announcing a tentative agreement to avert a nationwide freight rail strike. a shutdown that could have had catastrophic consequences for the economy. talks involving the unions, rail companies and labor secretary marty walsh went on for 20 hours. we re told that president biden, who calls himself the most pro-union president ever was instrumental in getting over the finish line. last night was a historic night for rail labor. we re proud of what was accomplished. we wanted to take a few seconds and thank secretary marty walsh, deputy secretary julie sue and definitely president joe biden, everybody pulling together to make sure we could get our members what they deserve. this is the quality of life issue that we have been trying to get to our members. so we re going to hit the ground running. we ll have more information here in the coming hours. some tired looking leaders emerging as the sun was arising there. jeremy diamond is at the white house. what do we know abou
military and economic might in the region and escalating provocations from north korea which u.s. intelligence thinks may be planning a missile test while mr. biden is there. let s bring in cnn s paula hancocks live in seoul for us. good morning, tell us what is the underlying purpose of the president s visit there? reporter: what the president is here for and what he would like to be talking about is alliances. and talking about economic prosperity and partnership with south korea, talking about security ties. what he might find creeping up the agenda though is north korea. as you mentioned there, we have heard from both u.s. and south korean intelligence sources that they do leave that an icbm test, intercontinental ballistic missile test, may be imminent. this is the kind of missile that if fired at a normal trajectory could potentially hit mainland united states. at this point we re hearing from a u.s. source telling cnn s barbara starr that they believe that they may e
we are making progress getting america closer to herd immunity. and a national vaccination effort accelerates. yesterday, 4.6 million doses were administered nationwide, that s a new high point, way up from 2.9 million shots last week. so far the u.s. has given more than 107 million shots. the rolling average is 2.5 million per day. the fifth of americans have received one dose. checks are going in the mail. or direct deposit. and you can check for your stimulus payment on the irs website, go to irs.gov/coronavirus and then click on the get my payment tool. to see if you are eligible for this stimulus, and for the two previous ones. again, that s i are rs.gov/coronavirus, the payments are one more reason the white house is preparing the pr blitz, tomorrow, vice president biden and vice president harris, the lady and second gentleman, prepare a tour. it s one crisis at a time. and soon, the white house may need to refocus on the southern border. in one month, right now, bor
zone. dr. fauci s right. the pandemic is not over. and even when it is the mental health effects of it could be with us for a long time. we put your questions to a clinical psychologist in tonight s installment of dear doctor. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. well, we are making progress getting america closer to 4erd immunity as our national vaccination effort accelerates. yesterday 4.6 million doses were administered nationwide. that s a new high point. way up from 2.9 million shots last week. so far the u.s. has given more than 107 million shots. the seven-day rolling average is more than 2.5 million per day. about a fifth of americans have received at least one dose. as shots are going in arms, checks are going in the mail, or direct deposit. you can check for your stimulus payment on the irs s website. go to irs.gov/coronavirus and then click on the get my payment tool to see if you re eligible for this stimul
stay off of social media if they take any spring break vacation. as a parent vacations are plans for teachers because we need to negotiate. it s horrible. new york republicans introduced a resolution to impeach governor andrew cuomo. the governor has lost credibility and trust that we don t feel he can go forward and govern. steve: 6:01 wake-up call. beep, beep. welcome to first hour of fox & friends march ninth, 2021. ainsley: the weather is supposed to be really nice starting today. 50 s. i heard 60 s today. okay. brian: the one thing to your comment earlier, later i will expand on the weather comment from ainsley, instead of looking at an alarm clock can you say opportunity clock, some spin it to make an opportunity s day. steve: what are you talking about? brian: your wake-up call, your opportunity clock. why don t we look at it that way? it s more positive. steve: you have been listening to the andrew carnegie tapes? brian: sorry the 1920 s entrepreneur ins