hello to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm john king in washington. thank you for sharing another busy news day with us. see what it brings us, those are the words of the president of the united states. he opts for patience and due process as the calls for the new york governor cuomo to resign. a long time cuomo friend is right now in charge of vaxepe distribution and calling around to democrat to gauge their loyalty to the governor. next hour the president speaks about the american rescue plan and his push now to get trillions of federal help into communities that need it. the administration now undertaking a giant sales tour to sell the country on a road the white house says wail pave the way back to normal and critics say is too expensive and

focuses on too much besides covid. last hour a new pandemic briefing from the biden health team and the message quite stark. yes some optimism but we're at a trigger moment. cases remain down. 1 in 5 americans have now had at least a vaccine shot in the arm. all 50 states in the district of columbia will allow teachers to get the vaccine today. that's all good. this, though is concerning. travel hit a pandemic high this past weekend. nearly 5 million americans transiting through airports since thursday. spring breakers on beaches, out on bars all but ignoring pandemic precaution that should be basic by now to every american. italy, the cdc directors says offers the latest example of what variants can do if public health pull back happens too soon. >> they simply took their eye off the ball. i'm pleading with you for the sake of our nation's health, these should be warning signs for all of us. cases climbed last spring, they

climbed again in the summer. they will climb now if we stop taking precautions if we continue to get more and more people vaccinated. >> let's walk through the numbers and see exactly where we are. right now if you look at the state by state case trends 11 states in orange trend up. 20 states that's the base holding steady. 19 states that's the green trending down. so some progress, but largely a holding pattern. this is the better way to look at it. if you look at cases over the past week, the sunday number below 40,000. it's been a long time since we've been below 40,000 new infections. we will see if this is the weekend blip or if it stays down. you see over the past week more likely 50,000 and above. that is plateau. that's why the director says she's worried. that's too high of a plateau. you need to push this down.

just the u.k. variant on thursday was 3,300 cases in 43 states. the u.k. variant is everywhere and the kags count is growing as it comes up. travel you heard dr. walensky voicing some concern americans think we're back to normal already. 5.2 million people flew since thursday. including 1.4 million screened friday by the tsa. that is a record during this pandemic. the vaccine numbers are getting better. 1 in 5 americans have had at least one shot, partially vaccinated. more than 11% have been fully vaccinated. a new survey shows only 3.4% so far have missed their second dose. people are getting the first dose, coming back for the second. they do caution these are largely health care workers, front line workers so they do have easier access.

now you walk through some of the vaccines, the biden administration has the right to be optimistic what it's doing. saturday 3.2 million shots in arms. that's a record. you see the average is up now. about 2.4 million the seven day average, the administration trying to push that even higher. this is a concern if you look at it here. 23% of white americans, 20% of hispanic americans say they might not get the vaccine. will not get the vaccine when available, 33% of republicans say that. so there's some concern about access and attitude when it comes to getting a vaccine especially among them. you've heard for months when will we reach herd immunity? dr. fauci saying today stop worrying about that. just go out and get a vaccine. >> we should not get so fixated on this elusive number of herd immunity. we should just be concerned about getting as many people vaccinated as quickly as we possibly can because herd

immunity is still somewhat of an elusive number. we made a projection of it would likely be i said many times somewhere between 70% and 85%, but we don't know that for sure. >> let's continue the conversation. joining us is the former fda commissioner. dr. mcclellan also serves on the board of johnson & johnson, one of the vaccine makers here. it's great to see you. when you hear dr. fauci say that, what is your take away from that? my take away is he doesn't want people to get caught up in a statistic. he just wants people to go out and get a vaccine. >> that's right, get a vaccine as soon as it's available. and people who want to get vaccinated keep in mind it's not going to be too long before you get a chance to do that. we were up to 2.5 million shots per day. the supply of all the vaccines are going up in the weeks and

days to come, so we should be able to get to 3.5 million or more shots per day with the supply coming. we're already over 100 million americans who have gotten at least shots in arms and that number is going to increase significantly. that's why we're seeing i think this reduction in the spread of cases despite people going back out some more, but this is still a period where we need to be very cautious. we're not at high levels of immunity yet. >> you know from your days in the federal government you're dealing with 8, 10, sometimes 12 or more issues at once. one of the big issues for the administrations it tries to ramp up vaccinations, there's a big decision about children in schools. the current cdc guidelines are keep children 6 feet apart. there's some new research that suggests you can move them to 3 apart.

