i'm wondering whether i talk to chris and hear from paul rossi and other parents from connecticut writing do you have hope that the pushback will be enough to stop this in its tracks? >> again, if we were to return to the time-tested truths that debate and disagreement is good and little cognitive dissidence is good. pursuing truth rather than protecting your opinions is good. if we would return to these adult ideas rather than this infantilized thinking. then we could cover the high ground of mature adult debate and function like free human beings rather than being subjected to this ideological fascism. brian: chris, real quick, is there enough blow back to stop this in its tracks? >> i think people are starting to pay close attention. parents, teachers are paying attention to what's going on because it sounds well-meaning and in certain cases it is. don't get me wrong. i don't want to stereotype and say all of this stuff is bad because we do need to address certain issues. but i think people are starting to pay closer attention and i think that there is a movement to pay close attention

i was recently in connecticut. senators murphy and blumenthal and the governor there, so many people, the families of sandy hook. i honestly thought -- i honestly thought, when those babies, 26 7-year-old children were slotted, and i thought that would be the thing and it didn't happen p happen. >> wow, what an interview. thank you for sharing it with us. >> thanks, pamela. >>> and up next, president biden gives an address to a joint session of congress. join us for cnn's special live coverage starting wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. >>> up next, why some republicans are pushing legislation that protects drivers who hit protesters. you did hear that right. for the record is up next. we look up to our heroes. idolizing them. mimicking their every move. and if she counts on the advanced hydration of pedialyte when it matters most... ...so do we. hydrate like our heroes. re-entering data that employees could enter themselves? that's why i get up in the morning! i have a secret method for remembering all my hr passwords.

time and time again, the supreme courts had chance to overturn law's like connecticut's. expansive gun control laws. and the supreme court has said time and time again, nope, we spoke on heller, we're good. >> right. and i agree with what you're saying about gun owners. this is one of the great conundrums that, you know, there's vast support among republicans and democrats for background checks. and yet, you tell me why it has never been able to go through congress, through the senate? you tell me why and i -- you know, i do think it is -- the people who care deeply about guns are very, are very active, you know, they -- senators feel primary campaigns, they -- you know, i think there's just -- it's too politicized and i do think that it's going to face a very tough road in congress. but i do agree with you on that, that the vast majority of republicans would like background checks. >> yeah. still ahead on "morning joe," merrick garland has been attorney general for nearly one month. we'll talk about his goal of restoring the justice department's credibility after four ye

almost the size of connecticut the landscape remote, rugged and smugglers exploit operational restrictions. >> there are certain things you cannot do on the reservation. >> tribe maintains this is sacred land. >> the federal government's continued destruction of our religious and cultural resources and nothing less the bull dozing of our church ground and our cemeteries. >> this is a popular crossing point with migrants. this is the warning they have as they enter the senor i can't dessert. be careful. don't expose your life to the elements, it's not worth it. >> there is no indian villages of 12 miles of here. >> freezing night, blistering days, rescues here are common. thousands enter illegally every day. some die trying. last year the county recovered the remains of 220 undocumented migrants in the tucson sector. arizona, william la jeunesse, fox news. >> bret: and we will continue our reports from the border as that crisis continues. tonight, we take a closer look at what appears to many viewers to be a seismic and long-term shift left on the part of the mainstream media. so is it happ

. >> bill: march 26 vice president was in connecticut, up to i guess this week in baltimore april 29th. that's her travel schedule. call for number 2, guys. she says she will go to central america in june. is that good enough for you? >> no, of course it's not. again, it is easy to blame covid when it's convenient. when you don't have answers or solutions you just put it back on covid and say i can't do it because covid is not allowing me to. she can travel across the world, across the united states. for something that is so important to the american public as border security she refuses to do her job and again that -- i'm hoping that the american public is going to look at this, wake up and recognize that this administration is clearly failing as it pertains to border security. >> bill: if you want to meet with central american leaders you can do it with more than a virtual meeting. have a meeting in the hangar and come home. that's one way to get around covid if you so desire. >> there are many protocols that will protect you against covid. many things that she could do to protect he

october 2014 there was a woman who drove from her residence in connecticut and ended up at a checkpoint. she was shot. a similar situation, somebody unbalanced and bringing those concerns to the symbols of government. i think what's different here is you're seeing the playing out of not just a mental illness, but a grievance against the government. i would suggest that is one of the results of what we saw on january 6th. the capitol has taken on a new role as a primary target for anyone really with a grievance or anger towards the seat of government. >> we are getting some encouraging news. the second police officer, andrew, who has not been identified, he's now described as being in stable condition in a non-threatening condition, which is encouraging indeed. he's in a d.c. hospital. charles ramsey, i think we've reconnected with you, chief ramsey. give us your reaction to what we're learning from the social postings from this individual, this killer. >> i was going to say and i unfortunately had myself muted, that i was checking on the second officer. he had multiple injuries, broken

