more money for an accelerating american covid vaccine rollout now climbing past 109 million doses administered. that means more than one in five americans are now at least partially vaccinated. the global vaccine rollout also a big issue today, especially across europe. a few dozen recipients of the astrazeneca vaccine report dangerous blood clots. a growing list of countries now suspending use of the astrazeneca vaccine, including france, italy and germany. world health organization and european experts are taking a new urgent look at the issue. but the executive director of the eu agency that regulates vaccines says every piece of available data says the astrazeneca vaccine is both effective and safe. at present there is no indication that vaccination has caused these conditions. they have not come up in the clinical trials and they re not listed as known or expected side events with this vaccine. we are still firmly convinced that the benefits of the astrazeneca vaccine
with 740 deaths, and more than 41,000 hospitalizations, which is a significant reduction from peaks two months ago. but it s still far too high say health policy experts trying to prevent another surge. 11 states are reporting an uptick in new infections compared to last week. vaccinations are the bright spot here, the nation is averaging 2.4 million actual shots a day. with more than 11% of the country fully inoculated against coronavirus through the vaccine. then s senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is joining us now. i feel like this uk variant has been the tsunami we see coming at us. where is at this point in time? that s for sure. remember, brianna, when we were counting cases by variant, one by one, but now there are thousands. what we know about this uk variant, it s been spotted in 48 out of 50 states. the vaccine seems to work pretty well against it but it seems to spread more easily. and according to a new study just out, the risk of death when you get
that policy is before he loses his patience and goes down the path to provocation. yeah, it is the beginning of a new saga with north korea and america. jean, thank you so much, jean lee. thanks for being with us. thanks so much. right now, president biden is on his way to pennsylvania. the city of chester in delaware county is his latest step on the help is here tour to promote his giant covid relief package to americans, and he just spoke during his departure, so let s listen to that. southern border? not at the moment. have you decided when you re able to share thoughts with other countries? allies or neighbors first? who will be the first country to get u.s. vaccine? i ve been talking with several countries already. i ll let you know that very shortly. all right, i have with me now, cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz who s in denver following the vice president who s also part of this big rollout for the american rescue plan. arlette, tell us what
or visit the border himself. i know the president will travel this week. this is where he should bring air force one. this is where he should look the people in the eye. this is where he should talk to the border agents. let them know that this is beyond a crisis. bill: team fox coverage. mark meredith at the white house, karl rove with analysis. stacy stiegel begins our coverage in alamo, texas. are the groups getting larger? good morning. they are. the chief border patrol agent for the sector, which is the rio grande valley that covers some 277 miles of the entire southern border, he says that they have arrested at least 247 migrants over just the last couple of days traveling in two separate groups. so far this year, he says 17 groups of more than 100 at a time have been apprehended. a number he says and the data shows is going up. the majority in those groups, families and unaccompanied minors that we ve been talking so much about. also in this one sector alone, fam
that saw the highest number of votes in u.s. history. we re also following the latest on the capitol riots. two men now facing charges of assault in connection with the death of capitol police officer brian sicknick. why did it take more than two months to arrest these guys? and why aren t they charged with murder? we ll have more on that in just a minute plus, the latest on the covid pandemic. numbers continue to go down in the u.s. but they re spiking over in europe, leading to tighter restrictions in several countries. to make matters worse, the vaccine rollout is on hold in several places in europe after officials stopped using one of the approved vaccines. we re going to dig into all of that. but we have to start with breaking news connected to one of the big of the trials in recent memory, the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. as we speak, the judge is gaveling in and he s got a big question on his plate, whether to even move forward or put t