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we're coming on the air with breaking
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news president biden about to sign into
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law the covet relief bill known as the
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american rescue plan the sweeping 1.9
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trillion dollar package
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that will include past cash payouts to
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many americans let's take you right down
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to the oval office
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our republican friends have made it
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clear
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the people out there made it clear they
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strongly support
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the american rescue plan yesterday with
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the final passage of the plan
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in the house of representatives their
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voices were heard
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and reflected on everything we have in
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this bill
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and i believe this is and most people i
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think do as well this historic
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legislation
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is about rebuilding the backbone of this
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country and given people in this nation
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working people
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middle class folks people who built the
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country of fighting chance
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that's what the essence of it is and i'm
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going to have a lot more to say about
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that
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tonight in the next couple days and be
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able to take your questions but in the
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meantime
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what i'm going to do is sign this bill
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and
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make the presentation tonight and then
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there's going to be plenty of
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opportunities we're going to be on the
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road not only talking about
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what i'm talking about tonight is the
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impact on the virus and how we're going
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to end this
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pandemic and we're going to talk at all
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the elements of the bill
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beginning on friday saturday through the
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week
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so thank you for being here
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all right thank you all appreciate it
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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and as you see despite the best efforts
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of the pool reporters the president not
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taking questions but saying he will have
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plenty more to say
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or plenty to say about what he just
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signed into law when he speaks to the
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nation later tonight let me go to chief
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white house correspondent kristen welker
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who has more for us kristin
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well lester we know that this signing
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took place
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earlier than was initially expected the
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white house saying that they were
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expecting to get the bill today it
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actually arrived here
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last night and so this event was pushed
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up a bit there is going to be a
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ceremonial
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signing tomorrow possibly in the rose
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garden and we're told that the president
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will be joined
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by democratic leaders house speaker
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nancy pelosi as well as senate majority
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leader
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chuck schumer those top democrats who
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helped to push
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this legislation through and that's the
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backdrop against which the president is
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going to deliver his first
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primetime address this evening and i am
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told that he is going to
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talk about where the country has been
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over this past year
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where it is right now and the path
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forward so he's going to try to
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strike a balance between being somber
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but also
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looking forward and offering a ray of
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light about
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what lies ahead in terms of what lies
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ahead you heard
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the president there talk about the fact
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that he will be hitting the road to talk
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about the
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elements what is in that sweeping nearly
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two trillion dollar coveted
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relief package he's going to be going to
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pennsylvania and georgia with the vice
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president a little bit later on
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next week but the question becomes
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can he fulfill that promise of trying to
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unify
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this country that was a key campaign
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promise lester as you know and this
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piece
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of legislation passed without any
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republican support republican lawmakers
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saying that the price tag was too high
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that the legislation
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was not targeted enough and that
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ultimately it would only add to the
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deficit so the question becomes
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how does president biden move forward
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and try to fulfill that promise of
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bipartisanship
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what legislation will he aim to take up
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next
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we'll look to see if we get any answers
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about that when he addresses the nation
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a little bit later on this evening
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lester hey nbc news viewers thanks for
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