members of congress and child tax credits. and call it a presidential booster shot. all four living presidents, except for drunk, just out with a new psa encouraging vaccinations. >> this vaccine means hope. >> i am getting vaccinates because we want this pandemic to end as soon as possible. >> we are all doing our part. >> this is our shot. >> our reporters are spread out for our special coverage of covid one year later. i am hallie jackson. monica alba is outside the white house. gabe gutierrez is in new york and dr. john torres. we have many reporters we want to get to for our special coverage. monica, let me start with you and what we expect to hear from president biden tonight, a day before he signs the coronavirus bill into law. >> reporter: the president is going to acknowledge everything that this country has been through over the last year, while also trying to talk about and hint at the hope that on the horizon, more vaccine become available, we will talk about his american rescue plan will pass. that will not be the centerpiece of the speech, we are told, which is expected to last 20 minutes in length. it's notable. it's really the total focus of today. he doesn't have any other public events on his schedule. that's because tonight and tomorrow really also officially kicks off this educational tour across the country. the president is going to be heading to pennsylvania on tuesday. the first lady will be in new jersey on monday and vice president harris and the second gentleman doug emhoff will head out west to denver. they will both be selling what's in the covid relief bill, explain to americans how they are really going to be able to benefit from it. and that is something we will see on the road over the next couple of weeks, day 50. there hasn't been much travel due to covid restrictions and wanting to respect that. they want to highlight what's in that package. all of that now in conjunction, halle, with this major aim and plan to boost confidence in the vaccine. that's why you have four of the five living former presidents alongside with the former first lady trying to get people to essentially not throw away their shot. right, halle? they're telling them, once it's your turn, definitely get the vaccine. what is so interesting there is former president trump and former first lady melania trump did not participate in that ad campaign, that's because there were no images taken when they got their own vaccines at the white house in january before leaving washington. something we should point out that they did not disclose at the time. we reached out to the former president's office to see why he didn't participate in this. we got no response and nothing back from them at this point. so quite striking there, halle, those images, as more americans seek to get vaccinated but without former president trump in the mix. >> dr. john, let me go to you. because pfizer, as we look at the plethora of covid-19-related news, out of israel, they say they block 94% of asymptomatic infections. explain why this is significant here. >> you are right. this is sophisticate because this is the first real world data we had that can prevent the spread or suggests it can prevent the spread. the reason i say suggest because this is the first information to come out. we need more data, more studies. this is showing like you mentioned, 94% preventing asymptomatic infections, they have to test people to find out if they have covid that might not know it because they are not showing symptoms. those are the ones that could be spreading it to other people. up until now, we think it's possible, we think the vaccine can do it. we know it protects you from getting sick of it. this is the first real world data we've had showing this. they're doing it in israel. israel has a huge population vaccinated. over 50% has gone at least one vaccine. a little under 50% have gotten both vaccines. so it's the most vaccinated population at this point. the other thing, halle, when they were doing the study, 80% of the cases were that uk variant. it's showing it's working well against that variant. we don't know about the south african variant, but this is great news. >> it certainly is. the idea of the potential prevention of preventing the spread is significant. gabe, that's something you know well. you have been covering covid-19 for a full year. are you in elm hurts, new york. we know they have spent $14 billion for distribution and $49 billion for testing and ppe. you are at the center of the pandemic really early on. talk to us about what has changed now, one year later, how far things have come compared to the dark days you were covering last spring? >> reporter: hi there, it is quite surreal to be standing here. as you mentioned, this is the one time epicenter here in new york. when we were just starting to learn about the coronavirus and the pandemic was a player exactly a year ago today, but so many things have changed here at elm hurst hospital. in late march, i remember pulling up here, there were people lined up along the block waiting to get tested. ambulances were lined up. the healthcare workers were describing they were overwhelmed. they were dealing with more than 400 covid-19 patients a day, within 24 hours, 13 people died here at elm hurst, hospital, back then, they remember that i met someone in the testing line. ignacio ramirez. he was sick. i spoke to him by phone so my crew wouldn't have to get near the people infected. he told me of the experience and how sick hechlts just a few days ago, i re-visited with him right here. take a listen. >> ignacio, i work for the covid-19 tests that was positive. after that, they call me and we were supposed to and i was in shock. >> reporter: you were in shock. how sick were you? >> oh, really sick. i believe i almost died. >> reporter: he says it took him months to get over those symptoms. and he believes that as you heard, he almost died. he says he was trauma tides by the experience, but one thing that was interesting, as we were wrapping up our conversation, i asked him whether he planned to get the covid vaccine, where mr. in this community plan to get it. he told me he was skeptical. that is a major challenge in this area, a