well, guess what? they re going to be getting that check soon. that $1,400 check could land in your bank account as soon as this weekend, president biden said. democratic congressional leaders were also present to tout the plan. though not a single republican was there, given that not one republican voted for the legislation. president biden is going to try to boost public support for the law as he marks two new dates on every americans calendar, may 1st. that s when he says every adult will be eligible to get a covid vaccine. and july 4th, to mark sfg a new independence from coronavirus with small gatherings with friends and family. though, we should note, many americans did that last fourth of july. right now about 66 million americans have gotten one vaccine dose with 2.2 million doses being administered every day. now president biden wants to m maintain and speed up that pace. wish i could come out and shake hands with every one of you. reporter: moments ago, a ros
teacher vaccinations, there were ways to keep everyone safe with masking and ventilation it testing. after vaccines schools became very safe because teachers were given priority for vaccines, and now we have to vaccine for children down to the age of 5. so putting it all together in january of 2022 we shouldn t be closing schools. no matter how many cases there are because we have so much opportunity to get vaccines, and we still have the mitigation procedures in place. so i m sad to see this happening in various regions of this country. and i m sure a lot of parents would be relieved to hear that as well. in the u.s. children under the age of 5, the only group not eligible for a vaccine. and it s in that group that we re seeing hospitalization rates soar in recent weeks to the highest levels since the pandemic began. what s your advice what should parents look out for if their child does have a fever and a cough? at what point would you say to
ventilation, vaccines and as mom and dad haven t gotten boosted yet or if kids who can haven t gotten boosted yet, get boosted as your new year s as one of the things you do this week. you just talked about vaccines and i know where you stand personally and where the union stands on teacher vaccinations. but i just want to make realry cl really clear to the viewers, is the american federation of teachers now supportive of mandatory vaccination for all students 5 and over? you know, look, i think that that s very fraught right now. i know personally i know it is, but it is important what you say on it, right? it is critical what you say on it right now. so i think ultimately i think we have to get through this month, in terms of testing right now for this month is
thinks a $6 trillion package was too little as the white house doubles down on the claim that the it doesn t cost anything. and sean. saturday night live kicks off its new season, fighting for kids education. is that really a halving matter? it s not a laughing matter? it s not. but first if, the largest health system in louisiana will start charging workers hundreds of dollars per month if they are married to an unvaccinated people, the the chief executive releasing a statement saying this: this is not a mandate, it is not an employee/spouse or domestic partners can choose to select a plan outside of asher health offering. and and also tomorrow, newark city, enforcement of the new york city enforcement of the teacher vaccinations begins. some 15,000 employees including about 5,500 teachers refused to
making sure that doesn t become a safe haven for terrorism. but also, let s hope the seeds of human rights we planted, let s hope they take hold when it comes to the freedoms that were instilled over the last 20 years. we ll be watching closely. congressman jimmy panetta, thanks so much for joining ugh this mo. minutes from now the white house covid response team will hold a briefing, sharing new data the rog feller foundation found 89% of parents are planning to send their kids back to class at least one day a week come this fall. the most desired safety measures among parents were classroom ventilation, teacher vaccinations and at least three feet of distancing. we ll be right back.