welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day. the u.s. will cross 100 million vaccine shots since joe biden s inaug inauguration. that s 42 days ahead of the biden pledge. the u.s. is averaging 2.5 million coronavirus vaccines a day with 35% of americans partially or fully vaccinated. now, there are plenty of folks that noted that 100 million was a very low bar to begin with, but if you do the math going forward, at the pace we re going, we ll cross 200 million vaccinations within the first 100 days, and honestly, you would have been hard-pressed to find anyone that optimistic. but and this is hugely important there is concern this morning the u.s. may be on the verge of a new surge. the drop in hospitalizations, i want you to look at that graph. you can see it was going down steeply for weeks and weeks and weeks, but that decline has stopped. it s completely stalled right now. hospitalizations static and may be ticking up slight
this hearing seems to divide us as americans. the first congressional hearing in more than three decades on violence and discrimination against the asian american community. many say that it s reached a crisis and the question is, what are we prepared to do about it? plus, the fbi releases a whole slew of new videos that officials say are the egregious assaults on police officers during the capitol riot. the question is, will it help them identify more suspects? and the biden administration now says it will send doses of the covid vaccine to mexico and canada. the question is, when will the u.s. approve the vaccine that it has just agreed to share? it s way too early for this. good morning! and welcome to way too early, the show that apparently missed the memo that today is world sleep day! thanks for the reminder, associated press. i am kasie hunt on this friday, march 19th. we ll start with the news. president biden and vice president harris will travel to atl
you probably were sleeping. we ll give you the highlights. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is early start. it s monday, march 15th. 5:00 a.m. here in new york. we re so close we can taste freedom and yet so far. one in five americans have received at least one dose of a covid vaccine. since friday, the u.s. has hit three of the largest single day jumps in vaccinations. scenes like this can set us back. this is miami beach. a lot of people out there but few masks. spring break could trigger a surge in cases and saint patrick s day is also worrying. we ve got too many people coming. we ve got too many people coming who are just acting out and we have covid at the same time. and people are flying again. air travel hit a new pandemic era record. new tsa figures show more than 1.3 million people were screened on friday. the highest number in a year. duke university under grads are in a stay in place orders. more than 80 students are in
Im dion limb. A family calling in to question whether management left elderly residence at the facility during the fire. Melanie. Reporter that lawsuit focuses on villa capris. This is cell phone footage of the home engulfed in flames during the tubs fire in santa rosa. The facility being accused of elderly abuse, negligence. We had to do something. Reporter according to the law only three Staff Members were working during the october 9th overnight shift to care for nearly 70 elderly disabled residence, including a few dozen with zplen sha in a locked unit. Allen arrived at the facility around 2 00 a. M. The morning of the fire. We asked them specifically do you have an eviction plan because we wanted to help out. And they said no they were waiting for their director. Reporter a statement from the stipulate says, kwoemt all of our facilities have an eviction plan. The claim is that at least 30 of the residence were abandoned. I didnt know how we were beginning to get everybody out of t
You have an eviction plan because we wanted to help out. And they said no they were waiting for their director. Reporter a statement from the stipulate says, kwoemt all of our facilities have an eviction plan. The claim is that at least 30 of the residence were abandoned. I didnt know how we were beginning to get everybody out of there. Reporter oakmont facility said quote, while earn in the middle of shuttling residence into a secure location a Santa Rosa Police department had disputed. We were not stopping anybody from saving lives that night. Allen helped rescue 93yearold beth. Her family took this footage of her after the fire with a broken hip, tooth and abrasions all over her body. The family are we dont know what the rush was. Reporter we reached out to the facility for a response to the lawsuit filed this afternoon. We have not heard back. Oakmont Senior Living says all 430 residence are accounted for safe. We also checked in with the department of social services regarding the