During that time the senate passed something which might indicate that what joe biden planned to do, he might just get done. And the results have the potential to be big. Maybe historically big. So, in the wee hours of the morning, the senate approved a $3. 5 trillion budget resolution. The measure passed by a 50/49 party vote. Only democrats voting. But for this they don t need republicans. Now, this was the first step toward final passage of a spending plan that would allow democrats to make mammoth investments in fighting the climate crisis, health care, education stuff, it would increase taxes, we should note, on wealthy americans and corporations. And the vote for the resolution comes just after the president scored a companion victory, which is senate passage of that bipartisan infrastructure bill, the trillion dollar one. Let s bring in cnn s john harwood live at the white house. Look, still, still steps that need to be taken here for this to move forward and be a success. But,
for free lunch today. the teachers are at home. teachers refusing to return to the classroom until the omicron surge ends or new safety measures are put in place. but wait, they told us they have a 90% vaccination rate. they told us that remote learning has a negative impact on children s mental health. the science has told us that part. in fact, in this first week of the year, we re seeing more school districts across the nation going backwards to remote learning. the american federal teachers union president tweeted this. we know kids do better in person but the spike is real. we need adequate staff and the safety measures in place including testing, masking, ventilation. there is a lot of stress. now, that s odd because in illinois, for example, schools got billions of federal dollars for all of that. what did they do with the money? and president biden is also making that point. president biden: i believe schools should remain open. you know, they have what they need be
year s eve celebrations. the annual times square celebration in new york city is for now a go. the fda has authorized two new at-home tests, but for now the demand for testing is drastically outpacing supply. many hospitals are maxed out with large portions of staff out sick themselves. states like georgia and ohio are the latest to activate the national guard for help. some experts say this is the new reality for the foreseeable future. everything we re going to do right now will be imperfect. just accept that right now. we don t know a lot of the things we wish we knew, but what we do know and is emerging is this country will be in the soup in the next few weeks. with so many cases in so many locations, we ll see critical infrastructure as well as health care challenged. one of those big challenges is a rise in pediatric cases. more than 300 children being admitted to the hospital nation wild for covid every day in the last two weeks, just 2% below the peak in september
easier said than done when planed are packed and tempers are frayed. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. the exodus is on and the tensions are running high. hillary? hi, neil. another factor in this has been the rise of the covid variant omicron. some feared that omicron would be a grinch crushing the christmas spirit of holiday travelers this season. twice as many passengers are expected to take to the friendly scares compared to this time last year. last friday and saturday, 4.3 million people traveled through checkpoints around the country. that is compared to a total of two million that travelled the same days last year. even with a new variant on the rise, a lot of people we talked to traveling today say they still feel safe. doesn t scare me at all. it s not stopping me from traveling. i travel a lot. i m comfortable. would you do anything differently to prepare in light of omicron spread something. not really. i follow the rules. i go
no. always have good lunches, good discussions. martha: good lunch, good discussion. there s joe manchin. meanwhile, from cnn to the new york times, there s open discussion about who would do better in the white house. all along, the polls on this build back better bill, which is what they re looking at manchin for have told the white house this same thing for months and months. 74% of voters say that bbb would push inflation higher or wouldn t make a difference. katie pavlich is standing by. first, david asman. great to have you with us. makes you wonder why they haven t switched gears here. we re going to talk about a way that they re trying to switch gears right now. look at the polls. they ve been consistent four or five months in the way the public views the bill and what kind of positive impact they may have. remember, they said there wasn t any inflation. it s kind of like crime. at first they tried to see don t believe your own lying eyes. they tried to get aw