Page 31 - May 1 News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

night, the president said we are way ahead of schedule in building up vaccine supply and getting shots in americans' arms. he said every adult in america will be eligible to get in line starting may 1st. and that there will be enough vaccines for everyone by june 1st. and he said if people take advantage and actually get those shots, that could mean putting this virus in our rearview mirror by summertime. watch this. >> if we do this together, by july the 4th, there is a good chance you, your families and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or in your neighborhood a...

welcome to friday. it is meet the press daily. president biden is preparing for a rose garden event this afternoon with the vice president, democratic leaders in attendance. this is the fourth or fifth time we had some sort of event marking the passage of this bill, the senate, the house, the signing last night and then this signing today. his remarks will come after prime time address last night after he laid out a series of goals and promises to defeat the virus and get life back to some semblance of normalcy. the president is planning to tout the relief package he signed into law ...

and correspondent shaquille brewster. so shaquille, $27 million. >> reporter: $27 million. and that was just approved unanimously by city council. this was a regularly scheduled meeting that they had, but we started to get indications that something was in the works when a late agenda item was add he had. we saw that it was involving the estate of george floyd. and counsel had a closed session and then announced that $27 million settle little. we know the family of breonna taylor, their family received $12 million in louisville.littl. we know the family of breonna taylor, their famil...

important night for president biden. what can we expect? >> reporter: well, he's been preparing for it for about a week now, according to his aides who say he's been going through the speech line by line not only because he wants to strike that balance that you were talking about earlier, talking about coronavirus fatigue that's happening inside the country while also still talking about those 1,500 deaths still happening every single day. they also say he wants to properly convey what this $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill he just signed a few hours ago is actually going to mean...

everyone, he doesn't have to focus on recent hess in the congress, which not everyone is worried about day to day, but connecting, as you say, with the support that's out there. >> yeah. and it will force us out of this box too of measuring whether he is successful in getting bipartisan policies through by looking to where the support is coming from. and if you have support from republican governors and you have support from republican mayors and you have support, i think more than 50% of republicans in the country support this package, then it's impossible to deny him the accomplish...