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
arguments even while getting him more attention. oliver concluded with this. tucker carlson shows sells in addition to utterly terrible pillows is very sed uktive. it s the idea this country is fundamentally color blind, that anyone who mentions race is trying to start trouble, that historic oppression is no longer relevant and that in fact you, his viewers, are the ones currently being oppressed. reporter: brian stelter, cnn, new york. team biden crisscrossing the country to sell the president s covid relief package, but republicans are focusing on something else entirely voter suppression. (doorbell rings) thanks! splitsies? oooh.you meant the food, didn t you? the harry s razor is not the same because some of us are not the same our close shave comes from our 5 german-engineered blades designed to start sharp and stay sharp. and we never upcharge you for high quality. so for those of us who don t want just the same, harry s razors are here. harry s. not th
smallest thing from using their first name in an email and/or when he would talk to somebody on the phone, checking in with them and seeing how they were and not just getting down to business. well the impact he made on his students, the stories, i was laughing and laughing reading these emails and also crying and crying because such touching stories and just such an amazing man that mora, you know, i want to thank you because, you know, it s you ve beared your grie in a way so few would have the ability to do and there is no right or wrong way to handle dw grief but the way you ve chosen to share yours has brightened our lives. it has. i know that s the gift of him but it is the gift of you. it is the gift of him. thank you, erin. good talking with you again. thank you, mora. thanks to you. anderson starts now. we begin with the growing calls on new york governor andrew cuomo to step down from some of the heaviest hitters. si s we are joined now, tell me ab
inappropriate behavior. that is the latest individual that cnn is reporting on, anderson. we ll have more on this shortly. right now a first for the first time in a long time, the covid milestone we crossed today was neither a cause for sadness as it was for half a million fatalities or an occasion to remember what our world used to be like a year and a day ago. instead, this latest marker for where we stand signals better times ahead. today the country crossed the 100 million vaccination mark. tonight more than 101 million shots have been administered. the goal was reached on the day president biden signed the covid relief package. day 52 of the administration. days ahead of the schedule he set and eight days ahead of the original version he revised last night. when i came into office, you may recall, i set a goal that many of you said was kind of way over the top. i said i want to get 100 million shots in people s arms in my first 100 days in office. we won t meet that
he spoke about its passage a little while ago. update our viewers. reporter: wolf, it was the top priority from the day president biden set foot in the oval office 50 days ago. and when he speaks to the nation tomorrow night in his first primetime address he says he is going to talk about the next phase of the covid recovery process, the next phase where the backbone of it will be the legislative victory he just secured. help is on the way. reporter: tonight on day 50 for president joe biden the first mission accomplished. this bill represents a historic, historic victory for the american people. reporter: the house passing biden s number one priority, the sweeping $1.9 trillion covid relief plan. and biden planning to sign it into law on friday. we have passed historic, consequential and transformative legislation. reporter: the bill broadly popular nationwide with 61% supporting the measure according to a cnn/ssrs poll and 66% saying the bill will help the eco