adding to the more than 532,000 deaths and more than 29 million cases so far. five hours from now, the president will give his first prime time address to the nation from the white house. we have special coverage spanning two continents throughout this entire hour, beginning with nbc news correspondents, kelly o donnell covering the white house, sarah harmon in munich, germany, and joelene kent in los angeles. i ll begin with you at the white house. the president signed the american rescue plan moments ago. one day earlier than what was scheduled. did the white house realize waiting two days did not reflect the urgency of the crisis that millions of americans need that had money? reporter: well, the white house decided to act as quickly as they received the bill from capitol hill. so that s a standard part of how it works. it takes a few days to turn even a just passed piece of legislation into a document for the president s signature. so they hurried it up. by doing so, it
capitol. welcome it our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is early start. i m laura jarrett. and i m christine romans. it s wednesday, march 10th, good morning, everyone. in nearly a year since the pandemic hit this could be one of the most consequential days in american history. the president s $1.9 trillion recovery plan is near. and defying health experts by dropping public health measures. as for the recovery package it could deliver a generational transformation of the economy. poll after poll shows broad public support but the measure has no republican backing in the house or the senate. daniella diaz is live on capitol hill with the very latest, daniella, good morning. huge day on capitol hill. reporter: good morning, laura. that s right, the house is going to vote on this massive stimulus package today marking the last step before it ends up on biden s desk and he signs this legislation into law. this is a major achievement for the bi
they were debating on president biden s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill. the package is expected to pass handing the legislature its most legislative win. it is broadly popular with the american people. look at these new numbers from our latest poll. 61% of americans support this. president biden will begin touting the win during his prime time address, his first one to the nation. that s tomorrow night. this as the white house prepares to purchase an additional 100 million doses of the johnson & johnson covid vaccine. chief congressional correspondent manu raju is on capitol hill. manu, yet one more republican delay here now, another one of these votes to adjourn. is that the last one? when is the actual vote going to happen? yeah, there could be more. we expected this vote to take place around noon eastern, but it s now being delayed because of marjorie taylor greene, the freshman republican from georgia, who has made a motion to adjourn the chamber. this is actually the fo
45 have become president what d you think when you think of those 45 individuals we have called president? how many do you think did a goo job? what do we want in a leader? do we even expect the president to be a leader? do we want to present leaders who will tell us what we want t hear, do we want leaders who will tell us the truth, even if it s not what we want to hear? there is some consents and slightly like george, washington,. probably the same with john adams and i ve always admired abraham lincoln in large part because everything come of the failures them of the self doubt he overcame it to lead us through the most divisive time in our country s history. lincoln, a government of the people, by the people, for the people. i liked ronald reagan because h was hopeful. he also lost he lost the nomination, he came back to become one of the more popular presidents we ever had. my grandmother spoke highly of franklin roosevelt. folks still mourn what could ve been with john
it is a priority of the administration. do you believe right now there is a crisis at the border? the answer is no. i think there is a challenge at the border that we re managing. is there a crisis at the border? at this point is this a crisis at the border? we don t have to put new labels on what we ve already conveyed is challenging. is there a challenge at the border? let s go. dana: a couple thoughts there from a communications perspective if i could. definitely think the white house is feeling the heat about the president not being as visible or taking questions. they had him go out yesterday. he is at a hardware store looking around but not answering questions. one of the questions is about the border. they pull it out. today at 12:30 p.m. when jen psaki briefs the press she will bring with her somebody that deals with border security issues because they know they need to have a better answer. if i were jen psaki i would agree i would bring someone else