school administrators tell you that's a game changer because they don't have the space to spread people out. dr. walensky says close but not there yet. listen. >> demonstrated students when there was 100% mask wearing had similar infection rates at 6 feet versus 3 feet. we are looking at these data carefully. the question actually prompted more studies to be done so we now more are coming. we're taking all those data carefully and revisiting our guidance in that context. >> how critical would that be in terms of whether you're the biden administration or any administration, local mayor or local school administration trying to get kids in the classroom asap? >> it's absolutely critical, and i do see us getting there, john, if for the fall. it won't be all kids. we'll still need to take some measures like distancing and other precautions, but 3 feet, good circulation, all the help that's coming to schools in the

coming weeks should make fall reopening very good for schools. the question is, john, what can we do in the near term? and there are many districts already reopening now with a combination of that increased vaccination for teachers. you mention this happening around the country, also with more ventilation, other steps we know work. some in massachusetts and some colleagues are finding similar things that it is possible to open pretty widely even right now and there's so much at stake for kids education, getting our economy back going and also want to add using testing in this context. i think we can make some real progress well before fall on increased school re-openings safely. >> wish you the best in that regard. help me now if you can with a little bit of the politics, if you will. we've talked for months about vaccine hesitancy and overall the numbers are getting better.

33% of republican saz they're not planning to get the vaccine. i want you to listen to the governor of arkansas who says, yes, in my state that means trouble. >> in arkansas it's a very pro-trump state in terms of the last election. and so we see that resistance whenever we are opening up eligibility for the vaccine. we're moving through it very quickly because we're not having everybody sign-up to take it. >> this is not a political issue. this is a public health issue. i just don't get it, chris, why they don't want to get vaccinated. >> dr. fauci may say he doesn't get it. we can go back and rewind the tape and have some guesses why people don't get it, but what should be done now? >> it's very important to increase our outreach and education with accurate information about the vaccines people can get from those they trust. it looks like high on that list of trust is your physician, pharmacist, somebody you know in your community who knows about

health care, not the politicians. there is still a good deal of politics around all this. but getting people information on just how safe and effective the vaccines are. and as they see more examples of people getting vaccinated i think that'll make a difference. even former president trump said recently that people should get their shots when they get a chance. dolly parton, others, let's get going with those advertising outreach efforts. there's a group working with the ad council making sure people can hear from someone they trugs in their neighborhoods about the vaccines, and that's so important now. we shouldn't wait until april when we've got excess vaccines available. we need to start working on that right now. >> grateful for your insights and expertise. let's move to the politics now. a big presidential speech just next hour. president biden kicking off a salesmanship tour. make the case for how americans will see trillions of federal dollars show up in their every

day lives. show us chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. nice to see you in the building. thanks for joining us. let's put up the map here. you see the vice president is out today, the first lady is out today. the vice president and president will go to georgia this week. what is the main message here? the bill has been passed, the checks are starting to move. if you look at the polling 70% of americans support the american relief plan. what is the goal now? >> they want to make sure it stays around there and republicans aren't successful in these criticisms you've seen of it. so they want to make sure people not only understand what's in this bill beyond stimulus check. that's really digestible and easy for people to know they're getting it in their bank account, but they also want them to understand the other major aspects of it, the child tax portion, how this is going to schools, how this is helping

businesses, what this is really going to look like is important for them to sell to people and they want to make sure they get that part right since they've already gotten over this hump of actually getting it passed through the congress. >> and they seemed to get, again, president biden, vice president during the obama stimulus rollout back in 2009, democrats got hammered in the mid-terms in 2010 even though they thought they had two big achievements there. also served in the obama administration, and he's going to oversee the rollout here. twice he was the white house director of the national economic council, also treasury official back during when obama came into office. why did they think it was important to get somebody who understands the mechanics of government so well? >> he's a long-term economic expert. i think president biden he understands how important this

