Where some of the money in the bill will go. We will talk about it. We will also have a live report from the hill and instant reaction from texas congressman chip roy. Plus get expert Market Analysis from our very own Charles Payne. He will be calling in in a few minutes. He says this week has been in his words, charles says impressive. Get ready to hear the story of one florida mayor who is donating his entire salary to his residents. He wants to keep his city going. We have more good news in these uncertain times. All of that and a lot more coming up on making money. Cheryl breaking news, the massive 2 trillion dollars coronavirus stimulus package is on its way to the president , after a dramatic debate on the house floor today. Republican congressman Thomas Massey of kentucky tried his best to force a roll call vote so that basically his colleagues were on the record with their votes, but it passed in spite of him. Hillary vaughan is joining me from capitol hill with the latest. Wha
Planet. Feels like its time to Start Building an ark. Ive never seen this before in any of the storms that ive covered, but it started raining torrentially at 2 00 central time yesterday afternoon and it has literally never let up. Its been raining like this for 16 hours and is supposed to keep going until this afternoon. As you said, that is the issue here. Just historic and calamitous flooding. Its hard for us to see right now during the night, but yesterday, when it was still daylight and it was on a beach where i felt like i was on top of a ski slope, because it was whiteout conditions on the beach, it was already flooding. And as were taking a walk around here at dark, weve seen the continuation of the flooding. Its anyones guess what this island that were on, Pensacola Beach, its a Barrier Island, just south of pensacola, florida, escambia county, its anybodys guess what it will look like. But i dont want to underestimate these winds. Were having hurricaneforce gusts right now, a
Breaking developments on Hurricane Sally as we come on the air right now. A slow motion disaster with the gulf coast getting inundated with torrential rain, storm surge, strong winds, the National Hurricane center says flooding will probably be catastrophic and they call it life threatening were talking about three to four inches of rain every hour, within some spots totals of three feet of rain you can actually walk faster than this storm is moving as it just sits and dumps water on the region sally made landfall just within the last few hours, near gulf shores, alabama, as a category two storm. Winds were stronger than 100 miles an hour, youve got tornado warnings and watches in effect, with 26 Million People feeling the effects of sally it comes exactly 16 years after hurricane ivan devastated the region good morning, im Hallie Jackson in washington with our nbc News Reporters on the ground in the storms path ali velshi in orange beach, alabama, not far from where sally made landfal
Pandemic. Our correspondents across the country are ready to share those stories. And well find out how some of the nations mayors are trying to help their residents. We begin with a quarantine quandary. A comment from President Trump that could have dramatically affected 32 Million People in the epicenter of the pandemic. Yesterday, President Trump claimed that he was considering a federally mandated quarantine of new york, new jersey, and connecticut. Last night, he tweeted some clarification. The president wrote that the quarantine will not be necessary. Instead, the cdc issued a strong 14day travel advisory. The tristate area is already under stayathome orders coordinated by all three governors. As for that initial claim, Connecticut Governor ned lamont said he believed the president was, in his words, thinking out loud. Connecticut has more than 1,500 confirmed cases and 33 known deaths. New jerseys governor, phil murphy, says he has spoken with the white house about his states de
Well, hi there. Im joshua johnson. Good to be with you from msnbc headquarters in new york. Welcome to a special hour of msnbc live. The coronavirus pandemic across america. The u. S. Has more than 131,000 confirmed cases of covid19 and nearly 2,300 deaths. But its really easy for numbers that big to kind of lose their meaning. Its just a big statistic rather than thousands of individual lives that are shaken or taken by this virus. In this hour, we want to humanize those numbers with a deeper look at the cities and states that are fighting this pandemic. Our correspondents across the country are wanting to share those stories. We will find out how some of the nations mayors are trying to help their residents. We begin with a quarantine quandary. A comment from President Trump that could have dramatically affected 32 Million People in the epicenter of the pandemic. Yesterday President Trump claimed that he was considering a federally mandated quarantine of new york, new jersey, and con