it s currently listed at 1.75 trillion, half of what democrats initially wanted. it also includes $2 trillion in tax hikes. sandra: proposals for family leave are and they scramble to get democrats on the same page, and that s just days before the suddenly neck and neck governors race virginia where democratic loss could be seen as an indictment of a party that cannot get things done. president biden addressing the nation this morning at some key democrats will remain skeptical. and our people. it s a major, major snafu and clearly to my mind, we need to have certainty. and we can trust. on john barrasso is standing by with reaction and there is a lot of it so far today. sandra: we look forward to that but for us to the white house and jackie heinrich with the very latest as a president has just departed. hi, sandra. just a fact of the white house was the one that made the announcement of 1.5 trillion, and that they made an announcement. and that tells you, that s
for parents today. pfizer says its covid vaccine for kids is safe and 90% effective against the vishs and a shouting match on the house floor. an ultimatum to republican consultants and more. in just one day several eye-popping episodes from house republicans. up first though, candor and certainty from the president of the united states at a cnn town hall last night. on stage in baltimore, president biden walking through the details, big details, on policy, on politics and on the personalities that are as yet unsettled in his big push to rewire how the government works for you. asked again and again if he would get a deal, the president projecting optimism. are you close to a deal? i think so. you know, look, i ve been dish was a senator for 370 years. [ laughter ] and i was never i was relatively good at putting together deals. do you think you ll have a deal by the time you get on air force one in eight days? it s like my asking you are you sure your next show is
the deadly shooting of an acclaimed cinematographer by alec baldwin. the actor today called it a tragic accident. the local prosecutor in new mexico says it s unclear if any charges will be filed in the death of halyna hutchins. the sheriff s department says b baldwin fired a prop gun on set, production of the movie rush accidentally hitting hutchins. she was 42 years old. a local paper photographed an apparently distraught alec baldwin after the shooting. a short time he conveyed this, there are no words to convey my shock and sadness that took the life of, a wife, mother, and colleague of others. i m fully cooperating with the police, in touch with her husband offering my support to him and his family. my heart is broken for her husband, son, and all who knew and loved. what is the district attorney saying? it s not clear if charges are going to be filed in this case. it s still too early to know. this is new mexico s first judicial district attorney. she went on to say
a stunning new take-away from president biden s really troublesome polling numbers that he s seen the past week or so. his approval has dropped faster than any president since world war ii according to gallup. this poll came out today. he s down 11 points since the beginning of his presidency. some of the slide have to do with the views on the economy and concerns about rising inflation, which we ve seen in our fox polling, which is a major concern. the supply chain, something that has people concern about the american economy. that s where we start today. william la jeunesse is live at the port of los angeles with the very latest. hi, william. martha, you remember, it was ten days ago that president biden said he had good news about speeding products into the hands of americans. well, when you look out here and you talk to those involved in making that happen, they say it s a goal, but it s not a reality. the waters off the coast of basically long beach and los angeles, it
some rain this evening more towards the south east, clearing during the evening, the rain clearing northern scotland and some breaks and clad in patchy mist and fog but on the whole, a lot of cloud around, more rain coming back into the western side of the uk. still mild, temperatures no lower than around 12- 14 . temperatures no lower than around 12 1a . tomorrow looking cloudy, more rain, the heaviest in the morning across wales, northern england, moving into scotland, some showery rain for northern ireland, the rain back into the south west of england but ahead of that, it should be drier and brighter, east anglia and the south east have sunshine and temperatures more like early summer, 20 or 21 . even where it is cloudy and we have rain, it will be mild, 18 or 19. more rain in the forecast for wednesday. some showery, potentially thundery rain moving northwards, mainly across england and wales, some sunshine either side of it, temperatures not quite so high on wednesday