this landmark legislation will get relief to families, get support to communities, and make sure more shots get in arms. >> so the administration now begins a seven-week sprint to open vaccine access to all american adults by may 1st. cdc reports 100 million doses of the three approved vaccines have been given out. white house announced latest plan to get more shots into arms. >> over the coming weeks we'll deliver vaccines directly, up to 700 additional community health centers that reach underserved communities. we'll work to double the number of pharmacies participating in the federal pharmacy program. we will make the vaccine available at more than 20,000 pharmacies across america. >> now to a big unraveling story in world of politics, new york governor andrew cuomo who drew national attention for handling of the pandemic early on, facing a growing pressure campaign over allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior on the job. seven women have now accused cuomo of misconduct. both new york senators and majority of the house democrats in new york have called on the governor to step down. cuomo photographed today on the phone wrapped in blanket outside the governor's mansion in albany, new york, said he's not going to resign and denied harassing or abusing anyone. >> i did not do what has been alleged. period. politicians who don't know a single fact, but yet form a conclusion and an opinion, are in my opinion, reckless and dangerous. people know the difference between playing politics, bowing to cancel culture, and the truth. i'm not going to resign. >> late today both of new york's u.s. senators, gillibrand and schumer, released a statement that read in part quote, due to the multiple credible sexual harassment and misconduct allegations, it is clear that governor cuomo has lost the confidence of his governing partners and the people of new york, governor cuomo should resign. cuomo faces impeachment inquiry for the harassment allegations and accusations of misconduct related to his office's handling of coronavirus death data in new york's nursing homes. meanwhile the already massive federal investigation into the capitol riot and looting continues to expand is testing the resources of the justice department. asking for more time to prepare before bringing cases to trial. new court filing says quote the investigation and prosecution of the capitol attack will likely be one of the largest in american history, both in terms of the number of defendants prosecuted and nature and volume of the evidence. document notes prosecutors expect to eventually charge over 400 people and have served more than 900 search warrants. numbers get bigger. investigators say they've received 15,000 hours of video, 1,600 electronic devices, more than 210,000 tips from citizens and 80,000 other types of reports of what took place on the 6th of january. as you take all that in, consider the latest comments from loyal trump ally senator ron johnson, republican of wisconsin and conspiracy theorist, he's already insisted what happened on 1/6 was not an armed insurrection. here's what he had to say today during a radio interview. >> i'm also criticized because i made the comment that on january 6th i never felt threatened. because i didn't. mainly because i knew that even though those thousands of people that were marching to the capitol were trying to pressure people like me to vote the way they wanted me to vote, i knew they were people who love this country, truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break a law, so i wasn't concerned. joe, this will get me in trouble, had the tables been turned and president trump won the election and those were tens of thousands of black lives matter and antifa protesters, i might have been a little concerned. >> he said the quiet part out loud. bring in leadoff guests on the last weeknight of the week. shannon pettypiece at nbc news digital, josh wingrove for bloomberg news and susan del percio, veteran gop strategist and former special adviser to governor andrew cuomo. good evening and welcome. shannon, does the white house view their victory this week, however one-sided, however partisan, as any kind of a mandate for the future? >> well, it's certainly a victory and they're going to sell it. there's aggressive travel schedule that president biden and vice president harris have this week to try to do the sales pitch. democrats are latching on to this to try to use this as sales pitch in 2022. already seen some democratic groups put out big ad buys promoting this bill. i'm told to expect more to come. lot of surrogates from the white house are touting this. grabbing on to this, trying to leverage and use it again republicans as they can. but there's understanding and acknowledgment in the white house it only gets harder from here. much of a slog this was to get over the finish line, it was easy in a way. only needed 50 votes, it was clear crisis, there was lot of focus around it, it was incredibly popular. white house has signaled stronger next they want a bigger infrastructure bill, republicans have shown opposition to additional spending, so odds of getting republican votes on infrastructure is looking like a hard haul. could do reconciliation another time. but immigration reform, gun reform, issues campaigned on, you're still in dynamic where you need 60 votes and progressives are itching for a fight over the