alaska, and mexico, maine, hawaii, connecticut or south dakota? steve: i'm going with be because the blue bar, most people think. we should also point out these are the exact questions to play and win this weekend. >> they have a lot of first dose is too. okay. most strikeouts on saturday which team? astros, mets, wheels, stocks, nationals or white sox? steve: i'm going with the mets. brian: will jacob be pitching this weekend? do you know? he doesn't know. checking in with your crew. ainsley: the best pitcher out of the scenes. brian: we don't know who is pitching. i will go nationals. ainsley: put up the bars everyone else has chosen so i can shoes. picking them up. >> who will have the best position and last 100 and the bushy mc bush 100, denny hamlin, chase elliott, kevin hardwick, kyle larson, steve: i'm going with joey. >> kevin harvey seems to be hot. >> we have questions here, do your research. you can't always go by above favorite. the way you ask the crew. steve: our phone a friend and a couple weeks ago a guy who didn't know some answer

people are flooding there from the midwest, in new york, from new jersey, from connecticut. and you look at least in the midwest and on the east coast, and my gosh, all of those states that lost a seat, those are so many people that are flooding down here. and it is -- it will have a huge impact, maybe not the impact that a lot of people are thinking, i've heard some analysts say well they're going to move from the northeast and down to florida, that is going to make the population more moderate, maybe a little more democratic leaning. no. not the new arrivals i've met. they're down in florida for the low taxes, low regulations, less government and i know we were just talking about the trends nationally. but in states like florida, they want less taxes and less government. i suspect we're going to see more of a trend that we saw in 2020 for the state of florida and actually see that state become even more conservative. but you look, alex, do we have a map of the changes since 1960? speaking of florida, my friend richp sent this to me. since 1960, look at this, florida has ga

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. wilson, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mrs. wilson will vote no on the motion to rere-commit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. khanna, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. khanna will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. leger fernandez, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. leger fernandez will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. kirkpatrick, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. kirkpatrick will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition

snow on the ground after a spring storm dumped a few inches in connecticut and massachusetts. the red sox were scheduled to force a game. wrc has a quick check of weather. snow in april? what is happening. >> i know. talk about it. good morning, friends. we saw that snow. i saw the pictures all over social media. this was the culprit. this storm moved out of new england in the east. some clouds continue to linger in its wake. for the most part, things are starting to look up. second half of the weekend, time stamp running through sunday, areas in new england will see increasing sunshine as we head through sunday. chance for showers in areas like pittsburgh andpart, things look dry. this spring snow saga continues. if you take a look at this, we're looking at a chance for more snow in the rockies through monday, and then we'll see that chance shift into the great lakes moving into tuesday. stick around. we're going to talk more about >> that's your neighborhood forecast. >>> one william struggled to reunite with her son at the border. >>> and answering questions about the coron

a small porcelain bowl that was purchased at a connecticut yard sale for $35 was recently revealed to be a rare 15th century chinese artifact worth up to $500,000 said the connecticut homeowner, "which is a lot? [ light laughter ] and finally a man in california is facing a fine after he allegedly used a mannequin for at least a year and a half to drive in the carpool lane. he probably could have got out of it but his lawyer didn't say a word still beats rudy and that was the monologue, you guys we got a great show for you tonight. he's host of cnn's "the lead with jake tapper." he's a good friend of this show. we're so happy he's gonna be back jake tapper will be here and this guy is just an incredible actor he makes everything he's in better he just reser -- received, excuse me, a critics choice nomination for his role in "fargo." glynn turman will be joining us. but before we get to all that, texas and mississippi announced that they're lifting their covid restrictions, including mask mandates, against the strong warnings of public health officials. and the same republicans putting

federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit sought to prevent transgender athletes from competing, certainly connecticut allows transgendered according to the gender identity and are based on the gender they were given at birth. two students tried to change that claiming they were deprived against unfair opponents. the judge dismissed the lawsuit and allowing transgender students to compete in the sport of their choosing. history of the oscars to come the award for best director, just the second woman in the 93 year history of the academy awards to do so in the first woman of color. no ma'am land and best picture. ashley strohmeyer, back to "life, liberty & levin" and and follow your headlines on foxnews.com. back to t11. mark: welcome back america. leo terrell it is amazing to me joe biden has been in washington dc almost half a century. in the senate and vice president but now telling us about systemic racism this is the guy who pushed for the most harsh criminal laws possible at the federal level. now he thinks he is mahatma gandhi and he is signing executive orders placed under him by the most radic

