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to continue working until we get the job done. >> burning the 4:00 a.m. oil in the u.s. senate is efforts to jump start the economy crawls slowly through a slew of partisan amendments. pope francis is in iraq. a historic meeting with the country's top shiite cleric. plus, a somber song on the streets of myanmar pleading for international help to stop the slaughter. >> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with robyn kurnow. >> it's just after 4:00 a.m. eastern time in the u.s. and the senate remains in session working on the president's $1.9 trillion covid relief bill. democrats voted down republican efforts to end debate and resume later on in the morning. so the senators are now still at it after a marathon negotiation

after unemployment benefits. here is our ryan nobles with more on all of this. ryan. >> the senate is inching closer to passing that covid relief package that will deliver some $1.9 trillion worth of aid to americans from coast to coast, but it hasn't been an easy process. the senate republicans putting up roadblocks along the way, including a potential alternative to the unemployment insurance extension that was put in the bill originally by the house. democrats changed the plan going from $400 a week to $300 a week but extending it out until the end of september, but also including a tax credit of up to $10,000 for individuals that received this unemployment insurance benefit. now, republicans thought that was too much and they offered up a plan that would end the unemployment benefit in july and that peeked the interest of west virginia senator joe manchon.

so for several hours on friday, the two sides hammered out an alternative plan was manchon was considering supporting the republican version which would have been dead on arrival when this bill went back to the house of representatives. they settled on a plan that would be $300 a check, it would expire on september 6th, but it will only be eligible to people who make less than $150,000 a year. that then kicked in the process known as voterama, which is a necessary par ott v a process when you have a bill passed through reconciliation which means it only needs 51 votes to pass. this is the opportunity for any senator to offer up the amendment to a bill that needs to be voted up or down before it can get out of the senate. that process has continued throughout friday night into saturday morning. we're not exactly sure when it will all wrap up. but at the end of all this, we expect democrats will have the votes they need to pass this legislation. it will go back to the house before the house passes it and then it goes to president biden for his signature.

still could be some wrinkles along the way before we get to that point. but democrats crossed a big hurdle by getting manchon anticipation support for that unemployment insurance. we're not sure how long this process will last, but democrats are hoping they have this bill passed and on the president's desk by march 4th. >> cnn capitol hill. >> thanks ryan for that. the pace of vaccinations in the u.s. keeps improving. the country is averaging did 2 million shots a day. that means more than 8% of american daumts are now fully vaccinated. according to a cnn analysis, if vaccinations continue at this pace, the u.s. could reach herd immunity between late july and early september. lucy cavanaugh has more covid headlines from the u.s. >> we will be releasing this guidance soon. >> vaccinated americans are still waiting for the cd can c to release its new guidelines, which were expected this week.

>> our goal and what is most important is that people who have been vaccinated and those not yet vaccinated are able to understand the steps they can take to protect themselves and their loved ones. >> the white house says there's nothing nefarious about the white house. frustrations are growing. >> why don't we provide them with the guidance that we can. >> those shots of hoping averaging 2 million per day now. >> oh, my god, i was so excited. >> a new survey shows nearly 70% of americans plan to get vaccinated or have already gotten the shot. >> one, two, three. >> three vaccines now being offered. >> they're all in the same ballpark. get the one that's available to you. >> picking and choosing, well, that land detroit's mayor in hot water. >> johnson & johnson is a very good vaccine.

moderna and pfizer are the best. and i am going to do everything i can to make sure the residents of the city of detroit get the best. >> the white house describing the mayor's remarks as a misunderstanding. >> we've been in constant dialogue with mayor dougyan who said that, in fact, was not what he said or however it was reported. in fact, he is very eager for the johnson & johnson vaccine. >> mayor dugan walking his remarks back today saying he has full confidence that the johnson & johnson vaccine are now safe and effective. the meanwhile in mississippi -- >> i can't tell you how tickled i am that we're maybe going to see everybody jammed in one day. >> more states are rolling back covid-19 safety rules but keeping mask mandates, like businesses in west virginia which will return to 100% capacity tomorrow. and connecticut, which is lifting capacity caps on offices, retail and restaurants

