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this is "new day" weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. a live look at the rose garden yesterday, we heard three word, help is here. and you will hear that more as these $1400 stimulus payments start to hit bank accounts. >> yeah, soon president biden will hit the road to tout his nearly $2 trillion rescue plan. andviewed the pr push yesterday. and the other message, normalcy is near. the president saying that may 1st is the deadline if all documents to be eligible for a va...

oversight. more than 100 million administered doses of the covid vaccine. this just in, another mayor development. new calls for the new york governor andrew cuomo to resign. both new york democratic senator, the majority leader chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand saying cuomo should step down after multiple allegations of sexual harassment. lets begin our coverage at the white house. jeff is joining us. the president earlier today, he was cautiously optimistic during his address over...

>> boy, that is a nice image. the president is also asking americans to continue to do their part, to get vaccinated, not to let their guards down in the coming months, like wearing masks. john harwood is at the white house. and john, the president, other top officials, theyre going to hit the road and promote this. im sure they have the experience of the 2008 rescue package in mind. started popular, not as pap lar as this. and you see republicans attacking the package around the edges...

the u.s. will hit 100 million shots in arms and another date, may 1st, listen to this. >> all adult americans will be eligible to get a vaccine to later than may 1. let me be clear. that doesnt mean everyone is going to have that shot immediately. but it means youll be able to get in line beginning may 1. >> and then there is july 4th when the president said he aims for the country to be able to gather safely once again with loved ones. how does the administration meet and exceed these...

backyard barbecues, saying vaccines will be available to everyone on may 1st. >> i need you. i need every american to do their part. if we do this together, by july 4th, there is a good chance you, your family and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or your neighborhood and have a cookout and barbecue and celebrate independence day. >> empathy is a singular biden strength, and his prime time address underlined the great american sorrow. ha hate, the president says, mu...

honor the more than 529,000 people who have lost their lives to covid-19. and address the sacrifices that americans, that all of us have made during this pandemic while recognizing how it has very much changed our lives. >> that is right. president biden is also expected to tout what just passed and that is his $1.9 trillion covid stimulus package known as the american rescue plan. largely popular with the american people. but it passed only along party lines. there was not a single re...

the way now for massive amounts of aid to begin flowing including direct payments of up to $1,400 that could land in some peoples bank accounts as soon as this weekend. this comes exactly one year after the kworldworld health organization declared a coronavirus pandemic that so far has claimed more than 530,000 american lives and infected almost 30 million people in the u.s. alone. by contrast, a year ago today, there were just 1,100 known cases here in the united states, underscoring ...

he spoke about its passage a little while ago. update our viewers. >> reporter: wolf, it was the top priority from the day president biden set foot in the oval office 50 days ago. and when he speaks to the nation tomorrow night in his first primetime address he says he is going to talk about the next phase of the covid recovery process, the next phase where the backbone of it will be the legislative victory he just secured. >> help is on the way. >> reporter: tonight on day 50 for pres...

they were debating on president bidens $1.9 trillion stimulus bill. the package is expected to pass handing the legislature its most legislative win. it is broadly popular with the american people. look at these new numbers from our latest poll. 61% of americans support this. president biden will begin touting the win during his prime time address, his first one to the nation. thats tomorrow night. this as the white house prepares to purchase an additional 100 million doses of the john...

forward to signing it, which hes expected to do at the white house on friday. also breaking, the president just announced a plan to buy an additional $100 million doses of the single-shot johnson & johnson covid-19 vaccine. that comes as several states are expanding eligibility requirements and allowing more residents to be vaccinated. lets get straight to the white house right now, where our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly is joining us. this is a major victory for the...