The news to know for Friday, November 19th, 2021!
We'll tell you about a new nonpartisan report into Democrats' $2 trillion social spending bill and how lawmakers are expected to vote on it today.
Also, a case that got the attention of celebrities, politicians, and spiritual leaders. What happened to a man on death row.
Plus, how American automakers are now dealing with a global chip shortage, the most and least reliable cars for 2022, and how Nike is joining the metaverse.
Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!
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Today is Friday november. Nineteen will tell you, but a new non partisan report into Democrats, two trillion dollar social spending bill and how lawmakers are expected to vote on. It today also a case that got the attention of celebrities, politicians and spiritual leaders. What happened to a man on death row
plus how american automakers are now dealing with a global chip shortage, the most and least reliable cars for twenty twenty two.
and how nike is joining the metaverse. Welcome. Welcome,
But that is worthy of today's news. In around ten minutes, fast, fair fund and on the go.
America Mandy thanks so much for being here, you're ready. Let's do this
after months of negotiating. It looks like lawmakers
The capitol hill are finally ready to vote on democrats, massive social spending and climate bill. This is the one that costs close to two trillion dollars and includes things like universal pre k, more affordable home care for seniors tax.
Tax breaks to encourage cleaner energy and electric vehicles and a lot more. If this passes, it would also raise taxes on some.
genes and the richest americans. The house is finally scheduled to vote on it. This morning. Lawmakers were actually supposed to vote on the bill last night, but the top republican in the house made sure that did not happen. Minority leader, Kevin Mccarthy spoke on the house. Floor
more than four hours until most lawmakers had cleared out of the chamber. That said, it might have given lawmakers more time to read a new influential report that could impact their votes. The non partisan congressional budget office just put out a report yesterday that found the Democrats bill would add three hundred and sixty seven billion dollars to the? U s deficit over the next ten years, but the white house still says this bill would actually lower the deficit
That's because there's one thing the scipio did not take into account that the bill includes more money for the irs to crack down on tax cheats and the violent administration says the aid,
as the eighty billion extra dollars for the iris will end up bringing in another four hundred and eighty billion dollars in owed tax revenue. Democrats are accepting that explanation, calling the bill fully paid for
are taken the ceo at its word, so they still say the bill is too expensive that will make inflation worse and slow. The economy is growth, and with that, today's vote is still expected to fall largely along party lines, with most democrats for it and most, if not all, republicans against it. Since democrats have a majority in the house is still expected to pass
I did the pass and, if it does, it will then go to the senate. Their senators are likely to make changes to the bill and negotiate it for weeks, so stay tuned.
for the first time
five years the white house hold a summit for the leaders of north america. President Biden met with canadian prime minister
oh and mexican president undress manuel lopez. Oberdoffer
they spoke about everything from trade to climate change, to cover nineteen to immigration. The leaders agreed to create a group to address supply chain issues and they promised to share vaccines. But tough questions like what to do about us of migrants. At the: u S, mexico border went unanswered
Still, they promise to keep the dialogue open. A man who has been on death row for the past twenty years was just hours away from being executed when his sentence was changed. The change happened after a huge campaign that drew, and not only lawyers and advocacy groups, but celebrities, athletes, politicians and christian leaders so to explain how we got here. Let's start at the beginning, back and ninety ninety nine Julius jones was a nineteen year old student at the university of
alma when he was arrested for murder, but he had alibi and always insisted he was innocent jones in his lawyers have raised a lot of issues with
have raised a lot of issues with the case like alleged misconduct by prosecutors and a racial by us among his jury, plus they say new evidence.
Confirms another man admitted to the murder. Jones got more attention. A few years
It's called the last offence featured his case. More than six and a half million people signed an online petition
fine petition recently asking oklahoma governor to prevent his execution. Hundreds of students walked out of school to protest in support of jones. Several celebrities. Like reality, shark kim kardashian west actress, carry washington basketball.
washington, basketball, player staff, curry and more publicly came to joneses defence and christian pastors called on people to boycott oklahoma. If the execution really happened well yesterday, just before Jones was set to be put to death, obama's governor did reduces sends to life in prison instead of the death penalty, many have joneses supporters supporters.
