cecilia vega asking the president, is what's happening inside acceptable to you? how the president responds. also, the president on the mass shootings. two in less than a week in this country. the president on north korea, on u.s. troops in afghanistan, will they still be there in a year? and will he run again in 2024? how he answered on all of this. cecilia vega and martha raddatz both standing by tonight. >>> the coronavirus here in the u.s. and president biden also making news tonight, announcing he is doubling his goal from 100 million shots to 200 million shots in arms in his first 100 days. amid news tonight new cases are on the rise. in 20 states by more than 10%. and pfizer and the trial involving young children tonight. and governor cuomo under fire again, this time, accusations he put members of his own family at the front of the line for covid testing early on in the pandemic. the governor's response tonight. >>> the mass shooting in boulder. tonight, the suspect has now been charged with shooting and killing ten people. making his first court appearanc

cecilia? >> reporter: hi, david. good evening. the white house knows this didn't get a single republican vote for this bill, so, they are on a real push to try to sell this as something that will benefit most american families. let's jump right in and show you the numbers they released today. they say a family of four, the parents making under $150,000 a year, they're going to get that $5,600 stimulus check. $2,600 from the child tax credit and for a total there of $8,200 per family. here's what we're not going to see, david. we're not going to see president biden's signature on the stimulus checks. you can see it with president trump. the white house tonight saying that this is not about him, david, they say this is about getting the american people the relief they need. >> all right, cecilia vega tracking this all week long for us. cecilia, thank you. >>> we're going to turn next tonight to news late today on jury selection in the trial of derek chauvin, the former minneapolis police officer accused in the death of george floyd.

and our cecilia vega tonight, right there on the border. what she witnessed first-hand. she reports now from mcallen, texas, tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a first look inside this severly overcrowded tent facility on the southern border. the biden administration not allowing journalists in, but these pictures taken over the weekend and released by a democratic congressman show migrants, many of them unaccompanied minors, on the floor in cramped pods. pods built to hold no more than 260 people, instead, one housing more than 400 boys. the white house says they're working as quickly as possible to move these kids into shelters and homes. but the adminsitration still refuses to call the situation a crisis. >> children presenting at our border who are fleeing violence, who are fleeing prosecution, who are fleeing terrible situations is not a crisis. >> reporter: abc news has learned that inside these facilities not meant for kids, more than 800 children have been held more than ten days, more than three times longer than they're legally allowed to be there. along the border

cecilia vega reporting from the border. >>> the deadly crash, a car plowing into people in california. at least three dead. the driver in custody tonight. >>> the horrific images coming in. the plane crashing into a neighborhood, slamming into a car. two people onboard killed, two people in the car injured. >>> and the record-breaking storm. two to four feet of snow in colorado and wyoming. a family stranded in their car for more than nine hours. and tonight, the new major storm threat now moving in. rob marciano from denver. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us as we start another week together here and we begin tonight with those major new arrests in the capitol riot. two men charged with assaulting capitol police officer brian sicknick, who later died. authorities say they assaulted him and other officers using toxic chemicals, possibly bear spray, and tonight, prosecutors revealing images that they say show what they're now alleging. they say julian khater made a reference to bear spray, they believe george tanios had the spray in his backpack. and this image allege

cecilia: right. the policies around that, how do we get to a point where policymakers are especially taking into account these kinds of disparities when measuring economic health? jackie: this administration, president biden and vice president harris, are committed to ensuring racial equity, gender equity are imbued throughout policymaking. here at the council of economic advisers we are looking at federal statistics to ensure there are adequate samples of people for different groups so we can measure and be keeping track of the unemployment rate. one group we really know little about his native americans. their numbers are small and in many federal databases their sample sizes are not large enough to know what is happening. that is one small way in which we are all trying to ensure the policies we are trying to put forward -- that we can see and measure what the impact is. more generally, this administration is looking at how our policies are affecting different groups of people. we know with the it

good morning, james. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia.that more people may want to come forward with their stories. but with an investigation like this, the palace risks all kinds of secrets coming to light. this morning, anticipation growing for harry and meghan's sit-down interview with oprah now just two days away. promo clips amplifying the tension between the couple and the royal family. markle calling them out directly. >> i don't know how they could expect that after all of this time we would still just be silent if there is an active role that the firm is playing in perpetuating falsehoods about us. >> reporter: the duchess suggesting she won't be holding anything back. >> if that comes with risk of losing things, i mean, i've -- there's a lot that's been lost already. >> reporter: at least 63 countries are expected to broadcast the interview, but with 99-year-old prince philip still recovering from a heart procedure and expected to remain in the hospital for a few more days, there is increasing pressure for harry and meghan to de

