the senate has passed a covid relief bill bringing americans one step closer to another round of stimulus checks, but businesses need the economy back to normal as safely as possible. i will speak to one california restaurateur who says it's time his state reopened in a real way. and later, dueling royal events, what queen elizabeth has on her schedule the same day as oprah airs her hotly anticipated interview with prince harry and meghan. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta welcome to all of you watching here in the united

states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber, this is "cnn newsroom." ♪ >> for millions of american families it may no longer be if, but when they will receive their next pandemic stimulus checks. on saturday the u.s. senate narrowly passed president joe biden $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. >> the yays are 50, the nays are 49, the bill as amended is passed. >> this is biden's first major legislative win since his election even though he failed to get support from republican senators. some of the money from his stimulus package could start appearing in bank accounts before the end of the month. it includes $1,400 per person to

those who qualify and unemployed americans could get a $300 increase to their jobless benefits through september 6th. cnn's jessica dean has more on what's included in the stimulus bill and the next steps to getting it passed in the house. >> reporter: the senate passing this massive covid relief bill right along party lines, 50 to 49, but it passes a major hurdle. with he now anticipate it goes over to the house where they plan to vote on the changes made on tuesday and then it goes to president biden's desk. president biden pledging that families will begin to receive those stimulus payments as soon as this month. this is a massive bill n addition to those $1,400 payments it also has money in it for reopening schools, for unemployment benefits, for state and local governments, as well as vaccines and vaccine distribution, child tax credits are in here. it is a big bill that touches so many pieces of the american

economy. here is majority leader chuck schumer on that partisan vote. >> now that we are in the majority they don't seem to want to work with us, but we're going to get it done anyway. we prefer them to work with us, we want them to work with us, maybe they will change their minds after this, but we're going to get it done regardless because america needs it and that's what we did. so we didn't stop, we didn't let anything get in our way. >> reporter: and, again, democrats saying unified to get this bill passed. at one point the democratic senator from west virginia, senator joe manchin, it looked like they might lose him to a republican amendment on unemployment benefits, it stalled out on the floor for nearly 12 hours as they worked that out, and then senators were here overnight into saturday morning before they ultimately passed this bill. again, now it goes back to the house on tuesday and then over to president biden. jessica dean, cnn, capitol hill. cnn's arlette saenz has more

on president biden's win in the senate and how he hopes he will eventually gain republican support during his presidency. >> reporter: president biden assured americans that help is on the way after the senate passed that $1.9 trillion covid relief package. the president speaking at the white house detailed exactly what is in that measure, everything from the $1,400 stimulus check to enhanced unemployment benefits. white house officials have said the president and vice president plan on spending some time selling this package to the american people so they know exactly what they will be receiving. now, during the campaign and leading into the white house president biden insisted that he would like to get bipartisan support for this measure, but not one republican decided to vote for it on saturday. our colleague joe johns asked the president about that at the white house. take a listen. >> you didn't get a single republican vote. what does the drama of the last

24 hours including with senator manchin tell you about the next four years? >> they're going to be good. i'm going to succeed. we're going to succeed moving forward. look, the american people strongly support what we're doing. that's the key here. and that's going to continue to seep down through the public, including from our republican friends. there is a lot of republicans that came very close, they have a lot of pressure on them, i still haven't given up. i'm getting their support. >> reporter: since there were changes to the bill in the senate it now moves back to the house and the white house is hoping the president will be able to sign the bill before unemployment benefits run out on march 14th. but bottom line here, president biden is now one step closer to providing that direct relief he promised to americans and netting his first major legislative accomplishment as president. arlette saenz, cnn, the white

house. shortly after the senate passed the bill president biden received congratulations from his former boss, former president barack obama tweeted, elections matter and we're seeing why. congratulations to the biden administration and to the american people on a covid relief bill that will improve the lives of families across the country. the power of faith against unimaginably nabl odds, that's the message pope francis is champions this hour as he visits a church isis had tried to destroy in the iraqi christian town of qaraqosh. the pope spent the day witnessing the brutal legacy of the terrorist group visiting mosul. tonight he will conduct a holy mass at an erbil stadium before returning home tomorrow. we have ben wedeman joining us live from erbil. ben, tell us about why the pope is in qaraqosh. we're seeing live pictures right now by the way of him addressing

