announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. despite condemnations from the u.n. and major world powers, myanmar s military crackdown on protesters is only getting bloodier and more dangerous. a human rights group says as least 38 demonstrators were killed on sunday. it is the deadliest day so far since last month s coup. and there could be more deaths we just don t know about. the military junta has now declared martial law in six districts of yang orngs which is myanmar s largest city. i want to go straight to our paula hancocks who s been monitoring all of these latest developments and of course this increase in violence on the streets against protesters. what more can you tell us? hi, paula. reporter: well, robyn, it s very clear to everybody that the level of force that security forces are now using against protesters is increasing. it is definitely on the rise. as you say, yesterday being the deadliest day so far that we know of since
coronavirus. and there is plenty to herald on that front. the cdc now hayes 107 million vaccine doses have been administered. and today, dr. anthony fauci said it is possible that three feet of social distancing instead of six would suffice to reopen schools. and he teased that new guidance should be coming from the cdc soon. also today we are closely following developments surrounding new york governor andrew cuomo. house speaker nancy pelosi saying cuomo needs the look inside his heart but ultimately stopped short of calling their his resignation as multiple women now accuse of him sexual harassment. we will go live to albany new york in i don t want. first to south florida where spring break is in full spring despite health officials advice. cnn is in miami beach. what does spring brack look like? is the feeling there that the pandemic is over? certainly people have told us they are here partly because they are escaping more restrictive conditions wherever they came f
a joint statement from others say it is clear that governor cuomo has lost the confidence of his governing partners. i did not do what has been alleged. it is unacceptable. the governor must resign. this is new day weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. live look at the white house here where there was a celebration of the passage of the relief plan. president biden is now in wilmington, delaware. we ll talk about that plan in just a moment. but we re going to start in new york, despite the calls for some of new york s top democratic lawmakers, dr. andrew cuomo is defying calls to resign. he says he will not bow to cancel culture. senator majority leader chuck schumer and senator kirsten gillibrand are the latest to call for him to resign. staying it s clear that governor cuomo has lost the confidence of his governing partners and people of new york. senators schumer and gillibrand join the majority calling for the governor to step aside. as for the
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
and maybe we can even be closer than six feet apart. imagine what that would look like with your friends and family. president biden says it s a realistic goal if we all buckle down a little longer. in his first primetime 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. so the president spent only part of his speech touting the $1.9 trillion relief package that is now law. but the hope is here tour, as they re calling it, is about to begin with the president and vice president hitting the road to promote it. the first round of direct payments to americans will arrive in bank accounts this weekend. we ll speak to a member of the biden cabinet in a moment. we begin with john harwood. great to see you this morning. what was the takeaway from president biden s speech last night? some people thought he would be doing more of a sales job, but th