Category 4 Storm Hurtling toward the West Coast. Meteorologists warning that the Hurricane Zone is getting larger as it gets closer to florida. Officials ordering mandatory evacuations in some zones, telling everyone to get out while they can. A storm so big President Biden has canceled an overseas trip this week. If you are under Evacuation Orders, you should evacuate now, now, now. You should have already evacuated. Its a matter of life and death. Thats not hyperbole. Its a matter of life and death. Can fema handle backtoback storms . Alejandro mayorkas joining me and his fight against disinformation. Three of irans proxies attacking israel overnight. Israel hits lebanon again with unrelenting rocket and Drone Strikes against hezbollah targets. With four weeks to go until election day, could it all be decided in pennsylvania . We will talk to the head of the democratic national Committee And Senator Bob Casey who is fighting for reelection in the keystone state. Good day, everyone. I
Gasoline on the outrage of nursing home deaths. And Elise Stefanik has been long calling for an investigation. Thats ahead. Before we get to that, President Joe Biden, the unity candidate delivering a welcome gift to emboldened progressive. Shoving his administration as far left as possible. The New York Times said here, a number of the Officials Biden selected would have fit easily into an Elizabeth Warren administration. Biden has signed Executive Orders increasing food stamp benefits, took steps to begin a 15 Federal Minimum Wage and replacing the federal fleet with electric vehicles. Hes looking at a child tax credit. The president demonstrating an aggressive use of the power of the pen to get things done. So far with 40 Executive Orders and actions to date and more on the horizon as progressives continue to push. Now more than 50 democratic lawmakers led by ilhan omar are pushing for monthly 2,000 covid Relief Payments to their constituents as the pandemic drives on. Heres more. W
forgiveness plan has been temporarily all theed by an appeals court as he faces criticism on the economy and rise in crime. we have more from charles watson on the midterms and let s kick things off with lucas tomlinson from the white house. good afternoon, griff. before leaving for the beach, president biden was bragging about his initial court victories. just yesterday state court and the supreme court said no, we re on biden s side. but last night, a federal appeals court in st. louis said not so fast and blocked his plan to bail out student debt until they make a final decision. the white house wasting little time putting out a statement saying it will proceed with its plans and quote, we ll continue to move full speed ahead in our preparations in compliance with this order and the administration will continue to fight republican officials suing to block our efforts to provide relief to working families. now, it s unclear whether the court s decision means for the 2
might you go about paying for some or all of that. democrats right now are talking in part about potentially raising taxes on both the highest of earners and on corporations as well. the white house press secretary, jen psaki, was asked today if there s any concerns about raising taxes and whether or not that could be a drag on the economy. the president remains committed to his pledge from the campaign. nobody making under $400,000 a year will have their taxes increased. his priority and focus has been on people paying their fair share. also focusing on corporations that may not be paying their fair share either. that remains his overarching approach, but there s not a package that we re talking about pay-fors yet. meantime on capitol hill, nancy pelosi has made it clear that tax hikes are on the table. we ll look at everything. we ll look at the tax code, bonding in terms of build america bonds enables us to do so much in our package under president obama and vice pre
he joins me to tell us his inspiring story, coming up. storp good evening. i m mehdi hasan. joe biden has been spending the weekend at home in delaware before he heads out on the road this week to sell the $1.9 trillion american rescue plan. he has a lot to work with. it is difficult to overstate what a big win this piece of legislation is for the president. it s the second biggest economic stimulus in american history, giving cash direct to the poorest americans. and if you want to know how much our politics has changed, here is the great irony. the joe biden of the 1980s and 1990s would probably have voted against it. don t take my word for it. take his, from 1984. what happens if every tax dollar that we pay, 50 to 60% of it is just going to pay the interest on the debt? he will be paying for what we lived on. we should be investing to allow him to be able to live on something. here he is in 1988, decrying, quote, stories of welfare mothers driving luxury cars and le