it s going to help us accelerate our nationwide effort to reopen schools safely. last week i directed all states, tribes, and territories to make all adults are eligible to be vaccinated no later than may 1. while this is the time of optimism, it s not a time for relaxation. i need all americans to keep doing your part, wash your hands, stays socially distanced, keep masking up as recommended by the cdc. get vaccinated when it s your turn. none of this is political, it s all science-based. now is not the time to let her guard down. at that-based as well. and last week, we ve seen increases in the number of cases in several states, things make it worse as new variants of the virus spread. that that s why we need to vaccinate as many people as quickly as we possibly can. the best thing we could do to fight back against these variance. we have to beat this virus. we have to mentally well. we will do it by setting aside politics and embracing science. another subject could ring u
i m proud to announce that tomorrow, 58 days in our administration, we ll have met my goal of administering 100 million shots to our fellow americans. that s weeks ahead of schedule. the president says eight weeks ago, only 8% of seniors had received a vaccination. today 65% of people age 65 or older have received one shot. 30% are fully vaccinated. he continues to believe there will be enough vaccine supply for every adult in america by the end of may. so the white house says that s part of the reason why it s finalizing plans of sending millions of doses to mexico and canada. that vaccine important to note is not approved for use here in the united states. our first priority remains vaccinating the u.s. population and ensuring our neighbors can contain the virus is a mission critical step. we have seven million release able doses of astra zeneca. we re working to finalize plans to lend them to mexico and 1.5 million to canada. so the bottom line, charles, president
border crisis, the governor of texas sing the sharp increase in illegal immigration along the southern border states has led to a humanitarian crisis and not surprisingly the republican governor of texas is blaming the new democratic president. kristin fisher at the white house tells us what the biden team is doing about what he still refuses to call a crisis, but we begin with corresponding casey stegall in mission, texas, and governor abbott message. good evening. good evening, governor abbott did announced today that he has beefing up this program dubbed operation lone star, which is going to direct even more additional state resources and staffing here to assist at the border, but he insists that texas cannot shoulder this entire burden. how long will these children be here? what countries have they come from, and what covid variance have they been exposed to? along with the questions raised by governor abbott today, questions he says they don t have answers to.
to take covid patients, it by demand we take covid patients the patients will die in nursing homes that wouldn t have otherwise died had we screen them out. murphy officials countered by saying that there were guidelines for separating covid positive patients. the long-term care administrator reportedly said the problem of course is there s no separating safely. it s almost certain that even though you have staff only on that unit, something will migrate. we have learned from recent reporting that michigan governor gretchen whitmer s office didn t force nursing homes to take covid positive patients but instead offered financial incentives. new york s governor andrew cuomo and his administration issued a directive telling nursing homes not to turn away covid positive patients and then allegedly covered up the number of deaths of nursing home or long-term care residents. pennsylvania governor tom wolf also reportedly guided covid positive patients back into nursing homes and at
already passed. the white house has said repeatedly this is a popular law. if that is the case, why is it important to get out and sell it? it is not selling it. it is literally letting people know their rights, right? you buy a product, you are sold on the product but they are not directions on the box. think of it as an education campaign. dana: as progressive policies, president biden preparing for the largest tax hikes in 30 years and democrats spending $4 trillion on green infrastructure plan. so much to get to, kd, why would you announce a press conference nine days from now? my theory is you announce them that morning because the president will come anyway? who knows what will happen in nine days. katie: that is a good point and dana i have to give your credit because you were the one who predicted the biden administration would wait until they pass the plan so that they could have something to successfully towel to appear they are doing this nine days from n