place that has been disproportionately impacted. many minorities here, many people of color and state and local officials have been revamping their efforts to try and get that vaccine distribution in communities like this, to be standing here, after a year, in those overwhelmed hospitals, it's really quite incredible. halle. >> it sure is, gabe gutierrez, monica alvarez, dr. ers to, thank you to all of you. i appreciate it. i will bring in christ houlihan. thank you for being back on the show. >> sure. >> president biden plans to visit the philly suburbs, delaware county next week, not too far from your district. i am wondering, when you look ahead, how effective do you think it could be the president is looking to build support and build the coalition for the next step. a policy oriented step after this. >> i think it will be very powerful. i think a lot of the american rescue plans should be celebrated. i am grateful he will be doing that in my back yard in the philadelphia area. one of the things i am most excited about is this emphasis on children and our families and working mothers. if it's okay, i'd like to share my enthusiasm for the state of pennsylvania, which is going to be i think looking for $2 billion heading their what i in child care grants, which i think is essential for our working mothers and our families to be able to get back on their feet. many of those who are working are essential workers and they have been struggling to afford the basic necessity, which is child care. >> that's something that you have been working on. you know well personally, yourself, i understand? >> yeah, one of the things i am most passionate about and working on is child care. when i was in the military, my salary barely covered the costs of child care in the economy. it was one of the reasons i separated from the military was this conflicting need to serve, desire to serve, but also the fact that i could not really afford to be able serve under my salary. so some of the things i am working hard in congress is to rectify that to make sure we are able to take advantage of this huge part of our work force, which is women and make sure they have options to safely enrich their children while they work. >> the child tax credit is significant. the "new york times" brings a force to describe it as a policy revolution basically. looking at potentially monthly checks for up to $300 for our young kids, $250 for kids over the age of 5 predicting by some studies they could cut poverty by 45% and by more than 50% among black families. how do you describe it? if you will put specifically this child tax credit into context for americans, how do you do it? >> so in the military, you call that, of course, the multiplier. the opportunity we have with this multiple tax credit turns those resources towards things like child care to make sure they can earn income. those are the things i think are revolutionary and game changers. i am really excited that that very generous tax credit has been included in a part of this american rescue plan. >> not one republican in congress supported this bill, as you are aware, senator roger wicker who did not vote for it is touting its benefits, if you will. how do you square that circle? >> it's incredibly frustrating. in any own communities i seen laws create certain aspects from people who also were not supportive of the bill at large. of course, everybody has something that they might have seen that could have been more perfected. but generally speaking, this is an amazing opportunity for our economy to be able to be restored and for us to be safely back into schools and our jobs and into our lives. >> congresswoman, thank you very much for being with us this morning. we appreciate your time, thank you. javier becerra, human secretary. what do you got? 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>> we have seen surges before. surges tend to respond to hope. and there was a significant hope for a more humane policy after four years, you know, pent-up demand. the border is not opened. >> republicans looking to put pressure on the administration with house gop leaders today holding a news conference on what they have been calling a crisis at the border. joining me now, julia ainsley, she has been on this story since the beginning. talk to me what the administration is planning to do at this point. >> reporter: well, what they are planning right now, they are trying to look as far as they can to find facilities that can quickly take on unaccompanied make grant children. that is the critical piece. you talk about 100,000 crossing the border, it's that critical over 9,000 unaccompanied minors. you can't relief them without a home to go to, without a sponsor. they can be living on the streets of the united states. so right now they're backed up in customs and border protection facilities, where there is no place for children to be living. some in the past had to sleep under concrete in the past. right now, they are looking around the country, we reported they are looking at ft. lee, virginia. there were a number of other sites they are looking at. part of the reason they have a striking capacity when it comes to dealing with these children is a lot of those facilities downgraded during covid. they wanted to have more space for children. so they started to close and to reduce their capacity. now they need to ramp that back up. some of the more permanent facilities that are licensed by states can take by a year i am told by officials to reopen. they're in a pinch now. the other thing to address the root cause in that white house press conference. they are allowing children to apply for asylum there, who have legal parents in the united states, so they can skip the treacherous journey, they don't have to go through this entire process and they're looking at a $4 billion stimulus in order to go to central america to address the poverty there. >> julia ainsley, live for us there with that reporting. thank you, coming up here on the show, the biden nursing home visits. we are taking you to the country's first true outbreak. you will hear from first responders one year later on what they are facing now. for months, we have followed the stories