in a couple of moments here he is. we will be seeing the president visit this small business in chester, pennsylvania. this is all part of his administration s help is here tour, promoting the $1.9 trillion relief package he signed just last week. president biden, though, is facing renewed pressure to do even more. senate majority leader chuck schumer is continuing to press him on forgiving $50,000 in student loan debt, but president biden made it very clear at a cnn town hall last month that he does not support canceling such a large amount. first thing s first, to vaccination news. getting americans vaccinated, getting them spending those stimulus checks and hopefully invigorating the u.s. economy. we start with our cnn chief white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. they is there, in chester, pennsylvania. can you speak about the president s intentions with his visit there today. i think what you re going to see president biden do today is want just make the case for
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
focuses on too much besides covid. last hour a new pandemic briefing from the biden health team and the message quite stark. yes some optimism but we re at a trigger moment. cases remain down. 1 in 5 americans have now had at least a vaccine shot in the arm. all 50 states in the district of columbia will allow teachers to get the vaccine today. that s all good. this, though is concerning. travel hit a pandemic high this past weekend. nearly 5 million americans transiting through airports since thursday. spring breakers on beaches, out on bars all but ignoring pandemic precaution that should be basic by now to every american. italy, the cdc directors says offers the latest example of what variants can do if public health pull back happens too soon. they simply took their eye off the ball. i m pleading with you for the sake of our nation s health, these should be warning signs for all of us. cases climbed last spring, they climbed again in the summer. they will climb now if w
you feel it. i feel it. our friends are whispering it. you kind of feel like we are losing the nation we love. every day, we wake up, and it seems like another constitutional right is under threat. the first amendment, the second amendment, even the fourth amendment. people are losing their jobs for sharing their opinions, for goodness sake. it is no wonder, then, that more often, our fellow citizens are censoring themselves. hide their true feelings because they are afraid of the consequence. my friends, that is not america. that is not the country any of us grew up in. that means it is up to us to work diligently together to help everyone separate fact from fantasy. objective truth do exist, but those wielding the most power in our country are fuzzing it all up, and they are downright lying in order to keep you weak, fearful, and dependent on the government. their goal is to get you to accept a lower standard of living and fewer freedoms. joe biden s strained attempt at mar
you feel it. i feel it. our friends are whispering it. you kind of feel like we are losing the nation we love. every day, we wake up, and it seems like another constitutional right is under threat. the first amendment, the second amendment, even the fourth amendment. people are losing their jobs for sharing their opinions, for goodness sake. it is no wonder, then, that more often, our fellow citizens are censoring themselves. hide their true feelings because they are afraid of the consequence. my friends, that is not america. that is not the country any of us grew up in. that means it is up to us to work diligently together to help everyone separate fact from fantasy.y. objective truth do exist, but those wielding the most power in our country are fuzzing it all up, and they are downright lyinl in order to keep you weak, fearful, and dependent on the government. their goal is to get you to accept a lower standard of living and fewer freedoms. joe biden s strained attempt at m