it's wednesday, march 10th, 2021. this is the morning news. homestretch. president biden's massive relief package nears passage. how soon he could sign the measure. royal response. queen elizabeth is no longer silent. her biggest concern following oprah's sit-down with prince harry and meghan markle. cars -- oh, my god. we've had at least six or seven -- >> wild police chase. officers try to stop a driver who slams into other cars who slams into other cars putting lives in danger. captioning funded by cbs good morning. good to be with you.

i'm anne-marie green. one of the biggest relief packages in u.s. history is closer to becoming law. the house is expected to pass president biden's $1.9 trillion measure today, and it includes $1,400 stimulus checks and extra unemployment benefits to help people financially impacted by the pandemic. debra alfarone is in washington. so how soon could the president sign this bill? >> reporter: well, it's expected to pass the house today. that is the last hurdle before it makes it to president biden's desk. many say that he's going to be signing it before he makes his primetime address tomorrow night. house democrats are expected to pass the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill this morning, sending it to president biden's desk. >> i'm so excited. i just can't hide it. >> reporter: the bill includes $1,400 stimulus checks, extra unemployment benefits, and a new child tax credit that democrats say will help lift nearly ten million children above or closer

to the poverty line. >> we've cut back hours and being a single mom, anything helps. >> reporter: brianna works in the tourism industry. she and her son moved to nashville as the pandemic began. >> childcare has been our biggest issue since moving here really. finding reliable baby sitters that don't charge more than i make. >> reporter: today president biden will host an event at the white house with johnson & johnson and merck to discuss their partnership to make more vaccines. >> on january 20th, there was a seven-day average of 890,000 shots per day. today we're averaging 2.17 million shots. >> reporter: nearly 10% of eligible adults have been fully vaccinated. >> i've already seen people getting more comfortable about coming inside. >> reporter: businesses like nick's restaurant in wisconsin are starting to serve more people as restrictions ease up. >> i remember having 100 people in here, no big deal. and i turn around and see there's 25, 30 people, and so it's a little busy.

>> reporter: in texas, the state's mask mandate and all capacity restrictions expired last night. and many health experts say that they are concerned about the easing of restrictions coming just as tens of thousands of college students are thinking about taking some vacations for spring break. they say they're worried that's going to accelerate the spread of new variants. anne-marie? >> yeah. this is not the time to start taking it easy again. debra alfarone in washington. thank you. so new york governor andrew cuomo is facing new sexual harassment allegations from a sixth woman. the "times union of albany" reports the unidentified woman told a supervisor cuomo inappropriately touched her last year at the governor's mansion. the paper says the woman is a member of the executive chamber staff and had been called to the mansion to do work. during a news conference yesterday, cuomo said he was not aware of any other claim and said he never touched anyone

inappropriately. buckingham palace is doing damage control this morning. queen elizabeth is addressing racism allegations within the royal family made by her grandson, prince harry, and his wife meghan. y ms h more from london. >> reporter: buckingham palace has finally responded nearly two days after harry and meghan's incendiary interview aired in the u.s. the issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning, said the palace, a direct reference to meghan's damaging allegation that at least one royal family member raised concerns about what color their son's skin would be. >> if he were too brown, that that would be a problem? are you saying that? >> i wasn't able to follow up with why, but if that's the assumption you're making, i think that feels like a pretty safe one. >> reporter: oprah said harry told her it wasn't the queen or her husband, prince philip.

while some recollections may vary, they're taken seriously, said the statement, and will be addressed by the family privately. but this is no normal family, and it's no longer a private matter. over 12 llle wat the interview when it aired on television in a country of around 70 million. the tabloid papers, as usual, lambasted meghan and harry, but others in this multicultural nation have told us the racism they described is widespread. >> i think it's unfair the way she was treated. but it represents how a lot of black people are treated. >> reporter: will the palace's attempt at damage control be enough? >> they probably hope that it will give the public some reassurance that they're not just going to brush it under the carpet. > reporter: holly williams, cbs news, london. this morning jury selection is set to continue in the trial of a former minneapolis police oficer charged with george floyd's death. lawyers questioned potential jurors yesterday in the murder

