That is being managed. I have been governor under three president s, and this is by far, the worst situation weve seen. New york state has identified its first case of the p 1 variant. Its really quite resistant to the kind of Natural Immunity that you get from having had the disease. The mayor announcing a curfew in the south beach Entertainment District. Too many people coming are coming with the desire to let loose and go off. And there is lady liberty, as we wake up on this sunday morning, and as always, so grateful to have you with us. It is sunday, march 21st, im christi paul. And im Boris Sanchez in for victor blackwell. Always great to see you. Hope youre having a great sunday morning. You too. So glad to have you with us. Getting that wake up call again. And we want to begin with this growing frustration were seeing among some in the Asian American Community Days after that deadly rampage, at three atlanta area spas, investigators, even this morning, they have yet to call the
The crowds. The situation growing so dire City Officials are holding an Emergency Meeting next hour. And an increase in travel to florida and across the u. S. Has Health Officials concerned. The tsa saying more than a Million People passed through u. S. Airports for the tenth straight day on saturday, and it comes at a time when the cdc is still recommending americans avoid travel. Lets go now to Tunfolding Situn in south florida. What new restrictions did the city install and why do officials believe its necessary . Fred, ill get to those restrictions in a second but if you look at some of this video that we have been seeing here in miami beach, the scene has really been like something they havent seen here in quite some time, people are partying like its 2019, prepandemic. And if you look at that video you can see that these are a lot of spring breakers, theyve been cooped up for a long time, more than a year now and they want to get out and blow off some steam. Many of them are not
Reporter yeah, i met with jamie webb, the daughter of xiaojih tans, and her exhusband. They were both so gracious to give us their time as theyre grieving, trying to set up funeral arrangements. What struck me is their celebration of tans life. She was about to turn 50 years old. She missed her birthday by two days. You know, i asked her daughter, who is a recent uga grad, about the last time she talked to her mother. It turns out that when this all happened on tuesday, the first indication that something was wrong was somebody abruptly called her daughter, asking, do you know the password to the Surveillance Cameras . She ended up spending hours and hours in the waiting room of an Emergency Room at a hospital, waiting for information, seeing the headlines actually come through her phone first about the number of people who died at the location of her mothers business, and then finally getting the news by the end of the night. Just an incredibly difficult experience for anyone, really.
The house is readying is vote on President Bidens Bill Tonight Add the passage in the snats just got a lot more likely. The ruling that the chamber cannot use this Reconciliation Process to raise the minimum wage will make it easier, not harder to get this bill to President Bidens desk as the country continues to reel from this pandemic. Politically, democrats appear to be dodging a bullet. Its a big deal. Democrats have no margin for error in the senate. Moderates like joe manchin and Kirsten Cinema are more likely to vote for the covid relief bill than not. Republicans are on shakier footing in their opposition to the relief bill which polls continue the show is popular. Every one loves getting a check. The republicans had tied much of their opposition to the minimum wage citing that analysis that said raising it to 15 there are an hour would reduce employment by 1. 4 million jobs. One of the concerns that we have is the impact that this is going to have on Small Businesses and peopl