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too big, too small or just the right size? i ll talk to two of the world s foremost economists, larry summers and paul krugman. then, what is the quad? president biden met with the leader of japan, india and australia, a new block focused on deterring china. will it work? i ll talk to an expert. and the biotech revolution brought us to the covid 19 vaccines more swiftly than anyone imagined possible. it is given us the ability to edit genes to cure diseases and the innovations on the horizon are even more extraordinary. i will ask walter isaacson to describe what is next. but first, here is my take. within hours of being inaugurated, president biden began to roll back donald trump s most egregious immigration policies including the so-called muslim ban which biden called a stain on our national conscience. he signed six actions geared toward a more humane and generous policy and outlined a proposal for comprehensive immigration reform including a path to citizenship f ....
pandemic. it s the most significant change for middle class people, for poor people, people trying to get into the middle class, in decades, in a very long time. and it has amazing things in it. this is a critical moment. this is a moment where we have to make sure that the american people know what s in this plan. they understand what s in this plan. and by the way, this bill is 90 some percent coronavirus centric. this is similar to the bill that we wrote in may, the heroes act, some of which was implemented in december, much of it now. so in a moment i m going to talk to democratic congresswoman jackie speier about covid and what is next for her party. while democrats are focusing on covid relief, the republican party has hoped to find the issue they hope will blunt that, immigration. kevin mccarthy about to lead a fact finding mission to the border as republicans step up the rhetoric on the issue. is the biden open border policies that are inviting even mo ....
by may 1st, less than two months from now, he s directing all states and territories to make all adults eligible for the vaccine. you ll also want to mark july 4th on your calendar. biden is expected to announce americans should be able to gather in small groups by then. two dates to look forward to as today marks one year since the world health organization officially declared the coronavirus to be a pandemic. it s a sobering milestone with more than half a million american lives lost between that declaration and tonight. even with biden s hopeful announcement, tonight is one of those occasions when it is important to step back and remember how we got here. starting one year ago today, march 11th, o 2020, when the world stood still. just moments ago on capitol hill government health officials testified on the government s response to coronavirus and this statement from one of the nation s top medical experts was not reassuring. we will see more cases and things wil ....
americans. this more than, there s reason for hope. more than 95 million vaccine doses have been administered. more vaccines are being delivered. despite this, the message from our nation s top health experts remains the same. we can t let our guard down. we are covering this historic day from every corn are of the united states, because there s no place the virus hasn t touched. we start this hour with nbc kerry sanders in fort lauderdale beach, florida. dr. gupta is in seattle. godi, i will start with you. one story line is how much more deadly and vicious this virus has been for minority communities, especially. what s california doing to fight that part of it? reporter: it s the minority communities that are often the essential workers. some of the disparities we have seen here in los angeles have really spurned authorities to try to make sure that those underserved communities and the essential workers are getting vaccinated first. what we have seen in the past i ....
of george floyd. moments ago, the court went into a short five-minute recess. this morning, lawyers there going through the tedious work of picking jurors. we will take you live to minneapolis in just a few moments. first, though, that breaking news on the hill, just moments ago, the house finally receiving the american rescue act from the senate, dialing up the urgency to vote on it, unemployment benefits set to end for many americans just days from now. we re going to ask a very simple questions this hour, what s in the bill for you? also this hour, president biden visiting a small business and spotlighting the pandemic s impact on our economy. a key part of this bill is the nearly $170 billion to reopen our schools. a study from one nonprofit system that for 3 million students march 2020 a full year ago might have been the last time they experienced any formal education. coming up, i ll talk to a former education secretary under president obama about our kids who is ....