in 2020. that made it the worst year for economic growth in this country since the second world war. right now, this pandemic is shaping action in our nation s capitol as well. any minute, speaker pelosi will head to the podium, hold her weekly press briefing. the top question, where notions over another round of covid relief stand. what should be in a bill is dividing lawmakers. it s raising the prospect that democrats may have to go it alone to pass certain priorities. in a matter of hours, expect president biden will take action to expand health care access during this pandemic. the affordable care act, obamacare, the signature obama-era policy that he championed as vice president, will be the main focus we are told of this new round of executive orders. also right now, a senate confirmation hearing underway for president biden s pick to lead the department of housing and urban development. if confirmed, the challenge is keeping millions of americans from losing their home
to hospitals across the country anticipating their final. now, more on this process. reporter: hey, maria teresa. good evening to you. we are getting some new information from fedex about kind of their operations from today. what we know is that it is wheels down and then right back up. there are freight cargo airliners right behind us here with the vaccine on, and they were here earlier today. they were able to transfer over into trucks and to other airplanes and go right back up again to other hubs and other routes across the country, like we mentioned some 636 sites total. now, when it comes to all of this that goes into it, you ll see here in this footage provided by fedex, it is a very urgent process but a delicate one. each box has its own subzero housing to keep the temperature really low. it also has a tracker in it. there is security escort provided to these shipments, and of course faa is providing priority to any air flights going out that house the vaccine. and
unemployment rate holding at 3.6%. bill: that might be a bit of welcome news after wall street s worse day in two years. the dow closing down more than 1,000 points. maria bartiromo is here. we re on the air live to you and good morning. hello, bill and dagen. bill: i was watching fox business last hour. size it up? is it getting better, worse, treading water do you think? well here is the deal, bill. this is a good report. there is no doubt about it. unfortunately it is not good enough to change a narrative which has been all about inflation. here are the details. 428,000 jobs created in the month of april. much better than the expectations. we were expecting 390,000. the problem is the wages. wages were up 5 1/2% for the month of april. initially markets saw that as a positive that goes back down from the month before. in the month of march wages were up 5.6%. however, when you look at the inflation that we re talking about, inflation is running at 8 1/2%. so just d
to ukraine in a surprise visit to kyiv. and poland is welcoming millions of ukrainian refugees, but 50 years ago when the anti-semitic campaign started, we started losing friends fast. is polish generosity now a way to make up for the past? good morning, i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is showing solidarity with ukraine. and we have breaking news. house speaker nancy pelosi announced this morning a surprise visit to meet with ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy in kyiv, making her the highest ranking u.s. official to visit ukraine since russia invaded. she spoke at a news conference this morning from poland. do not be bullied by bullies. if they re making threats, you cannot back down. that s my view of it. that you we re there for the fight and you cannot you cannot fold to a bully. speaker pelosi s visit comes as congress is now considering whether to approve president biden s request for $33 billion of additional aid for ukraine
headquarters here in new york. welcome to alex reports. we have this breaking news in the war in ukraine. president zelenskyy is now confirming a un coordinated effort to evacuate civilians trapped in zelenskyy has tweeted that the first group of about 100 evacuees are now heading to a controlled area, and will eventually make their way to another city. he says that his teams are working with you and to evacuate more. russians military, meanwhile, show the president putin lied to a with ukrainians in the plant. these damages show about plant look like after weeks of bombardment from russian forces, and we are learning more about how speaker nancy pelosi s high profile visit to kyiv. she laid a congressional delegation to a meeting with president zelenskyy just moments ago. i asked congressman adam schiff what victory would look like for ukraine. i think forcing russia out, reclaiming territorial integrity. if ukraine wants to join the european union, it should be ab