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today i can say we ve taken one more giant step forward in delivering on that promise. reporter: the american rescue plans includes a $1,400 direct payment, $ a 300 boost to unemployment benefits through september 6th, $350 billion for state and local governments, as well as more funding for hospitals. the bill now heads back to the house for a final vote. speaker nancy pelosi said she expects to have it passed and ready for the president s signature before march 14th when unemployment benefits for tens of millions of americans, set to expire. with more we head to capitol hill and nbc news political correspondent ali vitale. nancy pelosi announced the house bill would come this tuesday. how close are they trying to get this to biden s desk and how soon can american people start to see these things? their every day lives? the answer to both of those questions is as quickly as possible. on the treasury side, they re already preparing for what comes next with these direct st
railroading, not a single gop member of the senate voted in favor of sending more hem to struggling americans. democrats did it alone. shortly after the senate vote, this from president biden at the white house. when we took office 45 days ago, i promised the american people help was on the way. today i can say we have taken one more giant step forward in delivering on that promise. here is what just pa passed the senate and how it helps you, the american rescuer plan including a $1,400 direct payments. a $300 boost to unemployment benefits through september 6th, $$350 billion for state and local governments. as well as more funding for hospitals. the bill now heads back to the house for a final vote. speaker nancy pelosi says she expects to have it passed and rtd for the president s signature before march 14th, when unemployment benefits for tens of millions of americans are set to expire. with more we head to capitol hill and nbc political correspondent. ali vilgtsly. s
where a hostage situation is still underway. police have confirmed that one of the hostages has been released and will be reunited with his family. we are going to bring you the very latest from the ground in just a minute. plus, how some in the grand ole party have become anti-reality. and you don t have to be a diplomat to get around visa laws any more. or do you? sydney, australia is trying to figure that out. we re going to explain how tennis star novak djokovic is involved. and the supreme court ruled this week the government has no business telling you what to do with your body except, of course, if you live in texas. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. let s start with the very latest on the breaking news out of texas. nbc s morgan chesky is on the ground for us. morgan, we know one of the hostages was released already. have we heard what led to that release? what s the situation looking like at this hour? reporter: yeah, ayman, the colleyville police sai
hostage was released an hour ago unharmed and should be reunited with family. we don t know what led to the release. we do believe there are still at least three individuals that are still inside. congregation beth israel synagogue, which is about a quarter mile from where i m standing, and we do know that ongoing talks are happening with fbi hostage negotiators and that individual, that man who is pleased to be armed and inside and has been inside that synagogue, ayman, since 10:45 this morning. that s when the initial call went out to the local police here, saying that there was some sort of situation happening in this rather small synagogue in this suburban neighborhood. that s about 30 miles outside dallas. and since that point in time, whenever that synagogue s live stream for their services was interrupted by this man, we have seen federal and state authorities converge on this scene, expand their footprint here to about a quarter to a half mile perimeter, and tell ever