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stephanie: good, thank you. lemonis: i'm marcus. stephanie: nice to meet you. stephanie. lemonis: stephanie, nice to meet you. how are you? dave: hi, marcus. i'm dave. lemonis: hey, dave. how are you? dave: great to meet you. lemonis: nice to meet you. jill: hi, i'm dave's wife -- jill. lemonis: how are you, jill? nice to meet you. so, are you both in the business? jill: no, i work awm in athletics. lemonis: oh, you do? dave: but she has worked farmers markets for us. lemonis: okay. well, i've never been in a place like this, so i wanted to kind of get a feel for it. dave: all right. so, the line where they serve people. lemonis: what's the most number of soups you have in one day, offered available? dave: we do up to nine. so, we have soup, salad, sandwich. lemonis: what's going on on that board? dave: i bought a new one, but it's too big. so that's gonna be the new look, assuming it's not all faded like that. lemonis: i want to taste what you're known for. dave: okay, well, i would start with the african-peanut and chicken. lemonis: it does have peanuts in it? dave: yes

stephanie: i am stephanie sy with "newshour" west. we will return to judy woodruff after these headlines. eight people are dead, many of them asian women, after a spate of shootings at three massage parlors in the atlanta-georgia area. a 21-year-old man is in custody. it's not clear if these attacks are racially motivated, but there has been a sha rise in anti-asian violence we will return to later in the program. sweden halted use of astrazeneca is covid vaccine, as regulators investigate an alleged blood four risk, but in amsterdam, the they say there is no evidence of a direct link. >> we are still convinced that the benefits of the astrazeneca vaccine in preventing covid-19 with the associated risk of hospitalization outweigh the risks of these side effects. stephanie: astrazeneca and the world health organization say a few dozen cases of blood clots have been reported in the european union and britain. here in the united states, mississippi today became the second state to expand vaccination eligibility to all adults. u.s. intell

. ♪ stephanie: i am stephanie sy with newshour west. we will return to judy woodruff and the rest of the program after these headlines. tornado warnings in effect across the deep south this evening as a wave of storms affect some 16 million people. this video shows damage after a tornado touched down in wayne county, mississippi. tens of thousands of homes and businesses are without power from texas to alabama. president biden new york governor andrew cuomo should step down if an investigation confirms allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct. the president spoke during an interview with "abc news" that aired this morning. he was asked if cuomo should resign. pres. biden: yes, i think he will be prosecuted, too. a woman should be presumed to telling the truth and should not be scapegoated and become victimized by her coming forward, number one. but there should be an investigation to determine whether what she says is true. that is what is going on. stephanie: mr. biden conceded it will be tough to pull troops out of afghanistan

stephanie sy has this report. and a warning to underline, this story deals with sensitive subject matter. stephanie: since boyhood, toby gard needed to be on the move. growing up in a small ski town west of denver, he was well-known and well-loved. >> he seemed to have a really bright future ahead of him and, you know, started his freshman year knowing somebody in every class and every group and he could have been in any group he wanted to. stephanie: but in his second semester of sophomore year, the coronavirus pandemic struck. his high school closed, sports were cancelled. he had had suicidal thoughts before. >> had it not gone into lockdown, he would still be here because he would have gone into lacrosse practice. he would have been getting the exercise, he would have been getting the connection with the team, he would have been getting those needs met and not dwelling on the negative. stephanie: last april, heather gard lost her first-born son to suicide. >> he said, mom, i just don't know what to do. it's the

stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with "newshour" west. we will return to judy woodruff and the rest of these -- the program after these headlines. today, southern counties in southern california east covid restrictions allowing in-person dining, movie theaters, and gyms to reopen with capacity limits and mask requirements. meanwhile, president biden voiced hope of reaching covid vaccine skeptics among former president trump's supporters. polls show many of those voters oppose the shots. the president said doctors and ministers might do more than mr. trump to sway them. also today, officials announced bigger medicare payments for giving the shots in a bid to reach under-served areas. >> we believe that the medical professionals that are on the frontlines of this vaccination effort -- by the way, the same people that are on the front lines of this entire pandemic -- need to be taken care of. and we think that's going to do the job of both increasing vaccinations as well as improving equity. stephanie: overseas, germany, france, italy, and s

stephanie? >> lindsey, thank you. joining us now, white house senior adviser for covid response, andy slavitt. andy, always good to have you here. one of the reasons why so many people are getting lax about the mask mandates and restrictions is because they're vaccinated. shouldn't the millions of vaccinated americans be able to do what they want? that's how they're feeling. >> good morning, stephanie, thank you for having me on. we're not out of this pandemic threat. we still have an accelerating threat. if you have been vaccinated, that's wonderful. i'm glad about that. but you also have to remember there's millions and millions of people who have not yet been vaccinated. lifting all of these restrictions, telling people not to wear masks, gathering in large crowds, that's the equivalent of playing with fire. if we were talking about this in six weeks, it would be a completely different story. but why we're doing it now, it's as if we don't want to have any -- the governors around the country,