and 9/11 combined but he did make news and i want to bring in our chief white house correspondent cecilia vega in new york. always great to have you in person. made news on when he wants to see all adults in this country eligible, eligible for a vaccine. >> yeah, this is a really big deal, david, because it bumps up the time line significantly. he is saying they will be eligible, every american, every adult american will be eligible by may 1st but there is a caveat and he made that clear. just because you will be eligible, you can get in line, that doesn't mean you're going to get your shot by may 1st. he says you will be in line to get that vaccine on that date. you can sign up at that point and the reason they're able to do this they're also bringing in thousands more troops to help admi administer some of these shot, in addition it is a big deal, they're going to put together a website where people can find how -- how to find these shot, sign up -- we've been reporting this for months how difficult it has been for people to find these vaccines in their neighborhoods. rural areas will b

and cecilia, i'll see you on thursday night for that. thank you tonight. >>> the other news this monday night, to minneapolis and the first day of the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin, charged in the death of george floyd. under tight security today. chauvin, of course, seen around the world kneeling on floyd's neck for more than nine minutes in that video. he's now facing manslaughter and murder charges, but what halted jury selection today? abc's alex perez from minneapolis tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the eyes of the nation on minneapolis as the trial for derek chauvin, the officer accused of killing george floyd, is set to begin. >> i'm expecting justice today. >> reporter: because of covid restrictions, only one family member allowed in the courtroom. chauv chauvin, the former cop, seen with his knee on floyd for more than nine minutes. in court, chauvin taking notes today. he's pleaded not guilty to second degree murder and second degree manslaughter. but before jury selection could even get started, a del

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cecilia. >>> okay, michael.turn now to that growing political crisis for new york governor andrew cuomo. state lawmakers opening an impeachment inquiry after another sexual misconduct allegation. stephanie ramos has been following this story from the beginning. stephanie, good morning. we are now hearing calls for his resignation from members of his own party. >> reporter: exactly, cecilia. political pressure is really ramping up for new york governor andrew cuomo as he faces two investigations. one into the sexual harassment allegations and now an impeachment investigation. this morning, new york governor andrew cuomo's hold on power threatened as more than half the state legislators in his own party are calling for his resignation. the speaker of the assembly authorizing the judiciary committee begin an impeachment investigation in the wake of sexual harassment allegations and his handling of nursing home covid deaths. in a statement at least 55 out of the 105 state democratic lawmakers saying, he has lost the

>> good morning, cecilia. always a pleasure to be here.the story has unfolded. other accusers of governor cuomo said that she catalyzed them to come forward. lindsey boylan herself is still a major focus of these multiple probes that are now ongoing but she hadn't previously talked in detail to a journalist. these claims hadn't been scrutinized. i think that this has been an for her in a whole lot of ways.- she talks very openly about it being traumatic to talk about this stuff but i think in the end she was persuaded that journalistic scrutiny would add something of substance to the conversation and i think that's the case. i think there is additional evidence here that's being reported that helps to provide context for what is being claimed about governor cuomo. >> we heard in eva's piece just a few minutes ago there that the allegation for the first time that she's raising this comment about the dog in the governor's mansion, you write that she seemed -- he seemed to pay an unusual amount of attention to her. that's what she's saying, t

thanks so much for being here, cecilia. amy? >> all right, robin. >>> turning now to march madness and the bracket-busting upsets. loyola chicago ousting illinois from the ncaa tournament sending sister jean's favorite team to the sweet 16. will reeve has the latest. >> reporter: overnight, march madness busting brackets with upset -- >> another fairytale ride is under way for loyola chicago. >> reporter: after upset. >> it's over. how sweet it is for syracuse. >> reporter: after upset. >> oh, this is march. oral roberts, what a run so far. >> reporter: oral roberts becoming only the second 15 seed team in ncaa history to ever make it to the sweet 16. knocking out the florida gators. >> the upset makers are history makers. >> reporter: number one seed illinois, the biggest giant to fall at the hands of eighth seed loyola chicago. the ramblers powered by divine inspiration if not intervention, sister jean, the team chaplain said in a special prayer before tip-off, we hope to score early in the game and make our opponents nervous.

