dismantling every system in place to address this with humanity and compassion. and new warnings from health officials as more states look to ease covid restrictions. this morning, dr. anthony fauci is saying, not so fast. even though the decline was steep, we absolutely need to avoid the urge to say, oh, everything is going great, which it is going in the right direction, but once you declare victory, that metaphor that people say, if you re going for a touchdown, don t spike the ball on the five-yard lane, wait until you get into the end zone. it all comes as u.s. vaccine efforts are picking up steam. yesterday the weekly average was brought to 2.5 million vaccines per day. joining me right now is white house principal deputy press secretary, karine jean-pierre, which is the most beautiful name in the world, we ll take it from there. the president is hitting the road to promote the details of the american rescue plan. does he feel he need to sell this more than he d
movement for women s rights. we do want to start with the president and covid as well. tomorrow president joe biden and vice president kamala harris and their spouses are going to start a whirlwind tour fanning out across battleground states to promote and explain the coronavirus relief package. with that i want to go to monica alba who s in wilmington, delaware, for us standing by with all this information. monica, good to see you this afternoon. talk us through some of the first stops of the president and the vice president and what we re expecting from them. reporter: well, this is really where you re going to see the policies start to intersect with the politics. you re going to see the president, the vice president, their spouses, cabinet officials, really fanning out all across the country from nevada and colorado to states like pennsylvania and elsewhere to tout what s in the covid relief package. everybody has seen the headlines at this point and the white house fee