the congregation there. tell us the meaning of that church in which he's speaking. >> reporter: well, that was a church that is the main church, the church of the immaculate conception in qaraqosh that actually i attended the first mass there in the spring of 2017 after the town was liberated by isis. at the time the entire ceiling was black from the fires that had been set inside the church. every symbol -- every single symbol of christianity, whether it was a cross on the wall or a crucifix or a picture of jesus or the virgin mary had been defaced or vandalized. there was a pile of ashes in the main courtyard next to that church where the pope is now speaking, that pile of ashes was what was left over from bibles and prayer books that had been

set a light. the same courtyard had been used as a firing range by isis. throughout the town every single house had been looted of all its possessions. many of them had been burnt as well. other churches, one church had its steeple dynamited. the town of course was completely deserted before isis even showed up because the residents knew when isis started to bombard the town in june 2014 that there would be no prisoners taken. there would be no mercy. isis gave the christians, yazidis basically you convert to islam, pay a tax on non-muslims which wouldn't have applied to the shia or you die. to see pope francis there in the

church speaking today is just an incredible sight for any iraqi christian or muslim. of course, i was reading the text of his speech and he did say our gathering here today shows that terrorism death never had the last word. so he's having in a sense the last word, able to speak in a church that's been pleend up. they have left part of the courtyard that was being used as that firing range as it was when they found it in the end of 2016 to commemorate the torment that town went through. earlier he was in mosul where we saw another jarring scene which was the pope driving in an open golf cart through the town without a flak jacket or a helmet. something that any, for instance, american president

would never have done or bee able to do. and at the same time we saw him driving by the ruins of mosul, which also reminded iraqis that here we are, what, four years after the liberation of that city and large parts of it are still completely demolished. so on the one hand for iraqis it's an incredibly joyful scene to see the pope going around iraq, whether in the north, the south or baghdad, but at the same time there are vivid reminders of what needs to be done, what needs to change here in iraq. kim? >> what you say there really highlights the extraordinary power his visit has there. so next he will go to where you are at erbil. tell us a bit more about that final part of the trip. >> reporter: yes, that final trip is going to be his sort of

biggest mass gathering. he will be holding a mass at a stadium, the big sports stadium here in erbil, and according to the authorities there will be up to 10,000 people, which is probably the biggest gathering here in quite some time, certainly since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. the authorities have assured those who will be there that there will be social distancing, but i think as you may have seen from some of the images coming out of here social distancing and indeed masks haven't really caught on yet. >> that's right. i was seeing that in the pictures as the camera was panning through the crowd there. listen, thank you so much for your reporting from there, ben wedeman in erbil. really appreciate it. well, as u.s. covid numbers come down, some states want to open up. just ahead on "cnn newsroom," we

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as covid case numbers continue to fall in the u.s. many states are loosening their restrictions but health officials are worried if too much is lifted too soon it could cost the country's ground that's been gained through vaccinations and mitigation efforts. cnn's evan mcmorris-santoro has more. >> reporter: the covid-19 pandemic is still all around us and still deadly. but this weekend the question some in america may be asking is is the danger gone? in texas businesses are reopening at full capacity, no more state mask mandate. >> just like you can set the standard for anybody coming into your home a business owner can set the standard for anybody coming into their business. it's just like no shoes, no shirt, no service. they can set whatever standard they want to set for anybody who comes into their business and

