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
And we waited for the light. Suddenly the car goes boom. E si was thinking i got nervous and i dont know whats going on. Thankfully, he wasnt hurt nor was that family he was g nusporting and crews will continue to repair the sink hole beginning at 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Oxes growing number of and you can see from the nbc chopper damianere is the home of police delivered the first dead body. Today the man police have in custody spoke with damian trujillo. What did he have to say . Reporter not a lot, jessica. Andre redmon met with reporters on the fourth floor of the main jail. Our visit was very brief as detectives are still trying to find answers. Today investigators were carrying out bags of potential evidence from the family home in the Redwood Estates community. One man is dead and another was injured after a shooting yesterday on madrone drive and a police chase, and the site of of a second crime scene in this case. Sheriff a investigators are linking this man to both murders. 43yea
In the street walking his German Shepherd and a man who had been driving by and got out of the car and words were exchanged and allegedly the man got back in the car and made a uturn and then hit this driver in that area. Police are investigating. This is a Death Investigation and coming up on news 4 at 5 00, we will hear from some of those witnesses as well as police who tell us where this investigation stands. Thats the latest live in clarksburg, chris gordon, news 4. Were tracking developments in todays stunning revelation from capitol hill. House Speaker John Boehner said he could have survived the political attack coming from the right flank of his own party, but after spending a morning with pope francis, he decided it was best to move on and as Steve Handelsman reports, boehner sounds as if hes never been happier. My, oh, my, what a wonderful day. The weight is lifted. John boehner said he decided for sure just this morning to step down as speaker and leave congress by the end o
Was shot in baltimore a couple of years ago. That he moved here because he thought it would be safer. Coming up at 5 00, more about the murder, more details about what happened here in the courtyard. Now back to you. Developing now, a child infected with measles may have exposed others to the virus. Fairfax county Health Official say the child visited several locations last week while still contagious. The patient has since been treated at innova fairfax hospital. Measles is spread through coughing and sneezing. Go to the nbc washington app. Now to the shocker on capitol hill, just hours after saying he planned to run and Kevin Mccarthy dropped his bid for house speaker. It surprised his colleagues who thought he had the best chance to win. Its clear republicans are divided in the house and needed a candidate who can unite them. Ill stay on as majority leader, but the one thing i found in talking to everybody, if we are going to unite and be strong we need a new face to help do that. W
What should reporters do when trump quotes the National Enquirer . We will try to answer that later this hour. One thing is for sure, none of us have seen a story like this before. While the gops primary battle seems to be over, the partys civil war is just beginning and its being waged every minute on the airwaves. He won. He won. Fair and square he won. Time to move on. We have never had a nominee of our party who is so disliked. These statements from ryan and mcconnell that trumps got to unify the party. I say trump has unified the party. Its up to us to stop him. I think hes a pathological sociopath. You are signalling to the republicans stay home. That will elect Hillary Clinton. I dont think i would be capable of voting for donald trump. The question is what do i do . I dont know yet. With nevertrump commentators on one side and trump believers like sean hannity on the other side and a lot of turmoil in between, does the media need to cover this election differently . My view is