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back together again as we start to defeat this thing, hopefully as a country. its -- its just a remarkable -- its a remarkable time for us as a country, and for those of us whose job it is to cover this ongoing pandemic, its an incredible challenge, but i am super proud of nicolle and chris and so many of the rest of my colleagues who have done such yeomans work covering this and all the different ways that we can. i think weve all approached it in our own ways. our colleagues like ste...

220-211 with biden looking on from the executive mansion. >> there we go. [ applause ] >> the white house says the president plans to sign the legislation on friday. americans should know this aid theyre about to get is from the democrats. that is not a political statement at all. only democrats voted for it. not a single republican in the house or the senate. >> this is the most consequential legislation that many of us will ever be a party to. >> we said if we won those two seats in ...

impeached? its "way too early" for this. good morning! and welcome to "way too early," the show that sends big props to all the tech folks behind the scenes here who had a very busy start to their day at 30 rock. thank you, guys, for getting us on the air this morning. i am kasie hunt on this thursday, march 11th. we will start with the news. in a major legislative win for president biden, the house passed the massive $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill. the final vote was 220-211,...

things will get worse than they are right now. bottom line, its going to get worse. >> we have the assessment that covid-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. >> we have already lost 24 of our citizens. . >> were heading towards an epidemic in the united states. the question is what the scope is going to be. >> tom hanks and his wife rita wilson, have both tested positive for coronavirus. . >> to keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from europe to ...

you might have gone to get your coffee, seen your friends. i was here at 30 rock with my entire staff. i went to a school play that day. but by the end of the evening the w.h.o. had declared covid a pandemic. seattle shut down their school system, the first major district to do so, the stock market fell off a cliff. the sign of a lot more pain to come. the first case of covid popped up on capitol hill and the nba suspended its season leading all the rest of major sports to follow suit....

scientists into the spotlight with dr. anthony fauci becoming the trusted voice in fight to defeat the pandemic. this morning dr. fauci recounted what he was experiencing last march 11th with savannah guthrie on the "today show." >> if i told you we would have 530,000 deaths in this country inside one year, would that number have shocked you and honestly, how would you have evaluated the response in light of that? >> well, i have to tell you, it would have shocked me completely. i knew...

adding to the more than 532,000 deaths and more than 29 million cases so far. five hours from now, the president will give his first prime time address to the nation from the white house. we have special coverage spanning two continents throughout this entire hour, beginning with nbc news correspondents, kelly odonnell covering the white house, sarah harmon in munich, germany, and joelene kent in los angeles. ill begin with you at the white house. the president signed the american resc...

he spoke about its passage a little while ago. update our viewers. >> reporter: wolf, it was the top priority from the day president biden set foot in the oval office 50 days ago. and when he speaks to the nation tomorrow night in his first primetime address he says he is going to talk about the next phase of the covid recovery process, the next phase where the backbone of it will be the legislative victory he just secured. >> help is on the way. >> reporter: tonight on day 50 for pres...

hes not talking about the enormous cost of the immigration crisis on the southern border, at least not extensively yet. a well break it down, those costs a bit later. and well talk with republican senator john cornyn of texas. first up tonight, white house correspondent peter doocy live on the north lawn. >> the president hasnt said anything about the border in a week and a day now, all of his public events have been focused on the covid-19 including this afternoon. he talked about riv...

texas today opening businesses 100% capacity, lifting its mask mandate. other states taking steps, too, but tonight, cdc director dr. rochelle walensky warning 90% of the population is still not fully vaccinated. urging caution, having come this far. president biden late today on another 100 million doses of johnson & johnsons single shot vaccine. and what dr. fauci said today about achieving herd immunity here in the u.s. and when. it was encouraging. the trial of former minneapolis...