senate. president biden plans to sign it into law tomorrow. joining us now, cnn chief political correspondent, dana bash. the co-anchor of state of the union. and dana, this will be an east room address, we understand. and we are told new details this morning. the president will honor the 500,000 lost to covid, the millions of people being affected. he ll discuss what s being done to accelerate vaccination efforts and lay out the next steps in getting the pandemic under control. that s the what. what about the why? why are we seeing this tonight? why is because the people in the biden white house, starting with the president himself, remember 2009. remember what happened the last time a democratic president started his administration with a giant piece of legislation that was passed by democrats. and it was completely attacked in such a big way that it helped to create the tea party and helped to create the 20102010 republican takeover of the house of representatives. a
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Montgomery: Alabama National Guard troops will begin work later this month administering COVID-19 vaccines in at least 24 rural counties, the state said Tuesday. The National Guard, with two 55-member mobile vaccination teams that can provide 8,000 doses a week, will work with public health and local officials to determine sites and logistics, Gov. Kay Ivey’s office said in a statement. Guard immunizations will start March 23. Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed 15.2% of Alabama’s 4.9 million residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine that protects against the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19. That was lower than any state other than neighboring Georgia, where 13.4% had received at least one shot. Guard teams will rotate through counties to provide shots to more people, the statement said. Ivey asked for patience because the state is still trying to get more vaccine from the fede
Condolences poured in Tuesday from lawmakers and other elected officials after Virginia Capitol Police announced one of the agency's most visible employees had died while undergoing treatment for COVID-19.