the royal family simply don t recognize some of the things that harry and meghan told oprah. this is actually a slap in the face, i think. announcer: this is new day with alisyn camerota and john berman. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day. it is wednesday, march 10th, 6:00 here in new york. and this morning, the house of representatives is poised to take president biden s massive rescue plan over the finish line. in just a few hours, lawmakers will debate and hold a final vote on the $1.9 trillion relief package. it will deliver the largest ever direct payments to americans, bringing help to millions who are struggling. this will be a major legislative victory on president biden s 50th day in office. the president plans to sign it ahead of a prime-time address to the nation tomorrow night. that s one year after the pandemic plunged the country into shutdown. so he doesn t really have much selling to do w
democrats frame it as transformative. republicans say it s government run amuck. i call upon my republican colleagues to stop their march madness and show some compassion for their constituents who are less than wealthy. i ve heard people across the country say this bill today is costly, corrupt, and liberal. it s a laundry list of left-wing priorities that predate the pandemic and do not meet the needs of the american families. that deal will head to the president s desk just as country arrives at a familiar coronavirus crossroads. the biden administration just this morning just last hour announcing a new agreement to buy 100 million more doses of the johnson & johnson single-shot covid vaccine. more vaccine means the country should get back to normal more quickly. but here s the concern at the white house. states are already relaxing restrictions even as dr. anthony fauci says, quote, we re not out of the woods yet. listen here, a similar warning from the cdc director
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 trauma of the pandemic. mission accomplished. that is the biden american rescues plan. it will be followed by the recovery plan. this is bipartisan legislation. may not satisfy to partisans. we could have had a bill that was you know, a fraction of the cost of this one. we would have gotten bipartisan approval and support. it s not focused on covid relief. it s focused on the agenda. and people recognize that the agenda is bad for america. a great man once said, so it goes. the bill hea
this is the biden american rescue plan. it will be followed by the american recovery plan. this is bipartisan legislation. it may not satisfy the partisans on both sides of the capitol. we could have had a bill that was, you know, a fraction of the cost of this one. it could have gotten bipartisan approval and support. it s not focused on covid relief. it s focus zblienktda. people recognize that speaker pelosi s socialist agenda is bad for america. as a great man once said, and so it goes. the bill headed to final passage, the white house was announcing an increase in the number of vaccines shipped out. 600,000 additional doses from both pfizer and moderna being sent to states this week. the white house also says the seven-day average now for shots administered is over 2 million a day. there was a development on another front as well. the fbi released new video that shows that suspect planting pipe bombs that were found at the republican national committee and the
signed into law on friday. president biden also announcing in just the last hoursh more vaccine split in the u.s. ensures the u.s. will have more than enough supply to vaccinate the entire population. here s president biden moments ago in the latest push. we re now on track to have enough vaccine supply for every american adult by the end of may, month earlier than anyone expected. today i m directing, my hhs team, to produce another 100 million doses and perform another of the 100 million of the vaccine. this is wartime effort, we need maximum flexibility. there s always a chance we ll encounter unexpected challenges or will there be a new need for a vaccination effort? a lot can happen. a lot can change. we need to be prepared. of course, we need to match the manufacturing of science and massive logistical undertaking. the leading to approval number rarely seen in the legislative pushes by either pared. 75% of all americans are squarely behind the bill, but even with