something about it. super spreader affairs as spring breakers are flocking to the beaches in florida despite warnings to stay away. and the shocking attack on police officers trying to enforce pandemic. covid relief. some receiving checks totaling thousands of dollars. to have a little bit of weight lifted off our shoulders. to not have to worry as much as maybe what the next months will hold. i have some bills that are behind, obviously. so those are all already caught up. i got all of those caught up this morning. a lot of people needing that morning. good morning, it s sunday, march 14th. i m lindsey reiser. i m kendis gibson. we have a team of correspondents and analysts standing by with the latest for you on the stories we re covering. we begin with cathy park in new york with more on that new york times report surrounding governor cuomo. good morning. more than two dozen people were interviewed for the piece. who are they? what are some of the bombshells
and the $15 minimum wage that the house voted to include in the covid relief bill. but even with democrats in control, the possibility of any of this becoming law is nowhere near guaranteed. and without a change to the filibuster, much of this progressive to-do list will die. joining me now is senate majority leader chuck schumer of the great state of new york. leader schumer, thank you very much for coming to the sunday show. good to be with you, jonathan. the old days back in gotham. so, listen, you were able to get the senate to pass the covid relief package, and as a result it became law. how do you hold your razor-thin majority? how did you hold it in order for all of these progressive to-do list items to get through passage? well, first, it s such a major piece of legislation. it s the most significant change for middle-class people, for poor people, people trying to get into the middle class in decades in a very long time. and it has amazing things in it. the c
it now. along with their spouses, biden and harris will not just tout their achievements and lay out the details, they ll also seize the moment to tout their party. that by voting democrats, you re voting for a party that gets things done. that messaging campaign will kick off tomorrow in las vegas, with vice president harris, famous for the strip, is one of the struggling most in america because the lock downmeans no lifeline for a city fueled by tourism. joining me to help kick make it, you know? we want to get back out there and really embrace our guests, embrace our clientele, and bring back all that energy that we are missing because this city was built on service. joining me to help kick off the hour, associated press white house reporter jonathan lemire, also an msnbc political analyst. juanita tolliver is a democratic strategist and former republican congressman from florida, carlos curbelo. talk to me about the difference that joe biden played in 2009 and t
many americans could wake up this saturday morning to find desperately needed relief payments already in their bank accounts. the first batch of payments were processed friday, the same day that the american rescue plan was signed into law. now president bill bjoe biden a team plan to travel the country spreading awareness. here is jeff zeleny. help is here and we will not stop working for you. reporter: president biden celebrating his first legislative success, hailing the rescue plan as a triumph of to lift the nation from crisis. together with you, we re showing that it is possible to get big important things done. reporter: it was a rose garden victory lap. with biden soaking in his first official event there as president. to tout a law now part of his legacy. it changes the paradigm, for the first time in a long time, this bill puts working people in this nation first. not hyperbole, it is a fact. reporter: but he made clear that the law that will touch the l
this is new day weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. a live look at the rose garden yesterday, we heard three word, help is here. and you will hear that more as these $1400 stimulus payments start to hit bank accounts. yeah, soon president biden will hit the road to tout his nearly $2 trillion rescue plan. andviewed the pr push yesterday. and the other message, normalcy is near. the president saying that may 1st is the deadline if all documents to be eligible for a vaccine. and he has his eye on independents s from the virus b the fourth of july. and health experts are worried about americans traveling for sbrpring break an more states ease restrictions. and we start in wilmington, delaware with jasmine wright. we know the president is spending his weekend there, economic aid starting to roll out. what do we know about what comes next? well, the president turned his focus noimplementing his cod relief bill. he said it yesterday, the devil is in the deta