shots into arms, and america is a world leader in the vaccine distribution, and there s big news today from moderna which has began testing vaccines on children from babies to preteens. the news so many parents have been waiting for. but and this is important, we are at a critical juncture, and i know, i know, i know you have heard this a million times before, still, how we handle the next few weeks could either propel us back to normality by midsummer or we could end up like europe, gripped by what the french president called today a third wave. italy has returned to lockdowns. more infectious variants have become the dominant strains there and we are in a race against time before they become the dominant strains here. across europe the vaccine rollout has been sluggish and now there are concerned about the astrazeneca vaccine which is widely used there. a wave of european countries hitting pause on the vaccine because of concerns over dozens of cases of blood clots out of
problems. plus both the embattled new york governor loses support of state democratic leaders, including the state senators. governor andrew cuomo said he won t go. let the review proceed. i m not going to resign. will it work? i m jake tapper in washington, where the state of the union is moving forward. we have just under 70 confirmed deaths as we all scramble to adjust, to life in a pandemic. one year ago tomorrow marks 16, 2020, president trump announced 15 days to slow the spread. it would have been difficult at the time to imagine we would still will living under restrictions one year later. in some ways, this moment does feel a bit optimistic. one in five americans has received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to cdc. nearly 3 million yesterday alone. in his first prime time as president, joe biden outlined an aggressive time line saying the u.s. will have enough doses for every adult by the end of may. pointing to the fourth of july is the beginning
letting us dive into your hour, and thanks to all of you for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times, i ll see you tomorrow for deadline white house. rachel we turn it over to you. got bless you, nicole. it has been a remarkable hour on msnbc. i m so grateful for my colleagues and for colleagues in particular like nicole who can handle the emotional weight of what she just did there. that was just what a service. tomorrow night here is going to be a very big deal as well, which nicole alluded to at the end of her hour there. as you know, president biden is going to be giving his first prime time address to the nation on the issue of covid on the one-year anniversary of the declaration of the worldwide pandemic. we re going to have chris hayes at the lincoln memorial tomorrow coming out of that speech doing a special hour of his own. looking back at what we ve been through the past year but also looking ahead towards us being back together again
back together again as we start to defeat this thing, hopefully as a country. it s it s just a remarkable it s a remarkable time for us as a country, and for those of us whose job it is to cover this ongoing pandemic, it s an incredible challenge, but i am super proud of nicolle and chris and so many of the rest of my colleagues who have done such yeoman s work covering this and all the different ways that we can. i think we ve all approached it in our own ways. our colleagues like stephanie ruhle who has been sick, dealt with covid her and her family have talked about what with her viewers. it s heavy stuff. it s heavy stuff and there s no road map how to do it. you have to approach it every day newly. so it s been a remarkable year. tomorrow as i said, it s going to be a remarkable night. we will on this show have dr. anthony fauci with us tomorrow night, which i m very much looking forward to. so that s all ahead. this is a heck of a time in the country and a heck of a