i m benjamin hall in for todd piro. jillian: i m jillian mele. minutes ago, the white house reveals additional executive orders president biden is set to sign as he aims to combat gender issues and sexual violence in schools. ben: doug luzader joins us live as the president always calls on congress to pasco individual relief. doug pass covid relief. reporter: hot off the presses, this adds to the pile of executive orders that the president has already signed. one of these asks the department of education to look into existing regulations to eliminate a sexual violence and evaluate changes made during the trump administration. the other sets up what they re calling a gender policy council. it s intended to combat what they call systemic bias and discrimination including sexual harassment, ensuring access to comprehensive healthcare and preventing and responding to gender based violence, promoting equity, that s a key word for this administration, not equality, but equity a
the city boarded up as jury selection is society to begin in one of the most high profile trials in years. the pope speaks out at a one time isis stronghold, remembering the horror and praying for peace. and later, harry, meghan, and oprah. their long awaited interview. were you silent or were you silenced? this is the cbs weekend news. from new york here is jericka duncan. duncan: good evening, we begin tonight with new york s governor andrew cuomo facing more allegations of inappropriate behavior by former aides. two top new york state democrats are now calling for his resignation as two additional women accuse the governor of inappropriate touching and language. that brings the number of women who have come forward to five, and two male aides reportedly accuse mr. cuomo of routinely berating them, creating a toxic workplace. meanwhile cuomo says there is no way he is resigning. cbs s nancy chen has the details. reporter: on a conference call today, new york gover
able to achieve without also acknowledging the cataclysmic situation american women find themselves in today. one that threatens to wipe away many of the advancements we re supposedly celebrating. let s start with the unemployment crisis. the latest jobs report reveals that overall unemployment rate ticked down slightly to 6.2%. that number doesn t tell the whole story. for example, since the pandemic hit, the retail sector has lost nearly 363,000 jobs, 98% of which belong to women. pandemic related job losses are hitting women of color especially hard. we talk about that a lot. compared to this time last year, total employment for white women is down just over 5%. for black and latino women, that rate is nearly double. a bunch of factors continue to contribute to the disproportional impact on women of color, including an overrepresentation in industries that have been hit hardest such as hospitality and leisure. in addition, the coronavirus crisis is forcing an impossible ch
for their rights, among the first to ever beat isis on the battlefield. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson, welcome to the week. president biden s covid package is one big step closer to becoming law. but what s after that? how will democrats govern with republican support uncertain at best? it could depend on this senator, democrat joe manchin of west virginia. the stimulus package has smaller unemployment packets to gain his support, not $400 per person but $300. even with his support, there s getting over republican filibuster in future. takes every democrat and ten republicans to stop it. has a number of democrats calling to end of the filibuster. more you learn about them, easier it is to see why. they re not nearly as hard as they once were, if you re thinking of mr. smith goes to washington, jimmy stewart talking continuously, that s old-fashioned. today you just email the floor leader, no stamina required. emerged after the senat
C. S. U. Versus the rest c. S. U. Says it can wait no longer to see a change in medicals migration policy. Once again weve made it clear what needs to be done urgently to restore order at our borders we should take the step of turning refugees away from our borders who are already registered in another european country. Or. Biggest here since c. S. U. Lead a horse to see hope and Chancellor Merkel had battled over the issue late into the night but no compromise was reached both sides agree or European Response to migration is needed the whole first say is that its taking too long merkel is still hoping for a deal with other e. U. States at a summit in two weeks time. To me the question of how to tackle this migration is a litmus test for the future and cohesion of europe therefore needs to take every
countrys means into consideration the chancellor is putting the focus on beefing up the e. U. Use external borders in the hope of deterring people from trying to enter europe or tall. Want