the global pandemic is now officially one year old. this morning we'll take stock of where we are and how soon the vaccines, the covid relief bill, and other factors can get us back to a sense of normalcin america. in an nbc exclusive, miguel almaguer goes one on one against california's governor over the heat he's taking >> could matthew mcconaughey have his eyes fixed on the top job in texas are you willing to pay over 100 grand on a new jeep?

we've got a preview. one year from normalcy one of the last images we had to mark right before the pandemic "early today" starts right now glad to be with you. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin this show like no other. it was one year ago the coronavirus was declared a pandemic. >> reporter: officially declaring a global pandemic, tonight the world health organization says it's deeply concerned by the levels of the coronavirus and the levels to stop it. >> we have rung the alarm bill loud and clear. >> president trump addressed the nation from the oval office announcing how he planned to combat the spread. >> to keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from europe to the united states for the next 30 days at the same time, we are

monitoring the situation in china and the south korea, and as their situation improves, we will re-evaluate the restrictions and warnings that are currently in place for a possible early opening. meanwhile in an unprecedent move, the nba suspended the end of the season until further notice. and tom hanks and he and his wife rita wilson announced they tested positive while in australia for a mooev. >> we felt tired and had body aches. rita had chills and a slight fever, tom hanks wrote in an instagram host. and at the same time harvey weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual abuse. cdc says more than 127 million vaccines have been delivered and even more coul agreed to buy 100 million more

doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine. this as drugmakers increase vaccine production and shipments. here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: at the white house, a week after america agreed to help produce the j&j vaccine now the president is ordering another 100 million doses to make sure the country has enough for later this year. >> a lot can change, and we need to be prepared. >> reporter: meanwhile pfizer and moderna are increasing vaccine shipments to more than 120 million doses per week while 60% of americans have been vaccinated, 90% have not the good news, hospitalizations and deaths are trending down. >> we're at a critical point in this pandemic and on the cusp of having enough vaccine to protect every adult in the united states. >> reporter: also the government

is relaxing the visitation on nursing homes. they're encouraging responsible indoor visitation at all times for all residents, even if there's a confirmed case as long as it's contained. quickly, how soon could the country become immune? nearly 30 million americans are known to have had covid, but experts believe the real number could be three times higher. while it's not clear how long that immunity lasts, if you add that number to those fully vaccinated, the total is 220 million with some degree of immunity if another 20 million get their shots by june, that would be 75% of the population, within the herd immunity range. >> at we're giving the vaccine, we could get there by the summer i think what's going to tell all is what happens next winter. >> reporter: it's still not

clear how long the immunity lasts. for those who were sick, it could be three months, a year, they don't know. only time will tell. phillip? >> we just don't know yet. tom, thank you. now to an nbc exclusive. california's governor gavin newsom is facing a recall. he's taking the heat to get the vaccines to the struggling minority communities. >> reporter: california's coronavirus punctuated by the governor who held his state-of-the-state at dodger stadium where 54,000 seats represent those whose lives were lost >> at the end of the day, this country is failing we're failing. i don't want that to be a headline we're failing, but it's an acknowledgement we have a lot of work to do. >> reporter: california is pledge 40g% of the state's vaccines be allocated to underserved communities, but the

world's fifth largesd highest unemployment rate. >> you talk about reopening and the impact on small businesses, in states like florida, texas, 100% capacity, masks no longer necessary. why aren't you doing that? >> that would be reckless. >> why has there been such a slow reopening of schools compared to other states >> california was running out of body bags. >> reporter: but gavin newsome's response to the pandemic has led in part to a recall effort that could soon be on the ballot. >> how worried are you about the recall >> the reality is it was going on before the pandemic i'm just focused doing my job every single day. >> reporter: the governor

believes the worst is behind us, the state like the nation, with better days ahead. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >> the pandemic a year ago triggered shutdowns all across the country and that swelled into a tidal wave of economic devastation. tens of thousands of businesses shuttered, many for good many evaporated overnight. tonight pittsresident biden wil mark the solemn anniversary. tracie potts joins us now. this is a piece of the plan. >> reporter: it certain will is. a big legislative victory for this president less than two months in and he said a victory for the american people who need this money let's take a look. the plan just approved direct checks of $1,400. a bump in unemployment or

continued unemployment benefit t child tax credit, and billions of dollars for vaccines, schools, remember tall assistance, and things they pushed back on, money for state and local governments they say were already in financial trouble before covid as you note, it was passed along party lines, and tonight president biden is going to talk about not only this rescue plan, but what he thinks it can do for america going forward. >> this bill represents a historic, historic victory for the american people. i'm going on prime time and address the american people and talk about what we have been through as a natiot year, but more importantly, i'm going to talk abou next i'm going to launch the next phase of the covid response and explain what we will do as a government and what we will ask of the american people. >> that s earning

