releasing restriction as highly contagious variants are spreading could cost the u.s., and i'm quoting her now, the hard-earned ground we have gained in the fight against the virus. also tonight, fresh fallout for the gop after the former president donald trump's first speech since leaving the white house in which he repeated lies about the election being rigged and stolen. he also called out, by name, an enemies list of republicans who voted against him in his second impeachment. all that, coming up. first, let's get more welcomed news right now on the vaccine, coming amid growing concern, thoerks at the same time about those coronavirus variants that are more easily spread. our national correspondent nick watt has the very latest for us. he's join ing us from los angeles. nick, demand still far outweighs supply. but starting tomorrow, there will be more vaccines available to more americans. >> there sure will, wolf. it was 11 weeks ago today that the first american got a dose of vaccine. nearly 100 million doses have been delivered around the country. around 10% of the adult population of this country has been fully vaccinated. double dosed. but there's a game changer. johnson & johnson's single-dose vaccine was just authorized. the first doses of johnson & johnson's vaccine have shipped. three vaccines are now out there in the mix. >> and this is all very, very good news. all three vaccines are safe and highly effective at preventing what we care about most. that's very serious illness and death. >> reporter: plus joh johnson & johnson's is single dosed and does not need deep freeze storage. >> we'll have 20 million in march and hundred million by june and hopefully by the the summer vaccinating a lot of the united states. >> reporter: but issues remain. >> scheduling remains, for far too many people, too frustrating, and we need to make it better. >> reporter: today teachers in connecticut, mississippi and louisiana are eligible for vaccinations. educators now on the list in 31 states and washington, d.c. not yet in massachusetts, where today roller rinks and theaters can reopen at half capacity. >> it's a good step in the right direction, that's for sure. >> reporter: but let's hold off on the high fives. >> it is really risky to say it's over. we're on the way out. let's pull back. just look historically at the late winter, early spring of 2020, of the summer of 2020 when we started to pull back prematurely, we saw the rebound. >> reporter: average new case counts have been falling sharply for weeks but -- >> the recent declines seem to be stalling. please hear me clearly, at this level of cases with variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground we have gained. >> reporter: on average, around 2,000 americans are still dying from this disease every day. >> get vaccinated. with the first vaccine available to you. protect yourself, your family, your community from covid-19. >> reporter: now today in los angeles, it's also the first day that teachers are eligible to get a vaccination. but the issue of how to get more kids back into school remains. and california just announced they're basically going to throw a whole lot of money at the problem. the governor has said there is $2 billion basically as incentives for schools to get tk through second grade back in person before the end of the month. another $4.6 billion to what he says is to reimagine the rest of the school year. that could include longer days or even pushing the school year into the summer to make up for what we've lost. >> really good idea if they can do that. so important. nick watt in l.a., thanks very much. meanwhile, majority leader chuck schumer says the senate will take up president biden's $1.9 trillion covid relief rescue plan this week but without the minimum wage hike in the house version of the bill. jeff zeleny is over at the white house for us today. the president can't afford to lose a single democratic vote in the senate if his plan is going to pass. >> reporter: wolf, that's absolutely right. the math simply does not work without all 50 democrats voting with the white house. that is why president biden was doing a virtual meeting with nine democratic senators. he needs all of those votes on the covid relief bill. they're still working out specific details about fooind funding on broadband and other matters. he needs their votes to push this over the finish line. at the white house tonight, president biden intensifying his efforts to push his signature covid relief bill through yet another hurdle in congress. after returning from his home over the weekend in delaware, the president meeting virtually with nine democratic senators, whose votes he needs to pass the $1.9 trillion package. >> we reserved time in his schedule to ensure he could be engaged, roll up his sleeves and be personally involved in having more zoom meetings, potentially having people here at the oval office to get this across the finish line. >> reporter: with some benefits to americans, piering march 14th, the clock is ticking for biden to make good on his pledge. there is no room for error in the closely divided senate after the house narrowly passed a message over the weekend with no republican votes. tonight, progressives are sechlt ething over the minimum wage law being stripped out of the house version. a letter to biden and vice president kamala harris urging them to override the decision and keep their campaign promise of raising the minimum wage. the white house says it's committed to doing so but not in the covid bill. >> progressives