hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom." and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, a new coronavirus vaccine will be headed into arms across america. we will look at how it compares to the others. donald trump teases a 2024 presidential run in a live speech to a group of adoring conservatives. and the biden administration is set to unveil changes to its saudi policy.

it follows a damning report about the grisly murder of journalist jamal khashoggi . good to have you with us. some welcome news in the coronavirus fight. a third vaccine is ready for use across the united states after clearing the centers for disease control. cdc director rochelle wallensky signed off on the johnson & johnson shot after a panel voted to recommend it on sunday. at first glance, it isn't as effective as the pfizer, biontech and moderna vaccines, but it was 86% effective in preventing severe illness and 72% effective at preventing moderate illness in u.s. trials. and perhaps the most important stat, it was 100% effective at

preventing covid fatalities. no one who got the vaccine during the trial died from the disease. and while some may still hesitate over the numbers, dr. anthony fauci says you should get the shot as fast as you can. >> if i were not vaccinated now and i had a choice of getting a j&j vaccine now or waiting for another vaccine, i would take whatever vaccine would be available to me as quickly as possible for the simple reason of what i said a moment ago. we want to get as many people vaccinated as quickly and as expeditiously as possible. >> the life-saving vaccine could start going into arms as soon as this week. cnn's jacqueline howard has more on the expected roll-out. >> reporter: now that the johnson & johnson vaccine is authorized here in the united states and the cdc recommends it, what happens next is the official roll-out of the third

covid-19 vaccine here in the united states. and here's what that roll-out plan looks like. johnson & johnson says it has 3.9 million doses ready to go. those doses will be allocated to states, retail pharmacy, federally qualified health centers, and community vaccine centers. now this vaccine can be stored at normal refrigerator temperatures for three months, and it requires only one dose. cdc director dr. rochelle walensky says in a statement, quote, it is easy to transport and store and allows for expanded availability in most community settings and mobile sites as supplies scales up. now we can expect to see this vaccine being distributed and administered. back to you. >> dr. carlos del rio joins me now. he is an executive associate dean at the emory university

school of medicine. thank you for talking with us and for all that you do. >> delighted to talk to you. >> so the cdc has signed off on the johnson & johnson single dose vaccine, authorizing its use and of course now giving the u.s. three highly effective vaccines. some people are suggesting, though, that they would prefer one of the other two, moderna or pfizer because their efficacy is higher. what would you say to them? >> i think the one thing to know is that they're -- the three of them are very good vaccines, otherwise the fda and the cdc would not have done the approvals. i think it's hard to compare those vaccines. they were tested at different times. they were tested against different strains in different parts of the world. i am very impressed with the results of the johnson & johnson vaccine. it's very effective in preventing severe disease and preventing death, and that to me is really what matters. >> and johnson & johnson says the company plans to start testing its vaccine on adolescents next week.

when they do that, when might that vaccine be available for kids do you think? >> i suspect some time in the fall. we will have not only that vaccine, but probably also moderna and pfizer will also be available for younger kids some time in the fall. >> all right. that's really good news. covid-19 hospitalizations have fallen to less than 50,000 for the first time since early november. but that's still around the same level as last summer's surge. and now we are learning from the cdc that recent declines in covid cases may be stalling. how significant is all of this? and how careful do we still need to be? >> i am very concerned and i think we still need to be careful. cases are going well. cases are dropping with the vaccine rolling out and reaching a higher percentage of the population. i think we'll be in a much better place this summer, but we still need to be careful at this point in time. the last thing we need is yet another surge this summer. >> right.