here's cecilia vega. >> reporter: the video is difficult to watch.rk of night, on remote stretch of the southern border, caught on surveillance camera. an apparent smuggler on the mexican side straddles the fence, hoisting a small child over, dropping her 14 feet below to the u.s. side. moments later, the same thing, a second child, dropped to the ground. then the two suspects flee up the trail, back into mexico. authorities say those children, two young sisters from ecuador, just 3 and 5 years old. a border patrol agent spotted the activity on camera and jumped into action. the biden administration grappling with the surge of migrants at the southern boarder. more than 18,000 children now in u.s. custody. we saw that surge ourselves on a recent trip. authorities overwhelmed. how organized are these smugglers? >> oh, they know, i think they have better intel than we have. they got spotters. they know where we are, i'm sure they know where we are right now. >> reporter: >> i have not had a relationship the border patrol chief in the air ja tells me th

and cecilia, how soon is the president likely to see this bill on his desk? how close is the bill to what he originally asking for? >> reporter: well, david, it's pretty close, but he did have to make some concessions. let me show you what those are right out of the gate. fewer people will be eligible for those stimulus checks. if you earn $75,000 or less, you're going to get that $1,400. smaller checks for people who earn $80,000 a year or less. unemployment benefits, the white house wtehose to be about $400, they're going to be $300 a week. there is no longer that $15 an hour minimum wage in this package. not a single republican voted to support this, butem acoen they' to pass this. they say they'll get it to the president by the end of this week and the white house told me that americans can expect to see these checks in their hands by the end of the month. david, we are also finding out that the president is expected to give his very first prime time address on thursday. he will talk about the anniversary, that one-year anniversary of our country shut dow

cecilia: the priority right now is getting us to the other side of this pandemic. the focus of the president and the vice president . know in build back better, there's a better part of that. and this is what larry summers was referring to, america is in desperate need of public investment. we are also going to turn our attention to and have worked on, what are the most effective ways to improve our infrastructure and address climate change? the president has set for these permanent investments, that some of it should be paid for. we are still working to put together a package of what those revenue raisers might be. but the goal here is to really put the u.s. economy on a path of more robust growth than we have had in the past. we need to get past this pandemic and then we need to be investing in the country so we can have even greater prosperity that is widely shared. judy: we are going to leave it there. cecilia rouse, chairman of the president's council of economic advisors, thank you. stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with "newshour" west. we will return to judy wood

our cecilia vega there. the biden administration now calling on fema to help. >>> spring break surge? new covid fears across the country. scenes like this in texas and florida alarming health officials. thousands celebrating st. patrick's day in georgia. few masks in sight, as the u.s. is now seeing a big uptick in travel with more than 1 million people a day taking to the skies. >>> dr. oz to the rescue. the man who was seconds from death at an airport. how he's doing now, and what the men are saying now about being connected forever only on "gma." >>> final bow for brees. after 20 years on the field, the saints quarterback is retiring, and look who made the big announcement. >> after 15 years with the saints and 20 years in the nfl -- >> our dad is finally going to retire. >> all: so he can spend more time with us. yay! >>> and it's hollywood's golden morning. we're counting down to the oscars. so, who scored a nomination? >> i got my time coming to me. >> an oscars first. we're hearing in the nominees thi

cecilia vega tonight with authorities on patrol finding children with phone numbers of family members here in the u.s. written on their clothes. >>> outside new york city, a deadly fire at an assisted living facility and a firefighter missing tonight. >>> and we're tracking two major storms from the rockies to the deep south. and what's set to move into the northeast now. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. it was just as we were coming on the air last night here we learned of the second mass shooting in less than a week in this country. tonight here, the horror inside, from the shoppers who witnessed it all. the ones who ran, who hid in storage closets. the children who were worried that their feet could still be seen beneath the coats that were hanging, afraid the coats weren't long enough to hide them. these are the stories now emerging tonight and so are the stories of the loved ones lost. ten people killed. their ages range from 20 to 65. and the police officer, eric talley, a father of seven. he was killed, he was the first one there, run

