Direct redefining and terence, im Pete Muntean at Reagan National Airport this is cnn this is gps, the global public square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and Around The World. Im Fareed Zakaria coming to you from new York Today on the Program Graham the contrast between the two visions of our future could not be more stark and different. Hillary clinton, the former First Lady former senator former Secretary Of State, who of course ran for the american presidency against Donald Trump in 2016 we discussed the Middle East much more the united the nations this week with Secretary General Antonio Guterres i asked him about the war in the Middle East, which will be a year old in two weeks the war in ukraine, which will mark three years in early 2025. And why the United Nations doesnt seem to have much influence to bring about peace but first, heres my take in the clamor of the campaign season. Were missing what should be a Landmark Event the United States has managed to bring I
Authorization for Emergency Use. That means options when it comes to vaccinations. Thats good. At the same time, republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene is holding her own News Conference one day after she was kicked off her Committee Assignments for supporting over years violent rhetoric, dangerous disinformation. We begin with the economic news. Christine romans, 49,000 or so new jobs. Yesterday we had nearly 800,000 new unemployment claims. Do the math for us there. Where does it stand in terms of all these lost jobs . Theres no historical precedent for this. You had 14. 8 Million People who told the government this month that they didnt have a job to go back to. The business they worked for was closed or was barely open but not allowed to give them hours. And a quarter of the people working say theyre working from home. The virus has completely changed what is usually a dynamic labor force. This 49,000 jobs created was mostly in professional business services, going back to
. she brought charges against trump and 18 others in georgia. now she has important questions to answer on the on laura coates live. the case against trump involves a dozen co-defendants and sweeping racketeering charges known as rico. let s call it a wrinkle. it could make this case a lot messier. it relates to fulton county district attorney willis a prosecutor she brought in nathan wade and whether there was a conflict of interest that would affect the underlying charges. wade s estranged wife is allegedly willis had an affair with her husband and says she has receipts to back it is up. there are new records released in the divorce proceedings, including copies of credit card statements that show wade purchased airline tickets for him search and willis and destination apparently miami in october 2022 and san francisco in april 2023. now all this has blown up after mike roman a defendant in the georgia case moved to now disqualify fannie willis over the alleged relation
joe biden ask kamala harris. the most progressive legislation in a generation. one of the most sweeping federal recovery efforts in history. the exexpansion of the child tax credit that s going to cut in half childhood poverty. it demonstrates a government that s working for the people. the bill is amended is passed. [ applause ] that s what it sounds like. today president biden back out at work touring a medical center distributing vaccines to veterans. the landmark bill is the first major legislative victory of the biden era. about $2 trillion. the house expected to vote on wednesday. they are racing so it will get president biden s signature before any unemployment benefits would expire in mid-march. it includes $1400 stimulus checks, expanded unemployment benefits, another $50 billion for loans for small businesss around the nation, $14 billion for vaccine distribution, a large program that supports children, more on that part tonight. and these checks are sla