in the coming weeks. >> we thought, this is something we can we know do safely. >> loosely cavanaugh, cnn, denver. >> and the director general of the world health organization says covax has delivered 20 million vaccines to international countries. last week, ghana and ivory coast became the first countries to administer the covax provided vaccines. the w.h.o. is warning brazil not to relax in the fight of the virus. hundreds of trucks blocked a major highway during rush hour on friday morning. the drivers were protesting a two week shutdown on all but essential businesses today. this comes as cases in brazil are soaring where health officials are saying people should remain vigilant. >> now is not the time for brazil or anyone else for that matter to be relaxing. and i say this, i have the same feeling myself. the arrival of vaccine is a

moment of great hope. but it's potentially also a moment where we lose concentration. if i think i'm going to get a vaccine maybe in the next few weeks or the next six weeks or the next two months, maybe i'm not so careful any more. maybe i think i'm through this, right? you don't need a whole loss of people to start thinking like that that we give th >> and europe certainly has a message for coronavirus vaccinemakers. deliver did dosage you've agreed to provide. this comes after italy decided to block the export of 250,000 doses of the astrazeneca vaccine to australia. meanwhile, in germany, they're saying they have the variant first identified in the uk. they fear it will become the dominant strain and is more contagious. and good news for britain, the reproduction number has fallen below 1 which indicates

the covid virus is lowering. >> we're on course to hit our target of offering a first dose to everyone who is over 50 or part of an at-risk group by the 15th of april and all adults by the end of july. >> peter is a global health and infectious disease expert. we heard the health secretary giving this pretty uphe beat assessment there. the uk's early action seems to have paid off, hasn't it? >> thank you for having me, robyn. absolutely. lots of reasons to be upbeat. i wish his assessment would have included a more meaningful pay rise for the national health care workers. they've done an extraordinary job now reaching at least 40% of adults with at least one dose of vaccine. we're seeing now meaningful real world evidence that vaccinations are reducing deaths, reducing

hospitalizations, and having some effect at reducing transmission, so validating all the great evidence we saw from the clinical trial. so we're in a good place. at the same time, there's a note of can auction right now, you know, we're just about to relax restrictions after a very difficult third lockdown over the last couple of months. meanwhile, having seen, you know, the appearance of some of the more concerning new variants arrive into the country. so the next weeks and months, ae was continue the vaccine rollout and have a test and trace program that's not quite up to scratch and have have border restriction issues, it's going to be a very delicate balancing act if we're going to get off this roller coaster. >> but the europeans, no doubt, looking across the channel at the vaccine rollout in the uk. the uk, of course, no longer tied to brussels decision making after brexit and no doubt europeans looking with some envy and kaufton. how has the eu got it so wrong? they're blaming the vaccine companies, but is that about

right? >> there are a number of issues, of course, across the world we have a global shortage and these supply chains are fragile. the vaccine nationalist most like we saw yesterday when italy blocked the export of vaccines to australia is not going to help to ramp up production. it's on only going to make the supply lines less predictable. there are a number of things that have gone wrong. some of the early work on securing vaccine agreements. early comments by some politicians and health experts in europe undermine confidence in in some of the vaccines and they're seeing a slower uptake of vaccines and some vaccines sitting on the shelves. so there are a number of things hachg right now. i expect things to pick up and some of these are teething problems and the pace of vaccination will improve. over the last week, we've seen vaccines increase in europe contrary to global trends. and i think the public is weary of restrictions at this time. >> and then, of course, also looking at the u.s., america

always does it bigger and better, doesn't it? worst death rates in the world, but now this gathering rollout that promises to have all citizens vaccinated by the summer. what do you make of these promises? do you think herd immunity is possible so quickly for the u.s.? >> i think the most exciting covid news this week is the announcement of this new partnership between johnson & johnson and merck to scale up the johnson & johnson vaccine. it's a great example of the great thinking that we need. we need more thinking like that. realistically, it's probably six

