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united states and all around the world, you are watching "cnn newsroom" and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, president biden moves up his time line and says the u.s. will have enough covid vaccines for every adult by the end of may. but despite the president's plea to stay vigilant against the virus, some states are going the opposite way including texas which now plans to open up businesses 100%. the white house pulls neera tanden's nomination. the first biden cabinet casualty. details on what happened. good to have you with us. president joe biden is speeding up the covid-19 vaccination time line in the u.s. he now says there will be enough vaccines for every american adult by the end of may.

two months earlier than the previous goal. cnn's phil mattingly explains why this is now possible. >> i've always said this is a wartime effort. >> reporter: a white house brokered historic partnership to ramp up vaccine production. >> two of the largest health care and pharmaceutical companies in the world that are usually competitors are working together on the vaccine. johnson & johnson and merck. >> reporter: president joe biden negotiated for pharmaceutical merck merck to help the fiercest competitor johnson & johnson produce its vaccine. >> this is like companies we saw in world war ii. >> reporter: biden underscoring the administration's push for the vaccine in coming months. >> we're now on track to have vaccine supply for every american adult by may. >> reporter: and to direct the

federal pharmacy program to prioritize teachers throughout the month of march. >> let's treat in-person learning like the essential service that it is. >> reporter: all as biden continue the passage of the $1.9 trillion relief package, an essential component to vaccine plans to pass the infrastructure. >> in the past two weeks alone, we've engaged over 75 members in offices over 100 of which were bipartisan. >> reporter: biden with senate democrats as the clock sticks down towards the march 14th deadline the day that emergency unemployment benefits expire with all eyes on the 57 democrats and no margin for error for the white house and senate majority leader chuck schumer. >> we need strong relief to get the economy going so it can continue on an upward path on its own. that's what this bill is designed to do.

>> reporter: a clear concern, sen senators looking to strip from the bill which democrats have rejected and ongoing federal negotiations on the federal unemployment benefit with the white house set on $400 a week. >> president obviously had a discussion with a number of senators yesterday, senator manchin is one of them. he's long said he'd be open to hearing ideas that make the bill and package stronger. >> reporter: always moderates like west virginia joe manchin pressed to lower it to $300 a week. democrats and senators made clear it wasn't ongoing there were plenty of those on capitol hill but the president was trying to rally support with those 50 democrats. he needed every single one of them to pass his cornerstone proposal. the bottom line, the urging

theme from president biden, now is the time to get this done. they have the votes and the proposal in the white house that the white house will face the dual crisis cease that it currently faced. right now senate democrats on track to try to pass that bill by the end of this week, phil mattingly, cnn, the white house. >> the white house on tuesday pulled neera tanden's nomination to lead the office of budget. the nomination facing opposition op almost from the start from both parties. >> reporter: the first casualty among president biden's cabinet nominations coming tuesday night with the white house withdrawing the nomination of budget director neera tanden. for the last week or so, this nomination has been very much in question. senators raised objections to some of her past social media comments largely calling republicans vulgar names some

democrats as well. senator joe manchin of west virginia raised questions that he would not support neera tanden. of course in a closely divided senate that became a problem but the white house has invested considerable capital trying to keep her on board but they decided on tuesday night it was not worth to fight. one administration official saying there is no path forward for her and quite frankly the white house wants to focus its time and attention on getting that covid bill through. so neera tanden, the white house official close to chief of staff ron klain will still serve in that position but not lead the budget department. it's the first casualty. this happened in many new administrations. thinking back to the obama administration, he lost at least three nominations, president trump did as well. clearly they want to move forward and get on to that covid relief bill. jeff zeleny, cnn, the white

house. u.s. president joe biden has taken his first major action against russia. the u.s. hit moscow with sanctions in a join move with the eu over the poisoning and imprisonment of putin critic alexei navalny. the leader was treated for exposure to what's believed to be a military-grade nerve agent. the white house says russia was behind the poisoning. the u.s. sanctions targets seven senior russian officials and 14 entities. washington and moscow obviously have very different views of the situation. >> reporter: together, they send an an ambiguous signal that the united states is working closely with our closest allies and partners in group, to make clear that this kind of behavior is not acceptable. we will not tolerate it.

