Travel during the pandemic. Maybe during the vaccine, people are feeling they can get out again. Top Officials Say vaccination is the solution to covid19 fatigue. Every day 3 million to 4 Million People are getting vaccinated. Thats going to be the solution. Announcer this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. Health experts are sounding the alarm about a fourth wave of coronavirus in the u. S. Professor Michael Osterholm says the world is in the eye of a category 5 hurricane right now, but other experts believe things are getting better. While there is still a clear rise in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations around the country well, at least in some states you see on your screen vaccinations also continue at this breakneck pace. More than 4 million Vaccine Doses were administered on saturdayst thats a new record. Almost 19 of americans are now fully vaccinated. 32 have received at least one dose. In just a few hour, testimony resumes in the Derek Chauvin murder trial with the prosecution calling more witnesses. We do expect to hear from the Minneapolis Police chief. This will be perhaps critical. Hes already called George Floyds death a murder. Hes fired other officers involved in it. Joining us, dr. Jonathan reiner, professor of medicine and surgery at George Washington university. Dr. Reiner, let me play for you what dr. Osterholm said about where we are in this pandemic. Take a listen. At this time we really are in a Category 5 Hurricane Status with regard to the rest of the world. At this point, we will see in the next two weeks the highest number of cases reported globally since the beginning of the pandemic. In terms of the United States, were just at the beginning of this surge. We havent really begun to see it yet. What hes looking at in the midwest are states like michigan, dr. Reiner, where you see the cases are clearly rising, hospitalizations clearly rising. So where are we in your mind . Good morning, john. Look. I think hoe was really talking about two things. He was talking about the situation in the world where cases are still, you know, rising dramatically, and now the case in the United States where were starting to see these hot spots, particularly in the great lakes states, plays like michigan, northeast massachusetts, and a little bit into the midatlantic. The big difference now compared with our last massive surge around thanksgiving and christmas is that a third of this country has had at least one vaccination. If you look at where the deaths have come in the United States, 80 of the deaths during this pandemic have come in people over the age of 65, and in that age group now, that highest risk age group, 75 of people have had at least one vaccine. So while we may see spikes in places, i dont think were going to see a catastrophic rise in deaths. So now where are these cases coming from . Theyre coming from young people. If you look at massachusetts in the last week. Fully half of the cases in massachusetts were in people under the age of 30, and thats where our vaccine goes now. We need to be vaccinating young people. They are the vectors now for the transmission of this virus around the country. The president has stated that he wants all states open by may 1st. We need to surge vaccine into places where young people are. Colleges now, kids will be in college for this final month. Every college vaccinated students before they go home. Thats where the hospitalizations are coming from. Thats where the vaccine needs to go now. Can you explain that, doctor, because during the worst of the pandemic a year ago, the one sigh of relief that any of us had were that kids, even if they tested positive, they could be vectors, as you say, but they werent getting sick, they werent getting hospitalized. Are people under 30 now being hospitalized meaning that the virus is hitting them in a more severe way . We think it is. So if you look at this new b. 1. 1. 7. Variant, the uk variant, which is now sweeping through the United States, that appears to be more virulent, and we are seeing more hospitalizations. So in those same age groups, hospitalizations are up about 10 to 15 . So the infection is more meaningful for people in this age group, even more reason for us to be vaccinating that group. The highest risk group where almost a third of the deaths in this country came were in Nursing Homes and longterm care facilities, and cases are now down 96 in those facilities because weve largely vaccinated all of the residents. We will get a handle on this. If you just want to see whats in store for us, look at israel. Israel has vaccinated about 60 of their population, and cases are down in that country, off their highs 96 . Off our highs, cases are down 75 em 75 , but were verying concerning place with spikes like michigan. I get the sense there is wide agreement were going to get where we need to be. Were going to get there. Maybe in may, maybe in june. The issue is at what cost until then, right . And if things go great, hopefully deaths wont rise again. Hopefully because the Nursing Home Population is the most susceptible, theyre going to get vaccinated. If you see people still getting sick, ending up in the hospital, thats concerning, dr. Reiner. There are issues that Tens Of Thousands of people could face. Were learning every day about the longhaul feature with the virus and young people. We cant trivialize infections in young people. My