drive-thru mass vaccination clinic for more than 11,000 people, and they did it at the new hampshire motor speedway, the nascar track, which is a place that my brother-in-law, paul, is intimately familiar with. my brother-in-law loves nascar! loves it. he loves all kinds of car racing, everything from formula 1 to drag racing and morris stuff and yrnsion but mostly, he loves nascar, and i am absolutely convinced that that is why my brother-in-law, paul, is now vaccinated against covid-19. he heard that they were doing this mass vaccination thing at the racetrack and he was like, oh, at the racetrack? and so, yeah! the answer from him was, yes, please, i will get up early and go get my vaccine there. and the big news in our family is because paul decided that he was going drum roll, please susan s mom agreed that she would go, too, she would go with paul. susan s mom is in her 90s. she has a bull s eye on her in terms of vulnerability to this virus, if she ever got it. we
this morning millions of americans are waking up waiting and wondering where is the help they need? where is that covid relief bill? the short answer, still making its way to the house with the senate expected to send it over as soon as today. when we expect the final vote and when you can expect a check to hit your bank account. i don t know how i would have survived without the extra amount. it s a godsend. president biden promising to sign it as soon as he gets it and getting ready to make his first prime time address as president. marking one full year since the country shut down. and we are live in minneapolis inside this courtroom, day two of the murder trial of former police officer derek chauvin, with jury selection set to start for real this time any minute. the drama over whether to add to third degree murder charge and the controversial defense that led george floyd s sister to walk out. that is where we start live in minneapolis where jury selection is set t
visits with unvaccinated people from a single household who are at low risk of covid-19 disease indoors without wearing a mask or physical distancing. and refrain from quarantine and testing following a known covid-19 exposure if the vaccinated person remains asymptomatic. so far, more than 30 million americans have been fully vaccinated, which is more than the total number of confirmed infections nationwide. today the u.s. surpassed 29 million cases. it sparked new concerns about the spread of more infection shows variants just as more states reopen and lift their mask mandates. joining me a emergency medicine physician and medical director at the baylor college of medicine. alwaysia to he sue. i wonder what you think about the new guidelines that so many people have been waiting for. are they what you expected? there definitely some parts of the guidelines that are what i expected. we have been vaccinating people in this country for the last three months. we have over 3
tapper. the cdc released its full set of guidance for americans, loosening some specific restri restrictions. if grandparents can be vaccinated they can visit their daughter and family even if they have not been vaccinated so long as their daughter and her family are not at risk for severe disease. vaccinated americans will still need to wear a mask in public and many other settings with unvaccinated people and travel is being discouraged for now. there s also a turning point in the battle against coronavirus today. there are now more than 31 million people fully vaccinated in the u.s., and that is more than all the americans infected during this entire pandemic, as cnn s nick watt reports. you can visit your grandparents if you have been vaccinated and they have been, too. reporter: finally, guidance for the fully vaccinated. how the government would like you to behave. fully vaccinated people can visit with other fully vaccinated people indoors without wearing a m
$1.9 trillion covid relief bill makes its final passage. that s expected wednesday. thursday president biden will deliver the first prime time address of his presidency to mark one year since the nation shut down. we re also tracking fallout from that bombshell interview of the duke and duchess of sussex, whose allegations of racism and neglect have plunged the royal family into crisis. the interview is airing right now for the first time in britain. we ll go there live later this hour for the latest reaction. first, let s get the details of the new cdc guidance just out for more than 30 million americans, who were fully vaccinated against covid-19. our national correspondent, erica hill, is working the story for us. erica, new freedoms for those lucky enough to be fully vaccinated. reporter: that s right. that number is above 30 million here in the u.s. of people who are fully vaccinated. this guidance, we ve been waiting for it, for weeks at this point, as people are just