rhode island is surrounded by connecticut, massachusetts and the little things called the atlantic ocean. you said it's crazy to be called a state. it's been one since may 4, 1776. >> greg: pretty good. i think he got me good on this one. all right. >> we did agree. >> we have teams -- >> i was actually -- i went to college in rhode island. kat, moving to you. you had a tasty nugget thursday. you talked about decriminalizing prostitution in new york. roll that clip. >> the whole idea of decriminalizing sex work is it doesn't have to be underground. the fact that it's underground. it can make trafficking worse and harder to defect. a positive step. let it rip and be deeply decrimized. >> i'm deeply correct. >> that would be great if we lived in katland. most of us live in reality. in 1999, a study of the netherlands determined that decriminal -- >> the netherlands? >> yes. the netherlands. >> whatever about you say is completely irrelevant. >> at the university, they found that decriminalization of this actually promotes sex trafficking. women get brought from other countries against thei

courtney of connecticut. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 303, the gentleman from connecticut, mr. courtney, and the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. foxx, each will control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut. mr. courtney: madam speaker, i rise in support of en bloc amendment number 1. these five minutes will, one, direct osha to prioritize providing technical assistance and advice to employers to promote compliance during the first year. two, clarify nothing in this act will limit existing protections against violence, stalking, or sexual violence. and provide additional training to workers who interact with survivors of tortured trafficking and domestic violence. and adds alzheimer's and memory care facilities as facilities covered by this legislation. these amendments make meaningful improvements to the bill and i urge a yes vote on en bloc number one. i now yield one minute to the gentleman from new york, mr. jones. the speaker pro tempore: the gentle

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connecticut senator chris murphy will be at the white house event today. he has been tasked by chuck schumer on a goldilocks to check on background. i am told he has been working on this through the recess although there is no indication when such a compromise might come forward. >> gary, as you were reporting, we started to see some of the folks take their seats. former congresswoman gifford is there. i believe i saw dr. jill bide en take her seat. we expect the president to come out at any moment. i apologize if i have to cut you off. senator manchin walking this op-ed seemingly trying to walk back reporting from the week before that he might be open to some sort of refirmation of the filibuster. >> he had appeared to waffle a little bit on this suggesting he might be willing to weaken it, but now locked in again. here is the vice president. >> vice president harris, president biden and the attorney general. >> over the course of my career i have seen gun violence up close. i have looked at autopsy photographs. i have seen with my own two eyes what a bul

this occurred back when he was the commissioner in connecticut. apparently connecticut was trying to develop a new curriculum that included racial studies. miguel cardona was including teachers to be more woke. he wrote "we need teachers behind this wave of curriculum becoming more woke." now some of that appears to be applying to federal policy as well because the biden administration is behind a push to teach critical race theory. >> i mean, there are many things that if a college professor, a teacher or a coach, you might want to take continuing education on, foreign language, law of diversity is overall a good thing. getting more politically woke is the primary thing that our teachers need to be focusing on. i will say, i don't think are great rivals, nations of color, india, arabia, are going to be focusing on getting woke as opposed to teaching their students how to be astronauts. >> john: i pointed out at the top of the show that america ranks 25th in the world and the list of countries when it comes to math. china is far and away number on

the april snowstorm on the move with millions on alert for deep freeze from new mexico to connecticut. temperatures dropping to record lows. ginger with the timing and the tracks. ♪ >>> and our extraordinary earth in iceland. this morning, we're taki places on the planet, going right to the edge of an active volcano by air. >> reporter: this is the first time in 800 years that the volcano on this peninsula has erupted. >> and on the ground, how what scientists are learning here could help them search for life on mars as we count down to earth day, we're there live this morning. >>> and we do say good morning, america. want to take a live look now at the corrections facility where derek chauvin is waking up this morning after that historic verdict. >> and outside the courthouse in minneapolis, there you see the crowds gathering to watch the trial and then rupting into cheers at the news of those guilty verdicts, and a similar scene right there in george floyd square. >> and that sense of relie so many people gathering to watch the verdict from coast to coast. and look at this photo f

ainsley: she has been to connecticut, chicago, north carolina, maryland. steve: what is she talking about we have to deal with the covid issue? covid issue is everywhere. what's the problem? is she worried she would get it? well, she is vac continue nateed. is she worried so many people come in this country illegally have coronavirus? well, if they admit that, they would be admitting that they're letting people into the country with coronavirus when their number one priority, the number one thing that joe biden is giving the best marks at, coronavirus control, they are actually letting more people in going the wrong direction. brian: she fell on her faces a a candidate for that reason. she has no answers. her answers when she isn't scripted are halting. and what she says makes absolutely no sense. and to blame president trump when he had people going there every two or three days dealing directly with that country's leadership where they had the next country where they had to register for. they cracked down on each other's border. he took their aoa and gav

