Of the United States. Its kind of our way, or the highway. Mississippi senator roger wicker on all of that very shortly, In The Meantime, to Mark Meredith on how this is all going down, fueled by not only the president stating that this is the only way to do it, republicans, at a jobs report which might have helped his argument. Mark . Reporter neil, good morning to you right that jobs report is having an impact on the discussions. President biden counting on house and Senate Democrats to pass his 1. 9 trillion Stimulus Package. Republicans want the president to reign in spending but the president made it clear yesterday that hes willing to do this on a Party Line Vote if necessary to fund a few priorit ies like the 1,400 round of stimulus checks that he wants to see go out, more money for Food Assistance programs, as well as extending those enhanced federal Unemployment Benefits. The president making it directly in a speech on friday. Others think that things are Getting Better and we
Disease control says, though, that vaccinations for teachers, in her personal opinion, are not a requirement. This as the Obama Administration says decisions should not be made immediately. Also want to make it clear that there is increasing data to suggest that schools can safely reopen and that that safe reopening does not suggest that teachers need to be vaccinated in order to reopen safely. The doctor spoke to this in her personal capacity. Obviously, shes the head of the cdc, but were going to wait for the final guidance so we can use that as a guide for schools around the country. Eric so what could that final guidance be for parents across the country who have been home schooling their kids on zoom and all of that . Lucas tomlinson In Washington with more on what we can expect. Reporter good afternoon. Chicagos democratic mayor, lori lightfoot, says shes had it with the teachers and wants them back in the classroom as quickly as possible. My patience is up. We cant wait hours an
Americas Largest School system closed. The Ripple Effect of our kid being sent back home and a cnbc special investigation. Faster payments mean faster fraud. Criminals using popular apps to launder cash meant for americans. Good evening more good news to report on the vaccine front tonight and it comes at a dire point in the pandemic just an hour ago we got word the United States has now topped more than a quarter Million Deaths thats more than strokes, suicide and car crashes typically kill in a full year. The virus killed more than 1,700 americans yesterday alone. Johns hopkins reports its the deadliest day in six months. In addition, hospitalizations hit another high more than 76,000 people in the hospital for covid, according to the covid tracking project by nearly every available metric, the pandemic is worse than ever, everywhere across the country. For months new york city kept its positivity level very low. Now its rising and forcing the Largest School District Court in the nat
When you can soon line up with one. We begin with mike tobin at pfizers factory up in michigan. Reporter we saw that historic first shipment leave here yesterday carrying doses of the vaccine. The followup today is more trucks, more boxes nilled with vaccine leaving the pfizer plant in michigan. Yesterday, 189 boxes left here. That works out to little more than 920,000 shots in the arm. Today, 400 boxes or 1. 9 million doses of vaccine ship from here. Within hours of the first shipment leaving here, ups landed its first plane with 38,000 doses of vaccine at its World Distribution facility in louisville, kentucky, where the doses are sorted. Planes and trucks take it from there. It is humbling, you know, being part of this vaccine process. Its going to take a lot of lives. Reporter three kentucky hospitals got 975 doses of vaccine each as the priority has been to get the vaccine to Health Care Workers. Dr. Jason smith got the First Vaccination in kentucky. The vaccine is going to 636 di
How are you doing, will . Super bowl weekend. Will right here. Good morning to you both. Thats right. Im live here in tampa. Super bowl lv. I know you are very excited about that jedediah. We will get your picks later. We know you will change the chiefs or the punxsutawney. For now a hometown battle in tampa. Hometown bucs look to be pretty popular, pete. Pete whats the feel . You are there on the ground. Its a little bit different everything is a little bit different whats the vibe in tampa . Will its excited because there is a Hometown Team for the first time Playing In Home Stadium for the super bowl. Its tampered by the bittersweet relation what would it be like if it were a normal year. Street packed and cash registers ringing they recognize its a little down from expectations. Pete absolutely. Jedediah i know you are waiting for my pick. Im waiting for yours, will cain. I had a conversation about it yesterday. You know what . Im going to wait and hold my pick and see who will pic