small tight knit community about 18,000 people. it describes itself as the cross roads to hill country. now, now the people here nearly 80% latino, many stretching back for generations reeling from the horrors of one of the worst school shootings in u.s. history. at least 19 children and two teachers were murdered. in the wake of horror like this, we often hear the word unimaginable but here it s almost as this is becoming easier and easier to imagine tragedies like this although i ve got to tell you, that there is nothing easy. nothing easy about what uvalde and the people here are going through right now. so far, what we know from the investigation, the suspect first shot his grand mother before driving right here towards the school where we are here. apparently crashed very close to the school and then claim into robb elementary proper. a lieutenant says the suspect barricaded himself in a classroom, used an ar style rifle in addition to wearing some kind of vest, tactical
polls opening up in georgia. why this pivotal election is pitting donald trump against mike pence. and how the former vice president could one up his old boss. plus vladimir putin receives a stinging rebuke from one of his senior diplomats. why a top russian official says he s never been so ashamed of his country. good to have you with us. right now, the second in person summit of the quad is wrapping up in tokyo. leaders of the informal alliance between the u.s., japan, australia and india have been holding talks one on one. u.s. president biden met with indian prime minister. also meeting with the australia new prime minister. one key focus of all these meetings, russia s war on ukraine. russia s assault on ukraine only heightens the importance of those goals. the principles of international order, territorial integrity and sovereignty, international law, human rights. must always be defended regardless of where they re violated in the world. so the quad has a lot of
the biden strint. the president looking to get everybody a vaccine by may 1th. now 10% of the population is fully vaccinated. to get to 4herd immunity, we ar nowhere close right now, and one major challenge is people choorsing not to get vaccinated. like everything else in the country, right now, a lot of the choice comes down to politics. just listen to brian temp today. we are seeing vaccine he is tansy really as the pharmacists and i were talking about, making south. a lot of that is dealing with white republicans quite honestly. macon south, white republicans, quite honestly. the governor of georgia came out and said it. and the poll shows what he said, 36% of respondents, of that group, nearly 60% are republican. so just imagine if trump had made a big public showing of his vaccination, stuck him arm out there, and did it on video just like his pretdecessors have don here. we have lost enough people and suffered enough damage. it s important for the fellow citize
good evening. i am erin burnett. out front tonight, help is here. those are the words exactly of president biden who marks his 50th day in office with a major legislative victory. his massive relief bill is heading to his desk after passing the house today. this represents a historic victory for the american people. everything addresses a real need with investments to fund our entire vaccination effort. i meant trillion. $1.9 trillion is the price tag here, the second most expensive relief bill in american history behind the $2 trillion bill signed a year ago under president trump. if you ask how much the united states earmarked for covid relief, roughly $5 trillion. we upped the national debt by 33% in one year. borrowing a total amount of money almost equivalent to the gdp of japan. here is what does not add up. republicans s voted for what is the most expensive bill in history. now only that it is joe biden s bill they balked at the price tag. every democrat but one vo
vaccinated can hug grandkids who have not. the rules don t go far enough for some. the airline industry which today pushed back on cdc guidance that recommends even the vaccinated avoid travel. every time there is a surge in travel, we have a surge of cases in this country. many of our variants have emerged from international places and we know the travel corridor is a place where people are mixing a lot. the guidelines state that people including those fully vaccinated should continue to wear a mask. today wyoming s governor joined those in texas and miss issippi announcing an end to the mask mandate. in an interview with politico dr. fauci can see the hamask mandate for those vaccinated pulled off soon but not this soon. the house is expected to pass a $2 trillion covid relief bill that contains money for vaccinations and schools and low income americans, children, the unemployed and make health care coverage more affordable. bernie sanders can join us to talk about tha