and there will be penalties going forward. >> translator: when there is nothing to present but somehow at least substantially their claim about navalny's poisoning, when all those who treated him are carefully hiding the facts that could help to understand what had happened to him at the end, and when in parallel, without secrets they begin to punish us as they think in my opinion it does not do honor to anybody who takes decisions like this. regarding the answer, we will definitely answer. >> and earlier, i spoke with vladimir ashukov, a longtime friend of alexei navalny and a director of navalny's foundation and he lobbied for sanctions against russia. i asked him what he thought about the new sanctions. >> there are 30 people in the list that were sent to the u.s.

and eu, three people were sanctioned, so i would say it's a partial success. all of the people sanctioned are either sure people or come from law enforcement. unfortunately, the impact of these people will be limited because they don't have access or don't travel that much. we would like to have seen more sanctions, a businessman member close to putin in economical and political corruption. >> and that was vladimir ashurkov talking to me earlier. >> the u.s. supreme court appears to be upholding two arizona voting laws. the justices heard arguments in the case on tuesday. critics say the two new measures violate the historic voting rights act which prohibits election laws that result in racial discrimination. but the court's conservative majority seemed unlikely to

agree with that. the court's decision could influence how other voting laws are considering going forward. and it's not just arizona restricting voting. georgia's house of representatives passed sweeping new changes to its election laws this week. the republican-led bill would drastically restrict access to mail-in voting, limits drop box locations and hours to vote and would require stricter photo identification. it comes after democrat joe biden carried the state in the presidential election and two democrats won u.s. senate seats that republicans previously held. the bill now moves to georgia's senate for consideration. and for the first time since the january 6en insurrection at the u.s. capitol, the fbi director appeared before congress with a grim warning that domestic terrorism is spreading across the country. christopher wray defended the fbi's handling of security and how information was shared with law enforcement. and he debunked right-wing

conspiracy theories that anti-fascist extremists were responsible for the violence. jessica schneider has our report. >> that attack, that siege, was criminal behavior, plain and simple, and it's behavior that we, the fbi, view as domestic terrorists. >> reporter: in his first testimony, fbi director christopher wray put a dagger in the conspiracy theories pushed by trump supporters about what happened that day. >> has there so far been any evidence that the january 6th riot here, the insurrection was organized by people simply posing as supporters of president trump. >> we have not seen any evidence at all. >> is there any evidence at all that it was planned or carried out by groups like antifa or black lives matter? >> we have not seen any evidence thus far. >> and is there any doubt that people that stormed the capitol

included white supremacists and other far-right extremist organizations? >> there's no doubt that it included individuals that we would call militia violent extremists. and then in some instances individuals that were racially mot motivated. >> reporter: wray also scompscomplanl explained the information found online. >> this was online placed online under a moniker, or a pseudonym. it was unvetted, and somewhat aspirational in nature but it was concerning. >> reporter: the information came from the fbi norfolk field office warning of a violent warning at the capitol. saying be ready to fight. go there ready for war, we get our president or we die. former police chief steven

sunday testified that the details were given before but wray disagreed. >> that information quickly within an hour disseminated including with capitol police, metro police, not one but three different ways. >> reporter: wray explained that the email was first mailed to members of the tank force and capitol police department and then a verbal briefing at the command post. and finally, it was posted on the law enforcement portal available to agencies around the country. >> the information was raw, it was unverified. in a perfect world we would have taken longer to be able to figure out whether it was reliable. but we made the judgment -- our folks made the judgment to get that information to the relevant people as quickly as possible. >> reporter: director wray says the domestic terrorism threat continues to grow. right now, the fbi is investigating 2,000 domestic terrorism cases.

that's double the number open in 2017 when wray joined the fbi. and director wray also acknowledged that this violent attack on the capitol, it could serve as inspiration to foreign terrorist organizations. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. and coming up, a cnn exclusive on what appears to have been a horrific attack in ethiopia. how a religious festival turned into a massacre. we'll be back in just a moment. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. call coventry direct to learn more. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized that we needed a way to supplement our income. our friends sold their policy to help pay for their medical bills and that got me thinking. maybe selling our policy could help

