Coming up, im going to ask the White House Press secretary whether beyond the announcement they actually have the votes in the senate, not to mention the house. Tragedy in florida. The search right now after a deadly Building Collapse there. A boy one of two people pulled from the rubble alive. One confirmed dead so far. 99 more floridians unaccounted for. Plus, a Big Development on a lifeordeath story that weve been covering for weeks, months, years even on the lead. The white house announcing that afghan translators who helped u. S. Troops will be saved, but how many . Of the 9,000 who have completed the paperwork, how many are we talking about . Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We start with Breaking News on our politics lead. President biden making the official announcement this afternoon, there is a bipartisan deal on infrastructure. We had a really good meeting. In answer to your direct question, we have a deal. None of us got all that we wanted. I clearly didnt get all that
Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. President biden has picked Denis Mcdonough to head the Veterans Affairs department. He previously served as white house chief of staff during the last four years of the obama presidency. His confirmation hearing he was asked about veterans access to healthcare, modernization efforts in the das responds to covid19. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i i want to call this evening to order. I want to welcome everybody. I appreciate all that are here, all those that are online. The purpose of this hearing is due from the i president s nominate to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis Mcdonough. Before i talk about him i just want to say i appreciate this committee all the reasons we sat on this committee thats been bipartisan and its been nonpolitical, and we tried to do the best by our veterans whether you are the republican side for the democratic side of the aisle. I particularly appreciate the re
Into the arms of the American People in the 1st 100 days 100000000 shots in the 1st 100 days. Meanwhile President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to prioritize vaccines for the u. S. Before sending them to other countries it coincides with reports that is that ministration rejected an earlier offer from far as a to double its order of the medication. The worlds 1st fully tested Coronavirus Vaccine is being rolled out in the u. K. 90 year old grandmother margaret kim it was the 1st person to be vaccinated 800000. 00 people are expected to get the jab in the coming weeks with the elderly and Health Workers 1st in line. United arab emirates and egypt have praised new initiatives to end the 3 year blockade of qatar both countries say they appreciate efforts by kuwait and the us to saudi arabia announce progress had been made foreign minister has repeated calls for dialogue to resolve the dispute saudi arabia the u. A. E. Bahrain and egypt goes a land and sea blockade on qatar in
A federal judge and also significant because of the extremely scathing language he used. He likened the trunk appeal to a frankenstein monster which had been put together haphazardly. He made very clear that he believed there was no grounds for the trump claim whatsoever. And this makes it very unlikely that it can go on and appeal, given that there are no grounds. Nevertheless trumps lawyer says personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, who argued the case before the judge says he wants to take it to the next level, the 3rd district and from there to the supreme court. Earlier president trying, but a brief appearance of the virtual g. 20 summit, which is being dominated by the Global Pandemic of one of the worlds leaders went on to discuss the response to the crisis. Trump was then spotted playing golf in virginia on sunday as expected, the worlds 20 pickiest economies will pledge supports to poorer nations. U. S. Health officials are urging people not to travel for thanksgiving holidays this w
Of battle. None were alleged to have occurred in circumstances in which the intent of the perpetrator was unclear, confused or mistaken. Its alleged that some patrols took the law into their own hands. Rules were broken. Stories concocted, lies told, and prison is killed. The Prime Minister of ethiopia says, Government Troops are close to victory as they fight forces in the region. Aid has begun to arrive at refugee camps in sudan for those who fled the violence. Thousands of crossed the border in the past 2 weeks. My pump aopa said to become the most senior u. S. Diplomat to visit an illegal settlement in the occupied west bank. A secretary of state said settlements can be lawful and proper. He also plans to go to the golan heights. But im out of corona, virus related deaths in the u. S. Has now surpassed a quarter of a 1000000. Infections are also rising with more than a 1000000 cases reported in just the past week alone. Riot police in chile have used water cannon to Disperse Protes