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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 ...

Portrayed. >> we're really just focused on our mission. >> he went on a media tour. and donated $100 million to help schools in new jersey. >> $100 million challenge grant. >> you have part of my attention. >> when the movie came out, there was nothing charitable about mark's portrayal. >> my colleagues and i are doing things that no one in this room are creatively capable of doing. did i adequately answer your condescending question? >> the movie, how did you feel watching yourself being portrayed as a bit of a jerk. >> oh, come on. saved by the bell. you get to take a peek. >> it was tough. ...

Underresourced middle school students an education. >> by 2023, 77% of jobs in the u.s. will require some degree of technological skills, so we cannot afford to leave any child behind. as of this fall, there are 100 verizon innovative learning schools in the u.s. and the company has committed $400 million to help schools in need, impacting more than a million students to date. even more impressive, verizon is announcing today that the program will be in 350 middle schools and will impact an additional 2 million students by 2021. take a look. >> polk county is one of the counties that you don't...

We're facing as a society. and we do have to invest more in mental health. we have to strengthen the background check system so those who do have mental health disorders are accurately reported to the system and can't gain access to these type of weapons and should invest, to invest more in school security. help schools harden their structures and make it more difficult for would be killers to hurt our children. so this is not only about guns, but we cannot ignore the gun issue and by the way, none of these solutions will 100% guarantee that these tragedies are prevented in the future but it m...

Hours ago, went to the house floor, made a speech on this issue, he doesn't do anything like this very often, and talked about the fact that the house has passed. he said, 150 bills that the senate has not touched. listen to what he said. >> these bills would do things like increase the supply of american energy and build the keystone pipeline. roll back red tape and unnecessary regulations, provide more flexibility to working families, reform and improve job training programs, protect americans from cyber attacks, help schools to recruit and keep the best teachers. belay the individual mandat...