Oh braided, but not everyone is happy about the decision of the homeless attorney general says the governor should have trusted the work of the investigators, prosecutors, jars and judges who all decided jones was guilty, plus there's the family of the man who was murdered all those years ago. They say they believe Jones did it and that all this attention has caused them even more pain. Meanwhile, joneses family says, though, keep fighting
until he has totally free to be continued. The irs is now focusing a lot of effort on cyber crimes, patience. He put out a report this week. That says it sees three and a half billion dollars worth of crypto currency in the last year. The money was all linked to scams. Tax fraud, money laundering
and crypto currency made up. Ninety three percent of all the assets, the irs tracked down, one top iris, investigator, told Bloomberg. He expects this trend to continue next year and next year,
in launching a new data centre in northern virginia to specialise in this. The irs also just got some new help from congress. The bipartisan infrastructure package, the just past, requires crypto trading platforms to report transactions to the ira.
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Detroit two biggest automakers are handling a global chip shortage by designing their own first ford says it has an agreement with computer chip, manufacture, global foundries that may lead to joint chip production here in the? U S, general motors also says it's working alongside some of the biggest names in the industry like qual com to co, develop and manufacture its own computer chips remembered the computer chips. Shortage has been going on for more than a year now, and it's especially taken at all on the auto industry, even if people want to by certain cars automakers are having a hard time producing as many as they want. Yet, the demand for these computer chips is only increasing. Cars are becoming more and more sophisticated, so they use chips for everything from touch screens to software. In fact, one for it executive, said
Peter power is the new horse power and a gm exec expects cars to use double the number of semi conductor chips in the next several years. Oh and one we're note, Bloomberg is reporting that apple wants to launch a self driving electric vehicle of its own in twenty twenty five and that it would use a custom chip designed by its teen. But at this point, apple is not saying anything about
But at this point, apple is not saying anything about what is the most
according to the auto reliability, two put together by consumer reports, its toyota luxury brand lexus Mazda, which had the top spot for twenty twenty one came in second, this time and toyota rings third, but brands with a lot of the newest ranks. Third, but brands with a lot of the newest, specifically like tesla, landed near the bottom of the ten specifically consumer reports called twenty model, two one of the ten least reliable vehicles, rear halfback climate, twenty two citing issues with very paint spot stripping, rear, lincoln climate system and more but the very bottom spot categories using lincoln. You can check out that list and the different categories using the links in our episode, its stores, health is planning to close about ten percent of stores around the country. The drugstore chain said three hundred stores next spring each year for the next three years:
since one population changes or as one alice put it too many stores are overlapping with each other and to customers, buying habits or, in other words, more people buy online. Now the company wants to become more of a destination, so, while CBS is cutting back on the number of stores, it's actually expanding the types of healthcare services it offers. The stores that are staying put will eventually be grouped into three main models: traditional pharmacies that have some retail products, primary care services and, lastly, so called health hubs that offer a variety of things from therapy sessions. Two rooms for hot yoga,
ports. Giant nike is the leaders company to enter the meadow verse. Nike is partnering with roadblocks to create a virtual world called now you land roadblocks, is a popular game, creating platform, but now it also have nike buildings, fields and arena where users can play a bunch of many gangs. One analyse, told CNBC. This could help nike introduce its brand young kids early and to test our products in the virtual world before bringing them to real life.
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A seventeen year. Old student is making a difference for deaf people across the country. When Mary less a toe realised how few tv shows and movies offered versions with american sign language, she decided to do something about it. In fact, the bbc cited research by a disability, charity scope, the found many streaming platforms, offer close captions but
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I will be back tomorrow with our special edition Saturday episode, we're talking about the parts of the new by partisan infrastructure law that could impact you the most and when he might feel the effects of it. Then we'll be back on monday with your neck news round up for now. Thank you so much for listening and have a great deal
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