admin administered yesterday alone. nearly 70 million americans have gotten at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine, which means one out of five americans has received a shot. this as those $1400 stimulus checks are starting to hit bank accounts. despite the progress being made, thoupds of people are traveling and attending spring break events across the country. many not wearing masks. no protection. masks and social distancing don t seem to be priorities. health officials are warning of the potential consequences. saying the next few weeks will be critical in determining if we ll see another surge. even though the numbers have gone down, over the last couple of weeks, they ve plateaued and when you see a plateau at a level as high as 60,000 cases a day, that is a very vulnerable time to have a surge to go back up. we can avoid that, if we continue to vaccinate people, get more and more protection without all of a sudden pulling back on public health measures. all right.
oversight. more than 100 million administered doses of the covid vaccine. this just in, another mayor development. new calls for the new york governor andrew cuomo to resign. both new york democratic senator, the majority leader chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand saying cuomo should step down after multiple allegations of sexual harassment. let s begin our coverage at the white house. jeff is joining us. the president earlier today, he was cautiously optimistic during his address over in the white house rose garden. what else can you tell us? reporter: cautiously optimistic but optimistic in deed given the last year that america has endured. president biden says he believes this 1.9 trillion dollar bill is historic in transformational for millions of american families. he said the first signs of the stimulus checks will begin arriving in the bank accounts of americans this weekend. even as he says he still has work to do to sell this bill to rest of the country. help is
despite republican efforts to slow down the final vote with a flurry of last-minute objections on the house floor. the bill would create a massive surge of new funding that will send $1,400 checks to tens of millions of americans, provide billions in aid for schools, small businesses, state governments, and the vaccine distribution effort and slash health care premiums for many obamacare recipients. joining me now is nbc s garrett haake on dpl xl. nbc chief white house correspondent and weekend today co-host peter alexander. former maryland democratic congresswoman donna edwards. and former republican national committee communications chairman. garrett, the efforts to get this through debate for an early vote hit a roadblock this morning from congresswoman marjorie kalear greene from georgia, the controversial congresswoman. tell us how that went down. yeah, look, these are the procedural tools that can be applied by the minority and in this case it s not terribly surprisin
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