months away in the best case scenario before we see meaningful progress. so what i am concerned about, however, is taking our foot off the gas and relaxing those restrictions and mask mandates too quickly. >> indeed, we are seeing some concerns about spring break and that fueling these new variants. because in the spur to reopen, we've heard the number of states and local areas have decided that they're going to go ahead and reopen. how can that refuel the development of these variants in many ways? >> nothing has changed about the behavior of this virus, except that because of some of the new variants, they become more transmissible. so we know when we have people who are moving and traveling in close proximity without masks, there will be a spice in transition. we've seen again and again and again super spreader events through travel, through parties, through hole date gatherings, etcetera. none of that is different. we can't wish it would go away and expect that to happen and 8%

of the population being vaccinated is nowhere near providing any kind of population level protection. so, you know, it feels like day jaw view like we saw in texas and elsewhere with the opening of restaurants and canceling of mask mandates. the results will be prediblctab and they won't be pretty. at this point in time, you have some proportion of the population that's well populated and another portion of the public that is out in society, it's fertile ground for variants. this is a critical time when we need to double down on the public health measures that we know work. >> peter, always good to speak to you live from oxford. >> thank you. to the pope's historic visit to iraq now, right now, pope francis is wrapping up an interface meeting on the ancient

claims. it's been a busy day for the pope. he met hours with the grand ayatollah in the holy city of nadjaf. in baghdad and can tell us more about a busy itinerary so far and the implications and the meaning of this. >> yeah. today's focus is on interfaith encounters. certainly his meeting with the grand ayatollah is significant in the sense that sistani is somebody who is not involved in the nuts and bolts of daily politics here. he is 90 years old. but at critical junctures in modern iraqi history, he has intervened. back in 2005 he issued an edict telling iraqis during some of the darkest days of the american occupation when violence was at its peak, he said yes, go out

and vote. participate in elections. in 2014, he told all able-bodied men to go join the war against isis at a time when the iraqi army was collapsing and their intervention was critical to save this country from isis. and this is a man who is a leading authority of shia islam. so for the pope to meet with him and these meetings are very rare with the grand eayatollah represent the other part of his interfaith efforts. keeping in mind in 2019, pope francis signed a document of fraternity with the sheikh, the grand imam representing the sunni branch of islam. so this is very important. right now, as you said, he's

winding up this meeting with representatives of iraq's many different religions and sects. this is the birthplace of the patriarch abraham. so they're joined by that common thread, all these representatives of these religious representatives here in iraq. >> thanks so much. ben wedeman, thank you. just ahead, defiance in myanmar. anti-coup protesters are flooding the streets and pleading for international help. coming up, the western crisis security forces are violently cracking down with deadly force. >> it is actually a massacre. it's a slaughter. by the security forces against

unarmed protesters.

at least 20 people have been killed in a car bombing. the terror group al shabab has claimed responsibility. and protesters in myanmar are coming out in droves despite a deadly week of protests. earlier, hundreds could be heard sing as a show of defiance. in another issue, amnesty internationals are saying troops are shooting to kill. >> what we're seeing is a massacre. it's a slaughter by the security forces against unarmed

protesters. and it is a very grim but in a way determined atmosphere. we have seen day after daypro testers, despite the dangers, coming back again and again just to show how angry they are and that they're not going to stop. >> many are pleading for international lep. they're calling on the united nations to uphold its responsibility to protect or r2p principal. the myanmar politics envoy to the u.n. told cnn something must be done. >> these illegal military regime has dethe clarified the war on the people of myanmar. so no one is safe. that means international community has the responsibility to protect when the state fail toes protect its own people.

so we are asking to look at that. >> cnn's will ripley has been following the latest developments from hong kong. will. >> the pictures we are seeing coming out of myanmar right now demonstrate an detroit act of bravery on the part of hundreds if not thosesusands who continu going out into the streets, continue to peacefully protest, to demand democracy, to demand the results of the election back in november that were a landslide for the national league for democracy be honored by the brutal dictatorship which only got a handful of votes for next proxy parties and decided it was because of wide spread election fraud. at least 55 people have been killed since february 1st in these peaceful protests. and we need to underscore that these are peaceful. the military has claimed some of these people are rioters. using one example recently

