cylinders, my friend. thank you very much. i appreciate it. thank you for joining us at home. happy to have you here. tomorrow democrats in washington will be wearing their sunday best. it is a really big landmark day for them at 9:00 a.m. they ll start the home stretch final debate to pass the american rescue plan. a big covid relief bill that is the first thing the biden administration and the democrats in congress put their shoulders to when they got sworn in just two months ago. and you know, time will tell how this legislation is viewed over the long haul. but just at face value, it is more wide reaching progressive legislation than anything past, anything passed at least the last two democratic presidents. legislatively in terms of its progressive reach, in terms of its reach to make things better for people who need the most help. it is definitely on par with the affordable care act, with obamacare. but this bill, what the senate passed this weekend, what the house
legislation than anything passed anything passed at least the last two democratic presidents. legislatively in terms of its progressive reach, in terms of its reach to make things better for people who need the most help. it is definitely on par with the affordable care act, with obamacare. but this bill, what the senate passed this weekend, what the house will pass tomorrow, what president biden is about to sign, will hit a wider target than the affordable care act ever aimed at. as huge an accomplishment as that was to reform the absolutely broke and broken u.s. health care system to try to improve it in a fundamental way, this bill is bigger. it is aiming at more. it will strike what is hoped to be a decisive blow against the pandemic in terms of funding a coherent technocratically skilled national response. everything from testing to the vaccine rollout. we are in the middle of the largest vaccine rollout in the history of the country. this is how we re going to fund it
o donnell. it s nice to see you do these interviews because you are seemingly able to cover the ground you were never able to cover last year. i don t know exactly what the worry would have been from the trump administration about letting senior doctors come on a show that was hosted by somebody who they think is a terrible person. there s no harm that dr. fauci would have done to the trump administration by answering questions from me or from you while they were still here. i don t know what petty thing was driving that, but it was such a relief to be able to ask questions directly of the policymakers at the heart of these things and get real answers. it feels like we re finally doing the real work. of course, there was the constant pretending that covid-19 either wasn t so bad or was getting much better every day when it was getting much worse, so there was just that madness about trump world and the trump white house, and what is odd about it, i agree with you, is th
yeah, and i don t know what exactly what the worry would have been from the trump administration about letting senior doctors come on a show that was hosted by somebody who they think is a terrible person. there s no harm that dr. fauci would have done to the trump administration by answering questions from me or from you while they were still here. so i don t know what petty thing was driving that, but it is such a relief to be able to ask questions directly of the policymakers at the heart of these things and get real answers. it just feels like we re finally doing the real work. of course, there was the constant pretending that covid-19 either wasn t so bad or was getting much better every day when it was getting much worse, so there was just that madness about trump world and the trump white house, and what is odd about it, i agree with you, is that dr. fauci was allowed to do certain shows at certain times where perfectly reasonable questions were asked. exactly ri
joe biden ask kamala harris. the most progressive legislation in a generation. one of the most sweeping federal recovery efforts in history. the exexpansion of the child tax credit that s going to cut in half childhood poverty. it demonstrates a government that s working for the people. the bill is amended is passed. [ applause ] that s what it sounds like. today president biden back out at work touring a medical center distributing vaccines to veterans. the landmark bill is the first major legislative victory of the biden era. about $2 trillion. the house expected to vote on wednesday. they are racing so it will get president biden s signature before any unemployment benefits would expire in mid-march. it includes $1400 stimulus checks, expanded unemployment benefits, another $50 billion for loans for small businesss around the nation, $14 billion for vaccine distribution, a large program that supports children, more on that part tonight. and these checks are sla