1. 9 trillion. Thats what the democrats want in the covid Stimulus Measure. Its more than double being planned on the party of republicans that want to leave out some things like the hike in the minimum wage and help to cities and states that now have a lot of people wondering, all right, how is this going to eventually get done . We know as well that talks have been going on behind the scenes to get a couple of republicans on board. The president of the United States says he has that does explain why theyre sticking to that 1. 9 trillion number. Were going to explore that. Separately republicans are meeting to discuss what will happen to liz cheney as far as her future leadership in congress and Marjorie Taylor green and the Conspiracy Theorys that couldnt land her out of some Committee Assignments that shes had. So lets get to this right now with the Stimulus Measure and where things stand at this point. The 1. 9 trillion figure you heard about. David spunt with more. Good afternoon.
i m christiane amanpour in london. welcome to the a history anpour hour. in the next 60 minutes we will take you around the world to ask the tough questions and tackle the big problems and let history be our guide. here is where we re headed this week. who is banking on the united states failing to deliver. ukraine watches the clock run out as military aid stalls in congress. former national security official and russia expert, fiona hill calls it the winning point for putin. this is the ticking point where the united states and ukraine and europe and everybody loses. former cop president who cried tears of regret when he tried to ween the cold off coal and reacts to the new climate deal off of dubai. i certainly think this does spell the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era. also ahead, an afghan family fights for their teenaged daughter s life, after taliban rule drove her, like so many other girls to total despair. and finally, from the archive, as vo
and welcome back to our continuing coverage of the chaos in washington, d.c.. it has been quite a day in quite a night. first, kevin mccarthy lost his 60 vote to become house speaker. the house then adjourned around temps a deal making. consumed members reconvene briefly, only to adjourn again until noon tomorrow. the would-be speaker announcing more upbeat about his chances. cnn s manu raju first broke that news for us. he joins us again tonight from the capitol. so, why are things looking more upbeat for mccarthy? he s hearing some more positive responses from those opponents, the people who have essentially seemed immovable for the past two days. but after a meeting in which mccarthy made a number of concessions on arranging on political issues, how the outside group engages on some key issues as well as giving more power and more sway over themselves the rank and file, at the expense of the leadership. some these members sound like they re moving in his direction.
something went wrong in the intervening period which led to the search that happened at the former president s home in palm beach last week. evan, big picture this for us. why are these interviews with trump s former top two lawyers at the white house, why are they significant? first of all, these were two of several representatives of the former president named as people to be in touch with the national archives should anything like this happen. so they would be in the position to be the first to get contacted. the other part of this, jake, that i think is important for people to know is these two men would know the answer to the big question that i think a lot of us are asking, which is is it true that the former president had some kind of standing order to declassify documents? was it true that by simply sending documents from the west wing to the residence, did that deem them declassified? those are questions that these two men, as top counsels to the former president
pictures of gay couples kissing and embracing under the headline equal dignity. the culmination of decades of activism that set off jubilation and airful embraces tearful embraces. many a times follow-up, there was revelry is and soul searching on gay pride day. such cities as new york city and san francisco promised a sort of social catharsis of bicoastal toast to the nation s rapid shift on gay rights and an extended curtain call for the movement that drove it. now, the washington post front page story said the decision rewarded years of legal work by same-sex marriage advocates and pointed to the vexing challenge now facing republican presidential candidates and the gop itself, how to get in step with modern america. we also looked at the coverage of the original 1973 roe v. wade decision, and while it was overshadowed by the death of lbj, it reflects that newspapers mainly took a just the facts approach. the washington post quoted the majority, then the minority