$300 from $400. they didn t get closer to the $618 billion package. the $1.9 trillion bill includes 350 billion for state and local governments and a portion of the money tied to unemployment rates. they took issue with the $130 billion in emergency funding for schools, the majority won t be spend for 1 to 7 years and a third round of $1,400 stimulus checks which will go to felons like the boston bomber. senator tom cotton tried to stop it but every democrat voted it down. senator tom cotton voted in favor of the last bill and we asked for him comment on that. while no republicans supported it, joe manchin sided with the republicans about trimming back unemployment. now the white house is working the phones. biden is ready to go when it passes. our legislative team are certainly not taking anything for granted. they re checking in with officers, making sure they have the questions answered. the house is expected to vote on this tomorrow and then it should head to the pres
adults. this happens every day out here in del rio sector as well as in brownsville, in the rio grant valley sector. charles, back out here live, this is one of the reasons why texas governor greg abbott has started shifting the buses to washington d.c. he says the local communities out here, small communities, are sick of these mass releases. they can t handle many more. so he says that s why texas is offering to ship them to the door step of the biden administration at the u.s. capitol. now back to you. meanwhile ukrainian president zelensky says russian forces have begun the battle of donbas. we ll speak with general petraeus in just a moment. first, to jeff paul in lviv with the latest. jeff? . yeah, they re calling it the second phase of this war. as folks in the east part of the country prepare for intensified fighting, in the west, many people waking up to the sounds of air raid sirens after