It's Friday, March 26th. I'm Heila Hughes.

And I'm Gideon Ressick and this is what the day a podcast no one is advised to listen to while operating a boat in the Suez Canal.

Yeah, for sure. You know, maybe just put on something more chill like smooth jazz or maybe just some boat directions, I guess.

Yeah, but whatever you do, do not fall asleep.

On today's show, a tense overnight standoff in Los Angeles between protesters and police over the clean out of a homeless encampment.

Then some headlines. But first the latest. We will buy my 100th day in office, have administered 200 million shots in people's arms.

So that was president Biden yesterday who doubled his original vaccine target during the first press conference of his presidency.

He touched on a lot of different things during questions and answers that went over an hour from voting rights to the F word we use most often, the filibuster.

So, Gideon, let's start with that bit about vaccines because it sounds like a huge success. But what should people know, especially it's still waiting in line?

He has a first off here, you know, Biden has been really careful with his promises about normality, vaccines, etc. And this was another example, right? His original goal, 100 million shots and 100 days.

Super, super catchy, but it was actually underselling what the administration wanted and truly needed to do.

Doing the math now, the CDC says that about 133 million shots are in people's arms so far.

Yeah, we are just over halfway into Biden's first 100 days, which basically means we were already on track to hit 200 million.

So this was another example of Biden kind of trying not to over promise anything until it becomes clear to people, you can actually raise the expectations.

But if you're out there still waiting to get even your first shot, the news is that the country is probably on track still for enough doses for all adults by the end of May.

Oh, that sounds awesome. But also, it could be in just a few days, depending on where you are.

So this week, governors from all over are like, Oprah, there's like, you know, you get a vaccine, you get a vaccine.

Don't lie on my show, but get a vaccine. I'm just thinking of Oprah. Thanks.

Yeah, yeah, that's exactly what all the governors are saying. It's crazy. You knew word for word. But yeah, so May is at the latest for things opening.

Remember, it's also going to take some time to get to everyone once that happens. We are at just 14% fully vaccinated at this point.

Shots are already accessible to people 16 and older and places like Mississippi and Utah.

But it was just announced that that same demo in Minnesota can get a vaccine by this coming Tuesday while in California, it's April 15th.

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