filibuster, which is will be difficult because might not even have democrats in senate united behind that. >> josh, walk us through the pivot. national tour to tell the americans kind of rescue they can expect, and laundry list of issues that shannon ran through, how does that work begin, and do they keep up the talk as they have to of bipartisanship? >> we don't know how it begins, not going to begin it right away, not going to step on the news cycle for this bill. jen psaki has gotten frustrated with the press asking what's next, what's next, would like to have moment on this bill. start touting that. joe biden and kamala harris going to atlanta. only reason they got it through is georgia voters handed them those two seats in first place. got direct deposits coming this weekend, great news for a lot of families in need across the country. i think we're going to hear that as top line message in that tour as they sort out. what the appetite is for the other things they want to do. backstory is not just what they like about this bill but it's specifically aimed at the pandemic. what biden wants to talk about. does not want america to let up on the management of this, still wear masks and distance. had a big announcement this week, july fourth, more of a carrot on a stick right now, notion of normalish independence day if they stay the course. for all these reasons not going to move to phase two, infrastructure, immigration, what have you, for a little bit. and couldn't agree more with shannon, landscape gets a lot tougher here on in. >> susan, it's great to have you. i looked it up, dr. seuss is neither a doctor nor a member of the u.s. senate but he's sure been talked about a lot this past week, that tells me that republicans, especially in media on the right, are having a tough time rebutting this bill. why do you think that is? >> because they don't have a plan of their own. and they haven't. this has been a consistent theme, started in campaign when president trump tried to go after joe biden and couldn't find something that stuck, even a nickname. republican senate has nothing to attack joe biden on, he's not socialist or progressive liberal they're trying to paint him, people don't buy it. republicans are doing anything else because that's all they've got. at this point president biden is smart doing this road trip, not just promote it but gain trust among independent voters, right of center voters that can say look, joe biden is getting the job done, maybe create a little opportunity for infrastructure down the road if he builds enough good will with those groups. >> shannon, want to play for you an exchange from today's white house briefing with jen psaki on the subject of vaccines. >> there are more than 10 million doses of the astrazeneca vaccine in u.s. that can't be administered here but could save lives in europe and other places in the world. company has appealed to them to let them export those doses. why has the president not agreed? >> the president's focus is on ensuring that american people are vaccinated. astrazeneca is also not yet approved by fda. we also want maximal flexibility, that we're oversupplied and overprepared and have the ability to provide whatever the most effective vaccines are to the american public. >> we heard the question, and doesn't take a ph.d. in political science to know in trump administration this would cut that president and white house are putting america first, looking out for american's health and safety first. how will this cut now and here? >> this is interesting issue. i know right now so many are scrambling to get vaccine ourself, so idea of giving them to another country when we're trying to get our own feels like stretch. but biden administration has said by the end of may we'll have enough vaccine for everybody in this country. great. but after may still at least 100 million vaccine doses planned to come. made a deal for 100 million doses from the j&j vaccine that would come after this may deadline. and if astrazeneca is approved, there's still questions and haven't soon the final data, we have a contract for 300 million more doses and ap was pointing out we have a stockpile of astrazeneca we can't use because it's not approved. what is u.s. going to do with hundreds of millions of extra vaccine doses if things go as planned? are we going to give them to other countries and should we be sitting on doses now when people are struggling to get the vaccine because it's not approved yet. interesting dynamic and doesn't seem that relevant right now with so many people struggling to get vaccine but when we talk to doctors and public health experts in june and july, that's big question, is the u.s. going to supply vaccine to other countries? right now china is doing that in a big way, and it's another way, when you look at geopolitical map of things, for china to get influence. it's not only is u.s. going to help other countries out from humanitarian perspective but our own geopolitical structure, and of course it's a global pandemic, variants raging in another country, only a matter of time before they get here. there's public health incentive gets vaccines to other countries as well. >> josh, the vaccine business has proved lucrative, and i don't think anyone disagrees with them being rewarded for this advance in science and getting it on the market and into arms. what else is going to be lucrative around july 