the us is poised to pass its third major spending package of the pandemic a $1.9 trillion plan that president biden has championed as a way to help struggling americans. the senate approved it on saturday, and later today the house of representatives is due to vote on the senate s version of the bill. the plan calls on the government to send out $1400 per person to those on lower incomes that s anyone who earns less than $75,000. so will this be enough to boost the economy? joining me now from miami is chris campbell, chief strategist at duff & phelps. good morning and welcome to the programme, although it is not morning where you are, i am well aware of that. how much of a game changer is this stimulus for americans? a game changer is this stimulus foramericans? i a game changer is this stimulus for americans? for americans? i think many americans for americans? i think many americans - for americans? i think many americans - $75,000 - for americans? i think many am
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a rare deadly shooting overnight in new zealand just hours before the opening match of the women s world cup. authorities say a gunman killed two people at a construction site where he worked. the suspect later found dead after a police shootout. officials say there s no know connection to the tournament which began as scheduled this morning. also contract negotiations are set to resume next week as more than 300,000 ups workers prepare for a strike. experts say a walk out of that strike could cause supply chain issues and cost the economy billions. both sides say a deal has been reached but there are key disagreements around worker pay. officials in pennsylvania say they will try to resume their search for two missing siblings who were swept away in a floash flood, 2-year-old madde and 9 month old conrad went
to ask them player forests, and their employer has to give it due consideration. it doesn t mean that it always has to be granted. so that is very important. and it s notjust about home working, although that could be part of flexible working. it s also, for example, if you have parents or people with caring responsibilities because it will their relatives in the family that they are looking after, it s arrangements like, for example, going part time or working a five day week compressed into four days i think it s important. i also think james tyson is a total uncountable voice and what thank you improves productivity. exodus going to cost the economy billions of pounds. it s a huge impact on our gdp because its depressed britain s experts and it s one of the reasons why they ve got such terrible growth forecast compared to the rest of the g7 in the coming years. if you look at countries that have recovered or have started to recover from the pandemic through export led growth, britai
pipe fitters to work, replacing all the nation s lead pipes so every child, everybodiry american can turn on a faucet at home or in school and know they re drinking clean water. during remote learning, during the pandemic last year, we saw too many families forced to sit literally sit in their vehicles in a fast food parking lot so their children could get on the internet. they couldn t afford it, didn t have access to it at home. this bill will deliver high speed internet to every american, a necessarisy for the 21st century. also see in the we ve also seen in the last couple years the damage done in texas and other places where transmission lines carrying power were taken down by extreme and unanticipated weather leaving millions of folks without electricity for weeks and weeks, costing our economy billions of