And hours long session on the critical measure that could pave the way for President Bidens 1. 9 trillion relief package. Jillian Griff Jenkins has a breakdown, you always win. Reporter more exciting than watching the super bowl you can watch your senate hard at work on votearama. Theyve been at this since 2 30 p. M. Yesterday. It is a timehonored tradition where the Minority Party forces the Majority Party to endure endless amendments putting senators on the record. Any senator can offer an amendment to the Budget Measure and so far 850 have been filed and as we have seen overnight more than 30 reached a roll call voice vote on the floor. Unclear when the ends. We are told maybe in an hour or so. We will keep you posted. Some amendments pass, others fail. When it did pass, senators todd young, proposal to block Illegal Immigrants from getting stimulus checks. It was adopted but 42 lawmakers voted against it and some of the issues which range from tax increases on Small Businesses to t
Thousands of jobs, you would have covered that. Patrick mahomes and tom brady going ahead in the sunday super bowl. Who is going to get the ring . Hey, bucs you are going down. Born to be wild will. Brian playing host to super bowl lv. We dont have it two different cities. One city is playing home that is the Tampa Bay Bucs first time in history they did that not many people traveling during the pandemic. 25,000 people in the stadium. Millions will be watching at home. Maybe the highest ever. This game is the most seasoned scalable game in the history of the super bowl between brady and mahomes and it the electrifying way both these teams play offense. Its going to be fantastic. We know the weather is going to be good. Steve we do know the weather is going to be good. I have actually have something in common with Patrick Mahomes. Like Patrick Mahomes i need a hair cut. Im going to get one. Do you know why in the barber had covid as it turns out and they stopped doing that im wearing re
howie: just as an aside, television is losing interest in the campaign. you re seeing the cable networks giving air time to local murder trials involving people you never heard of. and joe biden will just token oppositions of absolutely no one by winning 96% of the vote in yesterday east south carolina democratic primary. the media had been insisting that president biden take swift action after iranian drone killed three american soldiers and for five days the criticism from commentators only grew louder. and it turns out that looking stern and furring your brow and saying don t into the camera isn t enough to stop iran. if iran wants to continue killing americans or trying to kill americans, should we not at least sync one of their ships? howie: this is a classic dilemma. on friday afternoon, the air strikes began hitting targets in iraq and syria and killing more than 40 people. this administration s idea of deterrence is trying really hard not to kill too many people
former president trump heading back to court today. secretary of state antony blinken speaking now in da boats. and the call that sparked an fbi investigation into roger stone. what he allegedly said about assassinating two democratic lawmakers. we ll let you hear it for yourself. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it s wednesday, january 17th. it s 5:00 a.m. in washington and also 5:00 a.m. in new hampshire. republican candidates ron desantis and nikki haley are scrambling to keep their presidential hopes alive after donald trump s decisive win in iowa this week. the gop front runner made a de detour to a courtroom and he s going to be back there again today where e. jean carroll is expected to testify and a jury will weigh how much trump owes for defaming her. trump also touched down in new hampshire, where he took aim at his rivals. she came in third. she lost to somebody that beat her by. desantis campaigned in
freezing temperatures from chicago all the way to new york city. and now the new storm on the move tonight. the washington, d.c. to philadelphia to new york all bracing for the next system coming. rob marciano timing it out. in new york city tonight, the manhunt for a possible serial stabbing suspect. authorities say surveillance images show him armed with a hunting knife. at least three victims attacked just today. one victim stumbling into a dry cleaners for help. stephanie ramos with new reporting. also in new york, an explosive day in court at the civil defamation trial against donald trump. a jury. reporter: finding trump liable, with his accuser, e. jean carroll on the stand today, trump lashing out. the judge threatening to kick him out of court. the disturbing video tonight. a 14-year-old boy with autism tased by police in his own backyard. the boy suffering a broken hip. the family calling it a case of mistaken identity. an officer can be heard questioning if