number of critical activities, vaccinations. we have had significant vaccine production at a level double what we arrived with, acquiring enough vaccines for the population and setting up a deadline of may 1 by which all americans should be eligible to get a vaccine. we have done this not only by increasing vaccine production but adding thousands of vaccinators at locations where they can get vaccinated. it s now vaccinating 2.5 million people per day. this weekend was the first time the u.s. reported vaccinating more than 3 million people on consecutive days. there are now a total of 81 million people, one in three adults, with at least one vaccine dose in the u.s. and 44 million who are fully vaccinated . nearly 69% of seniors have now received their first vaccination. 42% are fully vaccinated. a second core element of the plan is to get schools open and open safely. this has been following the science, dramatically increasing testing and making it a priority to vaccinate t
tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span two. a look now at the white house coronavirus response briefing, including the effectiveness of the astrazeneca vaccine and reports that the u.s. has a rolling seven day average of 53,000 new cases with 100 deaths per day. this is just under half an hour. good morning, thank you for joining us. we are two months into the national strategy to defeat covid-19. at the heart of the plan are a number of critical activities, vaccinations. we have had significant vaccine production at a level double what we arrived with, acquiring enough vaccines for the population and setting up a deadline of may 1 by which all americans should be eligible to get a vaccine. we have done this not only by increasing vaccine production but adding thousands of vaccinators at locations where they can get vaccinated. it s now vaccinating 2.5 million people per day. this weekend was the first time the u.s. reported vaccinating more than 3 million people on consecut
broad terms we find given the large amounts of natural gas available in the u.s. at moderate cost, natural gas can play an important role over the next couple of decades, together with demand management and economically advancing a clean energy system. in 2019 before the house energy and water met water develop mental subcommittee you said natural gas will play for some time an important role in providing dispatch about electric power generation and high temperature industrial processes, applications not readily amenable to nonfossil fuel assets. i appreciate that and will give you a chance to answer questions. see too often, we have waged a war since my time in 2018, against natural glass natural gas, despite it having reduced overall emissions in the power sector. between between thousand five and 2019 total electricity generation increased 2% while u.s. related co2 emissions fell 33%. the i i calculated in the same time co2 emissions reductions from shifts in electrici
conversation about how to approach classics from the past in today s modern world. our thanks to jacob soboroff for that report. we ve got a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports, let s get right to it. at this hour, president biden is on his way to poland, as we learn new details about his high risk surprise stop in kyiv. back at home, the maga wing is already slamming the president s trip. could it actually lead to an end to what some republicans call a blank check for the war. at michigan state university students strugtology struggling to return to some sense of normalcy. and we are live in jimmy carter s hometown as the former president receives hospice care. our team is here and around the globe with the latest developments. they re all here for us. speechless and joyful is what i m hearing about the mood in kyiv right now after president biden s surprise stop there. josh letterman, you re in warsaw where the president is headed now to meet
criminal interference by the former president and his allies in the 2020 election. and then over to west palm beach, florida, the doj met the noon deadline just an hour ago to submit proposed redaction to the mar-a-lago affidavit. bruce reinhart will now begin considering the justice department suggested redactions of that affidavit. which basically lays out the government s-r reason for requesting the search in the first place. experts saying it is likely containing evidence of possible crimes that they expected to find on the property. today the former president once again said he, quote, did nothing wrong. the government vehemently opposed to the affidavit even being made public arguing that the release could, quote, cause significant and irreparable damage to an ongoing criminal investigation that is still in the early stages. the judge s deliberations are taking price in private and how much if any of the affidavit we will see is still unclear. the judge said earlier on