they don't have enough food to eat. this includes 30 million adults, and as many as 12 million children. it is wrong. it is tragic. it is unnecessary. it is unacceptable. we will extend emergency assistance for 43 million children and their families enrolled in the snap programme. through the rest of this year. it will help are ahead restaurants prepare meals for the hungry. provide food for the hungry. provide food for the hungry. provide food for the families who needed. we will invest $30 billion in making sure mothers and the young children have the nutrition they need. this will not only meet our moral obligation we have to one another, but also spur economic growth and get restaurants and workers back on the job. as she worked to keep people from going hungry, we will also work to keep a roof over their head, to keep a roof over their head,

to stem the growing housing crisis that are looming. a proximally a0 million americans have followed behind on rent. many risk of eviction. if we don't act now. there will be a waiver of the evictions of foreclosures in the coming months. this will also overwhelm emergency shelters and increase covid—19 infections as people have and next week we will take action to extend nationwide restrictions on evictions and foreclosures. this will promote provide more than 25 million americans greater stability instead of living on the edge every single month. rental assistance for 1a million hard—hit families and the tenants. there will be recovery for countless mum and

p0p recovery for countless mum and pop landmarks. these crisis are straining the budgets of states and cities and travel communities that are forced to consider lay—off and service constrictions of valuable workers. people putting their lives at risk are the very people are now at risk of losing theirjobs. police officers, firefighters, all first responders, nurses, educators. 0ver first responders, nurses, educators. over the last year alone, over 600,000 educators have been lost, have lost their jobs in our cities and towns. 0ur rescue plan will keep these essential workers on the job and maintain essential services and maintain essential services and we will ensure the vaccines are administered in schools can reopen. vice president harris and i have been talking to officials and parties on a regular basis. we rated work

with them, help them get the relief they need and our rescue plan will also help small businesses that are the engines of economic growth, our economy as a whole. bring these communities together as well but they are hurting badly. and you realize how they account for nearly half of the entire total us workforce. 0ur rescue plan will provide flexible brands that protect those hardest hit small businesses survive the pandemic. a low cost capital, i will help entrepreneurs of all backgrounds create and maintain and provide the essential goods and provide the essential goods and services that communities depend upon. last week, a lead out how i will make sure how our emergency small business relief is distributed swiftly and equitably unlike the first time around. we'll focused on

main street, minority on small businesses women—owned small businesses women—owned small businesses and having equal access to the resources they need to reopen and rebuild. it will be responsible with the taxpayers dollars and ensuring accountability the reduces waste and fraud and abuse like we did in the recovery act that administered in our administration. direct cash payments, extended unemployment insurance, rent relief, food assistance, keeping the central front—line workers on the job, eight to small businesses. these are the key elements to the american rescue plan that will lift 12 million americans out of poverty and cutjob poverty in half. that is 5 million children lifted out of poverty if we move. 0ur million children lifted out of poverty if we move. our plan will reduce poverty in the black community by one third, reduce poverty in the hispanic community by almost a0%. that

includes much more, and increase the wage, police $15 an hour, people said i'll be hard to pay, florida is divided is that status, theyjust passed it. the rest of the country is ready to move this one. it should be a national minimum wage of $15 an hour. no one working a0 hours a week should live below the poverty line. that's what it means, if you work for less than $15 an hour and work a0 hours a week, you are living in poverty. that includes access to affordable childcare, parents, particularly women to get back to work. i look forward to working with members of congress in both parties to move quickly to get the american rescue plan to the american rescue plan to the american people. then we can move with equal urgency and bipartisanship to my bill would back a better recovery plan. i will call for that next month to generate even more economic growth. american manufacturing was the arsenal of democracy in

world war ii. it will be so again. imagine a future made in america, all made in america and all by americans. we will use taxpayers dollars to rebuild america, we will buy american products, supporting millions of american manufacturing jobs, enhancing our competitive strength and an increasingly competitive world. imagine historic investments in research and development to sharpen americans innovative edge and markets for global leadership that is up for grabs. markets like the battery technology, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, clean energy, imagine confronting the climate crisis with american jobs and ingenuity leading with americanjobs and ingenuity leading the world. it's time to stop talking about infrastructure in time to start building the infrastructure so we can be more competitive.

