>> good morning. thursday, march 11th, 5 a.m. exactly in new york. i am christine romans. president biden gives his first primetime address to the nation tonight. the american rescue plan becomes law when he signs it tomorrow. he calls the measure a historic victory for the american people. there are stimulus checks, unemployment help, tax credits to lift children out of poverty. money for schools, states and local governments. support for schools and small businesses. >> more, help with rent, money for vaccines, internet for kids stuck with remote learning. bottom line, a lot of help for the poorest americans. biden is now armed with his first major legislative achievement. cnn has new information about what we will hear from the president tonight. our congressional reporter daniella diaz is live. good morning, daniella. now the president taking this on the road. >> reporter: that's right, laura. president biden is going to talk to americans directly tonight in the primetime address marking the one year anniversary since the covid-19 shutdown. he is going to speak with americans and level with them. he's going to tell them he understands the sacrifices they've been through. he's going to speak about the 500,000 americans that have died and the millions of americans whose lives have been up ended by the pandemic. he'll speak about how the pandemic has been the greatest operational challenge the country has ever faced and he's going to lay out the next steps that the administration is going to take to defeat the virus. he'll level with americans and be honest with them about what they need to do to defeat this virus. he's going to try to provide a hopeful vision. here's what he has to say. >> i'm going on to primetime and address the american people and talk about what we've been through as a nation this past year but more importantly i'm going to talk about what comes next. i'm going to launch the next phase of the covid response and explain what we will do as a government and what we will ask. american people. >> reporter: as you heard there from president joe biden, that's what he plans to announce tonight in the speech he will make directly to the americans. jen psaki said they are full speed ahead in implementing the massive $1.9 trillion covid relief bill. biden plans to appoint someone who will work full time to implement this in the country. he's using the two now nine stimulus as a cautionary tale. he didn't think obama did a good enough job promoting his stimulus package. biden plans to do just that with the covid-19 legislation. he plans to meet americans directly and promote this legislation. >> passing it was one thing but implementing is another thing. >> implementation will be the next part of the story after the signature from this president. for airline workers, this law means thousands of them can rip up their pink slips. american airlines and united airlines canceled 27,000 furloughs after the american rescue plan was passed and payroll funding was extended. the bill also puts amtrak's finances back on track for now. the struggling railroad said it secured $1.7 billion in funding and was going to bring back furloughed workers. the relief bill has critical funding for small business. there's another $7.25 billion for the paycheck protection program making for capable loans available. the loans will be forgiven if 60% of the money is used for payroll and the rest for mortgage, utilities, ppe or other expenses. the program wasn't extended and is still set to expire march 31st. banks have to decide how long they want to accept new applications. there's $15 billion for businesses in under served areas, 29 billion to create a grant program giving direct relief to restaurants. that is key. another 15 billion for venue operators and additional funding for small business administration. now to the situation at the border. the biden administration is looking at a vacant nasa site in california for temporary housing for migrant children. staying in places that are simply not equipped for kids. just for comparison here, at the peak of border crossings back in 2019 there were around 2600 children in custody. so a real uptick here. here is president biden's coordinator for the southern border. >> we've seen surges before. surges tend to respond to hope and there was a significant hope for a more humane policy after four years of pent-up demand. the idea that a better policy would be in place led people to make the trip. we're relying on every method we have to get the message out. that leads me to reiterate like i did before. >> traps lags, the border is closed. officers encountered more than 100,000 migrants at the u.s./me u.s./mexico border. under the biden administration, unaccompanied children can remain in the u.s. merrick garland will be sworn in as attorney general after a senate confirmation of a huge margin, 70/30. he'll try to heal a work force that's been demoral lieszed and deliver on 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>> reporter: that's right, christine. president joe biden is expected to speak directly to americans tonight in a primetime address. he will speak with the sacrifices americans have had to make since this pandemic began. he will speak about the more than 500,000 americans that have died as a result of this virus and he will speak about the things that americans need to do to combat this virus. this will mark, as i said, one year anniversary since the shutdown began. this is the greatest operational challenge the country has ever faced. he will lay out the next steps his administration plans to take to beat the virus and level with americans about what they need to do personally to combat this virus. here's what he had to say about his speech tonight. >> i'm going to primetime address the american people and talk about what we went through as a nation this past year. more importantly, i'm going to talk about what comes next. i'm going to launch the next phase of the covid response and explain what we will do as a government and what we will ask of the american people. >> reporter: biden plans to tout how his administration has approved vaccine distribution. he is planning to convince americans, as you mentioned, christine, about how these changes in this legislation, how it will reshape the economy should be made permanent because the changes are just temporary. he plans to jump on air force one and travel across the country to meet with americans directly to convince them this legislation despite the large price tag will affect and improve american's lives directly. we are expecting others in the administration including vice president chaikamala harris tha will help them. >> laura? 