american rescue plan tonight. so, let's get right to mary bruce with us, and mary, the president-elect's plan, i know, including more direct payments to americans and expanded unemployment benefits? >> reporter: david, this is a massive, ambitious plan. nearly $2 trillion in relief. it would provide an additional $1,400 in direct payments to most americans. that's on top of the $600 checks most just received. plus, $130 billion to help schools reopen safely. and $160 billion to create a national vaccine program and boost testing. david, biden campaigned as a bipartisan dealmaker and this will test his ability to make good on that promise, to unite a divided congress, and he'll have to do all of this while congress is likely to be consumed by the senate trial of president trump. david? >> all right, mary bruce tonight, as the bells toll in washington. mary, thank you. after reporting on the flint water crisis for years, tonight and eight officials have been charged with willful neglect. here's abc's alex perez.