cecilia, thank you. have a good day.g on for dear life and did just that holding on for nearly two minutes until he reached the top. here's what he's saying about it this morning. >> i hadn't -- like i crossed my arms and i grabbed on. >> i watched it and i watched it and i watched it and i just got sicker and sicker and i'm like what if you would have fallen? what's your message to the snowboarders up there? >> that keep the bar down. >> keep the bar down. he removed the safety bar too early. his mom says it didn't even faze him. >> good for him. >> boy, how is it to be young and unfazed. >> he did put the bar down the second time. >> learned his lesson. >>> coming up, mackenzie scott giving 25% of all covid related giving. we're hearing from some of her new husband's former students. >>> how to take the stress out of remote learning. should you or should you not correct your child's mistakes? >> good question. >>> and it's not thursday at "gma" without tory johnson. she has some great "deals & steals" to make your life

cecilia rouse, welcome to the newshour.ow quickly is the aid from this relief package going to reach people and i'm asking because ople like the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell say that the economy was already poised to take off. that this isn't really going to make that much difference. >> oh, well, i guess i would beg to differ. first of all, the aid ialready reaching people. the treasury department worked very hard to be able to distribute checks, i think already 90 million people should have already been receiving checks or will receive them this week. more to come over the following week. so people are already receiving the aid. i disagree with senator mcconnell. our economy is still suffering. just last month we got our employment rort and we saw that we are still nine and a half million jobs short of where we were last year this time. we know that over four million individuals have been unemployed for at least half of a year, we know that over 4 million people had completely withdrawn from the labor force so

justin takes off his backpack to ow >> this is his grandfather's phone number. >> cecilia called that boy's grandfather. he says the boy's mother sent him alone because she heard u.s. officials were allowing young migrants who cross the border by themselves to stay in the country. >>> overseas a major concern for global shipping. a large container ship is blocking the suez canal and caused a 1300-into the vessel to run aground. it could be days before the waterway is open again. wednesday weather.k at your - more heavy rain and wind is expected along the gulf coast today. this was the scene in biloxi, a stalled front could cause flash flooding and may spawn tornadoes. the midwest and the northeast will get rain today from a different system. a storm delivering heavy snow to the southern rockies will move across the plains and bring severe storms to the southeast tomorrow. temperatures will be in the 70s in that area today. mid-50s in the northeast, chilly in the rockies and pacific northwest. 85 in miami. 42, albuquerque. >>> coming up, one company's new idea to prevent work from home

i loved when cecilia vega from abc said i was just at border and let me tell you what i heard. i thought this was powerful. thank you both. now for someone who has logged hundreds of hours at the white house press conference, jon thanks for being on. now i just mentioned cecilia vega is at the briefing at the press conference on thursday asking questions. there has been so much criticism of these ten reporters for what they asked and what me didn't ask. how do you see it. >> well, look, you could always second guess the questions that were asked. i've been in there many times under four different presses at press conferences and you go in there with a list of questions. one of the big things for me wh when i was going into a press conference, i had the one or two that i wanted to do this question but i was worried depending on when you're called on those questions could be asked so i went in with a long list in case the question had already been asked to hit a different subject. there is never a shortage of things to ask a president about. so, yeah, watching from home, i would

y para los estados unidos y para alojar, cecilia méndez nos tiene detalles cientos de migrantes se pudieron si un un y de origen en tamaulipas afirma su templo y más de 400 familias la loción uno acompaÑado y cruces en contempladopero afirma el presupuesto, y este fin y en nuestro centro en edad y en la situación.,y de todo menor, y bajo promesas falsas es considerado para los y de la ciudad fronteriza y de manera temporal y no saben todavía están evaluando y las organizaciones que está tomando en esta problemática. y algún tipo de alivio miembros y que han entrado y estoy muy feliz y contento de estar aquí los presto con mucho en su estado del asilo políticoy los menores también durante una rueda de prensa el gobernador dijo que quiere que el gobierno federal y con los oficiales y así que quiere hablar conlas menores y temporal y en a otras personas brindarle apoyo, para miles de niÑos migrantes queesperase reunificación nuevo familiar en breve la vacuna contra el covid-19, pruebas en efectivo pero se puede contagiar el virus a pesar, y esta sin tener una patrulla, de que no con letra, y l

