plus, how two people are helping turn arizona into a former covid hot spot and we get closer to the end of the episode. this is american voices. long awaited relief is officially trickling into bank accounts across america right now. that s not the only benefit from the massive american rescue plan. while the $1,400 checks are huge, there s also a $300 unemployment boost in the bill and it expands the child tax credit. there s also billions of dollars to pay for vaccines that help schools fund the changes required to ensure student safety. it provides rental assistance and sends funding to local governments. if we stay on track, president biden believes we can return to a sense of normal by the fourth of july. and now with light at the end of the tunnel, the big question turns to what life will look like after the pandemic. will we still wear masks? will we baseball get together with family, soccer games and friday night football and monday night football? these are questio
is a political debate these days. even what time the sun rises and sets. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, and joshua johnson. welcome to the week. did you have a good week? president biden certainly did. over the course of 48 hours, he took big steps toward addressing his priority. the pandemic. on wednesday, congress passed the american rescue plan. the next day, he signed it into law. that night, he delivered his first primetime presidential address. and in that speech, the president division of post- pandemic summer. i set a goal that many of you said was kind of way over the top. i said i intended to get 100 million shots of people s arms and my first hundred days in office. tonight, i can say we are not only going to meet that goal, we are going to meet that goal. because we are actually on track to reach this goal of 100 million shots in arms on my 60th day in office. tonight. i am announcing i will direct all states, tribes and territories, to make