scientists into the spotlight with dr. anthony fauci becoming the trusted voice in fight to defeat the pandemic. this morning dr. fauci recounted what he was experiencing last march 11th with savannah guthrie on the today show. if i told you we would have 530,000 deaths in this country inside one year, would that number have shocked you and honestly, how would you have evaluated the response in light of that? well, i have to tell you, it would have shocked me completely. i knew we were in for trouble and you remember you go back, i said it then. we better be really careful. that day at a congressional hearing, i made the statement things will get much worse before they get better. that was at a congressional hearing a year ago today. it was march 11th, 2020. i said that. i did not, in my mind, think that much worse was going to be 525,000 deaths. when do you think we are going to see this country return to the normal that we re used to? well, i think it s going to b
you re going to be so strong and healthy when it s it s your turn just take it don t be too late, baby don t hesitate all right. . that s fantastic. . the great carol king with her own vaccine song inspired, she says, by dolly parton. tomorrow, we of course are going to be doing our own, willie and i are. go ahead, put up the tweet. that you could put up the tweet that would be great. thank you, dolly parton, for you for inspiring me to inspire me to record my own vaccination song. covid vaccine. vaccines save lives. a duwop version of the happiest girl in the whole usa. we change the words around a little bit. we think we could get 50 million new vaccines by tomorrow evening just on the strength of our song. speaking of big numbers, willie, it looks like oprah s interview with whoa! . meghan and henry what s his name? come on! harry. sorry. looks like they outrated your interview with oprah from the spring of 04. back in the morning joe
the daily death toll falling to a four month low on monday. at the very same time roughly 10% of the population has now been fully vaccinated, while nearly 20% have gotten at least one shot. an average of 2.2 million vaccinations are being given out every single day in this country. and we ve got to remember, all of this is happening just a year after the country first shut down. i want to start with my colleague peter alexander at the white house. peter, what is the administration doing to mark this one-year anniversary? yeah, that anniversary, of course, a somber one this thursday, now 48 hours away, and we at nbc news can now confirm president biden will be delivering his first primetime address at 8:00 p.m. eastern time this thursday to commemorate the day that the outbreak, the coronavirus outbreak was first declared a pandemic. jen psaki the press secretary detailing the tremendous loss, more than 525,000 americans who have now lost their lives in the course of that t
the president will visit a small local business that s benefited from the paycheck protection program loans as millions of americans eagerly await another round of direct payments to ease the financial burden of a year battling covid. joining me now to kick things off, my fellow chief white house correspondent and weekend today co-host, peter alexander, who s live at the white house. associated press white house reporter, jonathan la mir, and erin haynes, editor at large at the 91. peter, i have to start with you and this messaging strategy that we are seeing from president biden. talk about it, what is the goal here and what can americans expect from this bill? because that s the big question on everyone s minds. yeah, first of all, kristen, you look nice at that desk here this morning. let s walk you through what s going on. we expect president biden to leave here shortly to head to that local business that s benefiting from ppp, that loan like so many other businesses ac
Tonight, the next test for america. How and when do you reopen . Saving jobs without risking lives. And what the president said moments ago about testing in this country, with pressure to ramp up tests, to get americans back to work. And tonight, across the country, the fight to save lives continues. New yorks governor pointing out about 1,000 new patients a day. 337 lives lost in the last 24 hours in new york. He says he will extend the shutdown beyond may 15th in parts of the state, and hopes to unpause others. Tonight, a devastating toll. News that one of new york citys top e. R. Doctors treating covid19 patients, coming down with the virus and then recovering, then taking her own life. 28 new york city teachers have now been lost. But tonight, looking for signs of hope. The last patient leaving the
u. S. Navy hospital ship comfort. Georgia, ohio, and texas among the states taking those first steps to reopen. Some restaurants now seating customers for the first time in weeks. Some w