despite republican efforts to slow down the final vote with a flurry of last-minute objections on the house floor. the bill would create a massive surge of new funding that will send $1,400 checks to tens of millions of americans, provide billions in aid for schools, small businesses, state governments, and the vaccine distribution effort and slash health care premiums for many obamacare recipients. joining me now is nbc s garrett haake on dpl xl. nbc chief white house correspondent and weekend today co-host peter alexander. former maryland democratic congresswoman donna edwards. and former republican national committee communications chairman. garrett, the efforts to get this through debate for an early vote hit a roadblock this morning from congresswoman marjorie kalear greene from georgia, the controversial congresswoman. tell us how that went down. yeah, look, these are the procedural tools that can be applied by the minority and in this case it s not terribly surprisin
the surveys before that debate. she seems to be playing to win. she s not only going after trump. but she went after jeb bush, the establishment front runner. she s very aggressive and very polished on the trail. and she has the potential to do quite well here. phillip, thank you very much for joining us. glad to be here. coming up an unarmed college football player shot and killed by a rookie police officer. what does the surveillance tape reveal? that s after the break.
try to lock down some of these sec primary states and build momentum from the traditional early states of iowa and new hampshire. halle, thank you very much for that update. and enjoy that cruz ride across the south. be safe out there. for more on cruz and the rest of the 2016 race we re joined by washington post national political correspondent phillip rucker. we heard praising the gop field on the debate stage and he s notably not among those criticizing donald trump. for a guy happy to go after mitch mcconnell, what does it tell you he s going mum on trump. it s interesting. and clearly he wants to win those trump voters. there is a belief that if trump were to somehow drop out of this race or decline in his support this that those supporters would be up for dwrabs and ted cruz is a candidate who can benefit. a another candidate who would