to socially distance but recognize that they need to point forward with the vaccines coming online, numbers dropping and less deaths. the president will talk about that. emphasis most certainly on what he s about to sign in a few minutes. keep an eye on, also, the administration launching into a blitz to sell and message this proposal. importance in their minds what this $1.9 trillion brings to the table. the president they announced yesterday will make a trip to pennsylvania tuesday and next week the president and vice president will be heading to georgia as part of the effort to talk about this profeposal. why does it matter? georgia and the two democrat whose hailed from that state because of runoffs, $ 1.9 trillion wouldn t have been possible. because of this, the president is able to sign his cornerstone proposal. phil mattingly, thank you. covering the white house for us. it is remarkable for president biden to be signing such a sweeping piece of legislation just seve
he s not talking about the enormous cost of the immigration crisis on the southern border, at least not extensively yet. a we ll break it down, those costs a bit later. and we ll talk with republican senator john cornyn of texas. first up tonight, white house correspondent peter doocy live on the north lawn. the president hasn t said anything about the border in a week and a day now, all of his public events have been focused on the covid-19 including this afternoon. he talked about rival companies coming together to make the single shot covid-19 vaccine from johnson & johnson. just one. announcing an additional order for 100 million johnson & johnson vaccines, president biden says once americans have been vaccinated, he will share the surplus with the rest of the world. this is not something that can be stopped by a fence no matter how how you build a fence or a wall. we aren t going to be safe until the world is safe. he didn t speak about the border but he did fi
will be up step closer to receiving $1,400 stimulus checks. this legislation also extends unemployment benefits for millions out of a job. text bands the child tax credit. it provides affordable care act subsidies, and it includes funding for cash-strapped states and schools. it is the largest set of relief checks ever and has garnered prod support across the country. you can see the number here. new cnn poll shows 61% of americans are on board with this covid relief package. i have jessica dean on capitol hill, phil mattingly there at the white house, and, phil, i m starting with you. when can we expect the president to sign this bill? reporter: well, brooke, right now the white house is planning to sign the bill. the president signed the bill on friday, and we actually just got the first word from the president since the house passage of the bill putting out a rather lengthy statement saying in part this legislation is about giving the backbone of this nation, the essenti
they are controlling the narrative for once. they can put their story forward. they can also say which stories weren t true. and i m comfortable in knowing that we did everything that we could to make it work. oh, my god, we just did everything we could to protect them. president joe biden says the american rescue plan will help the u.s. rebound from the covid-19 pandemic. everything in this package is designed to meet the most urgent needs of the nation. this was never about getting people back to work or kids back to school or the disease behind us. there is an incredibly transformational, frankly progressive piece of legislation. announcer: this is new day with alisyn camerota and john be berman. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day, monday, march 8th, 6:00 here in new york. and the stunning new claims this morning about the royal family by prince harry and meghan markle. in a bombshell two-hour i
Plus literally dialing up the rhetoric. President trump and president putin set to talk as counterpart tomorrow. But whos calling who . Keir simmons in new york, Kristen Welker at the white house. Big meeting today, big phone call tomorrow but its the meeting thats not happening thats grabbing all the headlines, right . Thats right. That meeting that was supposed to happen with the president of mexico which was cancelled yesterday after President Trump insisted that mexico was going to pay for the wall, the president of mexico said not going to pay for the wall. That is something we have heard him say over and over again. Then we learned he cancelled the meeting. President trump tried to cast it as a mutual decision. Bottom line, this is a rift in a relation with one of the United States closest allies, its Third Largest Trading Partner. What happens next . The administration floating the idea of a possible 20 tax on imports from mexico and, hallie,
for a very busy day. Keir simmons is