1, hot dog, hamburger and bun business because the president has set our sights, lofty goal, that we'll be able to have cookouts with friends and family perhaps. what is the risk of a strategy that offers a glimmer of hope around july fourth? >> it depends on what happens before july fourth. get your hot dogs, steaks, whatever, it's the size of the crowd that will shift, you can still cook. they have a big wave of doses coming. don't want to drown people in numbers but without astrazeneca that's not authorized yet, they have enough orders for 500 million americans to be fully vaccinated. big number. only 16 and up are eligible right now. nearly double what they need, lot of wiggle room built in there. three big questions, number one do people wear masks and distance and avoid risky behavior in the meantime and cases keep coming down? great news last few days when cdc had been warning that decline in cases had levelled off, stalled, it's resumed again, great news. other thing is the variants, some look more dangerous, more contagious even for people vaccinated, that's a big "x" factor. but biggest one, one of biden's covid advisers say it's not when we get the rush of shots but when we run out of arms to put them in. vaccine hesitancy part of america is lurking in every corner. we don't know the number of americans willing to put this shot in their arms. this whole pandemic we've had trouble seeing around corners collectively. right now the problem is huge shortage of dosage, demand is much bigger than supply. that will not be the case pretty quickly here. we'll have to level off pretty soon, we'll have more shots than people willing to take them. >> susan, you get last word, want you on record on governor cuomo, seemed like a moment when gillibrand and schumer issued the statement today, a political moment. is this sustainable? how long can he hang on by your reckoning? >> no one does defiance better than andrew cuomo, that's for sure, brian, but even he cannot keep taking this heat. he's governed in such a way he wanted people to fear him instead of love him. now they don't fear him anymore and he's alone. i think at this point he's seeing the writing on the wall. personally wouldn't be surprised if it's as soon as monday because i don't see how he makes it through this weekend. >> wow. okay. we'll take that as our final word with our thanks to big three guests on friday night after week we've had, shannon pettypiece, josh wingrove, susan del percio, thank you for leading off us. can the president deliver on other bold promises of vaccines and perhaps some normalcy by july, and can he convince americans that government is a force for good. two smartest observers of history and politics standing by to join us. for many, surviving coronavirus is just the start, one woman who received vaccine shares the challenges she's still facing physically one year later. all of it as "the 11th hour" just getting under way this friday night. that built 5g right, the only one from america's most reliable network. we designed our 5g to make the things you do every day better. with 5g nationwide, millions of people can now work, listen, and stream in verizon 5g quality. and in parts of many cities where people can use massive capacity, we have ultra wideband, the fastest 5g in the world. this is the 5g that's built for you. this is 5g built right. only from verizon. start your day with secret. secret stops sweat 3x more than ordinary antiperspirants. the new provitamin b5 formula is gentle on skin. with secret, outlast anything! no sweat. secret. 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shoulder, american people can handle anything if you tell them the truth, they really can, straight from the shoulder. >> president says his newly passed american rescue plan is about nothing short of rebuilding the backbone of our country. susan glasser of the "new yorker" sums up first days in office this way, biden has been the perpetual untrump, wielding science and seriousness against the pandemic and the political toxicity that's accompanied it. happy to have back tonight, celebrated historian michael beschloss, "presidents of war" and eugene robinson, pulitzer prize winner at "washington post," and most importantly he has kindly agreed to spend waning moments of his birthday evening with two of his closest friends and in extension our viewing audience tonight. welcome to you both. michael, the president quoted fdr today. this has been called a rooseveltian achievement, johnsonian achievement. what do you call it? >> i call it both, and before i do, happy birthday, gene, thanks for being with us, tonight. >> thank you. >> it's not roosevelt's or johnson's birthday but it is gene's. i think you have to look at what happened this week and say this is a moment we'll be reading about and learning about for a long time and so will our grandchildren. because here's a moment where joe biden has to deal with crises and challenges of a kind almost no other president has had to deal with. a pandemic killing more than half a million people. an economic problem that's caused people to starve and be without their jobs, all at the same time as terrible racial division, only lasted for four centuries or so, plus a crisis of democracy that we almost lost on the 6th of january, and also our public school system is in crisis at this moment. all this at once, almost like fdr in 1933 when he had to