day. have a great weekend. to quote thank you. to quote my friend and radio show host josh mcintosh who said today, it has been a very america kind of day. this morning house democrats, led by speaker nancy pelosi passed the bill back better act. the build back better bill is passed. [applause] the biden social infrastructure bill passed today with near unity among democrats and only one defection, leader chuck schumer says he expects the senate to pass it by christmas. this is a once in a generation legislation includes historic social safety net and climate provisions, and set aside nearly 200 billion dollars to provide for weeks of paid and medical leave starting in 2024, that provision in particular will have a direct impact on millions of people, including women, people of color low income workers and their families. according to the national partnership for women and families, black workers are 83% more likely than their white counterparts to be unable to take tha
and tonight kyle rittenhouse, the kid who brought an ar-15 to a protest as one does, apparently, is no longer a defendant in a case that became a flash point over gun rights and fatal land heel-ism and self-defense in our country. after three and a half days of deliberation, a jury in kenosha, wisconsin found 18 year old rittenhouse not guilty of fatally shooting two men, injuring another during a protest with police conduct back in august of 2020. that unrest erupted after the police shooting of black kenosha resident jacob blake, during the trial, rittenhouse took the stand testifying that he was targeted and attacked in the midst of those protests, and fired his ar-15 insults defense. late today the family of anthony huber, one of the two men killed by rittenhouse issued this reaction to today s verdict quote, it sends the unacceptable message that armed civilians can show up in any town, incite violence, and then use the danger they have created to justify shooting people
Change what they want to see in the world, so they are very important for that reason. in particular it s, a wonderful time to be teaching at howard university, with the vice president of the united states because those students can feel that, energy and they can feel that they can do it too. i didn t mean to shave hampton university, i love hampton university, but as calamity harris would say the real a.g. was howard university, so i need to say, professor canadian grant thank you so much for joining us tonight on this historic night please stay safe. that is tonight s last word, you can catch me every week night at 6 pm we can on the choice from msnbc, exclusively on peacock. the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. r with brian williams starts now. good evening once again day 304 of the biden administration