u.s. have now been fully vaccinated against covid-19 than those confirmed infected with the virus. it's a huge development. health experts warn americans to keep their guards up in the coming months. the cdc has released new guidelines for those who have been fully vaccinated. some things they don't -- some think they don't go far enough. what can you do? what can't you do? a lot of news to get to. let's begin with omar jimenez in minneapolis as jury selection in derek chauvin's trial get sets to begin. this is a long time coming, as you know, omar. you were there in the immediate aftermath of this. a lot of anticipation for this trial. >> that's right, jim and poppy. a long time coming, plus a day. because, of course, we were supposed to be beginning jury selection yesterday. we went through that delay. and now this morning, in about an hour, we're expecting jury selection to officially move forward. lawyers for derek chauvin and for the state are filing into court right now to meet with judge peter cahill to take care of pretrial matters. this process is expected to move forward, mainly because the judge in this case said he wanted to proceed while we waited to hear what was going to come down from an appeals court potentially on whether a third-degree murder charge was going to be reinstated. while we wait on that we look at the charges of what chauvin is currently facing. he's currently facing second-degree unintentional murder charges. manslaughter in the second degree as well. both of which he's pleaded not guilty to, but the first of which carries a maximum penalty of up to 40 years in prison. and, of course, that third-degree murder charge has been so controversial here. it was in the original criminal complaint. the judge dropped it in october. an appeals court this past week said this should now be reconsidered because a separate case now created a potential case precedent for this. and the reason that is tied to the jury selection process is prosecutors don't want to move forward until that appeal is settled on whether this third-degree murder charge is reinstated. for now, jury selection moves forward. >> omar, can i ask you a question? i grew up in that city. it's notable to see behind you all of the barricades and all of the fencing. you've got the national guard there. you've got a different situation because of covid where regular folks can't just come into the courtroom to watch this trial, right? can you explain, given the national, global interest in this, how so much is different now for this. >> it's -- you really nailed it here. you look at the physical difference around a place like the hennepin county government center. the national guard are present just behind the barricades. thankfully they've not had to deploy the up to 2,000 that are available as we have told -- been told, but there is a stark difference and you can feel the tension in the people. even as they came to protest outside the courthouse yesterday. a lot of eyes on this incredibly huge moment, poppy. >> let's hope that it keeps calm and peaceful. omar jimenez, thanks. on thursday, president biden will deliver his first primetime address to the nation since taking office. >> right. and that is the one year mark since the pandemic really shut down so much of the country. jeremy diamond joins us at the white house. good morning. a, what are we expecting to hear from the president and, b, i should note, you know, yes, it's a primetime address but he's yet to hold a press conference. >> that is true. and we've been asking and pressing the white house on that question of a press conference. but for now, what we will be getting is this direct to camera primetime address from the president of the united states on thursday, commemorating one year since a government shutdown of restrictions, of everything that this country and this world has endured with this coronavirus pandemic. it was a year ago on thursday the world health organization declared the coronavirus officially a pandemic. a year ago to the day as well, since another president, the former president trump also addressed the nation in a primetime address from the oval office, expressing more concern than he had previously about the coronavirus pandemic. so what you will hear from the president during this primetime address on thursday is looking back at the last year, talking about the sacrifices that americans have had to make over the year. and there will also be a forward looking aspect of this. of course, so much has happened over the last year. you have 29-plus million americans who have come down with the coronavirus and now vaccinations are picking up. so you can expect to hear the president talk about the need to continue to mitigate because we are not yet there in terms of having all americans vaccinated but also perhaps looking forward to the hope, the optimism that by the end of this summer perhaps most americans will indeed have been vaccinated. and this will also be, of course, an opportunity for the president to tout what is expected to be his signature of the first major piece of legislation under his administration. the house is expected to pass that $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill by tomorrow allowing the president to sign that into law before he addresses the nation on thursday evening. >> jeremy, thank you very much. well, more states are opening up. some of them in a really big way. one week from today, wyoming will allow bars, restaurants, gyms to all resume totally normal operations. also doing away with the mask requirement there. >> yeah, it's not what the scientists or doctors are saying to do, at this point. several other states have already announced plans to ditch mask mandates, including, of course, texas, which will officially lift its mandate tomorrow. dan simon is in houston this morning. dan, you know what the doctors, epidemiologists say about the usefulness of these continued rules like wearing masks. it keeps you safe. i'm curious how people are reacting. the mandate is being lift ed bu people can still wear the thing. what are you finding? >> i think governor abbott's move to lift the restrictions was tone setting, signaling to the country that texas is back open and you can go back to living