national tour to tout the package, and making big promises for the days ahead. over the next ten days, we will reach two goals. two giant goals. the first, 100 million shots in people s arms will have been completed within the next ten days. and 100 million checks in people s pockets in the next 100 days. shots in arms and money in pockets. that s important. the american rescue plan is already doing what it was designed to do make a difference in people s everyday lives. for some americans, the relief was immediate, with checks hitting their bank accounts over the weekend. but challenges remain to ensure that aid is properly implemented for americans. for them, this aid could not some soon enough. but try and tell that to the big banks, some of which are holding the checks, even though the funds have already been deposited. and others could face check cashing fees, and the irs is cranking out the stimulus checks, which causes delays in tax refunds. joining me now, the o
in the history of the grammys while billie eilish wins record of the year, hello and thanks forjoining us. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, will chair a meeting of the uk government s crime taskforce today, following intense criticism of the way police in london handled saturday night s vigil in memory of sarah everard. borisjohnson says he s deeply concerned by footage from the event, which showed officers grabbing women and leading them away in handcuffs. simonjones reports. they are scenes that have shocked, and brought shame on the metropolitan police, according to some politicians and protesters. women who had gathered to mark the life of sarah everard at an unauthorised vigil on clapham common taken away in handcuffs for breaching coronavirus restrictions. it s led to calls from the metropolitan police commissioner to resign, but she says she is going nowhere and has defended her officers. are you considering your position? no, i m not. they have to make th
you probably were sleeping. we ll give you the highlights. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is early start. it s monday, march 15th. 5:00 a.m. here in new york. we re so close we can taste freedom and yet so far. one in five americans have received at least one dose of a covid vaccine. since friday, the u.s. has hit three of the largest single day jumps in vaccinations. scenes like this can set us back. this is miami beach. a lot of people out there but few masks. spring break could trigger a surge in cases and saint patrick s day is also worrying. we ve got too many people coming. we ve got too many people coming who are just acting out and we have covid at the same time. and people are flying again. air travel hit a new pandemic era record. new tsa figures show more than 1.3 million people were screened on friday. the highest number in a year. duke university under grads are in a stay in place orders. more than 80 students are in
at, as they ramp up supply, as the johnson&johnson vaccine comes online, we are trying to achieve that herd immunity for the country that will get us back to normal. so they have to reach people that have been reluctant of going in the direction of getting a shot in the arm. that includes some republicans. president trump was skeptical of some of the science during 2020 and so some republicans are distrustful of what the biden administration is pushing on vaccine. they want to try to overcome that. there has been concern about some in non-white communities that have, are mindful of the history of abusive medical research involving non-whites in the united states. so they re trying to make sure that those people feel comfortable as well. so it s really across the board trying to ramp this up. they are tailoring different messages for those different constituencies. john, you have a sense, if there is one particular area, though, in terms of that hesitancy they are most conce
scott said he wasn t aware of problems during the show and denied legal liability in response to scores of lawsuits against him. but the tragedy has the industry considering change. i definitely want to step in to figure out, you know, how could we fix this in the future. number 7. a grammy boycott. the weeknd calls the grammys corrupt after his smash hit hours after hours is shot down in nominations. not even his hit single blinding lights was honored. they said it wasn t intentional. later on the committees that govern the final nominees relied on a popular vote among the recording community. the show went on where women reigned supreme with beyonce nabbing her 28th grammy, a record for a female artist.