tragedy that is getting worse by the hour in india. some streets are now lined with make makeshift crematoriums as the count of deaths continues to surge. we ll take you live to new delhi in a moment. but first, let s get to the president s big pitch. cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is traveling with the president in georgia and cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju is getting reaction on capitol hill. kaitlan, to you first. how was the president using this trip to promote and push all that we heard in that first address to congress? reporter: well, of course, it s notable he is here in georgia, the state that has given him that slim majority that he has in the senate so he is there going speak to the carters, who he, of course, has not seen because they weren t able to attend his inauguration because of the pandemic but he ll be here hosting that drive-thru rally, touting that plan, and they ve got the signs up about the 100 days, saying the
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
we ll discuss that at length as far as what this means for the investigation into those alleged hush money payment, but, first, let s start at the white house with my colleague there phil mattingly, and, phil, just speaking of this awful, awful number here. i know that president biden, vice president harris will be making a point to honor those half million lives lost this evening. what are you hearing? yeah, look, it s a somber moment at the white house and a somber moment for the entire country, a staggering number that i don t think most people can get their heads around and that s a driving force for why president biden and vice president harris will do. they will have a candle-lighting ceremony and thereby a moment of silence and the president will give remarks and he s ordered flags to be taken down to half staff for the next five days in federal buildings and a remembrance of sorts. think back one month ago the day before president biden s inauguration standing in fr
do you know what this five years ago tonight was? what happened five years ago tonight? five years ago tonight everybody thought it was over. let me go back. five years ago tonight is when we can say nothing really started to matter. you know that old saying, nothing matters anymore? you really think the tape resonated that much? oh, my gosh. if you for what happened, we re talking about the infamous access hollywood tape. yeah. five years ago tonight. i was the person on the air saying we re waiting on a response, we re waiting on a response, we got the thing from the president or whatever. here s the access hollywood tape. we re waiting for not the president. for donald trump. he was i acandidate then. to respond, to respond, to respond. we were on air all night, waited, and then that hostage video came out, looks like he shot it in the back room at mar-a-lago or something, or at trump tower. and everyone i mean, even his own people, many of the people who
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