And shallower seven. Zero that devastated haiti 11 years ago it is stronger but 6 miles down. Not as many predicted to be killed that there is death and devastation on an island and now fox news coverage on reaction from the haitian community and then on the tropical storms that are threatening the region but first let s go to the latest with the disaster in haiti. That struck off the haitian coast 6 miles beneath the surface we were talking about that debt very important. What you need to look out for is especially in what is relatively shallow water believe it or not at 10000 meters is the possibility of a tsunami the united states did issue a tsunami warning almost immediately but then lifted it. The reports on the ground suggest that while some coastal area was flooded it did appear to retreat so good news on that front but the second danger is that what it can do on the island itself a stranger and there things are not quite as good it was felt in the capital in fact many people i
Every single day, like i ve always done and always will. Meantime, the biden administration looking for ways to encourage more americans to get vaccinated, including pushing more companies to require employees to get the shot, this as a surge in cases linked to the delta variant continues to overwhelm hospitals, particularly in southern states. We re going to talk with a nurse on the front lines in arkansas later on in the program. And this hour president biden meeting with state, local and tribal officials from across the country to talk about what the bipartisan infrastructure bill means for their communities hours after he made another pitch for his build back better agenda. All of this as congress begins the work of putting together a $3. 5 trillion bill seeking to turn his plans into reality with senate majority leader chuck schumer making this promise. One, we are going to all come together to get something done, and, two, it will have every part of the biden plan in big in a big
Paves the way to an actual bill? let s dig deeper on all of this. I want to bring in nbc s national reporter sahil kippur, and moderator for washington week on pbs, it s friday so you better tune in. Sahil, let s talk about voting rights. Talk to us about joe manchin s compromise and whether it actually changes the prospects of something getting done here. Reporter: that s right, steph crucial offer, because if they can get that, they can say they re united and force a conversation about whether more is an option. They need 60 votes to move forward. They don t have any hope of getting meaningful republican support to advance this bill. The senate is likely to vote on tuesday. There are multiple things that manchin said that offered democratic support, including making election day a national holiday guaranteeing 15 days of national voting. Even a push for some i. D. Rules was pushed by warnock if it is designed in a way to not be restrictive or oppressive. A significant move, but democ
World, this is early start, i m laura jarrett. It s friday and i m christine romans. It s june 4th. 5:00 a. M. Exactly in new york. A republican leaders have been totally up front about their objective, stop the biden agenda. But the most critical swing vote in biden s own party is not ready to abandon bipartisanship yet. With pressure building for democrats to move ahead without republicans, west virginia senator joe manchin speaks to cnn, he s dismissing calls for a special onetime exception from the senate filibuster rules that effectively require 60 votes to pass anything including an overhaul on voting rights. Several key policy issues are in bim low in the 50/50 senate that includes the center middle east of president biden s agenda. A gigantic infrastructure package. Now, the white house and republicans are fiercely negotiating but they remain far apart so everything hinges on manchin. Democrats can t rush it with him, this he can t do it without him. Cnn s manu raju spoke with
america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: good morning on this easter monday. we have seen too much of this guy, haven t we. dana: like a bad penny. bill: i m bill hemmer, good morning, everybody. 55 years old. disbarred attorney serving a life sentence without parole in a state prison for killing his wife and son. today s hearing in federal court where prosecutors want to revoke the plea agreement on 22 federal charges to pave the way for a stiffer sentence. jonathan serry has more. he keeps reappearing in court. today alex murdaugh expected to be sentenced on 22 federal charges involving financial crimes. but prosecutors want to rescind their plea agreement which would have allowed the disbeard attorney to serve his federal sentence while currently serving a 27-year state sentence for similar financial crimes. according to their motion the government believed murdaugh had not been fully truthful as required under the plea agreement despite numerous interview sess