administration s week-long tour. but the focus today on aide for small businesses. in a few hours president biden takes his message to pennsylvania s delaware county. we have not had great vaccine distribution in delaware county and i m sure he will also those questions for all of the people. multiple headlines out for the coronavirus pandemic. moderna saying they started vaccine trials for children. one vaccine is ramping up and another is under the micro scope. they say there is no indication that vaccination has caused blood clots. it comes after 13 european countries stop the use of the vaccine. join me to hear what that means for the global vaccine rollout. carol, good morning what can we expect to hear from the president later this afternoon. this is the president s first stop. and administration officials are trying to sell this $1.9 trillion bill. from philadelphia where i am and going to a small business. there is provisions for small businesses and there is so
at our southwest border now. the homeland security department out with this dire warning. at this rate we could encounter more people there than we have in the last 20 years. we re going to dig into what s being done to deal with it including a total transformation of a major city s convention center. but we start on this tuesday with our reporters following the biden administration s push to sell that covid relief package. nbc s chief white house correspondent kristen welker is there at the white house, and priscilla thompson is in delaware county, where president biden will be visiting today. she is in chester, which is a suburb of philadelphia. kristen, let me start with you. help us understand why president biden is focusing on pennsylvania s small businesses today with promoting this covid relief deal. reporter: he s doing two things, craig. one, president biden trying to now sell and explain that sweeping $1.9 trillion covid relief package. so he s going to talk about