>> reporter: yeah, good morning, stephanie. another attack, another provocation likely by iranian-backed militias and, look, another challenge for president biden. it was about 7:20 this morning at the al-asad base in western iraq, ten missiles landed, no u.s. casualties. this base has been hit before, in fact, we have some video that was just released by the pentagon monday of an attack on this base last year. when we speak about missiles, stephanie, these were 1,000 pound bombs basically, you can probably see we're showing the video of them landing, plumes of smoke at that base. again, no u.s. casualties this morning. almost certainly the work of these iranian-funded, armed and backed militias. and for president biden a choice. remember last week when we launched his first u.s. air strikes against these same militias, he gave a warning to iraq, he said you cannot act with impunity, be careful. the pentagon said that these u.s. strikes were deliberately designed to deescalate the situation. well, those militias are now reescal

stephanie? >> shaquille brewster, thank you very much. >>> we're following developments in the state of arkansas where governor asa hutchinson just signed legislation banning nearly all abortions in that state. the bill only allows the procedure if it will save the life of the mother. it does not provide exceptions for rape or incest. the governor himself expressed concerns that the ban went too far, saying he would prefer to keep those exceptions, but he signed it anyway, adding the real purpose of the law is set the stage for a supreme court fight to overturn roe versus wade >>> coming up next -- you do not want to go anywhere. a year ago, right in this chair i was speaking to former national economic council director gary cohn as trade was halted on wall street. >> i do believe that we are going to need the government to step in and help certain industries and there's certain parts of this country that doesn't believe the government should come in and help certain industries, and the industri

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stephanie: maybe so. i know that's what the fed would like to see. we were making some progress there. you got the labor market very, very tight and you do begin to see some move up in wages, especially at the bottom which is exactly what chairman powell has said he hopes that we will get to the point where the labor market does again get tight enough to produce that kind of wage pressure, but, of course, congress can do something about that as well and they didn't manage to get an increase in those federal minimum wage in the last package, but clearly there is a desire to come back and make another run at this and try to get the federal minimum wage up. that would have some benefit to lower income workers whose wages would also rise? joe: our thanks to stephanie kelton, stony brook university professor and author of the best selling book >> "the deficit myth." you can hear more expansive conversation with stephanie on the episode outlawed podcast coming out today and you can find it wherever podcasts are sold for free. caroline: for free, no inflati

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here stephanie ruhle right now. >>> good morning, i'm stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is thursday, march 18th, let's get smarter. we begin with a spotlight on the surge in anti-asian hate crimes. the new focus coming after a string of lethal shootings in atlanta, georgia, even though the confessed gunman claimser that not racially motivated. that man was supposed to arraigned today but we got word moments ago the hearing has been canceled. long faces murder charges of eight people killed at three different massage parlors in the atlanta area. six of the eight victims killed tuesday were of asian decent. all but one women. he told police he was motivated by a sex addiction. neither the county sheriff, police chief or mayor would rule out classify the killings as hate crime. >> this is a man who murdered eight people in cold blood so it's very difficult to believe what he said. it's difficult to ignore the fact many of the victims were asian. in georgia, you can be charged with a hate crime. it covers a variety of areas and i personally think it woul

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now ♪ >>> hi there i'm stephanie ruhle, it's wednesday, march 31st and this morning we have breaking news on the covid front. pfizer announcing its vaccine is 100% effective in kids ages 12 to 15 and it plans to submit that new data to the fda as soon as possible which could be a huge step in the nation's much-needed effort to re-open schools entirely now the question, when will the kids be eligible for the first shot we're keeping a lot of focus minneapolis where the trial of derek chauvin is set to resume 90 minutes from now. genevieve hanson, a minneapolis firefighters will continue her testimony after being reprimanded with the judge after directly clashing with the defense yesterday. the prosecution has not revealed which other witnesses they plan to call today. yesterday hansen testified that as an off-duty emt she offered to help when she arrived on the scene, but she was turned down by the police officers. >> i offered to wralk them through him they needed to start compressions and that wasn't done either. >> how did that mackke you feel

