Calls to boycott some of the states Key Industries for staying silent on the bill. Congresswoman barbara lee told msnbc how congress could take its own action. Of course, theyre targeted toward people of color specifically africanamericans. That is why we have got to pass hr1. Also the john lewis voter Voting Rights act. We have to have federal protections because otherwise were going to go back to before the days of jim crow. Were going to go back to days where africanamericans were, quite frankly, not seen as human beings. Meanwhile, a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers heading to texas as the u. S. Grapples with the surge of migrants at the Southern Border ask it comes one day after dueling trips of democratic and republican lawmakers. New york congressman Adrian Espailot telling what he feels for whats happening at the border. We have to do better in connecting these young people with their family members. Lets be the leaders of the Hem Hemsphere that we want to be and lets get to the r
Going to 40 and older on monday, and 18 and older on april 5th. Theyre trying to get as many people vaccinated as possible but this comes as these states do see these surge of people just flooding in and when it comes to the number of states that are seeing this rise, lets take a look at these numbers here. You mentioned over half the states in our country are seeing this rise and a handful are seeing a massive rise of 25 to 30 or more. That includes, i want to take note of a couple states in particular, connecticut, north dakota, new hampshire, minnesota, and some other ones. Now, thats going to be important later, which ill mention, so keep those in mind. Now, the cdc director says that overall, the National Average of rising cases has hit 7 . She says this is a clear sign that we are starting to get this increase. Does it amount to a fourth wave . Listen to what she said about how close we are to that. I remain deeply concerned about this trajectory. We have seen cases and Hospital
Decision, and thats whether to keep american troops fighting in afghanistan. And the clock is ticking down to a curfew tonight in miami beach as the battle continues there between rowdy Spring Breakers and local officials trying to enforce covid restrictions. A live report on that just ahead. But we start with georgias new sweeping election law that sparked a Protest Rally happening right now in atlanta. President biden has gone so far as to call that state law a, quote, blatant attack on the constitution and good conscience because of its restrictions on voting access. Nbcs jane tim and Vaughn Hillyard jane me now. Help us understand whats in this law and what challenges it presents for georgia voters. Reporter so, the law is almost a hundred pages long but top of the list, it adds voter i. D. Requirements for mail voters, so mail voters in the past used to be identified by their signature. They were checked when they applied for a ballot, when they sent the ballot in, it was checked
The United States and Around The World. This is early starts. Its march 22nd. Its 5 00 a. M. Exactly in new york. And in miami beach the party is over. Officials there extending an 8 00 p. M. Curfew and State Of Emergency until mid april now after the city dealt with a rowdy army of Spring Breakers. Police fired a chemicaler substantiate into that kroutd to disperse it. Authorities struggled here to disperse partiers who fought in the streets, zroed restaurant property, and refuse to wear masks or socially distance. The problem this is particular time and i think its because of the pandemic, almost no other destinations are open. So we have been besides ourselves. Were having issues not just on weekends but week they day events. We dont want to wait until a horrible tragedy happens and decide were going to act. We hope we can do it for enough time to get us through this, you know, this very challenging moment. Floridas governor has not a imposed restrictions or lock county downs for mo
Nearly one in four americans have received at least one dose, with a 13 of the country fully inoculated. Today, though, a grave tone from dr. Rochelle walensky, pleading with americans to keep their masks on and continue social distancing, a response to seeing people on the move and seeing states easing restrictions. More travelers than ever during the pandemic, airports on sunday, 1. 5 million according to the tsa, nearly 10 million in total in the last week. And spring break in the miami area is seeing unprecedented nighttime crowds with few masks to be seen. In the meantime u. S. Covid numbers are stabilizing at high levels, the country is averaging about 54,000 new cases a day. And a thousand deaths daily. We must act now, and i am worried that if we dont take the right actions now, we will have another avoidable surge. Just as we are seeing in europe right now. And just as we are so aggressively scaling up vaccination. I want to turn now to cnns Kristen Holmes for more on astrazen