TIMING OF THIS HAS RESIDENTS CONCERNED. >>> RIGHT NOW, PRESENT JOE BIDEN TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO AMERICAN TO PAY THE PRICE DURING THE PANDEMIC. HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.>> THE PRESIDENT ALSO SIGNED SEVERAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS TODAY INCLUDING EXPANDING FOOD ASSISTANCE TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR FEDERAL WORKERS AND CONTRACTORS. OUR REPORTER WAS MONITORING THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY. HE JOINS US NOW WITH WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.>>> OF COURSE THIS FOLLOWS A FLURRY OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS SIGNED SINCE HE TOOK OFFICE ON WEDNESDAY. HE AGAIN TOUTED HIS CALL FOR CONGRESS TO PASS HIS PROPOSED $1.9 TRILLION CORONAVIRUS RELIEF PACKAGE. TODAY HE SIGNED SOME EXECUTIVE ORDERS AIMED AT HELPING AMERICANS WHO ARE MOST AT RISK IN THIS ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. MORE THAN 40 MILLION AMERICANS, ADULTS, AND CHILDREN SAID THEY SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT. TODAY'S ORDERS WILL INCREASE FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN THIS PANDEMIC AND THERE ALSO REVISIONS TO INCREASE PROTECTION FOR WORKERS AND GUARANTEE A $15 PER HOUR MINIMUM WAGE FOR FEDERAL WORKERS AND CONTRACTORS. >>> A LOT OF AMERICA'S HURTING. THE VIRUS IS SURGING. 400,000 PEOPLE DEAD EXPECTED TO REACH WELL OVER 600,000. FAMILIES ARE GOING HUNGRY. PEOPLE ARE AT RISK OF BEING EVICTED. JOB LOSSES MOUNTING AGAIN. WE NEED TO ACT. NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, WE NEED TO ACT.>>> ONE OF THE ORDERS ALSO HAS A PROVISION THAT CALLS ON THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY TO IDENTIFY AND PUSH OUT STIMULUS CHECKS THAT SHOULD HAVE GONE OUT LAST YEAR TO 8 MILLION AMERICANS. SINCE THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS REALLY ONLY GO SO FAR, THE PRESIDENT HAS GOT TO ENLIST CONGRESS TO GET A LOT OF THIS RELIEF THAT HE IS ASKING FOR PASSED. >>> MEANWHILE HOUSE DEMOCRATS WILL SEND THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TO THE SENATE ON MONDAY. THAT WILL START THE TRIAL PROCESS ON TUESDAY AND THE SENATORS AGREED TO DELAY IT. MITCH McCONNELL HAS PROPOSED WAITING UNTIL FEBRUARY AND TODAY REPUBLICAN SAID THEY WOULD NOT CONSIDER HIS CABINET