folks, people who built the country, a fighting chance. the white house says the $1,400 checks if many americans are stand landing in bank accounts as soon as this weekend. the law includes a boost to federal unemployment benefits and more funding for coronavirus vaccine and testing programs. later tonight, biden will deliver his first prime time address to the nation as president of the united states to chart a course out of this def devastating pandemic. almost 33 million fully vaccinated, which is the gad news, but not to mention, the nation is still down almost 10 million jobs. and as cnn phil mattingly reports, the white house plans to try to sell this new legislation to every corner of the country. i m going to have a lot more to say about that tonight and the next couple of days. reporter: for president joe biden, a day of major moments. this historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country. reporter: with major challenges still ahead. bi
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
our country is being destroyed at the southern border. a terrible thing to see exclamation point. texas governor greg abbott says none of this would be happening if president biden hadn t rolled back trump policies and undercut ice. it is a self-inflicted wound. going back to what the border patrol officers told me themselves they informed the biden administration about this all along and the biden administration has known exactly what has going to happen if they refused to continue to implement the policies that were previously in place. harris: william la jeunesse is live in california near the mexico border. william. harris, those checkpoints are a big deal. as you well know sometimes migrants will get over the border and then the load vehicle will pick them up and only a few miles up the road on i-10, i-8 or somewhere else where they will be interdicted and you ll catch the migrants or drugs. as you were comparing the two administrations one thing president trump di
$14 billion for vaccine distribution, and expanse of the child tax credit that experts say could cut child poverty in half. and the $1400 direct stimulus checks. a promise that won back the senate for the democrats. he will address the public in the next hour no doubt to champion the success of the deal. he will announce another big deal for 100 million additional new doses of the johnson and johnson vaccine. enough to vaccinate roughly one in three americans. an advisor credited a historic partnership between johnson and johnson and murk. today they will direct jeff and the health and human services to procure an additional 100 million doses of the johnson and johnson vaccine. this order allows for the president to u plan for the future and the latter part of the year. this is wartime. and as facts still emerge, it gives us maximum flexibility for our upcoming needs. we lead a histoic partnership between two rival drug companies to scale manufacturing and speed delivery.
Tonight, the covid crisis in america escalating. One of americas Top Health Officials warning, we are running out of time. Cases tonight surging across more than half the country. At least 14 states hitting the brakes on reopening. Los angeles county alone topping 100,000 cases. Its largest single day increase. The city of jacksonville, the site of the gop convention, ordering residents to wear masks. In west virginia, 200 told to selfquarantine over concerns about possible exposure at a gym. And tonight, the warning from new yorks governor to the rest of the country. On the brink. Tonight, we take you inside a hospital in arizona where icus are now close to the breaking point. Plus, the new headline about that rare syndrome in children tied to covid19. Also developing tonight, the four officers charged in the
killing of george floyd appearing in court today. The judge asking floyds Family Members to control their reactions and warning all sides to stop discussing the case publicly. Pr