Burner as the Biden Administration and Senate Democrats push forward on a cody relief bill that some lawmakers and even leftleaning economists say could actually hurt the economy in the long run. President biden saying today its an easy choice, pointing to the latest jobs numbers as proof there is no time to waste. This as he met with 10 republican senators earlier this week who proposed a Counter Offer to his nearly 2 trillion plan. White house correspondent Kristin Fisher has been following it all. She joins us live from the north lawn from the white house with the latest. Good evening, kristin. Good evening, bret. The week started with President Biden meeting with republican senators and hoping to cut a deal. But it is ending with the president giving his strongest signal yet that he intends to move forward with his relief plan without republican support. Im going to act. Im going to act fast. In his most fiery defense of his 1. 9 trilliondollar relief plan, President Biden made it
With the staff. I saw enough to say that there was really good and we are steering was really good and we are steering at the right direction. It was a Superintendence Game and we should Superintendence Game and we should have controlled it much more should have controlled it much more often. I wouldve helped but we more often. I wouldve helped but we couldnt and didnt do that but we couldnt and didnt do that but but we couldnt and didnt do that but we will keep working. Well away from the pitch, liverpool and chelsea have been engaged in something of a tug of war for brightons midfielder moises caicedo. Chelsea was always the ecuadorean s preferred destination and a deal has been agreed for his transfer to Stamford Bridge for an intial fee of 100 million pounds, rising to 115. That would be a british record. This is pending a medical and all the usual personal terms but it would appear that chelsea have got their man, even though brighton had also been prepared to sell to liverpool. I
it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 3am in baghdad which has been struck by a us drone attack which killed a senior leader of an armed pro iran group. three people were killed in the attack, including a commander of the group that us officials say was behind recent attacks on us bases in iraq and syria. this was the scene in baghdad earlier tonight. angry crowds surrounded the burnt out vehicle chanting america is the biggest devil . our senior international correspondent orla guerin is in baghdad for us tonight she tried to get close to the scene of this attack. this was a high profile strike inside the capital. it happened at 930 at night to local time there were distinct explosions that were audible from our hotel we reached the scene very quickly. an angry crowd had gathered around the charred wreckage of the car which had been hit we know a drone strike a powerful pro iranian official. with the attack in jordan that killed three service personnel. they were
in washington last hour, crucial developers in northern ireland tonight. the leader of the dup, jeffrey donaldson, has been meeting with executive members of his party to discuss a possible deal to restore power sharing at stormont next week. the dup collapsed the executive nearly two years ago in protest at the post brexit trading arrangements. the party has been in talks with the uk government this past year seeking changes to the so called windsor framework. and it would seem there has been enough progress to put something to the wider party. there are around 130 members of the executive. the party officers are not present at this meeting tonight, and only they would have the power to sign off on any prospective deal. let s speak to our ireland correspondent, chris page. just talk to me about that bit. this is the wider group of the executive, chris, but i guess if they go in behind jeffrey donaldson, he is in business? , , ., behind jeffrey donaldson, he is in business? ,