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in a year of troubling and tragic milestones it's a relief to mark a positive achievement and today we can. one in every five americans has now received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine and case numbers are falling. but spring break travel could combine with loosening coronavirus restrictions to derail this process. these are images out of miami beach florida. packed, not a mask in site. 1.3 million people were screened at u.s. airports and it could all end up with a new case spike. they are begging americans to wear masks regardless of what local rules say. >> coronavirus restrictions are

loosening up from coast to coast, but one of the states are warning that if there was ever a time to wear a mask, it is now. >> i appeal to the leaders, look at the data, take some risks in your political base if you need to, but do the right thing. >> they're deeply concerned that machineries are letting their guard down getting on planes in record numbers and by clustering up on spring break. >> you could say the pandemic disappeared overnight. you go outside, it's amazing. it's very disappointing. key vaccine bench marks have been met in california so they will ease restrictions. state officials say they met their goal to vaccinate two million people in the hardest hit poor neighborhoods. teachers, restaurant employees, all eligible to get shots.

the list expands. also on the golden state horizon reopening of zoos, gyms, movie theaters, restaurants indoors on a very limited basis. and restaurant workers can expect more tips starting at midnight. >> we have a lot of customers coming in so you get frustrated. but right now everything starts coming back. the vaccine an reopenings, and it feels more secure now. >> the cdc says than 100 million people have received a covid-19 shot and age eligibility requires are dropping in many states. astrazeneca hopes for approval this month. >> they will get access to the complete file.

if they see signs of any concerns they will not give them authorization. >> but this is a touching and hart breaking reminder that covid-19 kills. one man who suffers of heart disease rushed to marry his sweetheart of 17 years. >> it was so touching and perfect. >> but she went to newlywed to widow in mere days because of the virus that killed 500,000 people in the united states and counting. cnn, los angeles. >> joining me now from los angeles cnn medical analyst, dr. rodriguez, thank you. as we heard there the tsa reported the highest number of travelers in nearly a year. spring break just around the corner.

tons of non-vaccinated young people will be congregating in many place that's have lifted many of the covid restrictions. it seems like a perfect storm. >> it certainly is. when texas lifted the mask mandate i thought wow. this is a perfect way to have young, drunk, spring break people going to south padre island. people that are young sometimes think they will not suffer from the virus. they're healthy and they will probably not have long-term complications but they're breeding variants that get spread to the greater community. i think it will be a perfect storm and that it is very dangerous. >> you're one of the places, california, that had the most

restrictions. on monday they're going to reopen some things like movie theaters. california is just catching up to what other states have been doing for awhile. but especially where you are, l.a. county, what do you think about reopening? is it about time or is it still too soon? >> i'm always very cautious. i drove by this restaurant last week that had outdoor dining. and i was taken aback. luckily the percentage ofinfek t infe infectivety is around 2.2%. i worry this will be taken as a free pass to just go be r reckless. we need to be cautious, we're

definitely not out of it. >> someone told me the other day just because you can doesn't mean you should. fortunately the vaccines are going into arms more rapidly than ever. some populations are harder to reach. usually when we talk about vaccine hesitancy and minority populations. georgia's governor referred to a different subset. here is what we're seeing. >> we're seeing vaccine hesitancy going south. and a lot of that is dealing with white republicans, quite honestly. >> so they acknowledged that the president and his officials may not be the best messengers to reach white republicans. so what kind of messaging and from whom would be most effective to reach them? >> unfortunately so much about this pandemic has been politicized and weaponized. in thinking about this there is no clear answer.

i think that you need to first of all respect, believe, and identify with the person that is speaking to you. i used to think it was people that had celebrity. i now think it is name have walked the walk. perhaps name have been involved in the process of making a vaccine. maybe someone that lost a loved one. someone that you can identify. republican to republican. african-american to african-american or hispanic to hispanic. you have to identify, respect, and you have to believe what they're saying. >> that's all of the time that we have thank you dr. rodriguez, appreciate you joining us. thank you so much. rather than opening up much of italy, many parts of the country is locking down because of a new surge of coronavirus. restrictions are going into effect in 20 regions and they will stay in place through april

