children, tell us they re making the journey now, as the crisis on the border grows. covid hot spots: new infections are rising in 18 states. michigan s seen a 40% spike in one week. and our series, women and the pandemic: the doctors on a mission to vaccinate people in under-served communities. jurors dismissed: why the judge says two jurors in the trial of derek chauvin, the ex-officer accused of murdering george floyd, can t be impartial. new tax deadline: important new information on when you need to file your taxes by. tiger woods recovery: the update, three weeks after his devastating car crash. and, grab the kleenex tonight, the story of a family pulled apart by the pandemic, that s reunited. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening there are two major headlines as we come on the air, including severe weather in the south where tornadoes have already touched down. and millions are under watch
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tonight, the pressure is growing on new york s governor, andrew cuomo, to resign. chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand calling on cuomo to step down due to multiple allegations of sexual harassment and his handling of covid-19 deaths at state nursing homes. president joe biden celebrating the new $1.9 trillion covid relief law at a ceremony in the rose garden today. and telling americans that help is here. the treasury department confirming the first batch of stimulus payments will start going out to americans in need this weekend. let s discuss. matt lewis is here, and ana navarro is here. good evening to you both. ana, let s start for you. a huge week for president biden, got something done while the gop was essentially m.i.a. has the republican party given up on governing? i think they re governing a lot, but they re gaslighting a lot. we re focused on what is happening in washington. but i think one of the most transcendental things going on, republican legislatures are
tonight marks one year since start of the pandemic. this has been the deadliest year in a century. literally it started one year ago with the presidential address on our watch and now a year later, literally to the hour, a very different president with a very different message. the biggest anti-poverty measure in a generation. the law aims to lift 11 million americans out of poverty and cut child poverty in half, but president biden spent most of his first address to the nation not taking a victory lap but rallying us for the rest of the race to come. a year ago we were hit with a virus that was met with silence and spread unchecked, denials for days, weeks, then months that led to more deaths, more infections, more stress and more loneliness. we knew what we needed to do to beat this virus tell the truth, follow the scientists and the science, work together. my fervent prayer for our country is that after all we ve been through, we ll come together as one people, one nat
congress and in moments he will sign it into law. this as vaccines are being delivered to americans with the goal of having enough vaccines for all adults by the end of may. nearly 1500 americans are still dying on average each day to a disease that didn t have a name just 15 months ago. i m going to turn now to chief cnn white house correspondent kaitlan collins. kaitlan, before you get into the details of the president s speech tonight, tell us what you know about this signing event. reporter: well, so this was a bit of a change. we were not expecting president biden to actually sign this bill until tomorrow when they were going to have a signing ceremony at the white house with all the lawmakers. but now the president says they got this bill last night earlier than going through those procedural motions up on capitol hill, so he wants to sign this as quickly as possible so it can go into effect. you ll see this in about 30 minutes or so. we re going into the oval office