president biden is on the road today selling his massive infrastructure plan. a proposal focused on rebuilding america s roads, rails, pipes and bridges and more. perhaps one of the few things that can bring democrats and republicans together. right? so how s that looking? 100% of our focus is on stopping this new administration. one of the president s economic advisers will join us live and i ll ask him about senator mcconnell s promise to obstruct. but first, to capitol hill, and the very public effort to purge congresswoman liz cheney from her gop leadership post. cheney has written an op-ed and she warns her republican colleagues that history is watching, that their children are watching, along with this, quote, the republican party is at a turning point, and republicans must decide whether we are going to choose truth and fidelity to the constitution. cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju is live for us on capitol hill. manu, are there any republicans publi
pelosi-schumer pay-off. democrats are now trying to ram what is a massive $1.9 trillion spending bill through the house of representatives as early as tomorrow. they want you, the american people, to believe something that is not true. they want you to believe this is an emergency covid relief package that will help we the people. nothing could be further from the truth. 9% of the $2 trillion goes towards fighting covid-19. 9%. nearly $700 billion will not even be spent for years until avenue 2022. last i checked, this is 2021. that includes billions of dollars in this bill that i don t even be spent until 2024. how is that in any way categorized as emergency covid relief? to make matters worse, the bulk of the spending bill had nothing at all whatsoever to do with getting money directly in to the hands of the american people, those that desperately need it. but per usual, joe biden seems totally unaware and totally clueless. take a look. we need congress to pass my america
democrats are now trying to ram what is a massive $1.9 trillion spending bill through the house of representatives as early as tomorrow. they want you, the american people, to believe something that is not true. they want you to believe this is an emergency covid relief package that will help we the people. nothing could be further from the truth. 9% of the $2 trillion goes towards fighting covid-19. 9%. nearly $700 billion will not even be spent for years until avenue 2022. last i checked, this is 2021. that includes billions of dollars in this bill that i don t even be spent until 2024. how is that in any way categorized as emergency covid relief? to make matters worse, the bulk of the spending bill had nothing at all whatsoever to do with getting money directly in to the hands of the american people, those that desperately need it. but per usual, joe biden seems totally unaware and totally clueless. take a look. we need congress to pass my american rescue plan that deals
now. will they include rulings on some fast track federal vaccine mandate cases. vaccines are not stopping the omicron variants from spreading. our legal-medical panel is standing by live to discuss. the search is on for new york city for two beggars who attacked and stabbed a man outside broadway in times square for refusing to give them money but we begin tonight with the ever increasing financial pressures on your pocketbook caused by the highest jump in consumer prices in almost 40 years. trace gallagher is on the case tonight. good evening, trace. good evening, economists say the math here is simple. you take massive amounts of government aid, add that to low interest rates. it equals big demand for goods and when demand exceeds supply prices go up and sure enough everything from cars, gas, food and furniture went up 7% in december compared to a year earlier and that 7% increase is the highest in 40 years. in fact, even if you take out volatile prices for things like f
work. good morning, mark. public school students are not going back to class today, city leaders and the teachers union escalate their fight over remote learning after voting to move to online after deciding the city didn t have strong enough protocol in place. it was rejected. now for a second day in a row classes are cancelled altogether. the union says they are trying to protect themselves. students and families are at risk, contracting the coronavirus. we ve been failed by the mayor and public health office. todd: lightfoot says the union s moves are illegal and urges them to return to class quickly. parents say this dysfunction is having a huge impact on their families. our children need to be in school with masks, with social distancing, they are doing everything they can to keep kids safe in school. there is no reason for them to be at home. my kids are being held hostage at home. todd: biden administration insist schools, including chicago, have funding and