| President Biden has met his goal of 100 million shots much earlier than 100 days; tensions are rising between Biden and Vladimir Putin. Tonight's Sentences was written by Gabby Birenbaum. | | | | | | | | | | | Drew Angerer/Getty Images | | - President Joe Biden promised that 100 million vaccines would be administered to Americans by his 100th day in office. He has already reached that goal on Day 58. [NBC News / Lauren Egan]
- Under President Trump, the nation was vaccinating about 1 million people per day, making Biden's original goal relatively tame. Under the Biden administration, as the Johnson & Johnson vaccine has been approved and distribution has picked up, about 2.5 million shots are being administered per day. [Politico / Brianna Ehley]
- Sixty-five percent of seniors — people 65 and over — have received at least one dose, with 36 percent fully vaccinated. The president said continuing to vaccinate teachers and essential workers will be important in the month to come before the vaccine becomes more widely available. [CBS News / Kathryn Watson]
- The seven-day case average is currently 55,740 cases — the lowest it has been since early October. But with Europe experiencing a third wave, Biden emphasized Americans need to continue to wear masks and follow social distancing guidelines. [The Washington Post / Erin Cunningham, Paulina Firozi, and Paulina Villegas]
- There are still some notable causes for concern in the vaccination campaign, which is now turning to confidence challenges rather than distribution or supply. More than a third of frontline health care workers, for example, have not gotten the vaccine because they do not feel confident in it. [USA Today / Elinor Aspegren and Adrianna Rodriguez]
- Vaccine confidence also remains relatively low among supporters of former President Donald Trump. He endorsed the vaccine — albeit uninspiringly — saying he recommends his supporters get it while also affirming "our freedoms." [NPR / Alana Wise]
- In total, more than 115 million doses of the vaccine have been administered to 75 million Americans. [Live Science / Nicoletta Lanese]
- The US will also send 2.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines to Mexico and 1.5 million to Canada. The US has come under criticism for holding onto the AstraZeneca vaccines, which have not been approved for American use, while other regions of the world lag in access to vaccines. [CNN / Eliza Mackintosh]
| | | Biden and Putin trade barbs | | - Tensions are high between the US and Russia after President Biden agreed that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is "a killer" in an interview. Putin replied that, "It takes one to know one." [The Guardian / Theo Herz and Luke Harding]
- Putin is apparently furious over Biden's remark. Russia has recalled its ambassador to the US and has made vague threats to respond if Biden does not apologize or rescind the remark, which press secretary Jen Psaki has said he does not regret. [The New York Times / Anton Troianovski]
- Russia was found to have interfered in the 2020 election with the hope of helping former President Trump prevail over Biden. Biden has promised Russia will pay for this attack, without getting into specifics. His administration has tightened some sanctions on Russia over their jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. [CNN / Anna Chernova, Zahra Ullah, and Rob Picheta]
- Several senior officials in the Russian government used harsh words to describe Biden, remarking on his age and saying he must have dementia. Putin, meanwhile, said he hoped to arrange a call with Biden in the next few days. [The Associated Press / Vladimir Isachenkov and Matthew Lee]
- Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's authoritarian president, also weighed in on the conflict, calling Biden's words "unacceptable." Biden has previously criticized Erdogan as well. [Al Jazeera]
| | | | | | | | | [The Hill / Nathaniel Weixel] - Amazon and the NFL struck a $10 billion deal to bring Thursday Night Football to Amazon Prime exclusively for 10 years. [Recode / Peter Kafka]
- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) had a dartboard with a photo of frequent foe New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) in the pool house of the governor's mansion, according to former staffer Lindsey Boylan. [Intelligencer / Nia Prater]
- Gonzaga was the most-picked team to win the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament in ESPN's Tournament Challenge, with over 35 percent of the over 10 million users picking the Bulldogs to win. [ESPN / Tom Carpenter]
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