cecilia investigate good was recently named chief white house correspondent for abc news.ace and culture reportee joins me. she is cecilia to us, having come from kgo. it's amazing what she's done. >> it certainly, kristen. and as you mention, she is certainly a familiar face for so many of our viewers here at abc7 news, reporting on our station for years before being bumped up to the network. while a latino serving as chief white house correspondent is certainly long overdue, vega says better late than never as she takes on her new role head-on. >> but i also think it's worth pausing right now. >> you know, the trump campaign, they've been -- >> reporter: cecilia vega has had a front row seat to the biggest moments in politics since the 2016 campaign trail. >> i'm not thinking. >> that's okay. i know you're not thinking. you never do. >> i'm sorry? >> blazing her own trail along the way as she takes on a new role. >> being the first latina to serve as chief white house correspondent, what does this accomplishment mean to you? >> i guess it's a big deal. it hadn't really o

our cecilia vega live on the scene at the border. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas joins us live. >>> tornado trouble. 50 million americans on alert. the severe weather threat sweeping across the deep south from oklahoma to the carolinas. ginger tracking the latest. >>> prepare for takeoff. get ready to set sail. the travel industry poised for a potential comeback after its worst year on record. this morning, the president and ceo of virgin voyages joins us exclusively with how they're working with the cdc to make cruising safe again. >>> and final rose fallout. >> i can't propose to you. >> overnight, matt revealing he broke up with rachael after those racist photos emerge. >> it makes you question everything. >> reuniting for the first time since their split. >> how often did you lay awake at night worried that eventually these photos might come out and could ruin your life? >> revealing the moment that changed everything and if they still have a chance. this morning, matt james joins us live. >>> and we certainly do

cecilia baquero les pregunto a unos expertos. veamos lo que le respondieron. >> ¿cÓmo es posible ?nos. >> tendrÍa que sacar todo lo que viene por dentro. esto para que 27 personas alcancen a caber en una camioneta como esas. >> aprovecharÍan el tamaÑo de la carrocerÍa y lo deforman sÓlo para aumentar su capacidad. >> pasando esto, bajando sillas, corriendo las sillas delanteras y quitando todo hasta la silla del conductor en la silla se coloca una silla todavÍa mÁs pequeÑa. tiene una capacidad para que quepan desarmÁndola toda. >> es decir, serÍa prÁcticamente convertir un vehÍculo de pasajeros en uno de carga, pero para llevar mÁs pasajeros. >> caben 27. >> hacerlos caber, como ellos dicen y sÓlo en casi hipotÉtico, porque ser una prÁctica ilegal, serÍa un peligroso desafÍo. cortÉs, expiloto colombiano y representante de la marca lo explica asÍ. >> estamos hablando de algo mÁs de tonelada y media de peso en sÓlo personas. personas des amarradas que al mismo tiempo dentro del vehÍculo con la inercia se vuelven un proyecto fiel. tiene que haber una cantidad de muertos. >> un reto me

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. > > con música y ritmo la genetista ana cecilia sube vídeos a la red social con un solo objetivo informaro del 2020 cuando abrió su cuenta a la fecha ha acumulado 1 millón de seguidores ahora también aclara dudas sobre las vacunas pues asegura hay mucha desinformación. >> ahorita es la vacuna, la vacuna que te meten un chip que te mata que te hace estéril. >> hace todos los vídeos desde su pequeño apartamento en la ciudad de méxico como instrumento tiene un aro de luz y un pequeño trip para sostener el celular . >> para que hace esto? pero después tana los mensajes gracias a ti ya se vacuno, gracias a ti ya tuve coronavirus y supe que hacer. >> méxico está cerca de alcanzar los 200,000 muertos por covid-19 ante este panoramay al ver que muchos en la calle siguen sin seguir cuidados necesarios. esta doctora asegura que seguirá difundiendo consejos para poner su granito de arena, sembrar conciencia y tratar de disminuir la propagación del virus. >> [música] . >> en méxico, noticias telemundo . >> es una muy buena iniciativa al regresar es el día del pago igualitario y ya se escucha un llama

