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he spoke about its passage a little while ago. update our viewers. >> reporter: wolf, it was the top priority from the day president biden set foot in the oval office 50 days ago. and when he speaks to the nation tomorrow night in his first primetime address he says he is going to talk about the next phase of the covid recovery process, the next phase where the backbone of it will be the legislative victory he just secured. >> help is on the way. >> reporter: tonight on day 50 for president joe biden the first mission accomplished. >> this bill represents a historic, historic victory...

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 yo...

here's northern new mexico at a migrant shelter with a look at conditions on the ground. live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> good evening. it's now been a week sings president biden said anything about the border and since then, the situation has grown. his one appearance today was to promote the paycheck protection act when asked about his thoughts on what was happening at the border. he didn't have an answer. >> the crisis at the border? >> now the same question for the press secretary. >> look, i don't think we need to sit here and put new labels on what we've alread...

another state going against the science tonight. the state of wyoming announcing it will repeals it mask mandate, meaning that as of this hour 15 states now do not have a mask mandate and three more states, including wyoming, are planning to end theirs in the next coming days. dropping masks, despite coming a plateau of the number of cases in the united states. right now the united states is averaging about 60,000 cases. now it is just hovering there. it is plateauing. it is exactly where we were in the summer when many of the states, including texas had mask mandates. so here is the...

cdc though is cautioning against taking two steps back as more and more states are gearing up to reopen even though only a fraction of their populations have been fully vaccinated, so joining me with more on that is cnn's nick watt. >> reporter: this country is now averaging under 60,000 new covid-19 cases a day and about 60% of americans, 65 and older, the demo in deepest danger, have had at least one dose of vaccine. >> no guarantee because we're ramping up our vaccine at record levels every day we're nearly out of the woods. >> there are now cdc guidelines for the fill vaccinated....