that is their right. >> reporter: some business owners are nervous. >> what he's done is he's put the burden on the business now. >> reporter: governor tate reeves lifting mask mandates in mississippi. governor jim justice reiterates his current mask mandate in west virginia, even as businesses return to 100% capacity. >> if we continue to vaccinate more and more and more, we will get rid of the mask, but i don't know really what the big rush and if we don't watch out we can make some mistakes. >> reporter: arizona a covid-19 hot spot last summer has experienced success with mitigation efforts. on friday governor doug ducey issued an executive order reopening all businesses at full capacity but keeping mask rules in place. other states are also loosening restrictions. on friday michigan increased indoor dining capacity while connecticut began rolling back caps on retail and restaurant numbers. while nationwide numbers of new cases are down, public health

officials warning that moving too fast to reopen could be dangerous. a new cdc study shows mask mandates and restricting indoor dining could reduce covid-19 cases and deaths. >> we would advocate for policies certainly while we are at this plateau of a high number of cases that would listen to that public health science. >> reporter: and dr. anthony fauci telling cnn the daily new case number still regularly over 60,000 needs to come down a lot more before states move to fully reopen. >> i would say less than 10,000 and maybe even considerably less than that. we are now up to about 2 million vaccinations per day. that means every day that goes by, every week that goes by you have more and more people protected. >> reporter: evan mcmorris-santoro, cnn, new york. as you heard in evan's piece the governor of texas has removed the statewide mask mandate giving businesses control over mask wearing. last hour i spoke with a small

business owner in fort worth about how the governor's mask roll back would affect her. >> i am the arbiter and the gatekeeper of you coming in and out of my business. so i have not wavered and i have not changed. you wear a facemask to come into danette's urban oasis. if you don't want to wear a facemask don't come into my business, but the problem is you have people coming to confront business owners who have a mask mandate and that is not what the governor's rule was. he left it up to small businesses and big businesses also to have their own policies in place, but if you are not going to respect that, that means you're just challenging me. >> it's a very different scenario for businesses in california. state officials there announced friday that theme parks and sports stadiums can reopen next month with heavy limitations. cnn's paul vercammen has the

details. >> reporter: here at six flags magic mountain shots going into arms, covid-19 shots and at this park we may soon see seats going back into the rides here. that's because california has cleared the way for theme parks to open up on april 1st as well as sports stadiums and outdoor concert venues if the county is in the second most strict tier, that's the red tier, and all odds are these counties will be out of that tier or into that red tier because the numbers have been plummeting in california. if you look from above, well, can a theme park coexist with a vaccination site? officials seem to think they can work together, after all, if they open up in the red tier the theme parks can only have 15% capacity. here at magic mountain we saw a lot of teachers get themselves a vaccine shot today and they were understandably optimistic. >> it feels like there is a little bit of optimism here. >> yeah. yeah, i'd say so.

i'd say so there is the light at the end of the tunnel. >> i still think that people need to bet that, but, i don't if it's okay with the cdc i'm all right with it. >> reporter: as for professional sports, the stadiums would open at a 20% capacity of attendance if they are in that red tier and then those tiers would loosen up over time as the covid-19 infections go down. as for the massive outdoor concert business in california, hollywood bowl among others celebrating these moves, they are waiting and seeing to see if they can indeed open. so the outdoor concerts open, but indoors no. reporting from valencia, california, i'm paul vercammen, now back to you. as paul just reported, theme parks and stadiums in california are set to reopen in april at significantly reduced capacity, but that's not nearly enough for some businesses in the state

struggling under covid restrictions. some say the reopening process is far too slow compared to states like texas. andrew gruehl is the founder of slap fish restaurants, he joins me from huntington beach, california. thanks for being here. there's been a paradox in california, it's had the strictest restrictions but also the most cases. now those restrictions as we heard are slowly being lifted but in most counties they have the bans on indoor dining. do you look at what other states are doing, dropping all the covid restrictions and wish california were a little more like texas, say? >> of course, you know, i would say that we always yearn for the ability to reopen and have diners indoors. it doesn't necessarily have to be at 100% capacity. we are blessed in california, especially southern california, with the beauty of 75 degrees and sunny every day.

