Plus, out of sight but not out of mind. The senate prepares for another trump impeachment trial. Senators will have to decide if Donald John Trump incited the insurrection. And the vaccine rollout. The new president says help is on the way. This is a wartime undertaking. We will get through this. Welcome to inside politics sunday, im abby phillip. Thank you for spending part of your weekend with us. Last week a new era dawned in washington, the era of joe biden. It was an inauguration speech for these unprecedented times focused squarely on healing the nation after four years of the Trump Administration and a deadly transition. Faith and reason show the way, the way of unity. We can see each other not as adversaries but as neighbors. We can treat each other with dignity and respect. We can join forces, stop the shouting and lower the temperature. Without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury. No progress, only exhausting outrage. No nation, only a state of chaos. Biden is inheriting unprecedented challenges. The top priority, ending the covid19 pandemic. The death toll will likely top 500,000 next month. The cases will continue to mount. We didnt get to this mess overnight. Its going to take months for us to turn things around. Were still in a dark winter of this pandemic. Its going to get worse before it gets better. He also got right to work reversing key parts of the trump legacy using executive orders to end the travel ban that targeted mostly muslimmajority countries, halt the border construction, rejoining the paris climate accords and the world health organization. His top legislative priority is a 1. 9 trillion rescue plan that he hopes will win bipartisan support. Today his top economic advisers will meet virtually with 15 senators from both parties who the white house will hopes will make a deal with him. But former President Trumps impeachment trial is going to add to the difficulty of this. Many republicans are arguing its unrealistic to work toward bipartisan goals while the democrats push what they consider to be a divisive impeachment trial. So lets begin with kaitlan collins, jeff zeleny and Seung Min Kim from the Washington Post on this and a whole lot more. Jeff, youve covered president s obama, trump and now biden. How does this first week of the biden era compare to his predecessors . Good morning. I think its different in so many ways because there is still this feeling that President Trump is still hanging over the biden presidency very much unlike george w. Bush was hanging over the Obama Administration at that point. But i think one thing is similar, as we talks about this 1. 9 trillion spending bill, if youll think back to the early days of the Obama Administration, they had a similar economic stimulus bill and they wanted to get bipartisan support. Zero republicans in the house voted for it and only three republicans in the senate voted for it. And President Biden was key to try to get more bipartisanship on board. So that is why theyre trying to get some republican buyin on this 1. 9 trillion bill. If it does not, it certainly will set the tone for the rest of this year, certainly and perhaps even longer, is bipartisanship possible . As you said in the opening, this is unprecedented challenges. The pandemic changes absolutely everything. But there is a sense, i believe, among republicans, that they need to do something. So the dynamic in the senate with Chuck Schumer and Mitch Mcconnell is something we have not seen before recently. This 50 50 power share, and the impeachment coming up in two weeks time. The next two weeks in washington are so urgent and critical for President Biden to get at least part of his agenda through and more importantly his nominees confirmed before that impeachment trial threatens to blow up everything. Yeah. Theres not a there are a lot of differences between the biden years now and the obama years 12 years ago. But president obama in his first month passed three major pieces of legislation within days after taking office, including his economic stimulus bill. And President Biden is taking a little bit of a different strategy. Hes got this 1. 9 trillion Economic Relief plan, thats more than twice the size of obamas and it includes stimulus checks, jobless aid, ban on evictions, food stamps, housing aid, money to reopen schools and distribute vaccines plus a 15 minimum wage. Its an all in one kind of approach. But is there a risk that putting so much into one bill could backfire and he ends up with nothing at the end of the day . Yeah, its a huge risk. And white house officials know that. They know the end result is probably not going to look like what hes called on congress to pass so far. But one thing he said last week as we were just getting into the early days of this was joe biden said that he knows his entire presidency is going to be judged on how they handle this crisis right out of the gate. And i think so many presidency are set, the tone of them, the first year in office. But this is going to be so much more so than any other time weve seen. This is what he promised on the campaign trail that he could come together with republicans, get Something Like this passed. But washington has changed a lot. We saw that, of course, with