with leaders of that city s asian-american and pacific islander community to discuss tuesday s attack and the rise of anti-asian hate crimes across the country. that meeting was held in private but we re going to be speaking with one of the community leaders who was in the room a little later in this hour. we ve also got encouraging news about the fight to protect voting rights in the state of georgia that we re going to get to tonight and we will be speaking with one of the activists leading that fight. the other major stop, the president and vice president made, in atlanta today was to the headquarters of the cdc where they announced that they have met their goal of administering 100 million vaccine shots, more than 40 days ahead of schedule. which is an amazing milestone, but if you are a parent in this country you might actually be more excited by the news that the cdc broke itself later today, this morning the cdc updated its guidance on physical distancing in schools.
president harris took their first joint trip since taking office to atlanta. the trip was planned as part of their tour promoting the america rescue plan but postponed that and instead the president and the vice president shifted their plans deciding instead to meet with leaders of the city s asian american and pacific islander community to discuss tuesday s attack and the rise of anti-asian hate crimes across the country. the meeting was held in private. we will be speaking with one of the community leaders who was in the room a little later this hour. we have encouraging news about the fight to protect voting rights in the state of georgia we will get to tonight and we will be speaking with one of the activists leading the fight. the president and the vice president in atlanta to the headquarter of the cdc announcing they have met their goal of administering 100 million vaccine shots 40 days ahead of schedule. it is an amazing milestone but if you are a parent you might be
welcome to weekends with alex witt and here s what s happening. at 2:00 p.m. eastern, 11:00 a.m. pacific time, big developments on the covid-19 front at this hour, a new warning today on the still evolving pandemic. dr. anthony fauci telling nbc another wave of new cases will follow the loosening of restrictions. it s happened in the past. and history has shown us that when you have that plateauing, that s usually the forerunner of another surge. we ve actually seen that in the european union. they went up like us, came back down, plateaued and they pulled back on their public health measures, masking and things like that, and right now, they re going through the beginning of a surge, 5% or 10% increases. i m really concerned if we declare victory prematurely that that s the same thing that s going to happen. and that rise in europe prompting france to reinstate a four-week lockdown in some areas and that includes paris. nonessential travel there is banned and only essent
future policing. and calls to defund the police. here is what the city council s vice president told ali velshi earlier. we transferred $1 million to violence prevention to develop a mental health response, crime prevention so we re not always sending officers with guns out to situations that don t necessarily require that. let s go to nbc s shaquille brewster outside that courthouse. shaq, what do you know? reporter: in terms of the pledge and promise to dismantle and defund the minneapolis police department, the status of that depends on who you ask. it started with a promise and a park. to end policing as we know it. city council two weeks after the police killing of gorge floyd. majority of city council members on stage supporting that idea. headline grabbing commitment. defund the police sxwlr still unfulfilled today. what s happened since that day? we ve allocated it toward other programming. reporter: there has been progress. the police chief an
decision, and that s whether to keep american troops fighting in afghanistan. and the clock is ticking down to a curfew tonight in miami beach as the battle continues there between rowdy spring breakers and local officials trying to enforce covid restrictions. a live report on that just ahead. but we start with georgia s new sweeping election law that sparked a protest rally happening right now in atlanta. president biden has gone so far as to call that state law a, quote, blatant attack on the constitution and good conscience because of its restrictions on voting access. nbc s jane tim and vaughn hillyard jane me now. help us understand what s in this law and what challenges it presents for georgia voters. reporter: so, the law is almost a hundred pages long but top of the list, it adds voter i.d. requirements for mail voters, so mail voters in the past used to be identified by their signature. they were checked when they applied for a ballot, when they sent the ballot