all my colleagues at networks of nbc news, good night. a busy friday and busy friday night in the news tonight. new york governor andrew cuomo in water that appears to be getting deeper and hotter all the time. after the publication of a long investigative piece by rebecca traister in new york magazine today, reporting on litany of women who worked for him say he s behaved inappropriately in the workplace. botham u.s. senators from new york, senate majority leader chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand have called for cuomo to resign. join a majority of the overall delegation from new york calling for cuomo to step down. front page of huffington post tonight, it s over. schumer and gillibrand call for cuomo s head. photo is odd series of reuters photographs taken at governor s mansion from a distance. in these photos, the governor is seen walking around talking on cell phone wearing a blanket. also in company of really amazing looking good dog. why the governor is wearing a
waking american knows the big national news is that the checks are in the mail, with the huge covid bill delivering immediate results and impact. that s the story. that s the thing that can really impact your life and your family s life and your community s existence over these next few crucial months. it s what president biden is leaning into, directly admitting as well that democrats have sometimes flubbed this next part. joe biden siting his own experience in the obama/biden administration when some thought the economic rebound would speak for itself. well, now biden is saying not this time. biden s aides stressing they are rightfully proud of this giant bill, this progressive policy bill, and they will use the megaphone so americans hear about it around the country. there is a policy piece to that effort so people learn about how they can access the benefits, how they can get vaccinate, what the new rules are as well as the new funding. and the president of course spoke t
i m laura jarrett. happy friday. happy friday. i m christine romans. nice to see you. march 12th. 5 a.m. exactly in new york. start the clock. president biden offering this hopeful path out of the pandemic and he s giving a time line by early summer. in the first primetime address he urged all-americans to do their part. if we do all of this, if we do our part, if we do this together, by july the 4th there s a good chance you, family and friends will be able to get together in your backyard, neighborhood, have a cookout, barbecue, celebrate independence day. here the president urging all states to make all adults eligible for a vaccine available in two months. jasmine, we have dates here. vaccines on the way for everyone. lay out the president s goals. reporter: well, last night, laura, the president really did two things. he tapped into the empathizer in chief role that we are getting to know from him so well meeting with americans, as you said, to do their part. he
good morning. thursday, march 11th, 5 a.m. exactly in new york. i am christine romans. president biden gives his first primetime address to the nation tonight. the american rescue plan becomes law when he signs it tomorrow. he calls the measure a historic victory for the american people. there are stimulus checks, unemployment help, tax credits to lift children out of poverty. money for schools, states and local governments. support for schools and small businesses. more, help with rent, money for vaccines, internet for kids stuck with remote learning. bottom line, a lot of help for the poorest americans. biden is now armed with his first major legislative achievement. cnn has new information about what we will hear from the president tonight. our congressional reporter daniella diaz is live. good morning, daniella. now the president taking this on the road. reporter: that s right, laura. president biden is going to talk to americans directly tonight in the primetime ad
more than 529,000 americans have died, the highest death toll of any nation in the world and nearly 2,000 people in the united states are still dying each day. this isn t over. and the numbers don t tell the whole story. it is the lives interrupted, the families suddenly broken, so many people left to die and grief alone that really hit that does hit the hardest and cannot be forgotten. mothers and fathers and brothers, sisters and friends and coworkers, so many taken too soon. i know i m going to remember michelle, a nurse whose brother-in-law, sister-in-law and mother in law were all admitted to her hospital and she was the only person able to hold her mother-in-law edna s hand as she passed. unlike in a normal circumstance where you would be together gathering as a family, we ve all had to work through this separately. and there is also danielle lopez whose uncle was killed by the virus last summer. it just i m sorry, i m trying to even process that all that th