like you're living in 2019. but i think the practical implications of all of this really remains to be seen. across the board, pretty much all of the national businesses that do business in texas, whether it's big box chains or restaurants or pharmacies, grocery stores, what have you, all of them are saying that customers still need to wear masks. and you have about 75% of the restaurants in the state saying that they're going to tell customers to still wear masks. now we have seen some pushback in certain quarters. we've seen one restaurant tell local media they received threatening messages that the restaurant staff was going to be reported to i.c.e. if they didn't lift these restrictions. but those kinds of complaints have been few and far between. listen to what the houston mayor had to say about all of this. >> people are celebrating in the end zone when the virus is still saying, i'm here. and i got you. and let's not lose sight of the fact people are going to get the virus, and people are going to die. >> and one thing we should also point out, the seven-day positivity rate in texas has actually increased. going from 6% a couple of weeks ago. now it's at about 12%. that's not a great sign and another reason why there's been some pushback here and people saying you should still continue with these countermeasures. >> 12% is a really high positivity rate. keep in mind for folks that means the percentage of people who test positive for this, more than 1 in 10. dan simon, thanks. >> that's a lot. >> it is a lot. there is encouraging news in the push to vaccinate americans. a cnn review of cdc data shows that at this point, about 60% of americans age 65 or older have received at least one dose. that's a lot of progress in a short amount of time. >> it's great news. this comes as the cdc releases its guidelines for those fully vaccinated americans. the agency now says those people can visit indoors with others who are fully vaccinated without masks. it is still uhowever, urging people not to travel. we're joined by dr. carlos del rio, the executive associate dean at emory university school of medicine. good morning, dr. del rio. always good to have you, especially on a pretty good news. >> good morning. yeah, i think it's a really good news day. >> so let's talk about these guidelines and what stands out to you the most. you can fully vaccinate people can all be together inside without masks. what else do people need to know this morning that's most important from the cdc? >> well, again, they already say that fully vaccinated people, after 14 days, they can also -- there is no need to quarantine after you've been exposed. that's pretty huge because the reality is many people after exposure were having to quarantine 14 days and missing work and other things. this is really important. if you've been vaccinated, you don't need to quarantine. it also provides opening to tell you, you can start and go visit grandma and what you said, the fact that so many people over the age of 65 have already been vaccinated and it really is an exciting news because, you know, 85% of deaths in this country were people over 65. >> dr. sanjay gupta has made the point that you can expect these guidelines to change over time, to become more expansive over time as more people in the country get vaccinated. i wonder if you agree with that and what kind of changes do you see as we go forward? >> you know, first of all, i always agree with my friend sanjay who has done a tremendous job throughout this pandemic reporting, but, yes, absolutely. this is our guidance. this is just recommendations. this is guidance. it's a medical word for recommendations. and as we know more, as more people get vaccinated, as we advance the science, we'll probably have more things in there. i was a little disappointed they didn't say anything about travel. i think cdc is still wanting to hold people from not traveling but the reality is we see a lot of people traveling already. it's important to tell people how to travel and i'm really glad there's mask mandate now on transportation so people that are traveling on planes, on trains have to wear their mask. but i think it's important to hear some guidance around travel. >> yeah, they kept it exactly the same. they just said you shouldn't travel. do you think -- i know you're probably hesitant to criticize dr. walensky and the cdc, i wonder if your medical expertise would have guided you in a different direction? >> yes, i think so. already people are traveling. there's spring break coming up. it's important to tell people how to travel because they are traveling already. might as well give them some ideas of what things to do. for example, do you test before you travel? test after you travel? what kind of mask do you need to wear? some idea of good recommendations for traveling, if i travel to go visit my grandma or my mother who lives in another city, what do i need to do? we're both fully vaccinated. a little more guidance around that would have been useful. >> so we're already seeing the deaths per day. they've declined significantly in the last several weeks and months. now that we have really the majority of people over the age of 65 who, as you said, suffered the most deaths throughout the pandemic, do you -- they are now vaccinated. do you see that death rate coming down even more significantly in the coming weeks? >> you know, i think it will, but we have to remember, there are a lot of people under 65 die because they had underlying conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity. those are major determinants of the risk of death. i'm hoping most states would work to vaccinate people with underlying conditions. we have to get everybody vaccinated quickly. >> well, i'm with you on that, dr. del rio. can't wait myself. >> it's someone's birthday tomorrow, i sort of thing you deserve a vaccine, sciutto, although you're nowhere near old enough. they are telling me we have to go here. thank you, dr. del rio. >> thanks as always. >> i hope both of you get vaccinated soon. >> we do as well and i'm sure folks watching do as well. a special task force is now recommending sweeping changes to keep capitol hill safe from the kind of violence we saw on january 6th going forward. the details of that security review next. also prince charles, camilla making their first public appearance this morning but not answering questions about the interview that rocked both sides of the atlantic. more on that ahead. also, getting vaccines to underserved communities, particularly minority communities, challenging to say the least. that's where the vaccine hunters come in. it's a fascinating group of teaches or a mission to help. one of them will join us. allergies don't have to be scary. spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all season long. psst psst you're good ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ hey limu! 