american people and talk about what we've been through as a nation this past year. more importantly, i'm going to talk about what comes next. i'm going to launch the next phase of the covid response and explain what we will do as a government and what we will ask of the american people. there is light at the end of this dark tunnel in the past year. what we cannot let our guard down now. >> the covid relief bill is part of the light at the end of the tunnel, biden said. house of representatives passed that legislation, 220 to 211 on an almost strictly party-line vote. minutes ago, house speaker nancy pelosi and senate majority leader chuck schumer heralded this moment calling it a momentous day. >> this is the most consequential legislation that many of us will ever be a party to. who knows what the future may bring, but nonetheless, on this day, we celebrate. >> so what do we say to america? we say to america, help is on the way. help is on the way. you will receive $1,400 checks by the end of march. help is on the way. >> in addition to those $1,400 checks for millions of lower and middle income americans, the american rescue plan, as it's called, includes a boost to temporary federal unemployment benefits, funding for small businesses, billions of dollars to help get students back into classrooms, as well as money to expand coronavirus testing and vaccine programs. and it is popular, at least as of now, according to the new cnn poll out today, 61% of the american people support the legislation. kaitlan collins is at the white house for us. when will the bill be signed by president biden? they've been pushing this urgency. no time to spare. >> yeah. it still has a few more procedural things to get through. it will be here at the white house. he is expected to sign it on friday at the white house. it's the people's law. he wants to sign it at the people's house. that's what he said in a statement earlier every. as far as that popularity goes, as you just showed, for that bill, the white house wants to not only keep that up but increase it. over the next two weeks we expect president biden to be out on the road, trying to sell this bill to voters, going through what's in here and what's going to benefit them. expect to see that as well. of course, this is going to be something we're expecting him to talk about when he addresses the nation in prime time tomorrow night. that's the first time in his presidency that he's done so. but i thought it was notable there that he was saying tomorrow night is not just going to look at what's happened over the last year with all the restrictions and lockdowns and half a million deaths but also he says he's going to announce what the government is going to start doing next as they start to try to move toward the end of this pandemic. >> and how is the biden administration planning on implementing this massive legislation? >> well, it's huge. so, that's going to be something to look out for. if there are delays in some of the implementation. this is a lot of weight that's going to be put on the back of the irss during tax season. not just those, $1,400 stimulus checks but child tax credits as well. he's going to point someone to oversee the implementation of this massive $1.9 trillion bill. they have not announced who that is going to be yet, jake. >> biden says he knows he will be judged by the public on whether or not he gets the checks to people and whether or not he gets shots into arms. all of this comes as we saw president biden speaking with ceos from rival ceo companies, johnson & johnson and merck. tell us about that meeting. >> they are rivals. the administration has brokered this agreement to try to get merck to help johnson & johnson to ramp up its production of vaccines. it has fallen behind according to the government contract they got a year ago and what they have been telling officials. they were talking about ramping this up. biden saying he is instructing officials to purchase an additional 100 million doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine. we should urge a note of caution here. what we're hearing from officials is that they don't think that will be ready until later this year. it's not something you're going to see change happening right now with vaccines. johnson & johnson is behind what those numbers should be. 400,000 doses of their vaccine will be going out to states next week t makes a difference since they're a one-shot vaccine. that's what the administration is focusing on right now, not the delay in their production, but trying to ramp it up. >> kaitlan collins at the white house, thank you so much. karen bass of california, on the house judiciary and foreign affairs committee. thank you for joining us, as always. this legislation comes on top of $3 trillion of relief passed during the trump presidency. should americans feel confident that this massive new bill almost $2 trillion, is the last step we need to get the economy back on track or will more relief be necessary down the road? >> i am certainly hoping that it won't be. again, the president has said that we will have enough vaccines for all americans that want it by the end of may. and, clearly, with national leadership, we could put our arms around and contain and reduce the covid virus. and so i believe that that will help us get the economy back. but everybody needed the support. i'm very excited that we passed it out of the house today. >> the $3 trillion that was passed last year by congress under president trump, those were bipartisan efforts in the house and senate and, obviously, republican president trump. this legislation passed without a single republican vote in the house or the senate. what do you make of that fact? >> i think it's actually a shame. if you look at the different categories of funding, my republican colleagues have already voted for this before. there was