point about young people being infected now, we know that at leastof the infections are asymp asymptomatic, and thats how the virus is moving around the country. Think about spring break in florida. Think about the thousands of people partying on the beach. All of those kids went back to their towns and schools, you know, where not everyone is vaccinated. That is how the virus is still circulating around this country. The federal government has the ability to tell farms, Retail Pharmacies where they ship the vaccine directly who can and cannot be administered a vaccine, and all of these retail establishments around the country should be open to young people 16 and up for vaccination. Dr. Reiner, i want to ask you about testing. We all recall that the Trump Administration did not do enough testing because President Trump didnt like to see high case counts, and he felt if he kept the testing down, you wouldnt see cases. Is the Biden Administration doing enough testing because it seem as though were not sequencing enough exactly where the variants are, and its still hard to get a test. Right. There are twoish two issues wit testing. The other testing, testing in the community, weve sort of plateaued or are even off our highs. What the Biden Administration has just done, which has been months in the waiting, theyve now licensed three rapidhome tests. Very soon youll be able to go to a pharmacy without a prescription, literally within days, and pick up a home test. One of my daughters got a box of home tests sent from her job in new york. As they open later this month, all employees from her firm are going to be testing at home twice a week. Youre going to see this all over the country now. These tests, you know, promoted by a doctor from harvard over the last several months now finally will allow you to understand at home whether your child who has a little bit of a fe fever is infected and whether he should stay home from school or if you feel lousy, you should stay home from work. We should have had these months ago. Now the Biden Administration has licensed three of these devices, so youre going to see that increase dramatically over the next few weeks. Thank you for that preview. That will definitely be Peace Of Mind for everybody. Thank you. We want to take time to remember some of the more than 555,000 americans lost to the coronavirus. Officials describe him as a kind and gentle soul with a genuinely cheerful heart. Sheila smith taught at Strawn Elementary School in alabama for more than 20 years working mainly with special needs students. School Officials Say she brought a lot of joy, a lot of energy to her work. 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Well, clearly over the last couple of months its not as safe as we thought it was, but i think we have a game plan, we have recommendations with general honore, and we have funds to help that. But we cant sugarcoat it. What happened this weekend was very, very troubling to lose another Police Officer on the Capitol Police force after already losing a couple after what happened on january 6th. Weve got some work to do. We have to be honor west the american people. Its going to take a little bit of time, but were going to get it done. Some of the recommendations from general honore, increase police staffing, intelligence capabilities, how much do you expect to get active . Create mobile fencing, enhance protection of members of congress . I hope most of it. We see cops get up every morning, put their lives on the line, are very susceptible to someone who wants to harm them because theyre on the front line for all of us, and so they will always be susceptible. These lone wolf attacks or whatever surrounds this is always going to be there. Thats not going to go away, not now, not ever, but we have to take bigger steps securing the capitol, making sure police are, you know, not as vulnerable as they are maybe and have a quick rapid resporngs harden the capitol, district offices. These are things were going to get done and get done very, very soon, but, again, its not going to eliminate the threat all cops take on every single day for the rest of the communities they represent. Whats your opinion on fencing among some of your colleagues . Fencing versus the idea of keeping it open to the public as money as possible . Are they in conflict . . Weve got to start moving toward taking the fencing down, but i also think until we have a real game plan in place, manpower in place, national guard, these kinds of things, we have to being careful. Does the fence stop a complete riot . Were not sure. The Security Experts tell us that may not even be the case, but i think theres some value to that till we have a plan implemented. Thats where were at, john. Weve got to get the plan implemented as quickly as possible. But when youre talking about hiring 800 new Police Officers, you need so many. This is not something were able to wave a magic wand overnight. Same with fencing. We want fencing we can dispatch and put out rather quickly. Do we want fencing that goes into the ground and triggered with a switch that pops up . These are things were trying to discuss. I know in 2021 we want to click that website and have that pop up. We want to send a text and have it delivered. We want to put something in the microwave and have it cook, but this is going to take some time. Let me ask you about the infrastructure job, the plan coming from the white house. I want to know from you what are the best parts but also the worst parts . Well, i think the fact that i always wanted it to be bigger. Maybe that would be my critique. 