we do begin this hour with encouraging news for the country worst hit by the coronavirus, but also a crucial, crucial warning. the u.s. is powering through vaccinations. cdc data shows that 1 in 5 americans have now received at least one dose, and more than 1 in 10 are now fully vaccinated. but spring break is here, and many states are easing back on restrictions. travel is picking up to the level it was a year ago. and people are letting their guard down. perhaps adding to an overall sense of relief, americans are starting to receive those $1,400 stimulus checks as well from the biden administration. so it may feel like the u.s. is emerging out of a dark winter into a hopeful spring. but experts still pleading with the public to stay vigilant. here s paul vercammen with that, paul? reporter: coronavirus restrictions are loosening up from coast to coast, but one of the nation s top health experts is warning governors, if there was ever a time to put on a mask, this is it.
inappropriate behavior. that is the latest individual that cnn is reporting on, anderson. we ll have more on this shortly. right now a first for the first time in a long time, the covid milestone we crossed today was neither a cause for sadness as it was for half a million fatalities or an occasion to remember what our world used to be like a year and a day ago. instead, this latest marker for where we stand signals better times ahead. today the country crossed the 100 million vaccination mark. tonight more than 101 million shots have been administered. the goal was reached on the day president biden signed the covid relief package. day 52 of the administration. days ahead of the schedule he set and eight days ahead of the original version he revised last night. when i came into office, you may recall, i set a goal that many of you said was kind of way over the top. i said i want to get 100 million shots in people s arms in my first 100 days in office. we won t meet that
the senators released a joint statement saying it s clear that governor cuomo has lost the confidence of ice governing partners and the people of new york. what is the governor saying this morning about these calls to resign? reporter: in short, governor cuomo saying that those allegations of sexual assault and harassment, that they certainly should be heard, but at the same time he s also maintaining that he s innocent of any sort of misconduct and he also continues to double down on his position that he will not step down as the governor of the state of new york in spite of the ongoing state impeachment investigation and also, as you mentioned, the growing chorus of democrats that are calling for him to resign. here is the governor s latest position when it comes to the growing call for him to step down. i did not do what has been alleged, period. look, it s very simple, i never harassed anyone, i never abused anyone, i never assaulted anyone. and i never would, right?
york magazine. she said her job was to report on the governor s every move and alleges he often touched her without her consent, on her arms, shoulders, small of her back, her waist. it led her not to even want to go to events like the one she describes, when she was 25 years old she went to a holiday party at the executive mansion and said the governor approached her and as she described it, held her firmly in place while gesturing to a photographer that he wanted their picture taken. the governor said to her, i m sorry, am i making you uncomfortable, i thought we were going steady. it s a moment she subscribed as humiliating, happening in front of her colleagues. she says she felt the governor s actions weren t about wanting to have sex with her but about wanting to show that he had power over her and he used touching and sexual innuendo to stoke fear in women. we ve reached out to bateman and haven t heard back. we ve reached out to the governor s office. they haven t a
full force, and masks are hard to spolt. americans are tired of more than a year of restrictions. the tsa reports that friday is the busiest travel day since the pandemic started. and the embattled governor of new york losing more support as he struggles to stay in office. even new york s two senators, both democrats, calling for andrew cuomo to resign. another come has come forward with accusations of sexual harassment. cuomo is quickly running out of support among all the series allegations. hi, he did, and you mngsed the two big names in new york politics. major leader chuck schumer and gillibrand adding their names to the list of the politics calling for the governor to resign. the latest coming from a reporter named jessica bakeman. she had been a new york capital beat worker, and covering the beat here, and he wrote a piece where she describes it was like covering cuomo, and she writes, andrew cuomo s hands had been on my body, my arms, shoulders, the small of my back