as somebody who has been eagerly awaiting her vaccine shot and having no idea when i would become eligible, i will tell you, i feel this personally. as the president made clear tonight, he s saying this doesn t necessarily mean all american adults are going to be vaccinated by the end of next month, by may 1st. but he is ordering all states and territories to open eligibility to all adults by no later than may 1st, which means you can get in line, which means you can start setting up your appointment, which means you can make your plans. any american adult who wants a shot will be free to sign up for one, and the president says his administration will do everything it can to make vaccine shots available to every single american who wants one. and that is just almost unbelievably good news. for all of the americans who want to get vaccinated, present company included, but also for what it says about the progress the administration feels it s making toward that ultimate goal of
we really, it s all from the coach really. i ll take credit for almost all of it. pep talk, you know. that is the first thing you ve said to me that i do not believe. you re a wise, wise man, lawrence o donnell. and we will leave it there, rachel. yes, we shall. thank you, rachel. well, tonight in his first prime time address to the nation president joe biden announced that everyone in this country age 18 and above will be able to receive the coronavirus vaccine by may 1st. may 1st, that s it. you will have your appointment by may 1st if not already have the vaccine in your arm. president biden said this goal is to allow people to be able his goal is to allow people to be able to gather in small groups on july 4th to celebrate our independence and to celebrate our independence from the coronavirus. today was the triumphant high point of the biden presidency so far with house speaker nancy pelosi delivering the biden covid relief bill to the white house for the
having no idea when i would become eligible, i will tell you, i feel this personally. as the president made clear tonight, he s saying this doesn t necessarily mean all american adults are going to be vaccinated by the end of next month, by may 1st. but he is ordering all states and territories to open eligibility to all adults by no later than may 1st, which means you can get in line, which means you can start setting up your appointment, which means you can make your plans. any american adult who wants a shot will be free to sign up for one, and the president says his administration will do everything it can to make vaccine shots available to every single american who wants one. and that is just almost unbelievably good news. for all of the americans who want to get vaccinated, present company included, but also for what it says about the progress the administration feels it s making toward that ultimate goal of getting everybody vaccinated. and you know, also, it matters,
united states and afghanistan. today the afghan president hamid karzai met with the relatives of some of the 16 civilians who died in sunday s massacre which u.s. officials blame on one u.s. army staff sergeant. president karzai spoke with president obama. he said he doesn t believe the u.s. version of events. and he says he s running out of patience. it is by all means the end of the rope here. the end of the rope. the end of the rope. nobody can afford such luxuries anymore. choon cnn s sarah simon. did president karzai convey that end of the rope atmosphere to president obama? reporter: i m not sure that he did. but he certainly said that mr. obama was upset with him. he talked in talk together people that were there that he was there to listen. to he told them that he was upset with him because mr. karzai had asked for this transition from having nato forces in control of many parts of the country to having afghan forces take control by 2013 as opposed to 2014. an