found vaccine freedom. hello, i am katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. it s a year to the day the world health organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic. since then, 29 million cases have been reported here in the us, and 529,000 people have died. tonight, joe biden will address the nation, to remember those who lost their lives, and try to give all those who ve survived this year a sense of hope. yesterday, the president announced the us government has bought another 100 million more doses of thejohnson &johnson vaccine. and in the last hour he signed that enormous $1.9 trillion stimulus bill. thank you, all. appreciate it. let s bring in our north america editor, jon sopel. it is 51 days into the biden administration, he sides into law this huge stimulus package, it has to be seen as an early win for him. yes, i think so and this is very much yes, i think so and this is very much a yes, i think so and this is very much a hallmark of what the b
which cost nearly £40 billion but mps says hasn t had a clear impact . and the fallout from the royal interview continues. the tv presenter piers morgan says he stands by his criticism of meghan markle after he quit his own tv show due to thousands of complaints. we begin in the us, where the house of representatives, the lower house of congress, is expected to pass a major stimulus package. it is worth $1.9 trillion. the plan was approved in the senate on saturday despite every republican voting against. here are the pictures from the house of representatives. it very much locate will pass on party lines. before the vote, there was a debate for several hours. this is what we heard from one democratic congresswoman. this is a historic day. it is the beginning of the end of the great covid depression. it also marks the end of a decades long successful battle by big corporations and the super rich in this country for trickle down economics. the idea that the rich getting ri
now anyone over 16 can get a jab. we ll hear from a doctor in a remote area about how they re doing it. we shall meet again, and thunder, lightning we shall meet again, and thunder, lightning or rain. and all the world s a stage even the virtual world of zoom, we ll talk to actor simon callow about bringing shakespeare to a new generation. hello, i m katty kay, in washington, christian fraser is in london. it s the first major victory of the biden presidency, a whopping $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, that in the last few hours cleared a final vote in the house of representatives, in the house of representatives. the american rescue plan, as it s called, will now head to the president s desk for his signature. we re expecting him to sign on friday afternoon, and the cheques will roll out soon after. so what s in this bill, and where s all that money going? well, among other things, there s a new round of means tested payments of up to $1,400 for most american adults. democrats
biden s massive 1.9 trillion dollar covid relief bill. all of this is happening as we approach the official one year anniversary of essentially lockdown america. right now they are still debating the measure, the vote on final passage will follow. we know what will happen there. joining me is kristen welker outside the white house. i will say this. this biden white house, it does seem to want to not avoid what s happening at the border. they want to take it, at least, give the appearance they are willing to take it head on. that s right, chuck. we re going to hear from ambassador roberta jacobson. shooe there to try to send a message. we understand this is a serious situation. we re dealing with saurj in those unaccompanied migrants at the border. we know the administration has been looking into building more facilities and opening more facilities to house these children but, of course, the challenge becomes the fact you do have unaccompanied minor who is are being held for
in one weekend they did a drive through mass vaccination clinic for more than 11,000 people. they did at the new hampshire motor speedway. it s a place my brother-in-law paul is intimately familiar with. my brother-in-law loves nascar. he loves all kinds of car racing from formula one to drag racing. mostly he loves nascar. i m convinced that s why my brother-in-law paul is vaccinated against covid-19. he heard they were doing this at the racetrack and he was like at the racetrack. the answer from him was yes please. the big news in our family is because paul decided he was going, susan s mom agreed she would go too. she would go with paul. susan s mom is in her 90s. she has a bulls eye on her terms in vulnerability to this virus if she ever got it. we ve been calling and calling and seriously stressed about the fact she did not have an appointment to get vaccinated into well into april. she got the call she could come this weekend instead because of the johnson & johnson shi