you re live in the cnn newsroom. thanks for staying with me. i m ana cabrera in new york. the vaccines are giving americans hope. and we need it. the optimistic news. round three of covid-19 relief is rolling out to millions of americans. it s $1400 per person. many of the cash payments are expected to hit bank accounts this weekend. covid vaccinations more than 101 million doses given to people around the country, according to the cdc, and about a third of the people are now fully vaccinated. public health officials are concerned when they see scenes like this. people packed together. almost almost nobody with a mask. and it is spring break for people and many are traveling, despite advice against it. this is the packed beach, this is miami beach right now. they are begging people to keep wearing masks and keep following safety guidelines. we have a team of recorders spread out. let s begin with cnn s natasha chen. she is in miami beach and people are starting 20 to flock fo
since taking office 51 days ago. and cnn just learning the president will direct all states to open vaccine eligibility to all adults by may first and that he would like to see some signs of normalcy like small gatherings by july 4th. this comes just hours after biden signed a landmark piece of legislation, a $1.9 trillion covid relief bill. i believe this is and most people i think do as well, this historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country and giving people in this nation, working people, middle class folks, people who built the country a fighting chance. biden is seizing the moment. according to cnn s new poll, 77% of americans now believe the worst is behind us. that is up nearly 30% over just the past two months. there is an undeniable sense of hope across this country after a year that the cdc says was almost certainly the deadliest year on record for the u.s.. the deadliest year on record. and tonight does mark one year to the day that th
over delivering. so this was a distinct change, i think, in messaging and sort of represents a noof phase according to some of the people i talked to who are responsible for the vaccine rollout. i think numbers wise, yeah, it s totally possible when you start to look at the amount of vaccine that s available, look from moderna, pfizer, johnson & joh johnson, getting the vaccines into people s arms, and also into hard-to-reach communities. it s not a slam dunk. i think the vaccine itself will be available but to make sure people actually can have access to it, people who want it can have access, it s still a question mark. i also think that the idea then that they say by july 4th we re going to have this ability to basically, as he s describing, this return to normalcy. again, i think it s very doable. it seems very realistic, but this is a different sort of change in messaging from this white house. i was going to ask you, sanjay, what you think the major obstacles are in t
simply seizing firearms purchased from mexican drug cartels by so-called straw buyers throughout the southwest. instead, says the report, fast and furious was part of a plan to let those buyers and the guns walk in hopes of identifying and busting entire gun running networks. instead, fast and furious guns began turning up at crime scenes in mexico and here at home, including the killing of u.s. border agent brian terry in 2010 right before christmas. his death came at the end of a long chain of mistakes starting at gun shops it the gun dealers were reassured atf was closely monitoring the transactions and interdicting the weapons. the report focuses sharply on this man. william newell. the republican investigators concluding that agent newell authorized and endorsed fast and furious and let it continue long after atf had the goods on the straw buyers. bill newell had the ability and the duty to end operation fast and furious much sooner than it did. instead, the report state
non-white roles. we see it in films like the dick dater but it s nothing new. remember mookie rooney playing an asian. a controversial practice as old as hollywood itself. here s how this so called cease-fire looks in parts of syria. government forces continue to launch attacks against their own people in many cities, and opposition group says 22 people were killed today alone. there are areas where rebels are not in complete control. ivan watson has a look. reporter: the journey to syria starts with a brisk walk through olive groves. that s how you get into syria, through a hole in the fence. this is a country of rich rolling farmland that s in open revolt. in many towns the rebels are now in complete control. in one village, a rebel occupies the desk where the police chief used to sit. the rebels claim they forced out the security officers from this police station nearly two months ago and since then they have been using it as a mini barracks for sleeping, also storing