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Coronavirus case was reported here in the United States, the nation getting a shot in the arm today when the largest Vaccination Campaign in this nations history got underway. Front Line Health Care workers getting that first dose of the Pfizer Vaccine, the very first was a Critical Care nurse right here in new york city, sandra lindsey. I feel hopeful today, relieved. I feel like healing is coming. However, it comes also on a sad day. The u. S. Death toll surpassing 300,000 And Hundreds Of Thousands of Americans Still getting sick every day. The nations top Infectious Disease expert says we h...

A Rose Beggarden event tomorrow are told. Then later in the week the president will be going to ohio. And it is notable they are putting him on the road for this. Because he is someone that does well pitching things to crowds and feeds off that energy. Sometimes makes him go off script, but if he can deliver a solid pitch and a good message, i think it is a necessary piece of momentum for this administration thats been largely bogged down in controversy. Now a little bit about what we have heard with his Infrastructure Plan is it involves a trillion dollars in public and in private investigati...

Beth brought that up earlier. and it is a way of reinventing or reintroducing himself. and the money that he raised so substantial, about a third of his donors are new donors so that is unique. and that is really interesting. plus we also have a great thing as a result of his candidacy which is larry david returning to "saturday night live." >> so very crowded democratic field even though the ones that haven't announced so far. so let's go over some of it. we have iowa, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren earp and cory brown and washington governor jay inslee announced yesterday. but of cou...

Major democratic contenders making a run for the white house in 2020. joining me now, beth fooey, senior politics editor in brooklyn, new york, at a sanders rally today. and susan del percio, republican strategist and political analyst back with me and baz ill smikle and former director of the new york democratic party joins me as let's take a listen to a little more of sanders' speech. >> now it is true i did not have a father who gave me millions of dollars to build luxury skyscrapers, casinos and country clubs. but i had something more valuable. i had the role model of a father who had unbe...

Approach this time. highlighting his own roots in brooklyn and, beth, how do you think this speech was received? >> reporter: well, he's got a very passionate base of support and of course you saw that here in brooklyn. it is vintage sanders in terms of his appeal to college students. many of the people in the audience were college students. the event took place at brooklyn college. but it also went over well because of the things that you just said. he decided to get more personal in describing his background that was something that he steered clear of in 2016. it was really all about the ide...