don't understand this. in some respect, they're like, why not fight for this? why is the white house not more aggressively challenging that and sending the vice president to try to potentially overrule that with a vote? >> the decision for the vice president to vote to overrule or take a step to overrule is not a simple decision. the president and vice president both respect the history of the senate. they both formally served in the senate and that's not an action we intend to take. >> maintain support for moderate democrats like joe manchin of west virginia and kristen sinema of arizona, who do not support the minimum wage, without alienating other democrats who do. tough talk on the campaign trail to stop well short of punishing the saudi crown prince for his role in the brutal murder of jamal khashoggi. >> we are, in fact, going to make them pay the price and make them, in fact, the pariah that they are. >> how does this come anywhere close to his pledge to americans? >> the president has been clear to his team and publicly that the relationship is not going to look what it's looked like in the past. >> reporter: the white house insisted the relationship with saudi arabia would be recalibrated but the move underscored how biden's advisers see the relationship with a key arab all i as too important to break. the biden white house declined to take the bait. >> i think we're going to spend more of our time focused on communicating about our agenda for the american people than responding to criticism from the former president. >> reporter: the former president does still hangover this white house in at least one way. that's immigration pochlt as we speak, president biden is holding a virtual bilateral meeting with the mexican president right now. of course, immigration policies were front and center in that trump relationship. and there was a question from the mexican government earlier today if they could have some of the u.s.'s covid-19 vaccination. the white house press secretary says the president believes they cannot. they say he's reserving that for use here in the united states. wolf? >> see what happens out of that meeting. jeff zeleny, thank you very much. let's get rollout of the latest covid-19 vaccination for rollout here in the united states. dr. besser, thank you for joining us. the johnson & johnson vaccine becomes the third vaccine here in the united states. what are the advantages of this shot? >> before i answer that, i want your viewers to understand we do have stock in j&j. one of the things i find exciting about having a third vaccine is the fact that it can be stored in a refrigerator and takes only one dose to reach a high level of protection. there's cases where one vaccine is preferred from a public health perspective but one of the challenges will be to get the public on board with vaccines that have different levels of effectiveness for mild and moderate disease but are all extremely effective at preventing what with we really care about, which is hospitalizations, severe illness and death. >> how much of ai an impact do you think, dr. besser, that the johnson & johnson vaccine will make, at least in the short term? >> this week there's supposed to be around 4 million doses of vaccine that's out there, 20 million by the end of the month. 100 million by the end of june. 100 million doses by the end of june. that says to me that every adult in america who wants to be vaccinated should have access to vaccine. what is really going to shift the equation is how do we talk to people and understand people's concerns so that we can ensure that we continue to see an increasing number of people wanting to get vaccinated and vaccines reaching every community in america? >> as you know, dr. fauci said we have what he describes as three high ly efficacious vaccines. he warns about comparing the johnson & johnson vaccine to the other two, saying they are not apples to apples. what is wha does he mean? >> moderna and pfizer were done in trials before we had variants around. the j&j vaccine were done in a number of countries that had significant amounts of variants out there. so, you can't do a direct comparison. they did not do a trial where one group got the j&j vaccine, one got the pfizer and one got the moderna for a head-to-head comparison. they were all compared tie placebo, a nonvaccine, and were all shown at being be very effective in hospitalizations and deaths. the pfizer, moderna, they were shown to be highly effective as well at preventing any symptomatic infection. we don't vaccinate to prevent the cold. we don't vaccinate to prevent mild flu illness. we vaccinate against diseases that can cause serious illness, hospitalization and death. thankfully, all of these vaccines are good against that. >> so important. johnson & johnson are conducting trial vaccines in immunocompromised individuals. when can we expect data and efficacy in these groups? >> it will be a number of months before we see that. i don't think it will be in time for this school year. it is really important. if we want to get back to where we all want to be, which is back to our normal lives, we need vacc vaccines that have been shown to be safe and effective across the population. and so that includes children. that includes people with immunocompromised conditions. it includes pregnant women. it's good to see that all the companies are stepping up. j&j is the first company to talk about vaccine trials and infants in young children. that will be helpful because we know that in order to take those masks