we have great outdoor patios as well. that's one benefit that we do have. >> is some of the problem here is that there's been, you know, mixed messaging? i'm thinking of you were just talking about outdoor dining, some of the officials there were saying, oh, we have to do this to stop the transmission of covid. other ones admitted that, you know, it's not really because of that, it's just that we don't want people going out of their homes. >> yeah, and that was the issue, i think, when it came to the second shutdown was what we saw here in california was the shutdown of outdoor dining and really crushed the industry and it was counterpoint to walmart, costco, all these big retailers being jammed going into the holidays and they also had food stalls within those operations where people could take their masks off and eat and walk around and shop and then pile on top of one another, you know, going into the checkout lines and yet we weren't even allowed to have people dine outdoors with tables spaced 10, 15 feet

apart. so it's been really difficult for the restaurant industry to watch the ways in which certain businesses are given preference or at least seem to be given preference while we are totally gutted. >> the good news is a bunch of california counties will be allowing indoor dining again as soon as next week. i guess you think that should have been done probably a long time ago. but what do you say to the top experts who have been looking at the cascade of falling restrictions and saying, you know, now is not the time to do this? it's like pouring gas on a fire. >> well, i look at the numbers in california when they shut down outdoor and indoor dining, which effectively killed the restaurant industry cases doubled, tripled, they skyrocketed. so obviously we are not the ones that are causing these spreading events. restaurants are trained to be incredibly safe and sanitary. we actually, i think, have the opportunity to be at the forefront of fighting this and doing things the right way, but somehow we've become vilified. i think we need to begin working with local agencies and local government groups as opposed to having them work against us so

that we can all kind of put our best foot forward and operate in a real safe manner and use the restaurants as a vehicle through which we can model really good behavior. >> you mentioned the crushing economic blow. i was looking at some numbers according to the california restaurant association, up to 1 million californian restaurant workers have been out of work since the pandemic began and a third of the restaurants they surveyed were at risk of downsizing or closing. you're trying to raise money for some of those restaurant workers. do you think biden's covid relief plan will help? i mean, there's billions of dollars in there for businesses and restaurants specifically. >> i mean, i hope so, right? every dollar certainly helps, but i think the most important thing to mention is that, you know, the restaurant workers, they've been left out in all of this. as the shutdowns took place here in california, because of the fact that the unemployment system was on really gridlock due to the misappropriation of funds from the first round of shutdowns nobody could get any

help. that's why we started this fund, we raised almost $400,000 and have been distributing it to restaurant workers to give them that bridge, that leg up. i do hope that as we distill all of the information through this relief plan that we see that go towards the restaurant industry, small businesses, but we really need to try to think about retroactively fixing as well a year's worth of shutdowns, $1,400 isn't going to save everybody who has lost their businesses. >> there's still a long, long way to go. we certainly wish you and the rest of the businesspeople the best of luck. an grew gruehl, founder of slap fish restaurants he joined me from huntington beach, california. thank you for being here. >> thank you so much. the rift in the british royal family may be deepening. ahead of harry and meghan markle's interview airing today, why the duke and duchess of sussex are speaking out now after leaving the royal life in the rear vieview mirror.

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♪ welcome back to all of you watching here in the united states, canada and around the world. eyes are on the british monarchy today, queen elizabeth, prince charles and the duke and duchess of same bridge will celebrate commonwealth day in a special broadcast, but prince harry and meghan markle won't be there, instead the duke and duchess of sussex are set to appear in a hotly anticipated interview with oprah winfrey. the talk show host teased that no topics were off the table including the couple's contentious relationship with the media and their decision to break from palace control. cnn's anna stewart joins me from

london. so much anticipation for tonight's interview. so what's the mood and the reaction so far there in the uk and explain what's at stake here. >> reporter: well, today now the british press has been looking at every clip that has come out, we have had plenty of teaser clips ahead of the interview with oprah winfrey. they've been analyzing it all. this is laid out hotly on social media, people taking sides whether you are team sussex or team royal. it used to be that the duke and duchess were pitting themselves against the british media, increasingly the royal family seems to be playing a role as well. we know from one of the teaser clips that meghan has said that the firm, which is a term referring to the royal family, have played an active role in perpetuating falsehoods. this is the explosive stuff we are looking for in tonight's interview, it is two hours long,