3 trillion over the course of the package is pretty significant. I would say i really like the fact that theyre taking on the the president is taking on the big problems. He wants to fix the ten worst bridges. We have a bridge in cincinnati, northern kentucky, were going to work hard for. I like how money is set aside, about 40 of it, for communities who have taken it on the chin. Those disadvantaged communities. How do we inject the investment into those communities, those with broad brand and traditional infrastructure so as growth happens and others move out of high cost centers. We want to make sure that places like akron and youngstown have room to grow. We cant do that if dwoenl have the infrastructure and the broad band to be able to take that on. This is transformational. Its significant, the project hes undertaken. Its going to benefit communities weve forgotten. What about Payroll Taxes . Are you on board with corporate taxes and all that . When you look at corporations that dont pay any taxes, how fair is this . If youre a secretary or construction worker, you pay your fair share of taxes. Then we have a number of top fortune 500 companies, they dont pay any taxes at all. You want to talk about a rigged system, asking them to pay their fair share like bind said, we dont hate people. This is about helping us invest in the future of the country, planting a tree today so our kids and grandkids can get some shade down the road. Those are the investments that are being made. And asking corporations who dont pay any taxes or have seen a significant tax cut in the past few years, to ask to help us fund it is really investing into their future too. These are in vvestments. Congressman ryan, thanks for spending time with us this morning. The prosecution expected to call the Minneapolis Police chief to testify against Derek Chauvin. Were going to speak to the lawyer for george floityds famy next. 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As you mentioned, one of them, the police chief of the Minneapolis Police department. Hes been on record publicly criticizing chauvins actions. We know he also fired Derek Chauvin. So we expect to hear the same theme, that Derek Chauvin was not representing the Ploopt Department and the standards whenever he encountered George Floichld were also expecting to hear from the supervisor who worked on george floyd. Thats going to be key because the prosecution indicated this particular witness had supervised taking Blood Samples from george floyd. We know the defense has been to turn the tables here saying it wasnt chauvins acts that results in George Floyds death but that george floyd may have been under the influence of some kind of drug at the arrest. We expect robust testimony from the prosecution as well as the defense. Joining us now is chris stewart, one of the floyd family attorneys. Chris, great to see you. Before we get to what to expect today and this week, can you recap . What do you and your team and George Floyds family think has been the most effective moment thus far of the trial for the prosecution in terms of trying to convict chauvin . Thanks for having me, alisyn. What a powerful week. It had to be the highest ranking officer who said it was totally unnecessary and shouldnt have happened. Do you think the defense has done anything effectively so far. Theyre desperate. Theyd tried everything. Theyre blaming the crowd, two of them children, theyre blaming the fire department, fellow officers. Theyre looking for any type of excuse. I am heard you say yesterday you are bracing for the experts coming up. Who will those be . You never know with experts. The defense tries to hire the best people they can get, but the real testimony is going to come from the chief and the officers. Experts are paid for. So, you know, theyre going to say what the defense wants them to say, but the testimony from these officers for once in a trial were Hearing Officers stand up or say what he did was wrong. Normally you dont hear from officers. Is this the first time youve heard Something Like that in a trial. Yes. Think about walter scott. You and i talked about that during the trial. We didnt have officers stepping forward like we do now, which is something to be proud of for them. Theyre acknowledging, you know, this should not have happened, which is all that the community wants, all the nations, to step forward, be honest about it and say, look, this is not how policing should be done. Is it your understanding, the police chief, the Minneapolis Police chief arrandondo will be testifying today . Im not sure what day hell be testifying, but were sure hell be testifying. If its like zimmermans testimony from last week, its going to be powerful. Heres what we know about how chief arrandondo feels because he spoke out back in june. This is what he said june 22nd, 2 2020. He said mr. Floyds tragic deck was not due to a lack of training. The training was there. Chauvin knew what he was doing. The officers knew what was happening. One intentionally caused it and the others failed to prevent it. This was murder. It wasnt a lack of training. Wow. I mean what more could the jury need to hear than that from the police chief. Exactly. And its the truth. You know, its just