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle. it's monday, march 15th. let get smarter. >>> as of this morning, covid relief bill is the law of the lapd. banks getting checks this weekend. and why is the president working so hard to sell this bill? we will dig into that with the president, vice president, and her husband joining the dnc this week. and a new ad that builds on the president's promise that help is on the way. it is titled "help is here." all of that, plus how much financial relief you can expect from the bill. i will be breaking that down just ahead. >>> first, i want to bring in a fantastic group here to help us understand all that's going on in the political news. kelly o'donnell in the white house, the co-founders of punchbowl news and the editor of the nevada independence. kelly, what are the president and vice president going to say about this bill that hasn't always been said? >> a lot of it will be a focus on the real underpinning of this. the biden administration, president in particular, wants to sell to th

stephanie? >> the pressure is on. >>> coming up president biden meeting with democrats for a second day in a row, pushing to get the coronavirus bill passed. is this thing going to happen or what? the clock is ticking. >>> but up next, a major shift in immigration policy that means families who were separated at the border under trump may soon be reunited. they might even be able to stay. >>> plus after democrats took the state in the fall georgia republicans are taking action to make it harder for people there to vote. you need to hear about this. then give families plans to mix and match. so you only pay for what you need, with 5g included at no extra cost. you get so much more than just a great network. and offer the best in entertainment on select unlimited plans like disney+, hulu and espn+. with a galaxy s21+ 5g when you buy one. there's no reason to settle for less than the best. only from verizon. is now a good time for a flare-up? enough, crohn's! for adults with moderate to severe croh

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if i can bring stephanie in. it's very difficult for the government to pull the plug on funding and support. we are still in lockdown here in the uk. and yet this risk of such high borrowing is apparent. absolutely. i think the chancellor has a difficult balancing act to try to send off this message that he is being fiscally responsible yet still pumping money into the economy to support, given the fact that so many businesses are shutdown. how much is he going to go ahead and outline tax rises that many people in his own party and the labour party are opposed to? he has signalled that he will raise corporation tax, perhaps not immediately but gradually over this parliament, as a way of plugging the holes in the budget. i think he does have room to do so. the uk has the lowest corporation tax in the g7, and the us has also signalled that biden could raise corporation tax. so i think the concern from the chancellor is that there is significant fiscal scarring to the economy that will leave not just the debt overha

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage now. >>> hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it's tuesday, march 16th, let's get smarter. we start with the massive effort under way to change how we vote in the united states of america. as we speak, republicans in more than 40 states are pushing laws to restrict voting. civil rights activists and even big companies like coca-cola and home depot are pushing back. all of this after an election that saw the highest number of votes in u.s. history. we're also following the latest on the capitol riots. two men now facing charges of assault in connection with the death of capitol police officer brian sicknick. why did it take more than two months to arrest these guys? and why aren't they charged with murder? we'll have more on that in just a minute >>> plus, the latest on the covid pandemic. numbers continue to go down in the u.s. but they're spiking over in europe, leading to tighter restrictions in several countries. to make matters worse, the vaccine rollout is on hold in several places in europe after offi

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >> hi there, i'm stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is wednesday, march 17th, st. patrick's day. lots going on this morning so let's get smarter. within this hour, two big hearings on capitol hill covering two of the toughest challenges facing the president and this country. the covid pandemic and immigration. dr. anthony fauci and cdc director rachelle wolinski will testify on vaccines later this hour. as we speak, nearly 30% of american adults have gotten at least one shot and that number is growing by about 2.4 million americans every day, but we are at a very critical tipping point because even though covid numbers overall are still going down, we are still at roughly 55,000 new cases a day and more than a thousand deaths. what's more troubling hot spots have begun to pop up in places like michigan, minnesota and right here in new york city. also today, brand new homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. he'll have to explain how the administration is coping with the massive, at the border. he said d