and, you know, when do you think we will be at the point where those who want a covid vaccine will be able to get one easily without this scramble for appointments and lining up for vaccinations? >> you know, i think some time in may. look, you look at what states are doing. i think in may or june, everybody will be available to get a vaccine at this point in time. >> dr. carlos del rio, many thanks for joining us and explaining a lot of this to us. we appreciate it. >> delighted to be with you. >> for the first time since leaving office, donald trump was back before a crowd of supporters on sunday, this time speaking at the conservative political action conference in florida. and the former u.s. president's script was familiar. full of the same lines and lies about the election. our jim acosta has the details now from orlando. >> reporter: former president donald trump closed out this

year's cpac with a speech that was filled with one lie after another there, but is no falsehood bigger than the big lie he has been telling since november 3rd, insisting he won the election which is not the case. he went after the supreme court, scolding the justices and went after the republican lawmakers who voted to impeach him, urging his voters to throw them out of office the next time they're up for reelection. here is more of what trump had to say. >> we have a very sick and corrupt electoral process that must be fixed immediately. this election was rigged. i stand before you today to declare that the incredible journey we begun together, we went through a journey like nobody else's. there has never been a journey like it there has never been a journey so successful. we began it together four years ago, and. this alone should be reason enough for democrats to suffer withering losses in the midterms

and to lose the white house decisively four years from now. actually, as you know, they just lost the white house. but it's one of those. we're not starting new parties. you know, they kept saying he's going to start a brand-new party. we have the republican party. it's going to unite and be stronger than ever before. i am not starting a new party. wouldn't that be brilliant? let's start a new party and let's divide our vote so that you can never win. no, we're not interested in that. >> and trump teased the possibility that he may run for president once again in 2024, but said he will not do so with another political party or a party that he may start on his own, telling the crowd at cpac that he remains a republicans. jim acosta, cnn, orlando. and some trump supporters who turned out to hear the former president speak are still embracing his election lies. cnn's donie o'sullivan caught up

with a few of them in orlando. >> reporter: why are you here? >> i'm here to support president trump. hopefully he is going to announce that he is going to be running for 2024. also, i hope that i would see him be more vulnerable so that people can see who he really is. maybe tell people how he feels about the election. not too much to focus on that it was stolen, but it was sad some of the things happened this and we need to move forward as a country. >> reporter: do you think it will be helpful if he stays focusing on these false claims that the election was stolen? >> well, they're not false claims, but unfortunately we have not proven in the court. so i don't want him to focus on that, because people will tune him out. i want him to focus on the future. >> we're here because i love president trump. 80 million americans support president trump in this election. we feel like the election was stolen from us. >> reporter: do you think it's important for trump today to come out and to condemn the january 6 insurrection? >> i'm not convinced that that

was started by -- you see how peaceful we are. i'm not convinced because there has been no actual investigation done yet. it just was assumed that it was us. >> but all the trump supporters that have been arrested by the fbi, indicted. >> the fbi is a little iffy right now? do you not the fbi has their problems? >> but, like, is there any -- you don't trust the election officials. >> nope. >> you don't trust the fbi. >> nope. >> you don't trust the courts. >> nope. >> who do you trust? >> trump and his supporters and anybody that has when i listen to them talk, they don't turn my michigan stomach with the disingenuousness. >> and larry s sabato joins me now. always great to have you with us. >> thank you. >> donald trump reemerged

persisting with his election lie. the reality is he lost the house. he lost the senate, he lost the presidency. in his four years in office, he can't bring himself to say it outloud, but republicans must realize surely, why would they want a loser who laid a deadly insurrection on his own government leading their party? >> that's a great question. the people at cpac by and large are in his cult. they've all had a gallon or two of the kool aid by now. so they're not going to defect from him under any circumstances. and probably just as senator mitt romney said the other day, trump, if he runs will probably get the republican nomination. but trump has fallen considerably with independents, unaligned voters, people who were once willing to consider him, they no longer are. and that would hurt him badly in a general election. >> it was very interesting. there was a cpac straw poll of

attendee, and they showed that trump attracted 55% support as choice for the 2024 republican presidential nominee. florida's governor ron desantis got 21 support, and other names received only single digit support. but if the party was united as trump claims it is, shouldn't he have received closer to 100% support? >> i was surprised that it was just 55. now 55 is nothing to sneeze at. it is a solid majority, and we need to remember he won the republican nomination in 2016 during the competitive part with just 38% of the vote. so understanding that he has solid majority support, this is his base. and i would have thought it would have been 70% or higher. so we'll have to watch this. >> and of course the big news was trump saying he will not be starting a new party. he was very keen on that idea at first, although he is not admitting it. what do you think changed his

