. >> reporter: and on president joe biden's 100th day in office there would be no rest. biden fresh off his first prime time address to congress marking the milestone moment by hitting the road, touching down today in georgia the first in a series of trips over the next ten days as the white house tries to shape its next 100 days. biden has proposed more than $6 trillion in new spending, his latest $1.8 trillion proposal now on the table, laying out transformative changes to education and the social safety net for families. >> my fellow americans, trickle down -- trickle down economics has never worked and it's time to grow the economy from the bottom and the middle out. >> and already drawing strong gop opposition. >> even more taxing, even more spending to put washington even more in the middle of your life from the cradle to college. >> reporter: but with the narrow west of majorities it's democrats the white house is keeping the closest eye on with crucial moderate senator joe manchin telling manu raju he's reviewing the proposal but its scale is in his words a lot.

president joe biden says what is happening to him is unfair and inappropriate despite the physical danger, he is sticking with it and one of his colleagues tell us why. >> it's the last measure that an inmate can apply in this circumstance. it's not something that people do lightly and put their life in danger. all that he requests is that he is given proper medical care with a doctor of his choice. his recovery last ought is not really complete. and now we're joined from moscow. they are putting out some dire founding warnings. what can you tell us? >> without any ind -- independent medical assessment we can't say, but according to sources witness his movement, they have seen the result, and they say that sound indicate that he is in emanate danger were or danger from a dance rouse or potentially fatal heart condition. we cannot get any kind of a respond out of the russian authorities nor any ind dependent medical treatment. it is still in recovery from an at attack. they denied responsibility with that attack, but it is coming at a time when his movement is spacing socially being banned

. >>> plus, president joe biden issues a plea for action to a divided congress to tackle an epidemic of mass shootings. >>> and, thousands are evacuated from the caribbean island of st. vincent as officials say a volcanic eruption may be imminent. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, i want to welcome all of our viewers in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm paula newton and this is "cnn newsroom." ♪ so we start with the murder trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. the main witness on thursday, dr. martin tobin, a renowned expert in pulmonary critical care. he testified george floyd died from a lack of oxygen after being placed on the street on his stomach with handcuffs, a knee on his neck and a knee on his back. dr. tobin saying even a person without medical conditions would have died. cnn's sara sidner reports. >> reporter:. >> that's the moment the life goes out of his body. >> reporter: the prosecutor's expert medical witness did not hold back. >> mr. floyd died from a low level of oxygen and this caused damage to his brain that we s

president joe biden will speak to lawmakers in a joint session of congress on april 28th. he got the formal invitation from house speaker nancy pelosi on tuesday. she asked him to share his vision for addressing the challenges and opportunities facing the country. pelosi had said she held off inviting the president amid concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. >>> and a likely hot topic at that point session of congress, afghanistan. later today president biden is set to announce u.s. forces will leave the country by september 11th. that will be two decades since the 9/11 attacks and the start of america's longest war. but despite trillions of dollars and thousands of lives lost, afghanistan remains extremely volatile. many observers fear a hasty exit by the u.s. will be a win for the taliban. the militants could erode basic rights, especially for women, and bolster a safe haven for terrorists. >>> for the latest from afghanistan cnn's nick paton walsh joins us live from kabul. nick, what impact will a withdrawal of u.s. troops in september likely have on the lives of afgha

well, joe biden has big plans for his next-100 days in office. the u.s. president delivered his first address to a joint session of congress, just a few hours ago. touting an ambitious economic plan, costing $4 trillion. on top of the nearly $2 trillion, already, approved for covid relief. his new american families plan would include money for a host of bread-and-butter issues, like paid-family leave, childcare, preschool education, and free-community college. the president calls it an investment in the future, that will create millions of jobs and trillions, in economic growth. he is hoping to capitalize on the success of his covid-vaccination efforts. and americans' approval of how he's handled the pandemic. >> and inherited a nation, we all did, that was in crisis. the worst pandemic in a century. the worst economic crisis, since the great depression. the worst attack on our democracy, since the civil war. now, after just-100 days, i can report to the nation, america is on the move, again. >> and the president's address has americans feeling optimistic

