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American economy to a halt, suddenly. There may have been a shock that precipitated it. It still unfolded over an extended period of time where you could see it coming. This happened all at once. You have this huge shock to the system. That has led congress to say that we need to do something of a skill we have not done before. Now, the democrats in congress and republicans in congress and white house are all negotiating. Ofy want to do the same set things. There is an argument about the detail and the scale. For instance, the administration came out with a proposal that would, among other things, would give checks to every family. They wanted to do it with 1200 for each adult and 500 for each child. An just a one off of infusion of cash. Democrats wanted to do something much larger. They were talking about 2000 for each donor, maybe 2500 and doing it repeatedly over the course of however long this recession lasts. There is also a big question about unemployment insurance. You will hav
In congress and at the white house on the issue of vaping and underage use of ecigarettes. We are joined by andrew, who covers health care for cq roll call. Tell us why underage vaping became a bigger issue in 2019. Andrew i think it was a combination of factors that really drove this to the front of the policy debate this year. One was just a year over year increases in the number of teens who are reporting ecigarette use. Thats been increasing for several years, but 2019, we saw another significant increase over last year. Another was interrelated, but sort of distinct issue that we saw, starting over the summer with vaping related illnesses that were beginning to emerge, that weve now seen thousands injured and dozens dead from this. Thats related to illicit thc vaping, which is distinct from the problem of ecigarette use. But the urgency of those illnesses i think really prompted policymakers to want to respond more broadly to the vaping issues were dealing with in the u. S. Host a
good morning, everyone. it is saturday, february 11th, we re live in the cnn newsroom, and you don t have to adjust your tv, we re actually in the same set in the same place. no split screen. right. great to be with you as well. up first this hour, president biden ordering an prague to shoot down an unidentified object over alaska, an operation that he is describing as a success, and right now, there are way more questions though about what that thing was that got shot down and actual details about it, and keep in mind, this is the second time in a week that a u.s. fighter jet has taken down an object after the chinese surveillance balloon was brought down last saturday. ten miles off the coast of alaska, the federal aviation administration issuing a temporary flight restriction in the area as the military took action. officials say they don t know what the object is or who it belongs to. the white house says president biden was first briefed on the situation thursday
being told to get out. weather experts say it s been 100 years since that city was directly hit by a hurricane. and with time running out, lines for water, gas, and sandbags are getting longer. no matter ian makes landfall, fema and state officials say all of florida will feel some level of impact. predictions include a huge storm surge, inland flooding, and even possible tornadoes. the bad piece of news we got this morning is that this storm is trending to slow down which means it potentially could sit on top of us for 47 hours. cnn has more from the weather center. tom, show us the path right now. a big concern which she mentioned, sitting on top of us for so long. t it s getting stronger. the winds are up from 80 to 85 mile-per-hour, waiting for an eye to form. it will ride over cuba. look where it is now. the warmest waters in the atlantic. high octane fuel. it interwent rapid intensification which we expected, that means within 24 hours the winds increased by 35. t