people coming here to let loose in ways that are simply improper. >> we want people to have a good time on spring break. but don't put your guard down completely. just be prudent a bit longer. i'm pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. it's the major part of the new enormous covid relief package that millions of american families are desperately waiting for, the money. and it's rolling out right now as we speak. several people today telling cnn they are already seeing the pen being deposits in their bank accounts. up to $1,400 per person, including children in the household for those eligible. cnn's arlette saenz in wilmington, delaware. arlette this is the president's first major legislation that is now bearing fruit for families severely impacted by the pandemic. >> it is, pamela. and those $1400 checks are really the first tangible impact that american families are feeling from in covid relief package. as you mentioned, some americans already started to receive that money in their bank accounts this weekend. that's if they had direct deposit set up through the irs. there will be more checks and prepaid debit cards going out over the course of the next few weeks. and those checks are just one of the items that the biden administration is hoping to remind and sell to american voters over the course of the next few weeks. you're going to see the president, the vice-president and also their spouses and other surrogates fan out across the country on what the white house is calling the help here tour. president biden will be in pennsylvania on tuesday, the vice-president will be heading out west to nevada and colorado. before the two of them link up at the end of the week down in georgia. and what they are trying to do is the remind americans of the benefits of this plan, that they will be feeling very soon. now, in addition to that sales pitch that they will be making, they will also be focusing on implementation. this is a massive bill that president biden said needs oversight. take a listen to what he had to say about that in the rose garden yesterday. >> it's one thing to pass the american rescue plan. it's going to be another thing to implement it. it's going to require fastidious oversight to make sure there is no waste or fraud and the law does what it's designed to do. and i mean it. we have to get in right. details matter. >> and president biden has some experience with implementing a plan like this, back when he was vice-president he was charged with overseeing the implementation of the recovery act. and the white house says this time around they will be naming a point person who will oversee the implementation of the american rescue plan as they are trying to get the benefits out to americans as soon as possible. pamela. >> yup, the benefits already rolling out. arlette saenz thank you for that. and with me now cnn economics and politic willing commentator katherine ram pell. thank you for joining us. the third round of covid relief cash is starting to hit bank accounts. what's the impact of the influx of cash, not just short-term but also down the road? >> i think this influx of cash is going to make a big deal -- big difference in the lives of lower income americans in particular who have had the -- the majority of the job losses so far, who have suffered greatly in the past year, both medically as well as economically. it's going make a big difference in their lives. presumably put many of their risks to bed in terms of housing insecurity, food insecurity, et cetera. but i want to add that this legislation is not just about those stimulus checks. there is a lot of other stuff in it that has not gotten the same amount of attention, the unemployment benefits for example, additional aid for small businesses, additional aid for states and local governments whose employees have been laid off en mace so it's not about the stim laws checks. the entire package does a lot for the american economy. >> and another big part of course is the impact on child poverty. tell us about that. what is in this package? what is the benefit? and how will it work? >> so this package does a number of things on behalf of children. the largest centerpiece of which is the expansion of the child tax credit which in and of itself has the potential to cut the child poverty rate in the united states, which is among the highest in the world by the way in half. this is something that's been in the works for many years. democrats hope to put it permanently into law. and among other things it basically makes the child tax credit available to the very poorest american families who had been colluded from it to date. and potentially will go out monthly in advance rather than once a year upon tax filing time. so, again, for a lot of families this is a big deal. and i think this is landmark legislation on behalf of the youngest americans, swla poetically delivered by the oldest american president ever elected. >> and in relief bill is opposed by literally every single republican in the house and every single republican in the senate only because of the democrat majority in congress did the bill even make it into law. what is the republican line to the voters back home that are now seeing these -- you know the money come into bank accounts from the bill or will see it soon? >> you know it's a peculiar political stance in a way given that this law is so popular. and the many components of it, the individual components are popular as well. i think that the lesson that republicans learned from the obama years and response to the great recession was that they should just oppose any democratic initiative wherever possible