there s much more to this bill, but for now, let me make one final point. when i was elected, i said we were going to get the government out of the business of battling on twitter and back in the business of delivering for the american people. of making a difference in their lives, giving everyone a chance, a fighting chance, of showing the american people that their government can work for them. and passing the american rescue plan will do that. and you know it may sound strange but a lot of senators and congressmen, i want to thank, but i really want to thank the american people for making all this possible. you say, well, how did they make it possible? well, quite frankly, without the overwhelming bipartisan support of the american people, this would not have happened. senators pulling an all-nighter, some amendments being voted on with little to do with when it comes to covid relief but it is worth noting that not a single republican voted yes on this desperately needed
flexed its muscle just a few hours ago. senate democrats passing the president s covid relief bill by the narrowest of margins. not a single republican vote after months of negotiations, while millions of americans were on the brink. so it obvious that partisanship inside the beltway will persist into the biden era. even if most americans are pleading for their parties to come together. but if you re joe biden, less than a hundred days in, a win is a win and he had this to say just moments ago from the white house. when we took office 35 days ago, i promised the american people help was on the way. today i can say we ve taken one more giant step forward in delivering on that promise. just as covid-19 and the calamity of trump came together to put biden in the white house, a new book looks into just how unlikely the biden presidency was this time just two years ago. it s a far cry from the president s current marks from the nation with the latest ap poll showing 60% of ame
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i want to go to hans nichols over at the white house. what are the headlines? this seems to be a vick industry lap by julian assange but nothing new in terms of revalling what they have hacked, what they have gotten from the cia. interesting, hallie, he called upon tech companies to work with wikileaks. this is a call to action saying that these companies like microsoft, like apple, they need to work with wikileaks to protect the consumer, talking about the fourth geneva convention how before you had the red cross protecting civilians. now you need to have tech companies and he included wikileaks within that basket, protecting consumers. to me the interesting thing today is going to be, a, the response from the administration, what the white house says, what the cia says but also, halle, what do tech companies say is this are they going to pledge to work with wk