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maybe give a hint where he is going to go and99 where the party is going to go in the next couple of years and in the next presidential election. let s first, though, get the fallout from that stimulus getting passed in the house. we should stress here the senate has a whole bunch of different rules, and the timeline here could be a little murky. david spunt with more in wilmington, delaware. hey, dave. reporter: good morning. ing making it match the house will and the senate bill always a channel. president biden will be making his way to his second home here in wilmington later this afternoon. before he leaves for wilmington, he ll speak from the white house, the roosevelt room, in about an hour. white house officials are pleased that this passed the u.s. house of representatives, although you mentioned that narrow margin, 219-212, all republicans in the house voted against the package. two democrats voted against the package. let me go through some of the highlights of t
administration is preparing a sweeping campaign to encourage americans to take the covid-19 vaccine when it s available to them and as vaccine supply increases. and it all can t come soon enough. the centers for disease control and prevention report more than 600 cases of the more contagious covid-19 variants from the united kingdom, brazil and south africa across 33 states. according to the latest forecast models, an estimated 631,000 americans would have died from covid-19 by june 1st. the mounting of a real federal response to the covid pandemic for the first time comes alongside the historic second impeachment trial of the former president who failed and refused to lead that fight. the second impeachment trial of the accused insurrectionist donald j. trump begins on tuesday. it does not appear that there would be enough senate republicans to join in convincing the former failed president of his role in inciting the mob that attacked the capitol one month ago on january 6t
britain s reliability. the two leaders will discuss the dispute at the 620 in rome tomorrow. three people have been killed in sudan as hundreds of thousands of people protest on the streets against the military coup. chaotic scenes as climate activist greta thunberg arrives in glasgow hours before the start of the cop26 conference. and church bells have rung out across the uk sounding a warning about the dangers of climate change. hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. after a long day of discussions in rome, 620 leaders have signed off on a landmark deal to tax the profits of large business by at least 15%. they also discussed climate change, covid vaccines and, on the sidelines, concerns about iran s nuclear programme. the summit comes on the eve of an historic conference on climate change in glasgow called cop26. britain s prime minister boris johnson says that climate conference will be the world s moment of truth. 0ur north america editorj