we did see a tweet late last that from justin amash, the lone independent panic the deal. he would have the ability to come back and plot unanimous consent. they may move quick enough he won't be able to do that. it's extraordinary if thes house would approve a $2 trillion package, i get the largest in this bill ever contemplated in the united states without an open debate and vote but the maybe what needs to happen because more and more members are self quarantining, two have already tested positive for the virus. both sides, republican-democratic side are looking to try to get this over the life and get those checks americans a. >> is possible. >> host: do we know apple . the senate comes in and what time they may vote today? >> guest: they they're coming t noon. the vote has a been scheduled yet but this is a huge bill. not as big as the one house democrats were trying to get which was 600 t pages or so from the draft we saw but still they are looking to leave town for preparing until april 20. that's the most likely but there's privations to give business that we need

and not sure if they have a home with the democrats, their member of congress is an independent, justin amashcan't think of a better place to go check out what the swing voters think. >> these should be voters that care about electability. they're not trump fans but not comfortable with -- >> hillary clinton was criticized for not going to this county, grand rapids, and they said she could have won the primary. >> kate snow is in kent county, michigan. voters go to the polls and they are keeping a close eye on what happens this week. >> by the way, there are some liberal democrats. a lot of people here were pete buttigieg. raise your hands, guys. now you have to make another choice. what are you thinking? >> biden. >> why? two reasons peat asked us to vote for biden and support him. i was kind of providing before and then i met pete. >> is it the providebility? >> yes. yes. yes. electability. >> patsy, thank you very much. this is dane. you're a bernie sanders supporters die hard. >> all in. >> since 2016. >> that's right. >> what about the electability thing. tonight he's not having the best

we've also had people like justin amash, a very conservative member and former republican, who has noweft the republican party an independent. he said for $2 trillion, it would be much better to just give every american $7,000 rather than the $1200 in this bill, and just give the cash directly to people. that would be a better option than feeding it through corporations, companies, and government bureaucracy to hope that it trickles down. it is not just the progressive members that have raised issues with this. there are also other members of congress who are uncomfortable with just how much money is going to be sloshing around government bureaucracy. guy: great stuff. thank, indeed. -- thank you very much indeed. let's check in on the first word news. here with the details, viviana hurtado. viviana: jp morgan slashed its outlook for the u.s. economy for the first and second quarters. the bank sees gdp shrinking in the second quarter in an historic 25% decline. the bank says the federal stimulus package will only partially offset losses. the world health organization warning the u.s. c

we've seen objections from some people already, including one from -- one from justin amash but othersboth sides. you'll never get unanimous consent. everyone will have to travel back and congregate and that could take a whole week. >> oh, i have great confidence in our caucus to rise to this occasion. listen, the first two bills of relief were originated and drafted in the house. we have been pushing for relief for american people as quickly as we can. of and it is true that until nancy pelosi filed the house bill, the house was basically being left out of the negotiations. but she put herself in there and we know negotiations are compromise. this bill isn't going to be everything that we want but there are certain provisions that we believe are going to be absolutely, you know, compromises and negotiated but will be targeted at the right people. so i do believe that we will get this bill done. >> i didn't mean to interrupt, i'm sorry. but do you think that -- are you working with the republicans, with kevin mccarthy no order that this could be done by a voice vote rather than by brin

however, former republican justin amash tweeted today, this bipartisan deal is a raw deal for the peopleo little for the ones that need the most help and widening the gap between the rich and the poor. why is he wrong? >> erin, i think any time you have a package of this size which you're putting together both sides of the aisle and trying to provide relief to the american people, there's going to be provisions that you can say, i don't support every one of those. but the overall wholistic part of the bill that is important to get passed, we think it's important to provide that relief to americans, not just individuals but small businesses, because, again, what the economic consequences through no fault of their own, it's the reality of the health care crisis that nobody could have foreseen. we are anxious to get this bill passed. it's not to say every single provision is something that etch would love. but when you bring together both sides of a bill this large, it's something that we support. >> so whenever we get the unemployment report, they are going to be paid attention to tomorrow

representative, justin amash of washington, who voted against it.hat we canmmary of see is in the bell. it would provide free testing for everyone who needs a test, including the uninsured. it would allow for two weeks of paid sick leave and up to three months of paid family and medical leave. it extends unemployment benefits. it strengthens programs that provide school lunches for students. and it provides more state and medicaid funding. to get more information let's talk to the hill's senior reporter, alex, has been covering all of the action. good morning. guest: thanks for having me. let's do a quick summary of what is in the package. what else should we look at? guest: i think what is interesting is, as you know, the president called for a payroll tax holiday or a significant reduction of payroll taxes. one of the compromises here is to pay for the paid sick leave is employers would be able to take a tax credit against their social security taxes. against the money they have to pay into social security. they can take a tax credit for the money

and justin amash, who is one of the original tea party members, although now he's left the republican party over donald trump, already tweeting criticizing this bill, so he's somebody to watch. it only takes one to potentially prevent all of this from reaching the american people. >> and, kasie, you're so right. it is so jammed on the house floor, it is so jammed in the cloak rooms, it's so jammed in the hearing rooms, it is -- it is a worst case scenario. i remember one time seven years in i walked on to the house floor and i thought, good god, there are a lot of people in this room. it is just packed. it's like -- it's unfortunately it's like time scare. a coup time square. jonathan lemire we talked about the coming storm. i have a little bit of positive news for new york city in the summer, not easter, but this is from financial times. scientists actually have found that heat and humidity actually that high temperature and high relative humidity significantly reduce transmission of covid-19. it's something that scientists that have been looking at what's happened in china for some

one member justin amash voted present. all democrats voted yea.epublicans voted against it they didn't get a chance to seat language. there was limited debate. we don't know how much this bill is going to cost. tell us about the signal of this bill. nicole: that's actually a fair reason. if they feel like they haven't had time to read the bill then we don't necessarily want them to vote on something they haven't read. we elect these people for their expertise and they are representing their people. if they don't feel they have had sufficient time i do understand why possibly not. yesterday was amazing day for where weaver stand in the face of this pandemic. you saw the president, he called on the private sector. he invoked the stafford act to bring funding so we can actually get these testings to people and also makeshift some americans and other things in case we need it. he did that also by declaring the national emergency act to cut through some of the red tape and break down some of the barriers to make sure that we can now have the support we