senate. president biden plans to sign it into law tomorrow. joining us now, cnn chief political correspondent, dana bash. the co-anchor of state of the union. and dana, this will be an east room address, we understand. and we are told new details this morning. the president will honor the 500,000 lost to covid, the millions of people being affected. he ll discuss what s being done to accelerate vaccination efforts and lay out the next steps in getting the pandemic under control. that s the what. what about the why? why are we seeing this tonight? why is because the people in the biden white house, starting with the president himself, remember 2009. remember what happened the last time a democratic president started his administration with a giant piece of legislation that was passed by democrats. and it was completely attacked in such a big way that it helped to create the tea party and helped to create the 20102010 republican takeover of the house of representatives. a
honor the more than 529,000 people who have lost their lives to covid-19. and address the sacrifices that americans, that all of us have made during this pandemic while recognizing how it has very much changed our lives. that is right. president biden is also expected to tout what just passed and that is his $1.9 trillion covid stimulus package known as the american rescue plan. largely popular with the american people. but it passed only along party lines. there was not a single republican in either chamber that supported the bill. the president will sign it into law tomorrow and then he s going to pennsylvania next week to sell it to the american people. so let s begin at the white house with our john harwood. good morning to you, john. what have you learned in terms of the tone we re going to hear from the president tonight? reporter: well, poppy, pretty consistently president biden has struck a very sober tone about this pandemic, honoring the sacrifice of people, spe
american people and talk about what we ve been through as a nation this past year. more importantly, i m going to talk about what comes next. i m going to launch the next phase of the covid response and explain what we will do as a government and what we will ask of the american people. there is light at the end of this dark tunnel in the past year. what we cannot let our guard down now. the covid relief bill is part of the light at the end of the tunnel, biden said. house of representatives passed that legislation, 220 to 211 on an almost strictly party-line vote. minutes ago, house speaker nancy pelosi and senate majority leader chuck schumer heralded this moment calling it a momentous day. this is the most consequential legislation that many of us will ever be a party to. who knows what the future may bring, but nonetheless, on this day, we celebrate. so what do we say to america? we say to america, help is on the way. help is on the way. you will receive $1,400 chec
Apple takes yet another giant bite out of its competition, making a profit of over 11 billion in the Third Quarter of the year. Up up and away, us shares hit a record high for a fifth day in a row. We tell you whats driving the astonishing growth. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme well be live in china for the latest on a possible trade war with the us. Lets start with the worlds most valuable company. Apple has published its latest set of results and they show revenue growing to 16. 1 billion for the three months tojuly. That combined with a prediction that it will bring in as much as 52 billion in the next quarter saw shares rise by up to 6 in after hours trade to hit a record high. Apple made a pre tax profit of 11. 3 billion in the three months from april to the end ofjune, a solid rise on the previous year. This year the iphone is ten years old, but its not been performing so well in china, where sales this quarter were flat and total chines
News, leicester manager Claudio Ranieri denies there is a crisis at the club who have given him a vote of confidence ahead of the fa cup replay against derby. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Joining up health and social Care Services in england is one of the governments big ideas for easing the pressures on the health service. But according to a report out today, efforts to treat more patients in the community have neither saved money, nor taken pressure off hospitals. The scheme called the Better Care Fund was meant to save the nhs half a billion pounds in its first year. The Department Of Health insists its too soon to judge the success of its plans. Heres our health correspondent, dominic hughes. Bringing together the care received in homes like this one and the wider nhs is more complicated than it seems. The aim is to prevent people from being admitted to hospital in the first place, but when they are, get them home quicker. Some solutions are simple. This disti