the daily death toll falling to a four month low on monday. at the very same time roughly 10% of the population has now been fully vaccinated, while nearly 20% have gotten at least one shot. an average of 2.2 million vaccinations are being given out every single day in this country. and we ve got to remember, all of this is happening just a year after the country first shut down. i want to start with my colleague peter alexander at the white house. peter, what is the administration doing to mark this one-year anniversary? yeah, that anniversary, of course, a somber one this thursday, now 48 hours away, and we at nbc news can now confirm president biden will be delivering his first primetime address at 8:00 p.m. eastern time this thursday to commemorate the day that the outbreak, the coronavirus outbreak was first declared a pandemic. jen psaki the press secretary detailing the tremendous loss, more than 525,000 americans who have now lost their lives in the course of that t
have the judge is highly conflicted thing is a mess. trump aired frustrations after the full jury and one alternate was picked including a female physical therapists, a woman who works for a multinational apparel company, a man who works for an e-commerce company retired male wealth manager, and a female speech therapist. this followed a dramatic start to jury selection on thursday with judge juan merchan scolding press for reporting some information contained in the juror questionnaire, including specific employers that could potentially identify jurors. this after a female in khaliji nurse was excused after saying aspects of her identity were made public, saying she could no longer be impartial. she tells the judge yesterday alone, i had friends, colleagues, and family push things to my phone, questioning my identity as a juror. i don t believe at this point that i can be fair and unbiased. the second juror dismissed is an older man from puerto rico who says he finds
donald trump. it s going to be very hard. i believe there are people that exist that can say you know what, whatever i feel about him, the people, the prosecutors have not proven the case beyond a reasonable doubt or they have. they can come up with a verdict. the defense is hoping there s just one person on there who will not participate or who will just say no. this is we can t do this to a former president, and then as a hung jury, and believe me, that case will not be tried again anytime soon. you will not find 12 people, i believe, it acquit. you could find 12 people to acquit, and you could also find one person or two who say not guilty, and then it s a hung jury. charles, do you think this juror questionnaire, the 42 questions, a, bs and cs, it s very comprehensive. is the asking the right questions in order to get that
reporter: tonight, the jury is set in the first criminal trial of a former president. seven men and five women will decide whether donald trump falsified business records to cover up a hush money payment to porn actress stormy daniels, to hide their alleged affair from voters before the 2016 election. it came after a morning of setbacks. with trump looking on, two jurors selected earlier in the week removed by judge juan merchan. the first, an oncology nurse, asking to be let go, saying she definitely has concerns now about her identity becoming public. she had already received questions from friends, colleagues, and family, adding, i don t believe at this point that i can be fair and unbiased. another juror ousted for a different reason prosecutors determining an i.t. consultant did not answer the juror questionnaire truthfully by failing to reveal his arrest in the 1990s for tearing down political advertisements. lawyers for the prosecution and defense then questioning a ne
nurse who said during questioning that no one was above the law. i m here to just hear the facts, tell the judge today, she had concerns she could not be impartial about mr. trump. and worried about her identity becoming public after loved ones figured out she had been impanelled. the other juror, an older i.t. consultant who called the nominee fascinating in court us is excused to day after prosecutors said he was arrested for tearing down conservative political ads decades ago. and did not reveal it on his juror questionnaire. late today, those additional jurors selected to serve. among them, an investment banker who said he followed mr. trump s truth social post and has seen quotes from the art of the deal but had not read it. the retired private wealth manager who says does he yoga every morning and that speech therapist saying of mr. trump, i tend not to agree with a lot of his politics and his decisions as a president. but said she can be impartial. at one point, a juror even a