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. a month-long investigation has uncovered detailed evidence of a massacre of dozens of civilians in the tigray region of north ethiopia, overcoming the information blockade around a patent of atrocities that may have claimed thousands of civilian lives. since november, the ethiopian government has waged war on the tigray region with assistance from eritr recea. journalists have been restricted but in this exclusive report, cnn was able to speak with dozens of people who witnessed massacres on the town of tigray

on one of its holiest days of november 30th last year. we must warn you, what you're about to see and hear is disturbing. here's cnn nima elbagir. >> reporter: a bloody jacket. some rope used to tie the victims, shoes worn by a sunday school boy. the haunting remnants of a massacre in the village of a northern tigray region. a massacre perpetrated by eritrean soldiers. 50 seen here have been verified by cnn. this is the ville avenue of maryam dengelat. witnesses tell cnn people were murdered here over three days of mayhem. with video and communication limited, due to ethiopian government imposed blackout on the region and fear of

retribution, cnn had to witness testimony through animation to describe what happened in december of last year. one eyewitness not her real name told they returned from church and when they got home, they were threatened by eritrean troops. >> translator: they came to our house, they told to us get out. there were a lot of soldiers outside. they were saying come out, come out, and they were saying and didn't ask any questions, they often fire. >> reporter: to understand what happened here over the course of these three days, you need to understand what's been happening in the last few years in ethiopia. under the country's former rulers, the liberation front, with almost 30 years in power.

ethiopia's president abiy ahmed won a nobel peace prize. and it's battling for autonomy of ethiopia's government. the two stand working together. and civilians are being killed in what could be war crimes and something the ousted tigray leader define as acts of genocide. this video was taken and smuggled out by cnn. footage of the graves that eyewitnesses described to cnn in harrowing testimony. underneath the branches and sticks are the grave sites for the victims. another eyewitness, abraham, again, not his real name, was supposed to help clean the church at mariam dengelat before the festival, but instead, he became a grave digger.

>> translator: they were all so young. they took them and buried them in a field. >> reporter: among those he buried were 24 school gichildre. one by one, the shallow graves were uncovered and parents came to identify their children. some were so badly disfigured, they could only be identified by their clothing. this is not the only massacre perpetrated in tigray, using satellite images, amnesty was able to find at least one other separate massacre involving hundreds of civilians, believed to be carried out in another city days earlier. a day after the investigations by cnn and amnesty international u.s. secretary of state blinken said those responsible for them must be held accountable. strong words, but will words be enough when the crimes described there are all the hallmarks of a

possible genocide. nima elbagir, cnn. >> and put it with eritrea and ethiopia, with the government saying it's fully committed to undertake further investigations of alleged abuses. and called it regrettable and that its forces were conducting lawful operations. the tplf said its forces were not in the vicinity of dengelat before or after the massacre and called for a u.n. investigation to hold all sides accountable for atrocities committed during the conflict. the eritrean government has not responded for cnn's request. on friday, the government vehemently denied its soldiers

committed a massacre during another in tigray reported by amnesty international. the u.s. is ramping up its production of its covid-19 vaccine supply but health experts say now is not the time for cities and states to relax restrictions. their warnings for all americans, that's next.

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♪ welcome back, everyone. well, here in the united states, a white house brokered collaboration between two big pharmaceutical companies will dramatically increase covid-19 vaccine doses. president joe biden says the move will help ensure there are enough vaccines for every

american adult by the end of may, two months earlier than his previous goal. it is a great step forward, but health officials warn now is not the time to stop relaxing covid restrictions. cnn's nick watt explains why. >> three, two, one -- vaccinated. >> reporter: johnson & johnson's vaccine just injected into americans arms for the first time. >> it's exciting. it's great. and i don't even feel a thing now. >> reporter: but supply is a trickle not a flow. >> it's a fairly limited supply to begin, but later in the month, we start to see real numbers. >> reporter: merck will transfer two vicinities for the j&j vaccine. >> we're in a dire situation. >> reporter: the average daily death toll was falling, not anymore. and average daily case counts

