$1.75 trillion social spending bill on tuesday, but over on the senate side, it hardly appears to be a done deal. we want to move both bills in tandem, and the second bill, the bill that deals with the needs of the working class of this country in terms of pre-k, that deals with the existential threat of climate, that bill is still being worked on literally today. it will be worked on tomorrow. and this comes as president biden desperately needs a win. new polling out today from nbc news shows his approval rating is at its lowest point so far, down 7 points since august with 71% of americans saying this country is moving in the wrong direction. plus, a travel note. american airlines canceled more than 600 flight today. that is 12% of its total operations. it happened due to severe weather and staffing shortages. the airline has now canceled more than 1,500 flights since friday. for events unfolding in washington and overseas, welcome to you both. michael, you first he
they went from the framework to the real bill, legislative 1680 pages i believe. almost the last 200 of those pieces are the tax provision that i spent monday. so the billionaire s tax is out, it did not make the cut. but the tax on short stops and quarterbacks that s in there. they have created these new tax brackets that i have been begging for for decades now. a new tax bracket that kicks in at $10 million of income. that is going to get a lot of shortstop s. and then the tom brady tax kicks in at $20 million of income. it s an additional 5% at $10 million of income, and then over $20 million of income another 3%. so, they are getting at some of these superrich that way, movie star people who get these money through salary. they are going to get hit. but the investment banker class, and others who managed to get their income in something other than direct salary income, they may find ways around this. right, the people who still have are sitting on billions of dollars
the show that will probably land itself in the emergency room if you tried that. i m jonathan lemire on this friday, october 15th. former president bill clinton has been hospitalized in california with a non-covid-related infection. a spokesman for the former president said he is on the mend, in good spirits, and is incredibly thankful to the doctors, nurses, and staff for the incredible care. he s in intenive care as a precautionary measure. clinton, who is 75 years old, also has an extensive history of heart problems. the house committee investigating the january 6th insurrection announced yesterday they ll move to hold former trump adviser steve bannon in criminal contempt for not complying with his subpoena. according to chairman bennie thompson, the panel will meet on tuesday to vote to adopt a contempt report. he released a statement saying in part this in an interview with cnn yesterday, the congressman said a subpoena for the former president isn t off the table
property taken from a black family in the 1920s, returned to the rightful owners. the new law that made that happen nearly a century later. as we do say good morning, everybody. i m kendis gibson. it is october 2nd. october is here. it feels like summer still though in many places. three more months. i m lindsey reiser. you have your pumpkin spice yet? no-no. not exactly. not at all. i have pumpkin bread waiting for the oven. hard and fast. i ll get on board with that maybe in march. we have a team of reporters and analysts following the latest for us this morning, we will begin this morning with the democratic deadlock on president biden s agenda. while the president and speaker nancy pelosi are projecting confidence that both bills will pass, some mothers in the house aren t quite on the same page. the two of them issuing statements overnight, using phrases like deeply regrettable. and profoundly disappointed. they sound like they like what happened ye
positive for covid. he says he s been fully vaccinated since january and as of now, has no symptoms. and breaking news about a new drug that could be a game changer in the fight against covid. and we begin this friday morning with a divided democratic party. after calling democrats reconciliation bill fiscal insanity, senator joe manchin finally came out with his top number for a human infrastructure package. i m at $1.5 trillion. i think $1.5 trillion does exactly the necessary things we need to do. take care of our children and take care of our people at the end of life, our seniors and we re working hard on that. founder of punch bowl news, also with us, mike memoli, nbc news white house correspondent. thank you both for being with me this morning. jake, we just heard from speaker pelosi moments ago. here s what she had to say about a vote. excuse me. excuse me probably later, have some conversation rather than hit and miss in the hallway. i hear you re gett