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despite republican efforts to slow down the final vote with a flurry of last-minute objections on the house floor. the bill would create a massive surge of new funding that will send $1,400 checks to tens of millions of americans, provide billions in aid for schools, small businesses, state governments, and the vaccine distribution effort and slash health care premiums for many obamacare recipients. joining me now is nbcs garrett haake on dpl xl. nbc chief white house correspondent and...

bidens massive 1.9 trillion dollar covid relief bill. all of this is happening as we approach the official one year anniversary of essentially lockdown america. right now they are still debating the measure, the vote on final passage will follow. we know what will happen there. joining me is kristen welker outside the white house. i will say this. this biden white house, it does seem to want to not avoid whats happening at the border. they want to take it, at least, give the appearance...

$14 billion for vaccine distribution, and expanse of the child tax credit that experts say could cut child poverty in half. and the $1400 direct stimulus checks. a promise that won back the senate for the democrats. he will address the public in the next hour no doubt to champion the success of the deal. he will announce another big deal for 100 million additional new doses of the johnson and johnson vaccine. enough to vaccinate roughly one in three americans. an advisor credited a his...

the president will announce the u.s. is buying another 100 million doses and bring you his remarks live when they start. moments ago, the senate confirmed merrick garland to be u.s. attorney general by 70-30 with republican leader mitch mcconnell voting yes after he spent close to a year blocking garlands 2016 nomination to the supreme court. earlier today the senate confirmed marcia fudge who last vote as a member of congress would be passing the relief which cull if i mated in this m...

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. heres president biden moments ago in the latest push. were now on track to have enough vaccine supply for every american adult by the end of may, month earlier than anyone expected. today im directing, my hhs team, to produce another 100 million doses and perform another of the 100 mill...

u.s. have now been fully vaccinated against covid-19 than those confirmed infected with the virus. its a huge development. health experts warn americans to keep their guards up in the coming months. the cdc has released new guidelines for those who have been fully vaccinated. some things they dont -- some think they dont go far enough. what can you do? what cant you do? a lot of news to get to. lets begin with omar jimenez in minneapolis as jury selection in derek chauvins trial get se...

first prime time speech commemorating the one year milestone since the shutdown. we have a lot to cover. lets begin with omar jimenez as the trial will begin today, the jury selection in the case, the murder and manslaughter charges that have been brought against derek chauvin. >> reporter: that is right. so jury selection process should be getting going officially in any moment now. we were watching this morning the attorneys file back into court and work out some pretrial motions wit...

first of all, the british people to watch the interview last night, and she is a very measured, very moderate person, and i think she wanted to lower the temperature. shes a tolerant person, and she doesnt jump in to decisions. she likes to gather information. and as max pointed out, she wants to do it primarily within the family, although knowing the implications of the issue of race are to them. but its a mission of the lines and asking for forbearance. her husband since 1937, the du...

>> well, jake, these are new images and new video showing the movements of the person who is believed -- the fbi believes placed these two devices outside the rnc and the dnc. its remarkable that two months after the insurrection, after the attack on the u.s. capitol, they still have very little to go on. but that doesnt mean that they dont have a lot of clues from these videos. for instance, the suspect is seen wearing a nike air max speed turf shoes, yellow, black and gray. you can s...

the videos show the suspect from multiple angles, wearing a mask and a hood. theres a $100,000 reward for information leading to the person. also breaking right now, the house of representatives is set momentarily to this authorize a final vote tomorrow on the covid stimulus bill. that will bring millions of americans a step closer to desperately needed aid one full year into this pandemic. theres promising news on the vaccine effort right now. the white house says the supply in both t...