across america there are more than 45, hear me now, 45,000 bridges that are structurally deficient structurally deficient >> president biden in red state louisiana working to sell his multi-trillion dollar infrastructure plan. this ahead of today's labor report where economists are expected 1 million new jobs added to the economy. as covid cases continue to decline, one major u.s. city is getting closer to a higher level of community immunity with 75% of those eligible having gotten

one dose of a covid vaccine. breaking overnight, police storm a minnesota bank after an standoff. new details thisukraine, would the united states intervene? to all the moms, grandmas, an early happy mother's day to you. "early today" starts right now. welcome to friday. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. we begin with the latest progress in the covid vaccine rollout. moderna just released promising new trial rollouts showing their vaccine is 96% effective in children from ages 12 to 17. one community has already beat the july 4th goal set by the white house. here's nbc's miguel almaguer. >> u.s. covid cases and deaths dropped to its lowest level, san

francisco may be leading the nation in community immunity national model for the vaccination rate nearly 75% of those eligible here have at least one dose, already higher and two months ahead of the president's goal of 70%. >> we're hoping by the middle of this month we'll get to 80 after early vaccination outreach, covid cases in the city are in a free fall. averaging 26 infections a day. san francisco and los angeles joining chicago and new york dramatically easing restrictions. >> every part of new york city life is coming back. >> reporter: across the country more than 40% of all adults are fully vaccinated a new study finds when half the u.s. is inoculated, the nation could prevent 6.8 million covid cases and billions in covid costs, but the numbers haven't committed anyone iowa is declining 71% of vaccines earmarked for the state.

>> demand for vaccine in iowa and nationwide is waning >> reporter: with pfizer announcing they'll help vaccinate olympians before arriving in tokyo, moderna says early results show the booster shot is highly effective against variants vaccines are bringing loved ones back together. in new jersey more than 100 families separated because of the virus now reunited because of vaccinations. moments of joy after a year of separation >> just a few hours we should seethat the u.s. economy is roaring back a blockbuster jobs report is expected at 8:30 eastern as more people are vaccinated and businesses reopen, economists predict a million or more jobs may have been added in april. chris pollone joins us in

washington where the president is expected to speak about the economy. chris, good morning. what can we expect today >> reporter: phillip, look for the president to cite the nation's vaccination program and declining covid cases as some of the reasons for continued economic growth in the u.s. right now when he speaks later today. he'll also make a case for keeping the momentum going bypassing his $2.3 trillion infrastructure bill. he went to louisiana to make his pitch directly to voters, many who didn't vote for him. he lost the state by more than 18 points last november. the president insists the plan will increase american manufacturing, american jobs and will modernize the american economy. republicans say all of that can be done for a much smaller price tag, about $600 billion. >> i can't imagine that there's republican support for bringing socialism to america it means mortgaging everybody's future in order to do what fund a bunch of liberal pet projects. >> i'm ready to compromise what i'm not ready to do, i'm not ready to do nothing.

i'm not ready to have another period where america has another infrastructure month and doesn't change a damn thing. >> reporter: despite the distance between democrats and republicans' plans, president biden will meet with congressional leaders from both parties next week at the white house. it's a big test for a president who campaigned on being able to build figurative bridges on the other side of the aisle. this morning russia is still messing with the border of ukraine despite pulling back some as secretary of state anthony blinken promises to defend ukraine from any threat he spoke with andrea mitchell. >> reporter: u.s. officials say russia has 80,000 troops on the ukraine border instead of withdrawing most of its forces by may 1st as it claims, the secretary of state on russia's alarming show of force. will the u.s. defend ukraine if

vladimir putin invades >> what we've seen, andrea, there was a massive buildup of forces on the ukrainian border some forces have pulled back, some remain. some of the heavy equipment has been pulled back, but other heavy equipment remains. they can turn that around quickly. >> reporter: secretary blinken is warning of ramping corruption. >> doesn't it show that ukraine has proven it cannot reform. >> ukraine has aggression coming from outside from russia but also inside in terms of corruption that potentially eats away at democracy. corruption is a tool that russia uses to erode sovereignty from the inside. >> reporter: the total failure dealing with the pandemic. with a population of 42 million people, only 419 are fully vaccinated now with international pressure, the white house is waiving

vaccine passes to manufacture their own. >> reporter: critics say this will affect the supply chain and we could see shortages ourselves in the u.s. >> if the virus is replicating it could b mutating with a new variant, it could get back here so we have to get ahead of it. >> reporter: the biggest challenge for ukraine is russia. the biden's administration commitment is to defend itself but not get involved militarily if russia decides to cross the border. >> andrea, thank you. five people are waking up safe and physically unharmed this morning after being held hostage for more than eight hours at a wells fargo bank in minnesota. police say they have arrested a man identified as ray mcneary in connection to the incident which started thursday afternoon >> we got air 911 call from the wells fargo branch on the south side of our city

