don t go anywhere. morning joe starts right now. a group of former presidents took out a psa. it is weirdly kind of fun to see them all together. . this vaccine means hope. it will protect you and those you love from this dangerous and deadly disease. i m really looking forward to going to opening day texas rangers stadium with a full stadium. . st i want to go back to work and i want to be able to move around. as you know, we just came out with a fragrance, success by trump and it s sold at macy s. . get vaccinated. if you put it on, anything you want will come true. finally found a way to unload that hydroxycholoroquine. it s so him. okay. it fits right in. . it is that close to true. 6. it actually is true. he should have done the whole bleaches and everything, willie. that was good. oh, my god. okay. good morning and welcome we talked about george w. about issue with the guns yesterday. sources close to the president says there has been so
door fast. nbc s exclusive sit-down with the treasury secretary on when the money will hit accounts and criticisms the package is just too big. are you spending too much? i don t believe we ve overshot the mark. plus, what we know about that new accelerated vaccine timeline. can the white house keep promises made in the president s prime time address? and can cities and states keep up? i m hallie jackson in washington on this friday morning, nbc s monica alba and kristen welker are at the white house, we re joined by dr. joshua sharpstein. ellison barber is with us as well. kristen, look ahead to what we can expect at the rose garden and next week across the country as it appears important to the white house, the president, his aides and advisers they get out and sell this package that just passed. reporter: that s the keyword, hallie, sell. that is what we are going to see from president biden and vice president harris. he s going to hold a signing ceremony for that
again dodging the media while signing his nearly $2 trillion stimulus bill into law. it s been 50 days and he hasn t held a solo news conference. the president is set to deliver a prime time address on the pandemic tonight but it will be in a controlled environment when he can hide behind his teleprompter and want to have to answer any tough questions from reporters. while biden is silent, democrats are saying this. we are about to pass the most historic, progressive bill in american history. it s passing today. i think i can safely say, and i have said this to my colleagues in the house on the democratic side, this is the most consequential legislation any of us will ever be a party to. jesse: republican senator john kennedy sees things a little differently and is summing it up this way. president biden says it s a coronavirus bill, and my response is, right, and the stripper really likes you. i said the other day, the calling this a coronavirus bill is like calling
sweeping pieces of legislation in most recent history, set to impact american life on many, many levels. by now you probably heard about the $1,400 stimulus checks, which could start going out via direct deposit next week but the bill is also expected to add 7 million jobs to the economy. it s designed to cut child poverty in half, specifically helping black and hispanic families through the tax credits and family aid and it will fund nationwide vaccine distribution that should help bring an end to this covid pandemic. to underscore that, we just learned in the last hour, the biden administration will announce plans to buy 100 million additional vaccines from johnson & johnson. we should make it clear, that while there is a lot of hope and a lot of potential surrounding the new covid bill, we will not be sure how effective it s going to actually be until it s put into action. i want to bring in garrett haake on capitol hill. also with us, chief white house correspondent for n
no wonder the espresso was invented here. i think i will need a few of these just to keep up with the rhythm of the city. they bring as much to the italian table as they do to the economy. i am traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of the country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. that s delicious. here in milan, the menu is nothing like you expect. up here in the north, forget about pasta and pizza. oh, my god. that s so beautiful. this is the land of rice and polenta. in ancient time, it was like the bread. there is not even a tomato in sight. this is amazing. olive oil plays second fiddle to butter. butter? jesus, whoa, jesus. irresponsible amounts of butter were used in the making of this butter. i hate to say it, but we need more butter. milan is the second biggest city in italy, it s the capital in the region of the north peninsula, the gateway to northern europe and all of the trade and money that brin