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
supplies they have. the only crowds we saw on the streets of aden were in front of the bakeries. one baker took us to the back of the shop and said this is it. the four or five sacks are all remaining. when this is done i will be the last bakery in the neighborhood to close and then there is no more. it almost feels like the combination of the air strikes and the houthi assault is starving people. nima off the coast of yemen in the gulf of aden. 36 minutes after the hour. senators head home for the weekend and eric holder is still attorney general. loretta lynch is still waiting. republicans have tied the lynch nomination to an an unresolved human trafficking bill delaying the nomination for months. minority leader harry reid will force a vote on lynch if it does not happen soon. likely presidential contender jeb bush is breaking with
about the saudi air campaign which is caused hundreds of civilian casualties. now the united nations is worried about a humanitarian crisis and calling for a cease-fire from all sides. let s get the latest from nima elbagir in yemen. reporter: al qaeda are clearly moving into the security vacuum. they have taken the third largest airport in yemen. they have as you said, an oil platform now. they moved in to repel the houthis advances. they seem to be putting up their black flags in a number of areas that they don t have complete control of. they seem to be trying to honeycomb that territory that has as yet not fought over fully will the houthi and president hadi in yemen.
concerned about the air campaign which caused hundreds of civilian casualties. now the united nations worried about a humanitarian crisis calling for a cease-fire by all sides. for the latest, let s bring in nima elbagir in yemen. reporter: al qaeda clearly moving into the security vacuum. they have taken the third largest airport in yemen. they have as you said an oil platform now. they moved in to repel the houthi advances in the district. they seem to be putting up their black flags where they don t have complete control of. they seem to be trying to honeycomb that territory that has not been fought over fully with the houthi and loyalists to president hadi in yemen. the circumstance remains that the reality is people are focused so much on the fighting