of front line nurses and communities devastated by covid in the appalachian mountains. today, we are live if tennessee with the stunning turn around. so, let's get out thereand . now on grubhub, buy one footlong, get one 50% off. subway®. eat fresh. ordinary tissues burn when theo blows. so dad bought puffs plus lotion, footlong, get one 50% off. and rescued his nose. with up to 50% more lotion puffs bring soothing softness and relief. a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. if you smell gas, you're too close. leave the structure, call 911, keep people away, and call pg&e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. if you see wires down, treat them all as if they're hot and energized. stay away from any downed wire, call 911, and call pg&e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. things will get worse than they are right now. >> this is a new virus and many uncertainties remain. this disease disproportionately affects ould older adults and particularly those with underlying health conditions. >> the vast americans, the risk is very, very low. >> that was one year ago today a day the world health organization first declared covid-19 a poke. life for many of us to turn upsidedown and losses. as of today, 531,865 americans have died from the pandemic, making last year the deadliest in reporting u.s. history, according to politico's reporting announcement from the cdc. but today there is hope on the horizon, with just about 10% of americans fully vaccinated as we shine a light on stories of courage and resilience and around the world. i will bring in steve patterson outside the nursing home that had the nation's first known outbreak. nbc's sasha burns is joining us from tennessee, they grapple with resources and nbc's schara harmon is in munich, germany, for the country's disease control chief announcing they are fighting a third wave there. steve, kirkland hit all of our radars, a year ago, becoming an example not just on the devastation of the coronavirus but for the response, it became a resource for first responders and local officials turning to them on how to slow the spread. i know you have been hearing powerful stories from the first responders and then they tried to turn things around? >> reporter: sure, you have to remember there was no playbook for this. the first responders in this area trained for structure fires and swift water rescues and mass shootings in some cases, but there was no detail on how you deal with an epidemic combined with the fact that this is before an era where masks became the lower half of faces and elbow bumps replaced hand shakes. you have people responding to calls not knowing they need extensive amounts of ppe. so the first thing that happens in this case, the fire department gets hit with quarantine teens, more than 30 firefighters in this area have to go into quarantine. so the city is, first of all, credited with establishing a center from which these brave men and women can respond to the crisis. many centered here at the life care facility where more than a third of the residents would end up dying. they are responding to those calls trying to save as many leaves as possible. in the meantime, they are having to deal with a lot of the communities, they are being ostracized, made pariahs, so they're battling it on both fronts, the tenacity and the grit that they're able to churn through this combined with the fact that the city clamped down very quickly, shutting down most activities in the area. i spoke to a fire fighter about what he had to deal with in doing this. listen to this. >> i was a bit ostracized. now, looking at it a year later, i think because we have handled it so well. we have been safe. we have made all these changes, i have a lot of pride that it happened right here and we met that challenge. >> another expert i spoke to said it's horrible that this happened at all, but in some ways, it's fortunate that it happened in this area, which has a lot of infectious disease at hospitals in pressurized rooms and things that shut down things quickly. so they were able to get the case counts down. king county, washington state in general has had some of the low infection rates through a large percentage of this crisis, halle. >> steve, thank you for that. it is so stressful seeing you, you remember you were there, our colleagues were there, same with you in tennessee, at one point it seems one in four test positive at the height of this crisis to now leading the state in vaccination, how do they do it? what do they feel their take aways are? >> reporter: hey, we have been reporting on this region for months. one of the last times we were here we saw first hand what happened and we spent time with nurses in the icus. we saw the heart break. and they were seeing patients die on every single shift. we also saw the mobile morgue trailer when the hospital morgue ran out of space. we reported about it on your show, the trailer was not real, covid was a hoax. since then, i want you to hear from allison johnson, a nurse of 17 years. she is also a member of this community. when we last met her in december, she told me about going to the grocery store and seeing her neighbors without masks and worried she would wind up seeing them in her icu. now she says the picture looks a bit different. take a listen. >> people that didn't think it was that big of a deal have been either came to be a patient on one of our units or had family members that changed their perspective. when it affects you personally, for some people, it has the impact. >> reporter: and unfortunately, so many have seen that impact. i am happy to report right now here at johnson city medical center, this is a far cry when we were here last. it's been a combination of factors. the hospital system share-at-home, helping patients recover at home. in talking to folks here, i get that sense it's coming down to the stories. especially the stories of these front-line workers whose resilience helped them from suffering to help, halle. >> sasha burns, live for us there in johnson city, thank you. sarah tell us more object that third wave warning, if you will, where you are in germany, even as you are working to really ramp up