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good evening, everyone. we begin "the reidout" with a thing we really havent seen in a long, long, long time. a forthright, open, democratic, dare i say progressive defense of government. now, i am old enough to remember bill clinton responding to the reagan and reaganomics by saying us too. the era of big government is over but courtesy of the democrats. that was a political calculation that i guess made sense at the time. reagan was still popular and sainted by republicans and so-cal...

they were debating on president bidens $1.9 trillion stimulus bill. the package is expected to pass handing the legislature its most legislative win. it is broadly popular with the american people. look at these new numbers from our latest poll. 61% of americans support this. president biden will begin touting the win during his prime time address, his first one to the nation. thats tomorrow night. this as the white house prepares to purchase an additional 100 million doses of the john...

increases across the country change and new data emerge. were also keeping a close eye on capitol hill where the house is debating, you see kevin mccarthy there, get ready to hold a historic vote on president bidens $1.9 trillion covid relief package, a monumental piece of legislation that offers aid to almost every part of life right now. $1400 checks to individuals, unemployment boost, child tax credit, funding for schools. joining me now for the state of play on where things stand t...

resources as migrants overwhelm the border there. heres the states lieutenant governor on fox. >> we were in good shape on the border bill before biden got elected. we were in good shape. the protocols were working, keeping the asylum seekers in mexico. this is not a crisis. this is a full blown disaster that theyve created. this is the worst high. weve had higher peaks. this is the worst. what really makes it bad is that theres no end in sight. >> john: in a moment, well talk with the...

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...

to tap into an authority that former president donald trump tried to use when he was president at something democrats decried and eventually it was struck down in the courts. but certainly this comes as biden in this trial trying to show he is doing more when it comes to border security at a time when republicans have tried to paint him as weak on the issue. >> okay. arlette saenz. thank you for the reporting from the white house thank you all for joining us this morning. im alison cam...

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...

being overly cautious, particularly when it comes to air travel. were learning about what into the decision by the cdc. joining me now is jeremy diamond at the house with much more on this. what are you learning? >> reporter: well it appears that the cdc did consider the possibility of changing these travel restrictions, but ultimately decided not to do that. two federal health officials telling kaitlan collins that the possibility of changing travel recommendations was discussed but t...

very good monday morning. im jim sciutto. >> and im poppy harlow. we hope you had a nice weekend. a busy weekend, certainly in washington. right now the house is poised to vote on a bill that could grant much-needed relief to millions of americans. >> and send checks out to americans possibly within days. and just an hour from now, the cdc is going to announce long awaited guidelines for fully vaccinated americans. in other words telling you what you can and cant do after you receive t...

have also said that this type of guidance is long overdue. nearly 60 million americans have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine and more than 30 million americans are now fully vaccinated. and while the vaccine rollout has accelerated rapidly in recent days, the timing remains critical. the top health experts in the country say new infection rates have plateaued at a very high level after falling for several weeks. and highly transmissible variants continue to spread ...