first, chad pergram is tracking all the key votes from the last 48 hours. chad. reporter: good afternoon. well, it was an all night session in the united states senate, and here in just the past couple moments, the senate actually recessed for just a moment. they re coming back into session, technically you see the chaplain delivering the opening prayer. senators are exhausted. they have been voting for 25 hours straight, the session went really 25 hours here as they consider amendments to this coronavirus relief bill. senators have been catching cat naps in the back of the chamber as they process 345, 40 35, 40 amendments here. this bill is going to pass sometime in the next hour or so, we expect the vote to be 50-49. dan sullivan, republican senator from alaska, he is out. he had to go back to alaska because his father-in-law passed away, so we re anticipating a party line vote here, and that means they will not need vice president harris to come to cap to hill to break
arthel: our fox team coverage, mark meredith has the latest from the white house. first, we are going to congressional correspondent program, chad. although it was not surprising, talk about why was not sanctioned by not one republican. on the democratic side of the aisle when you have the vote, you don t need help from the other side. democrats feel burned in 2009 when they are trying to do a stimulus bill. they tried to pass obamacare, they did not get assistance from replicants so they said let s go it alone if you can keep your side together, you can pass anything you want. eighty votes for something, all you need is a margin of one. in this case, the key with joe manchin of the democrat from west virginia. democratic leaders knew they must secure the votes joe manchin and kristin, he reduced the side of extra unemployment benefits to $300 a week compared to $400 each week. he delayed the process by 12 hours yesterday. it wasn t all pediatrics. the true delay, he was ab
of the covid relief bill. we ve got coverage on those top stories and mark meredith is keeping track of cpac and david spunt ahead of president biden s arrival. david, good afternoon. let s start with you. hey, griff, hey molly good afternoon to you. president biden is at the white house and he made an announcement just about 30 minutes ago to the american people about the covid relief package expressing his excitement, glad that the house passed this last night. the vote, griff, though, not bipartisan in the least. 219 democrats, 210 republicans, all the republicans voted against this and two democrats joined the republicans in voting no. however, president biden is optimistic as this heads toward the senate. listen. now the bill moves to the united states senate where i hope it will receive quick action. we have no time to waste. if we act now, decisively, quickly and boldly, we can finally get ahead of this virus. we can finally get our economy moving again. presiden
gretchen up next. i never touched anyone inappropriately. he faces mounting ing ing cr does the governor the support of his people or his party? hello. i m jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is beginning to feel a little hopeful. the pace of vaccinations in america hit 2 million per day last week. health experts warn now is not the time to relax restrictions or public health measures. for the millions of americans devastated economically it seems more help on the way. saturday, the senate passed 1.9 trillion dollar relief bill which appears to be headed for president biden s desk after heading to the house on tuesday. the passage is aid targeting middle and low income americans including new $1,400 checks and boost to unemployment and aid for state aid and local governments. the package passed with zero republican support, the path was bumpy among senate democrats. on friday the senate came to a chaotic standstill for nearly 12 hours assess the pres
restrictions and the officials warn we could be headed for another spike. it s inexplicable you want as to pull back now. i ll talk to tate reeves and gretchen whitmer next. plus, i ll speak to new york governor andrew cuomo. i never touched anyone inappropriately. he faces mounting criticism, does the governor the support of his people or his party? hello. i m jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is beginning to feel a little hopeful. the pace of vaccinations in america hit 2 million per day last week. health experts warn now is not the time to relax restrictions or public health measures. for the millions of americans devastated economically, it seems more help on the way. saturday, the senate passed 1.9 trillion dollar relief bill which appears to be headed for president biden s desk after heading to the house on tuesday. the passage is a sweeping expansion of aid targeting low and middle-income americans including new $1,400 checks and boost