With bad actors and that the kremlin was trying to use him in an intelligence operation. The challenge complicated by a dark stain of the trump presidency. Vice president harris is in cincinnati. Their goal, when public support for new Biden Initiatives that promise jobs and promise a stronger social safety net, but they require a giant expansion of federal power. Well, first of all, the facts dont reflect that. I dont have any inordinate faith in government but theres certain things only the government can do. We rank number eight in the world in terms of infrastructure, for god sake. Is the private sector going to go out and build billions of Dollars Worth of highways, ports, airports . Bridges . Are they going to do that . And so these are things that only government can really do. Thats a tough sell for the president , a tough sell given this countrys polarized politics and the extraordinarily slim democratic margins in congress, its an even harder sell because of trumps reckless b
Are set to expire. But this morning the release of the february jobs report could stoke renewed debate about how big this bill needs to be. 379,000 jobs were added last month. Evidence that the economic recovery in this country is picking up some steam. Lets start on capitol hill right now. Joining me now is cnns manu raju. Manu, what is happening right now with this debate and the hours ahead of votes on possible changes to the covid relief bill . Reporter well, very significant hour s ahead, becaue significant changes to could upset the chance of passage. Well see how it plays out as we get into this marathon series of amendment votes that are bound to begin in just within the next hour. But we are also getting indications of changes that are being made at the last minute. Democrats have agreed behind the scenes for a change in the extended jobless benefits that were in this proposal. Initially it was 400 a week extended through august. They have reduced that to 300 a week, now exten
Wear the mask now so we can get to a place where you dont have to. Also today, new York Governor Andrew Cuomo is in crisis. Charlotte bennett said her former boss was a textbook groomer. And find out why they held data for the total on the nursing control deaths. Unemployment, you can see, ticking down and there were 377,000 new hires across america last month. But the economy is still down over 9 million jobs from a year ago. The number one priority, says the Biden Administration, must be the covid rescue package. We are not going to hide in the face of challenge. We are going to power through and finish this bill, however long it takes. The jobs report making clear unemployment remains a mega crisis. And while overall jobs numbers were up by a healthy number last month, the data does detail job cuts. The Marathon Senate debate kicking into gear right now starting with, moments ago, a vote on whether to hike the minimum wage to 15 an hour. With us to share their reporting and insights
That. This is the laymans most people, which is relatable to our audience. The establishment, these are the rules we created ape its and its been this way a long time. Regular guy, little guy, said times have changed, found a loophole, what you. According to your rules, you cant get mad at us. Its a reflection of whats happening in our larger culture, Larger Society right now as it comes to womens rights and me too and issues of race and equity and equality and all of that. Its like, people who have been there, the establishment whos been there for so long, the entitled, right, the people who, hey, look, were the wealthy, these are the rules, we want to live by and continue, and the underdog is saying no, no, no, we deserve a place as well and now this is the clash. So, hey, the rule thats whats happened. What i find interesting about it is i love that these people came together to prop something up. Now, you can say no, no, no, youre ascribing virtue where theres only value. You saw t
Heres the Breaking News, the Senate Voting late tonight to extend the nations debt limit through early, averting Economic Disaster after breaking a republican filibuster meant to skull the deal reached between democratic and gop leaders. Also tonight, a lawyer for the former president telling four trump loyalists to ignore subpoenas from the january 6th elect committee, according to the washington post. The deadline to comply with subpoenas, tonight. More Breaking News in the search for Brian Laundrie. Police in florida now saying he was under surveillance before he vanished more than three weeks ago. Now what . Kicking the can down the road . And with no prospect that there will be a better resolution on the horizon in december. The important point is what a radical escalation in political conflict and what a reckless escalation of political conflict it is for republicans to have filibustered the increase in the debt ceiling. Yes, it is true that democrats have voted in the past again