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scott gottlieb who joins us from west port, connecticut. good morning to you. >> doctor: good morning. >> brennan: the good morning of michigan name checked you as one of the health experts she has recently consulted with. so let's start there. what do you think of her request to the white house to surge vaccine supply? a number of health experts said this is a misdays on themistake onthe white house's t to deliver her the doses she needs. >> doctor: it is a request that has been made for weeks. it is never too late to do it. and it is the resources to actually get the vaccine into arms. some of the federal resources that fema has, they're dwefi developing these mobile vans to go into communities. it has been sort of a hunger game for vaccines among states so far. we need to think differently about this pandemic. if you look at all of the planning for past pandemic, the flu planning that we've done in the past, even planning for bio-terrorism incidents, it contemplated surging resources into hotspots. they never conceived there would be a n

mary of norwalk, connecticut, celebrating 101 years. secret to her longevity, she says yeah, glass of red wine every night with dinner. mary disteefano of tinton falls graduating in the top 5% of her high school class. happy 100th birthday to julien, his mom got a shoutout from willard back in 1985 for her 102nd birthday how about that. >> great genes. >> as willie used to say if you have a loved one celebrating a milestone birthday, tell us all about it, go to today.com/celebrate. >> glass of red wine gets you to 100, that's why you have two a little insurance >> exactly >> third and fourth hours just ahead. kri kri kristen welker and her husband are going to be back with more on their beautiful news. if you're looking for information about surrogacy, other infertility issues we have a lot of resources for you to check out on today.com, and also kristen wrote a beautiful letter to her new daughter. >> that was like the best part of our week, that chat with kristen. >> i know, right >> we are back with news and a check of your local wea

we will see a chilly rain along portions of coastal new jersey up towards long island and connecticut throughout the day today there are forecast wind gusts, 30, 40 miles per hour it will start to exit saturday and sunday. april snow, it happens sometimes. the kids are happy, i'm sure the folks aren't happy having to shovel all of that also looking at the potential for more heavy rainfall along the gulf coast. this has been ongoing issue throughout the workweek. flash flood watches and warnings from louisiana to the florida panhandle. pete, my friend, happy friday back to you. pete: happy friday to you, my friend, thank you so much. appreciate it a minnesota high school student needed to be escorted to class for other own personal safety after a fellow student accused her of sending racist messages. when white bear lake high school sophomore avery receiverson was accused of sending messages lake this and much worse over instagram. teachers and students staged a walkout, a black lives matter walkout in protest. but investigation by local law enforcement, the school and the fbi revealed

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i went to a daycare in connecticut to learn more. for over 40 years, preschool children have learned through play at this innovative center. now these kids will qualify for president biden child tax credit. kathy, whose grandchildren are thriving here, says the money will help with the cost of childhood. >> families have been struggling for yea and it is about time somebody will help them out so they can provide an adequate future for their children. it will help lift some out of poverty, but take a look around you. what better investment? laura: quinn's mother teaches here and he loves attending the preschool. they wl benefit from the credit. the $300 a month will help with the expense of raising quinn. money has been tight since giuliana's husband lost his job during the pandemic. >> i will help out a lot, just having money for clothes. for the summ, i had to take out a credit card just to get him clothes for the summer. laura: the vice president came here in march to highlight the impact of the child tax credit. the center directo

is in the lobby of the prospector theater in ridgefield, connecticut. valerie jensen gave adults jobs for an entire year throughout the pandemic. that is an angel right there. don't miss the surprise we have for her. that's coming up. >> that will be great. it always is. >>> and lara's backstage interviews with the winners are coming up. let's go back to janai norman for the big moments of the night. hey, janai. >> reporter: hey, george. there were so many changes for the oscars this year. usually it's in february. this year it was in april, and the change of location making it a much smaller affair. just the nominees and their plus one, and no zoom. the first red carpet of the year before the ceremony that was produced to a tee with a cast of big stars taking us through the night. it was an oscar night like no other. >> oh. live tv, here we go. >> reporter: as usual, the show packed with hollywood's biggest stars. >> "mank." >> "sound of metal." >> "soul." >> reporter: some of them like you've never seen before. the show making history with more winner

