the overall stimulus may have an easier time moving forward in the senate. also this hour, president biden and first lady jill biden are in houston where they are set to visit a food bank, meet some of the volunteers there. earlier today they surveyed some of the damage from the devastating winter storms in texas. we re going to bring you that video as soon as it we get it, but, first, we do want to get to an a update on where things stand with this covid relief bill on capitol hill. cnn s jessica dean is there for us this afternoon. so, just how close are we at this point to the bill passing? well, erica, we expected this bill will pass. as far as how close we are, we are many, many hours away from that actually happening, so just to give everyone a timeline update, right now that bill is still in the rules committee which is where it needs to kind of get sorted out before they can take it to the floor. once it gets to the floor, we estimate between six and seven and a hal
the priority of his priesidency and reviewing johnson & johnson s vaccine the single-dose vaccine to prevent sickness of coronavirus and stop transmission. and watching syria. the president launched the first air strikes of his administration. the attack targeted against militias backed by iran in response to recent attacks on american forces. we begin with this big day for president biden on capitol hill. tonight the house will vote on the president s ambitious nearly $2 trillion covid relief plan to bring help to millions of americans. the first piece of legislation expected to pass the house with only democratic support. democrats suffered a big set barq. the senate parliamentarian ruled the $15 minimum wage in the bill violates rules of the senate. manu raju is on capitol hill. what happens now? reporter: goes to the house floor and expected to pass. just talked to house majority whip jim clyburn. the cheer vote counter on the house democratic side telling me he a
it is 5:00 a.m. exactly in new york. thank you for getting an early start with us. i m christine romans. i m laura jarrett. good morning to you a in the united states and around the world. the democratic governor is hoping he s not punished for his party s in fighting in washington. it is down to one man. a moderate senator who is once again pumping the brakes on democrats domestic agenda. while the president tries to push that agenda over the finish line, he remains overseas at the u.n. climate summit where he s expected to speak this hour. we have all angles covered this morning starting with the polling location in arlington, virginia. good morning. big day there. reporter: it certainly is a big day, christine. this race is incredibly tight that has national significance, and national implications going forward. not only for midterms for the next presidential cycle, but certainly how many candidates across the country are approaching their races going forward. and