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vaccine shots in the first 100 days, being met today. the biden foreign policy challenge on front and center, after a testy day one of first biden talks with china. the american chinese trading insults, the same day a sneering back and forth from the russian president to team biden. this morning the president stressing what you might call a wait and see approach to both of these global challenges. >> whats your reaction to china last night? >> very proud of the secretary of state. >> a...

while the number of those vaccinated keeps going up. but u.s. health policy leaders warn that was a -- that scenario was for several european countries. who are now suffering a surge in cases amid the variants, and easing restrictions too soon. they are now returning to tighter mandates including in some cases a lockdown. now, the cdc director and other health officials urge that restrictions remain in place but at least 16 states now have no mask mandate and the tsa says its screeners...

kids back into the classroom. the cdc is advising 3 feet of distancing instead of 6 feet for most students as long as masks and other measures are in place and depending on the community rates. joining me, andy slavitt who heads the covid response team. many states regardless are relaxing restrictions as cnns alex alexandra field reports. >> k to 12 schools that operate safety can open. >> reporter: if even is masked, just 3 feet of students down from 6. >> the bottom line is there nev...

gun at three different shootings at atlanta area spas. lets bring in kaitlan collins and jeff zeleny in atlanta. jeff, first to you. what do we know about the meeting that the president and vice president are in right now? >> reporter: we know president biden and vice president harris have been meeting for more than an hour with seven community members including five state leaders here in georgia. theyre in the building behind me here on the campus of emeory univ university. its runnin...

biggest economy. i will be discussing all of that with these two. there they are, the head of one of south africas leading business groups, hotels with a top priority for any new government has to be fixing the basics, electricity, water and transport. also, the man in charge of economic policy for the democratic alliance. as the second biggest party, they are said to have an influential say in the future of south africa. plus, working harder in your work day. the big boss of the us so...

the new study that babies could be protected from covid through breast milk. europes third wave. thousands flee paris as it enters lockdown. plus, the astrazeneca vaccine gets a boost from the leaders of britain and france. the breaking news tonight, new york governor andrew cuomo now faces accusations of sexual harassment from a current aide. george floyd evidence. a key ruling tonight that the jury in the derek chauvin trial will get to hear the details from floyds prior arre...

and that should make it easier for schools to meet the requirements. president biden will leave for atlanta, georgia. the president will be visiting the cdc just after this new guidance came out. theres a live look at joint base andrews. they say that they are about to hit the vaccination goal of 100 million doses a day. they will do it today, i should say, the original plan was for the president and vice president to promote that package. but the shooting changed those plans. now th...

of massachusetts and utah and they did a study looking at half a million kids in massachusetts comparing students three and six feet apart. there are a lot of caveats. in areas of high transmission, they want to keep the high school and junior high school at six feet apart. lets say where there is a choir or singing, you want to increase that. the most important part to mention about these guidelines -- it depends on a lot of things. first of all, the amount of ventilation in a classro...

secretary is leading a bipartisan trip to the border today amid new information obtained by nbc news the humanitarian emergency at the border is only escalating. ♪♪ welcome to friday. its meet the press daily. im chuck todd. president biden left the white house a short time ago. he spoke to reporters about china, russia and vaccines. he is about to land in atlanta where he will visit with asian community leaders today amid the fallout over the atlanta spa shootings. his first sto...

school in person. federal health officials now say students need to remain only 3 feet apart as opposed to 6 feet as long as everyone is wearing a mask. that is a major policy change of interest to so many parents and so many kids who are eager to close the laptop on telelearning and get back to the classroom. well have much more on that in just a moment. the presidents visit to atlanta was originally scheduled as part of the white houses help is here tour, touting that $2 trillion r...