that policy is before he loses his patience and goes down the path to provocation. yeah, it is the beginning of a new saga with north korea and america. jean, thank you so much, jean lee. thanks for being with us. thanks so much. right now, president biden is on his way to pennsylvania. the city of chester in delaware county is his latest step on the help is here tour to promote his giant covid relief package to americans, and he just spoke during his departure, so let s listen to that. southern border? not at the moment. have you decided when you re able to share thoughts with other countries? allies or neighbors first? who will be the first country to get u.s. vaccine? i ve been talking with several countries already. i ll let you know that very shortly. all right, i have with me now, cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz who s in denver following the vice president who s also part of this big rollout for the american rescue plan. arlette, tell us what
in a couple of moments here he is. we will be seeing the president visit this small business in chester, pennsylvania. this is all part of his administration s help is here tour, promoting the $1.9 trillion relief package he signed just last week. president biden, though, is facing renewed pressure to do even more. senate majority leader chuck schumer is continuing to press him on forgiving $50,000 in student loan debt, but president biden made it very clear at a cnn town hall last month that he does not support canceling such a large amount. first thing s first, to vaccination news. getting americans vaccinated, getting them spending those stimulus checks and hopefully invigorating the u.s. economy. we start with our cnn chief white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. they is there, in chester, pennsylvania. can you speak about the president s intentions with his visit there today. i think what you re going to see president biden do today is want just make the case for
time in nine months, restaurants can resume indoor dining in some parts of california, and museums, zoos and even sports stadiums can reopen for limited in-person crowds over the next few weeks. in just moments california governor gavin newsom is going to join me live to talk about his state s reopening efforts and the recall effort against him in part over his handling of the virus, but we re going to start today with cnn s nick watt in los angeles and a closer look at the push to roll back restrictions. bars and gyms will close effective midnight tonight. reporter: one year ago today california s pay area announced the first stay-home order in the land. this week a new dawn in the golden state. we re thrilled. we re thrilled to be back open. reporter: angelenos in limited numbers can now eat inside restaurants again. we hope that the state doesn t yank it us from again. reporter: some movie theaters in tinsel town reopened after 362 days. we ve watching tom &
through what this is actually going to look like. gene sperling is a longtime economic aide. he served other presidents. he has been a adviser to president biden on the campaign trail. but he is not expected at the sore money. because right now like most americans he is working remotely, has not been vaccinated yet, and is still in california according to the white house. and he won t be in the west wing doing the job for several more weeks according to the press secretary earlier today. that is interesting. gloria, this package, relief package is popular. is the white house worried that it won t be so popular, that popularity that wane? why this real effort to bolster this. well, a lot of people who were there, including the president himself, were there in 2009 when the stimulus package passed. and one of the problems with that, biden himself has said, is that they never explained the benefits of it to the american people. and it was unpopular. this bill starts out more
the biden administration wants to see made permanent. so, i think this is part of building that for them. and the questions are whether or not they actually get there, but also how the execution of it goes. so, that s how you saw president biden say he s tapping gene sperling, this long-time democratic economic aide to oversee the spending here. he was talking about how when he oversaw the stimulus bill in 2009 amid the great recession, how crucial it was to just be on the phone, have these conversations at a granular level to make sure there is no fraud or abuse or mis-spending. i think that s the next big tactic for them to go after because, of course, republicans are going to be watching very closely for any kind of a misstep and if they haven t properly communicated it. be cautious, fullcourt press, that s number one. number two, what s the story out of the cdc today? we re getting new reporting that some of the covid guidelines put in place by the trump administration