off, we want to make sure that everyone is safe. >> absolutely critical. dr. besser, as usual, thank you so much for joining us. up next, former president trump's first post-white house speech raising a lot more questions about the future of the gop. plus, breaking news. one of the women accusing the new york governor andrew cuomo of harassment has just responded to his apology. built just for y. get 2 unlimited lines for a fixed rate of $70 bucks. and now get netflix on us. plus, switch and get a free smartphone for each line. what happens to your body language when your underarms are cared for? ♪ ♪ it shows! our new dove advanced care formula is effective... and kind to skin, leaving underarms cared for and you... more confident and carefree. some 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republicans he intends to take down. let's go to our chief domestic correspondent jim acosta in orlando, florida, for trump's speech. he's back in washington, d.c. right now. how devoted does the gop seem to be toward trump right now? >> reporter: wolf, there is no question, this is still the party of trump. we saw that on display at cpac. he gave a dangerous speech to close out the cpac down in orlando. you know, he was using some of the same rhetoric that sent his supporters off to storm the capitol on january 6th. he repeated the big lie, as you said, say ing he won the election. at one point, he sounded like an ousted authoritarian autocrat, chastising the supreme court for not having the courage. although he put three justices on the court. and the most disturbing part of the speech when he ticked off his enemies list, in a pure nixonian fashion, he ticked off the list of those lawmakers who voted to impeach him and convict him earlier this year. >> the democrats don't have grandstanders like mitt romney, little ben sasse, richard burr, bill cassidy, susan collins, lisa murkowski, pat toomey. and in the house, tom rice, south carolina. adam kinzinger and, of course, the war monger, person that loves seeing our troops fighting, liz cheney. how about that? hopefully, they'll get rid of her with the next election. get rid of them all. we're not starting new parties. they kept saying, he's going to start a brand new party. we have the republican party. it's going to unite and be stronger than ever before. i am not starting a new party. we will take back the house. we will win the senate. and then a republican president will make a triumphant return to the white house. and i wonder who that will be. >> now, if all that red meat sounded familiar it's in part because donald trump's former white house speech writing team returned to duty, people like his former domestic policy adviser, stephen miller, they were working on this speech before donald trump delivered this address down at cpac. one other final thing we should point out, wolf, we learned earlier this afternoon that former president trump -- then president trump at the time and former first lady melania trump both received the coronavirus vaccine back in january at the white house. this was something that was not disclosed to reporters when donald trump was still president of the united states. an adviser confirmed that to cnn earlier today. wolf, keep in mind, a month or so has passed since donald trump left the white house. imagine how much good it would have done had the white house told us back in january that donald trump had been vaccinated for covid-19, with so many republicans who are suspicious of the covid-19 vaccine, it would have done a lot of good to hear about it back then. >> certainly would have been. there should have been a photo opportunity. people should have gotten a picture of the then president, then first lady getting the vaccine. it would have encouraged a lot of his supporters who were reluctant to do so, to go out and do the right thing. jim acosta, thank you so much. let's bring in our chief national correspondent, john king, along with former ohio governor republican john kasich. john king, the former president listed his grievances, his enemies. you heard the enemies list. is he offering anything at all for the republican party or, for that matter, for the american people? >> he offered a lot of the same old lies, wolf. that's the choice the republican party has to make. maybe you agree with president trump, former president trump's policy on taxes. maybe you agree it's more controversial with his policies on immigration. first you have to decide, is he the guy you want leading your house? it's hard to lead a house, a movement, a party, when it's based on a big lie. that's what the former president brought back into the public sphere. he was in a friendly audience. he didn't do as well in the cpac straw poll as you might have expected. he promise retribution and retaliation against republicans who crossed him and saying joe biden was an illegitimate president. >> not just a big lie but very dangerous because a lot of his supporters believe those lies. governor kasich, it was a rambling speech. he epeted all the same lines we've heard so many times, sometimes even going further. is that still inspiring yourm l report. i thought the speech was a dud myself. when wha trump reminded me of is a boxer who might still be able to land some punches but there's no sting in the punch. you couldn't knock anybody down or knock anybody out with it. it was not impressive to me. remember, there are like 1,400 people in a ballroom. if this is not the crowd that's going to tear down the rafters, i don't know where they are. i've been