On this week's CBS News Weekend Roundup; Global vigils are being held to mark the one year anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic. President Biden addressed the nation on Thursday. CBS's Ed O'Keefe joins host Allison Keyes with more details on his speech, and his signing of the nearly 2-trillion dollar Covid-19 stimulus plan. Allison speaks with CBS's Kris Van Cleave about what's in the package, and when Americans will start seeing those 14-hundred dollar checks. We also hear from CBS News Business Analyst Jill Schlesinger about what the plan means for your taxes, and CBS's Natalie Brand on the affect the bill could have on the nation's poverty. Meanwhile, the CDC issued revised guidelines saying that most indoor nursing home visits can resume, even if residents and visitors are not fully vaccinated. Immunotherapy scientist Dr. Leo Nissola expresses some reservations to CBSN. This week the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Medical University of South Carolina released a study finding a link between Covid-19 cases and death rates in states, and the political affiliation of their governors. Allison gets an explanation from senior study co-author Sara Benjamin-Neelon at Johns Hopkins. In this week's Unifying America edition of the Kaleidoscope, discrimination and language barriers in the fight against Alzheimer's Disease. Allison speaks with Stephanie Monroe, director of African Americans Against Alzheimer's, which is part of Us Against Alzheimer's.org, about problems caretakers of color are facing to get help for their loved ones. Among the many anniversaries this week, Saturday marks a year since Breonna Taylor, a Black woman, was killed in a hail of gunfire in a botched police drug raid. No drugs were found, and the shooting sparked massive. emotional protests. CBS's Jim Krasula reports. Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer, spoke with WLKY about what her call to action would be for Louisville. March 11th marked 10 years since an earthquake and tsunami in Japan killed more than 22-thousand people. It was personal for CBS's Lucy Craft. Finally, CBS's David Begnaud goes back to a Brooklyn hospital he visited this time last year, which was overrun at the start of the pandemic.
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