Underway. President biden sitting down with House Democratic leaders, this is as Congress Pushes forward with his 1. 9 Trillion Covid Relief Package. Republicans so far have pushed back on the size and scope. They proposed less than a third of that value. But democrats do have the votes to pass their own bill. Putting the president s call for bipartisanship and unity to the test. We are also watching less than an hour from now, the white house covid19 team holds a Press Conference as we get new warnings on Coronavirus Variants rapidly spreading across the country. Lets begin with manu raju on the hill. John harwood joins us from the white house. Manu, it is really interesting, Jared Bernstein said, no, were still negotiating but still full steam ahead into not needing a single republican vote. It is unlikely that this bill will win over any republicans, certainly not any Senate Republicans based on the size and scope of the legislation. They are pursuing this morning, early this mornin
Brief so a lot more to come on that front. Also on capitol hill, democrats are moving ready to move ahead with the 1. 9 Trillion Covid Relief Package with or without republicans. President biden sat down with a group of republican senators last night for two hours to break the ice it appears on a potential bipartisan agreement. You see video from the Photo Opportunity in the oval office right there. But both sides level the room saying there wasnt a deal and no clear path really to what happens next. At the very same time, President Biden is pushing ahead today with more Executive Orders focusing this afternoon on reversing some trump era Immigration Policies. Well have more on that In A Momentch but let us start with the Impeachment Trial and donald trump and the breaking news coming from capitol hill. Manu raju has been combing through this brief, coming from the house Impeachment Managers and joining us right now. Manu, what is the case that theyre laying out against donald trump .
And yet, within an hour of uttering those comments, saying that the president should be removed from office, democrats any minute now are going to announce an update on a trade deal theyre trying to strike on the very same day theyre officially planning to impeach the president. A replacement for the nafta deal, a moment of agreement, separated just about an hour from a moment of great disagreement with consequence. Lets begin with the latest on impeachment. Cnns manu raju on capitol hill. Manu, theyve announced those two articles of impeachment, included to some degree as a pattern of behavior, so references to past instances of what they say are alleged malfeasance by the president. What happens next . Yeah, thats right. Expect votes in the House Judiciary Committee are going to happen as soon as thursday. Thats what were expecting, and a vote in the full house next week. Now, i had the chance to talk to several members of the House Judiciary Committee, who have been involved in thes
on them. the brigade had been operating in a high-intensify combat zone inside gaza on friday. the idf says the three hostages had either managed to escape or were abandoned by their hamas captors. meantime, another hostage has died while held captive by hamas, according to the israeli prime minister s office. her death means there are now 129 hostages who remain in gaza, 21 of whom have died. a source tells cnn that the head of israel s intelligence agency is expected to meet with qatar s prime minister to discuss getting hostages released. right now, families of the other hostages who remain in gaza are holding a rally in tel aviv. alex marquardt is there. how are people reacting to this accidental killing of three hostages? reporter: there s shock, sadness and so much anger. there s a lot of desire for the families and friends of the hostages for the government to are bring those hostages home as soon as possible. we just got the news of a 27-year-old who died in hamas c
Security adviserjake sullivan. Blinken told the Un Security Council on tuesday he would work with the Chinese Foreign minister to prevent the middle east conflict from spreading. But talks with china are also expected to focus on trying to solve disagreements other issues, including trade. Only this week, Tech Giant Nvidia said the Us Government has told it to stop shipping some of its advanced Artificial Intelligence chips to china immediately. The restrictions werent supposed to come into force for a few weeks. Its the latest move in the ongoing Technology Dispute between washington and beijing. Joining me now is anna ashton, us china director at eurasia group. Good morning to you. This meeting that sounds positive, but give us the latest on this trade war as were all coloured, especially when it comes to technology. I especially when it comes to technology technology. I mean, it is positive technology. I mean, it is positive in technology. I mean, it is positive in the technology. I