spring break in america has thousands hitting the roads, rales, airways that has health officials on edge over a potential surge. >> we're reporting from the southern border where fema has thousands of children crossing the border. a flaming flatbed as california law enforcement went into high gear to catch the driver and douse the blaze. new details on the two men arrested after the death of a police officer injured in the

january 6th capitol riots. and a whole new generation about to find out what it's like to be a toys"r"us kid? "early today" starts right now. good tuesday morning i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances riff sverre in some states it looks like it returned to prepandemic normal health officials are warning it's much too soon to start celebrating. nbc's miguel almaguer has more. >> reporter: as restrictions are rolled back nationwide, the record number of americans are on the move hacking bars, nightclubs, restaurants and theme clubs. in the capitol of los gyms and movie theaters given the all clear to reopen with limitations. >> it's about people feeling safe we believe if they feel safe they will come back. >> reporter: despite warnings not to travel, the tsa said 1.3

million flew friday a high since the start of the pandemic. the subway system seeing record ridership as many emerge from a year of isolation during spring break. >> the beach is coming back to life the town is coming back to life. we're having some fun out here. >> reporter: but the cdc says there's no vacation from the virus. in florida and california the u.k. variant accounting for 25% of new cases citing a third wave of infections in europe, authorities say easing restrictions too quickly at home could lead to serious trouble. >> for the sake of our nation's health, these should be warning signs for all of us. >> reporter: still, states like florida are flaunting any notions of a lockdown, masks are optional and getting children into the classroom faster. the state's death rate no worse than the national average.

now with nearly 3 million inoculated in 24 hours, mississippi joins alaska saying anyone who wants a shot can get one. the race to vaccinate and reopen with the nation eager to do both this morning the cdc says 88% of those inoculated have gotten both doses for best protection and another 9% could still get the second shot. many americans are following through on both doses after early worries they would not >> thank you let's turn knew to europe where more countries are suspending the use of the astrazeneca vaccine even though health experts are saying there is no evidence to back up concerns about blood clotting. nbc's chapman bell joins us now from london. good morning what is the holdup with this vaccine? >> reporter: well, phillip, we've seen germany, france, spain, italy joining a handful of other countries around europe

and around the world, actually, that have suspended the use of the astrazeneca vaccine, or at least certain batches of it, slowing down the rollout amongst countries in europe.0 cases of blood clots they've used the vaccine on 5 million people in the continent. more than double have received it in the u.k. while health officials in the cou country cite they can't rule out a connection, the who and the european medical agency are saying to continue using it, saying the benefits outweigh the risks. they, of course, joining regulators in the u.k. with advocating for the vaccine's use. this, of course, as we've seen a slow rollout with the astrazeneca vaccine due to earlier fears using it in the earlier population and we are also seeing though that a spike in certain countries, belgium

going ahead and seeing a rise in cases. italy more than half the country plunged into the highest tier of lockdown we've seen a 20% increase in cases in germany so many people are saying that they need to continue using this to control the outbreaks in these countries. phillip. >> chapman bell with the very latest on the astrazeneca vaccine. chapman, thank you. president biden is hitting the road today to sell the nearly $2 trillion covid relief bill to the american people. he is heading to the philadelphia suburbs today while his team has already fanned out across the country touting the benefits of the ill. >> 100 million checks in people's pockets in the next 100 days shots in arms and money in pockets. that's important the american rescue plan is already doing what it was designed to do, make a difference in people's everyday lives. >> the president's focus this afternoon is the billions in aid

for small businesses the white house is also preparing a plan to boost the vaccination rollout. for those wondering how the biden administration plans to pay for its ambitious economic recovery plan, according to bloomberg the president is mulling the first major tax height since 1993. it would help pay for the follow-up for the pandemic relief bill. the plan could include raising taxes on people earning more than $400,000 a year boosting the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28% and expanding the reach of the estate tax. yesterday the white house said there is no firm plan just yet >> his priority and focus has always been on people paying their fair share and focusing on corporations that may not be paying their fair share either that remains his over arching approach, but there isn't a package yet. >> the report did not include a time line on when to expect a proposal. beyond those stimulus checks

americans are counting on, many are waiting for tax refunds. nbc's stephanie ruhle reports on what is behind the delays. >> reporter: heather price has been seeing the same message for a month. >> we get a message saying our refund is still processing. >> reporter: the mother of two filed her taxes on february 15th. >> i have a husband with physical disabilities. i'm their caregiver so i'm unable to work. >> reporter: her family definitely needs help. >> we have $3.38 until march 31st nearly 7 million returns have not yet been processed. more than 3 times the number compared to last year. that's because irs resources are also being used to send the new round of stimulus checks after a year of emergency covid-related support for americans, the irs is dealing with more questions and complications. the agency has fewer people handling the work. its budget is 14% lower than ten years ago.