deal with banks, bad economy and total loss of faith in government. if this all works, joe biden can be a great president. if it doesn't, and people feel that he fails, there's a very good chance that the democrats in 2024 could have a very hard time keeping the presidency, which may then go to strange conspiracy theorists. >> eugene, because birthdays make us take stock, however much we don't like them when they come around, take stock of this past year of the pandemic. we marked a year of it this week, lost year of the coronavirus pandemic, but this is the week we also learned help was on the way. help us put it in perspective. >> this is a -- this is the first moment i think when we can really have some optimism, when we can really not just know intellectually that yes, we'll get to the other side of this, but we can almost see it, we can see the vaccination rates picking up, and numbers of vaccinations, there have been -- we passed 100 million shots in arms, some double, some people twice vaccinated, but 100 million, that's a marker. we -- cases are still low, not low enough, but we want them lower. we have the relief plan, package, going to start immediately producing effects and results, and so we can look ahead to the fourth of july, we can look ahead to a fall that's not completely normal but that's much closer, and we can see an end to this. and i'm really hoping that actually this is an even bigger deal. you know, talk about birthdays, my wife, when i was much younger, we went through the great society period of lyndon johnson, and an era where we believed and knew that government could do big things and great things, and then we went into the ronald reagan era, that's really when it started, when the prevailing view was government was too big, and government was not a solution. that it's really the private sector. if this works, if the relief plan works, if we get out of this, and we see that government was instrumental in doing it, i wonder if the pendulum might not be swinging back in the other direction, and we might look back and say this was a time when people realized once more that government's not just a necessary evil, that in fact it could be a real force for good. >> thank you for that, gene. michael, let me invoke another name, jonas salk, who i saw on your twitter feed. i fear we're living so fast and our current politics has cheapened so much, that we're going to rely on historians like you to remind us someday in the future, holy cow, this vaccine was rolled out and delivered in no time, what a towering achievement. and of course it has us thinking of the salk vaccine rollout as well. >> absolutely, which completely revolutionized the country and came out as you well know, brian, exactly 12 years after the death of -- excuse me, ten years after the death of franklin roosevelt in 1955 with that rose garden ceremony you were kind enough to show that photograph. and gene was talking about faith in government. that comes from remembering something that joe biden said last night, never bet against the american people. we are the people who explored the northwest in the early 19th century, and who built the interstate highway system and who waged two world wars and who landed on the moon. this is a country that can almost do anything, we're demonstrating it again. but the stakes i think are almost higher than we've seen them in all of american history because as i was suggesting a moment ago, if this does not work, if there is economic crisis equal or greater to what it is tonight, if there are other problems that joe biden doesn't seem to be able to solve and it's going to take enormous leadership to be able to do that, at stake is our democracy. there are all sorts of groups, individual candidates who would love to take away our democracy, same way it almost was on the 6th of january. and looking back at history, franklin roosevelt in 1933 gave people the sense that he was finding jobs, saving families from starvation, solving the other problems. had he not done so, couple years later the presidency or american government could have gone to authoritarians like huey long or father 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(soft music) ♪ hello, colonial penn? instead of working with republicans and democrats, president biden tried this go it alone approach. >> the left continues to manipulate the english language however it suits their fancy. >> madam pelosi uses covid to keep us out of town to write this liberal grab bag. >> not a single republican voted in favor of the rescue package that passed this week, michael beschloss and eugene robinson, we've heard it once this hour, i'm going to play it against, senator nicknamed ronanon johnson from wisconsin, talking about insurrection from january 6th. >> i'm also criticized because i made the comment on january 6th i never felt threatened, because i didn't. mainly because i knew even though the thousands of people marching to the capitol were trying to pressure people like me to vote the way they wanted me to vote, i knew those were people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break a law, so i wasn't concerned. now had the tables been turned, joe, this gets me in trouble, had president trump won the election and tens of thousands of black lives matter and antifa protesters, i might have been a little concerned. >> gene, wisconsin has a great political tradition, that