Burner as the Biden Administration and Senate Democrats push forward on a cody relief bill that some lawmakers and even leftleaning economists say could actually hurt the economy in the long run. President biden saying today its an easy choice, pointing to the latest jobs numbers as proof there is no time to waste. This as he met with 10 republican senators earlier this week who proposed a Counter Offer to his nearly 2 trillion plan. White house correspondent Kristin Fisher has been following it all. She joins us live from the north lawn from the white house with the latest. Good evening, kristin. Good evening, bret. The week started with President Biden meeting with republican senators and hoping to cut a deal. But it is ending with the president giving his strongest signal yet that he intends to move forward with his relief plan without republican support. Im going to act. Im going to act fast. In his most fiery defense of his 1. 9 trilliondollar relief plan, President Biden made it
cautiously optimistic that in the comes months, inflation may peak. maybe this winter or spring. but the better question might be where does inflation land once it peaks? because if price gains continue to be elevated well above the fed s 2% target, that is going to be a real problem for the economy and remember, as much we talk about the white house, it s the fed s job to maintain price stability and prices are ending up stable. so the question is whether or not the fed can fight inflation without doing too much that it actually hurts the economic recovery. all right, matt eagen, thank you. two of the nation s top health officials are offering a blunt assessment for the trajectory of the pandemic. dr. fauci says omicron will quote find just about everybody. nick watt has today s coronavirus headlines. most people are going to get covid, all right, and what we
that have been put in place will be fluff. victor. we re seeing the same problem that some officials are having at about half dozen states across the country. thank you so much. israel wants parents to test parents before they head back to school. the health and education ministries will give parents rapid testing kits to be performed at home two days before school starts on september 1st. students will get tested to see if they have antibodies so they don t have to quarantine. here is a look at other coronavirus headlines around the world. reporter: this is the first day canada has reopened borders. americans and u.s. residents, those fully vaccinated and those that can prover they are covid negative can enter the country for the very first time and think about it, this border
him diving. the last olympics that we see him diving- him diving. just finally, when the olympic him diving. just finally, when the olympic started - him diving. just finally, when the olympic started there - him diving. just finally, when | the olympic started there was concern on the streets of japan, should these games be going ahead? that was divided opinion, and now the games are nearing their and, what is the consensus among people you have spoken to? it’s consensus among people you have spoken to? spoken to? it s really kind of moved and spoken to? it s really kind of moved and shifted spoken to? it s really kind of moved and shifted and - spoken to? it s really kind of. moved and shifted and changed and evolved over the last three weeks. at the start in the buildup there was an awful lot of negativity around the games being held here, we knew the surveys coming in and said that the japanese population were overwhelmingly not in favour of the games taking place, and in
May 25, 2021 6:06 AM By Brandon Lee
Moderate House Democrats are crafting alternatives to their partyâs signature drug pricing legislation because theyâre skeptical a bill to empower the federal government to negotiate with drugmakers can become law.
Two Democrats say they are preparing drug pricing bills aimed at garnering more support than one led by House leaders (H.R. 3) that would peg drug prices in the U.S. to those in foreign countries.
The lawmakers hope they can gather bipartisan support for redesigning Medicare to lower what seniors pay for medicines or penalizing drugmakers for raising their prices, changes that could save Americans money at the pharmacy without having the government dictate the price of medicines.