back together again as we start to defeat this thing, hopefully as a country. it s it s just a remarkable it s a remarkable time for us as a country, and for those of us whose job it is to cover this ongoing pandemic, it s an incredible challenge, but i am super proud of nicolle and chris and so many of the rest of my colleagues who have done such yeoman s work covering this and all the different ways that we can. i think we ve all approached it in our own ways. our colleagues like stephanie ruhle who has been sick, dealt with covid her and her family have talked about what with her viewers. it s heavy stuff. it s heavy stuff and there s no road map how to do it. you have to approach it every day newly. so it s been a remarkable year. tomorrow as i said, it s going to be a remarkable night. we will on this show have dr. anthony fauci with us tomorrow night, which i m very much looking forward to. so that s all ahead. this is a heck of a time in the country and a heck of a
once he does here is what will happen. there will immediate i will be an extension of unemployment benefits through september. billions for state and local governments, billions for schools, billions for vaccine distribution, and expansion of the child tax credit and those $1400 direct stimulus checks. but that right there is only part of the big news that has come out today. a year after the w.h.o. declared a global pandemic we got some of the best news yet. a new study shows the pfizer vaccine prevents near all asymptomatic infections. a huge step towards ending this pandemic and getting us back to normal. on top of that the pfizer vaccine shows it is 97% effective at stopping hospitalizations and deaths including against the uk variant which doctors say is more contagious. it is incredible news delivered at an incredible speed. tonight president bide listen deliver his first prime time address to the nation and he is expected to recognize the immense lost that we have suff
meghan complained to itv about his comments on mental health. a clearer picture of the impact of covid 19 in england and wales new data shows more men have died with the virus but women s well being has been more negatively affected. and we follow chanua the black rhino, leaving yorkshire for tanzania in the hope of increasing the numbers of the endangered animal. good afternoon. a metropolitan policeman has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of sarah everard in south london. the 33 year old was last seen leaving a friend s house in clapham last wednesday evening, and was planning to walk home. the officer was detained in kent, and a woman was arrested at the same address on suspicion of assisting an offender. this morning police have been searching a house in deal in kent. our correspondentjon donnison has more from scotland yard. seven days after sarah everard disappeared, the search for her continues but clearly as each day passes, the concern is growin
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
hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. i m kasia madera. we begin in the us, where the house of representatives, the lower house of congress, has passed a major covid i9 stimulus package worth $1.9 trillion. the plan was approved in the senate on saturday, despite every republican voting against. and the same thing has happened in the house every republican voted against, along with one democrat. the measure will be signed into law by president biden on friday. here s house speaker nancy pelosi announcing the result. on this vote, the yeas are 220. the nays are 211. the motion is adopted. applause the bill s aim is primarily to address the impact of covid on the us economy. but there are broader ambitions to tackle longer term causes of poverty. here are some of the details. the so called american rescue package gives one off payments worth $1,a00 to most americans. it allocates $350 billion to state and local governments, and $130 billion to s