its own vaccine rollout? >> reporter: hey, that's route. well, this morning germany is rapidly becoming a cautionary tale. think back to the first wave. remember, germany actually did quite well in that first wave, angela merkel was widely praised for her leadership. two things have happened since then, new variants have got an foothold in europe. the eu is flirting with failure when it comes to the rollout. the state of california has about half the population of germany, but germany has about half the vaccination rate. we are talking here about a country that is prone to biontech we developed the pfizer vaccine. yet this morning, only 6.9% of germans have eastern gotten that first dose. this announcement today from the head of the german cdc, that they are now in a third wave and europe should be concerned, germany could have actually just begun to relax the restrictions. these masks, these medical grade masks, these are required here in bavaria any time you are indoors. shopping is by appointment only now and that's new. it could be taken away, if this third wave gets a real foothold. halle. >> sarah harmon, sasha burns, lee patterson, thanks to all of you. great reporting. we appreciate it. a reminder tomorrow on this show, we will have a panel of experts answering the questions you have been asking all week long, life after lockdown, specifically as it relates to parenthood. we have some answer, hit us up on twitter. up next, the $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief bill, steve kornacki is breaking down president biden's approval numbers now help is on the way. a staggering loss from the pandemic. 1% of the current generation of grandparents wiped out. what the loss of one generation means for the next. one generat means for the next (vo) ideas exist inside you, electrify you. they grow from our imagination, but they can't be held back. they want to be set free. to make the world more responsible, and even more incredible. ideas start the future, just like that. when our daughter and her kids moved in with us... kids, bedtime! ...she was worried we wouldn't be able to keep up. course we can. what couldn't keep up was our bargain detergent. turns out it's mostly water, and that doesn't work as well on stains. so, we switched back to tide. one wash, stains are gone. kind of like our quiet time. 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absolutely. sensodyne sensitivity and gum gives us a dual action effect that really takes care of both our teeth sensitivity as well as our gum issues. there's no question it's something that i would recommend. in this country, so far nearly 532,000 people have decide from covid. more than 400,000 of them were over the age of 65. that is nearly 1% of an entire generation. a new study finds for every grandparent lost, an average of four grandchildren are left behind, meaning more than a million americans, 1.2 of them are now without their grandparents, nbc's morgan ratford shows how this will affect the next generation. >> reporter: the pandemic meant losing a generation of loved ones for this family. jennifer lost her mother maureen last april. 18 days later, she lost her father kenneth. >> it was the very last conversation with my dad was him begging me to not let him die. >> reporter: then her husband's father died, too. >> basically within ten months, we've lost three of our four parents. >> reporter: a story playing outiationwide, more than 80% of covid deaths are among people 65 and older, 80% of whom have grandchildren. that's an estimated 1.2 children losing a grandparent in the last year. >> they got the virus. >> reporter: they got the virus, the coronavirus? and it made them pretty sick, huh? >> and the doctors couldn't fix their heart. >> reporter: the loss experts say could affect children in unexpected ways. ro some children may have nightmares. we might often exhibit them having more clean behalf-your and you may see behavioral changes. >> reporter: the doctor's recommendations, use, clear, single lauvenlth avoid euphemisms like left to a better placements be prepared to listen, a process they know first hand. families? >> they weren't just a number in this pandemic. they just would have loved to have been here for all of this. >> reporter: here to enjoy a legacy of love. joining me two people who have experienced loss. good morning to you. thank you very much for being on to talk to us about this. >> good morning. >> thank you. good morning. >> i know both of your parents passed away because of covid. your grandparents. as morgan said, the statistics can feel overwhelming. these people are more than just a number. your parents are more than just a number. they would have been married 54 years. they moved into a care facility near the beginning of the pandemic. what happened? >> that's right. my mother had -- she had chronic medical issues. she had been in and out of physical rehab facilities. we had been trying to get them into an assisted living situation for quite a while. my dad had developed medical issues as well. in march, we were able to find a place for them to go. obviously, march in retrospect, it's a very important month for what happened. it turns out that my mother became probably contracted the virus first and was as asymptomatic. the facility was trying to keep them separated. they were stubborn people. they wouldn't be apart. my dad got the virus. i was in florida at the time. they called me. he went to the hospital and passed away about a week later, on april 27th. >> i was going to say, i understand your mom died just i think 90 days later. right? >> yeah. we had her moved down here to florida to be closer to us so we could take care of her. she passed away on august 10th. that was a shock. >> i'm sorry to interrupt. these delays are a little tough on the skype here. maddy, you were close with your grandparents. any grandkid might have a varying level of relationship. it seemed like you really adored your grandmother and grandfather. i wonder for you as you reflect, a year after the pandemic, saying good-bye to them, especially good-bye to your grandfather through facetime, not even being in person for that. >> absolutely. i was extremely close to my