the question is, is the brokerage app ready to reverse that decision? plus, democrats prepare to move forward with the president s economic aid package, but with the plan struggling to win the support of republicans, the question is, will democrats try to pass it without them? and capitol security. an arrest near the capitol yesterday shows why lawmakers continue to fear for their own safety. the question is, should the people s house be behind a fence? it s way too early for this. good morning! and welcome to way too early, the show that s kind of wondering if it s just safer to keep the money under the mattress. i am kasie hunt on this friday, january 29th. we will start with the news. democrats are making plans to push through the president s nearly $2 trillion economic aid package with or without republican support. speaker nancy pelosi says the house will lay the groundwork next week for what s called reconciliation, and that process would let them pass th
the big silicon valley tech companies had a hugely successful 2020, prompting more questions about their overwhelming dominance in financial and business terms. from san francisco, james clayton reports. there have been winners and losers from this pandemic, and some of the biggest winners are also some of the richest companies in the world, based around san francisco. take here at apple, last week, the company posted record quarterly sales of more than £80 billion. at that rate, during this 2.5 minute news report, apple will have done $1.5 million worth of sales. big tech has had an astonishingly profitable pandemic. we all turned to technology more during the pandemic. it s as simple as that. we were doing more things online than ever before, from gaming to shopping, to seeing our doctor, you know, they re not charities. laughter you know, they are making money out of, you know, what they re enabling. but some believe that making so much money at a time of economic hardshi
as chief executive of amazon, the e commerce giant that he founded in his garage nearly 30 years ago. and captain sir tom moore the war veteran who raised tens of millions for charity during the first lockdown has died at the age of 100. hello to you. women in china s so called re education camps have been systematically raped and tortured, according to firsthand accounts obtained by the bbc. it s estimated more than a million men and women have been detained in the camps, which china claims are education centres to de radicalise uighurs and other muslim minorities. 0ur correspondent, matthew hill, has spoken to severalformer detainees and workers. you may find some of their accounts distressing. tursanay is reliving a story she can barely bring herself to tell. she was held one of xinjiang s so called re education camps. these satellite images show the site were she says she was held, sharing a cell with 13 other women with a bucket for a toilet. and she s haunted by one
this morning a new york times report reveals u.s. intelligence provided to ukrainian forces is helping them kill russian generals, according to senior american officials. ukrainian officials say they have killed roughly 12 generals on the front lines. the times report adding officials say the u.s. is not providing intelligence on the most senior russian leaders. a spokeswoman for the national security council provided a statement to nbc news in part, quote, the united states provided battlefield intelligence to help ukrainians defend their country. we do not provide intelligence with the intent to kill russian generals. moscow has also responded, saying it is, quote, well aware of the sharing of information and said nato and ukraine are not able to prevent russia from achieving its goals. meanwhile on the ground in ukraine, a final battle for mariupol is currently inside that steel plant with some civilians still stuck inside. tonight first lady jill biden begins her tr
america s new viral hero. and his cousin who today spotted the new york city subway shooting suspect. and jared kushner dubious deal with saudi arabia. the crowned prince giving him $2 billion. are there no rules left? it s been another day of intense shelling in ukraine. second largest city kharkiv bombarded with another strike as russia s brutal aggression shows no sign of letting up. in just a few moments i ll speak with the former adviser to ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy about what his country needs to survive. first, we re 205 days away from the midterm elections here at home. and there s really no way to sugar coat this. the democratic party looks like it s headed for an absolute blood bath in 2022. approval rate hitting an all time low. 33% of americans approve of the job performance. at the same time in trumps presidency, his approval rating was 39%. another poll found on a congressional ballot, republicans had a six point lead over democrats. that s not t