sandra: kristin fisher has more. president biden will be delivering his first prime time address hours after signing his biggest first legislative accomplishment in to law. this american rescue plan 1.9 trillion. now, remember, this was supposed to be a bipartisan package. in the end, it had zero republican support. now the white house is proudly calling this the most progressive bill in american history. that is not sitting well with republican senator john kennedy. listen here from this morning. we tried with president biden. he said look, i ll meet you halfway. we said okay. well then he just ignored us. if he was meeting us halfway, he s a damn poor judge of distance. in terms of what to expect tonight, the white house says the president will mark the one-year anniversary of the country shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic. he will be talking about the sacrifices that the american people have made over the last year and what they have to look forward to
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