mind? >> it's too much trouble. donald trump is not a detail person. anybody who has worked for him will tell you that. the democrats and republicans have created state laws that make it very difficult for the pie to be split into three or four. they don't welcome additional parties. and i think trump fillinged that out, and he thinks he has the clout to control the republicans, and he may well. >> we'll see. i want to talk about president joe biden and his administration. it's defending its decision not to directly punish the sawedly crown prince for his direct role in ordering the gruesome murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. biden had previously promised to be tough and hold the saudis accountable and responsible, but he hasn't done that, and why? what might the consequences be of that reversal? >> it's relatively easy to make pledges on the campaign trail. it's carrying them out once you actually have the responsibility

to govern. and i think this is a perfect example and one that biden always knew was going to be difficult. he'll get a loft criticism for it. not just republicans, but democrats will criticize him for it. i can see why he has done what he did. it's a no-win situation. so maybe something will change as we go forward. he'll be able to decisive action. an incomplete or maybe a failing grade at this point on this issue. >> interesting. we'll watch to see what the consequences of that are. larry sabato, always great to get your analysis. many thanks. >> thank you so much, rosemary. calls are growing for an outside investigation into sexual harassment claims against new york governor andrew cuomo. two former aides of the three-determine democrat have come forward the allegations. one of the women says in 2018,

cuomo kissed her on the lips after a one-on-one briefing. in his latest statement released sunday, cuomo said, and i'm quoting him directly here, i acknowledge some of the things i have said have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation. to the extent anyone felt that way, i am truly sorry about that. to be clear, i never inappropriately touched anybody, and i never propositioned anybody. and i never intended to make anyone feel uncomfortable. these are allegations "the new yorker"s deserve answers to. cuomo says he has asked for an outside review of the claims. and coming up here on "cnn newsroom," people in myanmar are remembering those clkilled in a deadly crackdown over the weekend. what we're learning about the massacre and the fate of aung san suu kyi. that's ahead. plus another pro-democracy movement in asia faces a tough test as dozens of hong kong

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this pro-democracy protest in bangkok, thailand turned violent on sunday as police and demonstrators clashed. a local medical center says at least one police officer was killed. officers were also among more than a dozen reported injuries. police used water cannon and tear gas to push back protesters who marched toward a military base where prime minister residence. for months a youth-led movement has been calling for massive reforms in thailand. they're demanding the prime minister's resignation, the dissolution of parliament and reforms to the monarchy. that's just one example of how demonstrators are letting the world see how serious they are. pro-democracy protesters in myanmar are marching again despite a bloody police crackdown over the weekend.

the u.n. report reports 18 people did and a dozen more wounded. it was the deadliest since the military coup one month ago. innian n nian -- aung san s appeared before a court hearing just a short time ago. ivan watson joins me now from hong kong. good to see you, ivan. what is the latest on these protests a day after the ledley crackdown, and what more are you learning about aung san suu kyi's court appearance? >> well, it does feel like a turning point because almost a month after the coup, when you had some four straight weeks of protests, there seems to have been a real turning point on sunday in the level of the violence directed against the demonstrators with the united nations human rights office estimating that at least 18

people were killed, dozens injured. and if you take a look at the map of where the u.n. says this deadly violence took place, it's an indicator that there appears to have been a change in the directions to the security forces about the level of violence it allowed to be used against the demonstrators. because this is not just an isolated case, one town and one city. it's at least six different locations across the country, all in one day, with streets running red with the blood of these demonstrators. so a turning point. will this turn down the intensity of the opposition movement to february 1st, the february 1st military coup? it doesn't sound like that from the droers i talked to, including relatives of some of the people who got killed on sunday, shot dead they say who appeared to be as committed as

