we have learned from past crises, the risk is not doing too much, the risk is not doing enough. we heard from the president there just moments after the latest briefing from his new covid health care team. the encouraging news from that briefing is there is a third vaccine now on the horizon. dr. anthony fauci says the data on this johnson & johnson single dose vaccine is encouraging. dr. fauci says americans should not be skeptical of a reported 56% effective rate. getting shots in arms is taking on even greater urgency now because of the growing number of variants or mutations. dr. fauci says it will require on-the-fly adjustments to keep up with the new mutations. the briefings are night and day from the previous administration. science dominates. this was interesting, too. a clear effort by the democratic white house to include republican governors as it prays states that are doing a better job of getting vaccines off the shelf and into their residents. i want to call
she is, the breakout star so far of week one of the biden administration. and it s not unusual because the press secretary is the one who s out there in front of the camera more than anyone other than the president. so, she has instantly taken command of that room, and it has been, as you said, you know, a kind of shocking gear change for us and welcomed gear change for us to deal with. and i love the way you two talked about what s happening and what s going to happen. well, i mean, she s setting the tone for the administration. we have actually heard a lot from the new president in the past eight days. he has spoken publicly a lot. but we are hearing even more from jen psaki in the briefing room, and she s setting this tone of normalcy, accountability, expository work that tells us what the administration thinks the problem is, what they are doing to work on it, who is in charge of that work. and that person will be answering questions about it, as will jen psaki on behal
go. let the review proceed. i m not going to resign. will it work? hello, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is springing forward. one year ago this weekend, reported deaths from covid-19 were still just in the double digits, just under 70 confirmed deaths as we all started to scramble to a sudden new normal life in the pandemic. tomorrow, march 15, 2020, president biden announced more sites to slow the spread. one in five americans have received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to the cdc. nearly 3 million yesterday alone. president biden has an aggressive timeline saying all adults will have doses by the end of may, and that july is the beginning of the recovery from the virus. health experts are continuing to warn that now is not the time to return to normal. here to explain why and what s next, the president s chief medical adviser, dr. anthony fauci. dr. fauci, thanks for joining us. the government of italy is imposing another loc
we were emerging from a dark winter into a hopeful spring and summer finding light in the darkness. a long, dark years. one whole year, toughest and darkest periods in this nation s history. darkest weaves ever known. greg: speech writer googled phrases with word dark in it and if we do our part if we do this together. if we do our part, if we do this together by july the 4th there s a good chance you, your families and friends will be tiebl get together in your backyard or in your neighborhood and have a cookout and barbecue and celebrate independence day. that doesn t mean large events. with lots of people together but it does mean, small groups will be tiebl get together on july 4th with your loved ones is a goal. with a goal a lot can happen. conditions can change. [laughter] greg: i hate to tell the old part but not no say in who is coming to your picnic day or yours. we threw tea into a harbor for fewer reasons than this anyway whole they think lasted under 25 minut
legacies they leave behind. he really wanted to be instrumental in helping people s lives become better. tonight, we remember lives well lived. one year ago, a cruel and mysterious threat arrived on our soil. in the beginning, it was unclear how long covid would be here and how many people it would steal from us. but in the weeks and months that followed, covid moved ruthlessly through our biggest cities and eventually invaded even our smallest towns, leaving no part of our country untouched. covid took from us americans of every age, gender and race. ultimately, it would exact a far greater toll on communities of color, but no group of americans has been spared. hi, everyone. i m nicole wallace. over the past year we ve been honored to share with you the stories of some of those we ve lost and tell you about their lives, lives well lived. their stories were all so beautifully unique, but they were united by two undeniable truths. they all ended too soon, and they each