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problems. plus both the embattled new york governor loses support of state democratic leaders, including the state senators. governor andrew cuomo said he won t go. let the review proceed. i m not going to resign. will it work? i m jake tapper in washington, where the state of the union is moving forward. we have just under 70 confirmed deaths as we all scramble to adjust, to life in a pandemic. one year ago tomorrow marks 16, 2020, president trump announced 15 days to slow the spread. it would have been difficult at the time to imagine we would still will living under restrictions one year later. in some ways, this moment does feel a bit optimistic. one in five americans has received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to cdc. nearly 3 million yesterday alone. in his first prime time as president, joe biden outlined an aggressive time line saying the u.s. will have enough doses for every adult by the end of may. pointing to the fourth of july is the beg ....
will be up step closer to receiving $1,400 stimulus checks. this legislation also extends unemployment benefits for millions out of a job. text bands the child tax credit. it provides affordable care act subsidies, and it includes funding for cash-strapped states and schools. it is the largest set of relief checks ever and has garnered prod support across the country. you can see the number here. new cnn poll shows 61% of americans are on board with this covid relief package. i have jessica dean on capitol hill, phil mattingly there at the white house, and, phil, i m starting with you. when can we expect the president to sign this bill? reporter: well, brooke, right now the white house is planning to sign the bill. the president signed the bill on friday, and we actually just got the first word from the president since the house passage of the bill putting out a rather lengthy statement saying in part this legislation is about giving the backbone of this nation, the e ....
being overly cautious, particularly when it comes to air travel. we re 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 there was never really any real momentum behind the idea of changing those travel restrictions right now. but right now really is the operative word here because these are interim guidelines by the cdc. and the cdc director rashiel walensky made that very clear yesterday as she announced the new guidelines. we saw new guidelines here in terms of how individuals who have been vaccinated could interact with one another as well as others in low risk settings in terms of removing masks but they ....
a criticism that, you know, the obama administration maybe didn t do enough to settle and explain and talk about their stimulus efforts and want to make sure that people around the country really know what s in the bill, know what s coming and the kind of impact it s having. there s a conversation that we ll watch how it plays outside of washington. do the additional benefits help people. they showed up at their briefing wearing masks and trying to make the case, the republican argument that the biden administration is not pushing aggressively enough there. you see follow the science, not the unions, the biden administration is pushing schools to open and a president can only do so much. local school districts make these decisions, mayors make them but the politics there and listen to the different perspectives from a top democrat and top republican on what this covid relief package is. the american rescue plan is transformative. it will comprehensively and compa ....
For them to relieve overcrowding in border custody which has seen thousands upon thousands enter in recent days and weeks. thousands enter in recent days and week- and weeks. just briefly, give us a sense and weeks. just briefly, give us a sense of and weeks. just briefly, give us a sense of context. - and weeks. just briefly, give | us a sense of context. you ve been following the story for years now. how does 2022 23 compared to previous years? it is much higher. you are seeing record encounters and a lot of this, there are theories obviously, there has been governments that have been in difficult situations like venezuela, is a spirit a lot of the migration. cuba. right now the migration. cuba. right now the biden administration is dealing with immigration not only from countries like mexico and central america that we have historically seen levels of that other countries like venezuela, haiti, cuba, nicaragua, and this is an incredibly difficult situation for this administratio ....