it will have a lot to ever could, a lot of ground. other topics we expect will include the relationship between the sussexes and the british media, issues around racism and prince harry's -- the parallels that he's drawn between how his wife has been treated and how his mother was treated, princess diana. so plenty to talk about, but really this means that the other royal news and there's plenty of it is being eclipsed, prince phillip is in the hospital behind me having had a procedure for a heart condition, the royal family marking the commonwealth celebrations today. a lot going on but everyone waiting to see what happens in that oprah winfrey interview. >> as you said prince phillip being in the hospital behind you there, i'm curious if there's blow back surrounding the fact that while he is in hospital, you know, harry and meghan are making all these media appearances, is there a feeling that this interview should have been postponed?

>> reporter: there is certainly that perspective, but it's the wrong time given that prince phillip is in hospital. some people point to the fact that the uk is still in a lockdown, gripped by the pandemic, that the royal family has a role particularly today because they are celebrating the commonwealth, but i think from the sussex perspective it's about time they got to tell their side of the story. some of the teaser clips we have seen meghan talks about the fact that the royal family can't expect them to be silent, particularly given that they have given up their role as working members of the royal family. they can give interviews to whoever they like and whenever they like and they have chosen to give an interview to james corden last week, with he saw that with prince harry and this week oprah winfrey. >> can you give us an update on the prince's condition? >> reporter: yes, prince phillip, he is still in hospital. it's nearly been three weeks for him in hospital, the longest stint he has ever had. we had some good news this week, he underwent a procedure for his preexisting heart condition,

that happened on wednesday, two days later he was transported from that hospital where he had that procedure back here to king edward vii hospital. he is expected to remain here for nam of days. he was also being treated for an infection but also recuperation. as i said to you the last hour we are hoping that prince phillip isn't watching the news closely because it has been quite a week of royal news and not much has been positive. >> absolutely. thank you so much, anna stewart in london. cbs is reportedly paying at least $7 million for the interview, that's according to the "wall street journal" which also reports that the duke and duchess aren't being paid to talk to oprah winfrey. they are said to be asking $325,000 for 30 seconds of commercial time, that's twice the normal rate. the fact that they are given an in-depth interview is unusual. it's part of the couple's effort to redefine themselves after

walking away from royal life. cnn's paula newton reports. >> reporter: fairy tales aren't supposed to go this way with the prince and his bride quitting the palace and moving to california. but harry and meghan, the duke and duchess of sussex, are writing their own story, one that's shocked some and inspired others. >> monarchy failed in terms of there was a golden opportunity to modernize with this couple and it didn't happen. >> reporter: no longer full-time working members of the british royal family, the couple has been working hard since leaving the uk on building their own brand. first called sussex royal, it was later changed to arcuel and including the couples media productions. those ventures have been very lucrative with multi-year deals to create content fournette flicks and a series of podcasts

for spotify. >> these elephants are setting out on 1,000 mile round trip. >> reporter: me go fan also narrated a nature documentary for disney called "elephant" and invested in an oatmeal latte company while harry is slab rating with oprah winfrey an an upcoming tv series on mental health. the couple even paid back $39 million of public money they used to renovate the home they lived in in the uk. in an interview with james corden harry explained even though the past year has brought many changes, their goals are still the same. >> my life is always going to be about public service and meghan signed up to that and the two of us enjoy doing that. >> reporter: both continue to champion causes they are passionate about, speaking out on mental health, race, and voting. as they did in this abc broadcast special. >> when we vote our values are put into action and our voices are heard. >> reporter: but that has always cut both ways. photos of them laying a wreath

