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>> good evening. i am erin burnett. out front tonight, help is here. those are the words exactly of president biden who marks his 50th day in office with a major legislative victory. his massive relief bill is heading to his desk after passing the house today. this represents a historic victory for the american people. everything addresses a real need with investments to fund our entire vaccination effort. >> i meant trillion. $1.9 trillion is the price tag here, the second most expens...

and shared this quote, this is what i get for telling my son guide to smile at the camera. for his little brother, i have to say thats the most storable thing ive seen in awhile. we could all use it in terms of how we think about our politics. thanks to the panel, thanks to you for joining us some kasie hunt, cnn news central starts president biden now calling donald trump, a convicted felon, the first time he called them out that way. >> and what that now signals for this new phase of...

incident to police. that does it for us this hour. our coverage continues with "katy tur reports," right now. good to be with you. im katy tur. what is president biden hoping to get out of todays executive order allowing him to seal the southern border? he made the announcement just a few minutes ago saying the influx of migrants is unsustainable. quote, for those who say the steps ive taken are too strict, i say to you be patient. the goodwill of the american public is wearing thin ...

again dodging the media while signing his nearly $2 trillion stimulus bill into law. its been 50 days and he hasnt held a solo news conference. the president is set to deliver a prime time address on the pandemic tonight but it will be in a controlled environment when he can hide behind his teleprompter and want to have to answer any tough questions from reporters. while biden is silent, democrats are saying this. >> we are about to pass the most historic, progressive bill in american ...

and as you point out, he seems to cross the legal line repeatedly in these phone calls. >> and it also fills in some of the pieces about who was involved in this campaign and what the pattern of corrupting events were. again, this may be a racketeering investigation in georgia based on actions and statements from the district attorneys office. but the white house chief of staff really did turn up bodily in person, surprise, at the audit in georgia when they were auditing the absentee b...

things will get worse than they are right now. bottom line, its going to get worse. >> we have the assessment that covid-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. >> we have already lost 24 of our citizens. . >> were heading towards an epidemic in the united states. the question is what the scope is going to be. >> tom hanks and his wife rita wilson, have both tested positive for coronavirus. . >> to keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from europe to ...

you might have gone to get your coffee, seen your friends. i was here at 30 rock with my entire staff. i went to a school play that day. but by the end of the evening the w.h.o. had declared covid a pandemic. seattle shut down their school system, the first major district to do so, the stock market fell off a cliff. the sign of a lot more pain to come. the first case of covid popped up on capitol hill and the nba suspended its season leading all the rest of major sports to follow suit....

once he does here is what will happen. there will immediate i will be an extension of unemployment benefits through september. billions for state and local governments, billions for schools, billions for vaccine distribution, and expansion of the child tax credit and those $1400 direct stimulus checks. but that right there is only part of the big news that has come out today. a year after the w.h.o. declared a global pandemic we got some of the best news yet. a new study shows the pfiz...

the country remains divided in terms of its willingness to stay the course on mask wearing and social distancing for the final month before the vaccine has been distributed. president biden is expected to preview what a return to normal will look like here. hell also address the grief of a nation consumed for one whole year. the anniversary marks the day for many americans, the grim reality, from "the washington post," quote -- for most people march 11th was when the crisis first becam...

signature. the president has signaled he continues to promote the bill. indeed, he has plans to travel about the country to talk more about it while moving on to the rest of his to-do list. today, members of the house wasted no time trying to define the bill and what it represents. >> we promise to put vaccination shots in arms for every single american. mission accomplished. we promised to put money in the pockets of every day americans who have been struggling through the economic tr...