this is my ask to you, the people of michigan. please, redouble your efforts on these fronts for the next couple of weeks. i know michiganders are concerned about the latest rise in cases and i am, too. we have come so far. we have sacrificed so much. this has changed every aspect of our lives for over a year. we can't let up now, not when we're so close. however you want to think about it, bases loaded, bottom of the 9th, second overtime, shot clock running out, 4th down, 2-yard line with seconds left in the 4th quarter. we cannot afford to strike out, miss the ball or fumble the ball now. it is everybody against covid and we have to keep going till we win. that is the nature of this virus. the second we let our guard down, it comes roaring back. locally, we can put it behind us once and for all if we get vaccinated. we can't get complacent in the meantime. the best way to bring this down is for everyone to do their part. so even if you have been vaccinated, keep masking up. the numbers show young people are not impervious to thi

we won michigan in 2018. this is a strategy to reduce voter turnout in michigan because republicans in michigan know they cannot win when voter turnout is high. they're running away from voters with these policies and they want to undermine the governor's authority and try to find a loophole to implement it further demonstrates that they are doing things that are against the democratic values of our state. >> can you actually do anything about a ballot initiative? >> yes. first of all, the bills do go through the legislature and they do come to our desk, they will get vetoed. we will also challenge the signature-gathering process to make sure it is above board and done legally which has not always been the case with the michigan republican party and we will use every tool at our disposal to make sure that we are blocking these bills and that may include an alternative signature gathering process to protect the rights. >> lieutenant governor garlin gilchrist, we'll watch that issue and what's happening with co

let's talk more about the situation in michigan. joining me right now is the director of michigan's department of health and human services elizabeth hertell. we heard governor whitmer's call for the white house to send more vaccines to your state. is there any hope that you might get more vaccines? we know the biden administration has said more personnel from fema in the cdc will come to assist in contact tracing, but what about vaccines? >> good to see you, thank you for having me on this afternoon. we continue to have discussions with the white house and the federal government to make the case for surging vaccines to places that are seeing increases in case loads. michigan obviously is one of those states but in the interim we are planning for the additional assistance with the -- for vaccinators and contact tracing and will continue to plan out for that. >> and how will that help? >> we'll be able to utilize a lot of those resources in our higher put through sites, we have that fema site in detroit. we also have some other large

is it georgia, texas, or michigan? trick question, it's all of them. michigan is starting to stand out from the pack, not just for the particularly blatant voting restrictions that republicans in the state are trying to pass, but for how they are trying to pass them. right now, michigan state republicans have 39 different voting restriction bills in the state legislator. they have majority in both houses, so passing as many of those 39 bills as they want to shouldn't be a problem. republicans in michigan only control the state house and the state senate, unlike in georgia or texas, where they are in complete control of the government because they've got the governor on their side. you think that would present a problem for state republicans and their bills in michigan. democratic governor of michigan graduate moore has said she will veto any bill they pass that restricts voting rights. should be game over. that's how the government is supposed to work. the chairman of the republican party of michigan announced late last month that he's got a plan, it w

carter: born and raised in southeastern michigan, she graduated from michigan state university and has spent her entire adult life improving the agriculture sector. for the past 32 year, she has worked with the michigan blueberry growers association who represents 250 growers in eight states in british columbia. she's also been involved in advocacy at the state and national levels to promote an understanding of the labor and environmental challenges facing farmers. throughout her career she's gotten a number of awards and accomplishment including the weatherby award for the promotion and marking of blueberries. i want to thank lori for the work she's done for georgia blueberry growers and growers across the country. thank you, madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? >> i ask permission to speak for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. grothman: i rise in honor of the great burr nell trammel of milwaukee, wisconsin who owned expressman's j

you know, we want more people to vote in michigan. i want more people to vote in michigan. it makes the democratic process better. it makes our democracy stronger. but passing laws that make it more difficult for some people to vote, that is anti-voter and anti-democratic. >> so republicans are pushing these, you know, voter suppression laws all over the country. so what's the answer? can democrats do anything to stop it? what's the plan? >> well, this absolutely is a nationally coordinated anti-voter strategy. you've seen is in georgia. you've seen it in 47 states have had legislation introduced, and that includes the 39 bills introduced in the state of michigan. but, you know, i'm proud that the michigan -- excuse me -- the u.s. house of representatives has passed h.r. 1, the for the people act. and i'm calling on the senate to do the same so that it can be -- there can be federal protections for voters across the board so that the state laws can not work to undermine voting rights anywhere. >> lieutenant governor gilchrist, thank you so much for your time. i appreciate i