millions of good paying jobs to put americans to work in rebuilding our roots, our bridges, reports to make them more climate resilient. to make them faster, cheaper, cleaner, to transport american—made goods to our country and around the world. that is how we compete. and imagine millions ofjobs in a caregiving economy to ease the financial burden of caring for young children and loved ones. let's make sure our caregivers, mostly women, and women of color have the same paying dignity that they deserve so that we can do these bold practical things now, now. and i know but ijust described is not come cheaply. a failure to do so will cost us dearly. the consensus of leading economists is that we simply cannot afford not to do what

i'm proposing. independent respected institutions from around the world from the federal reserve, the international monetary fund thatis international monetary fund that is underscored the urgency. even most reforms of reinforced logic that if we enforce smartly and with unwavering focus on american workers and families, will strengthen our economy, reduce inequity and put our nations long—term finances on the most sustainable course and we were making primitive investments, the campaign trail, will pay for that by making sure everyone pays their fair share, not punishing anybody. we can do without punishing a single person by closing tax loopholes for companies that shipped jobs overseas. 0r allow american companies, to pay zero federal income taxes. asking everyone

to pay their fair share income taxes. asking everyone to pay theirfair share of income taxes. asking everyone to pay their fair share of the top so that we can make permanent investments to rescue rebuild america. it is the right thing for our economy, the fairthing, it right thing for our economy, the fair thing, it is the decent thing to do. we not only have an economic imperative to act now, i believe we have a moral obligation. in this pandemic, and america, we cannot let people go hungry. we cannot let people go hungry. we cannot let people get evicted, we cannot watch nurses, educators and others lose their jobs when we so badly need them. he must act now and decisively. the decisions we make in the next few weeks and months are going to determine whether we thrive in a way that benefits all americans or whether we stay stuck in a place with those of the top to create an economic from almost everybody else is just a

spectator sport. and we are american prospects are seen as dim and upright. this will determine whether or not we reassert american leadership and outcompete our competitors in the global economy. we are better equipped to do this than any nation in the world. whether we watch them catch up and passes by together, i know which path we will choose. that includes all americans so that we can on the 21st—century. even with all these bold steps, it's going to take time to get to where we need to be. there will be stumbles and i will always be honest with you. for the progress from making what setbacks we meet and here's the deal. the more people we vaccinate, the faster we do it, the sooner we can save lives

and put this pandemic behind us and put this pandemic behind us and get back to our lives and our loved ones. and the sooner we can rescue and rebuild the american economy, the biggest and most profitable engine in the world, i know it's been nearly a year that is tested us beyond measure. all of yourfor someone, my heart goes out to you. i know that feeling we looking at an empty chair across the table. all of your phone on hard times and i know you can never get back what you lost. but, as your president, i know that every day matters and every person matters. and the first to the nearly a00,000 lost american souls and counting, to the millions of you just looking for a fighting chance in this economy, i promise you that we will not forget you. we understand what

going through, we will never ever give up and we will come back. we will come back together. we did not get into this overnight and we will not get out of it overnight. and we cannot do it as a separate and divided nation. the only way we can do it is to come together, to come together as fellow americans, as neighbors, as a united states of america. and when we do, there is nothing beyond our capacity. he said this many times. when america acts as one, there's never been acts as one, there's never been a single thing we have been unable to do no matter how inconsequential this year has been. 0ut inconsequential this year has been. out of all of the peril of this moment, i want you to know that i see the promise, the promises where we see clearly what we face now, they remain so optimistic about for

america, as optimistic as i've ever been. we have everything we need, but the will must be demonstrated. so, come wednesday, we begin a new chapter. a vice president and i will do our best to meet all the expectations you have for the expectations you have for the country and the expectations we have for it. i'm confident, i am truly confident together, together that we can get this done. that we can, better off than we went into this crisis. god bless you all and may god protect our troops. you are watching bbc world news and i was president electjoe biden giving his speech there on his plan to tackle the coronavirus and the deep economic impacts of the coronavirus, just in know,

