Of social Media Influencer we start in the us where Wall Street shares have hit new Record Highs after the senate struck a bi partisan deal for an Infrastructure Spending Bill worth 1. 2 Trillion. The eight Year Plan includes funding for roads, bridges, the power grid, Public Transport and internet. President biden has hailed the agreement, but its a Far Cry from the 2 Trillion he originally wanted and is missing the funding for his climate Agenda And Family care. From new York Samira Hussain has more. For a washington that has been mired in part as in politics, a bipartisan deal is something of a breakthrough. Although neither democrats nor republicans got everything they wanted, this package would spend billions of dollars on fixing americas roads, increasing Internet Access across the country and building more electric charging stations. The biggest Sticking Point was how to pay for the deal. Republicans made it clear they would not support increases to the corporate Tax Rate and in
Confidence and delight. As our lawmakers daily receive your wisdom from devotional time with you, permit your peace that exceeds anything we can understand to guard their hearts even during turbulent seasons. Lord, use our senators for your glory, empowering them to stay productive throughout days of their lives. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , may 11, 2021. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable raphael g. Warnock, a senator from the state of georgia, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed patrick j. Leahy, president pro tempore. T
Announcing stage iv lung cancer diagnosis. His wife katherine broke the news of his passing on his radio show. From today on, there will be a tremendous void in our lives and on the radio. I would personally like to thank each and every one of you who rallied around rush when he needed you the most. Carley donald trump awarding the media icon the president ial Medal Of Freedom at the state of the Union Address one day after revealing his cancer diagnosis. The former president reflecting on that moment yesterday. It was an idea that we had that a lot of people suggested to me, it was an amazing night because republicans went wild and the democrats sat there but they are respected rush. One of the great orders of his life. Reporter the Rush Limbaugh show began in 1988 and grew to be the most listened to radio show in the country attracting 27 Million People per week. His voice even influencing the nations most prominent lawmakers. I was inspired to go into Conservative Talk radio in the
Potential changes or at least activist campaign at intel third point calling the chipmaker to explore Strategic Alternatives then, green light for astrazeneca and oxfords covid19 vaccine in the uk the country deals with another surge of cases and new variant of the coronavirus and finally, futures pointing to a higher open this morning as david mentioned, the dow, the s p and nasdaq closed lower for the first time in several sessions yesterday and lets start there, of course, with those markets as mike just mentioned, futures indicating stocks near record highs in todays session as we do count down the end of 2020. Thankfully i think most people would say, mike, at this point, but we rely on you to sort of give us the highs and the lows there have been plenty of highs as we end the year here when it comes to the markets perhaps unexpectedly given where we were some seven, eight months ago. Yeah, almost completely unexpectedly, i guess, by most observers. What is interesting about exist