good evening. i am erin burnett. out front tonight, help is here. those are the words exactly of president biden who marks his 50th day in office with a major legislative victory. his massive relief bill is heading to his desk after passing the house today. this represents a historic victory for the american people. everything addresses a real need with investments to fund our entire vaccination effort. i meant trillion. $1.9 trillion is the price tag here, the second most expensive relief bill in american history behind the $2 trillion bill signed a year ago under president trump. if you ask how much the united states earmarked for covid relief, roughly $5 trillion. we upped the national debt by 33% in one year. borrowing a total amount of money almost equivalent to the gdp of japan. here is what does not add up. republicans s voted for what is the most expensive bill in history. now only that it is joe biden s bill they balked at the price tag. every democrat but one vo
he spoke about its passage a little while ago. update our viewers. reporter: wolf, it was the top priority from the day president biden set foot in the oval office 50 days ago. and when he speaks to the nation tomorrow night in his first primetime address he says he is going to talk about the next phase of the covid recovery process, the next phase where the backbone of it will be the legislative victory he just secured. help is on the way. reporter: tonight on day 50 for president joe biden the first mission accomplished. this bill represents a historic, historic victory for the american people. reporter: the house passing biden s number one priority, the sweeping $1.9 trillion covid relief plan. and biden planning to sign it into law on friday. we have passed historic, consequential and transformative legislation. reporter: the bill broadly popular nationwide with 61% supporting the measure according to a cnn/ssrs poll and 66% saying the bill will help the eco