president joe biden will welcome his first foreign leader to the white house in just a few hours. japanese prime minister suga arrived in washington thursday evening, he is scheduled to meet with president biden this afternoon. the topics of discussion are expected to center around the two countries' opposition to china's recent aggression against taiwan. two the leaders will also hold a joint news conference. let's bring in blake essig who joins us from tokyo. blake, the prestige of being the first leader to visit the biden white house, what message is that sending to china and to japan? >> reporter: you know, kim, it really speaks to the importance of the u.s./japan alliance, a relationship that here in japan has been called the cornerstone of diplomacy and security. this is the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders and president biden's first visit from a foreign leader since taking office in january. now, the summit between president biden and prime minister suga on friday is expected to cover a wide range of topics including covid-19, the climate crisis, the olym

." ♪ >>> joe biden calls it the american families plan, a sweeping multi-billion dollar agenda meant to help with things like child care, preschool education, paid family leave and free community college. he outlined his vision last night in a address to joint members of congress. they say no one making $400,000 a year will see their taxes go up and says investing now in america's future will create millions of new jobs and trillions in economic growth. biden delivered his speech with two women sitting behind him, a historic first. vice president kamala harris and house speaker nancy pelosi became the first women to lead both the senate and the house during a presidential address to congress and president biden didn't let it pass unnoticed. >> madam speaker, madam vice president. no president has ever said those words from this podium. no president has ever said those words and it's about time. >> biden also commented on the january insurrection at the capitol calling it the worst attack on u.s. democracy since the civil war. >> as we gather here tonight the image of a violent mob as

. >> reporter: while president joe biden is perceived as more humane than his predecessor some of his decisions have jennifer urging biden to consider their true impact. >> people are being hurt, raped, attacked and killed in northern mexico because we have sent them back. that's not humanitarian. >> reporter: and it leaves many moms like this one from honduras with a sophie's choice. with her special needs child in arms she said she didn't want to separate from her 12 and 16-year-old sons on the banks of the rio grande. they had been expelled to mexico twice under the pandemic public health rule which allows for the swift return of migrants to mexico. when her oldest son told her he wanted to cross alone with his brother because the biden administration was allowing unaccompanied children to enter the u.s. she says she felt she was dying as she watched her sons cross the river hand in hand. in tears. and then gestured good-bye. she says she misses her sons who are now in a shelter in new york. as for the migrants stuck in this dangerous plaza in reynosa, their american dream is still

. >>> and joe biden overturns a trump-era policy. the u.s. will give more than $200 million in renewed financial support to the u.n.'s palestinian refugee agency. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world, i'm paula newton and this is "cnn news newsroom". ♪ >> so the ninth day of testimony is just hours away in the trial of former police officer derek chauvin for the alleged killing of george floyd. witnesses yesterday detailed what floyd may have said just moments before he died, both the defense and prosecution asked the lead investigator what he believes floyd was saying in a clip of police body cam footage. the answer wasn't all that clear. cnn's omar jimenez is following the case from minneapolis. >> you are still under oath. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: today's testimony, more cops taking the stand against former officer derek chauvin. >> in your opinion does defendant's use of force during that time period need to be reasonable within the entire time period? >> ye

president joe biden has revealed his jobs cabinet. they will be in charge of selling his new $2 trillion infrastructure plan and that will probably be as hard to do as it sounds. we will explain. >>> and north dakota is facing a wildfire emergency with an entire town forced to evacuate. that's ahead. stay with us. lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of illness-causing bacteria detergents leave behind. proven to kill covid-19 do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. call coventry direct to learn more. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized that we needed a way to supplement our income. our friends sold their policy to help pay for their medical bills and that got me thinking. maybe selling our policy could help with our retirement. i'm skeptical, so i did some research and called coventry direct. they explained life insurance is a valuable asset that can be sold. we learned that we can sell all of our

