relationships and shine the light on the plaque of iraqi christians. translator: we are gathered in this cathedral of our lady of salvation, hallowed by the blood of our brothers and sisters who share the ultimate price to fidelity to the lord and to the church. always here to start this saturday with you, it is march 6th, i m victor blackwell. good morning, everyone, i m amara walker in today for christi paul. right now, senators are working. live pictures here, they re working on president biden s $1.9 trillion bill. it s getting closer. the process under way right now known as voterama almost fell apart due to a nearly 12-hour delay, the surprise road block with senator joe manchin who faced off with democrats on enhanced unemployment benefits. senator manchin is back on board on extending through september 6th. now republicans are running out of options to stall voting, forced to keep going after democrats refused to call it a night. now that this agreement
a shot of capitol hill there. new this morning, president biden s $1.9 trillion rescue bill is moving 0 ton the senate after the house passed it overnight. no republicans voted for the bill. two democrats aopposed too. the house package includes $1400 direct checks to people making less than $75,000 a year. direct aid to small businesses, an increase in the child tax credit, direct funding to state and local governments, funding for schools, more money for vaccine distribution. seven more steps in place here before the bill heads to the president. unemployment benefits, help for small businesses, they will lapse soon. there s still significant disagreement between parties on how much to spend and where that money should go. the time for bold and decisive action is now. this american rescue plan act will crush the virus, return children safely to school, support vaccinations, put dollars in family s pockets and put people back to work. we are holding our kids back. thi
oregon joined all republicans in voting against the package. among the ma items in the vital assistance bill, the sixth round of aid so far. payments to qualified families, increased unemployment benefits, increased assistance to small businesses. billions of dollars to ramp up covid-19 testing and vaccine distribution and to help schools reopen in-person learning. it also raises minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 over the course of four years, however, that specific provision will not pass the senate for a variety of reasons. some which are political and some are due to mundane news. president biden will be speaking live. we ll join him when that happens. joining me now the author of the huddle newsletter. good morning to you. good morning. we know the provision for minimum wage is set to be stripped out of the package. the senate parliamentarian said it can t happen. other than that, what other changes to this bill passed last night are we expecting to run into problems a
covid relief package passes the house. if we act now, decisively, quickly and boldly, we can finally get ahead of this virus, we can finally get our economy moving again. chris: but democrats face a big setback in their bid to boost the minimum wage. we ll discuss the critical week ahead with white house press secretary jen psaki. plus, the president takes his first military action as commander in chief, ordering an airstrike on iranian-backed militias. we re joined by senate intelligence committee chair mark warner. then, mr. biden s moves on immigration face sharp pushback as he stamps out trump s policies. we ll ask our sunday panel about the new crisis on the border. chris: and power player of the week, a 12-year-old whiz kid on his way to college. all right now on fox news sunday. muck chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. the center of the political universe today is orlando, florida, and the annual conservative gathering at cpac. while a p
john: at this is today s new york post cover after his apology over the weekend and he said he was sorry if any of his jokes were misinterpreted. sandra: a brian yoon a slide from brooklyn with the very latest on what we are learning. he authorized the letitia james to launch an independent investigation into his conduct. but that was only after cuomo tried to control who would investigate him. he first recommended that a federal judge with close ties to his closest advisors would do the investigation, and then he recommended a joint investigation by the attorney general and a chief judge who cuomo himself appointed. he relented only after the ag james publicly demanded she run the show. his former eta, 25-year-old charlotte bennett said cuomo made inappropriate remarks which made her feel horribly uncomfortable. cuomo issued a lengthy apology which said in part, i acknowledge some of the things i have set have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation to the exte