no reason for them not to vote to extend it. we all know that unemployment is going out in the next few days and we certainly don't want people cut off. the only reason they didn't vote for it is because it's a different administration, and i think that's sad. >> included in this bill is something not related to covid relief, not related to the economy at large. $86 billion for union pension bailouts. pensions that, if this money wasn't provided, a bunch of people who had worked hard and deserved pensions wouldn't get them. there was a bipartisan effort to have this happen, but it would have come with some reforms, perhaps it would have been a loan instead of a direct bailout. wouldn't that have been a better way to address this issue so as to make sure it doesn't happen again, the mismanagement issues? >> well, i don't think so. i think it was important for us to look at the fact all the different ways that the economy and working families can be impacted, and this was certainly one. you know, one of the things that i'm the most excited about in the bill was done by representative barbara lee, and that is targeted vaccine distribution on two communities that are really suffering because the online registration has become a real barrier. so the idea that $7 billion would go to community clinics, mobile sites, door-to-door outreach and then another 7 billion for the public health workforce so that we can really distribute the vaccines on a ground level to the communities that are most impacted. lot of good stuff in this bill. >> it's interesting you say that. you have an op-ed in which you suggest that whatever delay there is in members of minority communities getting vaccinated isn't because of hesitancy. it's because of access. >> right. >> it occurs to me colleagues i know, when they've gotten vaccinated, they have signed up online, taken a day off work. >> right. >> driven down to the hospital or whatever in the middle of the day. they had time to wait and maybe some communities, there are individuals who don't have those luxuries. >> absolutely. you laid out all the barriers. if you imagine the priority is given to people who are 75, then 65, you're talking about communities where online access is very difficult. and so that's why you have people from other neighborhoods coming in to the inner city areas. and so a collaboration that we established with the congressional black caucus, hispanic caucus, asian and native american caucus with the urban league and national psychological association for racial inequity, we just finished a poll. that poll say as in the black population, 67% of african-americans want the vaccine. guess what, if we focus on the people that want the vaccine, they are related to, are friends with people who are hesitant. and the more we focus on that, they can show their friends, neighbors and family members that they're okay. i think that's the better way to address hesitancy. we also need trusted community voices, and that's also part of this bill. >> yeah. and those mobile clinics, it sounds like -- >> yes. >> -- are a real possibility. stay in touch with this issue. it's important. appreciate your being here today, karen bass, thank you very much. >> thank you. breaking news next, will republicans regret not supporting this massive bill? 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>> it's a huge deal for democrats and president biden but it's also a huge deal for the american people. unemployment was about to run out. you've got a bunch of people afraid to be evicted. you've got people still in food lines. we're not out of this mess. and the idea that you have 100% of republicans voting against it, you know, is not aa good look for that party. but joe biden has come in office, taken care of business. i'm proud of the president, happy for democrats and millions of americans. >> congresswoman, last year, republicans and democrats worked together under president trump and passed about $3 trillion in covid relief. >> yeah. >> there are democrats, you just heard congresswoman karen bass, say this really isn't that different. the only difference is republicans refusing to work with president biden. what's your take on this? >> there is no doubt that president biden is doing exactly what he said he was going to do. and this -- he sees this as a win for him. i believe it would have been a home run if, like the other stimulus packages, he had republican support. there was opportunity. i know for a fact and i've spoken to senator mitt romney who said we're not that far apart. i have been asking to work with the president, work with the senate on -- i want to vote for the stimulus package but there was so much money given to states that didn't need it and he could not do that, knowing it was such a big package and knowing this was going to affect, again, the massive debt that we have. >> and van and i were just talking about this during the break. one of the reasons why that didn't happen is that when biden was vice president in 2009, president obama and he worked so hard to get a bipartisan deal that they passed a smaller piece of legislation than they thought the economy needed and, van, it's always said that generals are always fighting the last battle. is that what you think happened here? >> look, it's lucy and the football. if you're a democrat, you can't not help remember the last time we had an economic crisis and you had a democratic president and knotted just on this. on climate, on health care. trying to figure out what you could do to get republican support. they ran out the clock and we went weaker or not at all when it came to climate, and then they still beat us up. i do think that on some of this stuff, you know, no morule lucy and the football. let's get some of this stuff doesn't. that doesn't mean there aren't other areas where you shouldn't wait for bipartisan cooperation. when