Charge of the recovery act and it was hard as hell to get the votes for it to begin with. And then it was hard as hell to get the number even we got. But one thing we learned, is we cant do too much here. We could do too little. We could do too little and sputter. Real live people are hurting and we could fix it. And we could fix it. That is has been his message from the beginning. And President Biden is focused on this today. Hes expecting to speak live later this hour and on how ep plans to revised the economy in response to covid. And the latest jobs report came out this morning showing only 49,000 jobs were added last month across country. And still there is more. On capitol hill, republican freshman Marjorie Taylor greene, shes about to hold a News Conference and at the moment im going to use the term News Conference loosely as we will see if she actually takes questions from actual real reporters which she has long avoided. Greene now without any Committee Assignments after the h
Has had with lawmakers this week. This is what he said in the last hour. We cant do too much here. We can do too little. We can do too little and sputter. The end result is, its not just a Macro Economic impact on the economy and our ability to compete internationally. Its peoples lives. Real live people are hurting. We can fix it. We got the first jobs report out under President Biden. Its a better report than december. Overall though, we have a long way to go. 49,000 jobs were added last month. The Unemployment Rate fell to 6. 3 in january. We will take a closer look in moments. I want to start with the action in the capitol. We have monica alba at white house, jo ling kent with the jobs report and leigh ann caldwell. President biden will deliver economic information later this hour. What can you tell us about the president s economic focus today . Its the first event, the fact that the white house is having these coronavirus briefings now three times a week from Health Experts and o
Industrial mobilization to make adequate ventilators particularly a short one to help the people of new york, detroit, new orleans, chicago, denver, seattle, all around this country as this virus bears down. The ventilators of the most important things for the patient to become more seriously ill. They are the lifeline for people. I personally have been working with fema and with hhs and Ventilator Companies making sure we can get what we need as quickly as possible. Virtually, every one of those companies whos been cooperative, patriotic, moving and trump time with us as soon as possible but we did have a problem with gm. On the one hand, we have ford and g moving forward on a similar project. Patriotically moving as fast as possible over the last several days, we ran into roadblocks. We cannot afford to lose a single day, particularly in the next 30 to 60 days. President trump, the defense production act is enhancing and accelerating, i salute him for doing so. Its going to make my j
A little background on that. We need industrial mobilization to make adequate ventilators particularly in the very short run to help the people in new york detroit new orleans chicago Denver Seattle all around this country as this virus bears down the ventilators really are the most important thing for patients who become most seriously ill theyre literally the lifeline for people and ive personally been working with thema and ive been working with h. H. S. And over 10 Ventilator Companies making sure we can get what we need as quickly as possible and virtually every one of those companies has been cooperative patriotic moving in trump time which is to say as soon as possible sir but we did have a problem with g. M. And then tack on the one hand we had ford and g. M. Moving forward on a similar kind of project patriotically moving as fast as possible over the last several days we ran into road blocks with g. M. We cannot afford to lose a single day particularly over the next 30 to 60 d
Though some say theyve been told to keep quiet. And spirit of giving. Tyler perry explain yes he has been so generous during this crisis and why he hopes others will do the same. First, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Given the fact that the sun is out, it would be really human for us to take our foot off the pedal here. But that is just too dangerous. There are signs the curve may be flattening. Fewer people are being admitted to the hospital but more people are still dying each day. That means what were doing is working and, therefore, we need to continue to do it. New yorks governor reporting a record high number of new covid19 deelts amid the surge in fatalities, more bodies are being buried on new yorks heart island. We lose 2753 lives on 9 11. Weve lost over 7,000 lives through this crisis. I think the economy is going to do very well. Now thats just my feeling. Its a strong feeling. 6. 6 million americans filed for unemployment. The Federal Reserve announced 2