increases across the country change and new data emerge. we re also keeping a close eye on capitol hill where the house is debating, you see kevin mccarthy there, get ready to hold a historic vote on president biden s $1.9 trillion covid relief package, a monumental piece of legislation that offers aid to almost every part of life right now. $1400 checks to individuals, unemployment boost, child tax credit, funding for schools. joining me now for the state of play on where things stand there, manu raju is on the hill joining us from the white house and director david chalian is joining us as well. manu, walk us through what is about to happen in the house. we do expect final passage to occur late in the 12:00 hour in the east, 12:45 or so is when we expect that vote to begin. republicans have tried to delay, specifically one republican, marjorie taylor greene tried to delay the vote by forcing a motion to adjourn the house. that was rejected. a lot of republican colleagues
weekly jobless benefits that goes through september. there is expansion of tax credits affordable care act subsidies. and there s also funding for schools, states, and vaccines and a lot more as well. here s how an eligible family of four earning under $150,000 a year, couple earning $96,000, i should say, with two children, would receive here. each person gets $1,400, plus there is a $3,000 tax credit for each of the two children age 6 or older. the total help for this family is going to be more than $11,000. still not a single republican in the house is expected to vote for it in the coming moments as was the case in the senate. i call upon my republican colleagues to stop their march madness and show some compassion for their constituents who are less than wealthy. i ve heard people across the country say this bill today is costly, corrupt, and liberal. it s a laundry list of left-wing priorities that predate the pandemic and do not meet the needs of the american famil
nome among the general public but in mayors and select city council persons and county executives. it showers money on special interests, but spends less than 9% on actually defeating the virus. and after five relief bills, it is on track to be the first passed by strictly party lines. mr. speaker, i ve heard people across the country say this bill today is costly, corrupt and liberal. joining me now is cnn senior political correspondent abby phillip who anchors inside politics on sundaying. how significant is this measure that we are expecting will be passed? how significant is this for president biden? brianna, a massive piece of legislation. the first major priority for the biden administration and a massive bill. that was by design. the biden administration wanted to make sure this bill was commiserate with the size of the problem. look at it in comparison to the other major relief bill, it s the second largest relief bill passed in this country s history. take
one more time i m going to celebrate all day all night benjamin: every time i see courtnoy i get hungry. what is your breakfast of choice? did you have breakfast yet? jillian: it is 5:00 in the morning where i am. i only eat breakfast on the weekends. during the week i am up in the middle of the night. that is a hard one to answer. if i were to say on the weekend i m getting off the rails a little bit but avocado, potatoes benjamin: breakfast. jillian: maybe chocolate milk. benjamin: you can have baked beans on the side, some bacon. you belong over here. jillian: carly streaming from the other side of the studio mimosa. benjamin: plenty mary. benjamin: you are watching fox and friends first on wednesday morning. jillian: now you know too much about my breakfast order. the house will give final approval to the $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief bill, democratic senator joe manchin defending the deal despite not one republican voting in favor. you had to look
incredible privilege, should they feel an obligation to enhance and build the society they come from? no, they just feel like destroying it. governor greg abbott is defending his decision to lift the statewide mandate. the all the numbers are moving in the right direction. there has to come a time when you begin a return to normalcy. don t stop believing brian: of course, the governor of texas saying what other governors are saying, the governor of connecticut is saying, the governor of maryland is saying, obviously, the governor of florida is saying. there is a time almost a year to the day when we shut down, i think 15 or 5 hours to slow the spread, and it ends up being over a year. and now people like to condemn governors in red states for opening up their state, but it s about time. we re doing well with the vaccines, we re turning the corner when it comes to living with this, we know more. i think that s the spirit which we ve got to put through the country right