Today honoring the more than 500,000 lives lost in the u. S. Due to the coronavirus biden then participated in a moment of silence standing by 500 candles outside the white house. He was joined by First Lady Jill Biden Vice President Kamala Harris send second gentleman. Doug emhoff. Good evening, everybody thanks for being with us said 9 oclock tonight, im grant lotus im Jonathan Mccall vicki enjoying the night off as the United States passes the sobering statistic this monday there is some good news on the covid front. Case is now trending downward as more americans become vaccinated but the country though still struggling to contain the threat of a new variant of the virus. Get this since january researchers say that more than half of positive cases at a testing site in the Mission District have a west coast variant of the virus. Most concerning though is that this variant is much easier to pass person to person inside of a given household. About a quarter of the people in the house.
Tonight is the voting on the biden covid relief bill. The other Breaking News of the night is that the fbi has singled out a suspect in the killing of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick in the attack on the capitol on january 6th. The fbi has found someone on video of the attack who appears to be responsible for the death of officer sicknick. We will have more details on this big break in the fbis investigation of the killing of officer sicknick after we begin with coverage of the Breaking News in the House Of Representatives of tonight. The House Rules Committee is voting right now on the 1. 9 trillion biden covid relief bill that includes an increase in the minimum wage to 15 an hour. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was disappointed in last nights ruling by the Senate Parliamentarian, Elizabeth Macdonough that an increase in the minimum wage could not be included in the biden covid relief bill as part of a Budget Reconciliation Package because of the unique Parliament Tear budget rules
Singled out a suspect in the killing of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick in the attack on the capitol on january 6th. The fbi has found someone on video of the attack who appears to be responsible for the death of officer sicknick. We will have more details on this big break in the fbis investigation of the killing of officer sicknick after we begin with coverage of the Breaking News in the House Of Representatives tonight. The House Rules Committee is voting right now on the 1. 9 trillion biden covid relief bill that includes an increase in the minimum wage to 15 an hour. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was disappointed in last nights ruling by the Senate Parliamentarian, Elizabeth Macdonough, that an increase in the minimum wage could not be included in the biden covid relief bill as part of a Budget Reconciliation Package because of the unique parliamentary budget rules of the senate, rules that do not apply in the House Of Representatives. It wasnt the first time in her career that
Jason smith see another large relief package led to a heavier burden for americans, im not trying to kill your legislation smith says the president needs to share how much stimulus from prior relief bills is left over before we use hard working american taxpayer dollars. Spend another 1. 9 trillion in stimulus funding in the meantime the administration is tackling the crisis one step at a time when the pandemic is heading in the right direction there is still much work to do. Now President Biden says he wants input from both the house. And the senate to make the plan better. Reporting live in washington, im basil john bass also whats the status of the talks about the 1400 stimulus checks that the president wants to give out. Yes, well in regards to the stimulus checks. The president has been outspoken hes due to the he does want to keep it as it is currently in his covid relief plan which would be 1400 stimulus checks going to anyone to make 75,000 or last obviously you do have some la
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