continued into the dark of night. we ve got it covered, our meteorologist bill karins joins us later in the hour with the latest. as for our other coverage tonight we have some dangerous politics under way in the south, voter suppression out in the open. it s now law in georgia. and we begin with the president s first solo news conference, which he began by announcing that he is setting a dramatic new bench mark for covid vaccinations. on december 8th i indicated that i hoped to get 100 million shots in people s arms in my first hundred days. we met that goal last week by day 58. 42 days ahead of schedule. now today i m setting a second goal, and that is we will, by my 100th day in office, have administered 200 million shots in people s arms. the u.s. is on track to surpass that. we re now averaging nearly 2.5 million doses every day. biden s latest goal comes as the new virus cases are on the rise in about half of our country. just ahead the white house senior adviser on
continued into the dark of night. we ve got it covered, our meteorologist bill karins joins us later in the hour with the latest. as for our other coverage tonight we have some dangerous politics under way in the south, voter suppression out in the open. it s now law in georgia. and we begin with the president s first solo news conference, which he began by announcing that he is setting a dramatic new benchmark for covid vaccinations. on december 8th i indicated that i hoped to get 100 million shots in people s arms in my first hundred days. we met that goal last week by day 58. 42 days ahead of schedule. now today i m setting a second goal, and that is we will, by my 100th day in office, have administered 200 million shots in people s arms. the u.s. is on track to surpass that. we re now averaging nearly 2.5 million doses every day. biden s latest goal comes as the new virus cases are on the rise in about half of our country. just ahead the white house senior adviser on
and it includes history. listen. i have made no decision except one. the person i will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity. and that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the united states supreme court. it s long overdue in my opinion. i made that commitment during the campaign for president, and i will keep that commitment. get to our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins at the white house. the president said he didn t want to share much about what comes next but he shared an historic deal. it s also notable he put a timeline on here saying he will, his intention is to let everyone know who his nominee is by the end of february. so what that is going to kick off internally at the white house is a very extensive process of vetting. and the president has already he said he s been looking at the backgrounds of potential replacements. he s going to study this carefully. he ll look at
berman with brianna keilar. overnight a dramatic and deadly end to an 11-day manhunt for an alabama inmate charged in capital murder and a former corrections officer accused in aiding in his escape. casey white was charged monday after a pursuit in a crash in indiana. but vicky white died after taken into custody and hospitalized with self-inflicted wounds. police say no law enforcement officers, and casey white officers reportedly told officers to help this wife. but the fugitives were not married. in the days after her capture, hundreds of tips were flooding across the country including one sunday that ultimately led to the arrest. cnn s miguel marquez has did the details. reporter: the manhunt is over, the escape corrections officer chaes white and vicky white were apprehended monday. this has ended a very long and stressful and challenging week and a half. vicky white died shortly after being taken to the hospital after what u.s. marshals believe was a self-inflicte
chancellor announced a cut of 2p in a national insurance. that takes effect from saturday. that, and lower energy bills that we have talked about, is good news. on the other hand, water bills are going up in england and wales. there is an even bigger increase in scotland. those percentages work out at an average of £30 or more each year. it is a similar story when it comes to council tax. three quarters of local authorities are expected to put bills up by the maximum possible amount this year. it is worth seeing in scotland the charges there have been frozen. after being frozen, the tv licence will go up to nearly £170 for people. lots of mobile phone and broadband providers will be charging more, evenif providers will be charging more, even if you are in the middle of a contract. vehicle tax, nhs dentist fees, and the cost of a new passport are also going up. that is before we talk about rent and mortgage costs. the advice that now is a good time to do an audit of your inc