the irs says it processes most tax returns within 21 days but acknowledges some take longer. there are calls to extend the april 15th deadline like last year when it was pushed to july. to check on your refund go to irs.gov click on get your refund status while you're there you can track your stimulus checks. >> thanks to stephanie for that report. three people are dead and six others are injured after a driver plowed into a group of pe des streeians in the downtown san diego area it happened early monday morning where homeless people were camped they arrested a 71-year-old driver meanwhile, police chase in california came to a dramatic, fiery end. officers were chasing a man driving a flatbed truck that lost a tire and burst into flames the driver eventually stopped, jumped out and ran from traffic to an embankment he stopped, dropped, rolled

putting his hands behind his back firefighters were able to put out the fire on the truck and the reaction, that caused that bright white flash that is under investigation. after walloping the rockies, a massive snowstorm is turning east cities in colorado and wyoming were hit with several feet of snow, four feet in some areas. denver got 27 inches travel was treacherous drivers were left stranded on the side of the road some trying to help each other out parts of southern dakota, minnesota and iowa saw bursts of snow. >> let's see what we have in store for us today with nbc meteorologist janessa webb. >> good morning, everyone. the storm is making its way north and east across the ohio valley you can see from satellite composite radar it ibreaking apt you can see a few flakes across d.c. i don't think it makes its way to new york city

we're going sit under mostly cloudy skies for sections of the northeast. the carolinas are dealing with the brunt of this with heavy downpours but should be clearing up in the next few hours the next big weather story is we have severe weather rolling through the southern plains this afternoon. potentially a severe weather outbreak for tomorrow afternoon. today 16 million people we could see large hail and damaging winds. that sections of the southwest, a completely different story flagstaff, 33. we can see a mixed bag of temperatures take a look at that forecast coming up. >> a lot to hear thank you, janessa. a twist in the george floyd

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cabinet secretary in history she will lead the agency that has influenced the 600 federally recognized tribes. she was confirmed with a 51-40 senate vote. to the growing crisis the at the southern border. thousands of migrant children crossing over alone. now there's overcrowding in the facilities dasha burns is in donna, texas good morning, dasha. >> reporter: hey, frances. this is a major test for the biden administration who says they want to create a more humane immigration policy, but the reality here on the ground and what we're hearing from sources is that things are still pretty far from humane, especially at facilities like this one here. one dhs official told my colleague this is the epicenter of over crowding right now we don't know a lot about what's going on inside. we have not yet been able to get

access we have requested it no one has been allowed to go inside of the facility we have asked for images or videos the only images that are released are before any people were actually detained there we also have asked for numbers of how many people are actually in the facility at the moment. have also not been given those numbers yet. what we do know, we know largely from the lawyers who have been allowed to speak to children inside of the facility, i spoke to one lawyer who interviewed about 20 children. she said she met kids as young as 1, as old as 17 said that they were unanimously distressed, upset, confused, scared about when they were actually going to goat leave she said access to showers was limited. some told her that they hardly ever get to see the sun. what's happening here is a massive capacity problem kids are only supposed to be in these facilities for about 72 hours, then hhs takes them and

either tries to reunite them or unite them with a sponsor or relative or puts them in a different facility, one that's more appropriate for children, but the numbers are creating a huge bottleneck here where that's not happening quickly enough many kids are spending more than 72 hours here which everyone, all of the agencies involved, whether we talk to democrats or republicans, everyone agrees shouldn't be happening the difficulty right now is how do you actually move this process along more quickly the biden administration and dhs has requested volunteers fema is stepping in to help as well and we'll be monitoring those developments for you here, frances. >> all too common for us in the days to come thank you. still to come, market madness. why this week's fed meeting could ndse shock waves down wall street and no need to grow up

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