but, look at michigan, look at the shape of the graph in michigan. this is a graph of michigan's new cases per day. right now. look at that compared to the u.s. yeah. that steep red line shows the seven day average of new cases. as of yesterday, the seven day average in michigan is over 7,000 cases a day. approaching the worst it's been. and you can see how swiftly that number is rising. it has been rising since mid february and the incline is getting steeper over time and we all know what follows an increase in cases. you are seeing them rise to a dangerous level. they started to creep up in late february and it's bad enough now that hospitals in the detroit area are once again nearingfull capacity statewide in michigan. hospitals are at 92% capacity with that case number graph still rising that steeply. michigan is in a bad place. but, with the vaccine roll-out, nationwide, going great with more and more vaccines being delivered every week, with an ever increasing supply of vaccines available to the american people it would seem that the there's so

michigan is in a bad place. with the vaccine roll out going great and ever increasing supply available to the american people it would seem like there is something we can do to help a state in crisis like michigan is. we have been reporting on this since last week since the governor asked the government for extra vaccine doses to her state to help fight the spike in cases. vaccinated people, not only do they not get sick and die from covid, they don't get infected and spread the virus either. a place with out of control spread could really benefit from everybody getting vaccinated very quickly. and her call with president biden to make the request for more doses, for a second time last night. the president reportedly talked to governor whitmer about the federal government's plan to help michigan better administer the doses they had. the president told the governor that michigan will get more personnel to help administer the vaccines. but the coordinator of the white house coronavirus task force after reiterated

. >> what's happening in michigan today could be what's happening in other states tomorrow. >> all michigan residents 16 and older can now get vaccinated at sites like ford field here which administers about 5,000 shots every single day. that can't come soon enough, especially for younger children. the white house saying today, once approved by the f.d.a., kids are likely be able to get their shots at their pediatrician's office, norah. >> o'donnell: big change, mola, thank you. tonight, president biden says he's willing to negotiate on the size of his infrastructure and how to pay for it, this as he met with republican and democrat lawmakers in the oval office. deep disagreements about the contents and the definition of infrastructure. weijia jiang is at the white house, good evening. >> reporter: president biden met with the lawmakers but only a small fraction of the $2.3 trillion plan addresses traditional infrastructure like roads and bridges. they have criticized several items including $400 billion in medicaid spending and $200 billion for the electric car industry. even though mr. bi

dan kildee is a democrat from michigan. >>> well. coming up next, the sneaky way republicans in one state are trying to change the law to make it harder for people to vote. stay with us. us ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google, turn up the heat. ♪ ♪ ♪ you know that look? that life of the party look walk it off look one more mile look reply all look own your look... ...with fewer lines. there's only one botox® cosmetic. it's the only one... ...fda approved... ...to temporarily make frown lines... ...crow's feet... ...and forehead lines... ...look better. the effects of botox® cosmetic, may spread hours to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness may be a sign of a life-threatening condition. do not receive botox® cosmetic if you have a skin infection. side effects may include allergic reactions, injection site pain, headache, eyebrow, eyelid drooping, and eyelid swelling. tell your doctor about your medical history, muscle o

why are we seeing this wild surge in michigan and why right now? >> unfortunately, it's one of the states that has been hit hard by the b.1.1.7 variant, and that's the dominant variant in the united states right now, and michigan had the unluckiness to be the first to see this. it's a combination of that variant and people relaxing on mitigation measures before enough people have been vaccinated. they have been traveling and not wearing a mask or social distancing and have been indoor dining and all of the factors together have driven this surge. >> how concerned are you in the surge that it will continue to mutate, the virus will mutate into another and create another more dangerous variant than what we are seeing with the uk variant? >> this has been our concern all along, when you arrive the virus to spread it will mutate and you will have more variants emerge. i want to address some of the points made by the deputy white house press secretary as well as by the cardiologists, dr. jonathan reiner in the last hour. i think there's a real important