alix: stephanie, thank you. just to update you on those cdc headlines, they are coming out with, if you are vaccinated, you can be with other vaccinated people indoors with no masks on. guy: we are still slightly tighter when it comes to rules and the u.k., though they are going to loosen some. for instance, care homes today, you are now allowed to have one visitor for that care home per person. but it is done on a really cautious basis. the prime minister is speaking right now. i don't think he is saying anything particularly new. today's data in terms of the vaccination of the u.k. population, is a milestone. more than -- population, a milestone. more than 1/3 of the population has now received inoculation. that will certainly add a little bit of an annoyance factor to what is happening on the continent, where we can see certainly politics and vaccination rollouts are being mixed together, not always with great results. we will talk more about what impact this is going to have only markets. seema shah, parsabl

i'm not listening to you stephanie link sold amd. do you want to tell -- you want to tell our viewers why? >> let's just put it all into context, right i actually bought cisco and, jim, you know that, because you and i talked about it, how i absolutely between ibm and cisco, i own some very ugly technology companies but they're turnaround stories and that's what i do. cisco i bought because even though it is up 17% on the year, only up 34% in the last year i think as we reopen, enterprise spending is going to see a recovery. >> right. >> order rates are starting to inflict higher they were up 1% last quarter after five quarters in a row of being down they have a whole new product cycle in switching so i thought there was more of an opportunity in something like cisco whereas amd i made a ton of money and i own a ton of semi conductor companies. so i had to pick and choose and i decided to take my gains in amd. >> you are not saying it is personal, strictly business? >> it is not personal. >> like michael, you take the action -- okay

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. have a great day. >>> hi there, i'm stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. this is monday, march 8th, today is international women's day and we have got a lot of news to cover. i want to start this morning with a story everybody's talking about on both sides of the atlantic. prince harry and meghan markle revealing explosive details about their tortured relationship with the royal family in an interview with oprah winfrey among the headlines that family members told harry they had concerns about their baby's skin color and that meghan was so depressed she actually considered taking her own life. watch this. >> i just didn't want to be alive anymore. and that was a very clear and real and frightening constant thought. >> so were you thinking of harming yourself? were you having suicidal thoughts? >> yes, this was very, very clear. >> wow. >> doesn't sound like a fairy tale, not at all. our own kelly cobiella joins us from london. how is the royal family reacting?

." ♪♪ stephanie: hi. how are you? maggie: i'm good. stephanie: stephanie menkin. nice to meet you. maggie: maggie. nice to meet you. susana: nice to meet you. welcome. lemonis: so the reason that i wanted to get all three of you together is, stephanie runs the entire fashion business for our company, and one of the businesses is susana monaco, somebody that's been through it, that has experience. susana has been in the business for 20-something years. susana: 22. lemonis: susana monaco was a small business that i invested in several years ago, and she's a successful designer that happens to specialize in a very similar material that maggie uses. when i first met susana, she didn't want to change, either, and as she took that leap of faith, she was able to experience success in her business. and so i thought by putting maggie and susana together, susana would pull her along and say, "look, this is what's happened to me." the number-one reason people don't make it is? stephanie: trust the process. susana: i mean, nothing is easy when you start. you, you know, adapt, and you learn the

stephani i am stephanie sy at newshour west. we'll return to judy woodruff and the full program after the latest headlines. president biden denounced decisions some state leaders are making to loosen covid restrictions. republican governors in texas and mississippi lifted mask mandates on tuesday. at the white house, mr. biden said it's a big mistake. pres. biden: we are on the cusp of being able to fundamentally change the nature of this disease because of the way in which we're able to get vaccines in people's arms. and the last thing, the last thing we need is a neanderthal thinking that in the meantime, everything is fine, take off your mask, forget it. it still matters. stephanie: the mississippi governor fired back in a tweet that said, "we should trust americans, not insult them." a new report reveals that former transportation secretary elaine chao was referred for possible criminal investigation by her department's watchdog for potential misuse of office. the inspector general made the preliminary findings after a yearl

for now we will turn it to stephanie ruhle, who knows a few things about parenting herself. >> stephanie ruhle, the mean parent, live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. it's friday, march 19th. let's get smarter. >>> this morning we're focused on the peach state of georgia, where it seems like all of the biggest headlines in the country are coming together at the same time. in just a few hours from now, the president and vice president will head to the state where they had originally intended to promote the new relief bill. instead the trip has a new purpose, meeting with asian american leaders in the wake of tuesday's deadly string of shootings in atlanta. they will also stop by the cdc to talk covid and vaccines, coinciding with news that today the united states will hit the president's target of administering 100 million vaccines since he came into office. and in the midst of all of this, president biden will meet with stacey abrams, the woman widely credited helping flip the state of georgia and hand democrats control of the house. it comes at a critical time for voting rights i

