The biden American Rescue plan. The next will be recovery. We call it reconciliation. Theres nothing in reconciliation that precludes republicans from voting for it. Good morn, everybody. Im tiffany cross, and we have a lot of news to get to this morning on Cross Connection, so strap in. President bidens 1. 9 trillion rescue plan is on a fast track to approval after the house and Senate Passed a Budge Bill Yesterday and democrats pretty much tossed the deuces to the republicans warning they maybepass them altogether. Its good news for struggling americans who cant even afford to put gas in the car or go to a job they no longer have. Meanwhile capitol hill is preparing for Donald Trumps second Impeachment Trial to kick off on tuesday. And at least as of this morning, it looks unlikely that a minimum of 17 republicans will vote with the dems to convict trump. Now, the irony doesnt even seem lost on them that as they make these bow was calls for unity, theyre increasingly unwilling to hol
the d.o.j. indicting the president s son on nine new tax charges, three are felonies. a maximum prison sentence of 17 years. you ve already made it. it s friday. dana has the day off today. she drew the good straw. i m bill hemmer live in new york. welcome back. martha. martha: two more hours and it is good to be with all of you and bill with you. i m martha maccallum. this is america s newsroom on a friday. there is a lot popping this friday morning. bill: the list is pretty interesting. we were talking about it. martha: getting ready for your morning coffee and how hunter spends his money. it centers on a four-year period where he failed to pay his taxes and most of you pay your taxes but he went several years according to this indictment, if everything is in it turns out to be factual. so he spent a lot of money. look at line number two, various women $683,000. adult entertainment at the bottom $188,000. that was more expensive than his legal fees. bill: if you r
They write, vladimir putin hoped that invading ukraine would make it splinter. this is a reminder that the bloc s growth is a response to and not the cause of russia s aggression. finland and sweden wouldn t be alliance free loaders. their strategic location in the baltic sea could be critical in a wider conflict with russia. finland already punches above its weight militarily and sweden can announce its defense spending increases. a secure europe serves american interests. joe, i just wonder, does it, or does it ratchet up thetension? the white house as well as most allies understand nato makes all the difference in the
That would be necessary in all of these states that are now going to go forward with voter i.d. we cannot let the coalition fall apart now. right. what did not happen this week is that the supreme court did not say we re for equality for lgbt individuals but not for these other groups. no, they gutted the power of the federal government to protect anyone s equality. it s good for this progressive coalition. we have to keep this coalition together and not let it splinter. certainly with civil rights actions and the progress we ve made on that front, it didn t do away with racism. this won t do away with homophobia in this country. melissa harris-perry, thank you for being on. it s been an epic hour. it has. to close it out with you is like dessert. thank you so much. we can always see melissa on her own show, melissa harris-perry every saturday and sunday morning right here on msnbc. nerd land all the way. that s going to wrap things up for me. thanks so much for your time. th