and try to obstruct any attempt to help revive the economy and then hope that they can run on a weak economy in the next election. that will be harder to do this time around of course, because this is a much bigger fiscal package. and it's more popular than the recovery act that was passed in 2009 in response to the great recession. so i think republicans are just sort of counting on this to fail. and then otherwise trying to distract americans requesto with culture war issues about dr. seuss and mr. potato head but that seems to be the best strategy. >> katherine, thank you for coming on. >> thank you. well, a year into the pandemic the uvs hits an encouraging milestone. more than 100 million does he is of covid-19 vaccines have been administered here. the news comes as president biden says he will order that all adults go on vaccine eligibility lists by may 1st. and says july 4th has a a possible starting point for a return to normalcy. but this is no time to throw caution or masks out the window. in italy cases are growing exponentially. regional lockeds ordered and whole country locked down over easter weekend. it's a sobering repipelineder the danger still exists. cnn has more from los angeles where indoor dining, movie theaters and gyms start to reopen monday. paul, do health officials agree with this plan? >> reporter: they do for now, pam, becauses in an extremely limited reopening. they say it's not permission for anyone to go out and hold a maskless huge dance party. but the outlook is brighter. coronavirus restrictions are loosening up from coast to coast. but one of the nation's top health experts is warning governors if there was ever a time to put on a mask this is it. >> i would just appeal to all of those leaders who have people's lives in their hands, look at the data, take some risks with your political base if you need to but do the right thing. >> health officials are deeply concerned americans are et willing their card down getting on planes in record numbers since the outbreak began and clustering up during spring break. >> if you come to texas, you would say, hey, the pandemic disappeared overnight. it is amazing. you go outside all the clubs are packed. people not wearing masks. it's very disappointing. >> but key vaccine benchmark has been met in california. so they will ease restrictions. state officials announced they met their goal to vaccinate 2 million people in the hardest hit poor neighborhoods. teachers, agriculture workers, restaurant employees all eligible to get shots. the list expands to californians with certain medical problems on monday. also on the golden state horizon, more reopenings of california movie theaters, museums, zoos, gyms and restaurants indoors on a very limited basis. reason for restaurant workers to expect more tips starting at midnight sunday. >> we didn't have a lot of customers coming in. so you get frustrated somehow. but right now everything starts coming back. with the vaccine and reopening. it feels more secure now. >> reporter: more good news on the vaccine front, the cdc says more than 100 million have received a covid-19 shot. and age eligibility requirements dropping in many states. and astrazenica hopes to get emergency authorization approval for its vaccine at the end of this month or into april. >> the fda scientists will review the data kaivrl get access to the complete file. and if they see any signs of any concerns, they're not going to give emergency use authorization to this vaccine. >> reporter: but in mississippi this memento is a touching and heart breaking reminder that covid-19 kills. jeff neighbors suffered from severe heart disease, rushed to mary his sweetheart of 17 years. >> you know, what we had in mind, it was beautiful. it was beautiful. and it was so touching. and it was so perfect. >> reporter: but sheri went from newlywed to widow in mere days because of the virus that so far killed 500,000 people in the united states. and counting. and so hard to listen to. let me leave you with one shred of better news here in los angeles county with its 10 million residents, we have dipped below 1,000 hospitalizations for covid-19 for the first time in a long time, pam. >> that is encouraging to hear. we will take any bit of encouragement we can get. paul, thank you so much. well, meantime astrazenica says there is no evidence of blood clot risk from its vaccine as some european nations have totally or partially suspended its use. dmarmg was first to take the precautionary measure when a 60-year-old woman died shortly after receiving the vaccine. the drug maker says there is no evidence to support concerns and says that rorpts of blood clots are mainly in the elderly where there are already underlying conditions. in the meantime, the company is ready to apply for emergency use authorization in the u.s. and could roll out the vaccine by early april. and stay with us. i'm speak speaking to dr. jay varki about the astrazenica vaccine. he is a professor of infection out deceases the medical school in atlanta. across down, georgia's governor is it worried about vaccine hesitancy in the state. i'll ask about that as well. that interview aires in 15 minutes. stick around for that. 