something about it. super spreader affairs as spring breakers are flocking to the beaches in florida despite warnings to stay away. and the shocking attack on police officers trying to enforce pandemic. covid relief. some receiving checks totaling thousands of dollars. to have a little bit of weight lifted off our shoulders. to not have to worry as much as maybe what the next months will hold. i have some bills that are behind, obviously. so those are all already caught up. i got all of those caught up this morning. a lot of people needing that morning. good morning, it s sunday, march 14th. i m lindsey reiser. i m kendis gibson. we have a team of correspondents and analysts standing by with the latest for you on the stories we re covering. we begin with cathy park in new york with more on that new york times report surrounding governor cuomo. good morning. more than two dozen people were interviewed for the piece. who are they? what are some of the bombshells
and the $15 minimum wage that the house voted to include in the covid relief bill. but even with democrats in control, the possibility of any of this becoming law is nowhere near guaranteed. and without a change to the filibuster, much of this progressive to-do list will die. joining me now is senate majority leader chuck schumer of the great state of new york. leader schumer, thank you very much for coming to the sunday show. good to be with you, jonathan. the old days back in gotham. so, listen, you were able to get the senate to pass the covid relief package, and as a result it became law. how do you hold your razor-thin majority? how did you hold it in order for all of these progressive to-do list items to get through passage? well, first, it s such a major piece of legislation. it s the most significant change for middle-class people, for poor people, people trying to get into the middle class in decades in a very long time. and it has amazing things in it. the c
dismantling every system in place to address this with humanity and compassion. and new warnings from health officials as more states look to ease covid restrictions. this morning, dr. anthony fauci is saying, not so fast. even though the decline was steep, we absolutely need to avoid the urge to say, oh, everything is going great, which it is going in the right direction, but once you declare victory, that metaphor that people say, if you re going for a touchdown, don t spike the ball on the five-yard lane, wait until you get into the end zone. it all comes as u.s. vaccine efforts are picking up steam. yesterday the weekly average was brought to 2.5 million vaccines per day. joining me right now is white house principal deputy press secretary, karine jean-pierre, which is the most beautiful name in the world, we ll take it from there. the president is hitting the road to promote the details of the american rescue plan. does he feel he need to sell this more than he d
not really about the virus. it s such a major piece of legislation. it s the most significant change for middle class people, for poor people, people trying to get into the middle class in decades in a very long time. it has amazing things in it. if everybody is vaccinated by june, then it s clearly not related to covid. there is $350 billion for state and local government. california is getting $41 billion. that $41 billion is not related to covid, it s related to kind of helping a blue state. meanwhile, a humanitarian crisis is growing at the u.s./mexico border. fema ordered to help shelter and transfer a record number of child migrants. the biden administration addressing this situation last hour right here on my show. when you look at the past four years, just the rule inhumane way that the last administration moved forward with immigration, it did not enhance our security at all. and so now we re in a situation where, you know, this president and the administrati
a very good day to all of you and here s what s happening at 2:00 p.m. eastern. president biden and vice president harris are getting ready to travel beyond the beltway after their first legislative victory. and the goal is to explain and sell the american rescue plan to people across this country. they re going to criss cross dhis country and talk about the plan and how we re going to implement the plan. talk about the funding in the plan, the resources in the plan that s going to move forward, even further with getting people vaccinated. getting the mobile units out there, making sure shots are getting into the arms and vaxinators. fema will help transfer the record surge of unaccompanied children. and they re pointing fingers. and the open policies inviting more immigration and this humanitarian crisis. this is not something that happened as a result of joe biden becoming president. we saw the increases dating back almost a year and this is during the trump adminis