we have seen in florida and connecticut which are the sites of two huge mass shootings that targeted children at marjorie stoneman douglas and sandy hook. but to point out that there are exceptions like yelling fire in a crowded movie theater and justice scalia even agreed in a landmark decision that the second amendment wasn't just as you read it in the constitution but you have to take into account current circumstances. we will see where it goes from now but gun control activists are hartened to see that we are moving forward and joe biden is taking on the issue especially considering what has happened in the last few months. howie: it's been difficult for every recent president. the media still unraveling matt gaetz probe and he's denouncing the press. ♪ ♪ ♪ howie: new york times has dug up new information on the sex trafficking probe of matt gaetz, the house ethics committee launched a probe and almost no republicans or media conservatives are publicly defending him but the florida congressman remains defiant. >> i won't be intimidated by the lying media and i won't be ext

if i wanted to be in a relationship where we had to sit six feet apart i'd get married in connecticut >> seth: look, dina, i don't want to criticize you, but is it possible your standards are too high >> didn't realize you and my mother have been chatting. maybe i should widen my search i mean, i guess not every gentleman can be the second gentleman. >> seth: really, dina? you're still pining over doug emhoff? >> still even more now. look at him. oh, man. that guy really gets my jewish space lasers beaming seth, i can't help it if he sets my forest on fire. one glance at him and i've got to clear some brush. >> seth: uh. well, dina, i'm sorry to say but as you know -- as we've discussed here on the show multiple times, doug emhoff is already married to vice president kamala harris. >> oh, trust me. i know he mixes with the shiksas. but with a body like doug emhoff's, i'm willing to look the other way >> seth: here's the thing i can't get past i understand that doug emhoff has a lot of the qualities you're looking for in a husband but the fact you find him to be such a physical specime

let's go to my colleague cori coughman joining me from stanford, connecticut. welcome to you on this saturday. is there any indication on timing as to when the j&j, shots can resume? >> at this point there are so many questions. we don't have any official word from the white house or from johnson & johnson themselves about what they have heard from researchers about timing, but we have heard dr. fauci say that he believes it will be a matter of days to get some of these questions answered, not weeks or months. we'll see if it plays out like that. the other big thing is scientists are trying to find the cause and the implications of what this means for the national strategy for vaccinations. the white house is insisting that even though we have the national pause for the third vaccine, the other two vaccines are on target and this will not affect the actual federal rollout of the vaccine. dr. fauci was with joy reid last night talking to her about why this should instill more confidence in the vaccine overall, not less, because so many people have so many questi

currently connecticut allows transgender athletes to compete in sports according to gender identity not based on the gender given at birth. to students try to change that claiming they were deprived of wins by being forced to compete against transgender sprinters the judge dismissed the lawsuit and is allowing transgender students to compete in sports of their choosing for synagogues in the bronx have been vandalized over the last two days police are asking the public for help as they tried to identify a person of interest new york governor cuomo has directed the hate crime task force to assist the nypd. i am jon scott. back to t11. mark: welcome back america. leo terrell it is amazing to me joe biden has been in washington dc almost half a century. in the senate and vice president but now telling us about systemic racism this is the guy who pushed for the most harsh criminal laws possible at the federal level. now he thinks he is mahatma gandhi and he is signing executive orders placed under him by the most radical elements in society. pushing critical race theory. that was considered

two of our leaders on this from connecticut, senators murthy and blumenthal are reaching out to colleagues to see if we will have a vote. >> reporter: schumer's goal is to hold a vote so that both democrats and republicans can go on where they stand on the issue of gun control. christi, boris. >> daniella diaz, thank you. >>> if it seems like we're talking about mass shootings in america, it's because they're happening. take a look at this list scrolling on your screen. cnn defines a mass shooting, by the way, as a shooting that results in four or more injuries of death, including the shooter. by definition, there's been more than 40 mass shootings in this country just since mid-march. that includes the shooting at soopers supermarket. >>> and one of the biggest blunders that has altered the course of national decisioned in the united states. how a decision made by john f. kennedy in 1961 still impacts u.s. politics. >>> and we're going live with you to windsor, as hundreds of military personnel gather, for a final salute to the duke of edinburgh. ♪ ♪ we made usaa insurance for veteran