saying for a couple of weeks to you, and i know john has heard, that i think he's fading. i really do. yesterday was just not impressive to me. i didn't watch that much of it. i watched enough of it to kind of get a sense. to me, i just didn't think it really inspired anybody. in fact, somebody -- my wife told me that somebody there in the audience said that they were bored because he kept mentioning the same thing over and over and over again. he's just a former president. he doesn't have the news there every day. this is fading. now, with some people, are they fired up? yeah. but the party is shrinking. and i think you're going to continue to see him lose influence. he's like that old fighter that's in the corner. he wants to come out one more time but i don't think he's got it. >> john king, the former president, as we heard, he name checked a whole bunch of republicans who voted to impeach him or convict him in the senate. but beyond this intimidation, does he have any real strategy to take them on once they come up for re-election? >> governor kasich raises a great point. does the former president have the discipline? can he build a team around him to carry out what he wants to do? a lot of republicans think it's dangerous but he wants to retal yaisiate. he says he will support against congressman gonzalez in governor kasich's state. he named in 14 seconds 17 names, all the senate republicans who voted to convict, all the house republicans who voted to impeach. he laid that out there as the standard. can he raise the money to beat them in primaries? can he raise the money to push them in the republican party? he has laid down the standard for himself. let's set 2024 aside. let's see what happens between now and 2022 first. one thing donald trump has not proven himself to be is to be disciplined when it comes to the nuts and bolts when it comes to take doing the nuts and bolts. he has been successful in his campaign. he did get 75 million votes but in terms of organizing disciplined, day-to-day messaging, will he take on those republicans and make a statement? that's what the next two years are about. >> what did you think, governor kasich, reading the names of those republicans who voted against him, among them adam kinzinger who will be joining me later "the situation room"? >> i don't think they're shuddering. when you're a leader, you hold your head high, your shoulders back and tell people what you're all about. that's a strong antidote to people who want to attack you, criticize you and name call you. unless they're able to redistrict some of these people out, i predict that most of them will win re-election, including kinzinger and anthony gonzalez. i think they'll overcome this. again, i don't think he will have the influence. john king, there's not much i can add. john is a brilliant guy, brilliant analyst. everything he said, take it to the bank. >> i echo that myself. all right, guys, thank you very, very much. coming up, will new york's governor, andrew cuomo's latest apology calm the political storm raise bid two of his former aides? allegations of sexual harassment. cu cuomo's second accuser just responded to his latest 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investigation into allegations against governor andrew cuomo, allegations involving sexual harassment. our national correspondent jason carroll is in albany, new york, for us right now. jason, governor cuomo did issue an apology. one of his accusers just responded and said it's simply not enough. >> reporter: not nearly enough, wolf. this comes from late this afternoon. cuomo's second accuser, charlotte bennett, came out with a statement very critical of the governor's response saying, in part, quote, it took the governor 24 hours and significant backlash to allow for a truly independent investigation. these are not the actions of someone who simply feels misunderstood. they are the actions of an individual who wields his power to avoid justice. meanwhile, a number of those who support the governor are concerned that this could just be the beginning of problems for him going forward. new york governor andrew cuomo facing new scrutiny tonight after a second former staffer has come forward, alleging sexual harassment. charlotte bennett, former executive assistant and health policy adviser, telling "the new york times" over the weekend that the governor asked her numerous questions about her personal life, including whether she thought age made a difference in row mantic relationships. she alleges cuomo said he was open to relationships with women in their 20s. bennett, who was 25 years old, told "the times," i understood that the governor wanted to sleep with me and i felt horribly uncomfortable and scared. late yesterday, nearly 24 hours after "the times" first reported bennett's story, governor cuomo issued a statement, acknowledging his past comments may have been inappropriate. saying i now understand my interactions may have been insensitive or too personal and that some of my comments, given my position, made others feel in ways i never intended. i acknowledge some of the things i have said have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation to the extent anyone felt that way, i am truly sorry about that. some lawmakers within cuomo's own party saying his statement is not enough. >> that statement was unfortunate, in my opinion. there's a very big difference saying to someone i'm sorry if your offended by what i did and saying i'm sorry for what i did. >> reporter: cuomo also saying in a statement he never