allegations. they went on to write that the governor has lost the confidence of his governing partners and the people of new york. earlier today, the governor said he will not resign, and then he dismissed politicians who believed his accusers. people know the difference between playing politics, bowing to counsel cancel culture, and the truth. politicians who don t know a single fact, but yet form a conclusion and an opinion are, in my opinion, reckless, and dangerous. because those politicians cuomo is referring to include at least 24 congressional lawmakers. if the majority of the new york delegation now calling for his resignation, including prominent democrats like representative alexander because jo cortez, jamaal bowman, house oversight chair carolyn maloney, and judiciary committee member nadler. at the repeated against the governor and the manner in which he responded had made it impossible for him to continue to govern at this point. a seventh accuser came forwa
to beat the goal of 100 million shots in arms in his first 100 days in office. he now promises that milestone will be reached, by his 60th day in office. so, that s just ten days, from now. let s begin with our jeremy diamond. he joins us this morning, at the white house. that was there were so many important things, i think, for america to hear last night in those remarks from the president. have you learned anything, more, this morning, in terms of all these goals and dates that he put forward, really, promised last night? well, look. it was interesting because, in the first part of president biden s speech, which you heard from him was looking back. looking back at the sacrifices, the grief, the loss that americans have had to deal with over the year of this coronavirus pandemic. but then, he pivoted. and he started talking about the future and about what his administration is doing, to try and return to that sense of normalcy. and for the first time, he laid out, perh
door fast. nbc s exclusive sit-down with the treasury secretary on when the money will hit accounts and criticisms the package is just too big. are you spending too much? i don t believe we ve overshot the mark. plus, what we know about that new accelerated vaccine timeline. can the white house keep promises made in the president s prime time address? and can cities and states keep up? i m hallie jackson in washington on this friday morning, nbc s monica alba and kristen welker are at the white house, we re joined by dr. joshua sharpstein. ellison barber is with us as well. kristen, look ahead to what we can expect at the rose garden and next week across the country as it appears important to the white house, the president, his aides and advisers they get out and sell this package that just passed. reporter: that s the keyword, hallie, sell. that is what we are going to see from president biden and vice president harris. he s going to hold a signing ceremony for that
important night for president biden. what can we expect? reporter: well, he s been preparing for it for about a week now, according to his aides who say he s been going through the speech line by line not only because he wants to strike that balance that you were talking about earlier, talking about coronavirus fatigue that s happening inside the country while also still talking about those 1,500 deaths still happening every single day. they also say he wants to properly convey what this $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill he just signed a few hours ago is actually going to mean for americans. it s this big, massive, complex bill, so they want to make sure he s talking about how it will benefit those lower and middle-income americans that they say he intended to look out for in this bill. of course, wolf, this comes as he signed the bill earlier today, earlier than expected. thank you all. appreciate it. reporter: with that signature, joe biden sealing a defining mome
benefits, increased child tax credits, additional money for vaccines, reopening schools, farms, health care. and the list goes on. now, this measure is already reaping benefits. american airlines is crediting the bill with saving 27,000 jobs. mississippi senator roger wickerbrags, independent restaurant operates have won $28.6 billion of targeted relief. this fund willing ensure that small businesses can survive the pandemic. now, you would be correct in noting senator wicker is a republican. you would also be correct in noting that he was a republican that voted against the bill. you all did. you would be correct in noting that senator wicker is taking a sort of credit for help that he voted against providing. and you would be correct in including, that s pretty messed up. so the president s first prime-time address comes as the pandemic crosses the one-year mark. more than 10% of americans are now fully vaccinated and nearly 20% of americans have received their first shot