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we heard the anecdotes of talking to these children saying they're coming over because of biden, cecilia vega, another reporter, do you think that undermined him? >> one saying that the mom sent him there because biden was a nicer president. i think at some point he said that child will likely be sent back to their mother, whatever country she is in. but you're right. it's a complicated picture. i thought there was good reporting and good questions from the reporters there. and you saw biden have to deal with it for an hour, most of the questions about the border. >> one of those reporters, of course, pressing biden was kaitlan. you had an excellent question on the filibuster. how can he agree the filibuster is a relic of the jim crow era and then show such reluctance to make any real reforms? >> that's going to be a big factor as you are seeing more and more progressives to get rid of the filibuster, to get his key agenda items that aren't related to the budget passed. they feel good about infrastructure, of course. they got the american rescue plan passed through congress using reconci

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i am so sorry, please, cecilia rouse, come back soon. we want to complete our conversation and we are sorry for the connection. meanwhile, house minority leader kevin mckarthy is leading a delegation to the southern border today as republicans try to seize on the new surge of unaccompanied surge to the border on the trump border policies. as the biden administration is facing a growing challenge crossing last week alone. including no longer requiring asylum seekers to remain on the mexican side of the border. democrats and immigration activists say that policy is inhumane and had to be changed. now the biden administration is deploying fema to move migrant children from overcrowded border patrol stations that were mostly built to mexican adult men into shelters to get the services they need and housing children at unused school buildings and even a vacant nasa site. garrett hake has the latest from el paso, texas. >> good afternoon. republican leader kevin mccarthy and a dozen or so agents will guest a tour and they will meet with report

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. >> reporter: my colleague cecilia vega, hearing from lawyers who have seen the conditions firsthandrent picture. they claim some children are sleeping on the floor. one girl telling them she hadn't shourd showered in six days, adding 45 to 50 children share a space this big. >> to see very young children, scared, confused about what was going on, not being able to contact family members -- it was just really emotional to see the pain that these young people were in. >> we will have, i believe by next month, enough of those beds to take care of these children who have no place to go. but they need to be taken care of. >> reporter: the administration's now bringing in reinforcements to transport kids to other facilities. the republicans pushing for a tougher immigration stance, quick to jump on the rising numbers. a delegation traveling to el paso this week for a firsthand look at the situation pinning responsibility on the new administration and what they say is a more welcoming invitation than the crackdown enforced by the trump administration. >> this crisis is created by the presi

cecilia vega is tracking it all. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: george, good morning.aid the word massive is exactly what it's going to be. this will be even bigger than the nearly $2 trillion covid relief package that they struggled to pass. it's going to be rolled out in two phases starting today. let me tell you what's in it. first phase will focus on physical infrastructure like roads, bridges, railroads, and focus on clean energy like electric cars. then in the coming weeks, they are going shift to this so-called human infrastructure. that will be reportedly things like paid leave for workers, universal pre-k. tuition-free community college. the price tag on these as much as 3 trillions to $4 trillion. how are they going to pay for all this? they're going to raise corporate tax breaks from 21% to 28% and increase penalties on these companies that move jobs overseas. president biden has promised tog less than $400,000 a year. george, one estimate says that we could look at more than 2 million jobs out of a package like this. >> president biden has also conceded, ce

we too have been reporting at the border and just like cecilia, we ran into a pair of siblings who came in on monday, were detained, had the phone number for their mother who lives in the u.s. we have contacted the mother. that's the only way they know her kids are here because cbp today, thursday, has not contacted that mother. so, when can we expect your promise of things getting better with contacting and expediency? >> they're already getting better but they're going to get real, a whole hell of a lot better real quick and we're going to hear some people leaving, okay? we can get this done. we're going to get it done. i had a long meeting with the entire team and several cabinet level officers the other night. we're going to be moving within the next -- within the next week over 100,000 -- i mean, a thousand people out of the border patrol into safe, secure beds and facilities. we're going to significantly ramp up -- we're already out there contacting everyone from getting some of the employees at hhs and there's a lot of them doing other things that move them into making those call

