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back together again as we start to defeat this thing, hopefully as a country. its -- its just a remarkable -- its a remarkable time for us as a country, and for those of us whose job it is to cover this ongoing pandemic, its an incredible challenge, but i am super proud of nicolle and chris and so many of the rest of my colleagues who have done such yeomans work covering this and all the different ways that we can. i think weve all approached it in our own ways. our colleagues like ste...

impeached? its "way too early" for this. good morning! and welcome to "way too early," the show that sends big props to all the tech folks behind the scenes here who had a very busy start to their day at 30 rock. thank you, guys, for getting us on the air this morning. i am kasie hunt on this thursday, march 11th. we will start with the news. in a major legislative win for president biden, the house passed the massive $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill. the final vote was 220-211,...

by our president as we join with him in promising that help is on the way. >> this is one of the most consequential pieces of legislation we have passed in decades. and you know what we can show america that we can get things done to make their lives better. >> this is what it looks like. three democrats basically run the levers of government in washington now, the congressional leaders as you heard there and president biden. and on this theyre united on the import of landmark legislat...

landmark relief bill. the house gearing up for a vote on the $2 trillion plan. it could get to the presidents desk as early as tomorrow morning. thats a big deal. as a matter of calendar, it would beat the sunday deadline for renewing programs for the jobless. biden visited a hardware store that will benefit from this kind of support today, and he contrasted this money and the way he is going to deliver it, the new approach here with discredited trump programs where some of the money w...

january, this might not be happening at all. after a lot of democratic internal wrangling, the bill passed the senate over the weekend with exactly zero votes from the house. president biden said he would sign it as soon as he gets it, and the legislation could not be more urgently needed, as he indicated over the weekend. >> we took office 45 days ago. i promised the american people help was on the way. today i can say weve taken one more giant step forward in delivering on that promi...

♪ youre going to be so strong and healthy when its its your turn just take it ♪ ♪ dont be too late, baby ♪ ♪ dont hesitate ♪ >> all right. . >> thats fantastic. . >> the great carol king with her own vaccine song inspired, she says, by dolly parton. >> tomorrow, we of course are going to be doing our own, willie and i are. go ahead, put up the tweet. that you could put up the tweet that would be great. thank you, dolly parton, for you for inspiring me to inspire me to recor...

buckle up, we are heading into the final hours of voting and the first results in one of the most consequential midterm elections ever. >> its the high stakes race to a fever pitch campaign. >> are you ready to win this election? >> i love to win. >> voters, making big choices in a nation on edge. >> with high prices. >> crime is rising. >> the womans right to choose. >> whats happening across the u.s. could shake up the balance of power in congress and shape the next race for the whit...

party can call the shots on the hill for the next couple of years. right now we have a split senate right counsel the middle folks, 50 democrats, 50 republicans with the vice president able to cast that deciding vote. now, bun seat here could really change everything. the biden agenda would hang in the balance. >> bret: voters have been lining up at the polls throughout the day today. georgias polls close in the next hour and pennsylvania, the hour after that. >> martha: but not all st...

outside of mariupol, ukrainian officials point to nassau satellite images that show ground in one area has recently been disturbed. they also say claims from one source indicate that the site has been used to dispose of bodies. cnn is working to independently verify those claims. >> meantime, russia has unveiled a new goal in the conflict, a new strategy. a commander saying taking control of southern ukraine and even donbas region to establish a land block of crimea. there is new credi...

dont say gay bill. it prohibits gender identity through the third grade in floridas elementary schools. on march 7, chapek told employees as weve seen time and again, corporate statements do very little to change outcomes or minds. instead, theyre often weaponized by one side or the other to further divide and inflame. he said he did not want the company to become a political football. at that time, more than 150 companies had already signed a letter opposing the legislation. two days ...