case against derek chauvin with their focus on knowledge of the case. >> we are humans. and he -- he said i can't breathe. he was on top of him. >> i don't trust law enforcement like that. i just feel a little bit intimidated when they come around. >> the court heard from nine prospective jurors and seated three. chauvin is accused of killing floyd last may after he pressed his knee against floyd's neck for about nine minutes. jury selection is proceeding despite uncertainty over whether a third-degree murder charge will be added. the fbi released new security footage of a person suspected of planting two pipe bombs in washington ahead of january's deadly riot at the u.s. capitol. the videos show a person wearing a gray hoodie and a mask on a sidewalk. other scenes show the person sitting down on a park bench and walking down an alley. the bombs were planted outside the headquarters of the republican and democratic national committees on the night

of january 5th. a reward of $100,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest. and legendary journalist roger mudd who spent nearly two decades at cbs news has died. mudd was a longtime political correspondent and substitute anchor on "the "cbs evening news with walter kronkite" in the '60s and '70s. he died of complications from kidney failure at his home in virginia. mudd was 93 years old. coming up, kia issues a recall of hundreds of thousands of vehicles over a possible fire danger. and a new comment from piers morgan after the british tv host calls it quits following comments about prince harry and meghan. this is the "cbs morning news." straining, and bloating, again and again. no way. more exercise. more water. and more fiber is the only way to manage it. is it? maybe you think...

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southern california as a driver turned roads into a demolition derby. the los angeles county sheriff's department says it all began yesterday afternoon when the driver, who had a child in her car, was involved in a hit and run with a deputy's car. during the chase the suspect hit at least ten vehicles. a s.w.a.t. team fired teargas into the car during an hour's long standoff before taking the driver into custody. the police did not know a child was in the car during the chase. the suspect and the child are being treated for injuries. the governor of arkansas has signed a ban on nearly all abortions. and california's governor says that better days are ahead. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." the "los angeles times" reports california governor gavin newsom offered hope amid the pandemic in his third state of the state address. newsom urged students to dream of brighter days during yesterday's speech at an empty dodger stadium. he acknowledged mistakes during

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well, it's not the most graceful of landings, but it got the job done. a live stream camera at a new zealand nature preserve captured a royal albatross face planting as it tries to land over the weekend. one albatross was sitting as another hit the ground face first. the bird was able to right itself and walk away, though. british tv personality piers morgan has quit his job as co-host of "the good morning britain" show. it came after he received pushback for his comments wife meghan following their bombshell interview with oprah winfrey. on monday's show, morgan, a longtime critic of the couple, said that he does not believe a word meghan says. the country's media watchdog says it is launching an investigation into morgan's comments after receiving more than 40,000 complaints. morgan doubled down on his comments, though, in a new tweet this morning saying that he still doesn't believe meghan and that freedom of speech is a hill he's happy to die on.

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-- the house is expected to pass a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, think is it to president biden's desk. the bill includes $1,400 in stimulus checks for most americans, extra unemployment benefits, and a new child tax credit. and buckingham palace released a statement after prince harry and meghan markle's bombshell interview with oprah winfrey. it said, quote, the issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning. during the sit-down, meghan and harry said there were conversations involved the royal family about what color their son's skin would be. the u.s. is looking back one year ago just before the coronavirus lockdown. jim axelrod spoke to a professor

about his prediction then and his outlook now for the future. knees, then harvard epidemiologist mark lipsich has a new picture to paint. >> i think we'll be a much more ntal this time laear. >> 200 million adults, 40% becoming infected. a lot of people, yes. >> reporter: turns out he was right. the cdc estimates at least 83.1 million americans have been infected so far. compared to the rest of the developed world? >> it's on the worse end. >> reporter: compare the u.s. to the pacific rim countries that took intense control measures early and didn't argue about masks, distancing, and testing. >> and the lesson there is that

aggressive thesithe spread >> i think that's the ss and i think that action requires national very focused leadership. we really do hold our own fate in our hands. >> reporter: not that he's sounding the all-clear. not with variants lurking. >> i think the variants are concerning. it appears that immunity to severe disease probably is more rost than immunity to ope thatn will still be good at protecting us against severe disease and death.ecifve aga tnsmi li. but it's not something that chal jim axelrod, cbs news, cambridge. coming up on "cbs this morning," rare access inside a new york city e.r. and icu nearly a year after the city became the epicenter of the

coronavirus. plus, an exclusive tv interview with david solomon, the chairman and ceo of goldman sachs, as he announces a new initiative. and gayle talks with dua lipa who's nominated for six grammys including song of the year. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ♪