committed to transparency. more vaccines go out and concerns grow about a potential new surge. we ve nearly doubled the amount of vaccine doses that we distribute to states, tribes and territories each week. if we could just hang on a bit longer, the more people get vaccinated, the less likelihood there is going to be a surge. this really is a moment for asian americans in america. we are a community that has felt invisible for so long. for the president to come and say i see you, i hear you, it s a cathartic moment. this is an asian issue. this is a human issue. i m pamela brown in washington. welcome to our viewers around the united states and around the world. you are in the cnn newsroom. the city of miami beach has declared a state of emergency amid a crush of spring breakers. a curfew is now in effect, all bars and restaurants must be closed right now. there will also be road closures in the entertainment district, which has been packed night after night. c
dallas to begin to accommodate the number of children crossing the u.s./mexico border alone. i believe it s a challenge that s being managed. i have been governor under three presidents, and this is by far the worst situation we ve seen. good morning to you, good morning to all of you in atlanta who are waking up and wherever you might happen to be this morning, we re always just grateful to have you with us in the morning on this sunday, march 21st, i m christi paul. i m boris sanchez in for victor blackwell, great to be with you. good to see you, too, boris. second day waking up at this hour, it is something, isn t it. i m getting used to it. he s going to have to get used to it, as you know. we want to start with what s happening down south, a state of emergency in miami beach. overnight, police used pepper balls to break up what the mayor called overwhelming crowds. take a look at this. we know at least a dozen people were arrested as police moved to enforce
the crowds. the situation growing so dire city officials are holding an emergency meeting next hour. and an increase in travel to florida and across the u.s. has health officials concerned. the tsa saying more than a million people passed through u.s. airports for the tenth straight day on saturday, and it comes at a time when the cdc is still recommending americans avoid travel. let s go now to tunfolding situn in south florida. what new restrictions did the city install and why do officials believe it s necessary? fred, i ll get to those restrictions in a second but if you look at some of this video that we have been seeing here in miami beach, the scene has really been like something they haven t seen here in quite some time, people are partying like it s 2019, pre-pandemic. and if you look at that video you can see that these are a lot of spring breakers, they ve been cooped up for a long time, more than a year now and they want to get out and blow off some steam. man
and what you re hearing there is people fleeing from pepper balls being fired into the crowd. the mayor calling the situation overnight overwhelming for a local police and the neighboring police departments brought in to help. at least a dozen people were arrested last night after multiple attempts to disburse the crowd. city officials are holding an emergency meeting this hour. an increase in travel to florida and across the u.s., in fact, has health officials concerned that tsa is saying more than a million people pass through u.s. airports for the tenth straight day on saturday, and it comes at a time when the cdc is still recommending americans avoid travel. let s go to the situation in south florida, and miami beach, randi kaye is there, so they are meeting, officials are meeting this hour, and are they also trying to, you know, figure out how to get a handle of things, or how to keep people from coming? yeah, they re certainly trying to get a handle on what s happenin
president biden is facing a staggering number of migrants crossing into the country and they say it could reach a two decades high. there are new concerns about whether the influx could spread coronavirus. two samplings in texas showed the rate of infection among migrants was over 10%. there are new concerns about migrant children. there are over 600 unaccompanied minors coming here a day in recent weeks. this morning secretary alejandro mayorkas said the administration does have this under control. the minors who are arriving and who are placed in the department of health and human services facilities are tested. they are all tested, isolated, and quarantined. our covid-19 protocols that are administered by the department of health and human services are operated very efficiently. eric: we ll hear more when president biden speaks to the media later in the week. for now, david spunt is live at the white house with more on that. let s begin with steve harrigan, live at the b