is that's why they've picked this, which they're going to announce him later this afternoon. this implementation is not going to be easy. it is a really big bill they're touting and proud of but now actually getting that into place is not going to be simple. it's not all going to fall to james sterling but he's basically overseeing and you don't have any room for error here. republicans will be looking for any mess ups they have and wanting to seize on them because they need to find criticisms of this bill. and just to note what a challenge this is going to be these relief bills that passed under former president trump a lot of that money has not been spent. it certainly speaks to the work here to get this money out there. james spurling has a tax. >> i want to show nevada, colorado, pennsylvania, new hampshire, new jersey that the

biden ticket won them all. one of the criticisms with the trump administration is president trump didn't go into the blue areas. will we see some of that? and as we watch the president's team travel this week one of the questions is in this bill families get a pretty generous child tax credit. it expires though. listen to the white house chief of staff when he's asked are you going to try to make this permanent? >> is the white house going to be pushing to make it permanent before it expires? >> we're certainly going to work for that. some of the policy hopefully lays a groundwork for what follows. and of course dealing with child poverty problem on a permanent basis is an important objective for us. >> it's an important policy objective. also an idea if you get republicans heading into the mid-term have to choose. do we extend this tax credit which they believe will be very popular or take it away? >> it lasts ability a year and

what they're counting on selling this if it's successful and if republicans do like what they're seeing and they can win voters over, that would actually be popular and republicans can't campaign on it. they think it would be really tough for republicans to go after them in the 2020 mid-terms. with the new democratic president for democrats they're hoping to change that trajectory given what's going on withinfus. >> we'll watch the president try to sell this including hear from the next hour kaitlan collins. up next president biden is asked about the andrew cuomo allegations and he takes the cautious path. k and even worcester. and tonight... i'll be eating the chicken quesadilla from...tony's tex mex...in... katy. (doorbell) (giggle) do ya think they bought it? oh yeah.

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covid deaths in new york state nursing homes. the governor said he will not rewrien and ask that people let the investigations run their course. president biden agrees. >> do you think governor an degree cuomo should resign? >> i think the investigation is under way and we should see what it brings us. >> you heard the president right there. he wants caution but new york's two senatorerize among the fellow democrats who say enough. >> it's clear that governor cuomo has lost the confidence of his governing partners as well as the people of new york. that's why i believe that the governor has to resign. >> there are multiple serious, credible allegations of abuse so that governor cuomo has lost the confidence of his guv wering partners and of so many new yorkers. so for the good of the state he should resign. >> cnn's kaitlan collins is back with us and joining the conversation the coauthor of new

york's play book. i want to read it and see if we have an answer, an interesting question in albany many are grappling with. is momentum based in starting to believe women or rather disliking andrew cuomo? do we know the answer is that what reporters like yourself are trying to sort out? >> i think those who have been albany either reporting or in the capitol making policy for a number of years are not necessarily surprised about the culture reported. these are things that have been known for a while about albany in general, but even a couple years ago there was a big push to really to change the law, to change the interactions between women and the men in power who dominate the space. and those started pretty strong, but they never got this much snowballing momentum. and now there's less -- there's less push back if someone wants to agree and move forward with

these allegations because a lot of people have a lots of axes to griped with cuomo over the past 12 years. >> you heard the president last night saying let the investigation run its course. if you go back in time vice president harris is on the road this week. she's going to likely do some local interviews. it'll be interesting to see what she says about this. this is stenter kamala harris back in 2017. sexual harassment and misconduct should not be allowed by anyone and should not occur anywhere. i believe the best thing for senator franken to do is to step down. that would be a good question for the vice president. what does she think now. >> and franken was accused of far less and stepped down ultimately. i think this has been a big question even inside the white house whether or not the vice president would have this position where she's not really weighed in if she was on capitol hill. and so of course i think the nature of being vice president is you do not want to get ahead