ever, despite the unimaginable cost of losing a loved one in one of these protesters. rosemary? >> all right. ivan watson, joining us from hong kong, bringing us the very latest on what's happening in myanmar. we're also tracking a crackdown on pro-democracy activists in hong kong. a court there has just resumed a hearing for 47 people accused of breaking a national security law over holding an election primary last july. leading opposition figure joshua wong is among those charged with conspiring to commit subversion. if found guilty, he and other activists could face up to life in prison. cnn's will ripley joins us now. so, will, what is the lightest on this developing story? >> hi, rosemary. this latest round of arrests, 47 pro-democracy politicians is really sparking renewed outrage on the streets of hong kong because of all the prominent

pro-democracy politicians and activists, they're either in exile or facing charges. many of them under this new national security law, many of them in hearings right now at the west kowloon courthouse. the hearings just got under way a short time ago within a matter of 20 minutes or so. there has been a palpable increase in the tension out here on the streets. we have the largest crowd that i've seen since the national security law was imposed on hong kong last summer, these people coming out, holding banners and chanting slogans that could get them arrested under the international security law in defiance of the covid-19 restrictions on group gatherings of four people or less. you have a large contingent of police officers who have been peacefully co-existing over the last few hours with protesters, but within the last hour or so, they started holding up banners warning people they needed to be arrested so they wouldn't be arrested. they have also cordoned off this area. i don't know if tom can zoom in

to see that tape over there that is trying to block more people from coming into this area. what they don't want to see is this crowd outside of the courthouse grow any larger. but what we have not seen is any sort of violence. there has been no use of pepper confrontations. but there certainly have been a lot of insults hurled at these police officers. a lot of anger out here from people look at the politicians that they wanted to see elected, politicians who could have potentially blocked things like the budgets that the pro-beijing government imposed on the city. the government now saying because those people ran for office, rosemary, that qualifies as a crime under this national security law imposed by beijing. >> all right. will ripley will continue to follow this, of course, bringing us that live report from hong con. many thanks. and still ahead we are expecting an announcement detailing u.s. policy on saudi arabia following the report into the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi.

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in a first for the biden administration, the u.s. is sending negotiators to the middle east to restart peace talks with the taliban. u.n. special representative for afghanistan reconciliation will

travel to afghanistan and qatar to meet both afghan government officials and taliban representatives. washington says it's closely monitoring how far the taliban are complying with conditions of an agreement that would require the u.s. to withdraw all troops from afghanistan by the beginning of may. well, the biden administration is expected to offer more deals on how u.s. policy on saudi arabia is changing following the intelligence report into the death of jamal khashoggi. friday's report said saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman approved the operation to capture or kill the journalist. it's not entirely clear what will be announced today. mr. biden had said there would be significant changes announced, but a white house official described it as more of an elaboration on already announced policies. the white house press secretary was asked about u.s.-saudi

relations on cnn's "state of the union." >> from the first day of the administration, we have been crystal clear at every level from the president on down. we're going recalibrate this relationship and turn the page from the last four years. and that means ending our support for the war in yemen, doing more to address the humanitarian crisis, and ensuring that we are holding to account the actions, the human rights abuses of this government by word and by action. the release of this report, which was held back over the last four years is part of that, making that clear to the public, but we've also taken a number of steps through the treasury department, through the state department to sanction the deputy head of intelligence, to sanction their revolutionary forces in saudi arabia, and to make clear that we will never let this happen again. and that's a method we've clearly sent over the last few days. >> you're talking about the people who are under the crown prince, and they are being punished. so isn't punishing them like

punishing the hitman and not punishing the mob boss who actually put out the hit? >> first, historically and even recent history, democratic and republican administrations, there have not been sanctions put in place for the leaders of foreign governments where we have diplomatic relations and even where we don't have diplomatic regulations. we believe there is more effective ways to make sure this doesn't happen again and to also be able to leave room to work with the saudis on areas where there is mutual agreement, where there is national interests for the united states. >> that being said, saudi arabia is still a crucial strategic partner for the united states and how mr. biden handles this could set the tone for not just u.s.-saudi relations, but for those with other gulf allies as well. n nick robert on the has more. >> about mohammad bin salman issued the order to capture or kill jamal khashoggi and the

