against someone who is engaged in wrongdoing hi chat, please this is what i mean. scott, the stakes are just much higher. the stage is much higher. it is. we are in very new territory as outlined. thank you guys very much for being with us. thanks to all of you for joining us as well. i m casey hunt. don t go anywhere. cnn news central starts right now we the r standing by for the beginning of jury selection in the case against hunter biden, the first child of a sitting president to face criminal trial. so what are the chances of the new plea deal in the next several hours? donald trump says, he s okay with going to jail if that s what it comes to after his criminal conviction and just as quickly warns if that happens, it would be a breaking point for his supporters and a state of emergency in place in atlanta after multiple water main breaks, cripple parts of the city, thousands of people without water. i m kate bolduan with john berman, sara sidner is out today. thi
until the coming hours, many americans wocould wake up to fi long awaited treasury payments in their bank accounts. the first payments were processed friday and are being distributed this weekend. president joe biden took a victory lap in the rose garden friday after signing the legislation. he offered a message of hope for struggling americans. think of the millions of people going to sleep at night staring at the ceiling going, my god, what am i going to do tomorrow? lost my health care, don t have a job, unemployment runs out. i m behind in my mortgage. what am i going to do? well, guess what? they re going to be getting that check soon. here is chief white house correspondent katelynn collin wes more. wish i could come out and shake hands with every one of you. a rose garden victory dance for president biden as he touted his first major piece of legislation. it s one thing to pass the american rescue plan. it s going the be another thing to implement it. becau
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. let s begin our coverage at the white house. jeff is joining us. the president earlier today, he was cautiously optimistic during his address over in the white house rose garden. what else can you tell us? reporter: cautiously optimistic but optimistic in deed given the last year that america has endured. president biden says he believes this 1.9 trillion dollar bill is historic in transformational for millions of american families. he said the first signs of the stimulus checks will begin arriving in the bank accounts of americans this weekend. even as he says he still has work to do to sell this bill to rest of the country. help is
well, guess what? they re going to be getting that check soon. that $1,400 check could land in your bank account as soon as this weekend, president biden said. democratic congressional leaders were also present to tout the plan. though not a single republican was there, given that not one republican voted for the legislation. president biden is going to try to boost public support for the law as he marks two new dates on every americans calendar, may 1st. that s when he says every adult will be eligible to get a covid vaccine. and july 4th, to mark sfg a new independence from coronavirus with small gatherings with friends and family. though, we should note, many americans did that last fourth of july. right now about 66 million americans have gotten one vaccine dose with 2.2 million doses being administered every day. now president biden wants to m maintain and speed up that pace. wish i could come out and shake hands with every one of you. reporter: moments ago, a ros
outbreak a global pandemic. our senior medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta joins us to explain why. what makes it a pandemic? there are criteria that are somewhat defined to call something a pandemic. let me preface by saying this terminology that we re going to start using now isn t so much to cause panic but rather to really cause a focus on preparedness. sanjay will join us in a moment. more than 525,000 americans have died since sanjay made those remarks. but this morning there are so many positive signs. 2.2 million people a day are getting vaccinated. the cdc has new guidelines for 30 million people who are fully vaccinated. if you are one of them, the cdc says it is safe to gather with other vaccinated people indoors without masks. and vaccinated grandparents can safely visit unvaccinated grandchildren. but the experts say we re not out of the wood yet. coronavirus variants could still trigger another deadly surge, especially as states relax their guidelines.