Election system. Republicans call it enemy number one. Thats where we start. Good morning on tuesday. Im bill hemmer. Dana your friend number one. Im dana perino, this is americas newsroom. Gas issue. Is it necessary . If you cant get gas its an emergency. Right about that. It hasnt been resolved and a big story today. Well be back in a moment. Dana the Senate Rules Committee set to battle it out over one of the democrats Top Priorities an hour from now as republicanled state legislatures push their own bills. Democrats say they are meant to restrict access to the polls. Lets begin with Chief Washington correspondent mike emanuel. Hi, mike. Quite a fight ahead of this bill labeled s1. Top priority. The hearing will feature Chuck Schumer and republican leader Mitch Mcconnell. Quite rare. The two did it back on march 24th t. Previous time was seven years ago in a fight over campaign finance. Schumer and Mcconnell Will Square Off Again today as senators prepare the democrats controversial
On payments during the pandemic. And if you are behind on your rent because of everything thats been going on in the last year, do let me know what your situation is. We will be talking about this after 9 30am. And coming up this hour, a congregation in hertfordshire are shocked to discover an ordinary looking paiting of the last supper is actually a long lost masterpiece. The chancellor is set to announce millions of pounds worth of extra support to the badly hit Culture Sector in his budget tomorrow. £408 million will help museums, theatres and galleries in england to reopen once restrictions start to ease. Rishi sunak will also announce a £150 million fund to help communities to take over local pubs. Treasury officials said a significant chunk will be given to cricket, as fans prepare to return to stadiums this summer. And an extra £77 million will be given to the devolved administrations in scotland, wales and Northern Ireland to provide their Culture Groups with similar backing
Ticked down to 6. 2 . It is happening on the very same day the senate is set to kick off debate on that 1. 9 Trillion Covid relief bill. Theyre scheduled to gavel in any second now. Amendments come next, starting at noon, a Process Republicans intend to make as long and difficult as possible. That effort actually began yesterday when republican senator ron johnson forced clerks to read the bill on the senate floor. The 628page bill, a process that ultimately took almost 11 hours. Wrapping up just after 2 00 a. M. This morning. It wont stop the bill from passing but it might end up delaying financial help, desperately needed financial help for millions of americans who continue to struggle. Even with the good numbers out this morning weve still got about 10 million americans that are on unemployment and many more that arent collecting benefits. Just ahead the director of the White House Economic Council brian deese will be joining me to tell me what these numbers tell us about where the
As 50 . More than 5,000 people died and andrew cuomo told us about. The governor was right when he said this. Governor cuomo incompetent government kills people. More people died them needed more people died than needed to die. Jesse he would think the guy that says a incompetent government kills people would take responsibility, but so far every chance he gets, he blames somebody else. Governor cuomo if you look at how many people died in Nursing Homes in new york compared to other states, we have a lower percentage than other states, but we had more people die than any other state. If you died in a nursing home, its a nursing home deaf. If you die in a hospital, its called a hospital death. It doesnt say, where were you before. If im a nursing home operator, i say dont say that person died in my nursing home, because they didnt. They died in the hospital. If the hospital did a better job, they wouldnt have died why do i get blamed for the death when it didnt happen in my nursing home
His shadow . Dana every groundhogs Worst Nightmare today running into Bill Deblasio. He dropped the groundhog in new york. Bill that was hedge hog sam. It wasnt the original punxsutawney. Dana no, he is protected. Bill i love the turtleneck. I forgot mine. Dana i think i might try to wear a turtleneck every day this week. Look, you got a lot of compliments. You didnt . I think so. If you wore a turtleneck you might break the internet. Well see. Lots more to get to this morning. Bill not indoors. Dana William La Jeunesse is live in san diego with whats going on at the border. Katie pavlich and Donna Brazile. Bill lets begin with david spunt. The president will sign those Executive Orders later this afternoon in the oval office in addition to the actions he took after coming into office of the presidency which halted construction of President Trumps border wall, also stopped that trump travel ban. One order biden will establish a task force that would reunite families separated at the bo