6th. let's go live to rome. how bad second-degree this new wave? >> in terms of how bad the emergency as it were is, it's not yet there. the prime minister was saying he is taking these measures to avoid getting into an emergency state. none the less they are seeing the numbers rise. on thursday they recorded their highest daily cases since november. that was just over 25,000 and that jumped to over 26,000. so they're seeing an increase in the daily number of cases. but they are also concerned about variants. they're saying the variant first identified in the u.k. is now prevalent in italy and that is increasing the rate of transmission and spread. those are two factors that the government is looking at and they want to take the measures

to bring the numbers down sooner rather than later. they're locking down half of the major areas like rome and venice. easter wleekd be a total lock down but it seems like they will be able to go to easter mass if it is a church near their home. they're hoping these measures will help bring the numbers down. the prime minister was speaking to the country on friday saying he understood that this will cause difficulties for children's education, for the economy, certainly. and for the psychological well-being of italians but he said it is necessary to avoid a further deterioration. >> thank you so much. six european countries are calling on the european union to guarantee equal access to the vaccines. they say there is an uneven

distribution of vaccines in the block, but they say the proposi propositionate distribution process has been transparent. so they are based on variousing vaccination needs. meanwhile, astrazeneca says it is disappointed to announce a vaccine short fall. for more on this let's bring in our next guest. the eu is falling further behind in the u.k. on vaccines. >> yeah, kim, it's really been a bad week for europe's v vaccination efforts. they're all trending and making availability slower or not as fast as it should have been and

as it was scheduled and now you mean -- european countries are fighting. there is a number of european countries accusing the commission of not sharing the vaccines equally. that's the kind of accusation that would not sit well with the e.u commission. they said we wanted to share them out equally, that's what we suggests, but a number of countries took it upon themselves to change the distribution, the criteria, they have levelled unsubstantiated claims. so you have european unity fraying at the seams every vaccine scarcity.

s a traastrazeneca is saying wed shortfalls in the first part of the year, and now we're going to have shortfalls in the second part of the year. half of the vaccines they were going to supply were going to come from abroad. the eu, and other countries, and they're saying other countries, they have not named them, have imposed export bands. so now they will not be, at least not fully, coming to europe. add today that the third story colliding with all of this is that you have a sidezable mie knowty that don't know if they trust them. there was blood clots and three deaths in europe in the last week or so. this is all collided to make it

one of the worst weeks for europe's vaccination effort i think it is fair to say. you have countries quarrelling over the scarcity, scarcity getting worse, and a sizable number not knowing if they have trust it in the first place. >> what a good summary there of all of the troubles colliding. the covid-19 crisis is getting worse. some intensive care units are being pushed and some hospitals are running low on oxygen. the covid skeptic president in brazil -- >> reporter: we continue to see how stressed many areas are. coming out of the northern b

brazilian state. they say there is only enough oxygen to supply those states hospitals for the next 15 days. the brazilian attorney general's office says they sent a letter asking the health minister to adopt urgent issues to make sure that supply does not run out. they say it is difficult to procure supplies from the rest of the country. don't forget it was earlier to year in a place where we were doing some resporting just about six weeks ago. that city ran out of texas oxygen supply and made that outbreak there much worse. it lead to an increase in the number of mortalities that we saw at that time. at our last count on friday 23

of 26 brazilian states were reporting icu occupancy levels of at least 80% or higher. many of them reporting rates of 90% of higher. if you look here in the surrounding metropolitan area, where we are right now, icu occupancy rates are just shy of 90% and extremely concerning number. and while we know that vaccinations across brazil have been very slow, one person did something to get his shot, his first shot, this weekend. that is a former brazilian president. lula, as he is known in brazil, took at opportunity after getting the vaccination to criticize the current president and his administration saying the president needs to top be

ignor ignora ignorant. saying they should guarantee vaccinations for all people. the kidnapping and murder of a young british woman has become a rallying cry for women in the u.k. who say they're afraid to go out alone at night. we'll have a live report from london ahead.

