trip to atlanta taking on a whole new significance. the president will offer his support for the aaip community in georgia and across the country. they ll look into what led to a mass shooting spree that left eight dead including six asian women. it has been such a challenge, we re actively looking at guidance to update it. the president promised 100 million shots in 100 days. it s outpacing the ability of our vaccines to work. welcome to our view ers in the united states and all around the world. it s 6:00 in new york. alisyn is off. erica is here. just here to help. this morning vice president harris will meade with asian-american leaders in atlanta, offering support to their community grappling with fears and frustration after a deadly shooting spree in three spas around the city. police are working to determine the gunman s motive and they say nothing is off the table in the investigation. the shooting sparks a rise. protesters outside one of the spas call
americans have now gotten at least one shot. sites like the one vice president harris visited today in las vegas, and more than 11% of the population is now fully vaccinated. late today, connecticut s governor said he expects to expand statewide eligibility to anyone aged 16 and up by the 5th of next month. other states taking similar steps as vaccine supply ramps up and federal help kicks in. this is happening as new infections, hospitalizations, and deaths, continue to fall. and evidence grows, most notably, from a recent major study in israel, prevent the spread of infection, not just illness. we ve always believed that they re having that effect. we didn t know the full magnitude of that benefit. but all the incremental evidence coming out suggests that the impact on the reduction and transmission could be quite strong. and if that s the case, the vaccine creates what we call dead-end hosts. meaning, people will no longer be able to transmit the infection. so, more pe
with alisyn camerota and john berman. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day. it s tuesday, march 16th. it s 6:00 here in new york. alisyn is off, erica hill with me. always a pleasure. director of the cdc is practically begging americans to stay vigilant a while longer and keep up the coronavirus precautions as new cases plateau at 55,000 a day. dr. fauci is warning the surge we re seeing in europe could happen here. the president is asking doctors and local leaders and religious officials to help get more americans vaccinated, a vaccine that was developed under the former president standing in the way of this message is a mountain of misinformation and possible ma lev lance. case in point. the administration would like you to take this vaccine, joe biden told you last week if you don t, you can t celebrate the fourth of july. but it turns out there are things we don t know about the effects of this vaccine. and he w
that saw the highest number of votes in u.s. history. we re also following the latest on the capitol riots. two men now facing charges of assault in connection with the death of capitol police officer brian sicknick. why did it take more than two months to arrest these guys? and why aren t they charged with murder? we ll have more on that in just a minute plus, the latest on the covid pandemic. numbers continue to go down in the u.s. but they re spiking over in europe, leading to tighter restrictions in several countries. to make matters worse, the vaccine rollout is on hold in several places in europe after officials stopped using one of the approved vaccines. we re going to dig into all of that. but we have to start with breaking news connected to one of the big of the trials in recent memory, the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. as we speak, the judge is gaveling in and he s got a big question on his plate, whether to even move forward or put t
interior secretary, making her the first native american secretary. all of this as two men accused of attacking capitol police officer brian sicknick who later died from his injuries with bear spray during the january 6th riot make their first court appearance later this afternoon. joining us, correspondent kara lee, covering the white house, and nbc correspondent garrett haake in el paso, texas. and the co-author of the political play book. great to have you with us. the president saying they re hitting their goals in the pandemic. then there s this. a new poll finds 30% say they will not get the vaccine, 47% of trump supporters say they will not get vaccinated. he was asked about that a short while ago. what does the biden administration plan to do about the hesitancy. look, they have been planning to do a broad national campaign, ayman, and meantime have been doing smaller, more targeted efforts to constituency that show high rate of vaccine hesitancy. when the president