Employed. Weve gone through a lot. Covid is probably the most significant disaster in my lifetime affecting peoples lives, the tragedies that weve seen affecting our economy, affecting the federal budget. Today, there were 142 million americans employed. Reduction of 16. 6 million americans or 10. 5 . I want people to remember that 10. 5 . Over the last month or so, thereve been a number of respected economists to meet forecasts of how much our to shrink. These are folks like cbo and Federal Reserve board of governors, economists at Morgan Stanley and goldman sachs. The range of what they are predicting will shrink somewhere between 4. 6 and 8 . This is causing economic devastation. Real toll on young people and as a result of that, congress acted. We acted fast, swiftly, massively. We want to provide financial help to individuals that are unemployed all of a sudden through no fault of a their own. We want to help provide financial need to businesses to hopefully survive and rehire him
Continue off the floor and the republicans 1 trillion economic aid plan in response to the covid19 pandemic. Senators have been staking out their positions with floor speeches. Now, live to the floor of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god, our refuge and strength, give us reverence for your greatness. Guide our senators around the pitfalls of their work, enabling them to have hearts sustained by your peace. May they surrender their will to you, as they trust you to direct their path. Remind them that leadership can work miracles with cooperation, but rarely accomplishes much with conflict. Inspire our lawmakers to be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Help them to strive to live with such integrity that they give you the honor do your name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I
president was going to turn publicly against the vice president, and there could be a security risk to mr. pence because of the. the vice president team feared that the president of united states posed a legitimate threat to him, believe it or not. in the very next day, sure enough, the trump mob stormed the capitol, chanting, hang mike pence. more from the report, quote, mike meadows, the white house chief of staff, is reported to have told colleagues that mr. trump said that perhaps mr. pence should have been hanged. we now know that the january six committee is investigating this reporting. they are also looking into a newly-revealed plan to overturn the 2020 election. in a recent court filing, we learned of a memo approach up attorney, john eastman, that sketched out a plan for mike pence to hold out the certification of the victory, overturning the election. a judge memo said that it is potential criminal acts committed by donald trump and john eastman. against the backd
learned of a memo approach up attorney, john eastman, that sketched out a plan for mike pence to hold out the certification of the victory, overturning the election. a judge memo said that it is potential criminal acts committed by donald trump and john eastman. against the backdrop of all these new details, a shift is taking place within the republican party. they re in the 2020 election, as we all know, republicans claim that voter fraud was happening everywhere you look, all the time. now, as this year s primary unfold, we are seeing a very different reaction to election results. suddenly, everything is fine, there is no fraud anymore. you see, when it is republican races on the line, all the votes are somehow magically legitimate. curious how they have changed their tune in such a short time. joining me now is david jolly, an msnbc political analyst and national chairman of the conservative movement, molly jong-fast, it contributing writer for the atlantic and author an
Dangerous storms moving east through louisiana after Bettering Texas and killing four people in houston. Ten people under Tornado Watches across the golf range and risk for severe Flash Flooding being described as a nightmare scenario. You are watching Fox Friends First on a friday morning, aimed todd piro. Carley on Carley Shimkus 1 million Power Outages across texas and louisiana. Widespread damage across houston. You can see the intense Rain Flooding into stores and blowing out windows. Looking at this looking through the retractable roof, the Houston Astros were playing. Todd fox news senior meteorologist Janice Dean Standing by to tell us where those storm is but the latest on Power Outages and storm damage. Todd, carley, the sun rises early in several cities and the storms path will begin to take stock of extensive damage caused by intense wind and rain overnight that tore through parts of texas before pushing into western louisiana here this is video from new orleans this mornin