the insurrection that happened on capitol hill and how republicans responded to that. So i think thats why youre seeing the meetings start to happen with lawmakers here at the white house. There have been a lot of conversations behind the scenes and officials anticipate there are a lot more to come because they know a lot of it does hinge on this. You cant governor by executive order as he spent largely the first few days doing. Theyre going to get some kind of legislation moving if they want to have a real effect on the economic side effects of this pandemic. Over on capitol hill, of course, youre already hearing signs that republicans are not happy. And you and your colleagues at the post published this story yesterday, turned off by bidens approach. Gop opposition to stimulus relief intensifies. People may not find that surprising, but there was this from susan collins, she said, we just passed 900 billion worth of assistance. Why would we have a package that big now . Maybe a couple of months from now the need will be evident and well need to do something significant. But im not seeing it right now. You know, if thats the starting position of one of the key moderates in the senate, do biden officials think theres a real chance they can win over the 10 republicans they need to avoid a filibuster to get this massive stimulus bill through . Theyre certainly trying at the outset and thats why you have this critical meeting with a Bipartisan Group later this afternoon led by President Bidens top economic official. Youre hearing a lot of pressure from democrats on the white house and on their fellow republicans saying, if you dont want to embrace a massive relief package that is needed by the American People right now, then we are prepared to go on it on our own in a process called reconciliation thats been used several times in washington to pass major tax and spending legislation. Democrats are prepared to go on their own and do it that way. They say, you shouldnt risk getting a great bill for the American People for the sake of picking up just a few republican votes. And thats the posture of a lot of people right now. And the white house hasnt ruled that out either, ruling out using that process to get a massive relief package done. But at the outset, they do want the semblance of bipartisanship, thats why theyre talking with republican senators later today. And for republican senators, what theyre hearing what theyre hoping to hear from the Administration Later today is just why is this package needed . Show me the targets for relief and also their big question right now is there are hundreds of billions of dollars that have not yet been spent out of that massive package that washington passed in december. So tell us what the needs are. Show us what money has not gone out the door. It could be a very productive meeting later today or it could just be kind of a show and democrats decide to go forward on their own. Remains to be seen. If both sides are ready to have productive meetings, especially since this is a little bit of a different approach than what weve seen over the last four years. Jeff, i want to shift gears a little bit to what we started with in this segment, this theme of unity that was such a central part of bidens inaugural. And you can see it just splashed all over these front pages from across the country. But he and republicans seem to disagree fundamentally, frankly, on what unity actually means. Take a listen to what some republicans have been saying. The agenda and those executive orders hes signing are partisan thats dividing. President biden sounded a lot of notes of unity in his inaugural address. But when we got back to the white house, he implemented a bu bunch of farleft policies. This is not the way to unify and heal the nation. Jeff, is this what is this what President Biden meant when he talked about unity . It seems like republicans have decided that they oppose what biden is proposing . No question about it. Winning has consequences. Theres gambling in the casino, surprise, surprise, some of these republicans arent going to embrace unity. The 2022 campaign has started, the 2024 campaign has started with tom cotton. These republicans are not the audience, necessarily. But in his inaugural address last week, President Biden said he wants to work with republicans who can come along and agree with this. There are several members who want to get things done. They dont want to live in this era of obstructionist and us versus them and no progress. But i think unity is something that President Biden was talking about, you know, in a more aspirational way about healing. Hes not naive to know that all republicans suddenly are going to come on board and, you know, embrace every piece of his legislation. He was around capitol hill for almost four decades and he knows that wont happen. On the margins, on the edges on policy matters, some will come along, he believes. Thats the test of his presidency. Is joe bidens vision of washington, is his vision of america still possible in this posttrump era of deep polarization. But he also talked about truth, sticking to the facts and, you know, asemblance of truth here. He will get more republicans on board with that certainly. A lot has changed