Children safe and healthy throughout the day. Even before covid, we knew that americans lacked access to childcare. The pandemic has only exacerbated these concerns. Until now, republicans and democrats have consistently worked together to provide additional support for childcare. Prior to the pandemic, congress had doubled funding for the Childcare Block Grant and increased funding for Head Start and preschool develop programs. In the cares act, congress divided muchneeded support for Childcare Providers and essential workers in response to covid, providing an additional 3. 5 billion dollars in funding. Last december, the bipartisan Appropriations Bill provided an additional 10 billion for childcare. Last year, democrats included 40 billion in stabilization grants in a permanent increase in childcare entitlement funding. Let me do the math. In less than 14 months, congress has provided more than 53 billion in new funding for childcare. That is more than the entire annual revenue of th
Good morning come to order today we are having a hearing on paid good morning. The Senate Health Education labor and Pensions Committee will please come to order. Today, we are having a hearing on paid family sick and medical leave and what having paid leave options would mean for workers and families across the country. I would like to thank ranking Member Burr for Hold Thing Hearing with me. And i will introduce the witnesses and senator also have five minutes for questions. I do want to walk through the Covid19 Safety protocols and i want to thank all of our staff who have worked really hard to get this set up and help us stay research and healthy. We will be conduct Thing Hearing following the same covid protocols we have used in the past, committee members are seated at least six feet apart. Some senators are participating by videoconference and while we are unable to have the hearing fully opened to the public, live video is available on our committee website. Given the new guida
race against time: the desperate search tonight for a missing submarine with just hours before the oxygen runs out. biden s tax hike: the president s next big fight to pay for his $1.5 trillion american family plan. who would see tax increases, and what s in the bill? catastrophic covid wave: india becomes the hardest hit country in the world. parking lots are being used for mass cremations. collision avoided: astronauts on a spacex spacecraft get a little too close to debris on their way to the space station. and from no chance to no-hitter: steve hartman s on the road with a young pitcher who struck out his toughest opponent. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on a busy friday night. we will begin with breaking news on the nation s only single-dose coronavirus vaccine. a panel of scientists advising the c.d.c. now says the federal gov
of a congressional subpoena. now by and large, house republicans voted to let bannon off the hook for spitting in the face of the very congress that they s.e. serve. but a small but hardy nine republicans wound up siding with the democratic majority that seven other republicans besides adam kinzinger and chaney. with that bipartisan support, the measure easily passed with 229 ayes and 202 republican no s. it came after cheney criticized the selective memories of her republican colleagues. there are people in this chamber right now who were evacuated with me and with the rest of us on that day during that attack. people who now seem to have forgotten the danger of the moment, the assault on the constitution, the assault on our congress. democratic congressman jamie raskin used his time on the floor to make clear that nobody gets a free pass after defying a lawful subpoena, stressing that the need for this investigation should be self-evident to every member of congress.
what we re learning about how quickly al qaeda is rebuilding in afghanistan. baby, can t you see o donnell: the judge rules that her father will no longer control her life. the breaking news. fuel crisis: short tempers and panic buying in the u.k. why isn t gas getting to the pumps? building explosion: multiple injuries in dallas after an apartment collapses. a step towards equality: the big announcement tonight from n.c.a.a. basketball. and, an american hero. the kansas priest who died in a prisoner of war camp 70 years ago comes home. tonight, the lives he saved. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west and thank you so much for joining us. tonight, president biden is facing one crisis after another in a week that could prove critical for his presidency and his legacy. as we come on the air, we re a little bit more than 24 hours before a potential government shutdown