and, a sign that vaccines are having an impact-- yale new haven health in connecticut seeing a nearly 70% reduction in patients over the age of 55. >> but what that means is we're seeing a lot more 30- and 40- year-olds coming in. >> reporter: patients like 32-year-old louis carleglio, who had a harrowing battle with covid. >> i didn't even know i was close to intubation at anytion y point, but, apparently, i was. >> i think the message is, nobody is completely safe, unless you're vaccinated and the ones around you are vaccinated. >> o'donnell: and meg joins us now. so, meg, what are we learning about those spoiled johnson & johnson doses? >> reporter: norah, 50 million doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine were reportedly ruined by human error at one of their manufacturing partner plants. all future shipments have been stopped. now, this could impact mass vaccination sites like this one in newark, new jersey, that just opened up today. they're expecting a johnson & johnson shipment in six weeks. norah. >> o'donnell: all right, that is the big news tonight. meg oliver, thank you. and

so anyway, so i do come from university the unpronounceable university in connecticut, but you may hear from my accent. i've moved around a lot my family i explained to the ambassador. we're from mayo and temporary they emigrated through poverty to liverpool when i became teenager. i wanted to return to ireland, so i went to trinity college in dublin after a few years. i moved to belfast and then moved around and five. no ten years ago. i came to america and five years ago. i moved to quinnipiac. so i have moved around quite a bit and my accent probably reflects that we were speaking with the ambassador before about a wonderful irish man. john hugh another wonderful irishman and the ambassador was saying you his message is that unity comes through accepting diversity and to me that is exactly the message preached through frederick douglass and just hearing what molly has planned for this year. i think it's for because frederick douglass as we know he didn't know is 200 years old this year and if you did notice he is dead but you to agree he is doing wonderful work. he is incredible and

however, i have seen this before, in my time in connecticut. once we relax a little too much in the community we see higher numbers of covid in our schools. not necessarily because they are spreading in schools, but because they are spreading in the community. if we want to keep our schools open, we need to follow mitigation strategies in the community and schools. amna: let me ask you about racial and socioeconomic inequities that existed long before the pandemic, but have been made worse we have a member from our student reporting labs network, 17-year-old janice aragon, from brentwood, new york. >> we have over 5000 students, many of which are low income and minority. what will you do to help bridge the gap of educational equality for disenfranchised communities like mine? sec. cardona: that is a great question paradigm serving as secretary of education to address those issues. as janice pointed out many of those issues existed long before the pandemic. we need to be bold as we reopen our schools and reimagine learning, to make sure we don't

states with the highest number compared to its population maine, massachusetts, new hampshire, vermont, connecticut, the new england area. here in california more than 29 million doses have been administered. >> san mateo police will hold a public awareness and enforcement session on safe practices while driving, walking and cycling as part of city's safe streets program. you can see where pedestrian crashes have happened. it's at the starbucks on east 4th avenue. >> and as san mateo officers step up patrols it may be for good reason. the city is among the top ten most dangerous in the u.s. for pedestrians. this is according to insurance company that calculates the data on driver insurance applications and in case you were wondering about this, the most dangerous place for pedestrians staten island in new york. >>> a look at san jose this morning where we have enjoyed a gorgeous sunrise. a key hurdle also cleared in google's massive downtown west development. city planners unanimously approved the project following a public call-in period this will cover 80 acres and promises several thousand new h

he sits on the board of pfizer, as well as alumina, and he joins us from west port, connecticut. good morning. >> doctor: good morning. >> dickerson: dr. gottlieb, the c.d.c. director said there was a drop in cases that suggested a hopeful trend, do you share that hope? >> doctor: yeah. cases are clearly declining mg the, and hospitalizations are falling as well, which is a good indication. and even in hard-hit areas, like michigan, you're seeing cases start to come down. i think whereas the past trends, when we saw cases start to decline, we were somewhat skeptical because we knew a lot of the declines were as behavioral changes, and as soon as we sort of let our guard down, we saw cases surge again. right now the declines are being driven by vaccinations and greater levels of population-wide immunity, not just from vaccination, but from immunity. >> dickerson: so when we hear numbers, what you're suggesting is kind of a mindset change in the way we process these numbers when they come in. what other ways should we be thinking in the vaccine world, when we still hear numbers of

take connecticut, for example. they are one of the first states to pause the vaccine before the national pause. they say they are going to be receiving more pfizer and moderna to try to make up for the vaccine appointments that they have here. sites will have to adjust. they will actually get quieter in the next few days. if dr. fauci's time something right, just days, but possibly could be weeks or months depending what they find with this vaccine. >> appreciate it. >>> we're almost at the top of the hour. we will begin a new hour right here on msnbc. ♪♪ >>> first up, a royal farewell. we are thursday away from prince philip's funeral service with our coverage kicking off at 9:00 a.m. eastern. a military procession at windsor castle set to begin momentarily in honor of the duke of edinburg. >> looming over all of this, the royal rift. prince harry back in the u.k. for the first time since stepping down from his royal duties. his wife meghan staying in l.a. >>> and some are saying white supremacists rhetoric is

