texas today opening businesses 100% capacity, lifting its mask mandate. other states taking steps, too, but tonight, cdc director dr. rochelle walensky warning 90% of the population is still not fully vaccinated. urging caution, having come this far. president biden late today on another 100 million doses of johnson & johnson s single shot vaccine. and what dr. fauci said today about achieving herd immunity here in the u.s. and when. it was encouraging. the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin, charged with killing george floyd. what we learned today about the three other officers charged. the attacks on asian-americans in this country and tonight, the brutal new case involving a 75-year-old asian-american man viciously targeted. what authorities are now saying tonight. we re tracking the severe storms from california to the middle of this country. heavy snow, rain and severe thunderstorms in some places and we ll time it out. and the images tonigh
get started today. we are now just hours away from the house taking its final vote on president biden s landmark $1.9 trillion covid relief legislation. the final passage tomorrow expected along party lines. of course doubtful any republicans will support it. the president says he ll sign the bill into law as soon as it gets into his desk. stimulus checks will be in the hands of needy americans in the next few weeks. and queen elizabeth saying she s saddened at meghan and harry bombshell accusations. we are likely hours away from president biden s massive covid relief bill passing. that means $1,400 checks to struggling americans, billions of dollars for vaccines and covid testing. as biden once said to the former president barack obama, this is a big eff ing dealing. this is the key piece of legislation they knew they wanted to they didn t have to scale down the scope and size. it remains a $1.9 trillion investment. it did lose some pieces. it lost the $15 minimum wage.
president biden. unlikely to draw republicans vote in chamber. 40% say she support the bill they support the bill. but republicans felt they were left out of the process. it didn t have to be this way. could have got bipartisan approval and support but the speaker decided to go in another direction. f now, there certainly can be legitimate reasons not to like this current relief bill like there were legitimate reasons republicans and democrats didn t like the last one. which passed in december and cost $900 billion. feeling left out of the process was listed as a reason then, too. few leaders making decisions without significant input from members and feeling rushed but it passed by wide margins it passed because the whole out weighed the individual parts people didn t like. 359 votes in the democratic controlled house and 92 in the republican senate. it was largely bipartisan, same with the first major covid relief package that cost nearly a year ago, the one that cost
its violence to respond to that bombshell harry and meghan interview. we re live with details this hour. thanks for joining us. well, the u.s. house of representatives is set to hold a final vote on president joe biden s massive covid relief package just hours from now. the house is expected to pass the updated bill with the senate s revisions. the stimulus package is huge, not only in price tag at $1.9 trillion, but also in its expected impact. democrats from progressives to moderates are united in their support. this is the most significant legislation for working people that has been passed in decades. tremendous piece of legislation that going to create an awful lot of employment across this country. republicans, too, are united in their opposition. socialist wish list. this is a left of lenin, neosocialist wish list. this is a left wing giveaway. it is a left wing social agenda. no republicans so far are getting behind the bill, should it pass, americans wa
truth be told, he doesn t have the to do much selling. there s strong support, bipartisan support for the bill. 61% in favor. cnn s lauren fox live on capitol hill. lauren, what is the timing of the historic vote today? in just a little over an hour, we expect the final debate to be begin in the house of representatives over this $1.9 trillion covid relief bill. after about two hours of debate they ll hold that final vote or that is our expectation this morning. democratic leaders confident that they have the democratic votes they will need to pass this piece of legislation. they don t expect a single republican vote, despite the fact it has more than 60% approval in the latest cnn poll of the american people. now this bill includes a lot of things that are going to make life easier for americans. $1400 direct checks for people making $75,000 or less. more money for vaccine distribution. more money for small businesses. more money to get kids back in the classrooms after th