time in nine months, restaurants can resume indoor dining in some parts of california, and museums, zoos and even sports stadiums can reopen for limited in-person crowds over the next few weeks. in just moments california governor gavin newsom is going to join me live to talk about his state s reopening efforts and the recall effort against him in part over his handling of the virus, but we re going to start today with cnn s nick watt in los angeles and a closer look at the push to roll back restrictions. bars and gyms will close effective midnight tonight. reporter: one year ago today california s pay area announced the first stay-home order in the land. this week a new dawn in the golden state. we re thrilled. we re thrilled to be back open. reporter: angelenos in limited numbers can now eat inside restaurants again. we hope that the state doesn t yank it us from again. reporter: some movie theaters in tinsel town reopened after 362 days. we ve watching tom &
i will not relent until we beat this virus, but i need you. biden s primetime call to action. get vaccinated and help others beat covid-19. then several countries suspend the use of the astrazeneca vaccine as they examine a possible link to blood clots. later, prince will william says the royals aren t racist. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. u.s. president joe biden used his first televised primetime speech to lay out a hopeful vision for lifting america out of the year long pandemic. at the heart of his optimism, an enormous package of economic relief that totals almost $2 trillion. the president signed it into action on thursday. he circled may 1st on the calendar, a day he hopes will signal the beginning of the end of the pandemic for most americans. all adult americans will be eligible to get a vaccine no later than may 1. that s much earlier than expected. let me be clear, that doesn t mean everyone is going to have that shot immediately, but it means
more states are easing restrictions. the standard for normal cannot be zero cases. in oklahoma the standard for normal is freedom. you wear your mask not because your governor tells you to. you wear your mask because you want to protect yourself, your loved ones. this is new day with alisyn camerota and john berman. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world this is new day, friday, march 12. 6:00 in new york. president biden is targeting july 4th as the day that america can start feeling a sense of independence from the pandemic. in his first prime time address last night the president pledged to make all adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by may 1st. that s just seven weeks away and a month earlier than the last projection. but first president biden is pleading with all americans to buckle down until then to beat the virus. putting dates on it is really interesting. really interesting to have an actual finish line t
important night for president biden. what can we expect? reporter: well, he s been preparing for it for about a week now, according to his aides who say he s been going through the speech line by line not only because he wants to strike that balance that you were talking about earlier, talking about coronavirus fatigue that s happening inside the country while also still talking about those 1,500 deaths still happening every single day. they also say he wants to properly convey what this $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill he just signed a few hours ago is actually going to mean for americans. it s this big, massive, complex bill, so they want to make sure he s talking about how it will benefit those lower and middle-income americans that they say he intended to look out for in this bill. of course, wolf, this comes as he signed the bill earlier today, earlier than expected. thank you all. appreciate it. reporter: with that signature, joe biden sealing a defining mome
folks, people who built the country, a fighting chance. the white house says the $1,400 checks if many americans are stand landing in bank accounts as soon as this weekend. the law includes a boost to federal unemployment benefits and more funding for coronavirus vaccine and testing programs. later tonight, biden will deliver his first prime time address to the nation as president of the united states to chart a course out of this def devastating pandemic. almost 33 million fully vaccinated, which is the gad news, but not to mention, the nation is still down almost 10 million jobs. and as cnn phil mattingly reports, the white house plans to try to sell this new legislation to every corner of the country. i m going to have a lot more to say about that tonight and the next couple of days. reporter: for president joe biden, a day of major moments. this historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country. reporter: with major challenges still ahead. bi