Ticked down to 6. 2 . It is happening on the very same day the senate is set to kick off debate on that 1. 9 Trillion Covid relief bill. Theyre scheduled to gavel in any second now. Amendments come next, starting at noon, a Process Republicans intend to make as long and difficult as possible. That effort actually began yesterday when republican senator ron johnson forced clerks to read the bill on the senate floor. The 628page bill, a process that ultimately took almost 11 hours. Wrapping up just after 2 00 a. M. This morning. It wont stop the bill from passing but it might end up delaying financial help, desperately needed financial help for millions of americans who continue to struggle. Even with the good numbers out this morning weve still got about 10 million americans that are on unemployment and many more that arent collecting benefits. Just ahead the director of the White House Economic Council brian deese will be joining me to tell me what these numbers tell us about where the
Has a long way to go. Republican senator mike braun of indiana is live in a moment to talk about it all. Plus the new details on a story breaking overnight, a man who worked in the Trump Campaign and administration now arrested in connection to the capitol riot. What we know about the case against the onetime state Department Aide and the new lawsuit just filed related to that insurrection. Im Hallie Jackson in washington with a lot to get to on this friday morning. Im joined by Nbcs Leigh Ann Caldwell on capitol hill, Kelly Odonnell at the white house and our business and Tech Correspondent jo ling kent as well. Leigh ann, it was a very late night overnight, the dramas, the delays expected to stretch into today as well. Whats happening on the floor now and what can we expect next . Reporter hallie, right now theyre starting that 20 hours of debate on this Covid Relief Bill, but that is going to go much shorter. Both sides have agreed to about three hours of debate. Then around noon to
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Six weeks until the voting begin, sanders sits on top of the polls in iowa and other voting states. his supporter s loyalty has made him a contender with 60% of the democratic iowa caucus-goers saying their support of the vermont senator is locked in. according to the latest des moines register poll. this could result in a strong showing for sanders at the february caucus where candidates must receive at least 15% of support at a caucus site in order to collect the state s, or the site s share of delegates. still ahead, president trump in search of positive news during the whole impeachment process finds what he is looking for in the stock market. the stories driving your business day, straight ahead. i am all about living joyfully.
That s thousands of kids learning to love ience. isn t that cool? and that s pretty cool. good morning, everyone. it s saturday, january 21st. i m alisyn camerota. let the voting begin. you re about to take a look does it get more exciting? this is a live look at one of the polling places in south carolina where voters are already casting ballots. look, there goes another one right now. this, of course, is historic. it could be very historic. republican presidential candidates newt gingrich and rick santorum are going to join us live in just minutes to talk about it. the video didn t quite do it justice. it is exciting and one of the first snowstorms of the season hitting the northeast. mother nature also creating a major mess all over the country including tornado threats in south carolina as those voters