>> tonight on "the communicators," founder and ceo of girls who code on what her company is doing to close the gender gap in technology. >> i've had a job since i was 12 years old, and in 2010i found myself running for congress, and as part of that i'm going to this computer science classrooms and i would see lines and lines and lines of boys clamoring to be the next steve jobs or mark zuckerberg. in those jobs in computer science, they pay pretty well. to me it just didn't make sense. i was like, where are the girls, and where are the girls like me who could get shot at a job? that is when i decided i wanted to build a program to teach girls to code. >> reshma saujani, tonight at

8:00 p.m. eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. a very good monday morning to you. call in now. yesterday morning, dr. fauci appeared on the sunday shows to praise vaccination rates but also expressed concern about vaccine hesitancy in the country. here he is on "meet the press." [video clip] >> half of republican men say they will not take the vaccine. you had the psa with all former presidents except one, former president trump. do you think he needs to be enlisted to get his voters to take the vaccine? dr. fauci: i hope he does because the numbers you gave are so disturbing, how such a large proportion of a certain group of people would not want to get vaccinated, merely because of

political consideration -- it makes absolutely no sense. i've been saying that for so long. we have to dissociate political persuasion from what common sense, no brain or public health things. the history of vax knowledge he has rescued us from smallpox, polio, measles, from all other diseases, so what is the problem? tis is -- this is a vaccine that will be lifesaving for millions. and how some groups would not want to do it for reasons i do not understand -- i cannot comprehend the reason for that when you have a vaccine that is 94% to 95% effective and very safe. host: dr. anthony fauci yesterday. you heard chuck todd mentioned the advertisement with the former presidents, except president donald trump. that ad coming out on thursday

from the ad council. [video clip] >> the vaccines are available to millions of americans, and soon they will be available to everyone. >> this vaccine means hope. it will protect you and of are -- and those you love from this dangerous disease. >> i want to go back to work. i want to be able to move around. >> i want to visit with michelle's mom, see her on her birthday. >> i'm looking forward to going to opening day in texas rangers a stadium with a full stadium. >> we have lost people. and we have suffered the most damage. >> in order to get rid of the pandemic, it is important for fellow citizens to get vaccinated. >> i am going to get vaccinated because we want this to end as soon as possible. >> get vaccinated as soon as it is available to you. >> do your part. >> this is your shot.

now it is up to you. host: that was released on thursday from the ad council. the concern right now among public health officials is the idea of vaccine hesitancy. that's a concern being polled in numerous polls, including one that came out last thursday. here is the percentage of those that say they will choose not to be vaccinated when a vaccine becomes available. 47% of trump voters said they do not plan to be vaccinated. 41% of republicans. 38% of white evangelicals. 37% of latinos. 34% of independents. 34% of white noncollege educated americans. 20% of whites. 25% of blacks. 18% of those who attended college. 11% democrats.

and 10% of biden voters. that's the breakdown. and this morning, we are hearing your personal vaccine story. and we will split the phone lines this way. if you have already been vaccinated, 202-748-8000. if you are waiting for that first dose or second dose, 202-748-8001. and if you are declining to take the vaccine, 202-748-8002. and, again, you can send a text to 202-748-8003. cornell is up first, has been vaccinated. out of new jersey. good morning. caller: yes, i did receive my vaccine last saturday. and -- however, a lot of people that i know are hesitant with taking the vaccine.

with their date of may 1 having everybody vaccinated, it's unfortunate that some of the states are just opening up and saying, ok, taking the restrictions off. but i'm also thinking it's a way to try to make the biden administration's success or herd immunity fail. on the flipside, yesterday marvin hagler, one of the best boxers ever, died from complications from the vaccine. so did hank aaron. but, as a believer, i believe their work was done. host: you said you know people who are hesitant to take the vaccine, what do you say to them? and as you were getting

vaccinated, has that helped them come to that decision? caller: i got the vaccine because my wife is a bus driver. she got the vaccine. if i was single, i'm not want to come out. when i go to the store, i am the first one there early in the morning. so i do not put myself in a position to even be around that many people. but most people that i know that are hesitant were -- their concern was, first of all it was rushed. second of all, you have too many conflicting statements. first, it was -- from the trump administration -- they said it was a hoax, basically. then hid the information from the american people. then dr. fauci, because he

didn't want to go against trump, was inconsistent with some of his it statements from the beginning. but the overall fact of the matter is, i believe if it fails, that would be incentive for the democrats to lose this 2022 election. host: kathy out of michigan, still waiting to get vaccinated. talk about that process and how hard it has been. caller: well, it has taken longer than i thought. it came through a place wher i wase -- where i was working at. somehow, they got the funding and vaccinations and they were prompt and efficient, and they called me. and they called me again when i

could not reach them back. so i am very excited. i've been waiting. i have five siblings and my youngest brother is not vaccinated yet. but then everybody will be. and i am working with my family and children. the state has not done a good job coordinating it. i have worked in medicine for years. host: how do you think they could improve it? caller: you have to build a database. it has to be centralized. you have that to get a hold of people. it wasn't difficult -- i got online at work. my supervisor showed me. i signed up. it was simple. they called me. they wanted my cell phone number. and it went very quickly. if they can do it, i do not understand why the state of michigan cannot push things harder. host: you are talking about a database.

by may 1, as vaccines become more visible, the biden administration is planning to launch a website that will show americans where locations near them have the vaccine. they will set up a call center for folks who do not have access to the internet. do you think a federal database will be helpful? do you trust it will be well-run? caller: we should've have had one from the onset. again, i'm expressing my disappointment in the trump administration. one of my former coworkers, a nurse died, and his wife died two days before him of covid. and a healthy enough individual, but i do not know where he was exposed at, or his wife. and i know multiple people who have been hospitalized who have survived, but it is nothing to dismiss. dr. fauci was right. i've been vaccinated for all kinds of things, measles, mumps,

rubella, polio, all of it. and i do not shy away from it. host: more from dr. anthony fauci on "meet the press," talking about a year of covid. [video clip] dr. fauci: i knew it was going to be bad. a couple days ago last year, i said that things were going to get much worse before they got any better. but even i did not fully anticipate that we would have over a half a million deaths a year later. we knew it was going to be bad, but this has turned out to be a historic example of what a pandemic virus can do. it's been a terribly trying year for everybody, not only suffering healthwise, deaths, but what it has done to the economy, society, and has

deepened the divisiveness that we have had in our country to begin with has just made it more intense. it's been a bad time all around. we are getting around the corner, going in the right direction, but looking back at what we have been through, people will be writing about this and historically pining about it for a long time to come. host: that was dr. fauci yesterday. from the washington post, the idea of vaccine hesitancy. notin facebookg -- noting that facebook has a study of doubts expressed by u.s. use announcer: we are going to take you live to the white house covid-19 response team briefing.