so these vaccines need to be produced as soon as possible. >> reporter: all right, madhavi sunder, thanko much for joining us, from georgetown university law center. >> thank you so much for having me. snrssments >> woodruff: brazil's supreme court formalized a criminal investigation last week into president jair bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic. it could eventually lead to his impeachment. at the same time, brazil's death toll from covid-19 continues to spiral out of control. the country just passed 400,000 fatalities since the beginning of the pandemic with no significant slowdown in sight. with support from the sloan foundation, special correspondent simon ostrovsky and producer charles lyons bring us the first of two reports. >> reporter: with a universal healthcare system, a long history of successful mass vaccination campaigns, and the delayed arrival of the coronavirus to its shores in 2020, brazil had ample expertise and time to prepare for the covid19 pandemic. these are the grim scenes unfolding in hospitals around south america's most populous nation as they reach the poin