President Biden touts “shots in arms and money in pockets”; Growing number of Dems ask Biden to make urgent changes at border; NYC mayor: Cuomo scandals “making it harder to get things done”; CDC: 1 in 5 Americans has gotten at least one vaccine dose;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

Biden announces former economic official Gene Sperling will lead implementation of $1.9T stimulus package; Biden, Harris & spouses sell stimulus on “help is here tour”; Biden: local doctors, leaders would be more effective at convincing skeptical Americans about vaccine than Trump; CNN poll: 46% of republicans say they will not try to get a vaccine; Ex-Trump testing czar: Trump and Pence should tell supporters to get a vaccine; U.S. averaging 2.4 million vaccine doses administered per day; Some Trump-era CDC guidance was not grounded in science and free from undue influence, agency review finds; Ex-Trump testing czar: Biden has done some “very good things” but built on “foundations” from Trump admin;

Migrants describe dire situation at southern border, including packed facilities full of mothers & children; Migrants entering U.S. say they slept under a bridge while waiting for transportation to an immigration facility; Lawyers: kids detained at overcrowded Texas shelter are “distraught” and haven’t been able to contact their parents; WH pressed on why Biden is touring U.S. to promote COVID relief deal but hasn’t visited southern border; Psaki won’t call border surge a “crisis” or “disaster”; Sen. Johnson says capitol rioters didn’t scare him, but BLM protesters would;

Majority of NY congressional leadership call for Cuomo to resign, Biden and Pelosi do not; Reports: Gov. Cuomo’s vaccine czar called NY county officials to gauge loyalty; Cuomo accuser meets with investigators for more than four hours; Two men charged in assault of U.S. capitol police officer Brian Sicknick, who died in January 6 attack; DOJ: two men seen on body cams spraying a toxic chemical at three officers including Sicknick;

Positive signs in fighting COVID: daily cases, deaths decline as CDC says 1 in 5 are at least partially vaccinated; Maskless spring break crowds threaten pandemic progress; CDC considering changing guidelines for physical distancing at schools from six feet to three feet; Spain, Italy, Germany, France join countries pausing AstraZeneca vaccines; CDC Dir: U.K. variant will be dominant in the U.S. in weeks;
Generation of Syrian children scarred by 10 years of war; Young girl lost leg after bomb explosion near her Syrian home; Many Syrian children babies sick, malnourished after years of bombings, poverty and now pandemic; Prize winning physics teacher dies of coronavirus;

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