jeff zients, thank you very much for joining us. 500 million doses is a lot. guess that's 250 million people, two doses a person. we know people are dying from this virus every day. i saw 10,000 just yesterday. so, the question is, how soon is this going to get into the arms of the people who need it? and, how much of a dent is it going to make overall? >> you are right to focus on, how does vaccine become the accination? in other words, how do you get needles in arms? there are strong plans in each of the recipient countries to make sure that the vaccines become shots in arms as soon as possible so that we can save lives. the 500 million doses today is in addition to the 80 million doses that the president announced a few weeks ago that we're sharing from our u. supply of vaccines, and we will continue to share additional supply across the summer months. you know, the u.s. is leading here. other g-7 countries and democracies are also donating doses. so this is a u.s.-led effort to vaccinate the world as soon as possible. >> woodruff: and i want to ask you abo

in terms of who is in charge, jeff zients is in charge. beneath that level, it becomes a little murkier, on which set of issues are people in charge and who is going to carry this mission forward. the president plays, obviously, the absolutely pivotal role in staking out where we want to carry this forward, making the case to the american people in a dramatic way, and bringing that across very rapidly. we are in the season right now with the advent of the world health assembly, followed by the g7 coming up june 11th to 13th. those moments when presidential leadership can be voiced, certainly in the g7. but we can do a lot to get forward where we're going. the g20 eu summit from last friday offered a few promising commitments, but basically was a disappoint. it did not bring forward much evidence of high-level statesmanship and stateswomanship committed to this issue. that has been a chronic problem since this pandemic began in trying to get states' leaders mobilized around a common vision of moving ahead and making serious grand commitment

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. >> reporter: jeff zients spearheaded the $3.5 billion purchase. >> it actually happened really quickly, across a few weeks >> reporter: zients chairs the white house covid task force. in a lot of these countries, is it even possible to get a vaccine right now? >> i think in some countries it's very, very difficult, if not impossible. >> reporter: vaccine diplomacy abroad, a possible breakthrough at home. five republican senators and five democrats announced this evening they had reached an agreement on the outlines of an infrastructure package. this investment, they said, would be fully paid for and not include tax increases. but, tonight, i'm told the white house has already warned this bipartisan group that parts of its plan violate the president's red line against raising fees on americans making less than $400,000 a year. so, this conversation, norah, is far from over. >> o'donnell: all right, nancy cordes, and this programming note: we'll broadcast the "cbs evening news" from geneva for the u.s.-russia summit and our coverage will begin next week. we hope you'll join us for that.

jeff zients, thank you very much for joining us. five hundred -- 500 million doses is a lot.is 250 million people, too doses a person. we know people are dying from i saw 10 thousand just yesterday. how soon is this going to get into the arms of the people who need it and w much of a dent is it going to make overall? jeff are right to focus on how does vaccine become vaccination, in other words how do you get needles and arms -- in arms, there are stron plans to make sure that theci become shots in arms as soon as possible so we can save lives. the 500 million doses today is in addition to the 80 million doses that the presiannounced a few weeks ago that we are sharing from our u.s. vaccines and we continue to share additionalsupply across the summer months. here. 7 countries and democracies are also donating dose a u.s. led effort to vaccinate the world as soon as possible. judy: and i want to ask you. but in terms of thenumbers, 200 million doses this year, 300 million year -- are those numbers driven by the pfizer production capacity or by the u.s. budget, what the u.s. ca

let's take a listen to jeff zients a white house official coordinating the covid response. >> these 80lion doses represent 13% of the total vaccines produced by the united states by the end of this month. we will continue to donate additional doses across the summer months as supply becomes available, but at the same time we know that won't be sufficient. so the second part of our approach is working with u.s. vaccine manufacturers to vastly increase vaccine supply for the rest of the world in a way that also creates jobs here at home. >> reporter: most americans are glad that the united states is taking a leading role in distributing these vaccines. let's take a look at results from a recent kaiser family foundation poll. kizer asked people living in the united states should the u.s. plays a leading or major role in distributing vaccines to other countries. 66% say yes, 88% of democrats said yes, 65% of independents said yes, only 41% of republicans said yes. sharing vaccines worldwide can save lives in other countries but it can also save lives in the united states. viruses don't kno

announcement about sharing these vaccines with the world that had been in the making for a month with jeff zients, the president's top covid adviser, who joined him on this trip and joined you earlier, had been working on. they knew they were going to be pressed by world leaders because it's something frankly that president biden is being asked about by world leaders in several calls he has had with them, in meeting he has had about what the u.s.'s role is going to look like. this announcement is a sign that the white house does realize they want to take a big role in this. and so going forward, they say that's going to be their position. >> kaitlan, stick around. i want to bring in chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta and clarissa ward to talk about this. clarissa, after their meeting prime minister boris johnson said the biden administration, quote, a big breath of fresh air, unquote. i was kind of stunned when i heard johnson say that because he really cozied up to trump. so that seemed very, i don't know, chameleonesque. >> reporter: jake, i don't think you would be the first person a

one of the interesting things mic is reporting that jeff zients is reporting, the age group 18 to 26. it will take a "few extra weeks" with that age group to get all americans 18 and older up to be vaccinated to the point they'd like to see. can you give us a gut check on. is that realistic for the age group, the younger americans, early 20s, is it only going to take a few extra weeks or might it be longer than that? how do you see this framing? >> hallie, it's going to take a little bit longer than a few extra weeks. hopefully by the end of july more are vaccinated to get close to the 70%. they're the population that needs to be worked on. we found a theme throughout the pandemic and a theme throughout vaccinations in the pandemic is getting these different age groups, getting a different message to them and for these 18 to 26-year-olds like mike was talking about, they don't listen to the message of this can protect you from covid because they think they're already protected from covid. so that message needs to change and possibly needs to change, too. you need this vaccine to help

white house covid response coordinator jeff zients spearheaded the purchase, expected to total $3.5 billion. >> is this donation meant to challenge other industrialized nations to step up their giving as well? >> absolutely. i think all the world's democracies need to come together to show that the world's democracies can tackle the biggest problem and the biggest problem that we face is covid-19. >> reporter: all this talk about democracies, and alliances, it's more than just platitudes, it's meant to send a message to russia and china in particular that the world's biggest democracies are united again and working together and that democracy itself is still the most effective form of government. tony. >> nancy cordes in cornwall, thank you very much. >>> the cdc will hold an emergency meeting of advisers next week to discuss the possibility of a new and extremely rare side effect of covid vaccines for young people. new data shows there have been at least 226 cases of heart inflammation in people 30 and younger who received a pfizer or moderna vaccine. it is happening mostly in men, and for

jeff science says there's good news, 16 states and the district of columbia have already met the school as a whole. the country has met the goal with adults 30 and older and zientshe same will be true for those 27 and older once data is factored in for the 4th of july weekend. the biggest challenge now is convincing people 26 and younger to get vaccinated. it's more important than ever. if they get vaccinated. the white house says the nationwide push will continue, including allowing people to get vaccinated. >> at pharmacies and other locations with no appointment. necessary and like in the uk white house chief medical adviser doctor anthony fauci says the u.s. faces possible localized coronavirus surge is due to the delta variant the transmissibility is unquestionably it is associated with an increased disease severity as reflected. >> but hospitalization risk the delta variant is also impacting more kids and teens that don't. the variant is currently the greatest threat in the u.s.. >> to our camp to eliminate covid-19. >> the good news is vaccines have shown to be effective against infections and hospitalizations due to the delta variant in washington. alexa