package and it s this new child tax credit which is really revolutionary. it s very, very popular. 70% popular with the american people. what is the thinking behind this big kickoff this week to promote it nationwide? well, look, we are still in the midst of this pandemic, and we know that we can t get out of our economic crisis until we get through the health crisis. so the thinking behind the american rescue plan is that we need to address the problems caused by the pandemic. part of it is is to help get the vaccine eggs and get the shots in people s arms. we recognized since the beginning of the pandemic we ve lost 9.5 million jobs and we ve got over 4 million people who have been unemployed for at least a year. people are struggling and one in five adult renters are behind in their rent payments and millions of adults and children are struggling to eat and put food on the table. so it s important that the federal government provide the resources that people and business
united states and around the world. tonight, new york governor andrew cuomo is clinging to power in the face of multiple allegations of sexual harassment and unwanted advancements. but he is increasingly isolated after a piece in the new york magazine. a performer political reporter who covered the administration said the governor sexually harassed her in front of colleagues on multiple occasions. she grows a growing list. he is denying any wrong doing and refusing to resign tonight. cnn s athena jones is in new york. what do we know about the new allegations? reporter: hi, pamela. they are coming from, as you said, a journalist, jessica bakeman, a former capital beat reporter. she writes in a first person piece in new york mag give, and the multiple intenses. cuomo has hands had been on my body, my shoulders, waist. she adds, cuomo never let me forget i m a woman. she describes her job as to report on the governor s every move. she didn t want to go to the holiday party at
and the $15 minimum wage that the house voted to include in the covid relief bill. but even with democrats in control, the possibility of any of this becoming law is nowhere near guaranteed. and without a change to the filibuster, much of this progressive to-do list will die. joining me now is senate majority leader chuck schumer of the great state of new york. leader schumer, thank you very much for coming to the sunday show. good to be with you, jonathan. the old days back in gotham. so, listen, you were able to get the senate to pass the covid relief package, and as a result it became law. how do you hold your razor-thin majority? how did you hold it in order for all of these progressive to-do list items to get through passage? well, first, it s such a major piece of legislation. it s the most significant change for middle-class people, for poor people, people trying to get into the middle class in decades in a very long time. and it has amazing things in it. the c
republican congressman john katko of new york calls the situation disorder at the border by executive order. reaction from him in a minute but first fox team coverage david sphungt is in wilmington, delaware where biden is spending the weekend and we begin with griff jenkins live in mission, texas, griff. reporter: good afternoon jon we re here in rio grand valley next to wall and turn and use a visual here with our drone you can see i m behind wall that is intended to stop the illegal crossers from getting into the u.s. but then all of a sudden, in this section of the wall, it is nothing but a gigantic hole. this section of the wall intended to be completed during the trump administration but it was stopped during the biden administration simply because he halted all wall construction. and here in this specific area it is ground zero for border surge in terms of numbers people coming across we ve been here talking to agents and talking to residents one of them jr. and who ha
i know you re happy about it. i know you want the money because you have been telling me, whenever you see me, wherever you happen to see me, around town ask, telling me on social media, you need the money. a lot of people do. stimulus payments. up to $1,400 a person. hitting americans bank accounts as soon as this weekend. you can use the money, right? but the president and vice president, kamala harris, heading up a team to go out and sell the bill to the country over the next few weeks. while the president is showing leadership, what are we seeing from the gop? let s talk about that. the party of lincoln. doesn t care about the rescue plan and what it will do for desperate americans. what they re fighting for is taking away your voting rights. trying to disenfranchise voters. mainly people of color who voted for joe biden. there are more than 250 bills nationwide to roll back voter access. and it s nothing but a blatant attempt by republicans to claw their way back to p