. >> what's happening in michigan today could be what's happening in other states tomorrow. >> all michigan residents 16 and older can now get vaccinated at sites like ford field here which administers about 5,000 shots every single day. that can't come soon enough, especially for younger children. the white house saying today once approved by the f.d.a., kids are likely be able to get their shots at their pediatrician's office, norah. >> o'donnell: big change, mola, thank you. tonight, president biden says he's willing to negotiate on the size of 'tis infrastructure 34r57b and how to pay for it, this as he met with republican and democrat lawmakers in the oval office. deep disagreements about the contents and the definition of infrastructure. weijia jiang is at the white house, good evening. >> reporter: president biden met with the lawmakers but only a small fraction of the $2.3 trillion plan arsdzs traditional infrastructure like roads and bridges. they have criticized several items including $400 billion in medicaid spending and $200 billion for the electric car industry. even though mr

jocelyn benson is michigan secretary of state, where she works to ensure that michigan elections are secure and accessible. jocelyn is the author of "state secretaries of state: guardians of the democratic process." the first major book on the role of the secretary of state in enforcing election and campaign finance laws. katie hobbs is the secretary of state from my home state of arizona. previously, katie served in the arizona house and in the senate as minority leader, and she now focuses on ensuring that arizona elections are secure and fair and efficient. josh shapiro was elected as pennsylvania's attorney general in 2016. josh previously served three terms in the pennsylvania state house and was twice elected to county commissioner in montgomery county. and matt masterson is a non-resident policy fellow with the stanford internet observatory. he recently served as senior cybersecurity advisor at the department of homeland security, where he focused on election security issues, and he also served on the u.s. election assistance commission. so thank you all for sharing some time

hospitalizations also going up in michigan. if you look at the red line there -- the red line there -- that's the number of inpatient adults in the hospital in michigan. you see how it's going up on the right side? that's now. that's the most recent surge. that number surging in a way we've seen happen time and time again. following a rise in cases, we get a rise in hospitalizations. what do we get after hospitalizations? deaths. deaths in the state of michigan also now on the rise. that same pattern as all the other surges. cases up, then hospitalizations up, then deaths up. well, here's something interesting. this week the governor of michigan, gretchen whitmer, asked the white house to help meet the surge in cases in her state with a new surge of vaccines to her state. in places where we have big snurjz cases, raises this interesting question. can we flood those zones with more vaccines than they might otherwise get? i mean, it makes sense, at least in layman's terms, in trying to get around the epidemic on the other side of

. >> cnn's pablo sandoval is in michigan. >> reporter: from covid-19 positivity rates not seen since the start of the pandemic to hospitalizations nearing december peak levels, it's not getting any better in the wolverine state. >> with pandemic fatigue and the unique challenge here in michigan with a very sort of anti-coronavirus movement with about half of our population, people who don't want to wear masks and don't want to distance, i think getting vaccine shots in arms is our ultimate defense. >> repeated calls from michigan leaders to the biden administration asking to increase the vaccine allotments have been not heard so far. >> we are asking for more help and more vaccines. >> hoping to help curb the rise in outbreaks, the governor asked people to skip indoor dining for the next two weeks. but these are only recommendations, insists the governor, not the mandated swe sweeping shutdowns from a year ago. >> what is happening in michigan today could be happening in other states tomorrow so it's on all of us to recognize if we could squash where we are seeing hot spots it's in e

if you look at the michigan data. i think it is prudent that the governor tapped the brakes or made recommendations to tap the brakes on extracurricular activities until they get over this surge infection. in most parts of the country, you can reopen schools and continue in lower prevalence of the virus. >> brennan: both the governor and the california superintendent were reluctant to mandate a covid vaccine for kids. why? you have to be vaccinated to go to school in most states. why should covid be any different? >> doctor: look, people have come to accept the other vaccines in the pediatric schedule, measles, mumps, rubella, flu vaccinations, i think this is novel. i think issues around covid have become a political aspect. they'll be reluctant to mandate because they know if they step into this debate and impose mandates, that will en ingender more opposition. if you see outbreaks, there will be pressure to mandate the vaccine. some communities are going to see fights among parents trying to influence local school

