found vaccine freedom. hello, i am katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. it s a year to the day the world health organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic. since then, 29 million cases have been reported here in the us, and 529,000 people have died. tonight, joe biden will address the nation, to remember those who lost their lives, and try to give all those who ve survived this year a sense of hope. yesterday, the president announced the us government has bought another 100 million more doses of thejohnson &johnson vaccine. and in the last hour he signed that enormous $1.9 trillion stimulus bill. thank you, all. appreciate it. let s bring in our north america editor, jon sopel. it is 51 days into the biden administration, he sides into law this huge stimulus package, it has to be seen as an early win for him. yes, i think so and this is very much yes, i think so and this is very much a yes, i think so and this is very much a hallmark of what the b
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