pulling back. minors are showing up at our southern border in record numbers. we have a broken system and need a holistic approach. this is a humanitarian approach for all of us. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day. it s monday, march 15th. it s the ides of march, i just realized that. oh, my gosh. i believe. i was told. alisyn is off and erica hill is here. i want to start off with something i think is amazing, okay? more than 3 million new coronavirus vaccinations were reported on saturday. that s the biggest number. nearly more on sunday. right around 6 million for the weekend. that s just staggering to me. we re now averaging more than 2 million vaccinations per day for a virus we didn t know about 14 months ago. so that s a great thing. it just is. one in five americans have received at least one dose, 11% fully vaccinated. it seems when it comes to supply and logistics, the u.s. is pretty much there or clos
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, that s 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 package, it s interesting during trump presidency, we talk about campaign-style presidents. i wonder if you see this at a campaign event? reporter: from is no question president biden and vice president harris are talking about the american rescue plan. that coronavirus relief package you signed in law last week. a part is political. it s about preparing for the mid-terms. every democrat up and down the ticket will be running on this plan. particularly throws members of congress and senators
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 supporters, to get the vaccine as cnn s phil mattingly now reports. shots in arms and money in pockets. reporter: with stimulus checks already hitting bank accounts president biden now in an all-out sprint to promote the $1.9 trillion covid relief law. the american rescue plan is already doing what it was designed to do, make a difference in people s everyday lives. reporter: and ensure there are no errors as it s put into place. the devil is in the details. reporter: biden naming gene sp
eye off the ball. and tonight, the concern overseas about a key global vaccine, the astrazeneca vaccine. germany, france and others halting itses use and we ll tell you why. and back here at home tonight, dr. deborah birx making new hadlines. she was on president trump s covid task force. what she told our terry moran today about the moment the former president mentioned injecting disinfectant. the president out selling the new covid relief bill. the first checks hitting accounts and mary bruce standing by. and the alarming scene at the southern border. more than 4,200 unaccompanied migrant children in u.s. custody, reportedly being kept in overcrowded tents. republican leaders on the border at the white house is pressed tonight. cecilia vega reporting from the border. the deadly crash, a car plowing into people in california. at least three dead. the driver in custody tonight. the horrific images coming in. the plane crashing into a neighborhood, slamming into a car.
zone. dr. fauci s right. the pandemic is not over. and even when it is the mental health effects of it could be with us for a long time. we put your questions to a clinical psychologist in tonight s installment of dear doctor. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. well, we are making progress getting america closer to 4erd immunity as our national vaccination effort accelerates. yesterday 4.6 million doses were administered nationwide. that s a new high point. way up from 2.9 million shots last week. so far the u.s. has given more than 107 million shots. the seven-day rolling average is more than 2.5 million per day. about a fifth of americans have received at least one dose. as shots are going in arms, checks are going in the mail, or direct deposit. you can check for your stimulus payment on the irs s website. go to irs.gov/coronavirus and then click on the get my payment tool to see if you re eligible for this stimul