history last night at the grammy awards . we begin with a new push from the white house to raise awareness for its recently passed covid relief package. president joe biden and others will be crossing the country starting today as a help is here tour. supportive voices are already outlining its benefits as part of the messaging blitz. the fact is, it s strongly bipartisan across the country. it s only in the congress of the united states where the republicans refused to meet the needs of the american people where they didn t vote, as i said, voted no and take the dow. you can be sure all their states and communities will be benefitting from this and they won t be complaining about it back home. and the treasury secretary is trying to calm concerns that it could lead to major inflation. the most significant risk we face is the work force scorned by a long period of unemployment. people being out of work and not able to find jobs can have a permanent effect on their wel
efforts to maximize every penny of the stimulus. the president and vice president and their spouses hit the road today from vegas to near philly for what the white house is calling the help is here tour touting the massive legislation. this comes as president biden is setting new goals for the nation to begin the path out of this pandemic and to help reach those goals the biden administration is now devoting $250 million to try to encourage skeptical americans, many of them trump supporters, to get the vaccine as cnn s phil mattingly now reports. shots in arms and money in pockets. reporter: with stimulus checks already hitting bank accounts president biden now in an all-out sprint to promote the $1.9 trillion covid relief law. the american rescue plan is already doing what it was designed to do, make a difference in people s everyday lives. reporter: and ensure there are no errors as it s put into place. the devil is in the details. reporter: biden naming gene sp
A group of Russian tourists arrived in Pyongyang on Friday, AFP photos and video showed, the first known foreign tour group to visit nuclear-armed North Korea since before pandemic-linked border closures.- New destination -
The Russians are believed to be the first group of foreign tourists to enter the North since the country reopened its border last August, after nearly four years of pandemic-linked border closures, when even its own nationals were prevented from entering.
outlook. we still feel very positive about this year. | outlook. we still feel very l positive about this year. we have seen the recovery in the lot is covered. this cover. one of the things many people spent on last year despite the high inflation was travel. with border closures, the industry was one of the hardest hit during the pandemic. but when borders reopened, grounded holiday makers around now, where is the growth in asia coming from? we got some answers from alan watts, asia pacific president at hilton, at hilton. asia has become really interdependent - asia has become really interdependent on - asia has become reallyl interdependent on asia. asia has become really i interdependent on asia. it asia has become really - interdependent on asia. it tied into japan as interdependent on asia. it tied intojapan as an interdependent on asia. it tied into japan as an example, indonesians in a intojapan as an example, indonesians in a similar into japan as an example, indonesians in
be here in four, five, six years, go in front of an immigration judge and then be told your asylum claim is rejected. i mean, not to mention the date that many people have to even go before an immigration judge can be years away, some as late or as early as 2027, just for example. and you mentioned the economy and the impact it would take on it if there is border closures. i mean eagle pass, el paso, according to access reporting, account for 33 point 95 billion dollars annually in trade. that s a very significant amount of money we re talking about here. and yet, that is one of the prospects being floated in the negotiations. you also say, congressman, that your constituents want congress to take action. of course, everyone is looking to congress. you, i m sure, are aware of that as a member of congress, that everyone is looking towards what s happening there. but now, some of the 60 house republicans, led by speaker johnson, they are threatening to shut the government down