president biden traveling to pennsylvania tomorrow as part of his administration s week-long tour to introduce americans to his nearly $2 trillion rescue plan saying his goal is to get 100 million vaccine doses in people s arms and 100 million relief checks in people s pockets. checks began arriving over the weekend. the president also announcing that gene sperling, a former top economic official in the clinton and obama administrations will oversee the massive spending in the new law. so joining me now, cnn white house correspondent, john harwood and senior political analyst, kirsten powers. so big promises, 100 million shots, 100 million checks in pockets. all in the next ten days. how will he get this done? that s a lot. well, the truth is those promises sound a lot bigger than they actually are. remember, joe biden came into the presidency promising 100 million vaccine doses in 100 days. that s the rate of a million a day. we were approaching when he came into office. w
york magazine. she said her job was to report on the governor s every move and alleges he often touched her without her consent, on her arms, shoulders, small of her back, her waist. it led her not to even want to go to events like the one she describes, when she was 25 years old she went to a holiday party at the executive mansion and said the governor approached her and as she described it, held her firmly in place while gesturing to a photographer that he wanted their picture taken. the governor said to her, i m sorry, am i making you uncomfortable, i thought we were going steady. it s a moment she subscribed as humiliating, happening in front of her colleagues. she says she felt the governor s actions weren t about wanting to have sex with her but about wanting to show that he had power over her and he used touching and sexual innuendo to stoke fear in women. we ve reached out to bateman and haven t heard back. we ve reached out to the governor s office. they haven t a
you re live in the cnn newsroom. thanks for staying with me. i m ana cabrera in new york. the vaccines are giving americans hope. and we need it. the optimistic news. round three of covid-19 relief is rolling out to millions of americans. it s $1400 per person. many of the cash payments are expected to hit bank accounts this weekend. covid vaccinations more than 101 million doses given to people around the country, according to the cdc, and about a third of the people are now fully vaccinated. public health officials are concerned when they see scenes like this. people packed together. almost almost nobody with a mask. and it is spring break for people and many are traveling, despite advice against it. this is the packed beach, this is miami beach right now. they are begging people to keep wearing masks and keep following safety guidelines. we have a team of recorders spread out. let s begin with cnn s natasha chen. she is in miami beach and people are starting 20 to flock fo
since taking office 51 days ago. and cnn just learning the president will direct all states to open vaccine eligibility to all adults by may first and that he would like to see some signs of normalcy like small gatherings by july 4th. this comes just hours after biden signed a landmark piece of legislation, a $1.9 trillion covid relief bill. i believe this is and most people i think do as well, this historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country and giving people in this nation, working people, middle class folks, people who built the country a fighting chance. biden is seizing the moment. according to cnn s new poll, 77% of americans now believe the worst is behind us. that is up nearly 30% over just the past two months. there is an undeniable sense of hope across this country after a year that the cdc says was almost certainly the deadliest year on record for the u.s.. the deadliest year on record. and tonight does mark one year to the day that th
if it s another head, he wants get one that truly fits. you go into one of the kind gift has shown, he s number one etsy has it sometimes the best thing you can do with intelligence is shared with your adversary. he and his secret is betrayed itself, bullet to the back of the hand, secrets and spies, a nuclear gain sunday at ten on cnn hunter biden s ex-wife takes the stand as the prosecution makes their case against the president s son on federal gun charges, riveting testimony about the first time she realized that he was using drugs and found a crack pipe in their home and while the president is abroad, the white house is defending him against a story that suggests he s slipping as he gets older, we re going to speak with one of the reporters behind the story about what lawmakers told her about what they ve seen in meetings and what the president s defenders are saying today, i had a stork good morning about our climate that we are quote, playing russian roulette with ou