you're talking about the entire economy on the line, waiting around and playing tiddlywinks is not going to do it. i'm proud that the president moved forward. >> congresswoman love i want to get your reaction and, van, yours, from something we heard from congressman grothram, discussing the covid relief bill. after his statement you'll hear a response from democratic delegate stacey plaskett. >> the increase in earned income tax credit for single people has a marriage penalty in it. i bring it up because i know of the strength that black lives matter had in this last election. i know it's a group that doesn't like the old-fashioned family. >> we have been able to keep our families alive for over 400 years and the assault on our families to not have black lives or not even have black families. how dare you say that we are not interested in families in the black community. >> so, congresswoman love, i'll start with you. congressman grothman saying the earned income tax credit penalizes families and says black lives matter is a group that doesn't like the old-fashioned family. what was your reaction to that? >> well, first of all, i don't know why he brought up black lives matter, but i can tell you a little bit of inside information. she probably got frustrated because she has probably sat in meetings -- when i say she, i mean representative plaskett, where representative grothman has said things that are worse. i've actually sat in meetings, listening to some of the language and felt incredibly offended by them. and so this was probably a reaction. and i think that also he's probably taking the statement of black lives matter and changing it a little bit or interpreting it a little bit. but i think that reaction came from things that have been previously said by representative grothman. >> van jones? >> yeah. listen, black lives matter doesn't think that you don't have a family just because maybe you don't have heterosexual couple at the top. that's what black lives matter is saying. they're saying all families matter. all families count. to take that and twist it, and then pretend that somehow black lives matter is wanting to hurt couples and ruin marriages and families. what are you talking about? you have no relationship to this community. you are going off the talking point to a talking point and you're insulting people. the african-american family structure has been under tremendous stress for 400 years and has survived and prevailed and people take offense when you twist -- twist yourself into pretzels try ing to figure out some way to score political points against a political movement that's done a great deal of good in this country. >> congressman love, van jones, thank you. looking forward to when we all have shots in our arms and we can meet in person. texas test. lone star state bucking the cdc's advice, lifting the mask mandate as the agency admits its guidance for vaccinated americans will change soon. stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (quiet piano music) ♪ ♪ comfort in the extreme. the lincoln family of luxury suvs. in a recent clinical study, patients using salonpas patch reported reductions in pain severity, using less or a lot less oral pain medicines. and improved quality of life. ask your doctor about salonpas. it's good medicine. if you have risk factors like heart disease, diabetes and raised triglycerides,... ...vascepa can give you something to celebrate. ♪ vascepa, when added to your statin,... ...is clinically proven to provide 25% lower risk from heart attack and stroke. vascepa is clearly different. first and only fda approved. celebrate less risk. even for those with family history. ♪ don't take vascepa if you are... ...or become allergic to icosapent ethyl or any inactive ingredient in vascepa. serious side effects may occur like heart rhythm problems and bleeding. heart rhythm problems may occur in more people... ...with persistent cardiovascular risk or who have had them in the past. tell your doctor if you experience an irregular heartbeat or other heart rhythm problems. possible side effects include muscle and joint pain. celebrate less risk. added cardio protection. talk to your doctor about adding protection with vascepa. ♪ ♪ we made usaa insurance for veterans like martin. when a hailstorm hit, he needed his insurance to get it done right, right away. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. usaa our health lead now. the cdc director said today we're at a critical point in this pandemic, on the verge of being able to vaccinate every adult in the united states, and yet with covid still killing close to 2,000 people in the u.s. every day. the biggest state in the lower 48 is risking it all. texas today lifting a statewide mask order and allowing businesses to open with no limit on capacity as cnn's ed lavendera reports. >> reporter: feelings of dread as state mask mandates are lifted. >> we've been hurt the most and requiring us now to take a side on the masks isn't right, in my opinion. >> reporter: for some it's triggered an emotional reminder of what's been lost in the last year. 38-year-old jonathan martinez died of covid. his mother says the texas reopening is a kick in the stomach. >> my son left six children behind. two of the youngest are 6 and 4 years old. they don't understand why their daddy isn't coming home. >> reporter: other states are pushing ahead to reopen as well. utah will lift its mask mandate april 10th. the date was pushed back to get as many people as possible vaccinated. in maryland, starting this friday, capacity limits will be lifted for restaurants, retail stores and other businesses, but masking and spacing protocols stay. all in all more than a dozen states are easing restrictions with more in the coming days and weeks. renewed fights come as the race to vaccinate americans continues to speed up. an average of 2.2 milli