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>> essentially that's what democrats are saying at this point. they are waiting for that senate bill to get sent over to the house of representatives. it's taking a little longer than potentially expected but the house speaker making it very clear that she expects that this bill will come to the floor for a vote no later than tomorrow morning. of course, we expect that they are going to have the votes they need to pass this piece of legislation as we've said before. there are progressives and there are moderates grumbling about certain aspects of this bill. it isn't exactly what every member had envisioned or hoped for. it's not perfect according to many democrats we've talked to up here but there's a sense the momentum is there, that they want to make sure that the president is able to make good on that first campaign promise that this is a final and big push for covid relief for americans who are waiting on unemployment benefits. for americans who are looking for help for their small businesses, for schools that need more money injected into their districts to make sure kids can get back into the classroom. that's what democrats are hoping to accomplish in the next 24 hours. but, obviously, it's been a long time coming. the house passed this bill before. the senate made some changes, including getting rid of the $15 minimum wage. now the house has to do one last vote. again, we expect this no later than tomorrow morning. jim and poppy? >> lauren fox on the hill, thanks very much. a task force is urging sweeping changes after a security review in the wake of the january 6th insurrection at the capitol. the task force led by retired army lieutenant general russel honore is calling for a number of things, including a big increase in the number of capitol police officers. in total more than 1,000, better training related to intelligence gathering, as well as a retractable fencing system around the capitol complex as well as this. funding for security when members of congress travel back to their home districts. many say they don't feel safe. here with me now is the former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe. andrew, good to have you on this morning. when you look at these changes and what we saw january 6th and conti continuing threats to the capitol, do these look like reasonable, necessary security changes? >> they do, jim. you know, it's an interesting task force because they begin with the basic assumption that what we had didn't work. i think we all saw that pretty clearly on january 6th. so they are starting from zero and going from there. what emerges from this report is an incredibly stark picture of the u.s. capitol police. it's described as a force that is underresourced, undermanned and, as a result, poorly trained, poorly equipped and basically not capable of defending the capitol and its members during a large crisis like we saw on the 6th. >> you're right. that's the bottom line. can't keep the capitol safe. a big focus here, in addition to protecting the capitol, is protecting members when they come home because members -- we've had some on this broadcast say they don't feel safe when they go home and providing money for security, but also the availability of officers there. it strikes me as interesting that even though that fear is shared by democrats and republicans, you have republicans here, including the speaker, skeptical of the report, attacking, criticizing honore who led the security review. i mean, can we not even be bipartisan on increasing security at the capitol after january 6th? >> you know, i don't remember -- i have been over the report a couple of times. i don't remember seeing anything that recommended enhanced security for democrats versus republicans or vice versa. i don't understand those claims of partisanship. it's sad we're at a point you have a blue ribbon panel of experts and even their opinions on something as basic as keeping everybody safe is perceived as political. but i do think that the recommendations regarding security for members in their home districts, not every member, but those members that are experiencing significant threat activity, it makes a lot of sense and is also a sad commentary on how highly charged our political life has become in this country. >> does that deep six this notion a number of folks have discussed of a 9/11-style commission in the wake of this? not just to address threats to the capitol but what that indicates about the domestic terror threat in this country. it was only a few days ago we had another threat on the capitol on march 4th. can we develop an effort an effort like post-9/11 where you have a bipartisan approach to the study and recommendations to follow? >> well, we should, and we absolutely need that, right? we need that sort of all-encompassing really no holds-barred purely objective look at everything that went into and ultimately led to the attack on january 6th. but whether or not we can do that right now is a really good question. the 9/11 commission report, during -- in those times after the attack on 9/11, it was very easy to mobilize everyone to confront an enemy that was overseas, and clearly didn't have any political affiliation here. that's obviously not the case with january 6th. the rioters were, to a person, supporters of the former republican president. so that infusion of political kind of gamesmanship could really be the undoing of our ability to get a solid, productive report completed. >> the other infusion, of course, is the survival of the big lie. the president still is