citing two people who may have had smoke grenades on them. the soldiers are using live ammunition on those people. the majority of people killed came offage after 2011. these people grew up in a time when myanmar was start to go experiment with democracy to allow for greater democratic reforms, to hold elections. even though the military kept its hand in preserved high level positions for itself. but after that humiliating landslide defeat in november, that simply wasn't enough. human rights groups say for the military leaders, dismissing those claims of election fraud and saying it's all about power and all about money. and now, as people continue to stand up to this, there is mounting evidence that the shoot to kill mentality is happening more and more with at least 38

people killed on wednesday alone. bodies seen in pools of blood lying in the street. will republicly, cnn, hong kong. and the u.n. security council remains divided on how to october on the worsening crisis. here is paula hancocks wes more on that. paula. >> protesters bang pots and pans on the streets in central myanmar, unaware it is about to turn deadly. they duck and run for cover as security forces start firing. a 22-year-old is shot in the head. his brother carries him to a waiting ambulance, but it's too late. reliving that moment, he tells me my brother was shot and fell down. blood was coming from his mouth and his head. i dragged him away from there and he died in my arms. his parents say he was the bread

winner of the family working at the local market. they were all at the protests together, but was separated when the shooting began. she says we are risking our lives to claim victory. we don't have any weapons, but they are fully armed. all we can do is protest. they're shooting us with live bullets. please, help us. makeshift hospitals were set up for the injured, treating the steady flow of protests with gunshot wounds. >> now we're seeing orders that police and military soldiers shoot people down in cold blood. >> security forces were caught on camera taking three charity from their ambulance and beating them. >> the charity says the three are now in hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. >> is anybody safe at this point? >> no. nobody is safe. here, ambulance workers, people

that are there purely to save lives, to help anyone who needs emergency medical care, they're not there to hurt anyone. they're there to help everyone. >> the level of force being used by security forces has increased since sunday. activists on the ground feel the death toll is far higher than that that has been confirmed. funerals are becoming a daily occurrence. as the family prepares for his funeral, they say his hope his death has not been in vain. his parents praying the next to fall will be the military dictatorship that took their son. paula hancocks, cnn. the biden administration is trying to alleviate overcrowding. we will have a report from the border, that's next.

lawmakers from washington are putting more pressure on president joe biden to apply sanctions against vladimir putin. how they're testing before biden's resolve.

welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. thanks for joining me. new developments at the southern u.s. border, the biden administration is looking to find space for an increasing number of immigrants, including unaccompanied children crossing.

and a memo obtained by cnn shows the administration has told care facilities they can open back up to prepandemic levels to try to accommodate all of these children. ed lavendera is at the border and he filed this. ed. >> this week, father roy snipes has welcomed about a hung families a night to seek shelter in this church overflowing from another shelter down the road. no longer are migrant children being separated from their parents. these familiars are allowed to wait in the united states for their asylum case toes be heard in court. we met 21-year-old kenya. the shelter asked that we protect her identity. she left honduras two weeks ago with her son and crossed into the u.s. a few nights before. >> why did you decide to come

now? many migrants are still being turned away at the southern border, but it is now easier to make the journey north and cross the border. homeland security secretary insists this isn't a crisis, but a challenge. >> we are working as hard as we are not only in addressing the urgency of the challenge, but also in building the capacity to manage it and to meet our humanitarian aspirations in execution of the president's vision. >> the numbers of migrants arriving at the southern border is growing. in january, customs and border protection reported about 7,500 families were taken into custody and 5800 unaccompanied children. during a major surge a couple of

years ago, border patrol encountered 5800 children in one month. facilities were told to open bed space for minors to prepandemic levels which is just under 14,000. there are now about 7,700 children under hhs care and the concern is the number will rise quickly in the coming weeks. >> the way we're going, i think it's going do become a crisis. >> now some texas democrats are warning the biden team about what is unfolding. >> they seem to be on a mission without due respect to start releasing and show that they're compassionate. i want to be compassionate, but i also think people should be compassionate to our communities on the border. >> at the same time, activists are also pressuring biden to undo what they see as damage from the trump administration. >> people are willing to give them a break in the beginning, but i think that break will soon be over if they don't move very quickly. >> in the south sox shelter,