since biden first came to washington. Sure. Kaitlan, the other big theme this week, covid. The president promising to vaccinate a hundred Million People in the first 100 days. But at this point, given where we are, its the baseline. Were injecting a Million People a day. Do you get this is a strategy to moderate expectations so maybe they can exceed them. What weve heard is they set this goal before people actually had started being vaccinated and so thats why they say, you know, when experts are calling it too modest, given theyre already on track to reach that goal and they havent changed anything. But i think it helps them because theyre not setting these standards and not meeting them, which is what we saw at the end of the trump time in office. Where you have the operation warp speed officials explaining why they werent where they were supposed to be initially. Experts are saying its too modest of a plan, we should be on a lockout for that. One thing that set a stark contrast in the final days of trump and the early days of biden is look how much more involved the president has been in this, where hes giving daily speeches about coronavirus, talking about what they intend to do, at least what they hope to do. Also acknowledging the loss that we faced and acknowledging where we are in the country right now. And thats what you saw from President Biden on friday. He was saying, its not going to get better immediately. We didnt get into this pandemic within a matter of days. Its going to take months for there to be real change. I think they are lowering expectations for what people should expect. They shouldnt expect the pandemic to just stop now that joe biden is in office. And so the question, of course, is once youre actually executing these things, do you actually make that much of a difference, given how critical their response is going to be. Yeah, i think the sea change in washington has been obvious to pretty much anybody whos been paying attention. Kaitlan collins, thank you so much for joining us. Up next, the senate prepares for former president Donald Trumps second impeachment. Republicans saying thats no way to unify the country, but Speaker Pelosi begs to differ. The fact is, the president of the United States committed an act of incitement of insurrection. I dont think its very unifying to say, oh, lets just forget it and move on. You dont say to a president , do whatever you want in the last months of your administration. Youre going to get a get out of jail card free. Inside politics sunday brought to you by Dana Farber Cancer institute. Protein, lets the immune system attack, attack, attack cancer. 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They would prefer to not have to deal with any of this, quite frankly, abby, but thats not the reality. Weve always seen that President Biden, for the last several weeks, did not have an appetite for impeachment. He knew he couldnt stop it, of course, but this is basically the bestcase scenario. They want to try and get at least some of their nominees confirmed over the next twoweek period. It allows it takes away the argument that this is being rushed and the president is not having time to build his team. So it was very interesting. For a while now, the white house and the transition officials before that said mr. Biden is not playing a role in this, not focusing on the timing. But friday afternoon he answered a question in the state dining room. He says he supports senator mcconnells plan to start this in february, and Chuck Schumer said, okay, the trial will start on february 9th. So the next window of two weeks here is really an important time to try and get things done. Its the best timeline they could have hoped for. But, again, they wished this wasnt happening at all in the first 100 days. What i love about that, for four years, the president making comments that the white house would come as a surprise to people on capitol hill. I think this time, it sends a clear message. There are also at the same time that all this is happening, new revelations in the New York Times and the wall street journal this weekend about how far President Trump has been willing to go to undo this election. And he almost replaced his acting attorney general with a loyalist and he pressed the Justice Department to ask the Supreme Court outright to overturn the entire election. If theres more like this that is going to come out between now and the trial, will that change the dynamic for republicans . It certainly could, depending on how damning those revelations are and also depending on how house impeachment managers decide to take that information when they present their case to the senators who are, again, the jurors in the impeachment trial. We havent heard too much yet from the house impeachment managers, from House Speaker nancy pelosi on what their trial strategy will be. So will they call witnesses . Will they expand the scope into just beyond january 6th and look at all of the different actions that the president or the former president had taken before that day to sew this distrust in the election results. We dont quite have a sense of that yet. So all of the revelations from the New York Times and other outlets over the weekend could play a role in an