on remembrance day were seen as a publicity stunt by some. meghan received high praise for writing an intimate article about the grief me experienced after suffering a miscarriage. but some wondered why the couple that complained about the press were engaging with them. >> they said they were leaving because they wanted privacy and it seems in the last year that they've done very little other than seek publicity. >> reporter: the upcoming high profile interview with oprah is sure to aperture the world's attention, whether or not it outshadows the causes and projects the sussexes have so far carefully cultivated is a chapter yet to be written. paula newton, cnn. cnn spoke about the royal rift with the former private secretary and chief of staff for

the late diana princess of wales, he said the situation is reminisce sent of diana's separation from the palace. >> 30 years ago we were at a comparable situation where the ri rifts were open up within the royal family and it was starting to escalate. there were a lot of unhappy people involved there. i'm quite sure there are a lot of unhappy people involved now. first and foremost we should remember this is a family rift. it has taken on the trappings of a big media pr story, but at the heart of this are real people really hurting. i hope that somewhere in the midst of the current back and forth somebody is putting down the seeds for eventual reconciliation which has to come. >> patrick, does the palace play political hard ball? the timing of that "times" story, investigation, pertaining to the allegation of bullying hardly seems coincidental.

>> well, i suppose if you start to employ pr experts they will do what their job is and this is the way in which combined with social media what is essentially a family squabble turns into something potentially much more damaging. it is a matter of judgment how the -- both sides use the media. it is also, i think, important to consider that, again, in the long term this is monarchy we are talking about and there will need to be lessons learned. i hope some sort of investigation to establish how many factors went into creating this problem in the first place so that it can be avoided in future. >> do you think that the perception of this story as it plays itself out is different on opposite sides of the pond? >> yes, there is a different perspective, i think, from the uk. i mean, i'm an american now, speaking from washington, but it is notable, i think, that, you

know, the attitude here is that harry and meghan have made a bid for freedom, they are setting into a new life in california with their growing family, and good luck to them. interestingly in the uk, yes, there is a traditional conservative element who i think particularly regret the way in which harry and meghan have handled their communications with the queen, but there is growing support for them, perhaps more among the young, recent ugov poll showed that 50% of those surveyed thought that harry and meghan had been unfairly treated by the british need i can't. so it's by no means clear cut. there is sympathy on both sides and i think there is a recognition that there is a lot of blame to go around. >> still to come on cnn, why dozens of mexican towns won't allow their residents to receive covid-19 vaccines. stay with us.

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two high profile leaders are among the latest to receive a covid-19 vaccine. the dalai lama was given the oxford/astrazeneca vaccine in a northern indian town where he lives in exile. the tibetan spiritual leader is urging everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated. embattled brazilian president nicolas maduro received his sputnik vaccine on saturday. he blames international restrictions to interview with his country's ability to buy covid-19 vaccines but, quote, guarantees every venezuelan will get vaccinated. in mexico the government is trying to speed up covid-19 vaccination efforts and acquire more doses from pharmaceutical companies, but apparently not everyone in mexico is on board with this plan. as cnn's rafael romo reports, there are dozens of towns that won't allow their residents to get a vaccine.

>> reporter: in this town located in southern mexico's highlands, life goes on as it always has. young people mingle downtown, men shake hands and talk business around the main square and women gather to weave traditional rugs. there may be a global pandemic going on but here with a population of 7,000 seemingly no one wears a mask. the town mayor, one of several local officials who proudly claim that no one here has been infected by the coronavirus. health officials are unable to confirm the claim. he credits traditional medicine for the low impact of covid-19 on the town. we asked our grandparents and great-grandparents for guidance and that helped us a lot, lopez said, but there may be other more powerful reasons. this is a small, rural and isolated community located in an

impoverished state. the fact that very few outsiders visit and its residents rarely travel to the big cities may better explain why the town seems to have been spared by the pandemic. several other indigenous towns in the highlands have made headlines because most residents like this woman say they will refuse any covid-19 vaccine regardless of it's origin. thomas lopez perez the town secretary told cnn that people here including himself strongly believe vaccines can do more harm than good. since we don't really know what vaccines are made of, we believe that they contain the covid-19 virus and that's the main reason why people don't want to get vaccinated, lopez said. there are 421 municipalities in mexico, 17% of the total, which because of their indigenous origin rule themselves, much

