In which you start to see efficacy anywhere from seven to ten days following the first and only shot. It is very, very good with regard to cold chain requirements, requiring only a refrigerator. It is inexpensive, and the company is capable of making doses in the numbers of billions. While the White House Task force is focused on the Vaccination Piece of this pandemic, President Biden is working today to help americans suffering financially. He is urging republicans to get on board with his 1. 9 trillion Relief Package. So the choice couldnt be clearer. We have learned from past crises the risk is not doing too much. The risk is not doing enough. The congress isnt just divided over the relief bill. The Republican Party is showing more signs of fracture as former preponderance of the evidence donald trump seems to be keeping a firm grip on a number of people in the party, and well dive into that in just a little bit. First, Johnson Johnsons new singleshot vaccine, its advantages and dis
Greene defending herself on the Floor House Impeachment Managers asking donald trump to testify under oath at his trial. How his lawyers are responding tonight President Biden is declaring america is back in his first Foreign Policy speech. His new warning to russia and china my oneonone with his chief of staff i asked is there a plan to send masks to every americans. The former officer caught on body cam fatally shooting an Unarmed Black Man charged with murder. New reaction from andre hills family. Vaccine hunthunters, how storing doses would otherwise go under waste. Good evening, i am lester holt. Johnson and johnsons approval soon could mean more dose ages by the start of summer. New infections and hospitalizations fallen nearly 34 million vaccine doses administered while 91,000 people currently hospitalized experts warning those more contagious Virus Mutations could spell plenty more dark days ahead. I spoke to the chief of staff, ron klain, to get an update and an effort to spee
First Public Comments after house members, including 11 fellow republicans, voted to strip her of her Committee Assignments over the Crazy Conspiracies shes pushed before. Good morning. Im Hallie Jackson In Washington along with our nbc news team, Peter Alexander at the white house, Leigh Ann Caldwell on capitol hill, nbc News Business correspondent jo ling kent has the new jobs numbers, and Austan Gooslbee served as chairman of the White House Council of economic advisers under President Obama. And just to map out, right, what were watching during our hour, because it is going to be a pretty packed one. Youve got that meeting with House Democratic leaders and committee chairs, along with President Biden, to talk about the next steps on covid relief. In an hour from now, congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene holds that News Conference. Also at 11 00 eastern, were going to hear from members of the white house Covid Response team, who will probably have a whole lot more to say on Johnson
advertised directly to consumers? that s allowed in only one other country on the planet. but it s allowed here. it may not surprise you that in this country drug companies spend more on lobbying to congress than any other industry. a lot more than any other industry. they don t do it by accident. they do it because it pays off in a deal like this. a pretty remarkable deal that they have worked out with politicians. the government uses your tax dollars to buy billions worth of their products and then in some cases forces you to use those products. sometimes those products work and sometimes they don t work. and some cases the products can injure you. no matter what happens, there is nothing you can do about it because politicians have given these companies complete immunity. if their products hurt or kill you, you cannot sue them. you are not even really allowed to complain about it. that s an incredible deal. imagine if your company had struck a deal like that with the congr
december before we were sworn in to an average of 2.5 million shots a day. when he took office, they were almost at 1 million shots a day, we should note. right now, 12% of the population is fully vaccinated. experts estimate we need that number to be 70 to 85% in order for the u.s. to achieve something like herd immunity. the president is also still standing by his promise of enough vaccine supply for every american adult by the end of may. those life-saving vaccines could not come soon enough. progress in bringing down coronavirus cases are stalling. more states in the u.s. are seeing cases on the rise right now than a decline in new infections. and president biden is warning against dangerous variants of the virus. also today, some major news that could likely mean more children in classrooms sooner. an official tells cnn that the cdc is expected to update its guidance for physical distancing in schools tomorrow, changing the guidelines from six feet of distancing to thr