increases across the country change and new data emerge. we re also keeping a close eye on capitol hill where the house is debating, you see kevin mccarthy there, get ready to hold a historic vote on president biden s $1.9 trillion covid relief package, a monumental piece of legislation that offers aid to almost every part of life right now. $1400 checks to individuals, unemployment boost, child tax credit, funding for schools. joining me now for the state of play on where things stand there, manu raju is on the hill joining us from the white house and director david chalian is joining us as well. manu, walk us through what is about to happen in the house. we do expect final passage to occur late in the 12:00 hour in the east, 12:45 or so is when we expect that vote to begin. republicans have tried to delay, specifically one republican, marjorie taylor greene tried to delay the vote by forcing a motion to adjourn the house. that was rejected. a lot of republican colleagues
science here. we don t know exactly where it is going to go. just like we depend on national weather service, we should depend on public health officials to keep us alert and aware as data emerge. you said your home state of alabama, also my home state of alabama, we have a big game this afternoon kicking off. of course you know who i am rooting for. thank you for joining us. we ll be sure to keep talking to you as we learn more about the new variant. thank you, kaitlan, roll tide. i love that. much more to come on cnn newsroom. a terrifying black friday for some shoppers after shootings in multiple malls and recent up tick in smash and grab robberies. and broadway mourning the loss of steven sond heim, the man behind the music of west side story. enter the words sweeney todd. i like to be in america.