like native-american reservations do in the united states. there seems to be a growing movement in these communities to reject covid-19 vaccines just when the country has launched its massive vaccination plan. there's a lot of misinformation and rumors, mexican president obrador said in mid-february asking people not to pay attention to what he called distortions and trust the vaccines, but the president also made it clear that no one will be vaccinated against their will. if this town reflects the way people in similar communities feel this could pose a similar challenge for mexico to inoculate their people. the biden administration has told facilities that care for migrant children they can now reopen at pre-pandemic levels. the move in response to the rising number of unaccompanied children crossing the border between u.s. and mexico. cnn's polo sandoval is reporting

from brownsville, texas. >> reporter: the issue of immigration quickly becoming one of the big challenges for the biden administration with a growing number of unaccompanied migrant children that are showing up at the nation's doorstep including here in brownsville, texas, along the u.s./mexico border. the department of health and human services caring for at least 7700 unaccompanied children, that department responsible for care caring for these kids before their sponsors or relatives are located in the united states. just to put things into perspective here, the biden administration preparing for an increase in these numbers now telling these facilities that are responsible for caring for these kids that they can now operate at pre-pandemic levels. to add some perspective here they have roughly over 13,000 beds that would be dedicated to caring for these kids during the pandemic, they had only been able to operate at about half the capacity, but white house spokesperson jen psaki saying last week that they are preparing for an influx, as a result they need the space to actually care for these

children. the other concern along the u.s./mexico border is making sure that these -- the rest of the migrant families that are apprehended at the border are potentially covid-free. i can tell you for the last several days those migrants that had been basically waiting just to cross the border from where we are in migrant camps after the joe biden administration then began to process them then began to actually enter the united states, they have to test negative across the border before they make it here, however, it's a so-called interior releases, these families that find other means of making it into the united states, it's not through these ports of entry, that are apprehended at the border, they're processed and as we've seen in previous administration right side later released. i can tell you here the city of brownsville is making an effort to actually test all of these migrants before they are able to continue with their journey, but at this point the mayor of brownsville saying a little over 100 migrants out of about 1,700 of them have tested positive for

the virus. polo sandoval, cnn, brownsville, texas. the biden administration is putting together a task force to address cyber threats from china. it comes after microsoft announce this had week that it found suspected chinese hackers exploiting vulnerabilities in its server software. a source tells us that the attack has the potential to affect organizations that are critical to daily life in the u.s. the white house is urging everyone running the servers, whether government or private sector groups, to update their software now. israel has a much heralded covid vaccination rollout that's not enough to ensure prime minister netanyahu will keep his job. the calculated risk he is now taking and the controversy it's stirring. we will bring you that coming up. stay with us. it shows! our new dove advanced care formula is effective... and kind to skin, leaving underarms cared for and you... more confident and carefree.

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program, heralding a return to neem normality has has done little to guarantee success for benjamin netanyahu so he's scraping for ballots from voters he has shunned in the past, israeli arabs. >> translator: it is a chance to start a new era in the relations between juews and arabs. >> reporter: and extremist parties peddling racism and homophobia, some using fake messages including a holocaust joke and admiration for hitler. for netanyahu's likud party courting the far right has been a necessity. >> it looks like the election will be tight and we need to maximize the potential to win the election. >> reporter: it is dangerous to israel's longest serving prime minister. there is likely to be a decisive result in the march elections which means there will be coalition horse trading just as benjamin netanyahu heads back into court on corruption

charges. if convicted he could face several years in jail, even in such jeopardy, he still dominates israel's political landscape. >> i think that what would eventually happen is that the criminal process would decide the fate of the political process. >> reporter: in the meantime, he's determined to win at everything. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: sam kiley, cnn, jerusalem. well, that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. for international viewers "business travelers" is next, for viewers here in the u.s. and canada "new day" is just ahead. r viewers here in the u.s. and canada "new day" is just ahead.

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