secretary is leading a bipartisan trip to the border today amid new information obtained by nbc news the humanitarian emergency at the border is only escalating. welcome to friday. it s meet the press daily. i m chuck todd. president biden left the white house a short time ago. he spoke to reporters about china, russia and vaccines. he is about to land in atlanta where he will visit with asian community leaders today amid the fallout over the atlanta spa shootings. his first stop is cdc headquarters coming as the administration announced a loosening of guidance for schools due to promising data about transmission rates in the classroom. in new published guidelines, the cdc calls for three feet of social distancing in schools as long as masks are worn and community transmission in general is not high. this could pave the way for more kids back in the classroom. obviously, three feet cuts the amount of space you need to find to see how big of a classroom you need. the whit
dhs claims of simply filing procedure. sandra: at an eight hour drive north of the border in dallas, teenage boys are now moving into that mess overflow present facility. we reported yesterday nearly 600 unaccompanied children are crossing the border each and every day under this administration. that s about one child every two and a half minutes. john: in a moment we will talk with the texas county judge in a region where border crossings have exploded in the past year. sandra: kristin fisher talked about this in the briefing room yesterday and she joins us now. it s not just fox, journalists from multiple organizations are complaining about this lack of access at the border. you have nbc news reporting that the biden administration s placement on official gag order on border patrol agents and our own correspondence down at the border saying that all of their request to go on right alliance with border patrol agents have been rejected and this is common practice duri
arrest, there s still a lot more work to be done. we re just not there as of yet. during our interviews we asked that specific question and that did not appear to be the motive. more on that tragedy in a few moments, but we begin with a sweeping and news-making new interview with president biden, his message to vaccine hesitant americans, quote, be patriots. the president also says he won t let senate procedures stand in the way of his agenda but he proposes changing the filibuster and not getting rid of it. and stern words for vladimir putin. he would pay a price. i said i looked in our eyes and i don t think you have a soul, and he looked back and said i think we understand each other. i have dealt with a lot of foreign leaders in my career, it s just know the other guy. you know vladimir putin and you think he s a killer? uh-huh, i do. what price must he pay? a price he will pay well, you will see shortly. the president said his message to migrants is don
suspect says he has an issue with sex addiction. authorities said long was apprehended last night after a brief manhunt. appears he was en route to florida at the time, possibly to carry out additional shootings. when we hear president biden address this incident, he ll be speaking at a virtual meeting with what is a tradition in this country on st. patrick s day, ireland s prime minister. they ll be commemorating st. patrick s day. normally, this event is inside the white house. for covid reasons and travel restrictions, it is not being done this way, nor was it done that way last year. nbc s chief white house correspondent kristen welker is standing by, awaiting remarks from president biden. todd winter is covering this, as well. blayne alexander is in atlanta. kristen, this is a mostly ceremonial event with the irish prime minister. what do we expect to hear from the president? reporter: well, i think we can expect to hear him address the shooting off of the top of this
started doing people that were younger than 16. you remember their vaccine is for 16 and older. but as you mention, let me show you, this is some of the youngest trial participants that we ve now heard. over 6,000 people age 6 months to 11 years. and then you have 3,000 adolescents, age 12 to 17 years. what s happening now is they re going to trial these, again, very young participants with various doses of the vaccine. 25 micro gram, 50 microgram, 100 mi microgram. they re trying to figure out two things, is this safe in people of that age and what is the right dose to give as well. after that, if those things sort of if they get the information they need and sprois proven safe, they can bridge these trials to existing trials. meaning, hey, we get a lot of information. they could get some results early. as you heard, dr. fauci said by the fall potentially high school students potentially could have a vaccine. i was going to ask you about the timeline there. so if this go