plateauing at about the level of last summer's surge. >> this is a scary virus. we already know that. we underestimate it at her peril. >> reporter: a study of a surgeon found that the variant first identified in brazil was likely to blame and could more easily reinfect people who have already been infected. the research is not yet published. >> variants are starting to take over. and as they become dominant and we relax restrictions i think we can absolutely see a huge spike. >> reporter: houston became the first city in america to log cases of every major variants but -- >> it is now time to open texas 100%. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: and one week from tomorrow, the mask mandate will end, and every business can reopen. no restrictions. >> quite frankly, to put it in very stark times, it makes no sense. >> reporter: meanwhile, team biden is still sticking to two

doses within a month of the pfizer and moderna vaccines. >> even though you can get a fair degree of, quote, protection after a single dose, it clearly is not durable. >> reporter: and he's worried about mixed messaging u-turning. not everyone agrees. the former surgeon general today tweeting good protection for many, with one shot is better than great protection for a few. later, adding i'm not saying it's 100% the right way to go. >> i think that he should park his twitter fingers for a few minutes. in order to be fully protected you need to get at least two doses. and until we see science saying otherwise, i think we need to stick with that vaccination schedule. >> reporter: as of wednesday, mississippi, no more mask mandate, businesses can reopen without any state restrictions. it's based on optimism. president biden said by the end of may there will be enough

vaccines for all americans. but in the meantime, those variants could cause some problems. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. >> and as nick mentioned in his report, texas governor greg abbott is lifting the state's mask mandate and removing other covid restrictions. that announcement is welcome news to some texans but it has rattled health care workers who are now bracing for another surge in covid-19 cases. cnn's chris cuomo spoke with one icu nurse who owe possessioned the governor's decision. >> we're still having visitors, we're still masking up. we're taking precautions. we still have covid patients. it's not like the covid patients are not dying. it's that we don't have a refrigerated truck outside. >> that was britney smart and told cnn the thread of more variants has her on edge as

texas relaxes its restrictions. german chancellor angela merkel is facing pressure despite an uptick in daily cases and a sluggish start for its vaccine rollout. for more on this, we want to bring in cnn's fred pleitgen. good to see you, fred, how will they respond and what is happening with the shaky vaccine rollout? >> reporter: hi there rosemary. angela merkel is still reluctant to lift any restrictions in place. one of the places where she is receiving a lot of pressure is actually to open schools, at least to a certain extent. so far from what we're hearing, she doesn't seem willing to budge on that specific note. now, there are some businesses that might be able to open. there are contacts that might be possible that weren't possible before. by and large, you hear the media here in germany, they don't believe that the lockdown is

eased by a great deal. in fact, they believe it's going to be extended until about the end of march, probably about march 28th. they'll reassess and see how they'll do around the easter holiday and how the pandemic situation is then. the numbers on the rise, at the same time, angela merkel under fire because more and more people want the easing. at the same time, under fire as well because of that slow vaccination campaign. i spoke to a health expert that they say are responsible for that. on the one hand, it's the slow pace of procurement of the vaccine, from companies like biontech and pfizer. i was here at the manufacturing center in berlin, a very large one, they're telling me they administer 6,200 doses every day. but they have the capacity to administer about 5,000 dose every day. they're running at half capacity because they simply don't have enough vaccine to go around.

at the same time, the results still, with some folks here in the population to take the astrazeneca which is by far the vaccine that germany and the eu european union has ordered the most because they're trying to get people to take that vaccine, rosemary. >> it's doing very well in britain. there's certainly proof it's a great vaccine, as all of them are, frederick pleitgen joining us live from berlin. anti-asian violence on the rise in the united states in that and the rights group demanding action. ahead, we will discuss what's behind the crisis and what can be done to stop it. nology, cleans without pre-rinsing. switch to finish and skip the rinse to save water.