michigan, by far, is the worst. still, though, even in light of that today the white house confirmed again they're not planning to send an extra allocation of vaccines to michigan. that is what governor gretchen whit mer is asking for to try to get michigan crisis under control. the white how has said they'll send other resources to try to help but not additional vaccine supplies. >> when you have an acute situation, extraordinary number of cases like we have in michigan, the answer is not necessarily to give vaccine. in fact, we know that the vaccine will have a delayed response. the answer to that is to really close things down, to go back to our basics, to go back to where we were last spring, last summer, and to shut things down. to flatten the curve, to decrease contact with one another, to test to the extent that we have available, to contact trace. sometimes you can't even do it at the capacity that you need. but really what we need to do in those situations is shut things down. i think if we tried to vaccina

our first guess is michigan state senator, senator stephanie chang joining us from detroit michigan. senator chang, welcome. thank you for being with us. sen. chang: thanks for having me. >> it's good to see you, too. i wanted to go back to before. you were elected in 2014 to the michigan house. you were the first asian-american woman to do so, but i want to go back to before that, to your roots as a community organizer, and working with a civil rights icon. what influence did she have on the beginning of your career? >> i tell people that -- what was amazing was that grace and being around her in my first two years in detroit shaped a lot of who i am as well as my work as a community organizer and coalition builder. i would be a different person if i had lived anywhere else when i first moved to detroit.

of michigan. we have a collection of physicians, phd's in the history of medicine, and other scholars who try to understand how the profession of medicine and health care and disease has unfolded over the last many thousands of years. one of the great joys of doing that is to use those lessons to apply to the present. we've been doing that through the university of michigan, i think this is my 30th year at the university of michigan. i've been here a while doing that. host: it includes archival material including some posters like this one. it reads "parents of earth, are your children fully immunized?" where did this come from? dr. markel: i'm not seeing that poster right now so i can't look at it. there is a whole series of posters that go back from the early 20th century well into thewpa -- into the wpa project, so without looking at the poster it's hard to tell the exact era. this is been going on for about 100 years. host: what is a vaccine passport? what is its history? dr. markel: that's a

let's start with michigan and the surge in cases there. you just heard the report from evan, a senior administration official is reiterating to me tonight that more places are -- more help, i should say, is on the way to places like michigan, more vaccinators, 160 from fema, but not additional vaccines. what do you think about that? >> yeah, i think there is a rationale for surging or redistributing some of the vaccines to fish michigan but i very complicated. the variant is 65% of the isolates not only in michigan but throughout the northeast, including some of new england states, new york, new jersey and florida and now in texas. the question is is michigan just the tip. spear and other states are going to follow? and i think that's why the biden administration may be hesitant about throwing everything now at michigan because of the concern is then they'll just have to back pedal and go to the other states. the other consideration, which is kind of interesting, is new hampshire right now leads the country in the number of residents who h

howard markel with the university of michigan joining us from ann committee

hospitals are being inundated in michigan. i am not sure how you can have bars open and restaurants open, and at the same time have your icus full. so michigan needs to shut down. that's one thing they need do. governor whitmer has been reluctant to do that. we need to surge vaccine into michigan. and the bide has been reluctant to do that. think about it this way. every year during fire season when forest fires get out of control, we don't just leave the states to manage it as best they can. we surge fire fighting forces into those states. so michigan is on fire now. and we need to put that out. so they need more vaccine. and they need more vaccinators to extinguish the fire. we can do that. we have the ability to do that. it's time to do that, this week. >> it certainly seems like michigan is on fire right now. 18% of texans -- switching over to texans. they are fully vaccinated, according to the cdc. but i want you to listen to listen to something governor greg abbott said earlier today about herd immunity. let's listen. >>

hospitalizations also going up in michigan. if you look at the red line there -- the red line there -- that's the number of inpatient adults in the hospital in michigan. you see how it's going up on the right side? that's now. that's the most recent surge. that number surging in a way we've seen happen time and time again. following a rise in cases, we get a rise in hospitalizations. what do we get after hospitalizations? deaths. deaths in the state of michigan also on the rise. that same pattern as all the other surges. cases up, then hospitalizations up, then deaths up. well, here's something interesting. this week the governor of michigan, gretchen whitmer, asked the white house to help with the surge of cases in her state for a new surge of vaccines in her state. this raises an interesting question. can we flood those zones with more vaccines than they might otherwise get? i mean, it makes sense, at least in layman's terms, in trying to get around the epidemic on the other side of it. for two reasons, right? the risk of hav

