president biden traveling to pennsylvania tomorrow as part of his administration s week-long tour to introduce americans to his nearly $2 trillion rescue plan saying his goal is to get 100 million vaccine doses in people s arms and 100 million relief checks in people s pockets. checks began arriving over the weekend. the president also announcing that gene sperling, a former top economic official in the clinton and obama administrations will oversee the massive spending in the new law. so joining me now, cnn white house correspondent, john harwood and senior political analyst, kirsten powers. so big promises, 100 million shots, 100 million checks in pockets. all in the next ten days. how will he get this done? that s a lot. well, the truth is those promises sound a lot bigger than they actually are. remember, joe biden came into the presidency promising 100 million vaccine doses in 100 days. that s the rate of a million a day. we were approaching when he came into office. w
the cdc now reporting more than 107 million people in this country have received at least one dose. and the average over the past week is about 2.3 million people getting vaccinated every day. let s begin with cnn national correspondent natasha chen for us in florida. visitors are there in huge numbers for spring break despite the pandemic. are people taking precautions? reporter: anna, most of the people we are seeing walking along ocean drive here are not wearing a mask. and you have mentioned there is not a lot of social distancing going on, especially with the evening crowds. here s video that someone took from friday night. this is an incident that happened a few blocks from where i am standing where there was a very large crowd. miami beach police tweeted about this saying two of their officers got injured in the situation as they tried to disperse the crowd with pepper balls. a couple of officers had to be sent to the hospital. that s just one example of the rowdines
people coming here to let loose in ways that are simply improper. we want people to have a good time on spring break. but don t put your guard down completely. just be prudent a bit longer. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. it s the major part of the new enormous covid relief package that millions of american families are desperately waiting for, the money. and it s rolling out right now as we speak. several people today telling cnn they are already seeing the pen being deposits in their bank accounts. up to $1,400 per person, including children in the household for those eligible. cnn s arlette saenz in wilmington, delaware. arlette this is the president s first major legislation that is now bearing fruit for families severely impacted by the pandemic. it is, pamela. and those $1400 checks are really the first tangible impact that american families are feeling from in covid relief package. as you mentioned, some americans alr
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communities. a joint statement from others say it is clear that governor cuomo has lost the confidence of his governing partners. i did not do what has been alleged. it is unacceptable. the governor must resign. this is new day weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. oh, that is a beautiful shot of the city of pittsburgh. good morning to you. good morning wherever you are. thanks for being with us this morning. help is here, that s what we heard from the white house as the first $1400 stimulus payments are hitting bank accounts as early as today. president biden is going to hit the road for the nearly $2 trillion rescue plan. themessage, normalcy is close. and may 1, for all vaccines for all adults. and end of the virus as he called by 4th of july. and for those traveling for spring break, to not let guards down and there are more states easing restriction. let s go to the white house and cnn s jasmine wright is there. jasmine to you, the bill, signe