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resignation as an investigation is set to look into sexual harassment claims against him. three women have now made allegations against cuomo. democratic congresswoman kathleen rice and a number of state lawmakers are calling for him to step down. cuomo issued an apology for his behavior but denied sexual harassment. new york's attorney general will hold an independent inquiry. well, now to a scathing report from the defense department which finds that former president trump's top white house doctor engaged in inappropriate behavior while on the job. ronny jackson served in both the trump and obama administrations. he retired as a navy rear admiral and is now a congressman for texas. the pentagon report says jaxson made sexual comments, drank comphol and took sleep medication while on official presidential trips. jackson has denied the findings of the report calling them

politically motivated. well, the u.s. has seen a disturbing rise in anti-asian violence which coincides with the timing of the peal. from new york to california, asian-americans have been verbally harassed, physically assaulted and stabbed. cnn's amara walker has our report. >> smashed me from cheek to cheek. with a box cutter. >> reporter: he was attacked in a packed subway in new york last month at the height of the morning rush hour. >> there really was a lot of blood oozing. so i was so afraid. >> reporter: afraid he would die on his way to work after encu encountering this man. he repeatedly kicked his tote bag and when he confronted him about it, the 61-year-old said he was viciously assaulted. >> so, i asked for help. but nobody came for help.

>> reporter: quintana believes he may have been targeted because of his race. >> because of covid-19, i think there are more asians being attacked. >> reporter: because to the stop aaip hate, there are more asian attacks reported. the group says nearly all of them were unprovoked. though rights groups don't know the exact cause of the surge, they say a clear target has emerged since the pandemic began. >> they told me to go back to china. >> reporter: in los angeles, this 27-year-old said he was punched in the face by two strangers, the lapd police investigating it as a hate crime. and a 36-year-old man stabbed from behind in new york's chinatown is now in critical condition. although the nypd said the suspect would be charged with a hate crime, no such charges were filed. >> this is driven by hate. >> reporter: in san francisco,

an 84-year-old immigrant from thailand died after being shoved to the ground in january. >> it's been heartbreaking and devastating for me and so many asian-americans. >> reporter: andrew yang, new york city mayoral hopeful tells cnn while trump's rhetoric may have fueled the flames -- >> kung-flu -- >> reporter: it's nothing new. >> certainly having the president of the united states saying things like kung flu virus did normalize the association between the pandemic and people of asian decent. >> reporter: jason wo founder of foods said said it gave him no choice but to cut his business hours at all of his restaurants. >> one was punched so hard that his glasses broke. >> reporter: he said safety is more important than the bottom

line. >> one of the biggest reasons for that is to make sure that our employees feel at least a little bit safer about traveling back home. >> reporter: even with many asian-american celebrities like former nba star jeremy lin speaking out -- >> these are totally unprovoked attacks. >> reporter: some feel crimes against asians need to be taken more seriously. >> the government needs to figure out how to properly serve asian-americans. so, even prosecutors have to understand the nature of discrimination against these americans. >> i think that the asians should speak up fight so they will listen. >> reporter: so, the man still recovering from that face slashing tells me he's too

afraid to take public transportation. i've got to say, i've spoken with many asian-americans in the past several days, they tell me they don't remember a time where they actually had to stop and think about their safety before going about their daily routine. in atlanta, amara walker, cnn. >> let's talk with sean wu, a sn legal analyst and former prosecutor. good to have you with us. >> good to see you, rosemary. >> as an asian-american yourself, what is your reaction to the racist attacks now 3,000 incidents reported since 2020, on asians across the country, and why do you see we're seeing more attacks in the last 12 months? >> well, i think in the last 12 months, people, unfortunately, who have hate in their hearts have been emboldened by the kind of language, the racist terminology, the racist

associations with asians with covid-19, i think that has accounted for the uptick. i think as an asian-american myself, it's a great strain. with the effect on the community and father of two daughters myself, it's something that you just worry about, you don't know what to expect, you don't know where it's going to come from. unfortunately, historically, in our country, like other people of color, asian-americans have been victimized by violence for a long time, even as early as the 19th century. >> what can asian-americans do about these hate crimes? what legal recourse do they have? >> i think what they can do is be watchful for each other. and to report them. and that's where i think law enforcement, department of justice, state and local authorities can make a big difference by doing community outreach. a lot of underprivileged communities, a lot of communities of immigrants aren't that comfortable sometimes in reporting to law enforcement.

