demonstrations since the coup last month . u.s. president joe biden is kicking off a nationwide messaging blitz to promote his newly passed covid relief package. it starts today with a speech at the white house. and as our john harwood reports, the president wants people to know there s more to it than the checks already arriving in bank accounts. reporter: last week congress passed president biden s $1.9 trillion covid relief bill. this week president biden and his team hit the road to promote the legislation. it s already broadly popular in the polls. it won t hurt that those $1,400 per person covid relief checks have already started hitting americans bank accounts over the weekend. but president biden wants to make sure people understand other benefits in the bill including expanded child tax credits, aid to state and local governments, expanded health care subsidies, and also aid to small businesses that didn t qualify for previous rounds. the sales job will include
history last night at the grammy awards . we begin with a new push from the white house to raise awareness for its recently passed covid relief package. president joe biden and others will be crossing the country starting today as a help is here tour. supportive voices are already outlining its benefits as part of the messaging blitz. the fact is, it s strongly bipartisan across the country. it s only in the congress of the united states where the republicans refused to meet the needs of the american people where they didn t vote, as i said, voted no and take the dow. you can be sure all their states and communities will be benefitting from this and they won t be complaining about it back home. and the treasury secretary is trying to calm concerns that it could lead to major inflation. the most significant risk we face is the work force scorned by a long period of unemployment. people being out of work and not able to find jobs can have a permanent effect on their wel
efforts to maximize every penny of the stimulus. the president and vice president and their spouses hit the road today from vegas to near philly for what the white house is calling the help is here tour touting the massive legislation. this comes as president biden is setting new goals for the nation to begin the path out of this pandemic and to help reach those goals the biden administration is now devoting $250 million to try to encourage skeptical americans, many of them trump supporters, to get the vaccine as cnn s phil mattingly now reports. shots in arms and money in pockets. reporter: with stimulus checks already hitting bank accounts president biden now in an all-out sprint to promote the $1.9 trillion covid relief law. the american rescue plan is already doing what it was designed to do, make a difference in people s everyday lives. reporter: and ensure there are no errors as it s put into place. the devil is in the details. reporter: biden naming gene sp