by may 1st, less than two months from now, he s directing all states and territories to make all adults eligible for the vaccine. you ll also want to mark july 4th on your calendar. biden is expected to announce americans should be able to gather in small groups by then. two dates to look forward to as today marks one year since the world health organization officially declared the coronavirus to be a pandemic. it s a sobering milestone with more than half a million american lives lost between that declaration and tonight. even with biden s hopeful announcement, tonight is one of those occasions when it is important to step back and remember how we got here. starting one year ago today, march 11th, o 2020, when the world stood still. just moments ago on capitol hill government health officials testified on the government s response to coronavirus and this statement from one of the nation s top medical experts was not reassuring. we will see more cases and things will get
we really, it s all from the coach really. i ll take credit for almost all of it. pep talk, you know. that is the first thing you ve said to me that i do not believe. you re a wise, wise man, lawrence o donnell. and we will leave it there, rachel. yes, we shall. thank you, rachel. well, tonight in his first prime time address to the nation president joe biden announced that everyone in this country age 18 and above will be able to receive the coronavirus vaccine by may 1st. may 1st, that s it. you will have your appointment by may 1st if not already have the vaccine in your arm. president biden said this goal is to allow people to be able his goal is to allow people to be able to gather in small groups on july 4th to celebrate our independence and to celebrate our independence from the coronavirus. today was the triumphant high point of the biden presidency so far with house speaker nancy pelosi delivering the biden covid relief bill to the white house for the
that everyone in this country age 18 and above will be able to receive the coronavirus vaccine by may 1st. may 1st. that s it. you will have your appointment by may 1st if not already have the vaccine in your arm. president bide ensaid this goal is to allow people to be able to his goal is to allow people to be able to gather in small groups on july 4th to celebrate our independence and to celebrate our independence from the coronavirus. today was the triumphant high point of the biden presidency so far with house speaker nancy pelosi delivering the biden covid relief bill to the white house for the president s signature one day earlier than expected. signing the bill into law today means relief checks of $1,400 could be flowing into people s accounts as early as this weekend. people can expect to start seeing direct deposits hit their bank accounts as early as this weekend. president biden stepped up to the microphone in the east room of the white house tonight to tell
the biden administration s repeatedly denied that there s a crisis at the border despite the commander in chief requesting backup. john: texas governor greg abbott will join us live for an exclusive interview later in the show to talk about what he is seeing in his state. sandra: in just a moment we will be speaking about joe biden s policies pushing the district he represents to the breaking point. john: greg, what s the latest from where you are? reporter: we re here at the point of entry at brownsville where anyone can walk up, claim asylum if they have evidence of a credible fear. but let s go up in the sky to the fox drone team and show you over these ports of entries where some 25,000 asylum seekers are waiting for clearance. that s not the problem, officials say. it s the crossings illegally between the ports of entry. you see the rgc sector, they had 1500 apprehensions just in the last 24 hours. the numbers sandra mentioned about the unaccompanied children, fo
we have the conversation about he won t be given security, won t be given a title and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he s born. fox & friends first starts right now. i m on top of the work. i m on top of the world. waiting on this for a while now. jillian: we might not be necessarily on top of the world. we re coming at you live from all across the world with benjamin hall live in long of don, i m live in new york city. and welcome to the show. that line thrown under the bus like get it, thrown, like the royals, pretty good one. there are shock waves on this side of the pond this morning. that interview causing a lot of headlines. we ll get to that later on in the show. it s going to be busy. jillian: with that we say good morning, you re watching fox & friends first on this monday morning. i m jillian mele. i m benjamin hall, in for todd piro. the house is set to receive the covid relief bill after it passes the senate