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Tens of millions of parents will get their first child tax credit payment today. if you file your taxes electronically, that money will be directly deposited into your account. if you mail in your return, you should get a check within the next several days. president biden touting this piece of his american rescue plan. >> this has the potential to reduce child poverty in the same way that the social security reduced poverty for the elderly. millions of children and their families starting today, their lives are about to change for the better. our country will be better off for it as well. thi...

Stood-down workers are organising for their rights. Photo: Isaac Nellist Workers at Annette Kellerman Aquatic Centre (AKAC) in Marrickville have taken action after being stood down without pay at the beginning of the lockdown. The workers, who are members of the United Workers’ Union (UWU), held two actions, a speak-out outside the pool on July 8 and an online community rally on July 10. See also At the speak-out, workers called for paid pandemic leave for all and held signs that demanded casual workers be “kept afloat”. All staff at the centre have been stood down without pay. Full...

Developing at this hour, a rocky day on wall street. u.s. stocks down sharply as fears over the delta variant and a slowing economic rebound rattle investors. cnn business writer matt eagan joins me now with more. matt, the concerns about the delta variant have been around for a few weeks, why is it affecting today's market? >> there's no question this red-hot stockmarket is starting to cool off a little bit, and the delta variant covid is why people are concerned. this is covid-19 on steroids, twice as effective. tokyo has issued now restrictions regarding the olympics. remember, investors ha...

Is busy. the tsa reports it screened more than 10 million airline passengers over the 4th of july holiday weekend. >> monday was the third busiest day in more than two years. last thursday and friday were bigger and busier than they were pre-pandemic, but travelers have been plagued by delays and cancellations. the increased demand putting stress on airlines that were forced to cut back on staff at the height of the pandemic. now, the spike in travel is also impacting oil and gas prices. they are soaring after key producers could not agree on plans to increase production. >> so gas in the u.s....

Different approach but the message will be the same, which is that high and oil prices, it is not good for anyone. >> matt eagan, thank you very much. >> thank you, guys. renowned journalist nicolle hannah jones has declined the university of north carolina's offer of tenure and she is instead accepting a faculty role at howard university. her tenure was initially denied by the board of trustees. >> she won the pulitzer prize for her work on the 1619 project which examines the consequences of slavery in the united states. that project has been attacked by conservative critics and politicians...