over 100 million vaccines delivered so far. we are at a critical time. stunning images of crowds flocking for spring break. the other surge raising major concerns this morning is the growing crisis at the u.s. mexico border. right now, more than 4,000 unaccompanied migrant children, that s children without their parents are in border patrol custody. we are following all these headlines, first, cnn jeremy dimons is at the white house with more on the cross-country tour touting his relief package, it s interesting during trump presidency, we talk about campaign-style presidents. i wonder if you see this at a campaign event? reporter: from is no question president biden and vice president harris are talking about the american rescue plan. that coronavirus relief package you signed in law last week. a part is political. it s about preparing for the mid-terms. every democrat up and down the ticket will be running on this plan. particularly throws members of congress and senators
sweeping pieces of legislation in most recent history, set to impact american life on many, many levels. by now you probably heard about the $1,400 stimulus checks, which could start going out via direct deposit next week but the bill is also expected to add 7 million jobs to the economy. it s designed to cut child poverty in half, specifically helping black and hispanic families through the tax credits and family aid and it will fund nationwide vaccine distribution that should help bring an end to this covid pandemic. to underscore that, we just learned in the last hour, the biden administration will announce plans to buy 100 million additional vaccines from johnson & johnson. we should make it clear, that while there is a lot of hope and a lot of potential surrounding the new covid bill, we will not be sure how effective it s going to actually be until it s put into action. i want to bring in garrett haake on capitol hill. also with us, chief white house correspondent for n
u.s. history. we are also live in texas now officially 100% open, during this covid crisis the state s mask mandate gone. the move being celebrated by some, slammed by others. and in minneapolis day two of jury selection in derek chauvin s murder trial now getting started. what we know about the three jurors already seated and what it might mean for the trial s outcome. i m hallie jackson in washington with you this morning, and we are live from both ends of pennsylvania avenue with nbc s leigh ann caldwell on capitol hill and carol lee at the white house. we ve been talking about this bill for months, it is set to pass within a matter of hours but may be a few hours longer. at this point we had expected debate to have begin, that is not the case at least as of 10:01 eastern time this morning. that s right, hallie. house speaker nancy pelosi and democratic leadership are so convinced that this bill is going to pass that they held a press conference yesterday touting the
Good morning. Its friday 28th april. Im annita mcveigh. Police say theyve arrested six people following a Counter Terrorism operation in North West London, in which a woman was shot by armed officers. The female suspect, whos in her 20s, is under police guard in hospital. Officers believe theyve thwarted an active Terrorist Plot. The raid is not connected with yesterdays arrest near Downing Street of a man carrying knives. Our correspondent andy moore is in willesden at the scene for us now. Whats the latest you have on this investigation . We now have a total of six people arrested in connection with this investigation. There was a raid on the street at about 7pm yesterday and we can bring you some video filmed by a neighbour. You can see Police Officers with long barrelled guns, we understand cs gas was fired into the property, you can see today one of the windows is broken, so you can see those armed Police Officers. We can see what appears to be a woman who is brought out of the pr
The jobs that are being created. Ill have more later. In sport, italian championjuventus took a Big Stride Towards the Champions League final. Jose mourinho has set his sights on winning the Europa League in the semi final tonight. Also this morning the story of eight year old marin and herfriendship with police dog in training tag. He is my best friend. He is basically my special bff. And carol has the weather. There is a north south split, in the north it will be sunny, in the south it will be cloudy with showery outbreaks of rain. In the east in the breeze once again it will be chilly. I have more injust over ten minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. A bbc breakfast investigation into the treatment of Eating Disorder has shown rising numbers of men being affected by conditions like anorexia and bulimia. Figures obtained through a Freedom Of Information Request showed the number of males receiving out patent treatment in england is rising at double the rate of female patients