wem mwant to bring you up t date on a murder that occurred in london. thousands of people held a individual late saturday where she was last seen on march 3rd. intentions have been high ever since. we have a live report from london with nina dos santos. >> yeah, i was there yesterday and i'm back here today. you see they are still visibility in the faces of all

of these people continuing to come in large numbers. they are still laying flowers at this focal point for the memory of sarah everard. all of this prompted a national conversation about the consequences of toxic masogany. >> the death of 33-year-old sa sarah everard has plunged britain into a conversation.

>> there is essentially a curfew for wick now. >> we're fed up with having to r worry all of the time and not feel safe and this just proves it to be true. >> sarah was walking home from one residential part of the capitol to another around 9:00 p.m. a police officer has been charged in connection with her death. >> what shocked so many is the randomness and the relatibility of which she was disappeared. she was last seen walking along this busy street after having been to visit a friend. it was not particularly late and this is not a particularly dangerous area. >> thousands skill came. their aim was to reclaim women's

rights to walk where they want when they want without fear. >> while it is not as common as said, being groped on a bus is. being yelled at is. being followed home, is. >> on twitter women shared their stories. >> i was harassed by a man that tried to assault me when i was 18. >> on my walk home a man pulled up next to me -- >> a man followed me and my friends down an alley and flashed us. >> they need to know. >> in parliament one lawmaker shared the names of women killed in the u.k. this year. among them six the same week that sarah went missing.

there is a lot things men in britain can do to help women in plight. >> these are offensive acts creating harm and violence for women throughout their lives. they're all in common and men are blind to it. >> the scenes of men arresting masked women, and poll i guess t politicians on both sides say issue spoke. >> sarah everard said that r their daughter was shiningy bright. many hope that her memory will guide the way for more women to guide the path home in the future and away from scenes like

these. >> so what is the answer, kim? well, lawmakers are talking about changing domestic abuse legislation to label it as a hate crime. saying it should be against the law in this country. there should be a database of hara harassers. many londoners in the meantime have been asking themselves why it took the senseless death of a young woman from this national moment of reckoning to take place. the answer, some fear, may lie in how swiftly these protestors were dealt with here last night. >> as you mentioned here the metropolitan police are under fire from across the political divide. the government getting plenty of criticism here from proposed new laws that seem to target protestors that critics say

encourage police to crack down. so what do you think the fallout of all of this will be? >> well there is no doubt that this is a very difficult and tense time when it comes to people's personal liberties. and their human right to protest. this is a country that had three lock downs. this lock down has been particularly long and painful and people are irritated with their inability to gather in big groups to show their anger at certain issues like this. but the real issue was the proportionalty of the force that was used. the crowd was essentially very, very peaceful. they were close together, and most people were on sebserving much social distancing as they could, and most were masks, but the real scenes happened on the

bandstand where male police officers were charging and pinning down women who were standing there making their point of view and masked as well taking covid proportions. it's that disproportionalty that heated real political debate in london outside and around the country. i want to read to you what the mayor of london says. because that is the policing force of the capitol that has said the scenes are unacceptable. the police have responsibility to enforce covid laws, but from the images i have seen it is clear that the response was not propo propo propositionate. that has been repeated by others as well. they say the woman at the head of the metropolitan police should step down now, kim.

>> thank you for all of that, nina dos santos in london, thank you. all right, just ahead on cnn newsroom, an influx of migrants on the border of the u.s. and mexico. you said you'd never get a dog. you said you'd never do a lot of things. but you never knew all the things a dog could do for you. and with resolve you never have to worry about the mess. love the love, resolve the mess.

