growing list of bipartisan lawmakers and the family of seniors who died of covid-19 in nursing homes. a letter from a group called voices for seniors saying, quote, it is clear you put your own political reputation and personal profits above the well-being of our most vulnerable family members. the cuomo administration has denied any wrongdoing, same for the democratic administration of gretchen witmer who told local nbc reporter she is proud of how her state handled the pandemic. the nbc report goes on to detail how covid-19 positive patients were placed in the same facility as covid negative patients. the report explains, quote, the policy different from andrew cuomo because witmer didn t force them to reside with covid negative patients. but incentivize the process by paying homes, she she defends what she did by saying there wasn t a national strategy. the facts are that european studies show half of the deaths were happening in nursing homes. on march 16th of last year d
benjamin: a day on the slopes turns into a terrifying ordeal. benjamin: to turn things around, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. good thing it is friday, beautiful weather in london. hope you can enjoy the day. i like golf. benjamin: since having three young daughters, haven t had much time for the golf course. i live and hope. jillian: maybe one day this year you can do that. benjamin: you are watching fox and friends first on friday morning. jillian: thank you for being ending your day with us. president biden addressing the nation, one year since the coronavirus pandemic began. no one could have imagined what we were about to go through. now we are coming through it. benjamin: doug was a live in washington as the president signals when life may return to normal. reporter: mark your calendars for may 1st when the president says we should have enough vaccine supply for every american to be eligible for a shot. we need everyone to get vaccinated but
can the big promise he makes on vaccine be delivered? the stunning discovery in wuhan about the months before confirmed case back on the front lines of health workers we met and th struggles they face. more than 530,000 americans lost to covid, the faces and the names we have lost also, tonight andrew cuomo, the groping allegation now referred to police and the new call for him to resign. prince williams breaking his prince william breaking his silence responding to meghan markle and harry allegations of royal racism announcer:this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from washington, d.c. good evening the rumble of the disease and sickness and deaths literally hit home finally on this day one year ago the w.h.o. officially declared coronavirus a global pandemic and nothing had been the same we look back at what we have lost and how we have changed and we look forward to the end and explore the terms of victory. the view from the ground where every vacci
don t go anywhere. morning joe starts right now. a group of former presidents took out a psa. it is weirdly kind of fun to see them all together. . this vaccine means hope. it will protect you and those you love from this dangerous and deadly disease. i m really looking forward to going to opening day texas rangers stadium with a full stadium. . st i want to go back to work and i want to be able to move around. as you know, we just came out with a fragrance, success by trump and it s sold at macy s. . get vaccinated. if you put it on, anything you want will come true. finally found a way to unload that hydroxycholoroquine. it s so him. okay. it fits right in. . it is that close to true. 6. it actually is true. he should have done the whole bleaches and everything, willie. that was good. oh, my god. okay. good morning and welcome we talked about george w. about issue with the guns yesterday. sources close to the president says there has been so
president biden, chuck schumer, nancy pelosi, taking a victory lap after the nearly $2 trillion pandemic relief package officially became law. what you shepherded through the congress, not only meets the moment. it does even more. it is historical and they call it transformational. and it really is. all right. so in just a moment, we ll be speaking with andy, the white house senior adviser for covid response to talk about where things stand, what comes next, of course. the other major breaking news story that is developing this hour. we will be hearing from the family of george floyd, reacting to the minneapolis city council s approval of a $27 million settlement over his death as the client for floyd s murder continues. we want to begin this hour and this conversation with minnesota democratic senator tina smith. thank you. so for your time. we greatly appreciate you joining us on these two very important stories that we re dealing with. we ll start with what we just saw