Billion. In total, republicans are willing to spend a little over a trillion dollars while democrats are at 3 trillion. Speaker pelosi just made a new offer, meet in the middle at 2 trillion. And if we take down a drill, and they add a trillion, well be within range. Reporter republicans dont like the proposal. Thats a nonstarter. I dont know that thats a reduction as much as she just change this time frame. Reporter the president s Economic Advisor said the administration is developing plans for multiple executive orders have a bipartisan deal cant be reached. That could include a payroll tax cut, unemployment benefits, and eviction protections. It comes as the white house is touting the new jobs report. 1. 8 million jobs were added in july, and the Unemployment Rate dropped to 10. 2 . This is a self sustaining recovery, and the job numbers are stronger than anyone thought possible, and were climbing our way back from the awful pandemic contraction. Reporter we are told that any exhib
The sidelines . Reporter both the white house and democrats say they are trying to reach a deal. Today Key Information came out about exactly how far apart they are on the issues. At friday evenings news conference, President Trump set a deal was still possible for another coronavirus release build. My administration continues to work in good faith to reach an agreement with democrats in congress that will extend unemployment benefits, provide protections against evictions. Reporter President Trump lamed democrats for the stalled talks and said he is prepared to sign executive orders for a payroll tax cut, an extension of unemployment and if its and an Eviction Moratorium through the end of the year. It came to be by the end of the week. Reporter democrats say republicans in the white house negotiators are the one dragging their feet. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to democrats with the biggest differences. Republicans say 15 billion should be spent on testing and contact tra
Next week hi everyone, thanks for joining me. Im omar jimenez in for fredricka whitfield. We got a lot to get to today. Were going to start with Breaking News. The us has begun airdropping desperately needed humanitarian aid into gaza gaza three c130 hercules cargo planes dropped a total of 66 bundles today, they included mainly food, but no water or medical supplies President Biden pledged the aid friday at the white house paid flowing to gaza is nowhere nearly enough. Now its nowhere nearly enough and its allies are on the line and childrens lives are on the line, and we wont stand by and but until we get more aid in, i wont stand why we wont let up and were not going to pull out pull out every stop we can get more assistance cnns Priscilla Alvarez is in washington and Paula Hancocks is in abu dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, which has also been airdropping aid into gaza. But i wanna start with you, priscilla, what more are we learning about this . A drop in how it came together .
Exact age, did contract the enterovirus d68. If youre not familiar, this is a virus that can attack the respiratory system and in some cases can kill the patient. As i mentioned in this case, this child was treated in a hospital, eventually released and is in good condition. Because of privacy laws, thats all the Public Health department will say about this case. This person is the sixth person in the bay area to test positive for the virus. Alameda county has seen two cases, this virus is a concern because it is spreading nationwide. The cdc reporting today 664 cases since midaugust. Nearly all of them children with five dying from a respiratory infection. Kids with a history of wheezing or asthma are most vulnerable to contracting the virus. Whats noteworthy, enterovirus d68 is not new. It has been around for years. Its not clear why its manifesting itself more now. Now, there is no vaccine or specific treatment if you were to contract this virus. What doctors instead do is treat the
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - At their meeting Tuesday evening, the South Lake Tahoe City Council said they are ready to play hardball with Heavenly Mountain Resort after ski area officials have not responded to a request by the city to support their annexation efforts.