Good day from msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Welcome, everyone, to weekends with alex witt. Developing this hour, President Bidens 1. 9 trillion plan is one step closer to becoming a reality. In a new excerpt from cbs news, the president giving a new insight into where key provisions like Minimum Wage Hike Stand as lawmakers work to get the bill to his desk. Its somewhere between an individual making up to 75 and phasing out and a couple making up to 150 and phasing out. But im wide open on what that is. You also want to raise the minimum wage to 15. Is that something you would be willing to negotiate on to get republican support . Apparently thats not going to occur because of the roles in the senate. Youre saying it will not be in it . My guess is it will not be in it. Today marks one month since the attack on the u. S. Capitol left five people dead. The Impeachment Trial will start just days from now. Trumps defense team confirming he will not testify under oath. Congressman
Reopening plans. This is ktvu fox 2 news at 6 00. We begin tonight with a developing story out of San Francisco. Three people were rescued from a boat that capsized near alcatraz, about 3 00 this afternoon. Marine units from San Francisco fire and the u. S. Coast guard took heart in the search which Authorities Say involved a 12 foot boat that began taking on water. Authorities say two of the people on board were rescued by another boat in the area, a third person was later found on the shoreline of alcatraz island. All three were evaluated by paramedics, and are said to be okay. Rescuers pulled a body from the ocean near sutro baths in San Francisco earlier today. The call came in at 8 45 this morning. A person in need of assistance, the u. S. Coast guard was called in to help with the recovery of the body. No word on exactly how the person got stranded in the water, conditions along ocean beach and baker beach have been dangerous and turbulent over the past week. Protesters confronte
The speaker of the separate parliament cypprriot scam exposed by al jazeera. The World Health Organization has warned that the death toll the second wave of the pandemic could be five times the level of the pandemic was back during the spring. Across europe, coronavirus cases are growing and governments are tightening the restrictions to stop the spread. More than half of englands operation would be subjected to restrictions. The German Health Department Says that the numbers have doubled in the past week, intensive care unit pat expected to pass. The netherlands and croatia, and portugal were in a state of calamity from thursday. In france, a Public Health state of emergency has been declared. 46 of hospital beds in paris are occupied by coronavirus patients, and 12,000 police will be deployed across the main the ninth major seas. This is our report. Reporter the city of 9 million is moving into high alert. Tier 2 of a three tier system. It is the governments latest attempt to reign i
The emails were placed on a backedup hard drive by the Computer Repair shops owner. In those emails hunter biden sends messages to executives of chinas largest private Energy Provider cfc. Those show that hunter biden struck a threeyear deal with the chinese firm for 30 million in 207. And according to the 2017. And according to the emails, hunter biden was to be paid 10 million a year for his, quote, consulting fees based on introductions alone. Hunters emails suggest the deal had been sweetened, however, as the chairman changed that deal to a much more lasting and lucrative arrangement. Hunter biden says that sweetened deal was so much more interesting to me and my family, ebb end quote. End quote. The documents released today and reported on again by the New York Post also show that biden was paid a Million Dollar retainer by the Chinese Energy company to be counselor on matters related to u. S. Law. In an unspecified Business Venture that hunter biden was planning, he also sought p
And the covid gender divide. The virus forcing more women than men to leave the workforce. Tonight we go inside the troubling new report announcer live from cnbc global headquarters, the facts, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith. Good evening again 19 days till the election. And less than an hour away right now from dueling town halls. The president ial debate canceled instead President Trump and joe biden will face questions straight from voters President Trumps town hall is in the battleground state of florida while joe bidens is in the must have of pennsylvania. A live look at miami now where Savannah Guthrie will moderate nbcs eventual with the president. About 60 florida voters, some of them said to be undecided, to be in the audience and asking questions. You can watch it here on cnbc and across nbc platforms right after this newscast. The former Vice President prepping for his own town hall in philly. Same time on abc meantime, his running mate Kamala Harris pulled herself o