i think the whole nation is daily going through the pain and suffering of watching this happen again and again and again, and dont look away. You know, dont turn the channel. Dont get sad and not Pay Attention to it. Look at this death and realize this is what people are dealing with and suffering with daily. Embrace it. And then well change. But how does it make sense . When you watch Derek Chauvin in the courtroom and watch everything that comes out, what does that say . If it wasnt about his lack of training or training gone wrong or him thinking that this was policy, which is what some of the defense has said, that would suggest that Derek Chauvin is basically a psychopath. I dont know that we know that in his history. So how do you explain what happened . Its the air of superiority. Look at him. Look at his presence while hes killing another human being. Theres no remorse. He clearly thinks hes going to get away with it. Hes had a history of doing things like this before, and that type of air and arrogance cant be wearing a badge or walking the street. Thats the issue. He thought he could get away with it. He felt the crowd wasnt going to do anything. He never thought hed be on cnn getting talked about, and he walked away from killing an africanamerican, and its not going to happen this time. I want to play for you the audio we heard for the first time this week. It is of Derek Chauvin in the moments after George Floyds death calling his supervisor. Hello. 230 here. Yeah. I was just going to call you and have you come out to our scene here. Um, not really, but we just had to hold the big guy down. He was he was he was going crazy. Wouldnt go in the back of the squad he wouldnt go back in the squad, he said. Squad car, meaning. I know as an attorney, you hear something incriminating in that audio. What do you hear . How nervous he is. He sounds like a child whos broken something and hes trying to explain it to his parents and hes lying. Hes nervous, coughing, swallowing his words. He said he was holding somebody down when really he had gone to the top tier. He clearly knew he had taken it too far but, you know, didnt think he would get caught, but he did. You had a different take on the presence of drugs in George Floyds system than i had heard before. It sounded like chauvin was trying to suggest or his defense because there was a presence of drugs, because he was in an altered state, we had to use extra force, you know. He was saying he was going crazy as you hear him saying to his supervisor. Youre suggesting that when police know there is some sort of that somebody is under the influence of some sort of substance. They actually need to take more precautions. Tell us what you mean by that. Exactly. You know, he cant have it both ways. If hes saying that they suspect george floyd of being on opioids, whatever is a health crisis, they should have treated him with greater care. Thats when you know you cant hold somebody down for an extended period of time. You cant choke somebody out because theyre already dealing with somebody in their system. Youre monitoring them, their breathing, constantly. You cant have it both ways. This isnt a situation where you argue later, oh, my god, he was on something. No, your excuse was he was under the influence of something. You cant have it both ways. You take care of somebody whos in a medical crisis, if thats what youre going to allege. He can take notes constantly in this trial, but he couldnt take someones pulse . You know, its ridiculous. Chris stewart, thank you for your time. Were obviously following this very closely. Any time. The mlb allstar game pulled out of georgia. Other major corporations threatening to do the same. Now the governor is speaking out about the backlash his state is facing after signing that new election law. Thats next. [narrator] if youre thinking about going to school online, Southern New Hampshire university is where you belong. Weve been online for more than 25 years and have helped thousands of students reach their goals. As a nonprofit university, we believe access to high quality education should be available to everyone. 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There will be a group of republicans who are very adamant about pushing through these regulations, but there will also be more moderate sensible business oriented republicans who know that there is a valid point made in the georgia law because it gus have good provisions that are needed in election law but also some completely meanspirited political provisions that dont stand up, not giving people food and water in line, being the greatest example of that. But, ben, about that. About those good provisions that youre referring to in the georgia law, since its more of a mixed bag, i think, than some demo democrats say it is, do you think its going too far by taking these actions in georgia . I think it may have been too far other than fact it was the first bill. It was really handed in a way that was wrong. The whole signing ceremony, the arrest of the legislator, a bunch of provisions in it really hid the positive Election Law Administration changes that were in the bill. So it did become a symbol. It is in georgia, which is obviously kind of ground zero for election disputes. I think Corporate America saw its role as a citizen about needing to express etc. Regarding the provisions. How much power do these corporations have, do you