the accused shooter of the parkland school shooting enters his plea, but still may face the death penalty. what happened in court this morning. thanks for being here everyone. we re following two big developments as we speak. first on the on-again, off-again roller coaster of negotiations among democrats over president biden s sweeping economic agenda. sources tell cnn the president is prepared to make major concessions to get there and win over moderate senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. the overall price tag is reportedly in the range of $1.75 trillion. it would be roughly half of the price tag that democrats, progressive democrats were really pushing for. tuition-free community college is likely out. paid family leave is likely in, yet getting tripled. we re also following breaking news on the pandemic.
and shortages today. and that could lead to higher prices permanently, alongside other factors, from us china tensions, post brexit visa restrictions orfears over uk eu trade. it s a global economic challenge and it s not going away. faisal islam, bbc news in washington, dc. well, earlier, ispoke to margaret kidd who s a logistics professor at the university of houston, and asked her how everything had gone so wrong. well, it was this perfect storm within a storm. you had covid really interfering with manufacturing throughout asia, south east asia, china and on again, off again at manufacturing. you had an insatiable demand by us consumers, which was fuelled by federal stimulus money. what you see is what we are witnessing now is record trade and, regrettably, 36 to 40%
slotken alyssa slotken who won a seat in the 2018 midterm, flipped a republican seat. biden met with progressive house members and discussed a package priced around $2 trillion and our sources tell us those progressives informed the president they would support whatever top line number he could get from the moderate democrats. this comes with two weeks to go before the debt limit is breached. republicans are standing by, leaving it to the democrats to act and they have few options. joining us is how house democratic whip, on again/off again biden whisperer, jim buy clyburn, good to see you. thank you for having me. so look, i know how he can cited all members of congress are to negotiate in public on television, but the $2 trillion number in what progressives said
about the future and may be running again? you know, he did not talk about his political future, but he kept repeating we may have lost the battle but we will win the war but we have forced newsom to pay attention to issues that matter to us. so it does not seem like he s going away. he told a political reporter earlier today, he has movement herein california, and he is not going to take a backstage anytime soon, trace. live in orange county, matt, thank you. kovic 19 issuing the harshest lockdowns of the country but critics claim the shutdown triggered more problems, including skyrocketing crime, homelessness and unemployment and republican candidate larry elder penned the follow on the current governor. nearly a third of all small businesses have shut down forever because of the way he ignored science and shutdown the state. on-again, off-again, covert
back. overnight squad leader alexandria ocasio cortez facing backlash after making a statement during the met gala donning a white gown with the message tax the rich at an event costing 35,$000 a plate. critics say the move was out of touch. the nypd arresting several black lives there and even the police protesters outside the gala. california governor avenue submits political future decided by voters in just hours, especially collections spurred on by democrats, 19 lockdown that hurt small businesses across the golden state. nearly a third of all small businesses are shutdown forever because of the way he ignored science and shutdown the state. on-again, off-again code requirements. you to discuss, adam. it s been a while since we checked in with you. how is your business holding a?