let me bring back kristin welker and dr. rani.overed a wide range of topics there, including tax cuts that are going to families who are trying to get back on their feet in the wake of a really tough year and also, of course, addressed our efforts to fight covid globally. what stood out to you? >> reporter: a couple of things. president biden announcing that those expanded child tax credits would start on july 15th. it's significant in the timing because it comes on the heels of those disappointing jobs numbers that we saw last week. based on my conversations over the weekend, i was told that the focus is going to be on covid and the economy this week. frankly, it has been central to president biden's administration so far. those are the headwinds that he is facing as he makes that announcement. then to this announcement that they are going to be sending 20 million doses of vaccines to other countries who need them. this is a shift. this is the united states saying, we are now ready, because we have 60% of americans who have at le

president biden signed an anti-asian hate bill nbc's kristin welker has more from the white house >> reporter: there are few bipartisan moments in washington, but this was one of them president biden signing legislation that aims to combat the recent rise in hate crimes, particularly against asian-americans. the bill inproves hate crime tracking and bolsters support for state and local officials. the president called hatred and racism the ugly poisont indoor gatherings of the biden administration, almost everyone without a mask. >> rare in many ways thanks. >>> breaking news. fast moving brush fire spread your night in santa barbara, california it reached the doors of an nbc news affiliate the employees there, they were able to make it out safely there have not been any reports of injuries. at least one home was damaged. evacuation orders were lifted when the fire was 40% contained. >>> a massive chunk of ice bigger than the state of rhode island has broken off an a antarctic ice shelf. it's named the a-76, it's roughly 105 miles long and 15 miles wide huge >> let's check in now with

kristin welker has the latest. >> reporter: hi phillip, good morning to you high anticipation with facebook to announce later today whether it will reinstate the account of former president trump. facebook banned him after the capital attacks and mark zuckerberg said at the time the risks of allowing the president to continue to use our service are too great. republicans blasted the ban as tech company censorship of conservatives. mr. trump who was banned as twitter launched a website to give messages to his supporters. liz cheney has been sharply critical of mr. trump prompting kevin mccarthy to say her colleagues are, quote, concerned about her ability to be a gop leader phillip? >> all right, kristin. thank you. >>> let's turn to nbc meteorologist janessa webb with a look ahead and how we're looking mid week good morning >> reporter: good morning. we've been talking about severe weather all week long and things ara lot better we've had over 300 reports of damaging winds, hail and tornadoes combined this week unfortunate situation, but look at these storms. they're starting to die out as

. >> our kristin welker breaks down the investigation for us. >> reporter: new legal trouble for former president trump new york attorney general leticia james announcing we are now actively investigating the trump organization in a criminal capacity along with the manhattan da the original investigation was sparked by mr. trump's former attorney, michael cohen, who claimed mr. trump deliberately provided incorrect valuations of assets in official documents the former president slamming the investigation by the democratic attorney general as a partisan vendetta. mr. trump's allies sending videos of james making anti-trump statements during her 2018 campaign. >> will you sue him for us >> we're going to definitely sue him. we're going to be a pain in the ass. >> this from a former trump corporation employee turned critic. >> he felt the laws were not for him and he felt people who followed them had no creative insights. >> reporter: james's office had no comment on those campaign videos. >>> they face other hurdles including three lawsuits including his conduct on january 6th. >>> distur

. >> joining me now is kristin welker and garrett on capitol hill. >> first, what about the meeting with the senator republicans. >> he is going to talk about the order he signed yesterday which is aimed at strengthening the nation's infrastructure as it is aimed as protecting against these attacks. i.t. companies who work in partnership with the government will alert the government if they believe there has been a hack. and it calls for government agencies to try to shore up their infrastructure and supplies to ensure they are guarded against these type of attacks. this is an executive order and only goes so far. he will talk about what the government is doing. then he will call on people not to the hoard gasoline while this is getting back online and while gasoline is becoming more readily available in the wake of what has really been a crisis in some areas. in terms of the meeting later today with republicans, at the forefront of that will be infrastructure. republicans, white house, democrats all saying they want to strike a deal. if you look at the different proposals, they are not

kristin welker is over at the white house.lts partially vaccinated, what do we expect to see out of that? >> i think the focus is on best practices. how to reach that benchmark and here is where things stand right now. here is the big picture. about 54% of adults got at least one dose. and those that have been vaccinated is 44%. they not at that 70% just yet. so they will be meeting with various covers to talk about ways to reach people in those hard to reach areas. some of these governors are getting very creative. in maine, you get a free fishing and hunting license and free endrans to state parks. minnesota is partnering with the state's husband limb community to try to reach a broader group of people to get them vaccinated. utah has a get back campaign to boost confidence. so they have already tried to get creative. the question becomes how do they reach the enmuch marks? how do they know they are reaching that 70% that the president laid out. this comes against the backdrop of within million people getting and enrolling i

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