to get him to vote for their plan, $300 per week through july. but the democrats wanted $300 per week through september, plus tax benefits. and the challenge of keeping party members in line all the way to the finish line hasn t gone away. today s job numbers added a new dynamic to the situation. the latest report showed a gain of 379,000 jobs in february. unemployment holding at 6.2%. that went over pretty well with wall street. the dow surged to a gain of 570. still, as we ve reminded our audience so many times, the market is not the economy. the market is not main street. today, the president insisted the good numbers don t tell the real story. today s jobs report shows that the american rescue plan is urgently needed, in our view. our economy still has 9.5 million fewer jobs than it had this time last year. and at that rate, it would take two years to get us back on-track. without a rescue plan, these gains are going to slow. in less than two weeks, enhanced unemploymen
also, meant no running water whatsoever. so many homes and apartments, ruined. a boiling-water advisory is in place. so, those who can t get water out of their taps, are resorting to boiling snow, if they can. and the situation is increasingly desperate. it s pretty tough to find bottled water. we are having to boil, you know, to wash dishes or do anything. we ve been hunting. we ve gone different places, looking for it. and can t find it. the worst of it is, no water for the flushing. it s sure going to be great when all of us have safe-drinking water. we need water, more than anything else. you know, it is one plague, after another. it s looking like at least several more days. when s the last time you heard that from the mayor of a major american city? about 165,000 customers in texas are still experiencing power outages. down from over 3 million, just a few days back. in many communities, grocery store shelves remain empty. president biden is fast tracking a dis
far short of demand as the covid-19 death toll in the country approaches half a million. good to have you with us. grounded planes and stepped up inspections coming just days after the terrifying mid-air engine failure over colorado on a united airlines 777 jet. a passenger captured this dramatic and disturbing video on saturday shortly before the pilots returned safely to denver. now boeing is recommending all 777s that use the same engine, the pratt and when itney 4000 series ground the planes. united is removing 24 planes from service and the faa will step up the inspections. we are learning new details about what happened in the air. our peat muntean has the latest on the investigation. reporter: we are getting our first window into what may have played a major role in that dramatic in flight failure of united airlines flight 328. the ntsb says one of the fan blades of the right hand engine of that boeing 777 broke off, damaged another one, and other fan blades. in fa
responsible or acquit him of inciting an insurrection. at this hour, nbc news confirming brand new reporting out tonight about what trump knew and the actions he failed to take as rioters descended upon and then looted and desecrated our capitol in his name, while also hunting for the speaker of the house and the vice president. kevin mccarthy had a phone call with trump as the head of the riot was underway. as mccarthy pleaded for help, trump is said to have responded, well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are. at one point, mccarthy said, who the f do you think you re talking to? according to a republican lawmaker familiar with the call. sources tell nbc news mccarthy was shaken up during the call and was asking the president for help. sources describe the call as incordial and borderline incoherent. today trump s lawyers mounted their defense using under three hours of the 16 hours they had allotted to them. they argued trump was not
military. we ve got a lot to cover for you this hour. joining me now is cnn s senior political analyst kirsten powers and former top aide to paul ryan brendan buck. good to see both of you. thanks for joining. brendan, you first. the gop really is in complete disarray, some pushing these bogus lies about the insurrection, telling us not to believe what we saw with our own eyes. only a few republicans really are standing up against them. meantime, they re opposing covid relief. what message do you think this sends to the american people, brendan? well, i think they re searching for that. and i think that s one of the reasons why the covid bill is so popular right now. it s one of the more popular bills major bills i ve seen come through. i think republicans woke up a little late to messaging on it and that s got them behind the 8 ball. look, there s a lot to argue the bill about and i think that there s a good argument that we spent about $4 trillion on covid so far and if