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>> now the reason the administration is tapping other agencies for space is because thirteen crassing are more. there are 3400 children in border patrol custody. these are areas for adults not designed for children. it's where they have to stay until they can identify shelter for them. what's happening here, there is simply not enough space. the administration is having a hard time keeping up and having to look across the board to find shelter space. happening now in february, this is concerning on its own because the spring and summer months tell us that this is going to increase. christine, an evolving situation at the border and one they are racing to address. >> scrambling to find a space. when the economy starts to open up, when there's a change of leadership in washington, sometimes you can start to see bigger numbers at the border. priscilla, thank you so much for that. new this morning, the u.s. taking steps to fight a growing terror threat overseas. david mckenzie is live in johannesburg. this could be a real issue for the white house in the coming months. tell us what's going on here? >> reporter: that certainly is the case. designations coming from state departments have very practical steps. targeting two groups both in the eastern dlc and the northern part of mozambique. they're isis affiliated. what there isn't any debate about is how these two groups have caused chaos in the regions of the country killing civilians and it is going to provide a headache for the biden administration as they try to develop an adjusted africa strategy. they are under the sway of the resurgent groups. i spoke to a senior state department official. particularly in mozambique, the level of violence and dramatic escalation and the combat tactics are evolving to become more sophisticated. they say it shows more evidence that isis is directly linked to the groups and it could mean is an escalation of violence here in southern africa that hasn't been seen compared to parts of the horn of africa and the saar hill. regional actors are involved. not just the civilian impact. hundreds of thousands have been pushed out of their homes. some brutally beheaded by the insurgent group. there's a major natural gas find in the northern part of mozambique. hugely significant to the move to potentially clean energy. this will be an important geo strategic mission of the biden administration. talking to state department officials, i can tell you these insurgencies could get further out of control. >> david mckenzie, thank you so much. the pandemic really highlighted inequality in the american economy. goldman sachs says it will take action to address it. goldman says blackman owned nearly 90% less wealth than white women. it will affect the lives of 1 million black women in 2030. there are disparities from education, housing, wealth. the wealth gap is stunning. black women make 15% less than white women and 35% less than white men. women make a disproportionate number of jobs and the hospitality sector is devastated by the pandemic. the imf says fully closing the participation gap would boost gdp by 5%. we'll be right back. ♪ smooth driving pays off. saving is easy when you're in good hands. allstate. click or call for a quote today. to support local restaurants, we've been to every city, including baton rouge... and even topeka. yeah, we're exhausted. whew! so, tonight... i'll be eating the roast beef hero from...parm...in...soho. 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>> i'm looking into now, again, what is my leadership role? i do think i have some things to teach and share and what is my role? what is my category in my next chapter of life that i'm going into? >> texas governor greg abbott is up for re-election next year. let's get a check on cnn business this thursday morning looking at markets around the world. asian shares have opened higher. wall street, looking towards the morning opening bell in a few hours. slightly higher here. nasdaq looks like it could have a good pop here. gains on wall street. the first time above 32,000. the s&p 500 up slightly. the nasdaq flat after its rally on tuesday. another record high. another week of devastating jobless claims. economists expect 175,000 americans filed for unemployment benefits. they have been higher than the recession for nearly more than a year. they floor riched in the shutdown and how will they fair once people head out. lowe's, etsy, doordash preparing for a shift in consumer behavior. doordash expects demands to slow down and lowe's sales soared. lowe's expects revenue to fall this year. another sign of pent-up demand, reservations for disney world theme parks filling up. reservations completely booked next week. reservations required at all parks because of pandemic restrictions. disneyland in california is expected to open by late april adding the select disney cruise line could set sail this fall. as the earth gets hotter, national surfaces for ice hockey are vanishing. russian hockey legends are playing in vulnerable locations to bring more problem. as only cnn can, fred pleitgen is there. fred, i hear you got to lace up as well. >> reporter: yeah, i certainly did. it was an amazing thing to do. i'm standing on the lake right now, which is the largest body of water in the entire world. it holds more water than all the great lakes combined. it's under threat. that's why the russian all stars put on the hockey game that i got to play in as well. let's have a look at what happened. a power play to help save our planet. playing a match on the ma guess stick lake baical, largest fresh water reservoir in the world. organized by slava petisa. >> playing on the ice. ice melting everywhere. not only in north and south pole. doesn't need to be a scientist to figure it out. >> reporter: i had the privilege playing on a rink of ice blocks in this stunning venue. the last game where they play hockey endangered by global warming around the world. endorsed by the u.n. and blessed by pope francis. the reason is very serious. the warmer the earth gets, the less chance there is for games like ice hockey and other sports as well. this is one of the areas. holding more fresh water than all of the lakes combined. there are a lot of unresolved issues here. the russian government recently relaxed regulations protecting the lake. russia is one of the countries hardest hit by global warming. record temperatures for several years have led to a massive melt of permafrost leading to giant sinkholes and releasing more greenhouse gases and massive wildfires that increase the world's temperatures. >> this is a catastrophe. >> reporter: and while hockey won't save the world's climate, at least the organizers hope it will cause some to take action to try to preserve the natural playing fields of the game that so many love so much. >> all right. i think we may have lost fred, but thank you so much for that report. extraordinary. a beautiful scene. >> frozen live shot, how iconic. thank you so much, fred. a fed ex driver being haled a hero after he jumped in to freezing water to save a woman who crashed her car. brandon auld saw the woman go into the water. he was able to free the woman and call 911. he went back to his route wet clothes and all. the woman did not suffer any major injuries and is recovering at home. good for him. >> finally this morning, the cnn family is remembering a brave little girl on what would have been her first birthday. she was the daughter of our col lying andrew kaczynski and rachel. she died of a rare form of brain cancer on this past christmas eve. she was 9 months old. >> in her memory we are launching team beans bean any. we are thinking of you today. i am just so honored as the cnn family -- >> there's the bean any. >> i'm going to wear it for the rest of the day. team beans. francesca would have been one today. for cancer everywhere, this couple has been so eloquent, honest, brave just their raw emotion. >> the amount of grace that they have shown over these past couple of months with just unspeakable tragedy. andrew said this is the dividing line in our lives and they are dedicated to fighting this cause and racing awareness about this rare form of cancer. >> cancer sucks. childhood cancer is just unbelievable. we send you all of our love and we will help you raise money to help other parents maybe not have to go through this. >> thank you for joining us. i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jared. 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