29 Apr 2021

Joe Biden set to lay out plans for rest of term on 100th day

From Morning Report, 6:13 am on 29 April 2021

It's the 100th day of Joe Biden's Presidency in the United States, and he'll deliver a speech on Capitol Hill this afternoon setting out his plans for the rest of his first term in the White House.

Biden is proposing more big government programmes which are aimed at helping the country's poorest residents, as his supporters argue that the economic crisis in the US requires nothing less than a transformational approach.

Washington Correspondent Simon Marks has the details.