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their part. there's a good chance you, your families and friendses, will be able to get together in your backyard or your neighborhood and have a cookout or barbecue and celebrate independence day when we mark our independence as a nation and our independence from this virus. >> joining me now, nbc news chief white house correspondent and "weekend today" co-anchor, kelly o'donnell, yamiche alcindor, former deputy white house chief of staff to president obama, jim messina and former rnc chair, michael steele. welcome, all. kristen, let me start with you. if big primetime address last ...

general psaki held a briefing today shortly after president biden signed the american rescue plan. she announced direct deposits for stimulus checks will start in the coming days and she talked about other benefits to the bill. she also previewed president biden's primetime address, saying it will focus on covid-19's impact on the country and how the nation moves forward from the pandemic. this is about an hour. jen: hi, everyone. thanks for your patience. little delayed today. but for good reason. so i have a couple of items at the top. as you know, tonight the president will delive...

moment, flanked by vice president kamala harris. and it is worth noting tonight, not just what this president who has been in 50 days this evening has gotten done but how he has done it, with very little drama, no tweets and his party pretty much united. while this bill isn't perfect, it is remarkable. president biden's steady hand hasn't let us to. we've seen ramped up vaccinations, a schedule, reversal of wicked policies like the muslim ban, return of the paris climate accords and now the passage of the american rescue plan, to rescue an economy that was left in a flaming dumpster ...

day 50 of the biden administration and exactly halfway through his first 100 days in office the president is marking two big accomplishments. today he secured a landmark bill for federal aid, and he announced that over 100 million more covid vaccines will soon be in the pipeline and then in arms across our country. this afternoon congress cleared biden's signature domestic packages, $1.9 trillion national relief package. >> this bill represents a historic, historic victory for the american people. >> the bill won final passage in the house of representatives on a straight party line ...

220-211 with biden looking on from the executive mansion. >> there we go. [ applause ] >> the white house says the president plans to sign the legislation on friday. americans should know this aid they're about to get is from the democrats. that is not a political statement at all. only democrats voted for it. not a single republican in the house or the senate. >> this is the most consequential legislation that many of us will ever be a party to. >> we said if we won those two seats in georgia we would get things done. mr. ossoff and mr. warnock told the citizens of georgia if they w...