apparently there was a male customer who was disgruntled about a prior transaction with the bank and a prior dispute. >> mcnear ri who has had previous contact said to call the fbi. no injuries were reported. now to a terrifying incident at an idaho middle school. police say a sixth grade girl pulled a handgun out of her backpack and shot two students and a staff member a teacher was able to take the gun and held her until she was arrested all three victims are expected to survive but may need surgery. it was a harrowing morning for school children near columbia, south carolina a u.s. army trainee got on the bus with a rifle and held them hostage. the rifle was not loaded and believe it was all a desperate attempt to leave training and

get home to new jersey surge at the southern border local, state and federal officials are being pushed to the limit with a record number of border crossings. our gabe gutierrez got a tour of the border patrol crossing in texas and he shared with us what struck him most. >> reporter: phillip, good morning. this is a processing facility in gana, texas. we were given a firsthand look inside, while it is not chaotic, it is still very busy. there are more than 800 migrants that is over covid capacity and it is unaccompanied children and some families in here as well. no adult men the border patrol agents in this region say they are still overwhelmed. there are still a large amount of migrants coming to this area even though the biden administration says the wait time for these migrants in these types of facilities is down dramatically in fact, the average time in one of these facilities is now about

24 hours, that is down significantly from several months ago, but now almost 22,000 migrant children are in the custody of the department of health and human services and some critics say that that is far too long by the way, phillip, just last month this facility alone cost more than $19 million to operate. phillip. >> significant price tag gabe, thank you. what kind of weather can we expect as we kick off our friday especially with mother's day a couple of days away? here's meteorologist janessa webb good morning >> hi, good morning. good morning, everyone i know it's been a tough week where the activities are starting to die down across most of the u.s. weather wise we do have a few light showers this morning making its way north and east into the northeast by this afternoon. with these fronts it's a cool and damp start to your weekend and the cloud covers really won't lift all weekend long. if you have indoor plans from d.c. to boston, that's going to be a good idea for this mother's

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it meanwhile, in another republican led battleground state, florida turned a restrictive new election bill into law governor ron desantis gave fox news exclusive access to the bill signing our sam brock has the details. >> reporter: florida governor ron desantis signing the latest controversial state voting law that he says will make elections more secure. >> we're going to make sure our elections are transparent. we'll continue with voter i.d. which is very, very important. we'll make sure you are who you say you are. >> reporter: desantis raising eyebrows making it official on fox news with no other media outlets allowed in >> it was on national tv it wasn't secret. >> reporter: the new law zeroes in on voting by mail requiring an i.d., limiting drop boxes to where they can be monitored in person and prohibiting so-called ballot harvesting. >> not for some political

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like, baby boy, don't give me anything for mother's day. you sit there and sipping me. >> he can hit the high note. as we've been mentioning, this weekend is mother's day a new survey indicates spending for mom's gifts could surpass $28 billion this year. here's nbc's liz mclaughlin with some of the best tech gifts for the mother figure in your life >> reporter: this mother's day, a chance to give thanks to the strong women who have navigated so many challenges over the past year >> add one >> reporter: tech expert and mother of two brigette carry says a smart watch could be a great gift for a mother working from home. >> i can step away from my laptop or my phone to be with my kids and not have this worry that i'm going to missphe call . >> reporter: and you might think of video games as a gift for kids, but a portable console like nintendo switch can be a great stress buster for mom.

>> this pilates wheel comes with a game. >> reporter: exercise can happen anywhere >> i can just pass it to my kids and make it a fun family activity to work out all in front of the television. >> reporter: after a year of separation for many families. >> we missed the birthday. >> reporter: the pandemic may mean another mother's day on zoom. >> your mom is going to love it. >> reporter: but you can give mom a better view with a web cam upgrade such as the power conf 300. >> what's cool about this is it will pan as the people move around and zoom and follow you within a field of view. >> reporter: whether digital or in person, quality time is the number one gift moms have been asking for >> we missed a lot, huh? >> reporter: many this mother's day grateful for the gift of a vaccinmclaughlin, nbc news >> i think it's all about that gift of the hug. >> yeah. like she said, quality time.

last year it was out of the question for so many of us to meet up with friends who don't live with us this year, hopefully with mom. thanks for starting friday with us i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. a male a

right now at 4:30, police officers apparently cleared in a deadly walnut creek shooting. family members said the young man was suffering a mental health crisis. new answers we're expected to receive on the case just hours from now. it's important, you know especially as these variants come out it's really, really important to get these kids covered. >> covid vaccines for children 12 and older, may be days away. are you ready to allow your kids to get vaccinated? all new findings showing parents may not be fully on board. >> plus the long road