inappropriately touched or propositioned anyone, denying an allegation of another former aide, lindsay boylan who wrote in a post that cuomo kissed her on the lips. cuomo, third-term democrat, suggest sunday night new york attorney general letitia james select an independent attorney to investigate claims against him. james reject ed that proposal, saying she needed subpoena power. the governor's office relented, saying they would turn over a referral allowing it. james' office confirmed they received the referral monday afternoon. lawmakers on both sides critical of the investigative process. today, a democratic state senator introduced a bill to change the law so that the governor does not have to refer an investigation in order for the attorney general to start one. >> when you think about it, when the governor is the person bein make sense at all. and i think what shocked members of the public that that's the system we have. >> reporter: senate majority leader chuck schumer and house speaker nancy pelosi released statements on the importance of an independent investigation. pelosi calling the allegations serious and credible. all this, as cuomo still faces allegations of mishandling the covid-19 crisis in new york's long-term care facilities currently under scrutiny by the fbi and the u.s. attorney's office. and, wolf, as to the investigations, the governor defended his administration's handling of the issues and says going forward he will continue to cooperate with investigators. wolf? >> jason carroll in albany for us. jason, thank you. let's get more on all of this. joining us now, cnn legal analyst ann millgraham, form er attorney general and law professor at nyu law school. thank you for joining us. you're former state attorney general, you have experience conducting these kinds of sexual harassment investigations. what should we expect as the new york attorney general's investigation into governor cuomo now begins to unfold? >> well, there's a lot that's going to be forthcoming, wolf, because what we'll see is that the new york attorney general is going to select a law firm. she's not going to handle it in her own office. she's going to hire outside counsel to lead this investigation. and one of the things that's important to recognize about this that's different from some of the internal investigations that companies often do is that that law firm will be given subpoena power and that means that they'll have the ability to compel witnesses, gather documents and do an exhaustive investigation to get to the bottom of this. and also to issue a public report. >> as you heard, governor cuomo has apologized for some of his comments but maintains he never inappropriately touched or propositioned anyone. what does that tell you about the governor's plans to fight these allegations? >> i think we're in a position now where we have two women who have come forward and basically said that they were subjected to unwanted, offensive conduct and comments by the governor. and so now we're going into this investigation, and there are a lot of questions that i think will need to be answered, including, is it just these two women? are there any other women who may come forward? what's really the scope of this? and also what is the governor's -- you know, he has made one public statement but it's not the same as sitting down and interviewing him or looking at whether or not he has received sexual harassment training and so on. so i think this is what you and i are seeing now is really just the tip of the iceberg, this sort of public piece of it. that's the importance of an independent investigation. it will go far deeper and then ultimately the public will be able to know what happened and what the governor has said and done about it. >> we'll see if any other women step forward because that could be huge. that could be really significant. ann milgram, thank you for joining us. coming up, is it only coincidence that minorities and women are at the center of confirmation fights right now for president biden's cabinet? we'll ask the head of the naacp just ahead. expanding dragnet for suspects in the wake of the capitol riot. the world around you may seem like an immovable, implacable place. it is not. it can be bright. quiet. and safe. it's a change that will be felt from this street. to this street. to no street. and everywhere in between. all it takes is the slightest push in just the right place and that will be the tipping point that changes everything. ♪ ♪ i took out this personal loan with sofi and it significantly helped me lower the amount of 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let's talk about this and more with the president of the naacp, derek johnson. thank you for joining us. this bill in georgia would limit, as i said, early voting, drop boxes, require voter i.d. for absentee ballots. republicans are following apparently the same playbook in other states as well. what does this tell you about the gop strategy to try to regain power? >> well, unfortunately, they are unwilling to expand their platform, their agenda to attract more voters in. they would prefer to restrict access to voting. feels like we're living in 1950 as opposed to 2021. we must, as a nation, ensure that every eligible voter can cast a ballot free of interruption, free of suppression and free of laws that seek to subvert and suppress our democracy. >> you can't make it harder to vote. people need to go out there and vote. president trump used the stage yesterday to say in his words republicans should be the party