the johnson & johnson vaccine. let s discuss now. joining me, john harwood and cnn political analyst, john avalon. i have to say last names now, since you gents have the same first man. mr. avalon, this is a new cnn poll that shows this bill increasingly incredibly popular with the american people but zero republicans, not one voted for it. we had jen psaki on a short time ago. she said they re going to keep pushing for bipartisanship. do you think they know the score? the mere fact no republicans voted for a bill in which some of the contentious items were taken out says it will be a tough road. i don t think it is impossible and i don t think biden should simply couldn t seed it is impossible. it is critically important. can something be done on immigration? on infrastructure? should not give up the ghost on that just yet. the republicans have a problem which is that very often, their fetally is to the far right. not only what their voters believe. that s a disconnect wit
their bombs, rockets, blockades. by logistics and their actual participation in the battle. who is bigger and greater. the ones kill us or the ones who say death to them? the biden administration has announced it has withdrawn support for the saudi offensive. it comes after six long years of war. for the children dying of hunger, it still hasn t brought peace any quicker. peace and help can t come soon enough. can you imagine what it would do to the community if the facility was shut down? for years the u.n. has been warning the famine is coming to yemen. they tell us famine has arrived. they re witnessing wave after wave of children in the red zone, severe malnourishment, desperate to keep their children in line are forced to make harrowing choices. just to get to the hospital i stopped eating and drinking, not even water, just to get him treated. these doctors are keeping track of the numbers spiking beyond what they ever imagined. the doctor is saying in 2020 this
senate. president biden plans to sign it into law tomorrow. joining us now, cnn chief political correspondent, dana bash. the co-anchor of state of the union. and dana, this will be an east room address, we understand. and we are told new details this morning. the president will honor the 500,000 lost to covid, the millions of people being affected. he ll discuss what s being done to accelerate vaccination efforts and lay out the next steps in getting the pandemic under control. that s the what. what about the why? why are we seeing this tonight? why is because the people in the biden white house, starting with the president himself, remember 2009. remember what happened the last time a democratic president started his administration with a giant piece of legislation that was passed by democrats. and it was completely attacked in such a big way that it helped to create the tea party and helped to create the 20102010 republican takeover of the house of representatives. a
honor the more than 529,000 people who have lost their lives to covid-19. and address the sacrifices that americans, that all of us have made during this pandemic while recognizing how it has very much changed our lives. that is right. president biden is also expected to tout what just passed and that is his $1.9 trillion covid stimulus package known as the american rescue plan. largely popular with the american people. but it passed only along party lines. there was not a single republican in either chamber that supported the bill. the president will sign it into law tomorrow and then he s going to pennsylvania next week to sell it to the american people. so let s begin at the white house with our john harwood. good morning to you, john. what have you learned in terms of the tone we re going to hear from the president tonight? reporter: well, poppy, pretty consistently president biden has struck a very sober tone about this pandemic, honoring the sacrifice of people, spe
american people and talk about what we ve been through as a nation this past year. more importantly, i m going to talk about what comes next. i m going to launch the next phase of the covid response and explain what we will do as a government and what we will ask of the american people. there is light at the end of this dark tunnel in the past year. what we cannot let our guard down now. the covid relief bill is part of the light at the end of the tunnel, biden said. house of representatives passed that legislation, 220 to 211 on an almost strictly party-line vote. minutes ago, house speaker nancy pelosi and senate majority leader chuck schumer heralded this moment calling it a momentous day. this is the most consequential legislation that many of us will ever be a party to. who knows what the future may bring, but nonetheless, on this day, we celebrate. so what do we say to america? we say to america, help is on the way. help is on the way. you will receive $1,400 chec