folks from other countries may have had a bad experience with the police there. there may have been a very oppressive situation. so there's a reluctance and a fear about the system that's unknown to them. association it's so important to reach out to them to let them know how things work. because prosecutors can only bring charges if they have evidence. and you're not going to have evidence if people don't report the crime, so that's number one. >> that's a very good point. and what should federal and state governments be doing about attacks on the asian population? are they doing enough? >> it's hard to say, rosemary. i don't think they are. one of the reasons it's hard to say is because the statistics on hate crimes are a little bit of a morass. there are different methods of calculating them, attributing them, and it's very hard to figure out which will of the crimes actually get charged because the crimes are being reported and which ones are convicted. so i think the one thing that

prosecutors can do is really step up and use the laws that are on the books. we have hate crimes via statutes, and if you don't use the laws, it's like not being on the books. we've got to send the message out that the hate won't be tolerated. >> and what's your biggest concern about this this? >> i think my biggest concern right now is that will will pass. that people momentarily pay attention and then they'll forget about it when something else comes along. but the problem has been there since the 19th century. there are massacres, lynchings of chinese then, just as lynchings of other people of color throughout history here. it's so important to come together and not let that be forgotten. and not to fall for the trick that, oh, it's one minority

group against the other. it's really everybody's problem. and that's my greatest fear, that we won't remember that. >> shan wu, thank you for talking with us, appreciate it. >> thanks, rosemary. a qanon conspiracy theory has prompted the u.s. to bring in extra law enforcement this week. we will explain, when we come back. and kill up to 99.9% of viruses and bacteria. unfortunately, we can't answer every question you have right now. lysol. what it takes to protect.

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capitol hill will have an increased security presence on thursday, all because of a false qanon conspiracy theory saying former president donald trump will be inaugurated for a second term. sara sidner has our report. >> reporter: on march 4th, trump will be reinstated as president. >> ooh, i'm about to enlighten you, are you ready? >> then the real president, president trump can be inaugurated. >> reporter: qanon followers are at it again. not able to let go of the conspiracies that have proven false time and time again. now, they have grasped on to another impossible theory. trump will take office as the 19th president of the united states. on march 4th. they believe in an old inauguration date in place before the passage of the 20th

amendment. it changed from march 4th to january 20th only in 1933. what's the significance of march 4th? >> the real inauguration will happen on march 4th when our dear leader donald trump will actually be publicly inaugurated as the president. >> the problem with qanon is it's kind of like a big-tech conspiracy theory that welcomes everybody regardless what conspiracy theory you happen to believe. >> reporter: the late conspiracy theory was made popular. >> examples of shoot-outs, attacks or sovereignties went after police chiefs or sheriffs. >> reporter: that's what happened here. they shot and killed two sheriffs duties. they use what they mean. >> they move the goalposts in

order to wait for their reality to come to fruition. >> reporter: qanon followers are not monolithic, the followers can be rich, poor, black or white, everything in between. we encountered this group in 2020. >> i do think it's going on. did you see that, talking about sex trafficking and it varies in the news. >> anything that you believe about that. >> in my heart and my gut no. but anything is possible. >> in hollywood, they're killing our children and there are sacrifices in hollywood. we're trying to save our children. our children matter. >> reporter: there is no evidence whatsoever of blood sacrifices of children in hollywood or anywhere. there have been no mass arrests. and donald trump has not exposed a massive ring of blood-drinking pedo pedophiles. there's not one shred of evidence to support all of these beliefs, but the believers

persist. even president joe biden is already working after being fully sworn in as the legitimate u.s. president. >> they don't believe things because of like actually, you know, evidence. they believe things because it excites them to be a part of this grand story. so, as a consequence of that really no reasoning or counterargument or debunking is very effective on them. >> reporter: qanon believers see donald trump as the hero of that story. they sometimes see themselves as heroes as well. i should also mention we're standing outside of the trump hotel. and we've noticed that the rates are a bit different than normal. they're almost double what they normally are. i don't know what that means. we also know there's a presence of national guard here. inside of hotels but not standing outside guarding them just yet. sara sidner, cnn, washington. >> certainly mind blowing, isn't it. thanks for your company. i'm rosemary church.

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