increases across the country change and new data emerge. we re also keeping a close eye on capitol hill where the house is debating, you see kevin mccarthy there, get ready to hold a historic vote on president biden s $1.9 trillion covid relief package, a monumental piece of legislation that offers aid to almost every part of life right now. $1400 checks to individuals, unemployment boost, child tax credit, funding for schools. joining me now for the state of play on where things stand there, manu raju is on the hill joining us from the white house and director david chalian is joining us as well. manu, walk us through what is about to happen in the house. we do expect final passage to occur late in the 12:00 hour in the east, 12:45 or so is when we expect that vote to begin. republicans have tried to delay, specifically one republican, marjorie taylor greene tried to delay the vote by forcing a motion to adjourn the house. that was rejected. a lot of republican colleagues
have also said that this type of guidance is long overdue. nearly 60 million americans have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine and more than 30 million americans are now fully vaccinated. and while the vaccine rollout has accelerated rapidly in recent days, the timing remains critical. the top health experts in the country say new infection rates have plateaued at a very high level after falling for several weeks. and highly transmissible variants continue to spread throughout the country even as states are starting to loosen restrictions and in some places completely remove any masking requirements. so there is a lot that we re waiting to get some more guidance, to hear some from the covid response team when they begin the briefing any moment now. joining me now is elizabeth cohen and dr. jorge rodriguez, a viral specialist. so elizabeth, this has been long awaited guidance that we ll be hearing. what do you know about the level of detail or how granular t
It is the top of the hour. I am Brianna Keilar and any moment now joe biden will speak about his Coronavirus Response plan released today, first full day its a the 46th president and speaking as he and his covid team are hit with a major reality check when it comes to vaccinations. Sources tell cnn President Biden is inheriting a nonexistent vaccination Distribution Plan from the Trump Administration and the biden team needs to start from square one. The coordinator ads this, jeff zients, what were inheriting is so much worse than we could have imagined. A member of the biden coronavirus Advisory Board explains that the team only new details available to the public, which included operation warp speed briefings and details on distribution. What we knew in the transition Advisory Board was that we were not getting any information that was not Public Information already. So it was a complete mystery, was there going to be a binder describing the National Strategy and what the status is o
Plus, could that coronavirus variant in south africa mean we need to get a Covid Vaccine annually . Convicting trump . Republicans ask to delay the impeachment trial until february. Manhunt intensifies. The f. B. I. Ups the reward, 75,000 for information that leads to the arrest of the person who planted pipe bombs near the capitol. And, new arrests, including a man accused of beating an officer with a hockey stick. The new white house. After a 500,000 deep clean, the makeover, including the new artwork, and the return of dogs to the white house. The Mega Millions jackpot nearing 1 billion. When you need to buy a ticket to win. And, in a starfilled inaugural celebration, it was a 13year oldwho stole our hearts. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin tonight with breaking news, what President Biden calls a full scale wartime effort to roll bac
Vaccine production. The white house also released 198page document outlining the new National Covid strategy and of the seven goals it lays out, the one that comes first is perhaps the most telling, it reads restore trust with the American People. Whether the president can do that remains to be seen and our commitment to Holding Elected Officials accountable on that score does not change from one administration to the next. That said, the contrast with the last president was certainly apparent today as this president put the bad news first and did not gloss over it. Let me be very clear. Things are going to continue to get worse before they get better. The memorial we held two nights ago will not be our last one unfortunately. The death toll will likely top 500,000 next month. The cases will continue to mount. We didnt get into this mess overnight and its going to take months for to us turn things around. Another part of the new approach is to leave much of the talking to the Public He