strength of push back from the saudi's gulf partner supporting saudi arabia on this, there will be a degree of concern about what president biden is going to announce on monday. he talks about how the relationship with saudi arabia is going to be shaped, he's talked about holding saab to account on human rights abuses. how is this going take shape? it's been an extremely weekend for the u.s.-saudi relationship. the saudis also buffeted over the weekend by attacks from houthis firing ballistic missiles all the way from yemen to the capitol riyadh. that will cause concern for the saudi leader, the crown prince mohammad bin salman. saudi officials are saying they see this as an escalation of the houthi tactics. of course the houthis backed by iran. so that sense of instability or uncertainty in saudi arabia and the region has really gone off over the weekend. and this announcement by president biden that there is more to come monday is really

only going fuel that. the audis were expecting a bumpy time when president biden came in. but perhaps not quite like this. nic robertson, cnn, london. and saudi arabia is not just a key player politically, it is hugely important economically as well. for more on how u.s. and global business could be affected, let's bring in john defterios from abu dhabi. good to see you, john. so the biden administration apparently plans to take a tougher stance against the sawedly crown prince, but how likely is it that mohammad bin salman would even feel the impact of any sanctions, if that's what's applied? >> yeah, great point you're bringing up here, rosemary. he'll be untouched by this, but we can't be too surprised because what jen psaki is saying, the spokesman for the house, it never reaches to the top brass at this level. but the biden administration is taking heat as a result.

the narrative has certainly changed between donald trump who really embraced mbs and enjoyed the fact he might spend $100 million on hardware and balancing national interests. you have to think of the counterbalancing of the two major powers around the strait of hormuz and trying to reopen the iranian. when it comes to business, most of the damage is inflicted by saudi arabia and in particular mbs. you can go back to 2017 and the ritz carlton roundup of the businessmen in the name of corruption, but they were all international partners for the american and european and asian investors. that was quite a shock and the killing of jamal khashoggi in 2018. crown prince took responsibility, although he said he wasn't involved in that killing. but again, this is somebody who is welcome from silicon valley to london for his reforms. and then people were shocked. you can see this in the results of foreign direct investment. a year after he launched his 2030 vision plan, foreign direct

investment plummeted to $1.4 billion. it recovered the following two years. we don't have the 2020 final figures yet. but still, 4 to $4.5 billion is half the run rate, the normal rate for saudi arabia. there is not a loft confidence there if you look at the foreign exchange reserves of saudi arabia, what they make from their oil export earnings, we went from over $730 billion, and you see it again. the staircase lower to just over $450 billion. that means mbs for his vision 2030 tourism development, the neon development, riyadh has a super city, what is taking place in the eastern province has to be financed internally, mainly by saudi arabia. and because of the actions by the crown prince in 2017 and '18. it's that lingering effect, if you will, rosemary. >> and john, saudi arabia is of course the defect o head of ope. how does the kingdom and opec

manage since higher gas prices will become an issue in the united states? >> certainly. this is a very important week because there is the opec plus meeting that is taking place on march 4th. this is the main character here for saudi arabia. abdul aziz bin salman, the respected head of injury, overall the producers have cut over 7 billion barrels a day. for february and march, saudi arabia added another cut of a million barrels a day. and now we're seeing a cut of 75 to $80 a barrel. this will require refinancing. does he add back in half a million or maehl of that cut from saudi arabia to send the signal we can do the right thing to the united states, or does he leave the status quo, prices continue to rise? that is a danger to saab raid because it welcomes back the pro u.s. shale producers. he has to try to build a consensus again with russia and