spreading it saying the election was stolen. you now have the vice president talking about election irregularities that didn't exist in this election. that was the fuel for that violent assault on the capitol january 6th. you have dealt with terrorism for decades in the fbi. can you successfully, as a country, address it? if you won't address what is the ideology behind it? >> no. in a word, no. every stripe of extremism thrives. its core, the fire that keeps it alive is some sort of belief, usually false. some sort of lie. in this case, that lie about the 2020 presidential election is the thing that is fueling the threat. that is the point of grievance, the rallying cry upon which unbelievers, regular conservatives are really adhering to this under this belief that they've been wronged or that what they wanted was unfairly stolen from them. and that is what's driving the ongoing threat picture. and i think anyone who supports that lie doesn't come out proactively and confront it. is to some degree complicit with the threats that we see developing. >> so many are not. andrew mccabe, thanks so much. >> thanks, jim. well, prince charles made his first public appearance since that stunning interview from harry and meghan. clearly, he did not want to talk about the interview. and we haven't heard anything from the palace yet either. we'll take you live to the uk next. also moments away from the opening bell on wall street. u.s. futures are pointing higher this morning. the dow did rally 300 points monday as investors cheered the senate's passage of the covid relief package. there are still inflation concerns. investors are watching those bond yields very closely as well. we'll keep a close eye on the markets. this is how you become the best! 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"worst royal crisis in 85 years." this from "the times," palace in turmoil over racism claims. and so sad it has come to this with a picture of the queen and, of course, "the daily mail." "what have they done?" you can sense that undertone of protectionism, defensiveness and anyone who has spoken out about racism will tell you racism's evil twin sister is often defensiveness. meghan markle is the first modern royal of color. only she can speak to the lived experience of being inside that all-white institution, the monarchy, and how that was for her. and for this country, it means either listening to meghan markle, understanding that experience or simply shutting her out and keeping her out. if you are a person of color here in britain, that lived experience sounds very familiar. it probably sounds a lot like what you see on the streets of the uk and we are at a time of global change. i've covered the anti-racism movements here. over and over again you hear that gripe about the tabloid headlines that have tones of racism and sexism and the gripe about the institutions and the entrenched racism here in the uk and how do you address that? how do you make them fit? >> you are so right. only she can convey her lived experience given her unique position within that family. it's a very important point. max, the tabloid press, salma showed us the headlines. can you explain what prince harry called out in the interview in terms of the relationship between the uk tabloids and the palace? i didn't realize how intertwined and co-dependent they were, at least the way they described it. >> it's interesting because i think a lot of the narrative is that the establishment didn't accept meghan, and then part of that is sometimes rolling together the media with the palace working together. so meghan spoke about how there were holiday parties in the palace for the tabloid reporters. i have to say, that's caused a lot of -- i don't know how to describe the phrase but tabloid reporters are saying i've never been invited to a holiday party in the palace. i'm often involved in these media moments, where you go along and you meet the royals and discuss things off the record with them as happens, you know, in downing street and the white house and other places as well. but they're not holiday parties. so there's some concern amongst the tabloid press. i'm not here to defend them. i'm well aware of the issues there and so is salma, but in their defense, they're saying they do not work with the palace. they do not have a cozy relationship. and from my point of view, somewhere caught in between them all really, you know, some of the tabloidses of the nemesis of the palace as much as they are to the sussexes. cross narratives, let's just say. >> max, salma, i'm sure we'll be seeing much more of you tomorrow with updates. thank you. a white house adviser says the administration is ramping up efforts toward vaccine equity. there is still critical ground to make up. up next, we'll speak with two people on the front lines of this effort. start the year smiling at aspen dental where new starts happen, every day. get exceptional care at every step, unparalleled safety at every visit, and flexible payment options for every budget. now, during the everyday smiles event new patients get a full exam & set of x-rays with no obligation. no insurance? 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>> so first of all, thank you for inviting me. the biggest cause is multifactorial. but there is a mistrust that has been going on for -- since slavery time, of what people are doing for people of color. and this goes back to the tuskegee study, different others. so one of the things we've done to make up for that, we are part of the community. we are people of color. morehouse school of medicine is the institution that has been around for 45 years. and our mission is to lead the creation and advancement of health equity. and so part of that is what we have done is we've gone out into the community and we have done events. we started off by doing the civil rights vaccination of our civil rights legends and from there we started doing community events because we're part of the community. and they trust us. and so i think that has been one of the biggest reasons for hesitancy is just the trust. and to bring people where they are and to inform them that the vaccines are actually safe. and we wanted to do that through action. >> such a good point. take action