actual trial. But it doesnt help President Trump when all of these news reports continue to come out and democrats have told me one advantage to a delay is it gives time for a lot of the news stories to come out about the former president s behavior. Jeff, what do we know about the former president s mind set ahead of this trial . We know hes playing golf. Hes facing a lot of other post president ial legal and financial problems. Is he actually preparing for this . He is now taking it much more seriously, were told. He has followed the advice of senator Lindsay Graham and hes going to retain a South Carolina lawyer who is really has never operated on this type of impeachment level. Hes done some state impeachment cases. But President Trump is very engaged. We saw him over the weekend sending a voice message to arizona republicans with the election of their new state chair and they elected a very, very protrump republican. So i think that, you know, in the early going, hes very involved with the shaping of what is still the trump party. And the next few weeks are going to determine if the if this remains the trump party or if it remains the Republican Party. If it can morph into a pretrump area. But this impeachment gives republicans a chance to push him to the side. Well see if they do it. At least at this point right now on capitol hill, manu raju and the rest of our team have been surveying republican senators and there are not 17 republican senators by any stretch of the imagination to vote for this impeachment. What is going to happen here is going to see how strong mr. Trump emerges from the impeachment trial. He could emerge Even Stronger and thats a problem at least in the eyes of some republicans in the years ahead. Hes watching all of this very carefully. What if he decides to come to the senate and essentially testify in his own defense. How dramatic would that be . Hes been out of the spotlight for a while. He might just love to do that. Quickly, Kevin Mccarthy during the impeachment proceedings in the house says the president bears responsibility for wednesdays attack. Now hes saying trump should have done more before the riot started. But listen to this. If you listen to what the president said at the rally, he said, demonstrate peacefully. And then i got a question later about whether did he incite them. I also think everybody across this country has some responsibility. I think a lot of people reacted with, what . So what is going on in the republican conference on capitol hill . The House Republican conference has definitely been more decidedly protrump during the Trump Presidency and certainly still the case now. Thats what you see from House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy twisting himself in pretzels to walk back his floor speech when he talked about the former president bearing some responsibility for what happened on january 6th. But that is kind of going to be this entire game for a lot of the members of the Republican Party going forward. How much do they hang on, and how much do they defend continue to defend the president when he is in their Rearview Mirror right now, when he doesnt have a Public Office position right now. Thats going to be the question going forward, certainly. Well, clearly he has not gone away based on what both you and jeff are saying. Seung min kim, jeff zeleny, thank you so much for joining us this morning. Sure, abby. Up next for us, what does senator Elizabeth Warren think of President Bidens first days in office . We will ask her that coming up. But if you get home and your ooh is more of a hmm. You have 100 days to change your mind. Thats the visionworks difference. Visionworks. See the difference. Lets get checked for ourselves. Lets get checked for those around us. Lets get checked for a full range of conditions. Introducing letsgetchecked a Health Testing you do at home. 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Vice president Kamala Harriss swearing in, plus the two georgia senators taking office this weeks now gives democrats control of the 50 50 senate, but the real senate lies ahead. An evenly divided chamber means that bipartisanship is more than just a washington buzz word, it may be a necessity and the Senate Already has a lot on its todo list with only two of bidens cabinet nominees confirmed, a looming impeachment trial, and the president s number one legislative priority, the 1. 9 trillion stimulus plan already getting pushback from republicans. We cannot, will not let people go hungry. We cannot let people be evicted because of nothing they did themselves. They cannot watch people lose their jobs and we have to act, we have to act now. Its not just to meet the moral obligation to treat our fellow americans with the dignity and respect they deserve, this is an economic imperative. And joining us now, one of the leading progressive voices in the senate and the vice chair of the Senate Democratic caucus, senator Elizabeth Warren also the woman with the plans. Senator warren, thanks for being here. Thank you. Im glad to be with you this morning. Were five days into this Biden Administration and already republicans are calling the biden agenda, quote, farleft wish list. Some of the proposals on immigration, on the