Up more than 12 in the last week. The images tonight of packed airports as air travel nears prepandemic levels. President biden saying late today people are letting their guard down. This rush to return to normalcy has officials concerned despite a new vaccine record. The u. S. Marking the Third Straight day with 3 million reported shots or more. Myanmar in mourning. After the countrys deadliest day since last months military coup. More than 100 dead, including 7 children. The funerals today as violent crackdowns continue. The Corrections Officer held hostage. Overrun by an inmate inside a jail. The nearly twohour standoff, and how it came to an end. Ripple effect. That massive ship still blocking the suez canal. Stranding more than 300 other ships and devastating global trade. How it could impact your wallet. And, the sky is the limit. As we close out womens History Month, celebrating the centenarian who shattered Gender Barriers, in the air and on the ground. Good evening, everyone.
First, chad pergram is tracking all the key votes from the last 48 hours. Chad. Reporter good afternoon. Well, it was an all Night Session in the United States senate, and here in just the past couple moments, the senate actually recessed for just a moment. Theyre coming back into session, technically you see the chaplain delivering the opening prayer. Senators are exhausted. They have been voting for 25 hours straight, the session went really 25 hours here as they consider amendments to this Coronavirus Relief bill. Senators have been catching cat naps in the back of the chamber as they process 345, 40 35, 40 amendments here. This bill is going to pass sometime in the next hour or so, we expect the vote to be 5049. Dan sullivan, republican senator from alaska, he is out. He had to go back to alaska because his fatherinlaw passed away, so were anticipating a Party Line Vote here, and that means they will not need Vice President harris to come to cap to hill to break the tie and pass th
Inch our way towards a vote. Plus, were learning new, disturbingol and the imminent danger officers faced. And fully vaccinated doesnt necessarily mean a full return normal. The cdc delaying the release of new guidelines for those who have gotten their shots. And. That plateau is about 60 to 70,000 cases, a day. When you have that much of viral activity, in a plateau, it almostinvariably means that you are at risk for another spike. Stark warning from dr. Fauci, as the nation hits 29 million cases. And some states move to open, at 100 . And that senator was absolutely right. The sun is coming up above washington, d. C. As we say good morning, at 7 01 a. M. On this saturday, march 6th. I am kendis gibson. Im lindsey reiser. They have been up all night. So have we following everything so that you dont have to. And we have a crew of stellar reporters, and analysts following the very latest for you, right now. Msnbcs Amanda Golden is following the developments on capitol hill. Carole lee i
See exactly where it is and were seeing i have not seen yet. Let me pan over here. Youre looking at what is some upwards of 40 or 50, all females, many of them clearly must be unaccompanied minors because theyre by themselves although just looking from a distance and we dont want to look too closely or show any of these faces for their privacy, youre seeing maybe some women that could be in their 20s as well. Now, this is the location where Dhs Secretary Mayorkas came and visited with portman, peter, capito, from the family unit, a mother and her children, these migrants were flown over from the rgv sector, because this is the el paso sector. The el paso secretary is at its capacity and House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy, when he visited said, and the u. S. Chief said the esent surge of awn accompanied are reaching capacity. I mentioned the rgv. If you go there, theyre at capacity more than 600 holding some 5200 individuals. If you look at the last 24 hours, in the apprehensions, i l
You dont kill eight people on a bad day, let alone one. So even though the shooting comes at a time when violence against asianamericans is surging and even though of the eight victims, six were of asian descent, seven were women, prosecutors have not yet said whether they will try the murder as hate crimes. Charging one with a hate crime is not just based on ones race, it can also be based on ones sex. We do know that he targeted women specifically in the shooting spree. So i will be very surprised if hes not charged with a hate crime, but i cant speak to what prosecutors will do in that regard. Okay. Unfortunately this week has shown this, that even when multiple murders are committed, when the white guy is the suspect, some people will do anything they can to normalize and minimize his crimes. He was pretty much fed up, had been at the end of his rope and yesterday was a really bad day for him and this is what he did. Joining me now is jeff chang, coauthor of cant stop wont stop a h