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.
we are now just hours away from the house taking its final vote on president biden s landmark $1.9 trillion covid relief legislation. final passage tomorrow expected along party lines. of course doubtful any republicans will support it. the president says that he ll sign the bill into law as soon as it gets to his desk. stimulus checks will be in the hands of needy americans over the next few weeks. and queen elizabeth releasing a statement saying the royal family is saddened at harry and meghan s bombshell allegations of racism and neglect. joining me now, cnn political analyst astead herndon and political commentator amanda carpenter. good evening to both. astead, you re first. we are likely just 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 f-in deal. this is a key piece of leg
so wide, they felt many people felt brits weren t diverse enough. this year, much better? in terms of performance and representation at the ceremony, yes. but no grime winners, and it s the dominant force in music right now. max, some said it doesn t match the likes of the grammys that were pretty political in their tone. it was political? we bring up katy perry a s performance. some are interpreting that in a political way. what was your take? it was confirmed that was indeed donald trump and theresa may, but it really does look like them when you compare it to them meeting, wearing similar outfits. and all the white houses surrounding katy perry. one of them fell off the stage, which was a viral moment as well.
100-round ammunition clip to kill and wound as many people as he possibly can, our government believes that we should do nothing. are the media inflaming the issue? plus, with the london olympics underway, nbc news pulls out the stops to promote the network s coverage of the games. back here in london with tower bridge lit up so beautifully behind us, with less than 24 hours to go now until the opening ceremony is this promotion in the guise of news? we ll talk about that and more with veteran sports writer frank deford. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. it s becoming standard practice for a presidential candidate to buttress his dippic credentials by meeting with world leaders when candidate obama did it in 2008, all three network anchors flew overseas to interview him. [ applause ] i ll be reporting next week from the middle east. we ll have the first one-on-one interview with senator obama. the coverage of mitt romney s visit to britain, pol
say he really meant indonesia. he spent a couple of years in indonesia and the brits weren t even there. it s just pandering and he feels enthralled to that kind of nonsense that he can throw this stuff out? it s weird. and the bit you didn t play was the essence of his argument was that brits were now? mortally offended by the bust of churchill being moved out of the oval office. i know a few brits and if they get offended by that, they really need to get a life. seriously he got replaced by a bust of abraham lincoln. isn t that what republicans are supposed to like in the oval office? i believe abraham lincoln was a republican. and also an american. let s talk about the plan to attack medicaid. the poll shows they re barking up the wrong tree. 67% said medicaid cuts are unacceptable. when you ask about union, devastating numbers there. should unionized public