which cost nearly £40 billion but mps says hasn t had a clear impact . and the fallout from the royal interview continues. the tv presenter piers morgan says he stands by his criticism of meghan markle after he quit his own tv show due to thousands of complaints. we begin in the us, where the house of representatives, the lower house of congress, is expected to pass a major stimulus package. it is worth $1.9 trillion. the plan was approved in the senate on saturday despite every republican voting against. here are the pictures from the house of representatives. it very much locate will pass on party lines. before the vote, there was a debate for several hours. this is what we heard from one democratic congresswoman. this is a historic day. it is the beginning of the end of the great covid depression. it also marks the end of a decades long successful battle by big corporations and the super rich in this country for trickle down economics. the idea that the rich getting ri
hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. i m kasia madera. we begin in the us, where the house of representatives, the lower house of congress, has passed a major covid i9 stimulus package worth $1.9 trillion. the plan was approved in the senate on saturday, despite every republican voting against. and the same thing has happened in the house every republican voted against, along with one democrat. the measure will be signed into law by president biden on friday. here s house speaker nancy pelosi announcing the result. on this vote, the yeas are 220. the nays are 211. the motion is adopted. applause the bill s aim is primarily to address the impact of covid on the us economy. but there are broader ambitions to tackle longer term causes of poverty. here are some of the details. the so called american rescue package gives one off payments worth $1,a00 to most americans. it allocates $350 billion to state and local governments, and $130 billion to s
fully vaccinated, but that is only 9.4% of the entire population so obviously miles to go until we reach herd immunity. also potential fallout today from oprah winfrey s interview with prince harry and meghan markle. the couple accusing the royal family of blatant racism, lack of support and yanking their security protection. meghan there even revealing there were conversations, concerns about baby archie s skin color, she says, before he was born. more on the pressure buck hamm palace is now facing, but, first, let s get a update on the stimulus checks with cnn s jessica dean live on capitol hill. jessica, we were expecting the house vote tomorrow. it s been delayed a day. do you know why? reporter: yeah. right now, brooke, our explanation from one senior democratic aide is simply this is a giant bill, and it needs some time to process its way through the system. they are working on getting all that paperwork back over to the house and then it needs to go through the rules
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