or loathe the price, it s a big deal. it sets the tone in washington for two years with direct payments going to about 90% of households and money for the unemployed and those who have children and can t pay rent or bills. this is the most kcons consequential legislation many of us will ever be a party to. what knows what the future will bring but nonetheless on this day we celebrate. now, whether it s a success may depend on what happens next. though, a massive messaging blitz and sales pitch is underway. tomorrow president biden holds the first prime time address and next tuesday stops in the home state of pennsylvania which he narrowly won last year and republicans today rolling out their counter arguments, as well. we re doing damage to the future of this country spending dramatically more money than we obviously need. we re about to have a boom, and if we do have a boom, it will have nothing to do with this $1.9 trillion. not a single republican lawmaker voted fo
good evening. it is a historic day in the fight against covid and physical and financial struggles it created. on the day president biden s signature domestic policy passed and $2 trillion covid relief bill, the president announced plans for a deal with johnson & johnson to produce 100 million more doses of the one-shot vaccine and america should have enough vaccine for every adult by the end of may. this as cases are declining again. we ll have more on that in a moment. we want to start with that covid relief bill that passed. whether you applaud the $2 trillion bill is house democrats did immediately after the pass or loathe the price, it s a big deal. it sets the tone in washington for two years with direct payments going to about 90% of households and money for the unemployed and those who have children and can t pay rent or bills. this is the most consequential legislation many of us will ever be a party to. what knows what the future will bring but nonetheless on this
And it starts with copper, the mineral copper. Theres copper in brass. Theres copper in bronze. The Statue Of Liberty is sheathed in a layer of copper. Thats about the thickness of two pennies. Pennies themselves used to be copper, but now theyre just coppercovered zinc, which sort of seems sad. It makes financial sense, because copper over time became too valuable to use in something as cheap as a penny, because most of what we use copper for now is conducting electricity. We use copper for wiring. There is a massive global appetite for copper. And the Worlds Largest producer of copper is an american company. Its a company that used to be based in new orleans but now the Mining Company freeport is based in phoenix, arizona. And the freeport Mining Company of phoenix, arizona, they do still mine copper in arizona and
they mine copper in new mexico and in colorado. But they are a gigantic firm. And theyre a global operation. In south america, they mine copper in chile, peru. In indonesi
Prospect of flynn entering a plea is not unexpected and, quote no one should draw the conclusion that this means anything about general flynn cooperating against the president. Instead, they believe any charges against flynn will likely be related to his lobbying work on behalf of turkey and have nothing to do with the president or russia. Some legal experts are also suggesting that even if Michael Flynn had damaging evidence against the president , there are real questions about his credibility. Given the potential charges against flynn including false statements, you know, his credibility is suspect. And im not trying to run down a guy who served his country for years. But ultimately, when you have to look at as a prosecutor to put him on the witness stand against those charges, theyre going to need some corroborating evidence to support his testimony Going Forward if he agrees to cooperate. Reporter and the fact that flynns attorneys have ended their informationsharing agreement wit
The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. Or a personal statement . This comes from his team. Again this is about a Pharmaceutical Company out of australia that he sat on the board of while he was a u. S. Congressman until just april. Thats an interesting statement from the u. S. Attorney. The government allegation he was passing nonpublic information to his son, cameron collins, who is also dieted. Then the son was passing the information to other people, and they were trading on that information. Look, he was the guy who knew what was going on here. He knew that there were some negative results according to this indictment on his drug trial. And he then took that information, the government says, and passed it along. The other thing i think thats interesting here is that they are using in this indictment they talk about how he tried to conceal the trading and issues surrounding the drug stock. One point in this indictment they mention how his offi