several migrants told us they saw many children traveling to the border alone. >> how old were these children that you saw? [ speaking foreign language ] they would act like they were part of a family to protect themselves. >> the biden administration says it's trying to create a far more humanitarian approach to its immigration policies. that's why they're urging migrants in central america that now is not the time to come. but even the administration supporters are urging the president to act fast before there is yet another full blown immigration crisis on the border. ed lavendera, cnn. >> thanks, ed, for that piece. some u.s. lawmakers are putting pressure on the white house to stop the construction of a major gas pipeline between russia and germany. republican senator ted cruise is delaying the confirmation of

president biden's pick for cia director hoping to force the administration to impose sanctions on the builders. nic robertson has more on this. nic. >> as recently as last month, a russian ship has been breaking u.s. sanctions. vladimir putin was joe biden to back down on sanctions. >> they are testing the new administration. >> the nearly completed 770-mile russian-german gas pipeline that bypasses u.s. ally ukraine, if finished, not only boosts russia's gas sales to europe, but scores a strategic victory for putin. >> it is definitely going to be perceived not just as successful completion of a commercial

project, but also as a political victory for the russian federation. >> ukraine is really the prize, both for the europeans and the russians. and so the gas issue would undoubtedly shift that balance back towards moscow. >> president joe biden's stake is part commercial. the u.s. would like to sell its shale gas to europe, but mostly it's strategic. >> president biden has made it clear that it's a bad deal because it divides europe, it exposes ukraine to russia manipulation. >> more than that, it could block a key biden foreign policy plan, a strong transatlantic alliance. >> it is become ago litmus test as to whether the biden administration can rebuild an effective transatlantic relationship. >> german chancellor angela merkel, who is key to the success of strong relations opposes the sanctions and wants the pipeline completed. >> they're trying to sxexplore

deal that would allow the pipeline to go ahead, but in a way keep the problem down the road. politically, they'll put in place a mechanism that would allow snapbacks, sanctions on russia if it basis badly. >> but biden is under pressure from republicans not to compromise. and in a bipartisan letter and other documents, members of congress are pressing the state department to stay strong on sanctions and explain any conversation with germany about nordstream 2, the russians are hoping merkel, who had a stormy relationship with former president trump who initiated the sanctions will get her way with biden. >> the expectation is moscow is that biden might be forced to make a couple of concessions not to putin and not to the kremlin, but rather to angela merkel. >> biden is being tested at home and by putin.

the stakes are huge. russia succeeds, gains leverage over ukraine, divides europe, weakens the transatlantic alliance, everyone's options are limited. >> this is a narrative in which germany is really alone. its european neighbors are against it, the u.s. is against it. it's not just for biden to find a way out, but for merkel and her ally toes find a way forward. >> with more than 90% of the pipeline completed, time for the solution is dwindling. nic robertson, cnn, london. just ahead on cnn, the controversial interview expected to chip away at the miss technique of the british royal family. why meghan markle says she's opening up now to oprah winfrey. proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. try our new gummies for 30 days

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sf . oprah winfrey's highly anticipated interview with the douche and duchess of sussex airs sunday. meghan markle tells oprah why she's speaking out now. >> so as an adult who lived a really independent life to then go into this construct that is different than i think what people imagine it to be, it's really liberating to be able to have the right and the privilege, in some ways, to be able to say yes, i'm ready to talk. >> and say it fore yourself. to be able to make a choice on your own and just to be able to speak for yourself. >> so this interview comes as buckingham palace has announced it will investigate allegations that at one point markle bullied

several staff members. meanwhile, prince philip has moved back to king edward vii hospital. the 99-year-old husband of queen elizabeth underwent a successful heart procedure at a different hospital on thursday. so joining us now from outside this hospital in london is cnn's anna stewart. anna been hi. certainly a lot going on. and no doubt, a huge amount of concern for prince philip who is in that hospital behind you, but also concern within the royal family about this hollywood style interview that airs on sunday. >> yes. we've had a barrage of royal news in the last couple of weeks, haven't we, with lots of salvo from team sussex in california, all leading up to this big interview with oprah that broadcasts on sunday night. i'm sure there is concern within the royal family but, of course, we don't really get any comment from them on this. all they've said is they will investigate some of the allegations that came out in the week suggesting that the duchess of sussex may bullied some of

