Miller, trump Senior Adviser and speechwriter is the latest to be added to that list in a statement miller said over the last 5 days that he had been wor
Visibility below a mile right now and thats what were seeing elsewhere right along the pretty foggy morning right out the coast, you may have noticed some coastal drizzles a lot of do on the streets this morning right along the pacific. So we make our way into the afternoon fog continues to burn off and lots of sunshine makes its return that will make for a really pleasant monday afternoon around the corner right now were still in the 50s 60s pretty mild start to the day but pretty familiar territory similar to where we have been starting our mornings and we are going to be much the same into the afternoon to a lot like we were this weekend with just a few 90s for inland cities, 70s, 80s and 60s elsewhere in the bay area. Daria. Thanks a lot john 71 and lets get to the top story, the fall semester for oakland is here the kids are starting school today virtually online yeah weve got the spending this last week distributing computers and wifi hot spots to students who need them. There ar
Our goal for this hearing is to enable this committee to have a thoughtful and deliberate consideration of your qualifications for the positions that youve respectfully been nominated to fill. The witnesses have provided written responses which you all will have. As youll see, mr. Miller graduated from George Washington university. He was commissioned as an infantry officer, he has a masters in National Security studies and a graduate of the Naval College of staff. Began his military career as a infantry man in the army and served in the district of col n Columbia National guard. He served with the fifth special forces group. He participated in combat operations in afghanistan and iraq. Upon retiring from the army in 2014, he worked as a defense contractor before serving as the special assistant to the president and senior director of counterterrorism at the National Security council. He currently serves as the Deputy Assistant secretary of defense for special operations and for combat
Americas Cable Television company as a Public Service and brought to today by your television provider. The Senate Intelligence committee met to consider the nomination of Christopher Miller to be the director of the National Counterterrorism center in peter to be the general counsel to the office of the director of National Intelligence. The two nominees were asked about Russian Election interference, interrogation tactics, the fisa application process and whistleblower protections. They were also questioned related to the recent deployment of federal Law Enforcement agents in u. S. Cities experiencing ongoing protests. [silence] the goal for this hearing is to enable this committee to have a thoughtful and deliberate consideration of your qualifications to the position that you respectively have been nominated to fill. The witnesses have provided written response from the committee and its members which you all will have in this morning the members will be able to ask any additional