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i just spoke with michigan lieutenant governor garland gilchrist. what do you think about what is happening in michigan? >> it's just as you said. there's -- there is a big surge, and i think it's probably a combination of pandemic fatigue, you know, loosening of -- of people's guard. insufficient vaccination. but, you know, despite -- despite that, you know, there is -- there's good news to talk about. you know, what we are seeing now is, out at six months with the pfizer vaccine, really great data showing that, out at six months, the efficacy of the vaccine remains above 91%. with very robust protection against severe illness. and almost-100% protection/effectiveness against the south african variant. so, we are seeing, you know, very good data from the pfizer vaccine. and what this means is, with renewed vaccinations around this country. with -- with -- with renewed enthusiasm, we can get ahold of this pandemic. >> you know, there is -- i -- i put on social media, how i got my shot. and it was -- i know, everyone doesn't have the same experience,

michigan was not. it was actually under reasonably good control under the leadership of governor whitmer, which has a lot of perverse effect leaving a lot of people vulnerable. unfortunately when it arrived if michigan, they found a lot more people vulnerable. i think it is a combination of factors. it is potentially what other states will deal with, if we don't get vaccine nations in good shape. but right now, it's michigan suffering the most. they 're the ones that need the help. >> some people just recoil, either from skepticism, i think, if you are looking at the right of our ideological spectrum or from fatigue, you look at ordinary people when you talk about a fourth surge? what is your point of view on a forged surge? is it definitely happening? >> first of all, i think we are seeing a little bit of a surge in a bunch of cases and michigan is the one where things are really tough. but everywhere else, where we see a surge, it's moderate. i think the good news is we're not going to see anything l

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this is the daily new coronavirus cases in michigan. right now, there are dozens of states that are having case numbers spike across the country but michigan is by far the worst. still though, even in light of that the white house confirmed again that they're not planning to send an extra allocation of vaccines to michigan. that's what governor gretchen whitmer is asking for to try to get the crisis under control. the white house said they will send other resources to michigan to try to help, but not additional vaccines. >> when you have an acute situation, extraordinary number of cases like we have in michigan the answer is not necessarily to give vaccine. in fact, we know we have a delayed response. the answer to that is to really close things down, to go back to our basics, to go back to where we were last spring, last summer and to shut things down. to flatten the curve, to decrease contact with one another. to test the extent that we have available and to contact trace and sometimes they can't even do it to the capacity that you ne

it's not the same story in michigan. the infection rate has risen by 18 times, 18% in the past few days, and that's what's going on in the headlines of this pandemic this weekend. we're seeing good news on the vaccine, but also scary news in places like michigan. >> a record high, 4.6 million covid-19 doses reported administered in the u.s. in one day on saturday. according to data published by the cdc. the previous record was just over 4 million. last saturday. in michigan, governor gretchen whitmer has been pleading for more federal government assistance including more vaccine doses. 160 additional fema vaccinators are on their way to michigan as the state grapples with a rise in covid-19 cases. a senior biden administration official told cnn. meanwhile, some michigan hospitals are delaying and rescheduling non-emergency procedures as a last resort, amid that virus surge. the michigan health and hospital association says. as more transmissible variants spread across the u.s., emergency rooms are seeing an up tick in ca

michigan was not. it was actually under reasonably good control under the leadership of governor whitmer, which has a lot of perverse effect leaving a lot of people vulnerable. unfortunately when it arrived in michigan, they found a lot more people vulnerable. i think it is a combination of factors. it is potentially what other states will deal with, if we don't get vaccinations in good shape. but right now, it's michigan suffering the most. they 're the ones that need the help. >> some people just recoil, either from skepticism, i think, if you are looking at the right of our ideological spectrum or from fatigue, you look at ordinary people when you talk about a fourth surge? what is your point of view on a forged surge? is it definitely happening? >> first of all, i think we are seeing a little bit of a surge in a bunch of cases and michigan is the one where things are really tough. but everywhere else, where we see a surge, it's moderate. i think the good news is we're not going to see anything like

