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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...

centers and more increase in testing. its going to help us accelerate our nationwide evidence to reopen schools safely. last week i directed allstate®s, tribes and territories to make all adults eligibly vaccinated to later than may 1. while this is a time of optimism, its not a time for relaxation. i need all americans to keep doing your part. wash your hands, stay socially distanced, keep masking up as recommended by the cdc and get vaccinated when its your turn. none of this is pol...

representative bea nguyen, the first vietnamese-american to be elected to the georgia statehouse. we were speaking to lisa ling. she said too often when there are killings like this, we focus on the suspect, on the shooter. we dont ask what should be the first question which is, tell me about the victims. how are the victims? how are the people targeted? in this case, the six asian women who were killed, but also the asian american community in general. so thats my first question to yo...

it sounds like its not much of a difference but i imagine that it will be, that its sort of less of a burden but of course schools still have to make sure the children wear masks and perhaps the most challenging part of this is they need to come up with testing strategies. dr. rochelle walensky has said that this week, that she wants to see more robust testing systems in every school in the united states. >> its been impossible actually i think to keep kids six feet apart in some cases...

this just kind of acknowledging the reality of having kids in school that you cant actually space them six feet and get them all in a classroom? >> hi, brianna, thanks for having me on. i think its a little bit of both. ive looked at this research and it does seem that the spacing doesnt need to be as far as six feet in order to keep the children safe, and so thats one of the factors involved in the cdc changing its guidelines. the other factor is exactly what you said. there is a push...

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...

off the table. explosive hearing on capitol hill where chip roy invoked lynchings and railed against china, prompting a very emotional congresswoman grace ming to accuse him of, quote, putting a bulls eye on the backs of asian americans. congresswoman grace meng is standing by live. well discuss with her in a few minutes. were also following new video released by the fbi showing some of the most violent attack on capitol police during the january 6th capitol siege. they include rioters...

dhs claims of simply filing procedure. >> sandra: at an eight hour drive north of the border in dallas, teenage boys are now moving into that mess overflow present facility. we reported yesterday nearly 600 unaccompanied children are crossing the border each and every day under this administration. thats about one child every two and a half minutes. >> john: in a moment we will talk with the texas county judge in a region where border crossings have exploded in the past year. >> sandra...

>> im proud to announce that tomorrow, 58 days in our administration, well have met my goal of administering 100 million shots to our fellow americans. thats weeks ahead of schedule. >> the president says eight weeks ago, only 8% of seniors had received a vaccination. today 65% of people age 65 or older have received one shot. 30% are fully vaccinated. he continues to believe there will be enough vaccine supply for every adult in america by the end of may. so the white house says thats...

>> but the directive has not changed with the administration? >> nope. >> juan: that happening after president biden got called out by his own voter official. they claim he is denying reality what is happening. the same officials warning they were being overwhelmed and dont have the resources to handle thousands of children coming into the country. the biden administration also under fire for not letting the media into migrant facilities. agents reportedly feel like "they are under a g...