for schools across the country. the cdc issuing new guidelines tonight, recommending three feet of social distancing for school children with masks instead of six feet. could this help get children back to school sooner? some teaches unions pushing back tonight, the cdc director say, we have done the science. president biden also at the cdc tonight as health officials raise new concerns over those highly contagious variants, with several states now seeing cases on the rise. the worsening situation on the southern border. president biden s dhs secretary traveling to el paso, texas, today. hundred of migrant children and teens now held at border patrol cities for ten days or longer, well beyond the legal limit. matt gutman tonight. the widening scandal involving new york s governor andrew cuomo. the new york times reporting tonight for the first time a current employee of the governor s office, and what she now alleges involving the governor. back to see the american
excellent. a night of serious reflection on a situation that really now needs our attention. absolutely. get to it, my friend. thank you, lawrence. thank you, rachel. katherine tai was born to parents who were born in china, went to yale, and then to harvard law school, became an expert in trade and she served in the bush administration as the general counsel to the united states trade representative, a cabinet level position. general counsel is a very important job. she continued as counsel to the trade representative during the obama administration when the trade representative was an obama appointee. then she became the trade counsel to the house ways and means committee, which has jurisdiction over international trade. today, katherine tai made history when she became the first member of the biden cabinet to be confirmed unanimously by the united states senate. the senate has never confirmed a more qualified u.s. trade representative. as united states trade re
will commit additional acts of violence, it s more a question of when. welcome to thursday. this is meet the press daily. i m chuck todd. six asian women are dead when gunman aaron long went on a two-county rampage targeting spas in the area. while a motive has not yet been determined, the reality is this happened to have happened during a massive rise in asian american violence in this nation. a year after the prior administration referred to the pandemic as the china virus or the kung flu. now our leaders are being forced to recon with a ugly reality. two senior administration officials tell nbc news president biden and vice president harris will meet with asian american leaders when they visit atlanta tomorrow. flags are being flown at half-staff in honor of the victims and members of congress did something they said they have not done in more than 30 years, held a hearing on violence against asians and other americans. sitting and testifying about their experiences, i
minnesota. we really appreciate. thank you, lawrence. jane fonda gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. well, good evening once again. day 55 of the biden administration and tonight we may be entering the most critical point thus far in our nation s fight to crush this virus. we re being warned that we could still see another surge of infections, even as the new data are out showing we appear to be headed in the right direction. the vaccine rollout is expanding. nearly a fifth of all american adults have had at least one shot. we re averaging nearly 2.5 million vaccines a day, while hospitalizations continue to decline, yet experts are sounding the alarm that we are not out of the clear, not by any means. the concerns are mounting that we are next going to see a spring break spike in cases, giving highly contagious variants a chance to spread in our country. that, plus a rebound in air travel has the administration s coronavirus team o
no wonder espresso is invented here. i think i may need more of these to keep up with country. i am stanley tucci, i am italian on both sides and i am traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of these countries, 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. it is delicious. here in milan, the menu is nothing like you would expect. up here in the north, forget about pasta and pizza, this is the land of rice and palenta. people from south of italy. there is not everyn a tomato in site. olive oil plays second to butter. i hate to say it but who needs more butter. milan is the second biggest city in italy. it is the capitol of london. the gateway to northern europe and all of the traded money that that brings. sophisticated, elegant and rich. the kcathedral, the biggest church in the whole of italy. this breathtaking architecture jewel pointing upwards is the perfect metaphor for this. where are you taking me? up. just up. bepe is a new york times