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(giggling) . new york governor andrew cuomo is digging in and defying democratic calls to step down, even though the calls are coming from inside the house. specifically the statehouse and the house of representatives. now both new york senators majority leader chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand are telling him it's time to go. the governor is facing multiple allegations of sexual harassment and unwanted advances, maepg him the subject of an impeachment probe, plus a civil inquire requesty by the new york attorney general. now he has apologized for, quote, making anyone feel uncomfortable but insisted that he never touched anyone inappropriately. new york state senator julia salazar joins me now, one of nearly 60 democrats in new york state lirpgt calling for governor cuomo's resignation. thank you for coming on. we're hearing the governor now borrowers rhetoric from some republicans saying cancel culture is behind the calls for resignation. you are calling for him to step down. how do you respond to this charge of cancel culture? >> i think that it's silly and a distraction for the governor to call this canalsle culture when really we are just seeking to hold him accountable. it's necessary for us to be calling for resignation for a truly independent investigation to continue uninhibited. it's essential that we do these things so that we send the message to new yorkers that when the most powerful person in our state does these things what the allegations accuse him of, sexual harassment and creating the toxic workplace environment that so many people have said is alive and well in the cuomo administration, when the governor is doing these things we have a responsibility as legislators to hold him accountable and to demonstrate to new yorkers that this is not acceptable. >> so clearly the governor is digging in against the allegations. he is saying that everyone should wait for an investigation to end before making judgment. i am curious, though, in your view, is there any response the governor could have given that would have made it acceptable for him to remain in office? >> i don't think that it's about the words that the governor says, statements that he makes after the fact. these allegations are very serious. and even if he had issued an adequate apology, which i don't think that his apology has been adequate -- even if he had it would not have been sufficient. at this point with these very serious allegations, i think that we have a responsibility as legislators in new york to protect the governor's staff and people who may be interacting with him from any further abuse or harassment. so it's less about what the governor says about what happened and more about protecting people, and holding him accountable for what he has already done. >> how much is your stance about these allegations of harassment and abuse versus the hiding of the nursing home numbers? >> i think that both of these situations, one, the governor's handling of the devastating high number of nursing home deaths in the state, and the allegations of sexual harassment against him, both justify calls for impeachment and calls for resignation. but i think collectively they create an urgency that -- that people are responding to, legislators like myself, but also now the majority of new york's congressional delegation, as well as both senator schumer and senator gillibrand. i think that all of these things together are what is creating this urgency for him to resign. >> what is the time line for the impeachment vote? and do you have the numbers? do you believe you have the numbers to impeach? >> right now, i think it's unclear if there is enough support in the senate to -- to actually impeach the governor. we're in a pretty early stage. on the one hand the attorney general of the state has initiated an independent investigation. and the judiciary committee in the state assembly has initiated an investigation, which could lead to an impeachment trial. but right now that's really in the hands of the state assembly. and it's unclear yet if we'll actually be able to proceed with an impeachment trial. however, with the calls for resignation growing, i think it would be in the best interests of the state if the governor would resign at this point. >> okay. and new york state senator julia samuelsoner, thank you for coming on. >> thank you, pamela. and those calls dpor the governor's resignation may sound a bit familiar to him. that is because for the record, he once issued a very similar call. in 2018 cuomo released a statement saying former attorney general eric schneiderman should resign over similar misconduct ails. now cuomo based his called for schneiderman's resignation on the new yorker article details multiple claims of assault at the time couple wrote quote my personal opinion is that given the damning pattern of facts and corroboration laid out in the article i do not believe it is possible for eric schneiderman to continue to serve as attorney general. and for the good of the office he should resign. well, here we are, three years later. and instead of following his own advice, governor cuomo says he is going nowhere, accusing politicians of wielding cancel culture against him and bashing them for forming conclusions based on allegations, which is exactly what he did with schneiderman. >> the people of new york should not have confidence in a politician who takes a position without knowing any facts or substance. people know the difference between playing politics, bowing to counsel -- cancel culture and the truth. >> so by his own standard was cuomo bowing to cancel culture when he called for schneiderman's resignation? either way, for the record schneiderman's response was a bit different. he resigned hours after the publication of the new yorker story. and when we come back on this saturday, georgia is falling behind on reaching herd immunity in some communities. and the governor says he is seeing vaccine doubts in the state, mostly among white republicans. we'll have more on that just ahead.