address. and in that speech, the president cast a vision of a post-pandemic summer. i set a goal that many of you said was kind of way over the top. i said i intended to get 100 million shots in people s arms in my first 100 days in office. tonight i can say not only are we going to meet that goal, we re going to beat that goal because we re actually on track to reach this goal 1060 million shots in arms. tonight i will direct allstate®s, prescribes and territories to maybe all adults eligible to be vaccinated no later than may 1. if this pandemic is nearing its end, what is next on the administration s agenda. unity and bipartisanship were driving forces of his campaign. no republican in the house or the senate voted for the covid relief bill. that did not stop the bill because democrats used the budget reconciliation process to pass it, as long as they kept every single democrat in the senate onboard, they could pass a more sweeping, more progressive bill. but that tac
is a political debate these days. even what time the sun rises and sets. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, and joshua johnson. welcome to the week. did you have a good week? president biden certainly did. over the course of 48 hours, he took big steps toward addressing his priority. the pandemic. on wednesday, congress passed the american rescue plan. the next day, he signed it into law. that night, he delivered his first primetime presidential address. and in that speech, the president division of post- pandemic summer. i set a goal that many of you said was kind of way over the top. i said i intended to get 100 million shots of people s arms and my first hundred days in office. tonight, i can say we are not only going to meet that goal, we are going to meet that goal. because we are actually on track to reach this goal of 100 million shots in arms on my 60th day in office. tonight. i am announcing i will direct all states, tribes and territories, to make
made sure to get this one right. it s daylight saving time, not savings. whatever time it is, we want you to remember that the week starts early now. on the streaming service peacock, join us fridays at 7:00 p.m. eastern sharp on the choice, a channel within the peacock app. you can download it from the app store or sign up for free at pck.tv/theweek. we ll be here for you on msnbc saturday nights from 8:00 to 10:00 eastern after the mehdi hasan show. it s the top of the hour and it s so good to be with you tonight. the american rescue plan is now law. more than 100 million americans have received at least one vaccine and the biden administration says all americans will qualify for a vaccine by may. with one year of the pandemic behind us, what will the year ahead look like? we ll dig into the future of work, travel, and more. plus, one year ago this week, the pandemic left thousands in the theater industry without jobs. but while the lights are out on broadway, the stars
normalcy by july 4th weekend. there is light literally now that the lights have sprung forward. we ll have an extra hour of daylight. after the year we had it s hard not to feel a little good about what is on the horizon. however it could be a vastly different reality right now if the insurrection on january 6th had not failed. it has been two months and eight days since that day. the fbi is still working to make sure everyone that stormed the capital is fully prosecuted for their crimes. they are dotting their is and crossing their ts going through mown tapes of evidence but it all started at the top. cleaning up that january 6th mess is a top priority for merick garland. we re learning more about some of the rye jotters that were arrested. sivic is accused of stealing the badge and radio from a dc police officer after a crowd beat him unconscious. he buried it in his backyard in buffalo. he will appear in front of a federal judge on tuesday. also we re learning about a memb
not really about the virus. it s such a major piece of legislation. it s the most significant change for middle class people, for poor people, people trying to get into the middle class in decades in a very long time. it has amazing things in it. if everybody is vaccinated by june, then it s clearly not related to covid. there is $350 billion for state and local government. california is getting $41 billion. that $41 billion is not related to covid, it s related to kind of helping a blue state. meanwhile, a humanitarian crisis is growing at the u.s./mexico border. fema ordered to help shelter and transfer a record number of child migrants. the biden administration addressing this situation last hour right here on my show. when you look at the past four years, just the rule inhumane way that the last administration moved forward with immigration, it did not enhance our security at all. and so now we re in a situation where, you know, this president and the administrati