Bill is going to be attached to a 1. 4 trillion government funding bill. Thats 3,000 pages or more of legislation that they are writing overnight, trying to finish up. The important points are, what is in this legislation, and what relief are americans going to get . If you got a stimulus check last time, youre going to get one this time, albeit, it is going to be smaller, about 600 per person. And per child. A family of four can get up to 2,400. There is an extension of unemployment insurance, including a 300 federal benefit addition. There is 25 billion for rental assistance, which is a big deal since so many people are facing eviction at the end of the month. The eviction moratorium, though, is going to be extended one month to get into the Biden Administration, where democrats hope biden will be able to extend it even longer. Of course, theres money for vaccine distribution, as well. Once this bill text is released, the next thing that happens is it goes to the house of representat
Success as the deal is months late and millions of americans have been suffering while Congress Just pointed fingers at each other. A vote is expected today in the house im going to go to capitol hill in a bit but lets go to the Justice Department right now where attorney bill barr is taking questions. Does the president have the authority to order the seizure of votiing machines around the country . And does any president have the authority to pardon themselves . Lets go, the first question was . Im sorry, has there been any outreach to libyan authorities about a suspect . I cant comment on that. The second one, i see no basis now for seizing machines by the federal government. You know, wholesale seizure of machines by the federal government. And i you know, off the top of my head im not going to opine on a constitutional issue as far as the pardon power goes. The president has continued to make the case there was fraud in the election you have already made your statement on that in
Suspects in the deadly capitol riot and making more than 100 arrests. Also tonight, president elect b biden proposing a nearly 2 trillion plan to give relief to millions. We thank them for joining. John, the president , the Trump Presidency is unraveling. Hes vengeful, lashing out, banning any talk of Richard Nixon. What can we expect from trump the final few days in office . I wont have to ask you that question in, what, five days. Look, its a Dumpster Fire and its going to be that way through the end. Youve got aides fleeing, associates fleeing, a very small number of people around trump taxpayer west wing is largely empty. Not. That people showing up, and donald trump is left in the torment of knowing that he has been disgraced in a way no other president has. And its not surprising that he would been mentioned of Richard Nixon. When donald trump came of age as a young man, Richard Nixon was the epitome of a failed president. Watergate forced him to become the only president to resi
Hello, everyone. Theres a lot of breaking news tonight. President trump shutting down any suggestion he might resign. Sources say he explodes to any comparison to president Richard Nixon. Fbi director Christopher Wray said he is concerned about extensive online chatter leading up to joe bidens inauguration on wednesday which call for armed protests. Fbi investigators identifying more than 200 suspects in the deadly capitol riot and making more than 100 arrests. Also tonight, president elect biden proposing a nearly 2 trillion plan to pay for a nationwide Vaccination Program and to give direct Economic Relief to millions of americans devastated by the covid pandemic. Lets discuss. Our White House Correspondent is john harwood, we have Ron Brownstein and there they are magically appearing on your screen right now. We thank them for joining. So, john, the Trump Presidency is unraveling. He is vengeful, banning any talk ofnixon. What can we expect . Its a Dumpster Fire and it will be that
Was to capture and assassinate lawmakers. This also comes as cnn has obtained terrifying new footage here taken just steps from the Senate Chamber showing the perspective of the rioters who chased that black Capitol Police officer identified as Eugene Goodman up the stairs. Cnn cant confirm the source of the video but watch and listen for yourself. You work for us hey, were the [ bleep ] dont do it. Hey. Hey. Were the [ bleep ]. Where are they counting . Where are they counting . These people have no weapons these people have no weapons these people have no weapons. We have no [ bleep ] weapons. So frightening, and while the nations capitol remains on edge, it is also on guard. Thousand of National Guard troops are lined up across the city amid increased security threats ahead of Inauguration Day and, of course, this is all happening as the pandemic rages on. More than 229,000 new infections counted just yesterday, and more than 3,700 americans lost their battles with the virus. Presid