House expected to pass COVID relief bill next week

Biden will receive his daily intelligence briefing and a COVID-19 response briefing today, both of which are closed the the press. This comes after the president's trip to visit a Pfizer vaccine production plant in Michigan, originally scheduled for Thursday, was postponed until Friday. White House press secretary Jen Psaki will give a virtual briefing at 12:30 p.m.

On Capitol Hill, Democrats are planning to unveil an immigration reform bill, which will include immigration priorities Biden laid out on day one of his administration. The bill, which does not have bipartisan support, would establish a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants in the U.S., provide more funding to alleviate the backlog of asylum cases and the border and include funding for border security.

However, it seems now the Democrats do not have the bipartisan support in Congress they'd need to pass the legislation, so questions remain if they will have to water down the bill, or pass it in many small parts. Setting aside these concerns, administration officials tell ABC News they are more concerned with getting the legislation introduced.

-ABC News' Cecilia Vega and Justin Gomez

Biden's trip to Kalamazoo, Michigan, has been rescheduled to Friday.

The visit -- in addition to his Tuesday town hall in Milwaukee -- will give Biden an opportunity to make his case for COVID-19 relief to every day Americans since taking office.

The states chosen -- Michigan and Wisconsin -- for the president to pitch his plan were critical flips for the president in the 2020 election, helping to put him in the White House.

Biden will tour a Pfizer manufacturing site in Kalamazoo and meet with workers who are producing the COVID-19 vaccine.

-ABC News' Molly Nagle

Biden spoke Wednesday with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel, according to the White House.

"The President affirmed his personal history of steadfast commitment to Israel’s security and conveyed his intent to strengthen all aspects of the U.S.-Israel partnership, including our strong defense cooperation," according to a readout from the White House. "Together, the leaders discussed the importance of continued close consultation on regional security issues, including Iran. The President emphasized U.S. support for the recent normalization of relations between Israel and countries in the Arab and Muslim world. He underscored the importance of working to advance peace throughout the region, including between Israelis and Palestinians. Together, they affirmed their shared interest in continued strategic cooperation to confront the many challenges facing the region."

Biden and Harris met with labor leaders in the Oval Office Wednesday afternoon, where Biden discussed his commitment to the middle class.

"The middle class built this country and labor built the middle class," Biden said. "We have an amazing opportunity to create progress and good jobs, to rebuild infrastructure in a way that has to be done."

He also took two questions from reporters, one of them about what he learned from taking his pitch for COVID-19 relief on the road. He said he learned that people like everything in the plan, reiterating, "not a joke, everything that’s in the plan."

"And it's not about the money. It's about, in order to do everything from open schools as we should, to make sure that we're generating income for people who are in real trouble. It's about how much it costs," Biden said.
"The federal government has to chip in, make sure we get this done."

On Thursday, the administration will continue its push when Harris hosts a roundtable discussion with "women leaders in Congress and women leaders of advocacy organizations" about the importance of COVID-19 relief for women. Biden will take his second presidential trip, this one to Kalamazoo, Michigan, to visit a Pfizer vaccine manufacturing plant and deliver remarks.

-ABC News' Sarah Kolinovsky and Mary Bruce