of honest elections. how concerning, derrick, is it to see republicans, including the former president, use the big lie to make it harder for american citizens to go out there and vote? >> you know, he has a has-been. he's no longer in office. he's facing, what, about 12 lawsuits of both personal and while he was in office. we should move forward as a nation and begin to restore our democracy and not allow individuals like the former president, who was seeking to overturn this government to have the stage. and for that matter, take up air time even on this show. >> let me get your thoughts on another sensitive issue right now. a handful of biden cabinet nominees are facing intense criticism from republicans in the senate. these nominees are all people of color. some are civil rights leaders. biden has made some historic strides in terms of cabinet diversity. but are these nominees, from your perspective, being held to a different standard? we put five of them up on the screen right now. >> absolutely. we have a dual tract. george garland was an opportunity to show are they fit to serve? do they respect and uphold the constitution you? kristen clarke, vanita gupta are qualified and should be moved through the same procedure as merrick garland. >> he is expected to be pretty overwhelmingly confirmed when all is said and done. some nominees have been painted by their critics as radical, dangerous. how much weight do those words carry when they're used specifically against people of color? >> it's fear mongering. we've seen the republican party using fear to thwart progress. we must move on as a nation. we should be in the midst of battles of ideals, not using the tool of fear, tool of race and division to define one's political party. how do we move forward if we continue to anchor ourselves with past failed approaches such as racism and fear mongering? >> derrick johnson, thank you. we'll continue this conversation down the road and see what happens with these cabinet nominees. coming up, we're getting new details right now into the 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pressure than ever with over 300 people charged. more than 280 arrested and law enforcement tracking many more. >> the investigation into those responsible is moving at a speed and scale that's unprecedented and rightly so. those responsible must be held to account and they will be. >> spray you again. >> reporter: thomas caldwell pleaded not guilty. he is one of nine alleged associates of the oath keepers charged with conspiracy. prosecutors say he discussed bringing weapons across the potomac river into washington on boat on or before january 6. and dominic pisola of the proud boys seen here breaking a window at the capitol with a police shield appeared before a federal judge. prosecutors told the judge today they have gathered new evidence that they were communicating wi radio on january 6, that he ordered a radio ahead of that date and trying to make sure it worked around that time. his lawyer said it doesn't mean he was taking or giving orders during the riot. he is trying to distance himself from the proud boys and the lawyer saying the association is minimal. according to court records prosecutors used witnesses in the case to gain information about the proud boys and him. >> we'll get more information. when things start to go down and people get charged they think about what's best for them. >> reporter: an independent review of security around the capitol conducted by retired lieutenant general russell honore could be released in the coming day. sources saying a draft of a proposal recommends a system of walls and fences around the capitol and adding more than 1,000 more officers to the u.s. capitol police force as well as establishing a quick reaction force to avoid brattic delays in deploying police in an emergency like january 6th. sources say the review found that more officers are needed to protect members of congress in their home districts. >> but there is a need to have coverage outside of washington, d.c. that's when the representatives are most vulnerable is when they're outside of washington. >> reporter: law enforcement officials have told cnn the fbi identified a suspect to focus on in the death of capitol hill police officer brian sicknick and not publicly naming that suspect as of now. law enforcement officials work on the theory he was sick of bear spray that the mob used that day. wolf? >> more than 300 have been charged, a huge invest. we anticipate many, many more will be charged. brian todd reporting for us, thank you very much. a third coronavirus vaccine being shipped to vaccination sites across the united states right now with the first johnson & johnson witone-dose shots goi into arms as soon as tomorrow. if you have... ...moderate to severe psoriasis, ... ...little things... ...can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause 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variants are spreading. the doctor fears the u.s. could lose hard-earned ground gained against the virus. we're also following the fallout from donald trump's first big speech since leaving the white house in disgrace. the former president still promoting the big lie he won the election while targeting republicans who voted to impeach or convict him. this hour i'll talk to gop congressman kinzinger about his inclusion on the trump enemy list. first let's go to erica hill. a third life saving vaccine now in the mix. the supply at least for now is limited. what's the limited? >> a lot of hope and xiexciteme