the daily death toll falling to a four month low on monday. at the very same time roughly 10% of the population has now been fully vaccinated, while nearly 20% have gotten at least one shot. an average of 2.2 million vaccinations are being given out every single day in this country. and we ve got to remember, all of this is happening just a year after the country first shut down. i want to start with my colleague peter alexander at the white house. peter, what is the administration doing to mark this one-year anniversary? yeah, that anniversary, of course, a somber one this thursday, now 48 hours away, and we at nbc news can now confirm president biden will be delivering his first primetime address at 8:00 p.m. eastern time this thursday to commemorate the day that the outbreak, the coronavirus outbreak was first declared a pandemic. jen psaki the press secretary detailing the tremendous loss, more than 525,000 americans who have now lost their lives in the course of that t
admitted to a little hospital. a group of nuns took care of us. and if it hadn t been for those nuns, i don t know what would have happened to many of us. that was on a sunday evening. early that monday morning, martin luther king jr., someone i loved and admired, was my hero, came to my bedside and said, john, don t worry, we will make it from selma to montgomery. he said, i m calling on religious leaders to come to sel selma. on tuesday, march 9th, more than a thousand ministers, rabbis,
the next thing i know i was admitted to a little hospital called the good samaritan hospital, where a group of nuns took care of us. and if it hadn t been for those nuns, i don t know what would have happened to many of us. that was on a sunday evening. early that monday morning, martin luther king jr., someone i love and admired, was my hero, came to my bedside and said, john, don t worry, we re going to make it from selma to montgomery. he said i m calling on religious leaders to come to selma, and on that tuesday, march 9th, more than a thousand ministers, rabbis, priests and nuns came to
here, trying to cross the alabama river to get out of town, to get out of selma, the 600 peaceful protesters were met by hundreds of alabama state police and local police. the policemen attacked the protesters. they used tear gas on them. they beat them with billy clubs. the protesters were whipped and stomped on by police horses. the leader of the march, john lewis, took a billy club to the head. he very easily could have died on that bridge that day. 17 of the marchers were sent to the hospital. that happened on sunday, bloody sunday, march 7th. now i said that they did not get out of selma that day when they were beaten on that bridge. but the nation was horrified. and the movement was galvanized. and two days after bloody sunday, two days later on tuesday, march 9th, they went back. only this time it was not 600 people marching that route nonviolently, this time it was not 600, it was 2500 people marching that same route. and they marched to that bridge again.
that distance before they ever got out of selma. here, trying to cross the alabama river to get out of town, to get out of selma, the 600 peaceful protesters were met by hundreds of alabama state police and local police. the policemen attacked the protesters. they used tear gas on them. they beat them with billy clubs. the protesters were whipped and stomped on by police horses. the leader of the march, john lewis, took a billy club to the head. he very easily could have died on that bridge that day. 17 of the marchers were sent to the hospital. that happened on sunday, bloody sunday, march 7th. now i said that they did not get out of selma that day when they were beaten on that bridge. but the nation was horrified. and the movement was galvanized. and two days after bloody sunday, two days later on tuesday, march 9th, they went back. only this time it was not 600 people marching that route nonviolently, this time it was not 600, it was 2500 people