january, this might not be happening at all. after a lot of democratic internal wrangling, the bill passed the senate over the weekend with exactly zero votes from the house. president biden said he would sign it as soon as he gets it, and the legislation could not be more urgently needed, as he indicated over the weekend. we took office 45 days ago. i promised the american people help was on the way. today i can say we ve taken one more giant step forward in delivering on that promise, that help was on the way. today the white house said the $1400 checks included in the plan could start going out by the end of the month. make no mistake, this bill is massive. it stands to help millions and millions of americans who have been economically crippled by a near year-long pandemic. the bill spends most of the money on the american people, describing it as the most generous form of aid ever going out. more than 93% of children, 69 million, would receive benefits under the plan.
And why he says he doesnt care about a dip in his popularity. I am far, far from finished with my career. And dont let the bedbugs explode. How one mans unusual attempt to get insects out of his car ended very badly today, thursday, april 16th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today. Savannah is on vacation. Happy to have hoda here. Everything youre thinking about that video on the bedbugs story is probably exactly what happened. What was he thinking . The good news, that was a rental car, so were okay. Hopefully he signed that waiver. Lets start with our top story this morning. It is that shocking stunt pulled off by a man who flew his small geoji ji gyrocopter to the capitol. You can only imagine the questions this is raising. Peter alexander has more on the investigation and the fallout. Peter, good morning. Reporter matt, good morning to you. This gives new
League affiliates. Tonight they start their home stand with a much anticipated visit. Preparations are under way for tonights ceremonial first pitch. Ert sort of a home coming of a sort damian. Reporter its a perfect day for baseball. The sun is out. It is a home coming of sorts for giants fan bryan stow. Hell deliver the first pitch on what is sure to be an emotional opening night. This is video of bryan stow in his back yard preparing for the big night tonight. The video is courtesy of the bay area news group. It shows stow tossing a baseball to his dad while holding onto a walker. Tonight bryan stow will be back on the field at municipal stadium. He used to be an e. Mt here at san jose a number of years back. When he was injured down in los angeles, we made a commitment to his children that when he got well, that he could come back and throw out the first pitch, and that day has come. Reporter you may remember bryan stow was brutally beaten while attending the San Francisco giants o
Hawaii or something. Temperatures off to a warm start across parts of the bay area. Everybody will be warming up this afternoon. Back up into the 70s and 80s. Look at the temperatures from yesterday. You can see santa rosa 80 degrees. Warming up to 83. San francisco up into the upper 70s later on. 70 to 85. We will look at some of the current numbers out there showing you 51 in napa. San francisco 61 degrees. San jose 50. Livermore last check 50 degrees. Winds up across parts of the area. Up above 1,000 feet and reports of some gusty winds in the Oakland Hills. 45 Miles Per Hour with winds coming in out of the north. That is also the warming direction as well. So thats in full control of our weather for today. Here is a closer look. Under mostly sunny skies. Yellow contour in the 70s. The orange counsel contour the 80s. Mostly clear skies. By 3 00 3 00 70s and 80s. These numbers, as i mentioned, a good five to ten degrees warmer than yesterday. San jose 82. Santa rosa 83. Concord 82 de
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