Economy and create jobs and remove all doubt, remove all doubt in the full faith and credit in the United States of america. Every time you come to this floor its a question, why are we here . We are here to do the peoples work. Lets sit down. Get it done. And move forward. Instead of filling the agenda however worthy some of those initiatives may be, instead of not along with passing a middle income tax this is also reminiscent of a year ago. The president proposed, the house and senate, democrats and republicans, voted for the payroll tax holiday. The republicans in the house resisted. Painted themselves into a corner until they had no choice. The issue had been made too hot for them to handle and they finally had to come around to supporting the payroll tax holiday. And here we are again. 100 of the American People will receive a tax cut when we pass the middle income tax cut. The wealthiest people in our country will receive a tax cut up to their income of 250,000. We are asking th
Around the white house actually did urge the administration to take this pandemic more seriously, but in the end they did not. Welcome to friday. It is meet the press daily, and im chuck todd is just 46 days until the election the first polls are now opening for early voting in fact, these are perfects from one polling site in alexandria, virginia, of course, the Northern Virginia suburbs are intensely interested in this election people were lining up around the block, socially distanced, mind you, wearing masks, but a glaring reminder were in the home stretch of this election amid a raging pandemic and as theyre starting to vote, the white house is dealing with the fallout of yet another official, public lig calling the president unfit for high office and more unfit to deal with this virus. There will be a briefing at the white house at 2 00 p. M. We dont know about what exactly. We know later hell be headed to minnesota. This comes as a former aide on the White House Coronavirus task
This is bbc news. The headlines. Quarantine consfusion as scotand and wales impose new restrictions, while theres no change in england and Northern Ireland. The Prime Minister says there is still an all uk approach. Overwhelmingly, the uk is proceeding as one, and i think you will find that when you dig beneath some of the surface differentiation, you will find overwhelmingly the same approach. People in leeds are being warned to follow coronavirus guidelines or face new restrictions. Rescuers in lebanon continue to search in the rubble to find someone who may still be alive. A month on from the blast which killed hundreds,
a minutes silence is held to remember those who died Virgin Atlantic plans to cut another 1,150 jobs the airline says its completed its £1. 2 billion rescue deal. Construction gets underway on the High Speed Railway from london to birmingham and beyond, the biggest single Infrastructure Project in europe. The Prime Minister has insisted that quarantine measures for
Dana that from dr. Fauci who testified remotely to a Senate Committee today. Im the head of the cdc also warned during that hearing, we are not out of the woods yet. One day after President Trump said america has prevailed over the pandemic, but first, fox news has confirmed the acting director of National Intelligence has decided to declassify information about Obama Administration officials who requested the unmasking of Michael Flynn and their name could soon be released publicly. Lots of news today. Lets begin with chief White House Correspondent live on the north lawn. Spoke with white house officials earlier today who expect that the names of former Obama Administration officials who requested the unmasking of general Michael Flynn in intelligence intercepts could be released as soonest today. The acting director of National Intelligence dropped by the department of justice last week. Part what he brought over was a treasure trove of declassified documents revealing who in the Ob
Versus getting people back to work is a false choice. Plus three top officials now in some form of quarantine after possible exposure inside the white house. My guests this morning, Infectious Disease specialist Michael Osterholm and jeffrey shaman, and republican representative Lamar Alexander of tennessee. Also historic unemployment disaster. Unemployment numbers not seen since the great depression. Im going to be homeless if i dont open my business back up. Im not trying to be a scofflaw, im trying to make a living. My conversation with billionaire businessman and philanthropist robert f. Smith on making sure no one is left out of recovery efforts. We have to reinvest so when we come back from the pandemic were actually in a much better position. And the latest in the Michael Flynn and tara reade stories. Joining me for insight are nbc White House Correspondent kristen welker, richard haass, president of the council on Foreign Relations, and wall street journal columnist peggy noona