including the winner of the 2020 academy award, for sure documentary. this year, with some of the best films we ve ever been privileged to showcase. they tackled some of the biggest issues of the last 18 months, from democracy and covid, to race and the teaching of history. you are about to see three films here, plus my conversations with two of the directors. first up is the facility, directed by seth west lure. later in the program, you ll see mail down in dixie, and golden age karate. we hope you enjoy. [noise] my name is i am originally from honduras. my father is a citizen. my wife is a citizen. my son has been born here. my mom is a legal resident. i ve been here for 20 years. so, what is the point of ice having me here for? my name is andrea [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] covid-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. all of italy, a country of 60 million
sweeping pieces of legislation in most recent history, set to impact american life on many, many levels. by now you probably heard about the $1,400 stimulus checks, which could start going out via direct deposit next week but the bill is also expected to add 7 million jobs to the economy. it s designed to cut child poverty in half, specifically helping black and hispanic families through the tax credits and family aid and it will fund nationwide vaccine distribution that should help bring an end to this covid pandemic. to underscore that, we just learned in the last hour, the biden administration will announce plans to buy 100 million additional vaccines from johnson & johnson. we should make it clear, that while there is a lot of hope and a lot of potential surrounding the new covid bill, we will not be sure how effective it s going to actually be until it s put into action. i want to bring in garrett haake on capitol hill. also with us, chief white house correspondent for n
Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Paul manafort spent 2. 2 million on Home Entertainment technology. Including 10,000 on a karaoke system. A lot of details prosecutors packed in. We will hear more from his accountant today as they delve into his finances. Dave and kaylee. Thank you, jessica. Can the u. S. Economy keep up the pace of swift job creation . We get a look at the labor market this morning when the July Jobs Report is released. Economists are expecting 190,000 new positions. The Unemployment Rate is expected to tick down to 3. 9 . It rose in june as more than 600,000 americans got off the sidelines and entered the labor market looking for work. The big mystery has been wages. That number expected to hold steady at 2. 7 annual rate. Wages have been stuck in that range for the past three years. As the labor market tightens, wages rise, but the growth has been slow since the great recession. Wall street is looking at where the jobs are created. S
Courts been in session, julia . Reporter so court is just Getting Started behind me, hallie. They had a little bit of a delay this morning but right now were seamana for thes Defense Attorney come up to the front. Hes ready to ask rick gates more questions. On the way into court downey said they were feeling good and confident today that they are doing well in this case, especially because he is now continuing that crossexamination. It was pretty ruthless yesterday. They found gates to be someone who had a secret life. They had him detail this private flat london that he used to have an affair. Talked about stealing hundred of thousands of dollars from paul man for the. They also started asking him about like to the fbi and for some reason gates was a little squirrely on that issue. He wouldnt come out and said he did it even though thats what he pled guilty to just months ago. Theyre trying to paint someone that the jury would not believe as credible, which is key to their defense str