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the southern border. more than 4200 unaccompanied migrant children are in custody in the united states as pressure mounts on this administration. we do have a lot more on that in a moment. let's begin with the race to vacc vaccinate. randi kaye is live at a mass vaccination site. you see so many getting vaccinated in florida at the same time you see spring breakers acting like there never was a pandemic. >> absolutely. i mean, you -- it depends on where you go here. that's when you know you're in 2021 or maybe even 2019 when the spring breakers seemed to be living in that year, befor...

cash-strapped states. a lot for schools. it is broadly popular with the american people. a brand-new cnn poll shows 61% of americans support it. the bill is expected to reshape the u.s. economy in a lot of ways. president biden will tout it in his first primetime address. that is tomorrow night. let's begin with our lauren fox who joinsous capitol hill. what's the timeline for the final vote? >> we expect the debate is just about to get under way in the house of representatives. then we expect a vote right around the noon hour today. of course, this is the last stop for this $1.9 tri...

Called. >> but the six members, if they say to you, ro, brother, i will vote for the build back better act as long as the cbo analysis is -- resembles what the white house says it is. you don't have to worry. will that be good enough for you? >> what does resemble mean? i don't think this is about the cbo. tremendous economists have looked at this. nobel laureates, jerod bernstein, everyone knows the bill is paid for. this is a values question. here's the basic issue. do you believe we ought to tax the rich, have corporations pay more taxes to help the working class with child care, to help th...

Corporate and the -- and the shareholdering sector, not people who depend on their paychecks. as 2017 comes to an end, that to me is the biggest betrayal of trump's first year in office. the betrayal of the working people who helped put him where he is today based on a false premise that he was going to help them. >> that was the biggest story in your opinion of 2017, jerod bernstein. what in your opinion is the most underreported story? what did we miss? >> i think we've missed this quiet attack on a set of rules and regulations that also basically help those on the wrong side of the inequali...

Taken never to have been over 50% on a single day, including his inauguration day. he's never had majority support. you can cite, as he did, the rasmussen poll all you want to, but the polling averages are better and you were correct to say the polling average is at 38%, not 46%. so i think republicans should be concerned for that reason and quite a number of others. >> jerod, let's talk about taxes and that "new york times" interview that the president did there at mar-a-lago. he said in part, quote, i know the details of taxes better than anybody. better than the greatest cpa. i know the det...