>> duncan: lilia luciano for us. thank you. >> time now for covid checkup with cbs news medical contributor dr. david agus in los angeles. dr. agus, as you know, we have a j & j shortage this week down 85%. how does that impact the race against this virus? >> you know, it's a punch in the gut. many states had expected these vaccines, there was a plant that was supposed to be producing here in the united states in maryland. and 15 million doses were tossed and we're still getting vaccine from europe. so many have to wait until we get that plant online and have the one and done vaccine which many people are hoping for. >> and as we just heard there are several states, of course, that are still struggling. people want this to be over. how does what we are hearing and seeing really complicate this process? >> well, the great lakes region had later cold season, people were indoors more, more spread of the virus. everyone saw the light at the end of the tunnel but forgot they still in the tunel so we are seeing this varian

lilia luciano explains. >> reporter: eager angelenos lined up at a supersite for a shot of relief. half of all american adults have gotten at least one dose. >> i feel like it's important to get vaccinated. to help simmer down the virus. >> reporter: adding to the anxiety, the johnson & johnson vaccine paused following six rare cases of blot clots. dr. fauci said the vaccine could return to arms after the cdc reviews it this friday. >> one of the possibilities would be to bring them back but to do it with some form of restriction or some form of warning. >> reporter: with variants spreading, new infections averaging more than 67,000 a day, about the same as the summer peak. over the past week, 34 states reported hikes in hospitalizations, hardest hit michigan, pennsylvania, rhode island, and new jersey. with more travelers taking off and states relaxing restrictions, america increasingly appears to be fighting the virus with vaccines. >> did it hurt last time? >> nope. >> good. >> reporter: this nurse practitioner takes leftover doses to philadelphia's home bound, trying to keep an

lilia luciano is tracking the latest. ♪ >> reporter: worshippers in l.a.elebrated easter at church for the first time in two years. inside in pews and outside in cars. relaxed covid restrictions allowing them to gather. ♪ elsewhere, some unmasked and ignoring safety protocols. >> j-e-s-u-s. >> reporter: the former fda commissioner told "face the nation" americans must remain vigilant. >> we're still in a high-prevalence environment. we still have variants circulating that we don't fully understand. >> reporter: a race between the deadly variants and will vaccinations. the cdc says on as average three million people a day are getting shots. friday a record four million. at the baltimore plant where 15 million vaccines were spoiled, the federal government has ordered johnson & johnson to run operations. at the airports this weekend, a record number of travelers as people gather for the holiday. >> i feel a lot easier now traveling being vaccinated. >> this is the gospel of the lord -- >> reporter: in new york city, paster timothy wiseman welcomed worshippers

cbs' lilia luciano follows their shelter. journey. >> reporter: in the tiny town of ajo in the middle of the arizona desert, border patrol comes by every day and drops off dozens of asylum seekers after they have been processed. they're left to find their way. >> this isn't a local decision. >> reporter: aaron cooper sayses the town dorsn't have resources needed so the county drives asylum seekers two and a half hours to the nearest shelter in tucson. >> so when we went from one to two drops a day, we had volunteer burnout and it turned from i'm willing to pitch in for a few hours to this is a full- time job. >> reporter: volunteers give them food and a covid test. in the last week and a half nearing 300 asylum seekers arrived in this town of about 4,000. were you guys ready for this? >> this is not the first time we've had to come together to solve a unique problem that hit suddenly. >> reporter: data contained by cbs news says in march c.d.p. apprehended an average of 5,000 people a day. we met a mother of two from venezuel

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even for these families, asylum is not guaranteed. >> o'donnell: lilia luciano, thank you. tonight president biden has given five cabinet secretaries a big task boosting support for his $2 trillion infrastructure plan. the full cabinet met today 71 days into his presidency. cbs' nancy cordes reports from the white house. >> reporter: president biden held his first in-person meeting with his cabinet today socially distan distanced due to the pandemic. he appointed five of them including the secretaries of commerce, energy and transportation, to sell his new infrastructure plan. >> these cabinet members will represent me in dealing with congress, engage the public in selling the plan, and help work out the details as we refine it and move forward. >> reporter: in an interview with espn, the president said he would support moving major league baseball's all-star game out of atlanta after georgia passed a controversial new voting law. >> this is jim crow on steroids what they're doing in georgia. >> reporter: two major georgia based companies, coca-cola and delta airlines, are

>> duncan: lilia luciano, reporting for us in los angeles tonight. thank you. for more on america's covid fight, let's check in with cbs news medical contributor dr.ck s news med david agus, dr. agus, good evening to you, we know that confidence in vaccines is down after the pause on johnson & johnson. how difficult do you think it will be to gain that trust and competent tense back now that the fda lifted the pause on thed competent tense back now tha j & j vaccine. >> we have no choice, we have to do it. experts will have to explain the vaccines, explain what happened with this very, very small number of what happened with the j & j vaccine and every other vaccine, and develop a path forward because we have to vaccinate the country to come out of this pandemic. >> duncan: j & j only represented a small percentage of vaccines, but right now we're seeing a drop in week over week in that inch daily dose, why is that, and is that significant? >> that is concerning. its really the first drop since february where winter forms caused a drop then. and so the j & j va

cbs's lilia luciano is in los angeles tracking all of it for us tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jericka, california gains ground in its battle against covid, meaning more in-person gatherings. but more concerns about less social distancing and not following other safety protocols. worshipers in l.a. celebrated easter inside in church and in pews and outside in cars, relaxed covid restrictions allowing them to together. ( singing ) elsewhere, some unmasked and ignoring safety protocols. >> j-e-s-u-s! >> reporter: the former f.d.a. commissioner said americans must remain vigilant. >> we have variants we don't fully understand. >> reporter: a race between the deadly variants and vaccinations. the c.d.c. says on average 3 million a day are getting shots, on friday a record 4 million. at the baltimore production plant where 15 million vaccines were spoiled, the federal government has ordered johnson & johnson to run operations. at the nation's airports this weekend, a record number of travelers as people gather for the holiday. >> i feel a lot

lilia luciano, thank you. beyond our borders the world is struggling to contain the virus that just won't quit. cbs news senior foreign correspondent elizabeth palmer ceremony to commemorate thuntrs. ospero developed europe is still grappling with a lethal third wave of the pandemic. the exception is britain, one of the world's leaders in vaccinations, it's strict lockdown in effect since christmas is finally easing. and deaths and new cases are both in decline. another wealthy country struggling with the covid surge is canada. medical services are under strain and in front and ottawa children's hospitals opened up their i.c.u.s to adults.unvaccih india is another global hot spot. an over-stretched medical system is facing shortages of official is facing shortages of official again and drugs, as india recorded more than 200,000 new corona cases for the 9th day in. so it is a wonder that the kumbh mela festival was allowed to go ahead. millions of devoted hindus ritually cleanse their sins in the ganges river.

lilia luciano visited one of those small towns in arizona to see how people there are responding. >> reporter: after being picked up by border patrol a few miles away, families like this one are now on the next stop in their journey to asylum. >> this is a tiny town in the middle of the desert. these border patrol vans just arrived. they're dropping off groups of asylum seekers, mostly family units. nearly 300 people have arrived in the small town before 4,000 in the last week and a half. >> there is the first time it's happening in this community. >> reporter: aaron cooper runs the international desert alliance, a community group that functions like a local government. this is the middle of the desert. why here? >> there's a substation ten miles south of here. so anyone who's apprehended in that area of responsibility, they are being instructed to take them to the nearest population center which, in this case, is being interpreted as aho. >> reporter: in the past border patrol would take them to tucson. now they don't have the legal authority to do so. the small town with little res