efforts to maximize every penny of the stimulus. the president and vice president and their spouses hit the road today from vegas to near philly for what the white house is calling the help is here tour touting the massive legislation. this comes as president biden is setting new goals for the nation to begin the path out of this pandemic and to help reach those goals the biden administration is now devoting $250 million to try to encourage skeptical americans, many of them trump supporters, to get the vaccine as cnn s phil mattingly now reports. shots in arms and money in pockets. reporter: with stimulus checks already hitting bank accounts president biden now in an all-out sprint to promote the $1.9 trillion covid relief law. the american rescue plan is already doing what it was designed to do, make a difference in people s everyday lives. reporter: and ensure there are no errors as it s put into place. the devil is in the details. reporter: biden naming gene sp
meanwhile, the head of the cdc is pleading with americans to continue wearing masks, physical distancing and other precautions to avoid another covid-19 surge as more states open up. the cdc says that one in five americans has now had at least one covid vaccine dose. we re also following new developments here in washington in the capitol siege. two men have now been arrested and charged for assaulting police officer brian sicknick who later died. the men are accused of working together to spray police including sicknick with a toxic chemical spray. let s begin over at the white house right now, our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is joining us. the president wants the americans to know that the covid relief package is much more than direct stimulus checks. update our viewers. reporter: yeah, wolf, he does. that might be the most tangible given it was put directly in americans bank accounts over the weekend, but the white house is saying there s a lot more h