taking over as the president—elect was speaking. an interesting speech there, started off with a pretty different tone from what we used to, so marking his different approach to the current president talking about the deep personal hurt caused by this pandemic for so many families across the country and acknowledging the death and pain that it is caused in the plan to tackle the coronavirus and economic impact, we have to act and we have to act now. and starting at the economy, we started on the vaccines saying that there's quite a stinging rebuke releasing that the programme so far has been a dismalfailure. that is how he described the vaccine roll—out and he said that this administration will increase the supply, increase locations where the vaccine is. it is a challenging operation but that

will be one of the main focuses and away from vaccines and the economy, he talked about his confidence to build back better is his campaign slogan. his confidence to rebuild the economy and specific measures that he talked about. he said more broadly that he cannot afford an action. investment is the right thing to do and that is a good financial investment. not only morally necessary to spend a lot of money, but also will prove to be a good financial investment. what does that mean and specifics? he wants to focus on small business, focus on businesses on main street, increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour right across the us but he had a little bit of a nod and said there will be tricky to pass. he wants to do things like the food assistance programmes extended. he won the election and this was the issue of income inequality and the fact

that the top 1% and america have seen their wealth crowed during the pandemic and clearly not the case for so many other americans. so, how's it going to pay for this investment? he would focus on people and making sure people pay their fair share making sure people pay their fairshare and making sure people pay their fair share and that is through closing tax loopholes and pinpointed top companies in the top band of us companies not paying much tax at all. he also wanted to get schools open and next wednesday, when he takes over, we begin a new chapter in together, we can get this done. an optimistic note struck by president—electjoe biden there. that is get some reaction and joining us and was listening. what did you make of it? ~ ., ., it? we were finding out all the details of that _ it? we were finding out all the details of that stimulus - details of that stimulus package, worth $1.9 trillion

and that is a very expensive price tag and joe biden has said as well. he said that economists have advised him that it economists have advised him thatitis economists have advised him that it is better to invest now, otherwise the us economy would face even more challenges and of course, he talked a lot about people who have lost theirjobs and it is crucial because the latest data shows that the first week of this year, manages 65,000 people claim forjobless claims and of the highest in august and even though the labor market was starting to get better towards the end of last year, it really meant to show how much of the economy was still struggling. this stimulus package will mean that people will receive $1a00 checks in addition to the last stimulus package that they passed which was going to distribute the total of two

$2000. that is to help those who have lost theirjobs and also suffering from the pandemic as well. a lot of details that are interesting as you said, a lot of money invested in vaccination programmes to ensure that people can get vaccinated very soon. , .., .,, people can get vaccinated very soon. , ., �* soon. try in contrast, we don't have all the — soon. try in contrast, we don't have all the details _ soon. try in contrast, we don't have all the details but - have all the details but contrast this approach to the one we've seen so far from donald trump.— one we've seen so far from donald trum -. ~ ., , ,., ., donald trump. what is important to measure _ donald trump. what is important to measure is _ donald trump. what is important to measure is that _ donald trump. what is important to measure is that we _ donald trump. what is important to measure is that we have - donald trump. what is important to measure is that we have been| to measure is that we have been talking about the additional stimulus package for many months now and it is been stuck in congress, lawmakers have not been able to agree between republicans and democrats. they could not come into an agreement to pass one and now that the democrats will be controlling both the house and the senate, investments are trained up at the stimulus package thatjoe biden has proposed will be able to go through more quickly and that

help is on the way to those americans who have especially lost theirjobs and are desperate to get the cash they need for day—to—day living, really. that is why we have been seeing some reaction, wall street doing well throughout the session and they did and slightly flat lower end we are expecting some reaction skier in asia as well. japan is trading just under half a percent and we are going to have other asian markets, including hong kong starting to trade in about 1a minutes' time, so we will see how they react as well.— time, so we will see how they react as well. thank you and it is aood react as well. thank you and it is good to _ react as well. thank you and it is good to have _ react as well. thank you and it is good to have your— react as well. thank you and it is good to have your insight. l is good to have your insight. is a recap, we have been watching pretty significant speeches from the presidentjoe biden talking about exactly how it's going to try to not only

