this is new day and it will be an historic day in the u.s. congress. you re looking at live pictures of the u.s. capitol where later this morning, we do expect final passage of the $1.9 trillion relief package. this is a monumental piece of legislation that will have a huge impact. a new round of direct payments, the largest ever to americans, but it does much much more than that. child tax credits, more money for schools and health care on and on. the president will sign it ahead of his first prime-time address to the nation tomorrow night. and then he ll hit the road to sell the plan, which may not be that hard. we have a brand-new cnn poll which shows strong bipartisan support for the bill and especially what s inside it. the president s prime-time address will mark one year since the official start of the pandemic. today, nearly one in ten americans have been fully vaccinated, but there s still a along way to go for herd immunity. and public health officials say peopl
Children he murdered. And why does this tiny island in the South Pacific have more plastic rubbish washing up on its shore, than anywhere else in the world . Its 5 oclock. Our main story The Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has officially launched the partys General Election manifesto, describing it as a Blueprint For What Britain could be. He chose bradford for the event saying it was a radical and radical and responsible plan for government. Ben brown has been at the launch event and is in bradford for us now. Im ben brown live in bradford where The Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has officially launched the pa rtys General Election manifesto, some of the details of which were leaked last week. We now know that it includes proposals to renationalise the Water Companies as well as the railways and the royal mail. There would be more Free Childcare for two year olds and some one year olds. And University Tuition fees in england would be scrapped. 0n taxation, it proposes a 45p tax rate on earni