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i'm laura jarrett. happy friday. >> happy friday. i'm christine romans. nice to see you. march 12th. 5 a.m. exactly in new york. start the clock. president biden offering this hopeful path out of the pandemic and he's giving a time line by early summer. in the first primetime address he urged all-americans to do their part. >> if we do all of this, if we do our part, if we do this together, by july the 4th there's a good chance you, family and friends will be able to get together in your backyard, neighborhood, have a cookout, barbecue, celebrate independence day. >> here the preside...

>> good morning. thursday, march 11th, 5 a.m. exactly in new york. i am christine romans. president biden gives his first primetime address to the nation tonight. the american rescue plan becomes law when he signs it tomorrow. he calls the measure a historic victory for the american people. there are stimulus checks, unemployment help, tax credits to lift children out of poverty. money for schools, states and local governments. support for schools and small businesses. >> more, help with rent, money for vaccines, internet for kids stuck with remote learning. bottom line, a lot of hel...

more than 529,000 americans have died, the highest death toll of any nation in the world and nearly 2,000 people in the united states are still dying each day. this isn't over. and the numbers don't tell the whole story. it is the lives interrupted, the families suddenly broken, so many people left to die and grief alone that really hit -- that does hit the hardest and cannot be forgotten. mothers and fathers and brothers, sisters and friends and coworkers, so many taken too soon. i know i'm going to remember michelle, a nurse whose brother-in-law, sister-in-law and mother in law wer...

back together again as we start to defeat this thing, hopefully as a country. it's -- it's just a remarkable -- it's a remarkable time for us as a country, and for those of us whose job it is to cover this ongoing pandemic, it's an incredible challenge, but i am super proud of nicolle and chris and so many of the rest of my colleagues who have done such yeoman's work covering this and all the different ways that we can. i think we've all approached it in our own ways. our colleagues like stephanie ruhle who has been sick, dealt with covid her and her family have talked about what wit...

by our president as we join with him in promising that help is on the way. >> this is one of the most consequential pieces of legislation we have passed in decades. and you know what we can show america that we can get things done to make their lives better. >> this is what it looks like. three democrats basically run the levers of government in washington now, the congressional leaders as you heard there and president biden. and on this they're united on the import of landmark legislation to fund covid testing, vaccines, and health care while trying to juice the economy and fortify ...