>> reporter: what are the challenges? >> we build safety in to the manufacturing process from the beginning. we have controls and procedures and testing. all of it is very complicated, very complex. we are not manufacturing simple. we are manufacturing complex biologics and the effort and time that it takes to ramp that up, it simply takes time. >> reporter: two acto accelerat process, the biden administration like the trump administration invoked the defense production act and had the vaccines the companies top priority. he said that his company was able to increase the production by 20%. >> we are on track to provide the u.s. government a total of 120 million doses by the end of march and to reach 200 million doses released by the end of may. two months ahead of the original schedule of that milestone.

>> reporter: moderna said that it will deliver the promised 300 million doses by july, two months early. the rna based sacvaccines of pfr and moderna are the first of its kind and itpushes the boundaries of bio engineers. >> the scope of the challenge of manufacturing a new type of vaccine on this time scale, you know, it's just a moon shot kind of challenge. >> reporter: jason kelly is co-founder of bio works in boston, it's helping to squeeze more rna out of the manufacturing process. it instructs the cells to produce proteins that trigger the body to fight the virus. he told us that the technology is so new there was no infrastructure to produce billions of dose force world. >> suddenly we have a new class of medicine and we have never made it at big scale before. so everyone started to work on

all parts of the problem to fix it. we are happy to do our small piece of it and try to scale it up. >> reporter: the company bio engineers bacteria to produce dna and enzymes, the ingredients to generate rma for the vaccine. the master stroke was to figure out how to manipulate bacteria to make more of those key ingredients. much more. so, how much more are you able to make? >> for example, for the optismization project we did earlier this year. we roughly tripled the amount we could get on out in a tank from the starting process. something like 10 or 50x, 10 or 50 times more is what we try to hit. >> reporter: did i hear you right, you said 10 to 50 times more by manipulating the enswiems? >> by changing the dna of the bacteria, yeah. >> reporter: that is ten or 50 more plants that don't have to be built. >> that's exactly the idea. >> reporter: while jason kelly is optimistice, dr. travis

gail on the front line in montgomery county maryland is less up beat. he said those less likely to get the covid-19 vaccine the black, brown andpoor residents are least likely to get vaccinated and he said that inequity cannot be explained away by community hesitating to get the vaccine. >> one of the most frustrating thing to me, is that many of the disparities we are seeing play out in covid are long standing health disparities in place for decades and we forgot about it again, we are rolling out vaccines, it's as if we didn't learn anything from it. >> reporter: how are you addressing it? >> it will take us all working together to make sure that the disparities that we saw precovid and those disparities that we saw in terms of covid cases don't play out yet again in the vaccine distribution process.

>> reporter: to ease that process, becky taylor and her crew of seven other public school teachers in montgomery county are helping people navigate the confusing network of online vaccine appointment sites. >> we call ourselves the vaccine hunter hunters. >> reporter: the vaccine hunters? >> yes. >> reporter: similar groups are popping up all over the country. for taylor a lightbulb went off when she had a difficult time registering for her own vaccine. it took her a week. she realized that seniors would be having a harder time. so she and a friend decided to use their teaching skills and instruct people through a facebook page. >> and in a matter of three or four days we had over 600 people shocked overwhelmedthfe thatere eling so despetey ededepter: what arhe things that people have said to you when they finally get to you? >> you know, there was one person that reached on out that said, her father was 94 years

old and had a litany of health issues and she even said, he is on borrowed time already. i don't want to lose him before we were able to get a vaccine. >> reporter: and they turned to you? >> right. to eight teachers. to solve their problem because you know, teachers, we get things done. >> reporter: they got the state to fix translation errors in a spanish language sign-up site, they are advocatingfor a mass vaccine is nation site in montgomery county, and they continue to help people like this 76-year-old retired nurse, nancy hart. we caught up with her this past week when she got her second shot. now she has a shot at getting back to normal life. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you too. >> americans watching this, are wondering when am i going to be able to get my shot? well, we are picking up the pace of vaccinations. it's doubled in our first month.

