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.
complicating the process and states complained there left to pay for much of the problem. we will have more on that in a few minutes with arizona attorney general mark renovate. let s go to david spunt covering from wilmington, delaware. the white house is not calling this a crisis but there said even the federal emergency agency, how is that going on with the public? the white house is calling this a challenge right now other than southern border. they want fema to be used for weather disasters like storms in the winter storm in colorado like hurricanes not specifically what s going on on the southern border. president biden left wilmington in route to the white house where he will be later this hour but i see the white house clearly sees there s a problem on the southern border because are deploying fema to take care of the unaccompanied minors homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas site attributed announcement that fema is going to be sheltering the unaccompanied
interesting. and new developments in the insurrection investigation. you ll hear from congresswoman zoe lofgren, who remains steadfast in holding her own colleagues accountable. plus how two people are helping turn arizona into a former covid hotspot as we all hope we re closer to the end of the epidemic. this is american voices. long awaited relief is officially trickling into bank accounts across america right now. that s not the only benefit from the massive american rescue plan. while the $1,400 checks are huge, there s also a $300 unemployment boost in the bill. and it expands the child tax credit. there s also billions of dollars to pay for vaccines and help schools fund the changes required to ensure student safety. it provides rental assistance and sends funding to local governments. if we stay on track, president biden believes we can return to a sense of normal by the fourth of july. and now, light at the end of the tunnel. the big question turns to what lif
the biden strint. the president looking to get everybody a vaccine by may 1th. now 10% of the population is fully vaccinated. to get to 4herd immunity, we ar nowhere close right now, and one major challenge is people choorsing not to get vaccinated. like everything else in the country, right now, a lot of the choice comes down to politics. just listen to brian temp today. we are seeing vaccine he is tansy really as the pharmacists and i were talking about, making south. a lot of that is dealing with white republicans quite honestly. macon south, white republicans, quite honestly. the governor of georgia came out and said it. and the poll shows what he said, 36% of respondents, of that group, nearly 60% are republican. so just imagine if trump had made a big public showing of his vaccination, stuck him arm out there, and did it on video just like his pretdecessors have don here. we have lost enough people and suffered enough damage. it s important for the fellow citize
all my colleagues at networks of nbc news, good night. a busy friday and busy friday night in the news tonight. new york governor andrew cuomo in water that appears to be getting deeper and hotter all the time. after the publication of a long investigative piece by rebecca traister in new york magazine today, reporting on litany of women who worked for him say he s behaved inappropriately in the workplace. botham u.s. senators from new york, senate majority leader chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand have called for cuomo to resign. join a majority of the overall delegation from new york calling for cuomo to step down. front page of huffington post tonight, it s over. schumer and gillibrand call for cuomo s head. photo is odd series of reuters photographs taken at governor s mansion from a distance. in these photos, the governor is seen walking around talking on cell phone wearing a blanket. also in company of really amazing looking good dog. why the governor is wearing a