her staff. in terms of the interview and the comments we've seen, it's been a no comment. this is very much a hollywood style interview and breakses with everything the royal family generally do, it is something is sussexs can do. they are no longer members of the royal family. they can speak to who they want to in terms of the royal press. wh media. people are really picking sides. some of meghan's friends have coming out on social media. one of them is her costar, patrick j. adams. he's defended her chajter. there's one tweet that really caught my eye. it says it's object scene that the royal family, whose newest family member is growing inside of her is promoting and amplifying accusations of bullying against a woman who herself was basically forced to

flea the uk in order to protect her family and her own mental health. what we're seeing is also pointing the finger now at the royal family. robyn. >> yeah, certainly. and the institution and the queen herself. let's also talk with what the queen is dealing with. her husband is in the hospital behind you. how is he? do we have any indication of how for instance phillip is doing? . >> prince philip has spent 18 nights in hospital. this is his longest stay ever. everyone is extremely concerned about his health. he had a procedure for a pre-existing heart condition on wednesday. that was at different hospital, st. bart's, but he moved here just two days after it. he's continue, treatment. we're not quite sure whether that's to do with the heart condition or the infection he was also being treated for, but he's expected to stay here for a number of days. for the queen, it's going to be

business as usual, r on n. tomorrow she marks commonwealth day. normally it would be a service surrounded by all members of the senior royal family. it will be broadcast on the bbc on television. so you're going to have that hours before the sussexs oprah was the last official engagement for the sussexs before their big break. >> thanks for that, anna stewart in london. when we come back, hotel quarantines, fewer flights, this is the life for airline pilots during the pandemic. several of them tell us how they're navigating their changing business.

rely on the experts at 1800petmeds for the same medications as the vet, but for less with fast free shipping. visit petmeds.com today. welcome back. so many pilots have had to adapt to new ways of doing their jobs. some of them told us how they're meeting this challenge. >> it's been, at the very beginning, i would say going back a year ago in march, by a company, we were the only airplanes in the sky when we saw the devastation hit the airline

industry. >> so today i will be flying to ivory coast and coming back. in the front, we make sure to wipe down everything every single time we switch crews. so, for example, today i'm taking over an aircraft which another flight crew left, i'm going to get into the cockpit, make sure we have our masks on, we will wipe down the levers, instruments, everything to make sure we can start using the plane safely. on a flight with no passengers, you can sometimes go out. the cabin is very, very quiet and you actually see boxes on the passenger seats tied, according to regulation. and when you know that your country is struggling with the pandemic and you're flying in medical equipment, which is needed, that is a really, really good feeling. >> everything runs on the spectrum from being fairley open where you can still get out of the hotel room, you can walk around in the city, although be it social distancing and

maintaining all the local regulations and it runs from that to where i am now sitting in a hotel where i'm able and free to move around the hotel facilities, however, unfortunately unable to use the gymnasium. then we have where you're not permitted to leave the room. those in-room confinements, those quarantine rules create a constant change effect that than hold has a bit of a destabilizing factor to our ability to really plan for the future. sometimes planning rest of even sometimes telling the family where we will be. so those challenges exist. >> it's a very intro speculative moment where you spend a lot of time reflecting. just grateful to be among the people who have a job right now as about 50 p% of people are

unemployed. >> most of us are still tested, but go back to a hotel with no room key, sometimes without a window. >> this is not the standard that will move the economy and aviation back in the air. global standardization will have to be something that we will all have to adopt. what is right in tel aviv will be even more in chicago, in delhi and afghanistan. >> we should some something that does not press mandatory evacu evacuations, but doesn't put us in the same level. it's just going to continue to make it challenging for us to recover. if. >> so this that wrapses this hour of cnn. thanks so much for joining me. i'm going to hand you over to kim for the next hour. of cnn. thanks so much for joining me. i'm going to hand you over to kim for the next hour.

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no rest for the weary. senate democrats refuse to let republicans call it a night demanding a so-called vo vote-arama. and historic moment in christian muslim relations. and the vaccine hits the road, cnn rides down with a mobile vaccination team getting shots in the most vulnerable arms. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching around the world. i'm kind brunhuber, this is "cnn newsroom