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James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:54 P.M. EST      MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Okay, I don’t want to disappoint you, but I have no toppers today.  (Laughter.)  Sorry to disappoint all of you. Darlene, would you like to kick us off? Q    Yes, ma’am.  Thank you.  I wanted to follow up on your tweet…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:50 P.M.  EST MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Okay, a couple things at the top.  Mondays, there’s always a lot to report.  I’m sure you feel that way.  Later today, the President, the First Lady, the Vice President, and the Second Gentleman will mark the solemn milestone of 500,000 American…

Via Teleconference 10:37 A.M. EDT ACTING ADMINISTRATOR SLAVITT:  Good morning.  Thank you for joining us.  Today, we’re joined by Drs. Walensky and Fauci.  But let me begin by offering an update on our vaccination rollout. We continue to be encouraged by the pace of vaccinations in this country with three approved vaccines: Pfizer, Moderna, and…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:25 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  There’s a lot of pink in this room today.  (Laughter.)  Zeke — Zeke and Mary are going to the prom together.  (Laughter.)  Well, you know. Okay, just one item for all of you at the top. On Monday, the President will join…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:13 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Okay, just one item for all of you at the top.  And I just have a hard out at five of, but I think we can get around to everybody in the room. Today, the President spoke with the New York City mayor,…

12:05 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Hey, everybody.  Happy 100 Days.  I’m going to start with something at the top here for folks.  The key components of the American Families Plan that the President unveiled last night are incredibly popular because they deliver for the American people.  Fifty-eight percent of Americans support universal pre-K.  Fifty-eight percent…

Via Teleconference  12:34 P.M. EDT MR. ZIENTS:  Well, thank you for joining us today.  Today we’ll get a state-of-the-pandemic update from Dr. Walensky, and Dr. Fauci will highlight the latest science.  But first, I want to start with the important announcement the President made yesterday.  We reached our 100 million shots goal in just 58…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:55 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Sorry, I think I jumped the two-minute gun.  I was just excited to see you all on St. Patrick’s Day.  Okay, a couple of items for all of you at the top.  Today, we wanted to highlight the strong unemployment claim data…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:42 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  All right.  Hello.  Hello.  Okay, just a couple of items for you at the top.  Today we learned that last week’s initial unemployment claims fell to another pre-pandemic low, down below 300,000 for the first time in almost 20 months.  The four-week average similarly…