should states like michigan have stronger guidance? should we be looking at a pause, in restaurants, or guidance to stay out of indoor dining? should that be coming from the state? does the cdc have any plans, or are you considering stronger guidance that when the numbers are spiking like they are, especially with the possibility of vaccines and being in this race feeling like we are close but falling behind. i am wondering if there should be more aggressive guidance. dr. walensky: as i mentioned we have been in close touch. our guidance on youth sports is pretty articulate with regard to substantial or high transmission and the activity should be happening outdoors and more than six feet apart. in the context of that testing should happen at least twice a week if these are high risk sports. we are pretty clear on the guidance and we have been working with the state. i would advocate for stronger mitigation strategies as you note to decrease the community activity and ensure mask wearing , and we are working closely with the state to t

now it's all adults in the state of michigan. those numbers are certainly alarming when you see the 8,000 jump from 6,000. that was the previous record that we had reported which was the previous high from december. a 2,000 people jump when it comes to the actual case number is unfathomable. i spoke with the health and human services department this morning about the goals with vaccinations to tamp down this latest spike. listen to what she told me. >> our goal is to vaccinate 100,000 michiganders a day. what we'd like to do here is equitably vaccination at least 70% of individuals who want to receive a vaccine. we know that they work and we know it's the way that we can quickly get back to what we think normal will be in the future. >> reporter: all right. so big picture is that the supply has to be there. so governor whitmer has requested from the white house more. they just do not have enough here in the state of michigan. the white house has granted that. they will now get some 625,000 doses here in michigan this week. that i

host: the documentary also addresses the plot to kidnap michigan governor grisham -- michigan governor gretchen whitmer. i want to show you a segment and ask you your response. [video clip] >> police arrested 14 militia members and charge them with the plot to kidnap mitch and governor -- michigan governor whitmer, try them and potentially execute her for treason. >> we had a big problem with the governor, you know who i'm talking about, from michigan. >> four months, trump have been reeling against the governor and her restrictions. >> you have to get your governor to open up your state. lock them all up. >> the kidnapping plot against the governor was a shocking escalation in tactics. not long after the arrests, i went to michigan to investigate. the fbi identified the militia behind the plot as the wolverine watchman. their social media is full of boogaloo iconography and law enforcement connected them to militia members in four states. among the people arrested for the kidnapping plot were joe morrison and his father-in-law, the founders of the wolverine watchman. also arrested was

michigan among the places hardest hit. tonight, the governor pleading with the white house for additional vaccine. but this evening, the head of the cdc saying sending more vaccine is not the immediate solution, suggesting michigan should, in her words, close things down. abc's eva pilgrim from dearborn tonight. >> reporter: tonight, an alarming rise in coronavirus cases now rivaling last summer's surge. deaths now creeping up, too. doctors in michigan warning the vrus there is burning like a wildfire. >> we're still seeing patients in critical condition. we're still seeing patients that are ending up on ventilators. >> reporter: the crush of covid patients now forcing several michigan hospitals to pause elective surgeries. the governor is pleading for more vaccine. >> if we could get more vaccines in arms. >> reporter: more resources are on the way to michigan,but the white house covid team today pushing back, saying a whack-a-mole approach with the vaccine supply won't work. >> the answer is not necessarily to give vacci

this is the daily new coronavirus cases in michigan. right now, there are dozens of states that are having case numbers spike across the country but michigan is by far the worst. still though, even in light of that the white house confirmed again that they're not planning to send an extra allocation of vaccines to michigan. that's what governor gretchen whitmer is asking for to try to get the crisis under control. the white house said they will send other resources to michigan to try to help, but not additional vaccines. >> when you have an acute situation, extraordinary number of cases like we have in michigan the answer is not necessarily to give vaccine. in fact, we know we have a delayed response. the answer to that is to really close things down, to go back to our basics, to go back to where we were last spring, last summer and to shut things down. to flatten the curve, to decrease contact with one another. to test the extent that we have available and to contact trace and sometimes they can't even do it to the capacity that you ne