economy, they are sweeping, but what do you think about what hes unveiled so far . Should it satisfy progressives like yourself who have big ambitions for this administration . Look, what President Biden is communicating is the urgency of the moment. He acknowledges right up front that were in the middle of a pandemic, were in the middle of an economic crisis, we have just suffered through an insurrection. And we are in the heart of a racial reckoning. And President Biden is saying hes ready to go. Hes doing everything he can to respond to that. And i think thats exactly the right approach. We must deliver. I would rather do it with republicans, i hope they will come on board, but the main thing is, its our responsibility to deliver. Thats what we were elected to do. And speaking of bringing republicans on board, there is a meeting at the white house today with a Bipartisan Group of 15 senators and the president s top economic adviser to talk about that 1. 9 trillion relief bill. Are you worried at all that at the end of this process it will not include some of your big priorities like, for example, a 15 minimum wage, and have you talked to the president about it . So, look, i think what we need to do as a nation are the things that americans want us to do, a 15 an hour minimum wage. Remember, florida just voted to increase their minimum wage to 15 an hour. That we need to get this pandemic under control. That we need to rescue this economy. That we need to deal with the fact that unemployment for the bottom quarter of earners in this country, unemployment is up 20 . Those are the things we need to respond to and the American People want us to. Its the republicans in the senate who are behind. Theyre the ones who dont get whats happening in this country and what we need to do to get this country moving forward. But will President Biden, do you think, negotiate away some of the things you think are critical and what are you willing to lose in this negotiation . The point is that President Biden is doing exactly what he needs to do. He is discussing the problem and hes laying out the solutions. We have a lot of tools for how to get those solutions done and its our responsibility to meet them. I will always be pushing for more. I want to see us as a nation make this economy work better for everyone. I think thats good for all of us. Its not good when young people are crushed by student loan debt. Its not good when millions of americans cant put a roof over their heads and food on the table with their Social Security checks. Its not good for the economy. Its not good for who we are as a people. So im always going to keep pushing. But i know right now that President Biden feels the urgency of this moment and he is determined to get through actions that need to be done. Do them by executive order, do them through congress, but get them done. One quick follow up on this, theres been some bipartisan criticism that relief needs to be more targeted this time around. Not to people who havent lost jobs or income, but when were talking about direct payments, direct checks, do you think theres a need to get that money directly to people who have actually lost jobs and income in this pandemic . So, you know, im very concerned about the recent data out of the fed that shows that we have roughly about a 6. 5 Unemployment Rate and thats bad, but it doesnt sound terrible until you break it apart and look at who is being affected. The top slice of americans, the Unemployment Rate is minuscule. But for the bottom quarter of americans in this country, people who make modest incomes or low income earners, unemployment is clear up at 20 . That means a big part of what we do needs to be targeted there. It needs to be targeted to those who are suffering most, those who are on the edge of losing their homes or their apartments, those who need to put food on the table and i think that President Biden is doing a good job of that. Thats where we need to target. But we also need to think about lifting this economy up overall and that means we need to get that money out, we need to get it in peoples hands so they can spend it and get this economy going again. Senator warren, on impeachment, leader schumer agreed to that impeachment trial, it will start in two weeks. Is there a risk that Republican Opposition to trump will fade the longer you wait . I cant imagine how Republican Opposition to insurrection would fade over the space of a couple of weeks. Were talking about a president who stood in front of a mob and told them to go to the capitol and invade, told them to go to the capitol and stop the lawful business of government so that he could try to stay in the white house. That is so fundamentally wrong. I just we have to think about whats at issue here. You know, donald trump, for years, has broken so many norms, has had people say over and over that theyre shocked by what he does. But this one, insurrection, this is the first time sense the civil war that we have seen someone, a politician, encourage people to take up arms against the United States government and its lawful actions. We need accountability, accountability for donald trump and accountability for everyone who participated in that insurrection. Now republicans are talking