>> stephanie ramos leading us off on a friday night. steph, thank you. >>> and now to the major headline out of minneapolis tonight. the city council there voting unanimously to a $27 million deal, a settlement with the family of george floyd. there's also news tonight in the trial of former police officer derek chauvin, accused in floyd's death. abc's alex perez tonight. >> reporter: a watershed moment tonight for the heartbroken family of george floyd. the minneapolis city council unanimously approving a $27 million settlement. >> no amount of money can ever address the intense pain or trauma caused by this death. >> reporter: floyd family attorney ben crump calling it the largest pretrial settlement in a civil rights wrongful death case in u.s. history. >> it's not just enough for america to say that black lives matter. we have to show that black lives matter by our actions. >> reporter: floyd's family thanking the millions of demonstrators around the world who they say created a movement. floyd's younger brother, philonise, believes

to answer about why so few women, stephanie is an answer. you pull up slide six which actually number of women rabbis. that video we saw was the first one there is rabbi right there on the bottom right. the six or 34 times a prayer has been given by a rabbi in congress 15 of them come from a woman. she's a leader among people rabbis. the question why so small? i couple things for the first woman rabbi was not ordained until 1972 ably the early 70s so the men have had decades and decades to run up the score before the really was a female rabbi. even then it went quick anecdote about the first women to rabbi her name, she was sponsored she was october 1973 appreciate the house prayer, carly will appreciate the sheet of the house prayer the same to the house voted for the senate judiciary committee to begin impeachment proceedings against richard nixon. so they had the woman rabbi give the prayer that day. sponsored by, guess who sponsored question expect rodino may be? micco given hitches from new york. [inaudible] if i say new york early 70s,

stephanie? >> all right, kerry sanders, thank you so much. >>> one by one we're actually seeing states easing covid restrictions. connecticut, maryland, new jersey. all announcing they're dialing things back in the next few days in the state of colorado the governor there says restrictions will be phased out in the next few weeks. but for some people that is not fast enough. colorado governor jared polis joins us now. governor, what are you telling people in your state who are going we've got to get back, we've got to get to school, business, let's do this thing? >> good morning, stephanie. thankfully our kids have been back in school across our state for some time. k-8 has been fully back and most high schools are back, a few of them are still two days a week. look, the reason this is a race against the clock is more and more people are getting protected every day and we are now -- in terms of being eligible for vaccinating in a couple weeks we'll be expanding. we want to make sure most vulnera

stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. >> all right, stephanie, thank you so much. >>> and fema says there's a way to fast-track the vaccine process at the oakland coliseum if you're willing to walk some. the best part, you might not even need an appointment. eligible people are getting vaccinated quickly by using the walk-up access point at the coliseum bart station and avoiding the line of cars waiting at the driveup entrance off 66th avenue. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony's live at the coliseum to show us how this works. sounds promising, laura. >> reporter: yes, ama, it is for those who are eligible. we have to make sure that people understand that. this is a very busy place. 8,000 vaccines per day they're administering here at the coliseum. if you're in a car, you could wait several hours. but fema wants you to know there's an option where there's no line. though he arrived on an ac transit bus -- >> i'm just going to gitd your temperature real fast. >> reporter: -- essential worker kevin auer is technically a walk-up at the oakland coliseum mass vaccination site. >> any questions for

>> stephanie ramos leading us off on a friday night. thank you. >>> now to the major headline out of minneapolis tonight. the city council voting unanimously to a $27 million deal, a settlement with the family of george floyd. there's also news tonight in the trial of former police officer derrick chauvin accuse in the floyd's death. abc's alex perez tonight. >> reporter: a watershed moment tonight for the heartbroken family of george floyd -- the minneapolis city council unanimously approving a $27 million settlement. >> no amount of money can ever address the intense pain or trauma caused by this death. >> reporter: floyd family attorney ben crump calling it the largest pretrial settlement in a civil rights wrongful death case in u.s. history. >> it's not just enough for america to say that george black lives matter. we have to show that black lives matter by our actions. >> reporter: floyd's family thanking the millions of demonstrators around the world who they say created a movement. floyd's younger brother, philonise, believes his

