there s much more to this bill, but for now, let me make one final point. when i was elected, i said we were going to get the government out of the business of battling on twitter and back in the business of delivering for the american people. of making a difference in their lives, giving everyone a chance, a fighting chance, of showing the american people that their government can work for them. and passing the american rescue plan will do that. and you know it may sound strange but a lot of senators and congressmen, i want to thank, but i really want to thank the american people for making all this possible. you say, well, how did they make it possible? well, quite frankly, without the overwhelming bipartisan support of the american people, this would not have happened. senators pulling an all-nighter, some amendments being voted on with little to do with when it comes to covid relief but it is worth noting that not a single republican voted yes on this desperately needed
new york governor andrew cuomo. and a growing number of democrats are calling for him to resign. the question is, could we see him step down? it s way too early for this. good morning! and welcome to way too early, the show that always knew truckers were essential workers, and it is even more true today as they deliver all of those vaccines. love it. i am kasie hunt on this tuesday, march 2nd. we ll start with the news. with new coronavirus variants on the rise, the director of the centers for disease control and prevention is warning that now is not the time to loosen covid restrictions. health officials have voiced concern that after seeing a dramatic drop in cases over the previous six weeks, the united states reported a much smaller decline in new cases last week, signaling a possible plateau. here s what the cdc director said yesterday. i remain deeply concerned about the potential shift in the trajectory of the pandemic. the latest cdc data continue to suggest tha
resign. question is, will we see more accusers come forward? also this morning, oprah s bombshell interview with prince harry and his wife, meghan, the duchess of sussex. they accuse the royal family of failing to protect them and say that the palace expressed concerns about their child s skin tone. the question is, how will the royal family react? it s way too early for this. good morning! and welcome to way too early, the show that, you know, not going to lie, i was glued to every second of the interview. we are going to play some of it straight ahead here. i am kasie hunt on this monday, march 8th. let s start with the news. two additional women have come forward accusing new york governor andrew cuomo of inappropriate behavior. the wall street journal and the washington post both published separate claims made by former female staffers describing a toxic work environment. anna list told the journal when she was an aid to cuomo from 2013 to 2015, he once hugged
good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to weekends with alex. here s what s happening at 2:00 p.m. eastern 11:00 a.m. pacific on capitol hill, after fallout from donald trump s second impeachment trial, 43 voted to acquit. the most bipartisan impeachment vote in history, as seven republicans vote with the former president, but the senate didn t reach the two-thirds threshold required for a conviction. the verdict came after an unexpected vote to call witnesses followed by dramatic 180 from the house managers backing down just hours later. today democrats are defending that decision. it wasn t rushing to go home. it was making sure that we didn t get into a political battle. you have to remind the american people that the republicans exposed that they were going to bring as many as 100 witnesses and ask that we bring the equal amount of witnesses, and that was a political ploy to get us off center of what the real work is, and that s doing the american
control of most of the rebel held aleppo province and we ll look at the u.n. effort to get more countries to help the millions of afghan refugees in pakistan. hello everyone 2 flights evacuating u.s. citizens who were stuck on a cruise ship with hundreds of coronavirus cases on board have now left japan those infected are staying behind the ship is being quarantined in the port of yokohama $355.00 of the passengers tested positive for the virus among them $44.00 u.s. citizens as we say they will stay there and be treated in japanese hospitals meanwhile china has confirmed another $105.00 deaths on sunday this brings the global total up to $1770.00 around 2000 more people tested positive for the virus and other persons died outside of china this was a taxi driver in taiwan the 5th overseas fatality after an elderly chinese tourist in france became the 1st to die outside of asia so we re going to talk to katrina you in beijing in a moment to get an update from there starting th