florida. donald j. trump ain t going anywhere. i have spoken at cpac, but that was a time when we talked about issues and what we intended to do. this looks like a whole different day. this is new day weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. it s a busy night below that dome. you re looking live at capitol hill. new this morning, president biden s $1.9 trillion rescue bill is moving through the senate. the house passed it overnight. no republicans voted for it. the path includes 1400 direct checks to people making less than $75,000 annually. that s direct aid, increase in the tax child credit, funding for schools and more money for vaccine distribution. and unemployment benefits, help for small businesses, some of those programs will lapse soon. there s still significant disagreement between the parties on how much to spend and where that money should go. time for bold and decisive action is now. this american rescue plan act will crush the virus, ret
we have two big breaking stories at this hour. on the screen you re looking at right now this will be the announcement by robert f. kennedy junior who was an independent candidate for president. he will announce his pick for his running mate, his vise presidential candidate who will join the ticket with them as he makes an independent run for the white house chance from either of the two main candidates. we are also watching as you ve just seen we ve heard a rather lengthy statement from the ntsb just moments ago as they have updated on the bridge collapsed in baltimore, a lot of questions are still circulating this tragic situation and the search and going on for six construction workers were believed to have gone in to the water with the bridge collapsed. this is the moments of the collapse, just stunning, horrible video as we look back at the middle of the neck in baltimore and it struck and then took down all of the span of that bridge. it is just an astonishing and rea
tropical storm that could strengthen to a hurricane. we will take you to the cnn weather center for the latest. it is 10:00 a.m. in london, the final full day that people can come to pay their respects to the late queen elizabeth. public viewing is set to end at 6:30 monday morning when the queen s coffin will leave westminster hall in preparation for her state funeral at westminster abbey. those who were in the hall at 1:00 p.m. yesterday witnessed the queen s eight grandchildren holding vigil. have a look. prince william and prince harry along with their royal cousins surrounded the queen s coffin just as hair parents had done the day before. even though harry is no longer a working royal the king granted special dispensation for him to wear his ceremonial uniform and medals. also on saturday the king took some time to personally greet people waiting in the queue and to thank them for their support. as we ve been reporting global leaders are traveling to london to h
a company veteran of 17 years told a senate hearing that he was harassed and threatened after he raised concerns about the safety of the firm s planes. and former engineer ed pierson accused the aircraft giant of a cover up after a door panel blew out of a 737 max 9 jet, shortly after take off. michelle fleury was watching the hearings. this was damaging testimony for the plane maker boeing. engineer turned whistle blower sam salehpour claimed boeing used short cuts to reduce bottlenecks during the assembly of its 787 dreamliner planes. he said he faced retaliation for raising safety issues. and after the threats, and after this, you know, it s like, you know, it really scares me, believe me. but i am at peace. you know, if something happens to me, i am at peace because i feel like, by coming forward, i will be saving a lot of lives and i m at peace. another boeing engineer, ed pierson, accused the plane maker of a criminal cover up after a door blew out of a 737 max plane
we have seen that there has been - an abuse of this mediation in favour of narrow political interests. this means that the state of qatar has called for a comprehensive evaluation of its role. we are now at the stage to evaluate mediation and also evaluate how the parties engage in this mediation. european union leaders have agreed to tighten sanctions on iranian producers of drones and missiles in the wake of tehran s unprecedented attack on israel on saturday night. the president of the european council says it s important to do everything to isolate iran. tensions in the region remain high with israel s prime minister insisting his country will make its own decisions about how to respond to iran s drone and missile attack. israel s western allies fear striking back against iran could trigger a broader war. for more on qatar s role in brokering a truce between israel and hamas, i spoke to our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. qatar has played a key role along with e