president biden, chuck schumer, nancy pelosi, taking a victory lap after the nearly $2 trillion pandemic relief package officially became law. what you shepherded through the congress, not only meets the moment. it does even more. it is historical and they call it transformational. and it really is. all right. so in just a moment, we ll be speaking with andy, the white house senior adviser for covid response to talk about where things stand, what comes next, of course. the other major breaking news story that is developing this hour. we will be hearing from the family of george floyd, reacting to the minneapolis city council s approval of a $27 million settlement over his death as the client for floyd s murder continues. we want to begin this hour and this conversation with minnesota democratic senator tina smith. thank you. so for your time. we greatly appreciate you joining us on these two very important stories that we re dealing with. we ll start with what we just saw
merck. president biden will announce the purchase of an additional 100 million doses of that johnson & johnson vaccine. an eye on this minneapolis courtroom. it s day three of former police officer derek chauvin s trial. he is charged with murder in the death of george floyd. a fourth juror was seated minutes ago. more on the legal maneuvers coming up. first, our reporters as the house moves closer to passing this covid relief bill. we have garrett haake, carol lee and i want to bring in business correspondent, the one and only stephanie ruhle. garrett, help us understand how this process is going to play out right now. when do you expect we will actually see the house take a vote on this? reporter: i think the house will probably vote late in the noon hour, maybe 1:00 this afternoon. house democratic leaders have scheduled an enrollment ceremony for later this afternoon. they remain that confident that this bill will pass. you are looking at kevin mccarthy having one o
Or did he think the idea of the big state and tax rises would have wide appeal . 0ur Political Editor nick watt was at the launch. We have liftoff Manifesto Launch days can often turn into rather sedate affairs. Today had the feeling of a rolling personal rally, asJeremy Corbyn took the labour manifesto on the road. And, we will build over a million new homes. A few hours earlier the Shadow Cabinet had gathered in bradford for this mornings launch. Team corbyn thought that banda had been stolen when a draft of the document was leaked last week. But supporters whooped with delight whenJeremy Corbyn pledged to nationalise the railway in stages and scrap University Tuition fees. Our proposal is the government for the many, not a few. 0ur Proposals are of hope for the many all over this country, and im very proud to present our manifesto for the many, not the few. Thank you very much Cheering 0ne Loyal Trade Unionist was delighted. I think its fantastic. Ive waited all my life to hear a ma
The data shows more than half of children aged five and under, about 56 per cent, had a child-care space, but it had not reached the pre-pandemic level of 60 per cent seen in 2019.