of the president. we heard what president biden said yesterday. he did not call for him to resign and instead called for the investigation to play out, so i think that's a big factor, but she is likely to be asked about it. i think her staff is aware that's going to happen. she's out on the road, within earshot of reporters. this is going to be something that faces not just her but also the white house depending on the trajectory this week for governor cuomo. i think it's notable you have all these senators and democrats, high ranking ones calling for him to step down. notably we do not have president biden yet or speaker pelosi either for him to step down. they've called for the investigation to be conducted. of course if president biden were to call for him to step down, that would really change the trajectory of this i think. >> that's the president of the united states, the leader of the democratic party. that would be a big deal. back to that culture you talked about because every governor wants to be feared, but there's a line between legitimate fear

and power and abusing that power and the use of it. and the report in "the washington post" today about larry schwartz, long time advisor to andrew cuomo have phoned county officials in the past two weeks in attempt to gauge their loyalty to the new york governor. schwartz acknowledged making the calls in response to an inquiry by "the post" but said he did so as a 30-year friend of cuomo and did not discuss vaccines in the conversation. okay, there's excellent reporting in that piece about the proximity of the schwartz calls to actual calls about vaccine supply. that would seem -- mr. schwartz will have a chance to answer. i suspect this will come up in the investigations, but that would seem like intimidation. >> larry schwartz has been in and around the administration even before cuomo was governor for 30 years and knew his father. and i think that the calls from larry are not something that are a new concept. it's long been regarded if you

get a call from larry or end up getting a call from the administration regardless of not whether he's officially employed by the administration. and some of the bullying or threatening tactics are also the calls from larry people have gotten over a number of years. so i don't know what those conversations were, but the idea of larry schwartz calling you and asking you specifically how you feel about the governor or kind of gauging your views there would for anyone who's been around new york politics would be something to think very careful about. >> and sometimes something like that that works for you for years comes back to bite you at a very sensitive moment. appreciate the reporting and insights. we'll stay on top of the story. >> up next a republican senator says the capitol insurrection rioters didn't worry him but it might have been different if they were part of a black lives matter march. inging in korean] ♪another day will return♪ [singing in korean] ♪like nothing ever happened♪ ♪ ♪ the dexcom reads my number.

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this important news just into cnn. two men have been arrested and charged with assaulting u.s. capitol police officer brian sicknick. >> these two men are now facing nine counts in total according to the justice department. their names are julian cater and

george taniyos. and according to proskiecutors they're seen in video carrying ought the assault using the spray. the court documents don't identify what exactly they sprayed in the face of these officers, but we're told by sources that the fbi believes this is some kind of industrial strength bear spray prch i'll read crow just a part of what the documents, the affidavit says. in part he says officer sicknic, edwards and chapman all standing within 2 feet of cater all react one by one to something striking them in the face. the officers immediately retreat from the line and rush to find water to wash out their eyes. according to the time line we received from u.s. capitol police officer sicknick returns to his office after this incident and he becomes ill,

taken to the hospital and dies a day later. this remains an important but very difficult case for prosecutors. if you notice they're charged right now in these documents with assault on officer sicknick. that's partly because they're still waiting for the final medical examiner report, john. i'm told that's one of the things they're waiting to see if they can bring homicide charges against anyone in this case. >> evan perez, important new details. senator ron johnson is in the news again because he is talking again. the wisconsin republican has been a consistent source of misinformation and conspiracy about the january 6th insurrection. now racism is the issue. we all saw the insurrection and the destruction including chants to hang then vice president mike pence. but senator johnson says he was never concerned. listen here as he explains why. >> i knew those were people that love this country, that truly

respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break the law, and so i wasn't concerned. now, had the tables been turned and president trump won the election and those were ten of thousands of black lives matter antifa protesters i might have been a little concerned. >> joining me now wisconsin's democratic lieutenant governor. lieutenant governor, it is great to see you. is there any other way to take what we just heard than senator johnson believes he was safe because they look like me and he would have been at risk if they looked like you? >> well, that's the whole thing. maybe we should give the guy credit for saying the racist part out loud. he's certainly done more than many of his colleagues have done in terms of being bold in that way. but the fact is senator johnson represents a culture that inherently sees black people as a threat even though there's an officer that lost his life,