>> reporter: abc's cecilia vega pressing president biden on the severely overcrowded border facilities. >> the customs and border protection facility in donna, texas, i was there, is at 1556% capacity right now with mostly unaccompanied minors. there are kids that are sleeping on floors. they are packed into these pods. what is your reaction to these images that have come out from that particular facility? is what's happening inside acceptable to you? >> that's a serious question, right? is it acceptable to me? come on. that's why we're going to be moving a thousand of those kids out quickly. it is totally unacceptable. >> reporter: the president pledging to ramp up efforts to move children out of those facilities faster, but he said he will not turn unaccompanied minors away at the border. in the meantime, the president is making it clear that his next priority is infrastructure announcing a trip to pittsburgh next week where he's expected to unveil a multitrillion dollar plan that includes funding for roads, bridges and green energy projects. the president also made news yesterday wh

good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hi, robin, good morning to you.were out late last night talking to migrants who just crossed the border. we met little kids, 9 and 10 years old traveling by themselves. there are so many children just like them crossing the border they will likely end up in a facility like this. inside this tent facility so many children they are sleeping on floors, side by side huddled under foil blankets. the biden administration refusing to allow journalists in to see for themselves, sources providing this first look. this video shot by customs and border protection last week obtained exclusively by abc news. only 250 people are supposed to be held here. instead there are close to 4,000. some families mostly unaccompanied minors traveling alone from teenage boys to infants. here toddlers in a playpen being watched by a caretaker. the kids made the treacherous journey all the way from central america hoping to claim asylum. inside they get medical checks and they line up one by one for food. this video showing girls at a center in

chief white house correspondent cecilia vega was in the room with many questions.ilia, the president making news on a range of issues. good morning. >> reporter: yeah, hi, whit. good morning. he certainly did. 64 days into his presidency this press conference finally happened. it took president biden longer than 15 of his past predecessors over the last 100 years to do this. this morning, the president facing mounting pressure to address the urgent situation at the southern border. immigration dominating his first news conference. some 17,000 kids now in u.s. custody, a near record. a number that is only expected to climb. the president bristling over a question about those severely overcrowded facilities. the customs and border protection facility in donna, texas -- i was there -- is at 1,556% capacity. >> yep. >> with mostly unaccompanied minors. there are kids sleeping on floors. they are packed into these pods. is what's happening inside acceptable to you? >> is that a serious question, right? is it acceptable to me? come on. that's why we're going to be moving

our chief white house correspondent cecilia vega has the details.ood morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hey, george. good morning to you. the white house had hoped to do this with some bipartisan support but that vote did not get a single republican to support it. i want to start by showing you what's in this bill, some big ticket items right off the top. take a look. those $1,400 stimulus checks, of course, for most americans. $16 billion for vaccine distribution. $50 billion for testing and tracing. $170 billion for school. that's going to help in re-opening costs and aid to some students. george, you mentioned the big hurdles right now, the $15 minimum wage. our sources say that's off the table for democrats as it will head over into the senate. progressives in the party are not happy at all about this. moderate democrats have expressed concern about the large ticket -- the large price tag of this overall bill. so it is likely to see some changes to come as it works its way through the senate in order to get those 50 votes that it needs to pass this

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cecilia vega spoke to lawyers who met with children inside one of those sites. >> there were so many young children and more than that, it was striking that at least for the ones that we spoke to, that many of them have immediate family to whom they can be released. >> reporter: david, the convention center here in dallas will begin accepting those teenagers tomorrow. officials hope it will reduce the strain on border patrol stations that have been seeing those record increases in unaccompanied migrant kids. david? >> all right, marcus moore from dallas. marcus, thank you. >>> we turn next here tonight, authorities are on the scene at this hour of a massive house explosion in california late today. the blast felt miles away and it was deadly. here's our chief national correspondent matt gutman on the scene in ontario, california, tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a series of crackling explosions heard and felt for miles in southern california. that mushroom cloud blasting skyward. >> that looks like just a bomb went off there. the roof is just gone. >> reporter: steve bailey was getting

meanwhile in south america the president of venezuela nicolas maduro and 1st lady cecilia flores have been inoculated with the 1st dose of sputnik veep the inaugural 100000 shots arrived in the country last month and were given to the most vulnerable demographics as well as to medical workers footage of the presidential couple receiving the russian shot was broadcast on. a kick in the teeth that's what the british medical association is calling the government's proposed one percent pay rise for health care workers union say it undermines the value of those workers who quote kept the country alive during the cold crisis despite the u.k. the u.k.'s national health service set to receive an extra $500000000.00 pounds per year under the deal it would still likely result in a real term pay cut for staff as inflation in the u.k. is predicted to reach 1.5 percent this year it comes despite the government's repeated promises of rewarding frontline staff. our n.h.s. is the b. team heart of this country it is important that we support our really just want to see fantastic frontline workers paid