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Sound of hope in these uncertain times. Wechrt. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Good evening, everyone. Im doug dunbar reporting from dallasfort worth tonight. It is crunch time for so many americans, but there are still no deal in the Nations Capital to help those struggling in this Severe Health crisis and the economic fallout it has caused. Today the confirmed number of cases in this country is 32,000. That is the highest in the world. At least 400 have died. We have correspondents around the country and overseas. We begin with Nikole Killion at the white house. Reporter this package is not only aimed at helping americans directly, but Small Businesses and hardhit Industries Like the airlines, b ....
Lady jill biden hosting a Cinco De Mayo celebration at the white house. The president highlighted his administrations work and efforts to address issues important to hispanic communities. This is about 15 minutes. [band playing hail to the chief] hello. Hello. And welcome to the white house. Please join me in another round of applause for our talented musicians who flew all the way here from los angeles this morning. Today we celebrate Cinco De Mayo and the long line of mexican americans who have added their own threads to our rich american tapestry with bravery and vision. Activists whose movements for justice achieved hardwon progress. Trailblazers in every career and calling who have led us toward a more perfect union, and as we recognize mexican americans who have so profoundly shaped our country and are continuing to shape it, we also remember the first step to progress is ....
Act completely . Does notises it but repeal it. Congress is using a budget technique to try to get the bill through. It is called budget reconciliation. It cannot be filibustered in the senate and only needs 50 votes. That is the good side if you want to pass the legislation. The difficult side is that there are a lot of things you cannot do in budget reconciliation. Everything in it has to be directly attributable to the federal budget. It has to add or subtract from the federal budget. There are many things they cannot do in this bill and they are not doing it which was initially are to the problem for a lot of conservatives. They promised to repeal the whole thing but to do that, they would need 60 votes in the senate. That is what set up this whole difficult situation. What is included and what is excluded . Included is everything having to do with the money. It repeals all of the taxes that went into the Affordable Care act ....