there was a threat to hang vice president mike pence, and maybe he wasn't afraid because effectively ron johnson was a marshal of the insurrection calling into doubt or calling into question the election results. he is becoming just a relic of the trump era. and the more -- as you said the more he talks, the more he makes it into the news because he gets more ridiculous by the day, but i'm not surprised by any of these things. i think he wants reward for his racism because as we know donald trump has gained in popularity because of racism. and people aren't -- republicans aren't winning elections without racism these days across the united states of america. ron johnson is just trying to hold on. >> well, ron johnson has to make a decision. he would be on the ballot next year for re-election. he has not decided yet. when he was elected he would serve two terms. now he says he's inclined to leave but nasdaq not certain. as he debates that among the potential candidates there's a

gentleman i'm talking to right now a lot of democrats say they'd like you in that senate race. what says you? >> at this point we're working hard on the budget. joe biden signed the american rescue plan and we're trying to sign a budget into law that provides opportunity for the people of the state of wisconsin. that's where our focus is going to be. we just put out a comprehensive, bold climate action plan, the most aggressive and ambitious agenda and we've got a lot on our plate right now. we have to make sure people can get back on their feet again. we have to make sewer our small business community can thrive once more on the other side of this pandemic. i appreciate all the encouragement. i appreciate anybody who's thought of me in this race. >> i want to come back to senator johnson because you mention he says the racist part out loud. what is your take? i know he's a republican, your a democrat. he's a statewide elected official in wisconsin. when you go through what he just

said, the racism is pretty transparent. you're correct about that, but i knew those were people that loved this country, that truly respect law enforcement. those people crashed into the capitol. they broke the windows in the sanctuary of america's democracy and some of them were chanting hang mike pence. how can you say so long after maybe at the moment you didn't see it all, but this interview was just done the other day where we've all seen this tape. how can you say i knew these people that love this country, those were people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement. does he live in a fantasy, a conspiracy or is this deliberate? >> well, i think it's very deliberate. and i don't know what his definition of love is but i also don't know what side he's on. he's certainly not on the side of the american people. he's certainly not on the side of the government, a seat in which he sits which is the wild part about this. these people were storming the capitol and they wanted blood and he did not see a problem

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the top house republican is leading a delegation to the u.s.-mexico border today as the gop makes a biden border crisis one of its new rallying cries. now many democrats don't like the word crisis but there is pressure from the left as well as progressives see the rising number of unaccompanied migrant children in border patrol custody and lament the conditions not meant for minors. that number now sits at more than 4,000 children and it continues to rise. >> this is humanitarian challenge to all of us. >> with me now with the latest is cnn's priscilla alvarez. the numbers keep going up. the question is what to do about it. >> this is a number we've been reporting on for days and it continues to go up over the course of weeks. and what it tells us is that the administration is still struggling to keep up with the

number of children crossing the u.s.-mexico border alone. so we now know there are more than 4,000 children in border patrol custody. that's up from last week and exceeds levels we saw in 2019 when there was a border crisis then. these are children who crossed the u.s.-mexico border alone and are in border patrol custody until they can be transferred to shelters appropriate for them. what the tgz is facing here is just not enough space because of precautions put in place for covid over the course of the year. so now homeland security secretary is tapping fema to step in and to help get these children to shelters that are more appropriate for them, asking them to come and assist over the weekend, and that is something we'll now see over the course of days to see if those custody numbers do dwindle. >> one of the many complicated issues that plays out. again grateful for the reporting and your time. coming up for us, the legacy of trump's big lie.

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texas governor greg abbot today making appeal for legislation that puts new limits on who can vote by mail. >> election fraud takes place, i have no doubt that it took place here in the state of texas.

what we have found in the past there have been some local elections. the outcome of which was altered by-election fraud that took place. right now i don't know how many or if any elections in the state of texas in 2020 were altered because of voter fraud. >> that texas bill just one piece of a giant national push by republicans to restrict voting rights. there are more than 250 bills in the works right now in 43 states. democrats in washington are taking a national approach to fight the gop efforts. the house passed a sweeping voting rights bill this month and now there's word today by a major spending push at progressive groups. as we track all of this here's a piece of advice from the elections chief in washington state. she writes when either party is writing election law and not consulting election administrators or officials it doesn't matter how good the ideas are. kim widen the secretary of state