tackle the pandemic, for the economic impacts of that pandemic. he talked about the vaccine programme and she was pretty scathing about how it's been handled so far and said ok, it will be a challenge, but 0k, it will be a challenge, but his challenge is to increase the supply of the vaccine and increase the number of locations around the country that are getting it. on the economic plan, he will focus on small businesses, he will focus on people who it suffered so badly and focused at the top 1% of earners increased their wealth during the pandemic and thatis wealth during the pandemic and that is not the case for most people in america and that will be the focus of his economic stimulus plan and he said they could not afford not to do it. so not only is this investment, this will cost trillions of dollars and only is the right thing to do the combat the pandemic, there will be a good investment according to the president—electjoe biden and his first speech. his first major speech in the last few minutes or so. to keep it right

here on bbc world news. thank you so much for your company and i we say goodbye to our viewers around the world. i am louis vonjones in this bbc news. if you are watching in the uk, thank you very much and sticking with us are correspondent has been listening to joe correspondent has been listening tojoe biden�*s speech and what did you make of it? joe biden has been very critical of the donald trump administrations roll—out of the coronavirus vaccine and he is seeking to do so about it as part of this very ambitious $1.9 trillion plan which will include higher stimulus packages, stimulus payments and increased unemployment payments as well and more help for small businesses in the united states and more help for those who

have been thrown out of work because of the coronavirus and president—elect also talking about the need to ramp up vaccinations, ramp up testing of the coronavirus and has said that the health of the nation is at stake here and people are really hurting and the nextjob will be to get this through congress and of course, republicans have been wary of conceding too much in the way of economic stimulus because they point to the fact that already a lot has been allocated, 900 billion as recently as december but, mr biden said his plan has the backing of leading economists, expensive though it is. and he clearly believes it is something that this country crucially needs at a time when really, the signs of economic depression are all over the place. i

depression are all over the lace. ., depression are all over the lace. . ., depression are all over the lace. ., ., , ., place. i want to get your thoughts _ place. i want to get your thoughts on _ place. i want to get your thoughts on the - place. i want to get your| thoughts on the different contrasts in tone and also detail. talking to a lot of speeches by the current president, donald trump. how do you think this compares? it’s you think this compares? it's much more _ you think this compares? it�*s much more detailed and joe biden is clearly positioning himself as someone who is very concerned about tackling the problem of the coronavirus head on in the early days of his administration. 100 million vaccinationjabs in the administration. 100 million vaccination jabs in the first hundred days in office and so on, he sets targets, putting his money where his mouth is and this may be expensive but there are a lot of people here who believe it is barely the donald trump administration in the last days of this presidency have been seen by many people to be asleep at the wheel as far as the coronavirus is concerned. 0nce engaged in the whole thing now really seems to be mulling over the

fact that he was robbed at the election and not very much else, quite frankly.- election and not very much else, quite frankly. what about the politics _ else, quite frankly. what about the politics of— else, quite frankly. what about the politics of this, _ else, quite frankly. what about the politics of this, the - the politics of this, the chances of getting this through, given the recent election results, the mathematics of all of this. what do you think the chances are of president—electjoe biden actually getting through what he actually wants to get through? it what he actually wants to get throu~h? , ,, ., through? it is possible for the democrats — through? it is possible for the democrats in _ through? it is possible for the democrats in the _ through? it is possible for the l democrats in the administration to get this through and using what is known as budget reconciliation which means that instead of a two thirds vote in the senate, it will require just a simple majority but let's not forget that with the casting vote of the incoming vice president, harris, joe biden will have the majority that he needs in the senate, as well as in the house of representatives. that said some pretty well to be quite effective in his early days in office. you will see how much

