and he is spewing blatant racism, claiming he wasn t afraid of the capitol rioters, because, well why don t you take a listen for yourself. criticized because i made the comment that on january 6th, i never felt threatened. because i didn t. and mainly because i knew even though those thousands of people, there were marching on the capitol were trying to pressure people like me to vote the way they wanted me to vote, i knew those are people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break the law. so i wasn t concerned. had the tables been turned, this could mean trouble. had the tables been turned and president trump won the election and those were tens of thousands of black lives matter and antifa protesters, i might have been a little concerned. did you hear him? he wasn t afraid of those people maybe because they re white? not maybe. that s the reason. because if they were black, he would be afraid of them. he said the
president biden addressing the nation tonight, marking one year of covid, saying the virus has exacted a terrible toll on all americans but offering messages of hope. tonight i m announcing that i will direct all states, tribes and territories to make all adults, people 18 and over, eligible to be vaccinated no later than may 1. the president saying he will not relent until we beat covid-19. he s ramping up a massive nationwide effort to re-open schools safely, and saying he s hopeful that in americans pull together and get vaccinated we can gatter in small groups with family and friends to celebrate the 4th of july this year. joining me now to discuss, cnn correspondent john hardwood and dr. jonathan reiner the, director of the cardiac catheterization program. president biden is making promises everyone is going to be eligible for a vaccine by may 1st. a barbecue with the family, friends on the 4th of july. he s setting high expectations. now he s going to have to meet t
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and maybe we can even be closer than six feet apart. imagine what that would look like with your friends and family. president biden says it s a realistic goal if we all buckle down a little longer. in his first primetime address last night, the president pledged to make all adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by may 1st. that s just seven weeks away. and a month earlier than the last projection. so the president spent only part of his speech touting the $1.9 trillion relief package that is now law. but the hope is here tour, as they re calling it, is about to begin with the president and vice president hitting the road to promote it. the first round of direct payments to americans will arrive in bank accounts this weekend. we ll speak to a member of the biden cabinet in a moment. we begin with john harwood. great to see you this morning. what was the takeaway from president biden s speech last night? some people thought he would be doing more of a sales job, but th
plan to keep him focused, walking americans through one rule of the law each day. and the biden administration is kicking off a new ad campaign to help sell the bill to a politically fractured nation. the resources in this plan will be used to expand and speed up manufacturing and distribution of vaccines, set up more vaccination sites to get the country in a place to get back to normal. this plan will get checks out the door starting this month. now, the white house says the checks for some americans will land as soon as this weekend. beyond the bill, the president is making some other big promises. in his first prime time address, he vowed enough vaccines to direct all states, tribes and territories to make all adults 18 and older eligible for vaccination by may 1st. and he set a goal of july 4th as the first holiday during the pandemic when small groups should be able to celebrate in person together safely. as my cnn colleague put it, the light in the tunnel may be fir