$75,000 or less, and couples file jointing earning $150,000 or less with money going to children direct deposits could start next week. >> we're talking about life-changing stuff here thank you. let's turn to china where annual meetings just wrapped up. this year's session had very big implications for the future of hong kong. nbc's jackienice mackay frayer s us live. >> reporter: there were no surprises. all of the meetings had to be preordained. it was the closing session today. the key part of the agenda, adopting election reforms for hong kong that would ensure that

only so-called patriots, those most loyal to beijing, would form hong kong's government, what one hong kong official lichened removing. in the future all would be hand picked this is another erosion of a one country, two system arrangement that has long made hong kong distinct from the mainland it follows the national security law that was imposed last summer, and just last week we saw dozen of pro-democracy activists rounded up, arrested, and charged under the law. ite boinlsd to create some international backlash what it does is removes any criticism from beijing's hong kong government and support for

hong kong's autonomy this is more than likely going to be on the agenda next week with the biden admin strangsd senior chinese officials the meetings are confirmed, set for march 18th in alaska. >> we hope they go peacefully as we've seen so many protests and violence in the past year. thank you. turning to the weather, the weather has been warming up for many of us let's see if that trend continues. janessa webb joins us this morning. good morning. >> hey, good morning good morning, everybody. in you're across the east coast, today is the day we got spoiled with the 60s and 07s. across the board we'll be sitting in the 70s, above average. what comes with that is a severe weather risk with the warm air in place and the cold front, it's sparking up overnight and early this morning for st. louis and will continue to track into northeast ohio there is that potential for

flooding up to 1, it's going to surge in fairly quickly. from new york city, upper 60s to lower 70s. and that's your latest forecast, guys. >> thank you after the break, we're bringing you the latest developments in the trial of derek chauvin. and could this oscar-winning star be eyeing the lone star state's governor's seat. "early today" will be back in a few. would sort themselves. enough. so your doctor tells you about trintellix, a prescription medicine for adults with depression. so you're feeling this overall relief. and trintellix had no significant impact on weight in clinical trials. you got this. trintellix may increase suicidal thoughts

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shaquille brewster has the latest good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're reaching day three of the murder selection derek chauvin is the minneapolis ex-police officer accused of killing george floyd we've watched juror after juror come up to the stand and be questioned to see whether or not they would be impartial if they made it on to the jury we're seeing it played out that number continues to grow. what we know so far is that the majority of these jurors are male at this point we know earlier yesterday we saw the second person of color added to the jury pool that, of course, is something that many people are watching, especially the prosecution they have made clear they're trying to get as diverse a jury pool as possible. would texans be all right,

all right, all right with matthew mcconaughey as their governor he may enter the idea. he apparently appeared on a podcast and he's giving running a real consideration he has no political experience yet, but he will have time to adapt to the role of politician if he chooses. texas does not vote for their next governor until 2022. >> he could massage the idea you never know. >> super popular. still to come, a decade since disaster in japan. how the country's recovering from the loss due to the fukushima meltdown. and the gigantic new jeep taking on the escalade the only one of its kind proven to help you live significantly longer when taken with fulvestrant, regardless of menopause. verzenio + fulvestrant is for hr+, her2-

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on this day in 2011, one of the world's worst nuclear disasters that began with the worst earthquake in japan's history and then a wall of water slammed into communities destroying the fukushima power station. >> 18,000 lost their lives and areas were wiped off the map some areas are still off limits as the cleanup continues it's expected to take another 30 years to safely remove the nuclear waste. >> the country is holding a

series of events here in the united states, lady gaga sent her love to japan. >> through the years seeing and hearing about the vast recovery of your beautiful cities, i have so much respect to the people of japan for your strength, kindness, and love for each other. >> the olympic torch relay will start later this month in fukushima. a father who lost his daughter in the tsunami helped to carry the flame. how high will the markets go let's ask cnbc's karen tso karen, good morning. >> frances, good morning to you. the dow has clocked up 18 record high this year in trading, which is a signal of a huge rotation taking place in cyclical stocks that are housed as components of the dow. some believe the stimulus is not fully baked into stocks.

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as we mark one year since covid was declared a pandemic, nbc news asked you to share your last image on your phone before everything changed as part of our project "the last photo. lester holt joins us now with some of those images lester, good morning. >> good morning, frances as we approach one year since covid was declared a pant, nbc news has asked you to share your last ing on your phone before everything changed as part of our project, "the last photo." >> when did the world change check your camera.

snapshots in time that now feel a lifetime away, a concert, a walk with a friend, a family get-together, a new haircut, the last photo project is a collection of the final photos taken before covid-19 lockdown for kristen ania, it was her wedding. >> we literally can make it through anything now because i don't feel there's any test that could be bigger than this. >> reporter: ginny mckinney was with her great grandchildren the little ones don't even remember us. it's heartbreaking jennifer weir took her children to the grocery store she says, my children always went to the grocery store with me now they hardly remember what it was like inside a store shannon navarro was at a rock band i get a sense of peace digital moments down memory lane

we had together. i discovered the last photo on my camera roll was celebrating my birthday on march 8th with my grandson and for dr. fauci, turning 79 on christmas eve in 2019. >> that was the traditional birthday i've had for 80 years >> he spent his 80 ts b80th bir alone with his wife. >> how confident are you we can celebrate together >> i can't guarantee it but i feel optimistic. i believe we can create realtime that picture of blowing out my candle on what would be my 81st birthday. >> a year indelibly capturing the split between then and now hang onto those photos, we will get back there frances, back to you. >> hopefully sooner and

hopefully we're on our way. >> yeah, it's so odd my girlfriend and i went to a battle of the bands concert. that's february 29th it was the semifinals. the finals never happened. right then the rush for supplies began. >> my last picture, a costco run, yea a i'm jimmy dean, and only one thing can make a morning like this any nicer. a hearty, hefty, good tasting breakfast. with eggs, bacon, sausage, cheese and taters. and when you finish, you know you had something to eat.

now at 4:30, breaking news. a rare crime overnight in the east bay city. what investigators are telling us about a homicide investigation under way in freemont. to be told there was no wrong door to get the first vaccine taken care of and then i guess there was a wrong door because the door was shut in my face for the second vaccine. >> the vaccine supply issue leading to thousands of appointments canceled in the south bay and the growing outrage and confusion the issue is sparking. the bay area site that could so