the other thing that we have heard from including the governor of the state of michigan recognizing that the next weeks and perhaps months could be extremely tough, and that why she is hoping to increase the amount of vaccines that the doses arriving here in the state of michigan to cover more ground, and last week, she went to expand the goal of vaccinating about 50,000 to 100,000 people a day, but the governor is saying that she needs more of those doses, and so far, it seems that she is not getting that from the biden administration. take a listen. >> i am concerned, because i believe as do a number of the public health experts that we really should be surging vaccines to the states experiencing serious outbreaks. the biden administration does have a strategy, and by and large, it is working. as should be expected though in an undertaking of this magnitude, there are shortcomings, and different points of view. >> so what you are hearing there from the governor is that perhaps there is some assistance coming from the federal government. it is not perhaps exactly what she would like to

but in places like michigan, kr covid-19 is spreading faster than it has in months. many hospitals nearing capacity. >> in trinity health, michigan, we have about 33 people on ventilators related to covid. >> reporter: the governor asking the white house to prioritize him for vaccines. >> we are seeing surge in michigan, despite the fact we have some of the strongest policies in place, max mandate, capacity limits, working from home we've asked our state for a two-week pause and that's why we're really encouraging them to think abou surging vaccinations into the state of michigan. i'm going continue to fight for the people of michigan. >> reporter: some health experts worry if increased hot spots could increase the variants. >> if we don't reach that herd immunity, the virus is going to continue to mutate, and we may eventually end up with a variant in the united states and in michigan that won't be as responsive to the vaccine. >> reporter: but the white house is sticking to its plan of allocating vaccines according to population >> now is not the time to change cou

another question on michigan vaccine allocation. is that accurate to say that as of today, the overriding morsel -- overriding or soul factor in -- or sole factor in determining state-by-state allocation is still population? given what's going on in michigan, and the fact that there's excess supply in other states, if not now, is there a time when you would consider tweaking that formula? or even targeting specifically the j&j vaccines? really any change in approach? andy: thank you for the question. it's a smart question. clearly, there are phases that we will go through overtime with this virus. to answer the question, generally, we have a long way to go to get the country to a place where each of our states has reached the number of vaccinations the population can handle. by and large today, we are still allocating vaccines based upon population. clearly, we will get to a place where targeted strategies will work. right now, we are doing both. i will give you an example. community health centers will now be able to order vaccines

the michigan health and hospital association says. as more transmissible variants spread across the u.s., emergency rooms are seeing an up tick in cases among younger adults, many of whom who have not been vaccinated. the fda is considering pfizer's request to expand its vaccine. >> the b.1.1.7 variant is affecting teenagers. the data looks really good. >> the fda is aware of reports of blood clots in some individuals who received the johnson & johnson covid-19 vaccine. the agency told cnn in a statement on saturday. the agency said the data will inform whether or not regulatory action is needed. >> what's important is has that increase from the baseline compared to what we're administering for the johnson & johnson vaccine, right now, the benefits certainly outweigh the risks but more information will hopefully come out to the general public. >> reporter: the vaccine developed by johnson & johnson sub seco subs subsidia subs subsidiary. >> the fda, and cdc are looking into the situation, what are we seeing, are these consistent with

several states are seeing alarming trends, including michigan. that state has now reported the second highest number of u.k. variant cases. let's start right there. cnn's polo sandoval is following latest from michigan where they're seeing that additional surge. polo. >> victor and amara, good morning to you, pews were mostly empty in the country in the early stage of the pandemic. you have churches across the country and here in detroit that are preparing to hold in-person easter services because of that incredible increase in covid numbers here in immichigan. i can tell you many faith leaders in this part of the country, requiring masks, continuing with social distancing to make sure that worshippers can at least come to services in relative safety. >> that's coming, jim, trust me. it's coming. >> the nation's top infectious disease expert telling cnn's jim acosta, the country is slowly but surely heading towards normalcy. dr. anthony fauci says the promise with 4 million doses being administered friday alone, a record reporting day tweeted the

