opinion writer at the boston globe. welcome both. garrett, hit both big issues. where are we with the latest on infrastructure talks and what are the realistic options on democrats on voting rights. i ll do the voting rights bill because it is short. there are no realistic options to move that bill through the united states senate. 50 republican votes opposed and even the usual moderate republican senators who side with democrats and other key issues like lisa murkowski and susan collins spoke out against this bill yesterday. republicans say it s a federal takeover of elections and they don t like the changes that it makes at a federal level and things like voter i.d. laws and the fcc, you name it. they re not for it unless democrats can find votes to get rid of the filibuster which we talked about ad nauseam and know they do not presently have, that bill goes nowhere. on infrastructure it s a different story although with a similar refrain. the challenge there remains what
favor of independence. of the over two million catalans have managed to cast their ballot on sunday authorities say only seven point eight percent voted no to independence people across the region are cheering but spain remains firm in rejecting the referendum as in constitutional and illegal spanish prime minister mariano hoyer denied it even happened or you know i ll be don t need it but it was no self-determination referendum in catalonia. today the spanish people saw that the rule of law in spain is strong and valid and that it answers those who try to attack it and it acts within the boundaries of the law against any provocation. and the people they provoke a few. but the prime minister came under criticism as images like these began circulating on sunday tensions escalated as police tried to prevent catalans from casting ballots the authorities smashed their way into polling stations to seize ballot boxes later catalonian authorities declared independence is at hand. bu
associated cases have been found in the u-s. with no effective vaccine to prevent the virus, an iowa research company is one of many companies trying to solve this puzzle. local 5 s claire powell is here with more. claire/bam: jack, there s a delicate balance between giving information on the zika virus and scaring people. of the two speices of mosquitos known to carry the virus, yes one is found here in the u-s and in iowa. but its the unknowns that have iowa researchers frustrated. they re trying to make an effective vaccine while educating people in the meantime. at this time last year, researchers say the zika virus was basically dorment. it feels like a mild flu, most people thats what happens and they dont know theyre infected within 10 months, that s all changed. what was amazing was there were no cases and now its over 1.5 million in brazil. its incredible, thast just from last year the virus, discovered in the 1940 s, has spread to a pandemic. recently, newlinnk
saying so long. it looks a lot different tonight than it did last night. we are covered in a whole bunch of rain snow mix. now everything right now has slid its way out of iowa, still a few maybe lingering flurries down to the south. southeastern iowa may have a few lingering rain showers, but overall other in the clear tonight, except we ve brought in a lot colder air and winds. north winds anywhere from 5 to if i have taken miles an hour. we re going to continue to be cold for the next couple couple of days. i ll have our full forecast coming up. 28-20. iowa versus nebraska. hawks win. the heroes game rivalry launched when nebraska joined in 2011. now an annual black friday tradition. local five s john schaffer will bring us complete post game coverage tonight. john. a crazy afternoon in lincoln today with that hawks win. they move to 12-0 seeking win number 13 next saturday at indianapolis in the big 10 championship, this is the most wins we saw iowa struggle on th
workers lost their jobs so far during this outbreak. there could be more economic relief coming. a senior administration official tells nbc news, president trump is planning to unveil a second task force that will be focused on how to open up the economy. but right now, there is a new battle brewing over relief on capitol hill. we saw hints of this yesterday and now it looks like the ugly politics is coming. this morning, mitch mcconnell tried to pass a bill that would add $250 billion to the paycheck protection plan which provides loans to small businesses. senate democrats blocked the move calling it a political stunt and then presented their own plan. and it includes $250 billion in new funding for small businesses, plus another $100 billion in grants for hospitals, public entities and nonprofits to cover unreimbursed health care expenses or lost revenues. and then another $150 billion for states, tribes and localities. both plans failed to pass today. i m literally talk