grandparents, especially in the final year that i was with them. i did school projects about my granddad. i would call my grandma. we would talk a lot more about the future. i'm a high school senior. we would talk about college and that sort of thing. i miss them greatly. as this time of year goes around, we just got through the holidays, i start to feel -- you feel the pangs of grief hitting you every time you cross a milestone. you just really wish they could be here to watch you graduate and do all of these things. >> your mother, i understand, died by suicide last summer. you described it, i think, as a second -- you believe a covid-related death. that is the way you see this. i wonder if you have a message for those struggling as this crisis has been stretching nearly a year. what would you tell people whin similar experience? >> all of us are aware of the crisis that happens when someone gets covid, contracts covid and gets better or doesn't get better. what i think my mother's death brings home to me and 500,000 other families around the country is that the damage doesn't stop there. it's the loss -- that sudden loss leaves a lot of damage behind. it can affect the people who are left behind. i think we need to be aware as a country and as people that there are people out there experiencing this loss who might need our help, who might need assistance, who might need support. it's a little anecdote, the funniest thing that happens to me since they both passed away is i will see somebody that i haven't seen in a long time and i will kind of tell them what happened, if that comes up. the weirdest question i get is, are they sure it was covid? i just -- that really -- that response always just blows me away. it's not something you would ever ask somebody whose family member died of anything else. it's very strange. >> rather telling, too. maddy, let me ask you, i know you felt anger. you were angry after your grandparents died. i heard you talk about that in the past. now that we are a year into this pandemic, is there anything you look back on that gives you hope? is there anything when you think about the lives of your grandparents that makes you feel hopeful for the time you had with them or where this country and your family goes from here? >> you know, my grandfather had a very funny way about him about sort of just going like this with any sort of hardship that he came across. obviously, now i'm trying to pick up those ways and push forward the way i think he would if he was experiencing this in my shoes. again, at the same time, it's really tough to look for a silver lining when something is so tragic as this is, especially because we have all experienced the pandemic at the same time, but i think across the board people have experienced different versions of the pandemic. it's important to, of course, look for silver linings. then address the fact that this was a tragedy. we need to respect it as a tragedy. >> that is well said, especially when we are remembering lives well lived like your mom and dad and your grandparents. thank you so much for sharing your story, for being on with us and for giving us a glimpse into your life and your memories. we appreciate it. we are thinking of you today and every day. it's important to remind folks that if you are having thoughts of harming yourself or of suicide, reach out to the national suicide prevention lifeline number on your screen. coming up, more on the covid crisis in this country. millions of americans known as long haulers, months into their fight, some still cannot shake what's happening to them after getting covid. craig melvin is talking with a couple of women who are part of a group that has banded together to search for answers themselves. we are heading overseas with new reaction from the royal family after sunday's bombshell interview with prince harry and his wife. now prince william, harry's older brother, hit with questions by reporters about the allegations touring a school in london. take a look. >> the royal family racist? >> very much not a racist family. >> the queen of english is speaking as well. she has released a statement before saying, the whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for to harry and meghan. while some recollections vary, they are taken seriously and will be addressed by the family privately. that does it for us for this hour. thank you for watching. as always, find us on twitter. be sure to tune in tonight, 8:00 eastern, right here on msnbc. you will see the president's prime time address followed by a special report from chris haze, "all in america." it's going to be fascinating coverage. we hope to see you. craig melvin picks up the show right now. a good thursday morning to you. craig melvin here. today marks one year since the world health organization declared coronavirus a global pandemic. what a difference a year makes. right now, we are keeping an eye on capitol hill. nancy pelosi will be holding that weekly briefing any moment now. the briefing follows house democrats passing that $1.9 trillion relief package. we expect president biden to sign that bill tomorrow. folks, it really is truly amazing to just step back, take a second and reflect on where we are right now and where we have been. on this day in 2020, the reality that everything was changing hit us like a ton of bricks. actor tom hanks announcing he tested positive. the nba suspending its season. broadway shows would give their final curtain calls that night for the foreseeable future. dr. fauci was answering lawmaker questions about this virus. dr. fauci had a warning for americans that morning. he had another message for us this morning on "today." >> is the worst yet to come? >> yes, it is. things will get worse than they are right now. >> i did not in my mind think that much worse was going to be 525,000 dead. there's light at the end of the tunnel. >> wouldn't expect it and neither did we. as i came on the air, there were around 1,000 covid cases in the country. 30 americans had died. fast forward to right now. our country has recorded more than 29 million known cases. right now, we have lost more than 531,000 of our fel

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