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you probably were sleeping. well give you the highlights. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "early start." its monday, march 15th. 5:00 a.m. here in new york. were so close we can taste freedom and yet so far. one in five americans have received at least one dose of a covid vaccine. since friday, the u.s. has hit three of the largest single day jumps in vaccinations. scenes like this can set us back. this is miami beach. a lot of people out there...

over 100 million vaccines delivered so far. we are at a critical time. stunning images of crowds flocking for spring break. the other surge raising major concerns this morning is the growing crisis at the u.s. mexico border. right now, more than 4,000 unaccompanied migrant children, thats children without their parents are in border patrol custody. we are following all these headlines, first, cnn jeremy dimons is at the white house with more on the cross-country tour touting his relief...

focuses on too much besides covid. last hour a new pandemic briefing from the biden health team and the message quite stark. yes some optimism but were at a trigger moment. cases remain down. 1 in 5 americans have now had at least a vaccine shot in the arm. all 50 states in the district of columbia will allow teachers to get the vaccine today. thats all good. this, though is concerning. travel hit a pandemic high this past weekend. nearly 5 million americans transiting through airports...

through what this is actually going to look like. gene sperling is a longtime economic aide. he served other presidents. he has been a adviser to president biden on the campaign trail. but he is not expected at the sore money. because right now like most americans he is working remotely, has not been vaccinated yet, and is still in california according to the white house. and he wont be in the west wing doing the job for several more weeks according to the press secretary earlier today...

efforts to maximize every penny of the stimulus. the president and vice president and their spouses hit the road today from vegas to near philly for what the white house is calling the help is here tour touting the massive legislation. this comes as president biden is setting new goals for the nation to begin the path out of this pandemic and to help reach those goals the biden administration is now devoting $250 million to try to encourage skeptical americans, many of them trump suppo...

bill cassidy, and democratic senator chris murphy. then -- >> all adult americans will be eligible to get a vaccine, no later than may 1. chris: well talk with dr. anthony fauci, the white house chief medical advisor, about what the country has been through this past year and the presidents timeline for a return to normal. plus the calls for new york governor andrew cuomo to resign near a tipping point. well ask our sunday panel whether he has lost his ability to govern. our power play...

number of migrant kids remained in custody but the biden teams are still not calling the situation, sandra, a crisis. >> john: griff jenkins is live near the border in el paso for us where we do expect to hear from a group of lawmakers a short time from now. the microphone is set up. i had a fat, you are on the ground they are. what have those lawmakers been seeing? >> hey, sandra and john, how are you? the leaders which by the way includes congressman tony gonzalez and el paso as part...

jacob soberoff, and garrett we will start with you. we have a surge in migrant children. there is a scarcity of shelter beds. what will femas assistance mean for the situation now at the border? >> well, fema is the federal governments emergency logistics experts. thats why they show up after hurricanes and natural disasters. their goal is to try to alleviate the overcrowding situation. the border patrol stations here and at hhs shelters that are limited in how much they can take. so t...

border. a crisis at the border starting to take shape. a surge of migrants crossing. fema stepping in to help with the more than 3,200 migrant children being housed in customs and border facilities as of last week. that figure is a new record. republicans are seizing on it. in a matter of hours, kevin mckathy and other congressional republicans will be at the border in texas. they are calling it a crisis. democrats are calling it a challenge that they inherited from the previous admini...

which may well be his signature achievement. the white house is also dealing with an escalating situation at the southern border, the biden administration employing fema to take care of hundreds of migrant teens and children who are arriving in such large numbers, there arent facilities to shelter them. so almost 4,000 kids are being kept in border patrol facilities and even jail cells designed for adults. were going to go live to the border in a moment. there is also breaking news i...