everything we had in this bill. and i believe, and i think most people do as well, this historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country and giving working people in this nation, middle class folks a fighting chance. that s what the essence of it is. now, this signing today comes exactly one year after the world health organization declared the covid-19 outbreak a pandemic that has since claimed nearly 530,000 american lives. it has crippled the economy and really changed life as we all know it. tonight, the president will assess where the country has been and chart our path forward in his very first prime time address. and our cnn senior white house correspondent phil mattingly is with me with more on that in just a second. but we know the president was initially planning on signing this thing into law tomorrow. why the change? they got the bill. [ laughter ] simple as that. without wandering down the rabbit hole of enrollment and engrossment pro
dana: thousands of unaccompanied children on the border. bill: the white house is saying these migrants when asked the question about it are just responding to a message of hope. you think it s a coincidence as soon as trump and his immigration were on the way out and biden and his stated policy were on the way that the historic surge at the border started? first of all one of the things i think is important we ve seen surges before. surges the end to respond to hope. and there was a significant hope for a more humane policy after four years of pent-up demand. bill: that was the answer. more in a moment. former secretary of state mike pompeo about the virus, border, china. first to kristin fisher live from the white house to begin our broadcast today. good morning, kristin. that sound bite that you played leading into me was quite significant. there you have president biden s coordinator for the southern border acknowledging that the new administration s policies
Gubernatorial race was not close at all and that, too, may be telling. Voters overwhelmingly chose the socalled establishment candidate Gretchen Whitmer over the Progressive Choice backed by Bernie Sanders among others. Lets start in ohio with ryan noble nobles. This race isnt called because there is a masmall marg between Troy Balderson and Danny Oconnor. Its a 1700 vote lead. The reason the election cant be certified yet is there are 8,000 professional and Absentee Ballots that have yet to be counted and it will take a week for all of that counting to take place and then the other variable that could take place that is if the margin shrinks to less than half a percentage
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