think, ben. I think they have power in the sense that they are leaders of the communities, right . In polling, the most trusted voices in communities these days are often corporation, the pe people who provide jobs, provide help to the community generally. Corporations, it depends. It varies from state to state. They do have a lot of sway. John and alisyn, the political twist, if you look at the biden bill, rchs are going to have to rely on Corporate America for help in defeating tax increases. This fight on voting laws which are based on the unproven allegations of voter fraud sets up a really odd dynamic over something for more substantive coming down the pike, which is infrastructure. I think you hit the nail on the head. Eviction of vast voting fraud is what this is predicated on, but republicans, polling suggestions, believes theres been vast voting fraud. As you know, President Trump talked about it ad nauseam, so is there some potential upside to some of these laws that it will assuage the anxiety of republicans . So the answer to that is yes. I think there are a series of Commonsense Reforms that you can put into state laws that will give republicans more comfort, and it is a huge problem that so many people dont believe in the accuracy of the election results. But you can put a set of Commonsense Solutions in the bills, and some of those are in the georgia bill. Theyre just hidden beneath the sort of more ones that are designed to stop Republican Voters from voting. You shouldnt have to assuage a lie. Its not good legislation. It doesnt seem to be where we should be directing our attention around the country, ben. Theres another side of that argument, too, which is could this backfire . Im not saying this is a reason why people should be happy about the law or not because whether or not its effective is a different story, but could it backfire on republicans . Well, sure, it could backfire on republicans. There are common sens sorts of laws like people need identification to vote. You have to make them universally available, but people identifying themselves at the ballot place is an important provision to give people confidence that only legitimate voters, those dually qualified are voting. But, yes, it can backfire. I think what republicans are missing in many of these states is theyre alienating most and also more moderate republicans in the suburbs, which is the area where donald trump lost the election. So being sort of adamant on the more unnecessary parts of the voter law and the name of the big lie is wrong, but every cycle, there are Commonsense Solutions that can be agreed on in a bipartisan manner to make elections better. Ben ginsberg, thank you for being with us this morning. Appreciate it as always. Thank you. You bet. Hundreds of protesters killed in myanmar as conflict grows during a Military Coup there. Up next. We have an exclusive report on whats happening. Stick around. Out here, youre a landowner, a gardener, a landscaper and a hunter. Thats why you need versatile, durable kubota equipment. We have a cnn exclusive this morning. Remarkable access within myanmar. One Advocacy Group says at least 550 people have been killed in the past few months. Protests continue. They did throughout the weekend, which Security Officials ve have been responding, detaining thousands. At least 11 people were arrested after being from cnn. We join with the permission of the military, we want you to know, is escorting our team. So, whats happening now . Tell us why its so important for you to be there . Well, as you said, john, two months ago, a democratically elected government was overthrown by the military in a coup after the military suffered what can only be described as a humiliating defeat in the elections back in november. That coup has given rise to a new enormous Protest Movement that has swelled across the country. Put simply, the military does not have the support of the people of myanmar. As those closer swells and people have become more angered about this coup, so, too, has the violent oppression of that Protest Movement by the military. As you said, hundreds have been killed. Among them dozens of children. We wanted to come here to report on the ground because simply put, john, no other journalists, International Journalists have been allowed into myanmar since this coup happened. We came with permission from the military with all the complications that that entails. We still felt it was a vital and important to come here for ourselves to see what was happening and to confront the people responsible for the violence. And so, i know all this is delicate, but since are you under the auspices of the military, are you able to report freely . We have been assured prior to coming here, we would have independence and freedom of movement. We wanted to stay in a hotel. That was not allowed. We are staying, instead, in this military compound. We cannot come in and out and move freely. On our first day, we were moving around with a convoy of six trucks, in addition, we have many minders following our every move. When we had the opportunity to be on the street, which is very rarely, our minders are canvassing everything with their cell phones, making phone calls, taking net worth of every Single Person we talk to and every Single Movement we make. So it has not been without his challenges. Well, they are taking picture and names, so tell us about the people who have been