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welcome back. you're watching "cnn newsroom." the u.s. border patrol is dealing with so many unaccompanied migrant children at the southern border that other agencies are coming in to help. fe many, a has been asked to help shelter thousands of children. it follows a week where the number of unaccompanied migrant children in custody increased to 3700. some of the children were in a overcrowded tent facility and they say the kids are terrified or worried about not seeing family members. one says that the situation is becoming a humanitarian crisis. it is outpacing the ability to put them in proper shelters. u.s. officials say immigrants

are fleeing instability in their homelands made worse by the pandemic and hurricanes. there is also perception of migrants under new welcoming policies under the new american president. >> reporter: these are the faces of the immigration surge on the u.s./medic u.s.-mexico border. this woman is from monhonduras she lost everything. >> she said her dream is to have a house and that's why she made the trek to the united states. >> among the tens of thousands of migrants that have been encountered in recent weeks. nearly 500 migrants were entered

last week. many unaccompanied children and families are bussed to this new temporary immigration processing center in donna, texas. maria delarosa lives across the street and says buses arrive with people around the clock and at night she heres children crying. from there some migrants are dropped off by officials at bus stations. that's where we met roxanna, maria, and 6-year-old kaitlyn. she says she evaded a snake and fell off of a raft crossing the rio grande. >> both maria and roxanna say they learned from news reports. in their home countries, that the biden administration is

allowing migrant women with children to come into the u.s. >> you believed that was true? >> which is not entirely true. the biden administration says it's allowing unaccompanied minors in the u.s. to remain in the u.s. while waiting trials. health and human services is caring for about 8800 unaccompanied minors while they're reunited with family and they're considering using a nasa site to expand bed space. >> and some nonprofit migrant centers, where one migrant from nicaragua is staying, is seeing a psych in the flow of mothers, children, and pregnant women. >> wendy johnson has collected

hundreds of postcards with their story. >> this child says they witnessed people dieing and getting beaten. >> she says she scanned them and sent them to then candidate jo biden for president. >> they wanted them to see their humanity. >> rosa flores, cnn, on the u.s.-mexico border. still ahead we're speaking with the organizer of a vigil of the sarah everard. ents. now crafted with more natural ingredients and infused with essential oils that are 100% natural. give us one plug and connect to nature.

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frustration and anger are boiling over between people at a vigil for sarah everard and police. the organizer of the last night "reclaim the street vigil" is joining us. what happened last night it's hard to believe, how did it get that far? >> we're very sad and actually quite angered by the way the police handled the vigil for wo women. we had to cancel the reasonable vigil because they failed to work with us despite what the high court ruling had guaranteed. they said that there would not be a blanket ban on vigils.

so we were forced to cancel. so we saw what happened last night as completely their responsibility to protect not only public order and health, but also our human right to protest. the way we planned the vigil was to be very covid safe. we had a track and trace for covid. we were going to have covid martials, and we offered staggered times, but we were forced to cancel and we saw what happened, and you know, of this week of all weeks, they should have understood that women needed a safe place to mourn and show solidarity and they failed on all accounts last night. they could have spent that time

they spent fighting with us to help us make a safe solution. >> policeman handling women at this specific event was not lost on anyone. there has been push back, do you think that spirit will translate on the oissue of violence againt women? what do you think will come of the concreteness. >> i think this is all a conversation that the police and the government need to listen and realize that us women feel that the criminal justice system is failing us, and last night is a clear example of that. our first priority is to understand what happened last night. why they ignored us, and why they don't want to listen to the fact that we could have conducted a safe gathering and

vigil to, as i said, remember all women are against violence. >> abductions and murder of women are thankfully relatively rare, but a recent survey found that almost all british women have suffered from harassment. i'm surprised how universal these experiences are. i have friends all over africa tweeting about their own experiences. is it -- at least one good thing to come from this, how this issue has resonated across the world? >> we really hope so, and that was one of the reasons that we wanted to practice safe events for women. we wanted to make a statement