man will not be part of it. he said that out loud and knowingly, voter suppression is going on out loud and knowingly, what does any or all of it say about the republican party going forward? >> well, what it says about ron johnson is that -- that's just out and out racism and white supremacy in most explicit terms saying every bit of the quiet part out loud. and there are republican elected officials here in washington, in the house and in the senate, who would agree with him. there are many who would not. but who would insist on this policy of massive resistance, total resistance to anything the democrats and president biden attempt to do as a political strategy, as way of trying to regain ground in 2022. and it would be great for the country if republicans were not taking this attitude. but the bigger question always is how are people in the country reacting to this. this is an extremely popular piece of legislation, we will see how people react to the way it's rolled out and impacts it begins to have on their lives when the checks arrive, when small businesses get money to keep their doors open and keep their employees paid. when child poverty in this country is estimated to be cut in half by this legislation, when people start seeing that, question is even if they have an "r" next to their name, will they realize and appreciate that this is a good thing and that government is not the evil empire, that government in fact is us? this is a democracy. that's the question. we don't know the answer yet. we'll have to see in coming weeks and months how that develops. >> michael, it's true, ron johnson is 1 of 100, but to gene's point, there are others and we have a pretty good idea who they are. and every time, michael, i hear you talk about the close call for our democracy on 1/6, i get a catch in my voice. as long as there are ron johnsons out there saying that in public and out loud, do you have concerns for the survival of our system? >> i have total concern, and i think we always have to behave as if democracy is in peril every single hour, and that's been more true the last couple of months than it's been for many years. senator from wisconsin, a wise man i admire referred to him as ronanon because of indulgence in elaborate conspiracy theories, blaming america's problems on conspiracies. where in wisconsin politics have we heard that before? early 1950s, joseph mccarthy, don't like the fact we're not winning the korean war? because we have hidden communists in american government. you don't like when the sun is not rising when you like for farmers, blame the communists in government. that's wisconsin tradition he's drawing on that's not positive. problem we have as americans, usually in american history when there's a crisis moment like this, democracy at stake and widespread suffering among the american people, opposition party says this is not moment to oppose and indulge in partisan politics. it would be wonderful to return to that. 1964, lyndon johnson as you know went to the republican minority leader and said i want you to support my civil rights bill. dirkson said i'll have trouble doing it. behind the scenes johnson said to dirkson, all right, let's give you a little bit of a heat shield. why don't you tell the public you've got about 125 objections to this bill and not going to support it until president johnson removes all those objections and satisfies you, and day after day, dirkson would say the president removed 12 objections today, and next day 17 objections. result was he supported the bill, it changed american history. that's the way it's supposed to happen. >> that's politics, especially when it works. to michael beschloss, our thanks to eugene robinson, happy birthday, what a pleasure spending last moments of your big day with you. long life to you both. coming up, recovery from covid for some can take months instead of days. we'll talk to one such long hauler about her journey back to normal when we come back. 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>> march 4th or 5th, and thank you for having me here, 4th or 5th, into new york city, there less than 24 hours and probably we got it in penn station because it was airborne. >> you're not first person to get something at penn station but probably first person to get coronavirus in penn station. let me ask about your lingering symptoms, to this day what are you feeling now, what did it prevent you from doing today for example? >> i'm feeling severe fatigue every day, to the point where i take at least one nap if not two every day. i have to rest, i am pretty much home-bound, can get out a little bit but for very short periods of time and i have to come back and rest. my oxygen levels are low, and i have a tough time breathing, catching my breath because my lungs aren't at full capacity right now, still after almost a year. i have very severe blood pressure drops, i can't stand for a long time or make meals for myself or my family. and i'm unable to work for sure, and that's been well over a year -- almost a year. >> i guess the only blessing of a medically induced coma, entire time you were on the a ventilator is your hard drive has been wiped of any of the worst memories of it, starting with intubation. it's not a pretty process, it's a very painful process. where does your memory pick up again? do you remember wakefulness in the hospital? >> yes. it's procedure when