other players. >> john deft theriaults, many thanks for joining us live from abu dhabi. the president will meet virtually with his mexican counterpart today, according to the white house. the president with andres manuel lopez obrador will involve migration, development efforts, economic cooperation and recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. mr. lopez obrador is expected to ask the u.s. to share some of its covid vaccine supply. mexico has purchase agreements for hundreds of millions of doses, but most are not been fulfilled. new u.s. leadership is part of the reason for a surge in central american migrants heading north. cnn's matt rivers is near the border between mexico and guam. guatemala. he has more on this story, along with a story of a pair of young brothers, both still teenagers, making the difficult and dangerous journey. >> reporter: not far from the mexico/guatemala border,

fielding two full soccer teams at the migrant shelter is easy because the number of people headed to the united states is surging. carlos, 19 is bound for the u.s. too. he left honduras five days ago with his little brother, 14-year-old wilfredo. he says a lot of people, not just us decided to leave and migrate to look for a better life. after dark, they're among dozens that will spend the night inside the shelter. the number of migrants like these lining up each night to enter the shelter has blown away the numbers that we saw last year. in the first two months of 2021, more might grants have already been registered here than in all of 2020. the shelter says more than 5500 people just since new year's day. father gabriel romero says people are no longer afraid to leave their countries due to covid. this is a moment of a humanitarian emergency. the next day, carlos and

wilfredo are among a dozen that set out at dawn, set to walk for hours through an overgrown, unforgiving landscape, and thousands have just taken similar trips. the number of people apprehended at the u.s. southern border last month, higher than the same month in each of the last three years. over three day, dozens of migrants told us the reasons for the increase are myriad with poverty chief among them. finding work was always hard, but never worse than during a pandemic. plus after back-to-back category 4 hurricanes destroyed entire central american communities in november, tens of thousands were displaced. and as this group of migrants told us, there is another reason too. it's not a trump white house anymore. this migrant says it's no longer a racist president because he looked at us like we're animals. the biden administration is trying to end trump's more restricted immigration policies and says it will admit more asylum seekers, but they've also

said now is not the time for migrants to come, citing the pandemic and policy changes not yet completed, though that did not dissuade anyone we met with many saying with biden in charge gives them a better chance of getting in. that's the difference, he says, that suddenly the new president is noble with a good heart. on a break from that day's trek, carlos told us they hadn't left for any one reason. poverty, hurricane, biden, all a part of it. he just remembers his mom crying as they walked away. we asked what she said. she said not to go. it's so sad leaving, not knowing if you're going die. because all migrants know how dangerous these treks can be, and the proof came just a few hours later in a small village. the group had just been attacked and robbed by armed men, left with nothing but their clothes. we had a basic medical kit on

us, so producer natalie and i tried to patch them up the best we could. both brothers were pistol-whipped. 14-year-old wilfredo with a deep gash on his head. you can see here the blood in his hat after he was hit with the butt of a pistol, according to the group. now we've given him a bandage. so he says he's in a little bit of pain, but he is okay for now. >> reporter: but just moments later, they had to run, a van fast approaching. so this is mexican immigration, and that's why our group here just ran into the woods. we wouldn't find them again until early the next morning. they walked more than 12 hours after they fled, exhausted and

resting outside of a small shop, we took the moment to ask is this worth it? carlos said it was, that a better life awaited. wilfredo quietly not so sure. "i don't really know," he says. "but wherever my bring is, i'll always be there." another half mile down the tracks, they enter another shelter for the night. but for the weary, there won't be rest because in the next day or two, it will be more trekking through never ending forests. their singular group just one of thousands doing the same. matt rivers, cnn, near the mexico/guatemala border. and coming up here on "cnn newsroom," there is a high demand for vaccines all over the world. so why are there hundreds of thousands of doses of one vaccine reportedly going unused in germany? we will find out when we return. with mucinex all-in-one you've got unbeatable relief from your worst cold and flu symptoms.