that it doesn't matter what you wear, who you're will, no matter the day, time, or place. it is never okay to be harassed at home or in public spaces. 97% of women have reported being harassed and it's a widespread issue, and what, you know, police have instructed women to not go out at night and we wanted to take a stand. women are not the problem. women deserve to be safe. and it is time that we change the conversation. it's not on women, and there's not that much victim blaming around us. >> so the burden is not on women, the implication there is that men have to change. there is an important role for men here, do you feel that not just in terms of changing their behavior, but also being advocates but allies. are men doing enough here? what exactly has to change? >> i think there has to be a

very honest conversation and men need to be willing to listen and not take anything in an offensive way. what we're saying is that they need to understand what effect certain behaviors have around us and on us. we're very keen that the conversation continues in a constructive way. but the first tempestep is to b believed. and we need to be able to come to you and say we're frightened, we don't feel safe, and you need to believe us and then listen to us. because that is the first step. so a lot of women are sharing their stories of how they walk o holding keys in their hands, there is the feeling of when you see our presence, when you don't know who it is and their following you and you completely get cold, and then they walk

past you and then you say okay, i feel safe. that's something we need to make them understand that's how we feel constantly and men have a huge responsibility to listen to us and to call other men out. if you see a friend harassing someone or other men that you don't know, you need to step up because this is also on you for all of society to change. it's on all of us. >> i hope everyone is listening to what you just say. thank you very being with us, appreciate it. >> thank you have having me. >> cnn newsroom continues after this break. with grammarly business, you can turn your frontline reps into bottom line superheros. take carl, for example. carl's got a superpower, spot on customer support. grammarly business helped him set the right tone increasing our customer satisfaction by 17%. - [children] hurray! - which leads to happier customers, and stronger relationships.

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snow totals. that's the more eminent and pressing issue at the moment. snowfall totals up to about ten inches. denver international airport we had a snow reading of seven inches. in the city of denver itself we only got about 3.5 inches. that is because of a dry slot that moved into the city. that looks like it's coming to an end. and that snow is picking up in intensity up here across northern colorado, you had a pipeline of snow for several hours now. we have an east wind coming on to the slopes of the mountains, going right up the slope, and that is squeezing out all of the snow. until that departs we will not see the snow let up. and across the flip side we're seeing relentless rain. we have millions under winter

weather alerts right now. wyoming, nebraska, and south dakota we're seeing blizzard warnings in effect because today with all of that snow and a 60 miles per hour wind that leads to poor visibility and terrible travel. when it's all said and done this system will lead a swath of snowfall from the rockies all of the way to the midwest. and the higher elevations here of the rockies and the front range, well we could see up to two feet in some areas and some spots up to three to four feet for sure, and with that 60 miles per hour wind some blizzard conditions. on the flip side is that severe weather threat and on saturday we had 40 severe storm reports. 11 of which were torrent reports. kim you mentioned earlier the semis that were turned over in

texas. you see a goose neck trailer flipped over as well carrying some gates. that system is slowly trying to push to the east and it's pushing the severe threat with it to the east. the severe threat is waning thankfully. the main threat is damaging winds and possible hail. slow to move out. it will spread the heavy snow on into the midwest and heavy rain is in store for us across the southeast. kim? >> so technically still winter and mothernature not letting us forget it. >> the grammiys today will looka lot different. they will have live performances, limited onsite

performances, and one big snub. >> from bad bunny to black puma, b.stallon, hitmakers are ready to show up, but who will be watching? the pandemic era golden globes and ram mys were far from gold. >> you have a lot of performances interspersed with awards. >> and a tough 2020 saw the academy accused in a series of scandals. they denied the accusations and the controversies eclipsed by kobi bryant. >> the wkend not getting a single nomination is the biggest

snub in grammy history and he called the grammy's corrupt. >> the song "blinding lights" as been in the top ten of the billboard top 100 for a year, and no record has ever done that before. >> the responded saying they understand his kidisappointment. >> queen bay, taylor swift, and sua lipa are each up for six grammys. >> most of the grahamgrammys arg to happy across the street. in los angeles, i'm stephanie

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