lasted 25 hours and 20 minutes, the senate narrowly passed president biden s $1.9 trillion covid relief package. not a single republican voted for the legislation. now the bill goes back to the house for one final vote and will likely be on the president s desk before march 14th. when unemployment benefits lapse. the landmark legislation provides relief for working americans in the form of $1400 stimulus checks. $300 per week federal unemployment benefits through the summer. and $14 billion for vaccine distribution among other things. it s the first major victory for the administration and doesn t come a moment too soon as the world marks the one-year anniversary of the official declaration of the pandemic and more than $525,000 americans have succumbed to the virus. this bill would not only make it easy to cheat. it would effectively make it legal to cheat. t. would destroy the integrity of our elections in this country forever. it will institutionalize and pretty much gua
entire island of puerto rico is still without power. so puerto rico is in very, very tough shape. their electrical grid is destroyed and it wasn t in good shape to start off with. president trump is promising puerto rico federal funding to help with recovery as the prime minister of dominica the caribbean island made an emotional plea for help. if anybody is listening to me helicopter services is critical to get the supplies to people. the damage assessment is continuing but the prime minister says the situation there is dire. there is no electricity and some villages are only accessible by boat or helicopter. and as you can imagine authorities across the caribbean say that rebuilding first from hurricane irma and now maria will take months if not longer. and president trump says that in addition to government aid he will personally visit puerto rico. i m elizabeth herr channel 6 action news. now cecily tynan is live at the big board with the latest on the track
clearfield streets when police officers tried to pull over the suv that was reported stolen, the driver quickly pulled away and as it was fleeing police it rammed a police officer s car and then started flying flew the streets of port richmond. police opened fire on the suv. but it continued driving. now, police initially started the pursuit but then backed off moments later. they followed the car to ann and richmond streets here where it crashed into a cub curb it looks like a philadelphia police transport van tried to put a pull a pitt maneuver and that was successful. that suv crashed. a woman who was driving was taken into custody. witnesses explain what they saw. that car had just been thrown up in that position right there, and i was behind about five police cars right here right on that about 20 feet behind the car. and what was on my mind thank god the police didn t end the chase and they got this person who was obviously completely reckless and looking to harm
clearfield streets when police officers tried to pull over the suv that was reported stolen, the driver quickly pulled away and as it was fleeing police it rammed a police officer s car and then started flying flew the streets of port richmond. police opened fire on the suv. but it continued driving. now, police initially started the pursuit but then backed off moments later. they followed the car to ann and richmond streets here where it crashed into a cub curb it looks like a philadelphia police transport van tried to put a pull a pitt maneuver and that was successful. that suv crashed. a woman who was driving was taken into custody. witnesses explain what they saw. that car had just been thrown up in that position right there, and i was behind about five police cars right here right on that about 20 feet behind the car. and what was on my mind thank god the police didn t end the chase and they got this person who was obviously completely reckless and looking to harm
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