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi there, i'm stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is monday, march 1st. it has now been one year since the first covid deaths were recorded in this country. but today we start a brand new month and a brand new chapter in the fight against this virus. for the very first time we are going to have three vaccines in the public at the same time. johnson & johnson adding its one shot vaccine to the mix at an absolutely crucial period because right now america is in a tug of war with this virus trying to get enough people vaccinated to keep bringing infections down before variants push them back up again. any minute now pallets will be loaded into trucks and start shipping from kentucky. after the vaccine was approved by the fda and the cdc over the weekend. 4 million doses have expected to be sent out to the public before the end of this week. that would put us over the 100 million mark in terms of the total number of vaccine doses delivered across the nation. i want to start in shepherdsville, kentucky, outside o

thank you, stephanie. a lot of people showed up for san mateo county's first walk-up clinic. >> it is not my turn yet, but i got an appointment at kaiser. >> about 300 doses were available at today's clinic. we are hours away from breweries, wineries and distillries being able to open outdoors with limitations. it comes on top of the good news that we told you at the top of the newscast. >> reporter: at the henhouse brewing company. >> the signs outside break my heart. >> reporter: the state left little wiggle room during covid-19 because the brew house did not sell food. look no further if you want to see a business owner feeling tested. >> last 12 months has been the hardest year of my life. >> reporter: a brave new world thanks to a change in the state guidelines. >> the rules on the sign no longer apply, but there will be new ones to sit out here you will need to make a reservation. they must close by 8:00. breweries and distillries, this is a difference maker. >> our number one priority was not to lay

stephanie sierra is here to explain how to know if you qualify. stephanie? >> dan, the state lists 11 severe health conditions that will qualify people toer hhrisk. it's very specific. the problem is the rest of the guidance is vague, vague enough to have some doctors concerned people may take advantage. starting monday, anyone ages 16 to 64 with severe health conditions or disabilities will be eligible for the vaccine. the state details a list of severe health conditions ranging from cancer, chronic diseases to heart conditions. but as the guidance expands, it becomes blurly. anybody at risk deemed by your health care provider. >> we will for the most part be compliant with that record. >> reporter: some call it a loophole. >> we want low barrier access to vaccine. we don't want to create too much bureaucracy, too many forms. >> reporter: mike wasserman sits on california's vaccine advisory committee. he is concerned about vulnerable people who don't have access to doris insurance to get that early approval to qualify. >> that's the concern is that we have

stephanie: stop. lemonis: there were a lot of issues and a lot of personalities and a lot of things to fix. but there was way more to like. my initial investment was $800,000 for 30% of the business. in the first year, it was really about changing the product, renovating the stores, and understanding how the family dynamics would work. you guys are a dangerous trio. i'm just trying to keep up with you guys. and right out of the gates, it was going pretty well. i think you've grown amazingly in the last eight months. and i have to give you a lot of credit. but, as i dug into the business, i essentially realized that the real asset in that deal was the people. nicolas ended up really becoming a trusted partner, and he's grown a lot as an individual. and stephanie -- she's blossomed like no other person i've seen. there you go, enjoy everything. thank you. so, here's how things have transformed. courage b doesn't exist anymore in name. i converted all five stores into other brands. what does exist is a f

i'm not going to resign. >> stephanie ramos back with us from albany. and stephanie, governor cuomo says he's learned, in his words, a very important lesson. and tonight, you have reaction from two of the women? >> reporter: exactly, david. the governor's former aide lindsey boylan tweeting, "how can new yorkers trust you to lead our state if you don't know when you've been inappropriate with your own staff?" the lawyer for charlotte bennett releasing a statement, saying the governor's remarks were full of falsehoods. david? >> all right, stephanie ramos, thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to the coronavirus here in the u.s. president biden blasting texas and mississippi for lifting mask mandates and all restrictions on businesses, allowing 100% capacity. the president calling it a, quote, big mistake, and, quote, neanderthal thinking. tonight, mississippi's governor just responding to the president, saying mississippians don't need handlers. at least 11 states easing restrictions in all. even with an uptick in cases and deaths in the last week. and

