you probably were sleeping. we ll give you the highlights. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is early start. it s monday, march 15th. 5:00 a.m. here in new york. we re so close we can taste freedom and yet so far. one in five americans have received at least one dose of a covid vaccine. since friday, the u.s. has hit three of the largest single day jumps in vaccinations. scenes like this can set us back. this is miami beach. a lot of people out there but few masks. spring break could trigger a surge in cases and saint patrick s day is also worrying. we ve got too many people coming. we ve got too many people coming who are just acting out and we have covid at the same time. and people are flying again. air travel hit a new pandemic era record. new tsa figures show more than 1.3 million people were screened on friday. the highest number in a year. duke university under grads are in a stay in place orders. more than 80 students are in
warning about scenes like this one. huge crowds, huge of spring breakers gathered on florida beaches prompting major concerns at another avoidable surge could be on the way. we ll have more on that in a moment. and the biden administration kicking off its nationwide tour to sell its $1.9 trillion economic relief plan. that is just moments away. let s begin though with our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen on the state s opening up morning eligibility for vaccines today. right, poppy. it is getting easier to get a covid-19 vaccine. many states are changing the eligibility requirements, widening them. take a look at a smaterring of states and see what they re doing. for example, in alaska, they re saying you just have to be over the age of 16 in order to get a vaccine. in california, they say anyone 16 plus that has certain health conditions and so on and so forth. just getting easier. so because there is more vaccine out there, the federal government and the nex
taylor. live from cnn world headquarters, welcome to all of you watching here in the united states, canada, and under the world. this is cnn newsroom . okay, let s start with some good news. at least one in five adults in the united states is vaccinated. but spring break travel could undo this progress. you re looking at the scene friday in miami beach florida. people are packed together, not a mask in site. more than 1.3 million people were screened at airports on friday. it could add up to a new case spike. they re begging americans to keep wearing masks no matter what local rules say. coronavirus restrictions are loosening up from coast to coast, but if there was ever a time to put on a mask, this is it. i would just appeal to all of the votes, all of the people that have people s lives in their hands. look at the data. take some risks with your political base if you need to, but do the right thing. they re also concerned that americans are betting their guard down
many americans could wake up this saturday morning to find desperately needed relief payments already in their bank accounts. the first batch of payments were processed friday, the same day that the american rescue plan was signed into law. now president bill bjoe biden a team plan to travel the country spreading awareness. here is jeff zeleny. help is here and we will not stop working for you. reporter: president biden celebrating his first legislative success, hailing the rescue plan as a triumph of to lift the nation from crisis. together with you, we re showing that it is possible to get big important things done. reporter: it was a rose garden victory lap. with biden soaking in his first official event there as president. to tout a law now part of his legacy. it changes the paradigm, for the first time in a long time, this bill puts working people in this nation first. not hyperbole, it is a fact. reporter: but he made clear that the law that will touch the l
a botched raid at her apartment one year ago today. her name has become a rallying cry for police reform across the country. her mother telling cnn she is still fighting for justice. crazy that it has been a year. still unbelievable. what would justice for breonna mean for snu. you? to have the officers charged and convicted. plus, mounting allegations of inappropriate behavior against governor cuomo. claims he is denying. a growing list of congressional and state leaders saying cuomo cannot longer govern effectively and must resign. i think the same attitude that emboldened you to target a 25-year-old emboldenis you to scrub a nursing home report. this leads many of us to not only call on the governor to resign, but move forward with impeachment proceedings. let s start with the accusations against the governor. we have athena jones with more. reporter: fred, this is coming from jessica bakeman. a reporter who formerly covered albany here for several years. s