detained after speaking with you . So this is a very distressing incident, john. We were allowed to go to a public phase, to an open market. We had not solicited with any activist, because we know given the context that we are hearing, just how dangerous that can be. However, when we took our cameras out in this market and started shooting video, people started coming up to us. People started giving the threefingered hunger games salute that has become the emblem, the symbol of this defiant movement. They came up and started telling us their stories. They told us they are frightened, there is no peace there. We let lem e them say their peace. We felt it was important to give them their opportunity to have their side of the story on the record. Shortly afterwards, however, we found out many were detained. One woman actually ran after me still at the Market Trembling on the phone saying three people we spoken to have been arrested. We had the opportunity, however to sit down with Myanmar Senior military leadership. The government spokesman, himself, and we asked him, why, on earest, have these people been arrested and we urged them to release them. Take a listen. Were we went to a market and a lot of people approached us because they wanted to talk to us. They wanted to tell their side of the story. We subsequently found out that at least five of them were arrested. We have verified this incidentally. We have seen Traffic Evidence in some cases to do this would you explain why you arrested these people . What trial have they committed . They havent committed any crime. We saw it on the news and i asked how many were arrested . 11 got arrested. The Security Forces were worried that they would provoke others and start the protest in the market. That is why they got arrested. The government is arranging to arrest them as soon as possible. We are now very relieved to confirm at least eight of those 11 people and all eight that cnn knew about have now been released. That is really truly great news. Still, this gives you such an idea of the situation that these people are confronting here. They cant even say on camera that theyre frightened, that they want a better future. That they want democracy without being arrested. Thats how threatened the military is by these people and this enormously popular Protest Movement. John, allison. So, clarissa, why does the military want you there . Why have they agreed to allow cnn to be there if they are just going to arrest everybody that you tuque u talk to . The military wants to get its side of the story on the record, too. Thats important and we gave them the opportunity to do that. They see the Protest Movement as being violent, dangerous, disruptive to the economy. They say if people allow the process to play out that there will be elections again within the next two years. Theyve paraded a series of victims before telling stories of being threatened by the protesters, they took us to buildings that they said had been vandalized by the protesters. When it comes to the idea of this twoyear process before which there will be elections, you can understand why very few people here have any faith in that. There were democraticallyheld elections back in november. There were independent observers who attended those elections who did not make note of any egregious fraud of that nature. Still the military intercepted and the coup took place. So very few people here actually believe them within they say there will be another chance at elections and after more than half a century of repressive military role, they are not willing to give up. Theyre not willing to let go of the hardwon freedoms that they have enjoyed in the last decade. Do you have a sense in the military regime, their power is coalescing or growing at this point . Where Sit Open The Curve as you look towards these elections two years from now . From what we see on the ground, the military does not have anything in the way of strong support from the people. What they do have is sophisticated weaponry. What they do have is a large fighting force. There is no comparison in the scale of what you are seeing from the protesters versus what we are seeing from the military, in terms of onlynence, in terms of funding. And so the military does have that on its side. It may well be brute force wins today here. Its so important to so many people including the United Nations that warns this could be a blood path. As the Protest Movement becomes more violent, this country could be on course for real civil strife and nobody wants to see that happen. Mellissa ward, we are lucky to have you there, the world is lucky to have you there, as we get a window, please stay safe. Thank you for being there. You will be live on the the lead 4 00 here, United States. Incredible. Thats the very first time. Having a military around her all time, she will not be intimidated. No, can i tell. New day continues right now. Experts warn the u. S. May be on the cusp of another surge. We really are in a Category 5 Hurricane Status with regard to the rest of the world. In terms of the United States, were just at the beginning of this surge. The more people on a daily passive you get vaccinated, the better chance you have of blunting or preventing that surge. A recordsetting air travel for the pandemic. We are hoping to get back out again. Every day 3to4 Million People getting vaccinated, that is going to be the solution. This is