president joe biden. history certainly repeating itself but i have to say, paula, north korea has not missed a summer games since they boycotted the seoul olympics back in 1988. so certainly a set back for south korean president moon jae-in. near the end of his term, this probably would have been the last opportunity to get something going for the north koreans. >> it did seem like an opportunity there and will not come to fruition. thanks for the report. >>> president joe biden is keen to push forward with his infrastructure plans. coming up, we tell you why it isn't just republicans who have a problem with it. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. call coventry direct to learn more. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized that we needed a way to supplement our income. our friends sold their policy to help pay for their medical bills and that got me thinking. maybe se

democrats in the white house are trying to advance the center piece of joe biden's agenda. the roughly $2 trillion infrastructure plan and tax proposal. >> reporter: president biden holding the first of a series of meetings at the white house with lawmakers to try to build support for the infrastructure proposal. the meeting will include democrats and republicans as the president himself has said he's open to hearing ideas to improve this plan. now republicans have opposed that $2.25 trillion price tag and the way the president has proposed to pay for it. by raising the corporate tax rate. the white house said they're open to hearing other ideas but so far they haven't heard a suitable alternative. now this meeting is similar to the approach the president took with the covid relief package when he invited republicans into the oval office at the very beginning. though he ultimately went it alone without any republican support. one of the sfairts attending the meeting at the white house with the president, he said he hopes the negotiations will be different. >> we are willing

president joe biden is preparing to push ahead with his infrastructure plan next week after meetings with his top advisers this weekend. and there's another big, big topic on the agenda, too, climate change. arlette saenz has the details on that. >> reporter: president biden spent saturday meeting with senior members of his team here at the white house. and one of those meetings focused on climate issues. vice president kamala harris was also in attendance for that meeting and secretary of state tony blinken and the special presidential envoy for climate, john kerry, were also seen arriving here at the white house saturday afternoon. this meeting comes as the president is preparing to host a virtual climate summit with world leaders later this month. he's invited about 40 world leaders to attend virtually this summit including china and russia. though the final attendee list has yet to be finalized and released. now, on top of the president's meetings here at the white house on saturday his immediate focus is infrastructure as he's preparing to host a bipartisan group of lawmakers he

but joe biden here, i think, kim, at the same time is living up to an election campaign pledge, three bs, building back better. he thinks this is instrumental in terms of u.s. economy and i think it was interested that he targeted 13 million jobs but for the lower middle class and the poor. 75% of the jobs will go to those that don't have a four-year university education and this is excellent in terms of job creation going forward as well. and i noticed here, kim, the other thing is that if you look at the market reaction around the world, whether it's in asia and europe, we've had a rally because even though there's $5 trillion of stimulus spending on the pandemic, another $2 trillion in infrastructure is getting the nod of approval because people think it's the right thing to do. corporate tax, it's interesting that joe biden went the midway point, not 21% of donald trump, not 35% under president obama but something in the middle at 28% and closing the loopholes for corporations not to leave their profits overseas and lower tax havens like ireland and singapore. he wants to repatria

appreciate it, sam. >> president joe biden is increasing the immigration cap at a low level and that sparked fierce grit schism. >> president biden acknowledged on friday he would increase the number of refugees allowed into the united states after some back and forth on that number on friday. but the white house said friday that the president would keep a current cap of ref frees which is at 15,000. this was count tore what president biden promised in the campaign and earlier when he said he would be lifting that number to over 62,000. and this announcement from the white house faced fierce and swift backlash. within a matter of hours the white house reversed course and announced that the president would be announcing a new figure for the refugees allowed into the u.s. by may 15th. they told advocacy groups that number could come much sooner. and the white house said they don't believe they will reach that number that the president had originally proposed. it highlights some of the problems that the admin administration -- the minors and the migrants coming to the southern border. t

