it's wednesday, february 3rd, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." speeding up vaccinations. the race to fight covid-19 picks up pace as pharmacies nationwide will start receiving doses. this is a very dark day for the fbi. >> fbi agent ambushed. two dead, three wounded in florida. how it all happened in a relatively quiet neighborhood. stepping down. jeff bezos is ending his tenure as ceo of amazon. his next move and his his next move and his replacement. captioning funded by cbs good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we're going to begin this morning with president biden's plan to ramp up deliveries of the coronavirus vaccine. so far more than 26 million people have received one or more doses, and six million have received two doses.

the white house announced yesterday it will start sending vaccines to thousands of pharmacies nationwide starting next week. debra alfarone is in washington. lawmakers are still trying to agree on a covid relief deal, though. >> reporter: they absolutely are. and it's going down two lanes really. so president biden, he's negotiating with republicans, while democrats are trying to use a budgetary maneuver to try and jam this through without republican support. all this is happening as more vaccine doses are on the way. the federal government is shipping out an additional 500,000 coronavirus vaccines nationwide. >> so for the next three weeks, we will provide a minimum of 10.5 million in total doses per week. >> reporter: white house covid-19 response coordinator jeff zion says they are also sending one million doses to 6,500 pharmacies starting next week. >> sites are selected based on their ability to reach some of the populations most at risk. >> reporter: 40,000 pharmacies

may eventually receive direct shipments. health experts in indiana hope it will help reach people that hospitals and mass vaccination sites might not. >> 90% of what hoosiers live within ten miles of the pharmacy. it cuts out the middleman. >> reporter: the white house is working with congress to pass a $1.9 trillion relief bill. president biden told senate democrats that the republican plan of about $600 billion is inadequate. >> if we did a package that small, we'd be mired in the covid crisis for years. >> reporter: democrats are trying to pass their bill through a process called reconciliation which wouldn't require any republican votes. >> totally partisan -- >> reporter: minority leader mitch mcconnell used the same tools to pass the trump tax cuts. >> they're in the majority in the house and senate, and life is a series of choices, and they have chosen. >> reporter: democrats hope to pass a bill by march before the unemployment benefits from the

last package run out. and the president says that this is all about moving quickly. now the budget resolution, that could be approved as early as this week. one vote they really need, the democrats, is that of senator joe manchin of west virginia. he says he's on board with the larger plan. anne-marie? >> well, at least that's a good sign. debra alfarone in washington, thank you. the officer killed in the riots at the u.s. capitol is lying in honor in the building's famous rotunda. president biden and first lady dr. jill biden paid respects to officer brian sicknick during a memorial last night. sicknick's colleagues and lawmakers also paid their respects. the 42-year-old died after defending the capitol on january 6th after a mob stormed the building. he will be buried at arlington national cemetery. and now to one of the darkest days ever for the fbi. two agents were killed and three others wounded in a shoot-out north of miami. they tried to serve a search warrant on a child pornography

suspect yesterday, but the shooter armed with a high-powered rifle, reportedly shot through the door as the agents approached his home. nancy chen has the latest. >> reporter: police on motorcycles escorted an ambulance carrying the body of an fbi agent to the medical examiner's office in south florida. they saluted as their fellow agent covered with the flag was taken into the building. >> they were valuable members of the fbi and will forever be heroes. >> reporter: early tuesday morning, a s.w.a.t. team stormed an apartment building in the ft. lauderdale suburb of sunrise where a man allegedly opened fire and barricaded himself inside his home. >> this neighborhood is very quiet. >> reporter: the fbi says at some point during the standoff, the man was killed. the fbi says the agents went there to execute a federal court ordered search warrant connected to a case involving violent crimes against children.

>> they are an essential and important part of what we do, and we thoroughly research and meticulously plan to take into account any threats or dangers. the vast majority of these warrants occur without incident, and the investigation continues. >> reporter: the fbi identified those killed as special agent daniel alfin and special agent laura schwartzenberger. officers with miami police held a vigil outside their department. >> two members of law enforcement will not be going home to their families today because they laid down their lives in the ultimate sacrifice, making the community they serve safer. >> reporter: two of the injured agents were shot multiple times. they were taken to a local hospital where they're in stable condition. nancy chen, cbs news. president biden has signed three executive orders on immigration reversing policies from the trump administration.

mr. biden's first order will set up a task force designed to locate and reunite migrant families separated at the southern border. he said this isn't new law, but that he's eliminating bad policy. >> we're going to work to undo the moral and national shame of the previous administration that literally not figuratively ripped children from mothers and fathers at the border and with no plan. >> two other orders will mandate a review of the remain in mexico policy which requires asylum seekers to stay in mexico and a review of restrictions made to the legal immigration system over the past four years. republican leaders are wrestling over how to handle the outcry over congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. house minority leader kevin mccarthy met with greene last night. the action comes as gop leaders consider whether to punish the georgia lawmaker for embracing conspiracy theories including suggestions that mass shootings

at the nation's schools were staged. there are calls for greene to be removed from two house committees. and jeff bezos, the founder of amazon, is stepping down as ceo later this year. he will now serve as the company's executive chairman. he plans to focus on new products and early initiatives at amazon. he started the company 30 years ago, turning it from an online bookstore to the giant it is today. bezos will be replaced by andy jasey who runs amazon's cloud computing business. coming up on the "cbs morning news," an unmanned spacex flight ends in a fiery crash after a test launch. and new tricks for a robot dog. an added arm is expanding its capabilities. this is the "cbs morning news." capabilities. this is the "cbs morning news." . ♪ birdsds flyin' hihigh, you knowow how i feeeel. ♪ ♪ b breeze drififting on by y you know hohow i feel. ♪

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approached his home. the price of prescription drugs continues to rise, and a new study finds the u.s. pays more than most nations. nichelle medina reports. >> reporter: bonnie arnold suffers from powerful migraine headaches. >> i call them shotgun migraines because it feels like i got shot in the head. >> reporter: adding to that pain is the price of the prescription medicine she needs to take. >> they told me it was going to be $600. just for that month supply. her story is common. the rand corporation analyzed prescription costs in 33 nations including the u.s. they found prices in america are 256% higher on average. >> the u.s. is the only country out of all of those that we looked at where drug companies have free rein to set drug prices. >> reporter: other countries negotiate with drug makers but many government programs can't do that. >> medicare is prohibited by law to negotiate drug prices. >> reporter: another analysis finds major pharmaceutical companies are raising prices on

more than 500 drugs this year. a 4.6% increase overall. many of those are brand-name drugs that companies have exclusive rights to make as opposed to generics which is one area that is working in the u.s. rand found america actually pays less for generic drugs than other countries. >> the u.s. back in the '80s set up a framework to allow robust competition. it's succeeded wildly. >> reporter: there are efforts to also bring down the cost of brand-name drugs. president trump signed executives orders to lower some prices. the biden administration is looking at legislation to cap price increases and allow americans to buy prescriptions from other countries. nichelle medina, cbs news, san diego. coming up on "cbs this morning," we'll speak with senator joe manchin of west virginia on negotiations over president biden's coronavirus relief package. plus, understanding the emerging variants of the coronavirus.

we'll take you inside a lab in the uk where scientists are studying the dna of the virus. and super bowl lv, we will hear from business owners in tampa about the expected economic impact of the championship game amid the pandemic. that's the "cbs this morning" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day.

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