you're in icu and on ventilation for the doctors and nurses to wake you up every four hours to check your neurological status. what they were finding out, every time they woke us covid patients up, especially we were there first weekend they allowed patients at mass general boston, and when they woke me up, i do remember vaguely hearing the nurses saying i'm okay, trying to breathe with that machine, then when they would put you back to sleep, would put you on paralytic to paralyze you to allow the ventilator to breathe for you. as for me and other covid patients, our breathing was not connecting back up and syncing with the ventilator. they later learned that and didn't wake people up as often as they did with us early patients. >> was it emotional experience for you to receive the vaccine? >> very. yes. it was really exciting to be able to not have to worry about getting so sick again. i have a lot of belief in the science and scientists because what myself and my family went through was so, so scary. and to have to ever do that again, nothing is worth getting covid. absolutely nothing is worth getting covid, no meal out at restaurant, no bars, no visiting friends and family until we're ready. and just as an example, my brother-in-law, paul, our dear brother, he passed away about five weeks ago, and it was one week before he was eligible for his vaccine, that was pretty tough to take. >> yeah, everybody watching the lesson is, be careful, stay in, unless we get and until we get the all clear. i can't tell you what a thrill it is to be able to hear you, see you, hear your voice and see you up and doing better. ann langenfeld, we're sending to you our very best for continued recovery. as the son of a man from framingham, never lose that great accent, it's krting to hear. thanks for staying up late to share with our audience. >> thank you, brian. coming up, george floyd's family calls it a huge step in the healing process. more on the record settlement in a wrongful death suit when we come back. come back. y. but quality sleep is scientifically proven to help improve your overall health and wellness, and it couldn't be easier. the new sleep number 360 smart bed helps you fall asleep faster by gently warming your feet. and it helps keep you asleep by sensing your movement and automatically adjust to keep you both effortlessly comfortable. proven quality sleep, is life-changing sleep. only from sleep number. facing collagen that's all hype? 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(soft music) ♪ hello, colonial penn? the daylight savings time loving bureaucrats have been punching the clock on the taxpayers' dime for too long. now it's time for me to punch a clock. with a hammer. >> ah! >> help him, help him. thank you. thank you. >> last thing before we go tonight, this is the issue that was so important to jonah ryan in "veep," spring ahead. you've been warned, this is the weekend we lose an hour of sleep. clocks go forward one hour, harbinger of arrival of warmer season and time for the story most young newspaper reporters have been assigned to write once in their careers, to make it permanent, set it and forget it once and for all. by the way, most reporters assigned the story point out same things, ben franklin came up with daylight savings times, it's because of coast-to-coast railroads we have time zones in first place, and during world wars i and ii, we kept daylight saving time in place full-time. but in the years since we bounced back and forth twice a year. this is also when we're told to replace the batteries in our smoke detectors, but i digress. latest move to make daylight savings time permanent is being sponsored by -- wait for it -- marco rubio, and staying on brand, bill in the senate has most overamped name possible, sunshine protection act. truth is of course, daylight savings time only shifts sunlight to later in the day, doesn't make more of it. who is going to tell him? proponents of keeping it in place year round note that this winter of the pandemic has made afternoon sundowns especially depressing and feel that gives their effort new momentum this year. and it's true that heart attacks and car accidents both spike every time we change the clocks forward or back. last time we tried year round daylight savings time in 1970s, parents complained about kids leaving for school in darkness in winter months. daylight has to come from somewhere. in america now, arizona and hawaii do not go with the rest hawaii of us. barring a change in congress, we'll do the same thing when we move the blocks back an hour and warn you to change the clocks back one hour and we celebrate the return of that hour of sleep. that's our broadcast for this night and this week. have a good weekend unless you have other plans, on behalf of all my colleagues at networks of nbc news, good night. ♪♪ her name was sarah, a sweet single mom, the baby in a big-hearted family. >> tried to protect her any way that we could. a family turned army when she vanished. >> this is how many people we have right now. >> we just started searching. >> they just wanted to find her. >> that kind of emotion really drives you. >> where was she? >> was someone following her? did someone attack her? >> under scrutiny, the ex-boyfriend. >> people are pointing fingers at him. >> and three others she encountered that night. >> scared. >> how many times did they come talk to you? >> 30 plus.