and it was certainly. nearly 30 million more cases, nearly half a million lost lives and millions of lost jobs. now with federal relief choengs the way, three vaccines on the market, but deaths still averaging about 1400 a day. president biden addressed the nation. good evening, my fellow americans. tonight i d like to talk to you about where we are as you mark one year since everything stopped because of this pandemic. a year ago, we were hit with a virus that was met with silence and spread unchecked, denials for day, week, then months. that led to more deaths, more infections, more stress, and more loneliness. photos and videos from 2019 feel like they were taken in another era, the last vacation, the last birthday with friends, the last holiday with extended family. while it was different for everyone, we all lost something. a collective suffering. a collective sacrifice. a year filled with the loss of life and the loss of living for all of us. but in the loss, we saw h
tonight marks one year since start of the pandemic. this has been the deadliest year in a century. literally it started one year ago with the presidential address on our watch and now a year later, literally to the hour, a very different president with a very different message. the biggest anti-poverty measure in a generation. the law aims to lift 11 million americans out of poverty and cut child poverty in half, but president biden spent most of his first address to the nation not taking a victory lap but rallying us for the rest of the race to come. a year ago we were hit with a virus that was met with silence and spread unchecked, denials for days, weeks, then months that led to more deaths, more infections, more stress and more loneliness. we knew what we needed to do to beat this virus tell the truth, follow the scientists and the science, work together. my fervent prayer for our country is that after all we ve been through, we ll come together as one people, one nat
this is a tough night. we mark one year of our nightmare collectively, right? here at cnn and our family, it s not just tough because what we ve all lived through with covid. the president was right. we need to be the answer for one another, and that is brought home in such painful variety today. yeah, it s a year for all of us. but there s something else today should have been. today would also have been the first birthday for a very special little girl to us, francesca, known forever as beans. that s what they called her. the daughter of our dear friend and colleague, the brain behind the k-file, investigative genius. his wife, rachel, beans smiled bravely in the face of another health monster, a rare form of brain cancer. she fought. they fought. they moved. they did everything. they believed. they loved. inspired all of us. with what they were clear eyed and committed to. she didn t make it. she fought. she died on christmas eve. i remember it. i remember hearing about it
i m laura jarrett. happy friday. happy friday. i m christine romans. nice to see you. march 12th. 5 a.m. exactly in new york. start the clock. president biden offering this hopeful path out of the pandemic and he s giving a time line by early summer. in the first primetime address he urged all-americans to do their part. if we do all of this, if we do our part, if we do this together, by july the 4th there s a good chance you, family and friends will be able to get together in your backyard, neighborhood, have a cookout, barbecue, celebrate independence day. here the president urging all states to make all adults eligible for a vaccine available in two months. jasmine, we have dates here. vaccines on the way for everyone. lay out the president s goals. reporter: well, last night, laura, the president really did two things. he tapped into the empathizer in chief role that we are getting to know from him so well meeting with americans, as you said, to do their part. he
more states are easing restrictions. the standard for normal cannot be zero cases. in oklahoma the standard for normal is freedom. you wear your mask not because your governor tells you to. you wear your mask because you want to protect yourself, your loved ones. this is new day with alisyn camerota and john berman. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world this is new day, friday, march 12. 6:00 in new york. president biden is targeting july 4th as the day that america can start feeling a sense of independence from the pandemic. in his first prime time 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. but first president biden is pleading with all americans to buckle down until then to beat the virus. putting dates on it is really interesting. really interesting to have an actual finish line t