dana: sadly, that young boy is one of 19,000 unaccompanied migrant children that are in federal custody right now. and fox news just learning that border patrol has arrested an ms-13 gang member caught trying to sneak into the u.s. these developments leaving many to ask where has the vice president been who was supposed to handle this crisis? kamala harris taking heat for traveling all over the country but still not going down to the southern border. the v.p. making stops on both coasts and to the city of chicago over the past two weeks. but the white house says she has no plans to visit the border. harris did speak on the phone today to mexico s president. pete, let me start with you. you know, if you have a policy that says don t come now. but if you do come, we will not send the children back, then the children are going to keep coming. pete: of course. and the people invested in the ability to send children as their golden ticket to america will keep exploiting the ch
starting to use summer holidays as goal posts. covid safe gatherings they want by the fourth of july. progress on an infrastructure package they want by memorial day. this is a blue collar, blueprint. and there is some wiggle room for how high he will raise corporate taxes. i m willing to negotiate that. the president wants to 21 to 28. joe manchin a smaller hike 25%. which makes him a powerful man. i think he is in a position in a 50/50 senate to get whatever he wants. one key biden ally in congress is guessing the current $2.25 trillion white house proposal may be too big to pass. i do think that there is an opportunity here for us to come together around a smaller package and by smaller i mean hundreds of billions of dollars that is directly targeted at hard infrastructure. president biden is still thinking big. it s the single largest investment in american jobs since world war ii? how many jobs is that? moodies suggest it would create 19 billion jobs.
qanon rhetoric and violent conspiracies. according to politico this morning, greene showed no remorse for extreme positions, which included past support for assassination of top democratic officials. politico also reports that kevin mccarthy and his top lieutenants are leaning towards removing green from one key house committee, not two. is that enough? the future of powerful house republican liz cheney also on the line after she had the audacity to vote her conscience in favor of impeaching trump for that capitol hill insurrection. but cnn s josh campbell starts us off. he s live in washington with more on officer sicknick lying in office. we take you live inside those images of the united states capitol rotunda, where the remains of fallen officer brian sicknick are lying in honor. swe we have seen members of the capitol police coming in to pay their respects, also members of the national guard. also lawmakers and staffers. that building remains closed to the general publ
their roles. the decision could change the direction of the party as we know it. let s begin with jessica dean who joins us on the hill with more on this power sharing agreement. reporter: the big thing here is democrats will now take control of the senate committees. when you re in control, you re setting the agenda. that means thing in joe biden s agenda that they wanted to get ahead, president biden s agenda they wanted to push ahead like merrick garland s nomination for attorney general can now move forward. you ll remember there has been a holdup on some of these nominees including merrick garland who is the nominee to be attorney general because republicans maintained control of these committees, because they had to operate off the last congress because they didn t have this agreement in place. now that democrats will take over these committees, that means democrats are going to have a much easier time getting things on the table. they re going to hold control. we exp
accepted that it was a mistake and that it was my mistake. the government releases more details about how we pay for social care in england. former yorkshire cricketer azeem rafiq talks to the bbc about the racism he suffered at the club, and says he is determined that sharing his experiences will move society as a whole. britney spears speaks about the joys of the little things she has been able to do since being freed from her 13 year conservatorship last week. and cambridge dictionary s 2021 word of the year takes on a martian theme. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the cost of living has reached the highest rate in almost a decade due to rising fuel and energy costs. inflation is now more than double the bank of england s target, and climbing at a much steeper rate than economists predicted. it rose to 4.2% last month mainly due to rising prices at the pumps and household energy bills as well as an increase in the cost of second hand cars and eating out. in s