and meet people where they are. tonya, your group totally fascinates me. you're a bunch of teachers in maryland who got together and said this isn't going as well as it needs to. we're going to fix it. you fix vaccine websites, notify the government when that isn't working. what's the biggest challenge you've run up in terms of getting underserved communities vaccinated? >> the inconsistency in the rules at this point. the communication. we have seen that people show up to their appointments and they are being turned away because the employees at the locations may not know exactly what the rules are to allow these people to get vaccinated. we've seen the elderly having trouble scheduling their appointments. and then once they have an appointment, the long lines that they have to wait in. so the accessibility and the access to these vaccine appointments are a challenge for our elderly. challenging for our non-english speakers. people with disabilities. and there needs to be clear verbiage on what needs to happen. >> tonya, you brought up non-english speakers. there's been a lot of fear in the undocumented immigrant community about dhs, i.c.e. being turned over because of their legal status if they go to get a vaccine. dr. fauci made clear last week, dhs will not take action against anyone looking to get vaccinated. i wonder if you're seeing that in real time happening. if you're seeing hesitancy in that group because of fear. >> absolutely. we do have people that constantly call us and say, i don't have a social security number. i'm undocumented. i don't have insurance and then they show up and we have had a couple of instances this week where people have been turned away and they've reached out to us and the vaccine hunters have had to intervene and call on their behalf because there's a language divide. if they're not being provided the support and the information in the moment, then these people just hear the no and they walk away. and we are unfortunately seeing a bit of an increase in that. and we're just at the tip of the i iceberg. there's still so many people that need to be vaccinated. >> that's an important point. dr. nichols, there was a whole dust up in detroit a few days ago when the mayor of detroit, he has walked it back, but at first said basically, i'm going to wait for the best vaccines. i'm not going to take the shipment of the j&j vaccine. he walked it back. the white house clarified. but have you had to combat and how do you combat misinformation about the efficacy of the j&j vaccine which again, anyone who has received it, 100% have survived. no one has died from covid after getting that vaccine. >> we deal with the science. and the data. so we tell people who are concerned about the safety of vaccines is that, look at the science that j&j, just like moderna and pfizer has gone through the same rigorous process. that the goal of our vaccines, though is to save lives. it reduces the morbidity and the mortality. so that is the goal. we want our most vulnerable populations and our whole community to be able to protect them and to be able to protect their loved ones. so it doesn't matter which vaccine you get. the goal is to get vaccinated. >> amen. thank you both, ladies. dr. nichols, tania perez-fuentes, thank you so much. stunning new independent report is now blaming china, unquestionably for an ongoing genocide in the 21st century. the details of this are alarming. we all have to bear witness. that's coming up. i give to shriners hospitals for children because i want to be a part of something amazing. - i know my gift to shriners hospitals for children makes a difference in the lives of children. - our support gives kids a bright future. - i give because when i see a child smile, i smile. - when you support shriners hospitals for children, you're joining thousands of other caring people like you who have helped kids like me and over 1.4 million other kids do amazing things. - will you call the number on your screen right now and give $19 a month, just 63 cents a day? 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>> well, it is an independent legal analysis of all of the available evidence out there including a lot of chinese government documents and statements by senior chinese officials. and this d.c.-based think tank, the new lines institute for strategy, they have come to the conclusion with the policies met all five of the definitions of genocide that are stipulated in a united nations convention drawn up in 1948 and china and more than 150 other countries have signed on to. so they've argued that these state policies, government mandated home stays, where the community party sent more than a million communist party members to live in the homes of uyghurs and other ethnic minorities, not giving them a choice to accept them and mass internment, up to 2 million people have been rounded up and turn into internment camps in shin jong and then transfer of children to state run facilities and se selective targeting of intellectual and community leaders. and cnn and i have done a lot of investigative work into these policies, the chinese government has denied any allegation of human rights abuses at all in zinjiang and the chinese government is denouncing any commission this is committing genocide. take a look at the foreign minister here. >> it is jucht a rumor fabricated with a lie. over the past four decades and more, the uyghur population in shin jong has doubled from 5.5 million to 12 million. >> that population grew but look at chinese government statistics for the birthrate over the last decade. there is a sharp drop from 2017 to 2019. dropping almost in half. happens to take place at the time when the internment camp policies at its peak and when china is promoting a family planning policy where women are getting sterilization procedures and iud devices implanted this them and witnesses told us that was forced upon them, jim and poppy. >> this is world war ii level stuff and happening before our eyes in the 21st century. thank you for staying on top of the story. we'll certainly do the same. and we'll be right back. see what scholarship you qualify for at phoenix.edu want to save hundreds on your wireless bill? 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