President ial transition. President elect joe biden set to speak today to address the fight over the Affordable Care act while President Trump again not scheduled to make any public appearances. He had zero plans to speak directly to the american people, except on twitter where hes continuing to push baseless voter fraud claims that have been flagged as misinformation. So weve got our correspondents positioned with all the latest on the transition. Mike memoli still in wilmington with the biden team. Peter alexander at the white house and yamiche alcindor. Great to see all of you this morning. What do we know about the president elects remarks today on the Affordable Care act . Whats the strategy here moving forward . Well, chris, i think most americans remember that moment in the east room ten years ago when president obama signed into law the Affordable Care act and Vice President biden called it a big blanking deal. To say the least for president elect joe biden at this moment, the
Hello, youre watching afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. Today at 2pm British Airways files a complaint with the European Commission over the government bail out of struggling Airline Flybe. Ba says its a blatant misuse of public funds. The government isnt in the market to bail out private companies. What we do on a case by case basis is look to see whether a business is viable. In the case of flybe, it is a viable business. The duchess of sussexs father, Thomas Markle, is prepared to testify against meghan in her legal battle with the mail on sunday. At least 60 people many of them children are treated for breathing problems and skin irritation, after a passenger plane dumps fuel over schools in la. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with katie shanahan. Good afternoon, simon, and some of tenniss biggest stars have raised over £2. 5 million in a Charity Event to help those affected by the australian bushfire crisis. And the weather has stepped in. Yes, we will look at what has b
This is new day. It is wednesday, march 25th, 8 00 now in the east. John berman here with alisyn camerota. We begin with breaking news. There is a deal, this 2 trillion stimulus agreement reached by the white house and senate leaders, just a few hours ago. It is being touted as the biggest spending package in history, but will it be enough to make a difference in your life and spark this frozen economy. The Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer joins us just a few minutes from now to give us some of the details in this deal. Two other major headlines this morning, we just learned that Prince Charles has tested positive for coronavirus. The 71yearold prince has mild symptoms, were told he is in isolation. Well have more on that ahead. And there is also the alarming and perhaps unchecked spread of coronavirus in the United States, especially here in new york. Cases are doubling every three days in the nations largest city. Almost half of the new cases are people under 45 years old. Govern