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well, it was a sunny day in paris, but not really a socially distanced one. crowds of people took in the sunshine lining the banks of the river seine. police patrolled the area and reminded everyone to enjoy the day while wearing their masks. well, it's hoped vaccinations will make days like that safe again across europe, but despite a huge demand for covid vaccines, there are reports one shot is being unused in germany. some germans may be rejecting the oxford astrazeneca vaccine over fears it's less effective than others. for more on this, we want to bring in cnn's fred pleitgen. he joins us live from berlin. good to see you. why are germans not getting the critical message that it's essential they receive any of the covid vaccines that are made available to them? >> hi there, rosemary.

there is a lot of people who believe that the authorities here in germany are in large part to blamamamfor that. the german vaccination commission originally said they would only recommend the vaccine from astrazeneca for people between the ages of 18 and 65. they're now saying they never meant that as a criticism of the vaccine itself, but they simply said at the time they did not have enough available for instance from phase 3 trials of astrazeneca to recommend that vaccine for people over the ages of 65. there are of course some who are saying that vaccine might be a little less effective than, for instance, the vaccines of moderna and biontech and pfizer. so there is worry some people in this country and are indeed still some people in this country who seem to be shunning the use of that vaccine. there is some vaccination center here is in germany where you can choose the vaccine that you get. right now there is three vaccines approved in germany, that's moderna, biontech and astrazeneca. and there is simply people who don't want the astrazeneca vaccine. there are some vaccination

centers where vaccination appointments for people, they're simply not showing up to those. and there you get the authorities in germany that don't really have a system of next man up for cases like that. so there are some doses in the country that remain in the freezer, that remain unused. there are some calculations that only between 10 and 25% of the doses that are available here of the astrazeneca vaccine are actually being used. now that problem has now been seen by the german authorities that problem has now been seen by the german vaccination committee. they've now said look, maybe things didn't go the way that some had hoped, and they are now saying that this week they plan to once again debate the astrazeneca vaccine, and they do say that they believe they are going to recommend that vaccine for people of all ages, or at least for 18 and above to make sure that everybody knows that that vaccine is both effective and safe. but you do see a lot of politicians here in this country who are literally saying people take this vaccine. it's very important. and all this, rosemary, as you

correctly stated in the country that doesn't have enough vaccine to go around, where there is a severe shortage of vaccine. people are not getting vaccinated quickly enough. and also where the number of coronavirus cases is once again on the rise. rosemary? >> the best vaccine is the one in your arm. and we need to get that message out. fred pleitgen joining us live from berlin, many thanks. israel says it will vaccinate some palestinians who work in israel and the settlements. according to authorities, the order applies to palestinians from the west bank and with work permits. the doses will be administered by israeli teams at crossing points and industrial zones. israel's vaccination program has been highly successful, but the country has been under pressure to extend it to palestinians both in the west bank and in gaza. >> well, the hollywood award season kicked off sunday with the virtual golden globes.

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professional golfers showed they had one man on their minds on sunday. tiger woods, who is recovering from a frightening car crash last week. at the final round of sunday's tournament, jason day, rory mcilroy, and patrick reed sported tiger's famous color, red and black, which he was known to wear on the final days of tournaments throughout his career. woods said on twitter he was moved by the gesture, writing, and i'm quoting here, it's hard to explain how touching today was when i turned on the tv and saw all the red shirts. to every golfer and every fan, you are truly helping me get through this tough time. well, the golden globes on sunday proved hollywood is still trying to find its rhythm in the pandemic. tina fey and amy poehler hosted the show put on by the hollywood foreign press association with awards given to nominees video chatting from their homes. film and television nominees were notably different with

streaming media dominating. but "the crown" swept the television categories, taking home four categories, including best drama, actor and actress. "nomadland" director chloe zhao made history as the first asian woman and second woman overall to win best director. her film also took the award for best motion picture drama. the night had its share of funny moments. actress catherine o'hara won best actress in a musical comedy for her work in "schitt's creek" and was played off the stage by her husband just a few words into her speech. >> it's an experience i will forever hold dear to my heart, and i'm proud to be a part of the family -- thank you, tim. okay, thank you, cbc for making the show in canada. thank you for -- seriously. thank you, netflix. while we were sheltering in place, netflix brought the show

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