here's abc's stephanie ramos tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a former aide accusing new york governor andrew cuomo of sexual harassment says his explanation and attempt to apologize just doesn't cut it, declaring cuomo "has refused to acknowledge or take responsibility for his predatory behavior." 25-year-old charlotte bennett telling her story to "the new york times," alleging that last spring, cuomo made it clear to her he wanted to sleep with her. >> she alleges that the governor asked her direct questions about her sex life, whether or not she was monogamous in her relationships, whether or not she had ever slept with an older man. >> reporter: at the same time, cuomo's national profile was soaring from his handling of the covid crisis. >> we will do it because we are new york tough. >> reporter: bennett says she told her parents and friends about cuomo's behavior at the time. she also told the governor's chief of staff and was quickly transferred to another department, eventually leaving the administration altogether in november. cuomo has denied he made any advances, initially s

judy: -- stephanie: good evening, i am stephanie sy with newshour west. we will return to judy woodruff after the latest headlines. a monumental covid relief bill is headed for president biden's desk tonight. it spends nearly $2 trillion on jobless benefits, vaccines, school re-openings, and $1400 checks to most families, among other things with the final approval came to the house of representatives, split almost entirely down party lines about how much aid is needed. >> now we see our economy opening up and coming back to full strength. what is more, we have yet to spend $1 trillion that has already been enact income already appropriated, already voted on. why do we need to pass another $1.9 trillion? we can tell american people help is on the way. to listen to my friends on the others of the aisle, you wonder where they live. according to them, the pandemic is gone, people are back to work. that is not reality. this bill will provide desperately needed relief. stephanie: president biden called it a historic victory. he plans to sign it into law friday.

that is stephanie cho, executive director of asian-americans advancing justice in atlanta. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, president biden says new york governor andrew cuomo should step down, if an investigation confirms allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct. the president spoke during an interview with abc news that aired this morning. he was asked if cuomo should resign. >> yes. i think he'll probably end up being prosecuted too. a woman should be presumed to telling the truth and should not be scapegoated and become victimized by her coming forward. number one. but there should be an investigation to determine whether what she says is true. that's what's going on now. >> woodruff: mr. biden also conceded it will be tough to pull u.s. troops out of afghanistan by the may 1st deadline that was agreed to by the trump administration. and, for the first time, the president also voiced support for changing the senate's filibuster rule to require lawmakers to talk on the floor to hold up a bill. senate minority leader mitch mc

stephanie? >> shaq, thank you. >>> let's bring in brittany cunningham, a former member of president obama's 21st century policing task force, can you talk to us, brittany, about the importance of this trial as it relates to the overall push for police reform? >> well, obviously this is a trial that people are watching with baited breath. so many people that had never been a part of a movement at all. let alone a movement for racial justice, were moved by what happened to george floyd. they were convicted in their spirits by seeing repeated video of a man with a knee on his neck for 8:46, and several police officers standing by or participating in his death. they were moved when they heard him cry out for his mother. when they saw the images you're seeing here as a brother, as a son, as a friend. and that means that this entire country really this entire world is paying attention to what happens in this trial for two reasons. number one, because it will tell us about whether or not america has tr

let me start with you, stephanie. on your buy list are a lot of very same reopening stocks that we've seen go up a lot explain why you're still comfortable putting money in them >> for one, the ones that we are talking about they have lagged substantially. marriott up 10% only and tjx and coke is down boeing down from a couple of years ago. they haven't participated as much but seen a recovery off the low and more to go but i would simply say to bob's point the market overall has conso consolidated over the last month by there's been massive rotation and i do think that when you look at the savings rate of 20.5%, the that goes back down to the average of 5% that's 3 trillion in excess savings that probably seen pent-up demand and i think with the consumer being 70% of the u.s. gdp that bodes very well for overall growth and adding discretionary, industrials that's 35% of the s&p 500, greater than technology at 26% so i lean on the consumer side for that reason on the savings rate and the demand but i own the other sec

>> that's absolutely right, stephanie. first off, it's great to be on with you and congresswoman newman. this is a cruel and mean-spirited solution in search of a problem. this is part and parcel of a longer-term trend of stoking fears, spreading misinformation and pretending like there's some

stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. >> stephanie, thank you. >>> california is once again changing its vaccine distribution plan. this time to put a greater emphasis on closing the equity gap for where toess are going. the state will send 40% of doses to zip codes most vulnerable to the pandemic. the state is using metrics such as household income, education level, housing status to determine which areas of the state will get those allotments. the governor says it is crucial to fix equity gaps in distribution. >> you can't safely open your economy until we get this disease behind us. we can't honestly do that unless we address the communities disproportionately vulnerable. >> reporter: the state's seven day positivity rate has dropped to 7%. >>> california lawmakers approved a $6.6 billion plan aimed at pressuring school districts to return students to the classroom. the bill does not order school districts to resume in person instruction. however, it does dangle $2 billion before cash strapped school boards, offering them a share of that money only if they offer in person instruction by the e