and joins me now. let me start right there. democrats are doing this here in washington and also in the states democrats have some proposals as well, but we're watching this sweeping number of republican proposals to roll back voting rights that were expanded in 2020 during the pandemic. and you say yourself and your colleagues -- i know the secretaries of state keep a good, tight bond together. they're not asking crow and people actually do this for a living. >> that's correct, john. what we're really frustrated by are these very sweeping pieces of legislation both at the state level and federal level will really change the way we conduct business as election officials and provide voters the services they really depend on so they can exercise their right to vote. and we need to be consulted because we want to make sure these proposals can actually be workable with the resources we have at the local level. >> so this is a giant debate that's going to play out over the next several months heading into the 2022 cycle, the next

election cycle. your state has been ahead of the curve in encouraging people to vote by mail. i want you to listen to stacey rabrooms here, the democratic activist in georgia. she's watching what's happening in her state and around the country. you roll back early voting, cut the hours back, try to limit who can vote by mail, make registrars harder she says it's pretty clear to her. listen. >> it is a redux of jim crow in a suit and tie. the only connection we can find is more people of color voted and changed the outcome of elections in a direction republicans do not like. >> is she right? >> you know, i think it's oversimplifying the argument and i think both sides do it. i know here even in washington my governor candidate who lost by over half a million votes accused me and my colleagues of rigging the election against him and that there was massive voter fraud. so i mean when it's through a

political prism it's always going to be very charged and from one side or the other. what we really need to get back to is the things that worked in 2020 worked because we had the resources to do them. states like georgia were able to ramp up and go from 5% of their ballots cast by mail to over half of their ballots cast by mail because they had a huge infusion of federal money to do so. so we have to be looking at the whole picture and talking to election officials who actually do the work. >> georgia's lieutenant governor jeff duncan sort of a main stream conservative traditional republican he doesn't like what's happening in his state and he blames it on the big lie. the president of the united states saying that the election was stolen from him. listen. >> this started shortly after the november elections when all the misinformation started flying up and quite honestly it hurt republicans and any conversation around election

reform. we lost credibility. those are 10 weeks we can't take back. january 6th was a pivot point for this country and for this party. >> he thinks and obviously you just heard governor abbott at the top, lieutenant governor duncan thinks it's going to hurt republicans not help them. what do you think? >> it definitely has had some long lasting eeffects and will in the future. we have some of the most progressive laws in country but some of the best safety measures to ensure we don't have a problem with voter fraud. 60% of republicans in my state believe either the national election was stolen or their vote wasn't counted accurately here in washington. so it's a huge problem and i think it actually suppressed some of the republican vote across the country and particularly in the georgia senate race. >> it would be nice if the people trying to change the law would actually talk to the people who understand it best like yourself and colleagues around the country. we'll continue the conversation. thank you. >> thank you. coming up for us, former

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topping our political radar today more than two months after the capitol hill riot capitol police and the sergeant at arms hosting emergency procedures training for the members of congress. that will start this week. according to a note the training will review training specific emergency procedures and protective acs among other things. later today the senate expected to vote to confirm deb

haaland as president biden's in interior secretary. she'll oversee the nation's natural resources, native lands and public affairs. back in 2018 haaland made history as one of two female native-americans elected to the congress. former president trump making a surprise appearance on the campaign trail joining his former white house press secretary sarah sanders at one of her events. she's campaigning to be the next arkansas governor. the daughter of the mike huckabee already got a complete and quote total endorsement from the president and she announced she was running bark in january. 55% of iowans hope republican senator chuck grassly decides not to run again next year in 2022. the 87-year-old republican was first elected back in 1980. so far he's been tight-lipped about seeking an eighth term telling cnn he will make his decision some time later this career. thanks for joining us on inside

politics today. hope to esee you back here this time tomorrow. stay with us. briana keeler picks up our coverage right now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. hello, i'm briana keeler and i want to welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. we begin this hour with breaking news. law enforcement have arrested and charged two men with assaulted a capitol police officer who died following ininsurrection at the u.s. capitol back in january. these were the first arrests linked to the death of officer brian sicknick and evan perez is with us on this developing story. >> reporter: these are two men charged in total with nine counts including assault on federal officers. and according to the fbi their names are george tanios and julian