. >> five connecticut officers sent to the hospital last night after a fleeing driver intentionally drove into them. they pulled over the vehicle which matched the description of one used in a recent shooting. as officers approached et car, the car kept going ramming into several police cruisers as well as officers this. comes after this new york city police officer is hit over the ned broad daylight with a stick. a leading police union slamming new york city mayor bill de blasio for creating a, quote, city of violence. last year the nypd budget was cut by roughly $1 billion and since then murders up 6%. shooting victims up 60%. and shootings themselves up 64%. house republican whip steve scalise slamming city officials for cutting that funding, listen. >> you are seeing people leave in droves. look at new york. new york state has lost over 300,000 people in the last year because they have had these radical shutdowns. they have defunded police and people are fleeing and going to states that are run with much more sane conservative leadership. >> and amid budget cuts and heightened tension

sheena graham is a teacher in connecticut, emily krieger teaches health. and matt baker teaches math. they're currently teaching students on hybrid schedules and have more students coming back in person after spring break. how are you all doing? everybody laughs. emily, start. >> i'm okay. i think i'm better now than i was if you asked me four or five months ago. >> uh-huh, matt? >> just tired. i'm epically, permanently tired at this point. >> sheena. >> i'm glad to be here. >> yeah. >> this has been a currentny. it's a little overwhelming still. >> yeah. >> just dealing with going from heros to villains in a short period of time. >> pedro, how are you doing? >> i'd say i adjusted, but i'll tell my kids, sometimes, it will come out, i hate virtual teaching. or at least remote teaching for the kids i have at home. i just want everyone back in the classroom. it's just a better experience for me and the kids. >> speaking of the kids, how would you say your kids are doing? >> one student said to me are you afraid to be around me as i am to be around you. >> re

. >>> and in connecticut and much of new england, a late taste of winter parts of the nutmeg state got up to 3 inches of snow today. the storm ranges as far north as maine with some parts of vermont and new hampshire getting nearly a foot of snow that's our cnbc news update for the hour back over to you guys. >> oh, that's wrong. courtney, thank you. courtney reagan. >>> still to come, airbnb a big reopening play what the company's ceo is saying about the competition in travel. that's next. >>> plus evercore's mark mahaney on the internet names he likes most we'll be right back here on "closing bell. 27 minutes left of trade, on track for a record closeorhe p d w. f t me the best! [music: “you're the best” by joe esposito] [music: “you're the best” by joe esposito] [triumphantly yells] [ding] don't get mad. get e*trade and take charge of your finances today. >>> shares of airbnb are up 160% since going public back in december our dreeeirdre bosa caught up wh the company's ceo. >> he says travel and booking rebound continues but a new obstacle is taking place and that is making

as we head into spring now and the fog rolls in here in norwalk, connecticut, we look back at february, noaa releasing stats on that massive cold outbreak and what it did to the south central u.s. of the country and it was the most costly winter storm event north or south on record with preliminary damage losses of more than $10 billion. who have thought a cold snap like this would do that sort of damage? well, we're certainly coming at it but a lot of people especially in texas are still recovering from that horrific event. below normal temperatures expected the last half of this month across that area and across the midsouth. above average slightly across the northeast and looks like well above average temperatures according to the cpc across parts of the west. >>> good morning, welcome to our coolest day, moving forward. temperatures today in the 50s and 60s in >>> all right. that there, you see it. it is time for our friday edition of ultimate pasta week. he's diving in. i'll bust him out and it's all about lasagna. you guys are going to want this recipe once you see what our next

in connecticut, a 24-hour vax-a-thon this weekend resulted in nearly 4,000 shots administered. >> i'm happy. i've been waiting for months and months. >> reporter: more vaccinations as the fight against the stubborn pandemic continues. also this morning, a few vaccine sites in four states are pausing the johnson & johnson vaccine rollout because of a very small number of people who have developed some sort of side effects, nausea and dizziness. now, we should make the point that three vaccines of course are approved in the u.s. serious adverse side effects are really pretty rare. >>> that sets us up nicely for dr. richard besser. he is now president and ceo of the robert wood johnson foundation. dr. besser, good morning to you. sometimes i think about this as a race on two tracks, the virus on one track, the vaccine's on the other. here we got this great news about this surge of vaccines, almost 5 million in one single day over the weekend, and at the same time, we still have the virus surging. the b.1.1.7 uk variant, which is much more contagious is now the dominant strain, so who's w