but let's start on this friday in the classroom with stephanie gosk >> reporter: three feet instead of six. that's the new cdc guideline for social distancing in schools k through 12 >> we now have new information to help us refine our recommendations. >> reporter: but there are caveats. everyone still has to wear masks if community transmission is high, middle and high schoolers should go back to six feet apart. and the new recommendation does not apply to teachers and staff, who should still maintain distance from other adults and students. but federal officials say the change should help school districts open classrooms. as long as other safety measures like hand washing and testing are in place >> i'm hopeful that we are turning a corner on this pandemic getting our children back to school in-person instruction as soon as possible is a critical first step in doing so. >> reporter: as the damage done from a year of remote school becomes clear. >> what's been the toughest part for you? >> i'd say to find motivation to do anything really. >> reporter: mario delgado's high school in st

i wish i could, stephanie. it's nonsensical. the trump administration signed relief dollars before, you know, the change in administration in washington, d.c. we've got $5 billion that's been allocated to michigan. my legislature, who is republican controlled, is trying to hold those dollars back and trying to push me to relinquish executive powers that i've used to save lives. they know that's never going to happen and it's just really sad because we've got to deploy these dollars to get our kids safely back in school, to help small businesses that have been struggling, to help people that have been struggling and to build out our vaccine rollout. for our legislature to play this dangerous game with resources we desperately need is really disappointing, but sadly, you know, we've got to continue to try to do everything we can to move forward. >> before we go i've got to ask you about domestic terrorism, over the last weeks we have been watching these hearings around domestic terrorism. you experienced that firsthand when people

stephanie goss has an exclusive with meagan rapinoe. >> the olympic torch is lit in fukushima. >>> and a hopeful sign for millions as more and more of us can once again enjoy the power of a long missed simple hug between family members "early today" starts right now >>> good morning, i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. the mass shooting in boulder that left ten people dead is expected to appear at his first court hearing since the ramrampe ten counts of first degree murder as well as his rights this comes as more new details emerge about him earn mclaughlin has more from boulder. >> reporter: a community paying tribute to a local hero lining the streets in honor of fallen officer eric talley, the first to arrive on the scene of monday's deadly attack as the community pulls together, new details are emerging of the suspected shooter's t know why 21-year-old opened fire on this supermarket claiming ten innocent lives his neighbor describing the moment investigators arrived to search the home. >> out of the house, everybody out of the house. >> reporter: authorities say he had a hist

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stephanie? >> reporter: yes, ama, most of the bay area is last to get phased in to blue shield's new system, and that could pose some delays for bay area counties and providers trying to qualify for more doses. we did talk to blue shield ceo paul markovic exclusively yesterday, and we still had more questions about this and continued digging into it. over the next few weeks, all nine bay area counties will be phased in to blue shield's vaccination network. solano and sonoma county are first, making the transition in wave 2 on march 7th. the seven other bay area counties transition last in wave 3 on march 14th, partly due to having lower rates of covid cases. >> we're vaccinating people in the right sequence. >> reporter: blue shield ceo paul markovic explains the company is using an algorithm that determines dose allocation for counties and providers based on infection rates and vulnerable demographic areas. >> what is the infection rate for covid-19 as a percentage of the population? what's the

stephanie, best to you and yours. good friday, good weekend. we'll see you soon thank you very much, take care. >>> that does it for us on a busy week. "worldwide exchange" is over "squawk" is picking up the coverage nasdaq futures down more than 200. could be another big day, not in a good way for big tech. hope you have a blessed and wonderfuweenl ekd, everybody we'll see you next week. take care. for nearly a decade, comcast has been helping students get ready. we've connected 4 million low-income students to low- cost, high-speed xfinity internet. we're working with hundreds of school districts across the country to sponsor free internet and laptops. and parents are seeing an impact. and now we're turning 1,000 community centers into lift zones - wifi enabled safe spaces to study. so more students can be ready for anything. i'm trying to do some homework here. >>> good morning, tech stocks surge yesterday burt look out, giving back about 2/3 what we gained yesterday, we'll show you what's moving. >>> president biden urging states to open up