Its spent wisely . Scott mcgrew joins us with the very latest. Scott . Reporter good morning to you. Yes, that is by far the biggest sticking point. Democrats have objected to one of the tranches of that bill which would allow billions of dollars to go into a fund that they say doesnt have the proper oversight, not enough rules to control where it goes. Significantly less oversight for the taxpayer dollars, is their objection, than we saw in the tarp bailout ten years ago. Republicans say democrats are adding in too many other ideas. We have word that the two sides have hammered some of those details out. We could see a vote in the senate as soon as this afternoon. Of course it has to go to the house. It should pass fairly quickly there. Yes, there is that cash payment to americans but at this point was this what the total would be. Wall street loves the idea of a 2 trillion government stimulus. Were seeing some rar u big up that. Interesting twist, the president , on fox news a short
This is the 10 00 news on ktvu fox 2. I am officially declaring a National Emergency. President trump pledging up to 50 billion to fast track the nations capacity to test for the coronavirus. We want to make sure that those who need a test can get one very safely, quickly and conveniently. We dont want people to take a test if we feel they should not be doing it. Preparing in the rose garden saying the action he was taking will save lives. A lot of fastmoving developments to tell you about tonight begin with headlines, including a lot of School Closures in the bay area. All classes have been canceled across several counties with hundreds of thousands of students now being told to stay home for the next three weeks. Nationwide the u. S. Now has 50 rotavirus adapts with confirmed cases in all but one state. California is a sixth death from the virus was reported tonight in Santa Clara County. Officials say a woman in her 80s died from covid19. Santa clara county and San Francisco are imp
Less than a week away, many president ial candidate are accusing all you know Michael Bloomberg of buying his way into the election and spreading his wealth to keep critics silent. The New York Times has some are calling bloomberg a wallett too big to happen. We will speak with a lawyer who would you work for the bloomberg bundy, said she was told remove or revise a chapter on antimuslim bias and surveillance of muslim communities in new york that mentioned bloomberg by name a times. Then to yemen, where 31 people were killed in u. S. Backed saudi airstrikes, including women and children. The United Nations called the atta shockinin here. We are this is one of the cars that were targeted by the saudi americanan air force l last n nt and ththey also tarted vilges in residential areas, causing tens of thousands of martyrsnd ininjuries. This is s a civilians cacar. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The
Senators. Republicans now pushing a 618 billion stimulus package, thats about a third of the size of bidens proposal and with this pretty big gap the question is, how are they going to narrow it . It was a very Good Exchange of views. I wouldnt say that we came together on a package tonight, no one expected that in a twohour meeting. But what we did agree to do is to follow up and talk further at the staff level and amongst ourselves and with the and while a number of republicans have stayed quiet on the controversy surrounding congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene, last night the most powerful republican in the senate broke his silence in a very big way. Late last night Mitch Mcconnell released his statement writing this, loony lies and Conspiracy Theories are cancer for the Republican Party and our country. These words, a sharp contrast to the Statement Mcconnell released this morning defending House Chairwoman liz cheney who has come under fire for voting to impeach trump. Mcconnell
Less than a week away, many president ial candidate are accusing all you know Michael Bloomberg of buying his way into the election and spreading his wealth to keep critics silent. The New York Times has some are calling bloomberg a wallett too big to happen. We will speak with a lawyer who would you work for the bloomberg bundy, said she was told remove or revise a chapter on antimuslim bias and surveillance of muslim communities in new york that mentioned bloomberg by name a times. Then to yemen, where 31 people were killed in u. S. Backed saudi airstrikes, including women and children. The United Nations called the atta shockinin here. We are this is one of the cars that were targeted by the saudi americanan air force l last nigt and d they alsoo tgeted vlages in residential areas, causing tens of thousands of marty and injuries. This i is a civilians s car. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The