boy, that is a nice image. the president is also asking americans to continue to do their part, to get vaccinated, not to let their guards down in the coming months, like wearing masks. john harwood is at the white house. and john, the president, other top officials, they re going to hit the road and promote this. i m sure they have the experience of the 2008 rescue package in mind. started popular, not as pap lar as this. and you see republicans attacking the package around the edges here. is the intention to try to keep this popular. absolutely. and they ll get some help when the checks start arriving in bank accounts this weekend, $1,400 for adults and children in families with incomes under $150,000. so that is going to help them. but they do have to make sheer the other benefits of the plan including new benefits for small businesses that haven t been touched by previous rounds of paycheck protection. but this is a was a speech last night where the president was no
adviser to covid act now. sabrina, let s just dive in on this. number one, let s talk about the substance of this legislation. you know, this is very progressive. it s not just this patchwork of, you know, people are struggling in america and let s get them money, but it is specifically, you know, let s get parents money because of their children. this is something that has been done in other countries, never really in america until now. can you speak to that and just what this offers up americans? well, i think that s what you heard the president speak to in his remarks just now talking about the substance of the bill. now, some of this is, of course, the immediate relief that the administration felt was necessary in response to the coronavirus pandemic like another round of stimulus checks, $1,400 direct payments that will start going out as soon as this weekend and continue to roll out in the coming weeks, but there is also an expansion of the child tax credit for anothe
just sit in there like a big, juicy happening now, breaking news the election subversion case against donald trump in georgia was just put on hold indefinitely. the state appeals court ordering the pause until it rules on the latest effort to get district attorney fani willis disqualified from the case also tonight, trump is renewing is threat to seek revenge for his criminal convic york, the former president turned felons, suggesting he may prosecute and even j hill his political opponents, if he returns to the white house, plus resident biden lands and france just ahead of the d-day anniversary, amy, to show global leadership and draw a stark contrast with trump, will the president s message gets through as the white house is rushing to dispute a new report about his mental fitness welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i will blitzer a year in this situation room the. skis, cnn breaking news first up tonight, the breaking news, donald trum
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joe biden ask kamala harris. the most progressive legislation in a generation. one of the most sweeping federal recovery efforts in history. the exexpansion of the child tax credit that s going to cut in half childhood poverty. it demonstrates a government that s working for the people. the bill is amended is passed. [ applause ] that s what it sounds like. today president biden back out at work touring a medical center distributing vaccines to veterans. the landmark bill is the first major legislative victory of the biden era. about $2 trillion. the house expected to vote on wednesday. they are racing so it will get president biden s signature before any unemployment benefits would expire in mid-march. it includes $1400 stimulus checks, expanded unemployment benefits, another $50 billion for loans for small businesss around the nation, $14 billion for vaccine distribution, a large program that supports children, more on that part tonight. and these checks are sla