Medical workers are getting this first dose of the vaccine as we speak protecting themselves against what will still be a long, deadly, and for them exhausting winter. Theyre sending a message to the rest of us that this vaccine is safe and it will save lives. A new online poll from abc news shows that more than 80 of americans are willing to take the vaccine. Although a large percentage say they dont want to be among the first to do so. Frankly most of them will not have to worry about that. Right now there is only enough doses to inoculate a something number of the most vulnerable americans. But the time line is getting more optimistic. Dr. Anthony fauci said the General Public could start getting shots in just three months. I have been saying my my calculation that by the end of mark, the beginning of april, that a normal healthy man and woman in the street with no under lying conditions would likely get it. There is still so much work to be done until that happens. The task of prod
Policy. When we host the summit of democracy early in my administration, to rally the nation, to defend democracy globally, to push back the authoritarianism, it will be more important to shore up our own foundations. Theres no longer a bright line between foreign and domestic policy. Every action we take and our conduct abroad, we must take with american Working Families in mind. Advancing the Foreign Policy for the middle class has to center on economic renewal. Thats why i immediately put forth the American Rescue plan. Pull us out of this economic crisis. Thats why i signed an Executive Order strengthening our buy american policies last week. Its also why i worked with congress to make farreaching investments in research and development of trans formidable technologies. These investments will maintain jobs and ensure all americans share in the dividends. If we invest in ourselves and our people, if we fight to ensure American Business is our position to compete and win on the globa
that seeks to deny the real fears in the communities. as a result of historic racism exacerbated by a former president and media allies who describe the coronavirus pandemic as the china virus or kung flu for more than a year up to and as recently as this week. the right is doubling down on the violence trutherism with this comment from congresswoman chip roy. we believe in justice. there is an old saying in texas find the rope and get a tall oak tree. you know, we take justice very seriously. we ought to do that. round up the bad guys. my concern about this hearinging is that it seems to want to venture into the policing of rhetoric in a free society. now we are talking about whether talking about china, the chi coms, whatever phrasing we want to use, if some people say we think those people are the bad guys. i think the chinese communist party are the bad guys. and i think that they re harming people. those remarks prompted an immediate outcry, among these colleagues in
more charges, including possibly hate crimes. we are watching that we are also watching on the hill senators getting their chance to question dr. fauci and other top health officials who are warning of another potential spike in covid cases. it really is going to be a race between the vaccine and the potential new reporting from the white house, president bind could meet his goal of 100 million vaccine shots in 100 days as soon as today. plus, we are live on the border with details about a dispute with mexico, when it comes to dealing with the surge there, we will hear from house speaker nancy pelosi as well as latino lawmakers in about 30 minutes or so ahead of some key votes today on immigration reform. we will have an exclusive interview right here, my virtual sitdown with top women on the white house, with news on the relief law, how to make sure moms aren t left behind and what to do about the senate filibuster. kate, be clear, how far is the president willin
at a vaccination site. this, as europe grapples with new lockdowns amid a potential third wave of the virus. italy, france, and germany reporting spikes in the number of cases there. as case counts grow, so do questions about the astrazeneca vaccine. temporarily eliminating a big weapon against the virus. let s get to that breaking news right now. the office of the director of national intelligence just released an intelligence community report on foreign threats to the 2020 election. ken, what does this tell us about the roles of russia, china, and iran? ayman, the intelligence community is saying in this report what it said last fall. but in more detail, about russia, they extensively interfered, and that vladimir putin authorized this. it says, we assess that president putin authorized influence operations, supporting former president trump, undermining public confidence in the electoral process, and exacerbating political division in the united states. they did not find