you had two major states reopen in the course of the last since last jobs reports namely texas and connecticut so to the point lots of vaccine progress, lots of inservice business across the country a differential so i think there is probably a bias to upside this is a number i think arrived we are very optimistic. >> what is top thing you are looking for this morning. >> i think i want to see what is happening with labor participation. probably to jon hilsenrath's point, with the stimulus money i can tell you from the front line we are having a difficult time getting people back to work, there are certainly more jobs out there than there are people willing to take those jobs, to show up for work, so labor participation is going to be really important, also seeing if women are coming back into the workforce, that is still a challenge as well we will dig into that. cheryl: digging into all of it everybody stay right there the march jobs' report is going to be with us right after the break you are watching "mornings with maria." breaking news coming up. n spend your life in boxing or any other b

amazon reportedly planning to launch a tech driven store in brookfield, connecticut. you scan your smartphone to enter the store and software will charge your phone as you exit. they announced palm scanning technology that will be launched this spring. those are some of your headlines. back to you. maria: thank you so much. cheryl. pushing for the 51st state, the house passed a bill yesterday which would grant washington, d.c. statehood. it faces an uphill battle in the senate where chuck schumer has not committed to bringing it up for a vote. joining me now is fox news contributor jason chaffetz. it's great to see you this morning. thank you for being here. so much policy to talk about with you. let's begin with the 51st statehood idea. do you think this goes through? >> i don't. they tried this in 2009. they passed it in the house but the senate didn't take it up. the root of this is whether or not they can override the filibuster which they can't, unless they change the rules. if they change the filibuster, they're going to pack the courts, add d.c. statehood, mayb

that story in the new york times as we hear from jacqueline out of stratford, connecticut. good morning. caller: good morning. the woman for -- from virginia stated this officer had a spotless record. i wanted to clarify that he actually had 19 community complaints about his record. i just wanted to make that clear. host: thanks for that. michael in sterling, virginia. caller: thank you. first off, i would like to say i do not think there is any doubt of culpability or guilty and is on the part of chauvin. i will leave it up to the jury to decide the nature of that guilt. the message i would like to communicate to the c-span audience is that this was a lynching. i have been saying this, and i probably would not have called and said that on air except that i heard it echoed last night on rachel maddow from philip doss, cofounder and ceo for the center of policing equity. the thing that makes it a lynching is how public it was. this is -- i am confused about chauvin's culpability because he was doing something that was ok for him to do. it was ok. he was sending a message to

i served for 4.5 years as the united states attorney in connecticut. the federal prosecutor i was then attorney general of our state for 20 years. and involved in law enforcement. i welcome the emphasis on elevating and showing that public defenders are as diverse -- deserving by virtue of their background to appointments as a federal judge, prosecutor anybody else. under the positions are competitive now. -- i know the positions are competitive now. public defenders bring a perspective to judging, that prosecutors might not. just as people who come from private practice bring a different perspective. i congratulate and thank you for your background. diversity is important on both the circuits that you will join. the seventh circuit presides over 7.5 million people of color including chicago, milwaukee, indianapolis across -- including other cities. yet all of the judges sitting on the court are white in 2021. i am dumbstruck, it is breathtaking that a federal circuit court in any part of our country is all white, i have remarked on this before. just t

i visited old greenwich, connecticut, yesterday, where a church erected a memorial. small white flags to honor all of the lives lost in the state for holy week. the yale new haven health system is reporting an alarming rise in cases among young people, in particular, including a 40% increase among patients between the ages of 35 and 44. and i asked connecticut senator richard blumenthal at the memorial whether these new numbers alarmed him. >> my message is, we have no cause for complacency. the numbers are rising again, and the physical impact of this scene should lead us to be all the more responsible. in what we do. we cannot, in any way, be complacent or satisfied with what we've done so far. everybody has to be vaccinated. people should continue to wear masks. and we should be sure that we care for each other. >> cases are also climbing in nearby new jersey, impacting the ability for some districts to return to the classroom. as promised, let's bring in dr. kavita patel, msnbc medical contributor and physician and fellow at the brookings institution. dr. patel,