president joe biden said gun violence, quote, pierces the very soul of the nation and is an epidemic for the u.s. and called for congress to take action and finally ban assault weapons. >> this has to end. it's a national embarrassment. it is a national embarrassment what is going on and it's not only these mass shootings that are occurring. every single day, every single day, there is a mass shooting in the united states if you count all of those who were killed out on the streets of our cities and our rural areas. it's a national embarrassment and must come to an end. >> tensions have been rising in cities across the u.s. after several fatal police shootings. hundreds of protesters gathered in chicago outraged over the death of 13-year-old adam toledo last month. as night fell there were some standoffs between police and protesters. anger has been reignited after body cam video was released showing the moments officers shot and killed a teen during a chase. ryan young looks at the split-second decision and warns the video is disturbing. >> reporter: this video released by chicago p

british prime minister boris johnson also said what joe biden is proposing is ambitious. he said, look, this is not a discussion for elitist, in his words bunny huggers, he said this is an urgent conversation that must be had for businesses and others around the world. interestingly as well, of course, russian president vladimir putin making an appearance at the submit, as did president xi jinping of china. clearly their emission goal is much different but the fact that they were participating in this meeting convened by president biden means that the united states after four years of denying climate change is back at the forefront of leading this fight. the hard work now, though, continues by cutting emissions here in the u.s. by half by the end of the decade. jeff zeleny, cnn, the white house. >>> ending global addiction to fossil fuels will take time, money and sustained commitment and obviously that's the challenge. cnn's bill weir has our report. >> the signs are unmistakable. the science sun deniable. the cost of inaction keeps mounting. >> reporter: you could call

president joe biden is set to unveil a major new policy initiative during his prime time address to congress, but republicans are already crying foul. all the details coming up. >>> new video shows the moments before andrew brown jr. was shot and killed by law enforcement. what the footage reveals about the deadly encounter. >>> and india's official death toll from coronavirus tops 200,000, but some say the real number is much higher. we will have a live report. ♪ >>> good to have you with us. well, it is an important day for joe biden as he prepares to deliver his first address to a joint session of congress. officials say the coronavirus pandemic will be front and center as he touts his administration's success in getting 200 million americans vaccinated in his first 100 days. the president will also talk about the attack on the capitol back in january, but he hopes to strike a unifying tone, similar to his inaugural address. the white house says mr. biden has a long list of accomplishments to be proud of. >> i can also tell you that while the major policy announcement in the speech is o

president joe biden spoke with the turkish president on friday to let him know it was going to happen. an official statement from the white house is expected later today. cnn's arwa damon covering this for us from istanbul. arwa, it couldn't be a more touchy issue. tell us about the significance and the timing. >> reporter: it really is touchy, michael, to say the least. what's interesting is that in the readouts both from the white house and from the turkish presidency's office, this was not mentioned. cnn found out about this from a person who was familiar with these conversations, who also described them as being tense. but for quite some time now, of the many plethora of sticky issues that exist between washington and ankara, this has been one of the fairly significant ones. here's a look back on why we have reached this point. for decades, armenians have lobbied and pleaded to have the mass killings of their ancestors recognized as genocide. the exact number of armenians who lost their lives more than a century ago is in dispute, but experts put the numbers between 600,000 and 1.

saudi-backed government forces say president joe biden's intention to recognize the antitrust groups will further embolden it. and in the front line where the battle for control is raging on. >> reporter: safe amid writhes and pains, the 13-year-old hit by a houthi missile in the yemeni missile of marib. "i can't breathe, i can't breathe" he cried. still a week later, he tells me what happened. we were playing football, the missile hit. my leg was injured. i couldn't breathe. one of my friends was dead. and the other looked like he was about to die. in another ward, the hospital's deputy director shows me his friend. what's his condition? yeah. under sedation, he is clinging to life. oh, he's in a bad way. how that you as doctors see home injured children come in from all of these rockets? >> reporter: an ophthalmologist by training he says he has no words to describe the suffering. no choice but keep trying to help and hope that the fighting will end. the houthis are trying to come towards marib. they're trying to push this way towards marib. but as yemen's defense minister shows me