welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day. the u.s. will cross 100 million vaccine shots since joe biden s inaug inauguration. that s 42 days ahead of the biden pledge. the u.s. is averaging 2.5 million coronavirus vaccines a day with 35% of americans partially or fully vaccinated. now, there are plenty of folks that noted that 100 million was a very low bar to begin with, but if you do the math going forward, at the pace we re going, we ll cross 200 million vaccinations within the first 100 days, and honestly, you would have been hard-pressed to find anyone that optimistic. but and this is hugely important there is concern this morning the u.s. may be on the verge of a new surge. the drop in hospitalizations, i want you to look at that graph. you can see it was going down steeply for weeks and weeks and weeks, but that decline has stopped. it s completely stalled right now. hospitalizations static and may be ticking up slight
spree and to meet with leaders in the asian american community, as well. this comes as the president also meets a major goal today, way ahead of schedule. 100 million covid vaccinations in his first 100 days in office. that is 42 days early. also today, the cdc is expected to announce new social distancing guidelines for children in schools. but as more states begin to ease restrictions, experts are warning of a potential psspike cases. several states are seeing an uptick as officials race to get more shots in arms. let s begin with our colleague, natasha chen. she is following the investigations into these shootings in and around atlanta. natasha, good morning to you. the atlanta police department with some new details this morning. reporter: jim and poppy, the fulton county medical examiner has now released the names of the four people who were killed at the two spas in atlanta, which police say the suspect had frequented before. here are those names. 75-year-old as you
benjamin: you can let freedom ring, just not too loud. a north dakota man facing potential fines over the sound of his american flag. fox and friends first starts right now. everybody s working for the weekend everybody s working for the man jillian: we made it through the week, fox and friends first on friday morning. benjamin: good morning. i have done it, there we go. jillian: jillian is one of my greatest friends. no harm there. good morning. benjamin: a pleasure to be with you today. it is a busy day. the house has approved two immigration bills creating a pathway to citizenship for millions. the white house press victory slips up and calls the migrant surge a crisis. carley: we learn one high profile official is headed to the border today. a charged atmosphere for immigration reform is two measures past the house yesterday. the first is the american dream and promise act. it applies to the so-called dreamers who came here as children, creates a 10 year co
if both the russians and the chinese are in confidence they can an offense against the united states and those are dangerous signs. another big blunder from the commander-in-chief. president harris and i - president harrison i took a virtual tour of the vaccination center in arizona. ainsley: we always say that. what a morning, you all. that s a beautiful shot of the lands. hello to our friends down there in georgia. peter, glad to be back with you. brian: i got sick of seeing all the new york city shots and videos and i said guys, let s get shots from around america. peter: hold on, i m from kansas. could we possibly get a shot from somewhere out - we are getting a live shot right now from oklahoma which is not from kansas but were going to bethany, oklahoma. lawrence jones is live at the stray dog café in oklahoma. lawrence, you got to start by fearing out this morning over the next three hours why they call that place the stray dog. reporter: no, i m done tryin
in washington today the arrest of a 31-year-old texas man outside the naval observatory of the official residence of vice president harris. a rifle ask ammunition were recovered from his vehicle. he has been charged with several accounts. among them carrying possession of unregistered munition and large munition fueling device. the secret service says the secret service operators detained him. vice president harris wasn t there and a bulletin originated in the state of texas. the news continues right now. we ll hand it over to chris cuomo for prime time. i appreciate it, there is no question there has been a surge in violence and hate against asian americans. anti-asian crimes surged by nearly 150% in 2020. and we know the increase spiked there ut the pandemic and we know just yesterday trump went on hate tv and spewed his anti-asian hateful covid slur. and he did it again to deflect blame for the virus he chose to spread across our country. here s what we don t know. we