we ll talk to a governor in kentucky as hospitals are being overwhelmed. antony blinken is about to face what will likely be a major grilling on the house foreign affairs committee. i ll speak with a member of that committee about that testimony, coming up. later, president biden heads west, hoping to address a climate crisis and avoid a potential political crisis. he ll meet with the top fire safety officials in idaho, then rally in california on the eve of the recall vote for the governor, gavin newsom. welcome to meet the press daily. i m garrett haake in for chuck todd. they have flooded the air waves over the past 24 hours as the white house forge ahead with the president s sweeping new requirements, including vaccine mandates on all businesses with more than 100 employees. republican governors have re-doubled their opposition to their mandates, vowing to use the full legal authority and the political power to resist them. henry mcmasters set he will fight the ma
conversations are about how we re going to pay bills and what we re going to do if our paychecks are going to be docked if we have to quarantine once or twice. so there s a lot of anxiety. there s a lot of worry, which led to the tears because starting school is stressful enough, and we just we wish more than anything that there could be better safety protocols and procedures in place to keep our unvaccinated students safe, to keep our staff safe. so that s to be clear, you are vaccinated, correct? so is your concern primarily with your own health or with the health of the students who might not be vaccinated? i have mitral valve prolapse. i have some family members who have health issues. i have family members who are unvaccinated because they re too young to get the vaccine. i have colleagues who have young children. and those are, those are all concerns. i have students who are going to come in who will be unvaccinated. so it s all of that above. and school is co
the crout to check for a pulse, from even an off-duty firefighter. she was not shown on camera today because she is a minor, but listen to how seeing mr. floyd die has affected her life. there s been nights i stayed up apologizing and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more and not not interacting in, not saving his life but like it s not what i should have done. it s what he should have done. that witness young cousin just 9 years old also took the stand and said ambulance workers had to push officer chauvin off of george floyd when they arrived on the scene as cnn s omar jimenez reports. good morning, members of the jury. reporter: the story of what happened on may 25th, 2020 in minneapolis told today through the lens of eyewitnesses. i believe i witnessed a murder. reporter: donald williams was standing feet away from george floyd as he was pinned under the knee of derek chauvin. after floyd seemingly s unresponsive body was loaded into ambulance that
i am pamela brown in washington. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around add the world. you are live in the cnn newsroom on this sunday. we begin with march madness and miami beach. it has nothing to do with basketball. look, stunning images of police firing pepper balls to break up hundreds of revelers, most not wearing mask and all defying an 8:00 p.m. curfews that will remain in effect until april 12th. at least one dozen people were arrested there. the mayor said he declared a state of emergency as florida has thrown open its doors to tourists after a year of coronavirus cold front restrictions. it s not just the sunshine state. there s an increase in travel across the concountry and it ha officials concerned. 1 million passengers passed through the tsa in the usa for the tenth straight day. we were pretty cautious when we were flying and we are staying in a cute little airbnb by ourselves and have been careful on the beaches and stuff. yeah, we e
is taking to boost supply. that actually involves one of the vaccine-makers competitors so hang tight for that. also today, u.s. senators grilled fbi director christopher wray. he testified that his agency sent, quote, more than just an email to warn capitol police about online chatter ahead of the january 6th riots. wray also unequivocally called that insurrection domestic terrorism. plus, a third woman is reportedly coming forward accusing new york governor andrew cuomo of inappropriate behavior. she tells the new york times that the governor touched her face and back and asked to kiss her moments after they met at a wedding in september of 2019, and now at least one member of congress from new york is calling for the governor s resignation. we have more on the growing fallout from that in just a moment. but we begin with cnn s pete montene at ohio state university where they are now officially administering the first doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine. the floor i