Page 3 - 249000 News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Mark. it says this. nothing separates people more today than the line between those that have and have not gone to college. by giving away as much as $40,000 to families privileged with a college education, biden is benefiting the most fortunate among us at the expense of those least fortunate making existing inequalities worse. we heard the opposite of that from the press secretary at the white house who said this is super targeted to these people that need help. >> yeah, they are taking $40,000 from families who either didn't go to college or whose kids aren't going to college and giving it ...

Survey week for the government came when there were maybe 12 million people out sick or taking care of a sick relative or a kid out of school or quarantining and despite that disruption, you had an american job market that was powering ahead. the story here is that companies are hungry to hire workers. there aren't enough workers for all of the open jobs. when you look at the year, kate, really important to focus on the trend. 6.6 million jobs added in the first 12 months of the biden administration. and the make up of that job creation is changing a bit. that would, by the way, be the stronge...

The rocket power plane was flown by two veteran pilots which surpasses the 50-mile mark the u.s. government recognizes as the edge of space. the plane's success means virgin galactic could be months away from space tourists. about 600 people have reserved tickets to ride aboard the super sonic plane. would you do it? >> sure if i had the money. i'm $249,000 short. if you ever regifted a holiday present, you are not alone. even the president is guilty. his son don junior shared this family story. >> there was one christmas where he may or may not have given me the gift i had given him the yea...

Arizona. >> thank you. >> i don't think any of us will ever forget that story and their valor. again, a lot of firefighters across the western u.s. doing the same thing. >> volunteers battling fires across 12 states as we speak. there are 34 active, large wildfires right now, and they continue to burn over the western u.s. over 249,000 acres burned from these active, uncontained blazes that's continued to impact many of the states over the western u.s. and even into alaska, as well. we're not showing that on our map here, but it is an active season to say the least. to try to put it into per...

And a new reason to worry about the system that brings water to your home the american society of civil engineers infrastructure report card is giving this nation's drinking water systems a "d" grade. and that's raising questions about just how it gets fixed. let's bring in the past president of the american society of civil engineers. greg, welcome to you. look at these 249,000 water main breaks a year in the u.s.? how did we allow things to get this bad? >> well, thank you, yes, the problem seems to be from the fact that we frankly are underinvesting in our water systems in this country. to ...