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the biden administration is determined to get a new covid relief package signed by the middle of this month. and it can't come soon enough for the millions americans in danger of losing their home-s or apartments. a federal moratorium on evictions runs out in just pour weeks. at the beginning of the year, an estimated ten million renters were behind, owing a combined total of $57 billion in rent and utilities. >> reporter: joseph is fernandez describes life these days as hanging on by a thread. how much do you owe in rent? >> close to $20,000. >> reporter: close to $20,000? >> yeah. >> reporter: fernandez has been living in a house in queens new york. before the pandemic were you behind on your rent? >> no, never, i have never had an eviction issue or rent issue. >> reporter: it was a tough

decision to not start a new job as a home health aid but a necessary one because of asthma and other medical conditions. >> it's either i risk myself to die, and pay the rent and still die, or i stay home safe. >> reporter: the risk is real for fernandez, who's mother was hospitalized after contracting the virus. >> she literally was in critical condition. the doctors told me and nurses told me that she'd not make it on december 25th and we were preparing for her to just pass away. thankfully she pulled through. but it also was eye opening for me like, i made the right decision for myself. >> reporter: currently fernandez is working a part time job from home. bringing in some $1200 a month. and fernandez's roommate lost her job at the beginning of the pandemic. making their $1800 monthly rent payments impossible. what happens if you are evicted?

it's dead of winter right now. >> i don't know. >> reporter: the state moratoriums are set to expire, 3 30 -- it's not just renters. landlords say they are feeling the pressure too. how many of your tenants are behind right now? >> they are all behind in one way or another. >> reporter: liz dunn owns six buildings in seattle, washington. it's made up of more than 20 small businesses and 30 apartments. >> my entire goal is to try to keep one of my tenants in their space until we are all the way through this. >> reporter: dunn admits it's been difficult. she is accepting less in rent from taeenants and directing th to grants and loans. >> reporter: how are you able to afford the tenants that grace, saying chalk it up to the pandemic and when you can start paying me in full, we will move

forward? >> well, that's where the local banks are coming in. so, they are affording me the same grace, for example, i'm getting help with not having to pay the principal on the loan. just making the interest payments. >> reporter: for renters who don't have a landlord like dunn, there may be relief coming soon. the federal government's emergency rental assistance program went in to affect in january. $25 billion is being made available to states to help assist qualified households with rent and utilities. but expertas say it may not be enough. for fernandez who recently applied for food stamps the future is uncertain. >> they literally said you make $3 more. so i was not poor enough to get assistance. but i didn't have enough to be able to survive. i want people to know that this can happen to anybody. >> reporter: fernandez and her had roommate were taken to

court, housing court by the landlord. we did reach out to the landlord for comment and did not hear back. >> you are watching the "cb

the netflix series "the crown" was a big winner in the golden globe awards the pandemic kept the co-hosts on opposite sides of the country and most of the nominees were at hope, there were technical difficulties too and controversy. >> the organization giving out the awards the hollywood foreign press association is under fire for admitted lack of diversity, they have no black members among the group of 87 journalists that give out the awards but there was diversity in those winning the statues, including the most emotional win of the night. >> chadwick boseman. ♪ ♪ >> the late chadwick boseman's award playing a head-strong horn

player in 1920. was the second postumous win in their history. his widow tearfully accepted the award on his behalf. >> he would say something beautiful, something inspiring, something that would amplify that little voice inside all of us that tells you, you can. >> with the awed generals filled with first responders and essential workers and a show meeting strict protocols. tina fey and amy poehler made light of the technical challengesey we si sailing, you will not even notice. >> moments later and right on cue, the first award, the first big glitch. when no one could hear best supporting actor in a motion picture daniel kaluuya. >> all right, cool. can you hear me now? all right, cool.

>> kaluuya and boseman were 2 of four black actors to be honored. and andra day for her portrayal of billie holiday. >> it's exciting and heartbreaking at the same time. black women are so dynamic and we have so many amazing layered stories. >> reporter: the golden globes have been under fire for a lack of diversity in the membership. >> globe exi ved globe executiv vowed to change that. >> "the crown." >> meanwhile, netflix "the crown" swept most of the major television awards including best drama, series and three actor wins. >> i'm trying to work up how best to fall asleep after these,

i don't think that i can, i'm so excited. ♪ ♪ >> it's tuesday, march 2nd, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." supply boost. americans will get the newest covid vaccine starting today, but the cdc warns you shouldn't get too comfortable yet. third accuser. w she acd at o ars o.vernoro dec noble continues for some peopl is twoeeks after a winter storm. the drastic measures one pregnant woman takes just to bathe and cook. good morning. good to be wh