and so, we can do so much more than what we did in michigan. and this is what the american jobs plan is all about. i feel so happy for america that we have a president who wants to invest in our country, and in our workers, and in our manufacturing. and so to me, the fact that there is out there globally, a $23 trillion market for clean energy products, for products that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, is a massive opportunity for this country. and you better believe that other countries are seeing that opportunity, as well. and our economic competitors are working to corner the market on those opportunities. countries like china are pressing their foot on the pedal and revving up their electric engines. and they are thrilled to see that the united states is standing still, while they are working to create jobs for their people. after i was finished being governor, i traveled to china to see their clean energy efforts. it was with a group, and we went to a city, and i was standing next to the mayor of the city in china. and during a demon

nearly two dozen michigan hospitals are 90% of capacity and officials in michigan want the biden administration to surge vaccines to the state but lansing and the white house aren't exactly in sync. >> we are seeing a surge because of these variants. that's precisely why we're encouraging them to think about surging vaccines into the state of michigan. >> vaccine doses administers how we're going to get through this. it means responding differently. and right now the most need is in the state of michigan. >> we have to do this in a fair an equitable way. we're in the middle of this process. we have -- we still are in the middle of it. we have a lot more people to vaccinate and so we're offering personnel help. you mentioned the federal help that we're bringing down to michigan to help with, to be vaccinators. >> nationally covid deaths continue to fall. last week the case numbers and hospitalizations are leading indicators those -- president biden's deadline to make all adults eligible for vaccine is one week away but distribution of j&j will fall 84% this week. with some of the manufacturing p

. >>> life at the end of the tunnel is looking dim in michigan. the state is seeing a surge of coronavirus cases. the governor, gretchen whittmer is relying on personal responsibility to stop the spread asking but not mandating that people stay indoors. the situation in michigan is a reality check for other states that could soon be the new hot spot as vaccination rates go up and precaution goes down. paul sandoval has more from detroit. >> reporter: if ever there was a critical time to double down on coronavirus protective measures in the state of michigan it is aright now. from covid-19 positivity rates not seen since the start of the pandemic to hospitalizations nearing december peak levels, it is not getting any better in the wolverine state. >> with pandemic fatigue, the unique challenge here in michigan of a very sort of anti-coronavirus movement with about half of our population, people who don't want to wear masks, don't want to distance, i think getting vaccine shots in arms is our ultimate defense. >> reporter: repeated calls from michig

michigan will continue doing that. >> governor gretchen whitmer, democrat from michigan, we're all hoping that we see this michigan case count get lower. i know you are, too. thanks for coming on and sharing your perspective. >> thank you. >>> when we come back, the panel joins us on policing and guns after another mass shooting. on friday in indianapolis. in fact, meet the eight victims of that shooting. oting. did you know that every single flush flings odors onto your soft surfaces? then they get release back into the air, so you smell them later. ew right? that's why febreze created small spaces. press firmly and watch it get to work. unlike the leading cone, small spaces continuously eliminates odors in the air and on surfaces. so they don't come back for 45 days. just imagine what it can do with other odors. >>> welcome back. the panel i >>> welcome back. the panel is with us. nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen welker, eddie glaude of princeton university, anna palmer with "punchbowl news" and senior editor of "the dispatch," david french. eddie, this is how "the new y

one state seeing an alarming surge in cases, michigan. that's where we find cnn's polo sandoval this morning. so, officials say the virus is spreading the most among children? >> reporter: yeah, victor, and when you talk about that surge, officials here in michigan do fear that they're already experiencing that surge, especially when you consider those numbers here. now, granted, they are not as high as we saw in december when the average number of cases reached at one point about 1,000. but nonetheless, about month and a half ago, about 1,000 new days cases a day. right now, 5800 here in the state of michigan certainly concerning for the officials here. >> reporter: first, the promising news, the number of people that administered at least one dose, 100 million yesterday. shots going into arms at the average of 3 million a day touts the white house. the cdc is also out with much anticipated guidance saying roughly 18% of americans that are fully vaccinated should feel safe while traveling, eliminating some quarantine recommendations and