cooperation he receives from the republicans in congress. there is quite a lot going on in the only focus of president—electjoe biden and congress. president-elect joe biden and concress. �* . congress. and concurrent with all of the _ congress. and concurrent with all of the other _ congress. and concurrent with all of the other things - congress. and concurrent with all of the other things in - congress. and concurrent with all of the other things in the l all of the other things in the early days the incoming administration is the potential impeachment trial of donaldj impeachment trial of donald j trump impeachment trial of donaldj trump and their plans being made for that as we speak and there is momentum, if you like, to get those proceedings under way almost immediately once mr joe biden is sworn in, recess until next tuesday and there's something, nothing much can happen on that front until at the earliest, it looks as though there is momentum to move swiftly in terms of

conducting that impeachment trial against mr trump and joe biden in fact has expressed some concerns that this could perhaps take some effort away from confirming the people that he wants to get in the cabinet and his appointments to various other bodies as well and of course, distract from this important business of combating the coronavirus and congress may work hard for davidson, might work half a day on ratifying his appointment and half the day on the impeachment trial of donald trump. what is uncertain is how much and how long that trial could actually last and whether witnesses will be there and so on.— be there and so on. thank you, david. be there and so on. thank you, david- that _ be there and so on. thank you, david. that is _ be there and so on. thank you, david. that is it _ be there and so on. thank you, david. that is it from _ be there and so on. thank you, david. that is it from me - be there and so on. thank you, david. that is it from me at - david. that is it from me at the moment you hear is the weather. hello. the rain and snow that fell across many parts of the uk during thursday has

been petering out. temperatures have been dropping away. surfaces are really wet out there. so with those wet surfaces and cold conditions, ice could be a big problem on friday morning. fog patches as well. here is the frontal system that brought the rain and snow during thursday. but it has been squeezed out by high pressure. the winds have been falling light. that's allowed temperatures to drop. we've got fog patches out there, quite widely scattered actually across the country. and some ice especially for scotland, northern england, the midlands into east anglia and the southeast. if you do have to make an essentialjourney it could be some pretty poor traveling conditions. through the day most spots will see some sunshine. it is a drier day overall. 0dd showerfor kent, shetland and a few places across scotland, north east england, the midlands will hold onto fog all day long. if that happens you'll be pegged back tojust one or 2 degrees. even in sunshine it will be a chilly feeling day. and during friday night, into saturday, rain will push in from the west.

i say rain as it bumps into cold air we could still see a spell of snow. especially on the high ground in scotland in northern england. but even to lower levels there could temporarily be a spell of sleet or snow. even as far south as east anglia and the southeast through the first part of saturday morning. as this frontal system works its way eastward. we will see some milder air working its way in so any snow will be quite a transient feature. certainly at low levels. it will turn back to rain. even the rain will tend to clear away through the day with sunny skies and just a scattering of showers behind. those temperatures climbing particularly in western areas. 9 degrees in liverpool, belfast, ten in cardiff and in plymouth. as we head out of saturday into sunday, that frontal system moves away. high pressure tries to build in towards the south. that's where we'll see the driest weather on sunday. lower pressure to the north so here we have a greater chance of seeing showers and rain, maybe some hill snow across parts of northern ireland. particularly scotland. further south for england and wales, we'll see largely fine conditions.

cloud and sunny spells and temperatures for the most part between six and 9 degrees. into next week, things look pretty changeable. there'll be rain at times but not all the time. it will turn a bit milderfor a while. but how long that will last? we will have to wait and see.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm lewis vaughan jones. the us president—electjoe biden outlines a $1.9 trillion spending package to combat the coronavirus pandemic and its effects on the economy. this 0ur rescue and recovery plan is a path forward with both seriousness of purpose and a clear plan with transparency and accountability. concern about brazil's new coronavirus variant prompts the uk to impose a ban on travellers arriving from south america and portugal. after repeated delays, a world health organization delegation arrives in the chinese city of wuhan to look into the origins of the coronavirus. and from heatwaves to wildfires, scientists from around the world

agree the last decade was the warmest on record.