To all of you watching around the world. Im kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom. In just three days as president , Joe Joe Biden has signed more than two dozen executive orders, many reversing Donald Trumps policies. The senate agreed to delay the second impeachment trial. House democrats will deliver the articles of impeachment to the senate on monday. The trial arguments will start two weeks later. The delay gives democrats time confirm joe bidens cabinets and trying to drum up support for the proposed covid relief bill. Meanwhile President Biden isnt wasting anytime. With the stroke of a pen, he is looking to bring relief to americans hardest hit by the economic fallout of the pandemic. Phil mattingly has more from the white house. We need more action and we need to move fast. Reporter President Biden in his second full day in office zeroing in on the second major crisis facing his administration. A teetering economy. Now is a moment not to undershoot or to wait and see, now is a mo
Were in a national emergency. We need to act like were in a national emergency. So weve got to move. With everything weve got. Weve got to do it together. And we have the tools to fix it. We have the tools to get through this. We have the tools to get this virus under control, and our economy back on track. We have the tools to help people. So lets use the tools. All of them. Use them now. Folks, this is one of the cases where business, labor, wall street, main street, liberal, conservative, economists know we have to act now. And to a surprising extent, none legislative voices across the political spectrum agree on the act now part as for republican lawmakers and the do it together part, well, not so much. Administration officials tell cnn the president s preferred route is bipartisan and that he still hopes to bring ten republicans on board, however, a number have signalled opposition including moderates like Susan Collins so as a result, there is no agreement on that or even on a re
Stimulus checks to americans financially devastated by the covid pandemic. Also breaking news tonight, the New York Times reporting that the previous president plotted with a Justice Department lawyer to oust the former acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen in an attempt to advance trumps false claims that he won the election. And the senate announcing the start of arguments in Donald Trumps impeachment trial will begin on february 9th. The house will deliver the single article of impeachment to the senate on monday evening. And Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer saying the twoweek delay gives senators time to confirm President Bidens cabinet. Lots to discuss. Cnn White House Correspondent john harwood is here, if i can get my mouth to work. Senior legal analyst laura coates and political commentator amanda carpenter. Good evening. Im sure you all have been there before. What am i saying . Good to have all of you. John, i want to start with you because i want to start with this break
Discuss the huge recovery bill he wants congress to pass next, he was standing at the plate taking a henry aaron sized poke at the nations economic problems. The bottom line is this, were in a national emergency. We need to act like were in a national emergency. So weve got to move. With everything weve got. Weve got to do it together. And we have the tools to fix it. We have the tools to get through this. We have the tools to get this virus under control, and our economy back on track. We have the tools to help people. So lets use the tools. All of them. Use them now. Folks, this is one of the cases where business, labor, wall street, main street, liberal, conservative, economists know we have to act now. And to a surprising extent, nonlegislative voices across the political spectrum do appear agree on the act now part as for republican lawmakers and the do it together part, well, not so much. Administration officials tell cnn the president s preferred route is bipartisan and that he