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kids back into the classroom. the cdc is advising 3 feet of distancing instead of 6 feet for most students as long as masks and other measures are in place and depending on the community rates. joining me, andy slavitt who heads the covid response team. many states regardless are relaxing restrictions as cnn s alex alexandra field reports. k to 12 schools that operate safety can open. reporter: if even is masked, just 3 feet of students down from 6. the bottom line is there never was very good evidence for doing it alt 6 feet, not if kids are masked up. reporter: it s not clear how soon schools will implement changes as one said they ll, quote, reserve judgment. the push across the country accelerating as the new covid-19 cases hold steady. fewer than 55,000 new cases daily. still, alabama is one of the latest states moving ahead with plans to eliminate a mask mandate. the actual legal krgs of making it a mandate or not, you know, is not up to me, but we, you ....
gun at three different shootings at atlanta area spas. let s bring in kaitlan collins and jeff zeleny in atlanta. jeff, first to you. what do we know about the meeting that the president and vice president are in right now? reporter: we know president biden and vice president harris have been meeting for more than an hour with seven community members including five state leaders here in georgia. they re in the building behind me here on the campus of emeory univ university. it s running a bit long, but we know that president biden is going to be delivering remarks after this meeting. and percentages la, i m told he s going to condemn more forcefully the rise of violence we ve seen here in georgia and across the country directed at asian-americans in the last year during the coronavirus pandemic. president biden is also urging congress to pass the covid-19 hate crimes act. the white house is trying to draw a focus here. the question hanging over a lot of this is some o ....
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 soon enough. progress in bringing down coronavirus cases are stalling. more states in the u.s. are seeing cases on the rise right now than a decline in new infections. and president biden is warning against dangerous variants of the virus. also today, some major news that could likely mean more children in classrooms sooner. an official tells cnn that the cdc is expected to update its guidance for physical distancing in schools tomorrow, changing the guidelines from six feet of distancing ....
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. we ll discuss with her in a few minutes. we re 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 beating police with metal poles, stolen shields and doucing them with chemical sprays. we ll share that video with you. that s coming up. first, let s go straight to atlanta where ryan young is joining us. ryan, atlanta s deputy police chief is stressing that this investigation is clearly ongoing. reporter: yeah, wolf. we ve been learning new details from the atlanta police department. they are stressing the fact that they are going through this as a separate investigation. they sti ....
well, guess what? they re going to be getting that check soon. that $1,400 check could land in your bank account as soon as this weekend, president biden said. democratic congressional leaders were also present to tout the plan. though not a single republican was there, given that not one republican voted for the legislation. president biden is going to try to boost public support for the law as he marks two new dates on every americans calendar, may 1st. that s when he says every adult will be eligible to get a covid vaccine. and july 4th, to mark sfg a new independence from coronavirus with small gatherings with friends and family. though, we should note, many americans did that last fourth of july. right now about 66 million americans have gotten one vaccine dose with 2.2 million doses being administered every day. now president biden wants to m maintain and speed up that pace. wish i could come out and shake hands with every one of you. reporter: moments ago, ....