Were following all those headlines. And this. While democrats are moving forward without republicans to get americans covid relief aid, the white house is ramping up vaccine efforts. The new plan, send Vaccine Doses to community pharmacies. Its an allout push to get ahead of more fastmoving variants. But first, we begin on capitol hill. Lauren fox is tracking the republican rift between trump loyalists, longstanding conservatives. Lauren, where do we stand . You have two politicians fate at stake here. Marjorie taylor greene, but also liz cheneys leadership position. Thats exactly right, jim. Last night, we should note, Kevin Mccarthy, the minority leader in the House Of Representatives sat down for an hourslong meeting with Marjorie Taylor greene to talk about her future. We are told that the minority leader is still undecided about whether or not she will keep her post. But essentially we are learning from that meeting that Marjorie Taylor greene did not apologize for the past statem
Their roles. The decision could change the direction of the party as we know it. Lets begin with jessica dean who joins us on the hill with more on this Power Sharing Agreement. Reporter the big thing here is democrats will now take control of the senate committees. When youre in control, youre setting the agenda. That means thing in joe bidens agenda that they wanted to get ahead, President Bidens agenda they wanted to push ahead like Merrick Garlands nomination for Attorney General can now move forward. Youll remember there has been a holdup on some of these nominees including Merrick Garland who is the nominee to be Attorney General because republicans maintained control of these committees, because they had to operate off the last congress because they didnt have this agreement in place. Now that democrats will take over these committees, that means democrats are going to have a much easier time getting things on the table. Theyre going to hold control. We expect now that someone l
Its long been thought that 10,000 is the magic number, but could walking 5,000 steps a day be enough to see a benefit . The white house is marking one year since President Biden signed the chips for america legislation. It earmarked 52. 7 million in subisdies for the Semiconductor Industry in the us. The Commerce Department started taking in applications injune for the Subsidy Programme for Us Semiconductor manufacturing and since then, more than 460 companies have expressed interest in the funding. The programme is part of the administrations bid to boost competitiveness with chinas science and technology. The Commerce Department is also tyring to ensure that china doesnt benefit from the subsidies. Adrienne elrod is director of external and Government Affairs in the chips for America Office of the Us Department of commerce. How does the Biden Administration believe this legislation serves economic and National Security . First of all i think, thank you for having me, it is great to t