more now on the row over football. as you ve been hearing, the uk government has said it will do whatever it takes to prevent a breakaway european super league involving six leading english clubs. and bloomberg is reporting that uefa is in discussions with centricus asset management over a 6 billion euro financing package to overhaul its flagship soccer tournament. the idea is this will also put a stop to the new league that its creators argue will benefit football as a whole. joining me now is doctor dan plumley is a sport finance expert at sheffield hallam university. good morning to use. what do you make of these latest moves on the part of the uk government saying it will do whatever it takes, to uefa looking for a huge financial injection to revamp the champions league? injection to revamp the chamions leacue? ~ , , . champions league? absolutely, a crazy situation champions league? absolutely, a crazy situation here champions league? absolutely, a crazy situation
house correspondent kristen welker. kristen, the white house has to be very happy about this number. they are, steph. and we are efforting reaction but we know that when president biden talks a little later on this morning, he is going to tout these figures. he will likely argue they re in part, and the economy is in part being helped out by that $1.9 trillion covid relief package that passed and those $1,400 direct payments. i think more broadly you re going to hear the president defend this strategy of going big. what has been a controversial strategy for republicans who say that he s going too big, who say that all of the spending in that $1.9 trillion covid relief package is ultimately going to add to a ballooning deficit that was $2 trillion last year alone, one of the highest levels since the 1940s, steph. i think both sides will be watching this very carefully but the bottom line is this is a strong jobs report on president biden s watch. he s going to be touting tha
we begin in india where as you heard earlier india s prime minister narendra modi has announced that he will be repealing the three controversial farm laws in the winter session of parliament, following more than a year of protests against the legislations. joining me now is our corrspondent in delhi, arunoday mukharji. quite extraordinary and for many people pretty unexpected. how important is agriculture to the indian economy? the indian economy? very critical and the indian economy? very critical and this the indian economy? very critical and this was - critical and this was absolutely unprecedented. the government had made it very clear, in fact prime minister modi and senior ministers had made it clearfrom modi and senior ministers had made it clear from the beginning that there was no question about repealing these laws. they could still explore the idea of amending the laws but repealing was never on the table. they have been in place for the last one year and we
a very happy political saturday night, everyone. welcome to our very special coverage of the south carolina republican primary, i m chris hayes. i m joined tonight by my colleague, rachel maddow, and my colleague, joy reid, here with me at this table here, lawrence o donnell, 70 role, alex wagner, and ari melber. we ve got a whole gang together. across several different locations. polls will close in south carolina in just about half an hour. at seven eastern. coming up, we re going to hear from steve kornacki, out of course, the big board. we will also hear from south carolina voters out in the field, we have a lot to get to over the next few hours, in what has been a crazy last 48 hours of news. this republican primary tonight, of course, brings us back to the home state of one, nikki haley, where she was twice elected governor, at high approval ratings as such. it also brings us the moment where donald trump hoped to basically end this thing. to close the race out and co
higher taxes proposed for big companies and high earners. that revenue would fund a big federal pay raise and the largest peacetime military budget ever. republicans quick to say the proposal is a progressive pipe dream that is going nowhere fast. the president claims his plan will actually cut $3 trillion from the federal deficit. critics are saying that expiring covid-19 payments are probably to thank for that. mcconnell called it a wish list. thank goodness the house is republican. more reaction from senate republicans here. i think that what we ll be seeing is their aspirational budget if they were king of the world and could wave a magic wand, this is what they would want. they think you should give all your money and freedom in washington because they, the biden administration, knows better who you to spend it than you do. i don t agree with that. i don t suspect that we ll pay any attention to president biden s budget. julie: charles payne is here to break it dow