lets bring you up to date with a big political story. the result of an investigation into allegations of bullying by the deputy prime minister dominic raab have been delivered to rishi sunak. he denies the claim but the prime minister is said to be carefully considering now the findings. rishi sunak has received this report and we are waiting for him to make a decision about the fate, the future of dominic raab, he was a key ally of his. that show you 10 downing street. there was a flurry of information short time ago about what could possibly happen. it has settled down. it seemed we were close to hearing on whether dominic raab would keep a job or be ousted from government, but we aren t sure when it will come, there s been no announcement. we do know the prime minister has received this report, backin minister has received this report, back in november that the government appointed a senior lawyer to conduct an independent investigation into the complaints. dominic raab de
everything we had in this bill. and i believe, and i think most people do as well, this historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country and giving working people in this nation, middle class folks a fighting chance. that s what the essence of it is. now, this signing today comes exactly one year after the world health organization declared the covid-19 outbreak a pandemic that has since claimed nearly 530,000 american lives. it has crippled the economy and really changed life as we all know it. tonight, the president will assess where the country has been and chart our path forward in his very first prime time address. and our cnn senior white house correspondent phil mattingly is with me with more on that in just a second. but we know the president was initially planning on signing this thing into law tomorrow. why the change? they got the bill. [ laughter ] simple as that. without wandering down the rabbit hole of enrollment and engrossment pro
Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell will go along with the president s demands and allow an up or down vote on the house bill which would increase stimulus checks for millions of americans from 600 to 2,000. Mcconnell did promise a vote tomorrow on overriding the president s veto of the National Defense authorization act, which mcconnell urged the senate to pass. Both issues, of course, put republicans in the precarious position of potentially having to cross President Trump. Cnns Phil Mattingly joins us live from capitol hill. Phil, lets start with the stimulus checks. Why is this such a tough call for mcconnell . You have not only President Trump but other republican senators including josh hawley plus the two republican senators in the runoff all coming out in favor of 2,000. Why not just put it on the floor for a vote . Reporter because five republican senators who support the 2,000 means theres 27 senators who are conspicuously quiet. A vast majority is opposed to this policy. When yo
First, lets go to mike emanuel reporting from washington on the latest negotiations for the 2,000 payment. Mike . Top democrats tried to force the issue this afternoon, trying to bring up 2,000 stimulus checks today. We should not adjourn until the senate holds a vote open both measures, the ndaa veto override and the house bill to provide 2,000 checks for the American People. Ndaa is an annual defense bill. Price tag, 740 billion, which President Trump vetoed. The Senate Majority leader would like to hold the vote to override tomorrow. Congress has returned to enact the 60th annual National Defense authorization act in to law. Not once in six decades has a congress let its differences prevent it from completing its work for the National Security and our men and women who wear the uniform. Mcconnell is not saying no. Hes saying not now on the 2,000 checks. But a keep progressive says defense bill is not the priority right now. Working families need help now. Not next year, but right no
Contentious battle whether students and teachers should return to classrooms. Correspondent peter doocy with the president strategy. President biden revealed how he plans to back up big talk to get 300 million americans back say numbing vaccinated. Thats 100 million more doses of pfizer and 100 million more doses of moderna, 200 million more doses the government has secured, not in hand yet, but ordered paid we expect 200 million more doses to be delivered this summer. President biden said for the next several months masks and the vaccines are the best defense against covid and things are going to get worse before they get better. The president and his team have been working around the clock over the past six days to make meaningful progress on vaccinating as many people as possible. Looking at the first 100 days, President Biden appeared to raise that to the bar. I think will be able to get that to 150, 1. 5 million per day, rather than 1 million per day. President biden wasnt raising