voter integrity. democrats are not buying that and joe biden saying the justice department is looking into the law and calling it jim crow for the 21st century. it s an atrocity. the idea you want any indication it has nothing to do with fairness or decency, they passed a law saying you can t provide water for people standing in line while they re waiting to vote. you don t need anything else to know this is nothing but punitive designs to keep people from voting . you can t provide water for people about to vote? give me a break. georgia s vote is one of many republican efforts in states across the country aimed at restricting voting access in the wake of the november presidential election. all of it brought on by the big lie. still perpetuated by the former president trump to this day that the elections were somehow rigged against him. here now is cnn s sara murray. protect the vote! reporter: georgia governor brian kemp signing a dramatic overhaul of the nation s e
this hour. to our top story. we begin with blake burman at the white house reporting on the new guidelines for vaccine distribution. blake. reporter: connell, clearly a shift in strategy from the trump administration today on this front. we heard from top officials from operation warp speed say they are no longer, the federal government will no longer be holding back covid-19 doses. they are also recommending to the states at this point they vaccinate people within their states who are either older than 65 years or under 65 but have comorbidities. listen. to really emphasize, to make it very clear how vitally important it is to prioritize and focus on those who are most vulnerable for whom the vaccine will have the biggest effect and those are those age 65 and over and those 64 and below with comorbidities. reporter: here are the latest numbers. yesterday morning 25 1/2 million doses had been shipped across the country but roughly 35% of those, just shy of nine million
edward lawrence is on capitol hill. blake burman is at the white house we begin today with lauren simonetti and this market rally that continues. lauren? lauren: connell, investors are looking past the political discord, all three, look here, all three averages record territory. it is the first record close of the year for the nasdaq. it is the first one for the s&p 500 t was fueled by technology and financials. guess what, this rally it was broad. the russell 2000, the small caps, all-time high you guessed it. oil pierced $51 a barrel. it closed just below that. still these are the best levels since february. bitcoin went to 40,000. cryptocurrencys are commanding a market cap of more than one trillion dollars. so tesla shares, another milestone here, above $800 for the first time ever. they are actually up 10 days in a row. yes, ceo elon musk is the richest man in the world. the reheating of the tech space we ve seen in the leadership on thedown today, look here, apple, up m
3, 2, 1. this hearing will now come to hearing will now come to order. this hearing is, in a hybrid format, and the hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended six-foot social distancing between senators, witnesses, and other individuals in the room. necesse the hearing, which we have kept to a minimum. , a those joining remotely few videoconferencing reminders which you should be familiar with at this point. once you start speaking, there will be a slight delay before your display on the screen. to minimize background noise, click the mute button until it is returned to speak or ask questions. issue,e is a technology we will move to the next senator until it is resolved. i remind senators and our witnesses the five-minute clock still applies. those remote should have on your screen one of the boxes labeled clock which will show how much time is remaining. we ve had some trouble getting those boxes to everyone screen or at least getting everybody to be able
congress to take action on additional coronavirus relief while testifying before the senate committee. secretary mnuchin also faced questions about his recent decision to end several federal reserve emergency loan programs. this hearing is almost 2.5 hours. 3, 2, 1. this hearing will now come to order. is in a hybrid format and the hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended six foot social distancing between senators, witnesses and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing, which we have kept to a minimum. , a those joining remotely few videoconferencing reminders which you should be familiar with at this point. once you start speaking, there will be a slight delay before your display on the screen. to minimize background noise, click the mute button until it is returned to speak or ask questions. issue,e is a technology we will move to the next senator until it is resolved. i remind senators and our witnesses the five-minute clock sti