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might you go about paying for some or all of that. democrats right now are talking in part about potentially raising taxes on both the highest of earners and on corporations as well. the white house press secretary, jen psaki, was asked today if theres any concerns about raising taxes and whether or not that could be a drag on the economy. >> the president remains committed to his pledge from the campaign. nobody making under $400,000 a year will have their taxes increased. his priorit...

and the $15 minimum wage that the house voted to include in the covid relief bill. but even with democrats in control, the possibility of any of this becoming law is nowhere near guaranteed. and without a change to the filibuster, much of this progressive to-do list will die. joining me now is senate majority leader chuck schumer of the great state of new york. leader schumer, thank you very much for coming to "the sunday show." >> good to be with you, jonathan. >> the old days back in...

join a majority of the overall delegation from new york calling for cuomo to step down. front page of huffington post tonight, its over. photo is odd series of reuters photographs taken at governors mansion from a distance. seen walking around talking on cell phone wearing a blanket. also in company of really amazing looking good dog. why the governor is wearing a blanket, nobody knows. news of senator schumer and senator gillibrand joining the pile on and demanding cuomos resignation ...

all my colleagues at networks of nbc news, good night. a busy friday and busy friday night in the news tonight. new york governor andrew cuomo in water that appears to be getting deeper and hotter all the time. after the publication of a long investigative piece by rebecca traister in "new york magazine" today, reporting on litany of women who worked for him say hes behaved inappropriately in the workplace. botham u.s. senators from new york, senate majority leader chuck schumer and ...

theyll be getting that check soon either by direct deposit or a check from the treasury, and theyre going -- some will get it as early as this weekend. the moment of jubilation came just one day after the presidents first prime time address where he set some bold new goals for vaccine distribution and the path to recovery. >> ill direct all states, tribes and territories to make all adults, people 18 and over eligible to be vaccinated no later than may 1. i need every american to do ...

kind, mental relief. not everyone is able to breathe easier as questions over whether americans who needed help, the most will get it. well already know that black americans are not getting the vaccine in a way thats proportionate. coming up, well talk to a doctor who says its not just fear widening that gap but lack of communities having access that they never had it to begin with. i also get into a gap in priorities in washington because even with his response getting high marks from...

insanity of mass and very corrupt mail-in voting, mail-in university so its very, very bad. you automatically fraud. its a disgrace surprise. >> thats a disgrace that piece. now, counting on and thank you for watching news night. laura coates live will start right now. >> the verdict may have been against donald trump, but some images gop are now trying to put attorney general merrick garland on a kind of trial. >> and were just minutes away from the us mexico border, shutting down the...

adding to the more than 532,000 deaths and more than 29 million cases so far. five hours from now, the president will give his first prime time address to the nation from the white house. we have special coverage spanning two continents throughout this entire hour, beginning with nbc news correspondents, kelly odonnell covering the white house, sarah harmon in munich, germany, and joelene kent in los angeles. ill begin with you at the white house. the president signed the american resc...

the biden administrations repeatedly denied that theres a crisis at the border despite the commander in chief requesting backup. >> john: texas governor greg abbott will join us live for an exclusive interview later in the show to talk about what he is seeing in his state. >> sandra: in just a moment we will be speaking about joe bidens policies pushing the district he represents to the breaking point. >> john: greg, whats the latest from where you are? >> reporter: were here at the po...

have much of a future, in donald trumps republican party. welcome to tuesday, it is meet the press daily, im chuck todd. president biden approaches the halfway mark in his first 100 days in office. facing a prior of different crises thats going to test his presidency in different ways, facing tremendous pressure to keep the momentum going on what is clearly an improving covid outlook. to hold the positive trends that were seeing. cases going down, deaths going down, hospitalizations ...