I didid t t kn whahatmy c caswa, so i called the barnes firm. i m rich barnes. it s hard for people to k how much their accident case is worth.h barnes. t ouour juryry aorneneys hehelpou the senate passed president biden s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill with bipartisan support. that s good news. that s positive. that s right, a trillion dollars to fix our roads, privileges and airports so after they finish la guardia, that ll leave us with about $40. well, good morning and welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, august 11th. another quick track to the south of france, willy. yeah, glad she s getting some time away. we ve got a lot to talk about this morning, joey. beginning with the latest developments of covid. cases, hospitalizations, deaths still on the rise especially in
Greatly appreciate it. that does it for us this morning. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. hi there. i m stephanie ruhle. it s wednesday, august 11th, and this morning we are watching several major stories. just a few minutes ago we got the latest look at how bad inflation really is, and it s bad, with prices up 5.4% over this time last year. so is it the right time for lawmakers to work on a massive $3.5 trillion spending package? what matters to voters? on the covid front, the delta variant now tied to 93% of cases across this nation, with multiple states in the south seeing their largest single-day spike in hospitalizations since the start of the pandemic. the ceo of united airlines will be here to talk about his decision to require the vaccine.
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, i m john berman. side by side with brianna keilar this morning. it is wednesday, august 11th. we do begin with breaking news. it happened just moments ago in the u.s. senate and is a big victory for president biden and his domestic agenda. topping off 24 hours of big 24 hour for this agenda, and a sign that maybe there s a possibility for the path that he has set going forward. after an all nighter, senate democrats approved a $3.5 trillion budget resolution paving the way for democrats to pass the plan without republican support later this year. the measure passed 50-49. it was a party-line vote following a lengthy series of amendments. the budget lays the ground work for a sweeping expansion of the country s social safety net and would allow democrats to fund their battle the climate crisis,
The united states and around the world, i m brianna keilar alongside john berman on this wednesday, august 11th. we have breaking news overnight, a big win for president biden s domestic agenda. senate democrats approving a huge $3.5 trillion budget resolution without a single republican vote. the 50-49 party line vote coming after an all night series of amendments known as voterama which is more exciting than it sounds. this paves the way for senate democrats to pass the spending plan without republican support later this year. the budget lays out the ground work for a sweeping expansion of the country s social safety net. it would allow democrats to fund the battle against the climate crisis. it would allow funding for healthcare, education measures and would increase taxes on wealthy americans and corporations. senate republicans did block an attempt by democrats to advance voting rights legislation they say is critical to counter
I m from the gulf coast. my family spends a lot of time here. i have a personal interest in ensuring that we get this job done right. i m keith seilhan. i m in charge of bp s cleanup on the gulf coast. bp has taken full responsibility for the cleanup and that includes keeping you informed. you may have heard that oil is no longer flowing into the gulf. there s less oil coming ashore every day, but we still have thousands of people ready to clean it up if it does. we re going to be here as long as it takes to make this right. good morning. thanks so much for being with us on this american morning for this wednesday, august 11th. i m kiran chetry. good morning. i m john roberts. lots to talk about. investigators in alaska trying