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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...

county official with a post erased in which he shared a t-shirt blaming china for the coronavirus saying the suspects in the shooting just had a bad day. >> he does claim it was not racially motivated. i spoke with investigators that, yes, he understood the gravity of it and was pretty much fed up, at the end of his rope and yesterday was a really bad day for him and this is what he did. >> this was a really bad day for the victims too. >> today, celebrities are speaking out. testifyin...

victims to rex heuermann. but were talking about another ten years that now investigators are gonna go back, look at these missing persons cases and say, well, is there a link here as well that can be traced back to rex heuermann. so certainly there could be more to come from this case, wow, wow. >> wow. thanks, missy, for walking through it with me really appreciate it and knew our scene. >> a new central starts now a, bilateral meeting ahead of a critical speech in normandy, presiden...

down, we are still at roughly 55,000 new cases a day and more than a thousand deaths. whats more troubling hot spots have begun to pop up in places like michigan, minnesota and right here in new york city. also today, brand new homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. hell have to explain how the administration is coping with the massive, at the border. he said dont do it. >> i can say quite clearly, dont come over and the process of getting set up and its not going to take a wh...

case, is to call the defendant himself to testify. >> margaret: plus, hunter bidens daughter takes the stand. what she said that made her father emotion all. the evening news starts now. ♪ ♪ good evening, and thank you for being with us. im margaret brennan in for norah odonnell. the prosecution rested in the federal gun trial of hunter biden. his eldest daughter took the stand today to testify in his defense. naomi biden told the jury about visiting her father while he was in reha...

to take covid patients, it by demand we take covid patients the patients will die in nursing homes that wouldnt have otherwise died had we screen them out. murphy officials countered by saying that there were guidelines for separating covid positive patients. the long-term care administrator reportedly said the problem of course is theres no separating safely. its almost certain that even though you have staff only on that unit, something will migrate. we have learned from recent repor...

can. if our republican friends block it, were going to put our heads together and figure out the best way to go. everything is on the table. its plain and simple. >> theres estimates a infrastructure package that could have a price tag of $4 to 5 trillion. the republican leader offered this are prediction. >> i think the trojan horse will be called infrastructure. but inside the trojan horse will be all the tax increases that senator scott and others have been talking about. my suspici...

minnesota. we really appreciate. >> thank you, lawrence. >> jane fonda gets tonights last word. "the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. well, good evening once again. day 55 of the biden administration and tonight we may be entering the most critical point thus far in our nations fight to crush this virus. were being warned that we could still see another surge of infections, even as the new data are out showing we appear to be headed in the right direction. the vaccine rollo...

well, good evening once again. day 55 of the biden administration and tonight we may be entering the most critical point thus far in our nations fight to crush this virus. were being warned that we could still see another surge of infections, even as the new data are out showing we appear to be headed in the right direction. the vaccine rollout is expanding. nearly a fifth of all american adults have had at least one shot. were averaging nearly 2.5 million vaccines a day, while hospita...

and lets remember, this virus kills people, it kills people my age, younger people and older people. also tonight... more tributes following the death of sarah everard as an independent inquiry is promised into the police handling of saturdays vigil. there should have been an earlier lockdown in england, last autumn — according to government ministers and officials. i like it here. no, you dont. and theres plenty of british talent among those nominated for this years oscars. and comi...