learning about history. we begin tonight with this image. joe biden is a devote catholic, the second in the nation s history to become president. the first jfk and today biden met with pope francis at the vatican and listen to what was discussed. can you address the climate in build back better? yes. what did you discuss about climate and build back better with him? yesterday, president biden announced a frame work on a pair of spending bills including an impressive $555 billion to combat climate change as the atla atlantic pointed out it will be a concentration of new and federal initiatives since lyndon b johnson with great society programs in the mid 1960s. here is the thing, what biden is trying to do is ambitious. it especially amounts to fdr plus eisenhower plus obama moon shot at once but the two bills being discussed are not created equal. on one side the bill is a much needed infrastructure and biden said help us to be more competitive. by itself, it will l
nations have in the wake of the pandemic and the effect that had worldwide. so it is going to be a little bit of both when they get behind closed doors. of course we will not see much of this meeting because of how they have curtailed the press coverage of this. typically you would see them going in to meet, saying their hellos and then the press will leave the room. we won t have that moment today of course, chris. great insights. thank you very much, caitlyn. both men were unlikely choices for leadership. now here they are. how can they help each other in this meeting, father beck? well, it s interesting. i think they are both facing similar object ta cals. there is this faction in the catholic church and politically here in the country. in a sense i see them as allies in that. pope francis has been critiqued by right-wing media. he has come back at them for the critique. we have seen great division with the recent election of the country of those who are saying the ele
caregivers, school staff and children have been waiting for today s authorization, vaccinating younger children against covid-19 will bring us closer to returning to a sense of normalcy. this is for the same age range that s been under discussion, kids 5 through 11. the schedule suggests that children could begin getting the shots by as soon as wednesday. this is good news for many families. experts see a path for covid to join the long list of vaccines that kids take when they go to school, like measles, mumps, otherwise obviously bad things as schools require vaccination against. the history is that includes schools in very republican areas, just like democratic ones. while there are things that people can debate in this pandemic era liberty, consequences, tradeoffs the fact is, if you are watching this news right now in america and this is the live real news, then you re living in a society that has long used these vaccine rules to keep people safe. for many decade
behind bars. that sham trial starting today. plus, the ceo of my pillow still propping up fox with his ads. so how much money has mike lindell poured into the fox empire? it s a you ll see first outfront. and a chilling discovery. the fbi arresting a man for trying to bring an explosive onto a plane. the explosives were said to be lining or hidden in the lining of his suitcase. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, taking it directly to putin. russian soldiers whose comrades are dying en masse are tonight appealing directly to the russian president for help. translator: our command has replenished our unit with new mobilized six times now. this is evidence of the incompetence of our superiors and of the whole unit. please help. there is nowhere else to turn. just to break that down, these mobilized men are saying that their unit has been replenished six times. think about all that death. it is horrific. and what is most signifi
an explosive device with two fuses found hidden in the lining of checked baggage. the man accused of trying to get through airport security arrested. severe storms even tornadoes forecast in the southeast, well a state of emergency declared in parts of snow packed california. plus, the big green reason why fox news can t quit the my pillow guy, even as he continues pushing bogus election lies. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, federal agents have arrested a pennsylvania man for allegedly trying to bring explosives in his luggage on a flight to florida. authorities say 40-year-old mark motley was arrested at his home on monday night, after security agents had flagged his checked luggage early in the day. cnn s evan perez has details. according to the fbi, he checked the bag and in the process, the routine screening that was happening by the tsa, they found explosives in this checked bag. according to the fbi,