President s opposition could now trigger a Government Shutdown sending the economy into a free fall. That means even more uncertainty for American Families going hungry right now and the homeless during the holidays. Yesterday also saw the second most deaths reported in the entire pandemic, and the president s sudden opposition to the relief bill has white house aides surprised and annoyed, were told. He posted this video an hour after a top aid indicated the president would sign the measure. I am asking congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low 600 to 2,000 or 4,000 for a couple. Send me a suitable bill or else the next administration will have to deliver a covid relief package, and maybe that administration will be me. No, it will not be him. He lost the election to joe biden, even though he likes to live in fantasy land. It would be funny if there werent so much at stake here. Stimulus checks, which could be sent next week, extended unemployment benefits, billion
Good morning to you. Im pamela brown. Jim and poppy are off this morning. And the clock winding down but the president ramping up the chaos in his final days at the white house, throwing the stimulus deal in doubt, asking for changes to the 900 billion covid relief bill already passed by congress. And negotiated by his own administration. What this means for millions of americans on the brink of financial crisis and how capitol hill is responding. And on the same night the president using his power to unleash a string of controversial pardons, including two for men who pleaded guilty in Robert Muellers investigation and military contractors involved in a deadly shooting of iraqi civilians. New this morning more vaccines are coming, the Administration Just announcing its buying an additional 100 million doses of Pfizer Vaccine as the nations daily death toll tops 3,000 for the fifth time this month. We are following all of the very latest. Lets begin at the white house with john harwood
Guilty as part of the mueller investigation, and four military contractors, convicted in connection to the massacre of iraqi civilians. Those contractors, part of the firm black water, which is run by eric prince, the brother of education secretary, betsey devos. Not a lot of swamp draining in that list. The president still ignoring the coronavirus, but its not going anywhere. More than 3,400 deaths reported on tuesday. Thats the second highest daily death toll since the start of the pandemic. And just ahead, were going to speak with the incoming director of the cdc. Lets start, though, with the fate of the stimulus bill. Our Phil Mattingly joins us now. And this news is so big and so confusing, phil, that we literally shook you out of bed for this morning, to answer what i think are very crucial questions. Look, there are millions of americans depending on this who want to know, what happens now, what the reaction on capitol hill is over this, and how we got here in the first place. Y
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