No deal, 850,000 workers including members of the military will not be receiving paychecks and they may be furloughed as the unprecedented Government Shutdown goes into day three. But that could change all this morning as the senate vote is slated for noon that could determine whether the closure will end in a shortterm funding bill returning Government Employees for work at least for now. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell made the announcement on the senate floor overnight. It would be my intention to proceed to legislation that would address daca, border security, and related issues. The shutdown should stop today. Lets stop victimizing the American People and get back to work on their behalf. But even as mcconnell announced that move, Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer made sure to point out that as of right now there is still no agreement. I am happy to continue my discussion with the majority leader about reopening the government. Weve had several conversations, talks will
Tragically wrong at the ohio state fair. And a fascinating Police Bodycam video of Venus Williams moments after an illfated crash. Early today starts right now. Good to be with you. Especially on a friday morning. Im frances rivera. Im phillip mena. A late night in congress. The vote a big defeat for Senate Republicans. Really groundbreaking and pivotal and following these developments as well. Breaking overnight, the news splashed across the headlines in this country after seven years of campaigning and longheld promises, Senate Republicans have been soundly defeated in their attempt to repeal obamacare. We see Vice President mike pence there departing the capitol late into the night. Hes no longer needed to cast that tiebreaking vote after the gop plan failed 5149. Then minority leader Chuck Schumer celebrating, hugging others as he leaves the hill in the dead of night. The loss comes after republicans launched one lastditch effort to kill the bill theyve derided for so long, pared d
For a second Coronavirus Task force briefing led by the president. Like the one yesterday, this, too, will be held in the 5 00 hour. This one set to begin at 5 30, a reminder before reviving those briefings, the administration had gone nearly a week without a president ial event even focused on the virus. On capitol hill, negotiatation continue to be focused on the coronavirus, and even a deadline for the package dominated discussions between the president and republicans. Its interesting, we did learn in the last hour Mitch Mcconnell is thinking of a temporary extension of Unemployment Benefits while they negotiate Everything Else. On friday, a federal moratorium on evictions will expire. When and if it does, 12 million americans across the country unable to pay their rent will be at risk for homelessness. Let me bring in my coanchor for the hour, katy tur. Congress is not going to meet these deadlines, theyre just not. Im curious of how were going to handle this sort of uneasy no man
Average daily death toll dipped under 1,000 after topping that number multiple times last week. But while deaths are down nationally, they are spiking in certain states. According to the washington post, the average death toll over the last week reached highs in nevada, texas, mississippi and north and south carolina. On sunday, dr. Deborah birx said shes worried the rising infection rates could overtake states further north as well. Governors in kentucky, tennessee, ohio, indiana and virginia should seriously consider closing bars and limiting crowds in order to stop this spread. And finally, this could be a very big week for vaccines. Thats positive news. Today, moderna is set to begin phase three trials expanding its vaccine testing to 30,000 people. Johnson johnson also set to begin Human Vaccine trials in the United States later this week. Weve got our reporters spread out across the country this morning. Lets take you there. I want to start with some possible good news out of ari
We havent been recognized for what weve done. The numbers tell a different story, though. The United States has more than 5. 6 million coronavirus cases and is approaching 176,000 confirmed deaths. White house is also responding to joe bidens acceptance speech. Which blasted the administration for its downplaying of the pandemic. The president keeps telling us the virus is going to disappear, he keeps waiting for a miracle. Well, i have news for him no miracle is coming. Vice president mike pence said this morning that he does believe a miracle is coming, but when asked about making similar predictions in the past like saying for example fears over a spike in cases were overblown just as cases skyrocketed in june, the Vice President blamed the scientists and not the early aggressive reopening that President Trump encourage zmrd most of our scientists believed that we were we were well on our way toward lowering cases and that perhaps the coronavirus like the flu would be seasonal and t