quickly and boldly, we can finally get ahead of this virus, we can finally get our economy moving again, and the people of this country have suffered far too much for too long. we need to relieve that suffering. the american rescue plan does just that. it relieves the suffering. it s time to act. i thank you all for being here. appreciate it. short and sweet right there from president biden talking about what is a step in the right direction in his view, a first step with the house approving his $1.9 trillion relief package. but it has its way now in the senate and if the senate were to pass it, then the president can consider this his first legislative victory, but a long way to go, particularly on what will remain included and what will not. right now we know for sure at least $1,400 checks to americans making less than $75,000 annually was approved in this package. we ve got a host of reporters to help us break down what is in this relief plan as it stands, and what are
pond and the first public appearance for early february, the 75 year-old monarch was all smiles as he greeted a crowd of well-wishers outside st. george s chapel at windsor castle, charles and queen camilla attended the easter service with a small group of royal family members. the outing comes more than a week after the princess of wales revealed her own shocking cancer diagnosis catherine and her family were not in attendance this morning. cnn s max foster has more from windsor lucky few royal well-wishes, given a surprise invite into windsor castle to see the king making his first major public appearance. since his cancer diagnosis. then an even bigger surprise when he went for a walk and a chat you haven t go to a royal source telling cnn all future engagements remains subject to medical device near the time but this was an encouraging sign of how the treatment is progressing as we look towards summer and how the road ahead is looking positive. is obviously the pi
tornado outbreak wreaking havoc across much of the midwest and south friday. there are now at least 50 preliminary tornado reports in seven states. at least 10 people have been killed and dozens of others are injured. most of the deaths are in arkansas, where the damage is catastrophic reports of at least a dozen tornadoes there. governor sarah huckabee sanders , declaring a state of emergency and activating the national guard. as the storms gutted entire communities. she s expected to give an update on the storm damage at any moment now and the hardest hit areas of arkansas. that was the town of when. we don t know what s left . all my neighbors house is about destroyed. my two boys are out now trying to help dig people out of their homes. little rock also bearing the brunt of these storms, the city s mayor, telling cnn today that entire neighborhoods were flattened. impact is devastating . i just came out of nowhere. clearly no, it was coming. everyone took cover, as relate
fredricka whitfield and we begin with escalating tensions in the middle east. israel says it has carried out air strikes in syrian territory. israel s defense forces releasing video it says shows strikes on a syrian military compound radar systems and artillery posts. the strikes were launched after israel says rockets were fired from syria toward the golan heights and in the west bank today, a funeral was held for two british israeli sisters who were killed in an attack on friday. days of violence erupted following an israeli police raid on the al aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem last week. cnn s fred pleitgen is in jerusalem. scott mclean is in beirut, lebanon, fred, let me begin with you. what is the latest hi there, fredricka. well certainly it is still quite concerning here on the ground. i would say it s still very tense and very volatile situation as well. and of course, one of the main reasons for that is what you were just mentioning is those rocket attacks that