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is nbc news reporter amanda golden. amanda, thanks for being with us this saturday morning. i do understand president biden spoke with senator joe manchin. any idea what was said? yes. president biden spoke with joe manchin on the debate we saw go late into the night yesterday. we don t have the specifics, but it speaks to the pressure that was definitely bubbling up thach wanted to make sure they were unified to move forward for these finally amendments during the vote-o-rama which you can see and speaking to the larger divisions that we see, progressive versus more moderate issues. senator joe manchin from virginia was not onboard with the democrats. you spoke to the differences in costs that ended up coming up with this revised democratic plan of $300 a week instead of $400 and seeing where they could cut corners on costs that at least for more moderate democrats, it was more superfluous and now needed for the emergency covid relief they re pushing for right now. ....
good morning. it is saturday, february the 27th. i m ali velshi. coming up this morning, a reality check on what the conservative action conference has become the parade of lies of hatred that aims to subplant what was once the republican party. plus disturbing echoes from the january 6th insurrection attempt from the capitol. the acting capitol hill police chief warning congress that militia groups were, quote, preparing for war and may be planning for more violence, but first, breaking news overnight. just hours ago the house voted to pass president biden s $1.9 trillion covid relief bill, the american rescue plan act of 2021 passed at 2:04 eastern this morning by a vote of 219 to 212. now it s on to the senate where negotiations will begin with the clock ticking down to march 14th when enhanced unemployment benefits expire. the $15 minimum wage is expected to be the first provision to go in the senate version. also yesterday, food and drug administration advisers rec ....
focused on the humanitarian crisis in texas entering a new week. the long lines and millions without clean water and the 11-year-old who died from suspected hypothermia. the massive lawsuit filed by his family. the investigation into the death of a life of a man the investigation into elijah mcclain what paramedics did wrong. one year since the shooting death of amaud aubrey. and my conversation with the amazing young woman just made at sea. announcer: this is nightly news with lester holt good evening, we reflect on those we lost topping a 500,000. president biden leading americans in a moment of silence. in that silence, a somber remembrance. it has been a year of tough calculations over 56,000 of hospitalizations down 44 million have received one vaccine dose there are hurdles still ahead. miguel almaguer with the latest reporter: the president with the enormity of the death toll on his shoulders paused to remember the half million americans who lost their ....
railroading, not a single gop member of the senate voted in favor of sending more hem to struggling americans. democrats did it alone. shortly after the senate vote, this from president biden at the white house. when we took office 45 days ago, i promised the american people help was on the way. today i can say we have taken one more giant step forward in delivering on that promise. here is what just pa passed the senate and how it helps you, the american rescuer plan including a $1,400 direct payments. a $300 boost to unemployment benefits through september 6th, $$350 billion for state and local governments. as well as more funding for hospitals. the bill now heads back to the house for a final vote. speaker nancy pelosi says she expects to have it passed and rtd for the president s signature before march 14th, when unemployment benefits for tens of millions of americans are set to expire. with more we head to capitol hill and nbc political correspondent. ali vilgt ....
sect defended the administration s policies. the border is closed. we are expelling families. we are expelling single adults and we ve made a decision that we will not expel young, vulnerable children. but the message that the border is closed is not slowing the rate of new arrivals. a temporary overflow facility for up to 2,000 children is now being set up in west texas to handle what the administration acknowledges is the largest surge in 20 years. president biden says he plans to visit the border, quote, at some point as reporters questioned him about the white house response. i know what s going on in those facilities. what more can be done, sir? a lot more. we are in the process of doing it now. republicans are seizing on the issue to hammer the president for reversing the trump policies, and now even some democrats are criticizing the conditions of the holding facilities for the migrant children. texas democratic congressman henry cuellar provided thes ....