will be up step closer to receiving $1,400 stimulus checks. this legislation also extends unemployment benefits for millions out of a job. text bands the child tax credit. it provides affordable care act subsidies, and it includes funding for cash-strapped states and schools. it is the largest set of relief checks ever and has garnered prod support across the country. you can see the number here. new cnn poll shows 61% of americans are on board with this covid relief package. i have jessica dean on capitol hill, phil mattingly there at the white house, and, phil, i m starting with you. when can we expect the president to sign this bill? reporter: well, brooke, right now the white house is planning to sign the bill. the president signed the bill on friday, and we actually just got the first word from the president since the house passage of the bill putting out a rather lengthy statement saying in part this legislation is about giving the backbone of this nation, the essenti
cdc though is cautioning against taking two steps back as more and more states are gearing up to reopen even though only a fraction of their populations have been fully vaccinated, so joining me with more on that is cnn s nick watt. reporter: this country is now averaging under 60,000 new covid-19 cases a day and about 60% of americans, 65 and older, the demo in deepest danger, have had at least one dose of vaccine. no guarantee because we re ramping up our vaccine at record levels every day we re nearly out of the woods. there are now cdc guidelines for the fill vaccinated. basically they can mix unmasked with each in private, in public still mark offed around distanced. i was a little disappoint that had they didn t say anything about travel. we re told the cdc talked about travel but there was never moment mum behind a change. still, more than 5 million people flew over the past five days. spring break is coming up. it s important to to tell people how to travel.
that there may be accusers with abuse allegations dating back to the 70s. then late today another report surfaces. it concerns sandusky s former charity, second mile, the one he founded and allegedly employed to recruit victims while projecting a saintly image to the community. second mile s chief executive david woodall telling both the new york times and the local patriot news the organization could end up folding. that s one of three options he laid out that in his words something of the second mile exists. he tells the local paper that no final decision has yet been made. now, the move matters because second mile faces a potential civil liability nightmare if the allegations against sandusky are true and second mile turned a blind eye. they re launching an internal investigation. but keeping them honest, have been less than forthcoming with the public so far about ha they knew and when they knew it. see, in 2002 when the graduate assistant mike mcqueary says he saw s
and pakistan. clinton just left libya. the visit there was the first by a cabinet-level official since the overthrow of moammar gadhafi. there are reports that turkish forces killed 15 militants in iraq. they were in pursuit of kurdish rebels. the fighters have waged a campaign for a separate state for several decades. france s president and first lady welcomed a baby girl wednesday night. a close family friend says she is doing well after giving birth to the first baby born to a sitting french president. nicolas sarkozy visited his wife and new daughter in a paris hospital a few hours after the girl was born. those are the headlines. i m zain vergee and world business today starts now. good morning, from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories this thursday, october 20th, you re looking at live pictures of crowds gathering in athens, constitution square