about unity, that was also a theme of President Bidens inauguration address. They also seem to think that unity means compromising, specifically on policy. How do you see it . Let me start with, how about if were unified against insurrection . How about if were unified for accountability . Unity starts with accountability. And then unity is about doing the work that the American People want done. Its not about ideology, its not about helping just the richest americans or some interest group, unity is about doing things that the American People want to see us do like a 15 an hour minimum wage, like canceling student loan debt, like expanding Social Security, like giving us more universal childcare and universal prek, things that are popular across this country, things that are needed across the country. We want to have unity, then get on board for the things that the American People want to see us do. Well have much more to talk with you about, senator warren. Stick with us. Coming up next with senator warren, well look at the pandemic economy and why it has been especially disastrous for women. Y 100 . Helping to prevent gum disease and bad breath. Never settle for 25 . Always go for 100. Bring out the boldâ„¢ meet jeff. In his life, hes been to the bottom of the ocean. The tops of mountains. The er. Twice. And all the places this guy runs off to. Like jeffs, a life well lived should continue at home. Home instead offers Customized Services from personal care to memory care, so older adults can stay home, stay safe, and stay happy. Home instead. To us, its personal. Research shows people remember commercials with nostalgia. So to help you remember that Liberty Mutual customizes your Home Insurance, heres one thatll really take you back. Wow whatd you get, ryan . 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When you see those numbers, how far has this pandemic set women back and is enough being done to address it directly and specifically. The pandemic has really set women back and make no mistake, this is not something that women are going to recover from in just the space of a few months or even a few years. This will have lifetime consequences. And women are getting hit in every direction. Women lowincome women, moderateincome women have suffered with greater layoffs, struggled with childcare so they cant get to work and therefore ended up with more job loss. Women who have worked from home have picked up more of the responsibilities at home and cut back on their hours. That has longterm consequences for their career. And thats going to be felt because its just moving them backwards on the path of their work forward. And it will be felt even into their retirement years because it will have diminished work years and diminished income for those years. Look, thats the nature of the problem. What we need to focus on is real structural solutions. First one, we need universal childcare in this country. We need to join the other highincome nations that make a Real Investment in letting parents work or in letting parents finish their education. Universal childcare, universal prek. We also need to raise the wages of every childcare worker, preschool teacher in america. Thats one way we can help women. Senator warren, i want to take a step back here and reflect because were at the end of a historic week in this country. But, actually, a historic season for you, you ran for president and in this last cycle and inspired a lot of women who thought they might see our first female president. But i want you to listen to something you said when you were the last woman to drop out of the race last year. If you say, yeah, there was cont sexism in this race, everyone says whiner, if you say, no, there was no sexism, women think, what planet do you live on . I promise you this, i will have a lot more to say on that subject later on. I remember being very intrigued by your candor in the moment. Now with a woman as our Vice President , do you think it will be easier to get to the top job, or is sexism as much of an obstacle as it has been in the past. Its tough out there. But i am so happy for kamala. I was so happy when she was sworn in. And i know that millions of little girls across this country see themselves in her. Can kamalas swearing in, women are one step closer. And do you think that there has been some barrierbreaking, some changes made to how we deal with women in positions of high power as a result of this election . Yes, i hope so. And its kamala but also look at the number of women who will be heading up agencies. Im so excited that deb haaland will be secretary of the interior. Shes terrific. I was on the phone yesterday with janet yellen who is going to be the first person in history to be the head of the fed and the secretary of the treasury at two points in time. Theyre wonderful women, strong women around President Biden and that is a part of tapping into our strength as a nation. We need to hear from many voices. And that means we need to hear from men and from women. We need to hear from people of color. We need to hear from people who grew up in poor backgrounds, people who grew up in other countries. We need to hear from all of our people. Because thats what builds resilience. Thats how we get good ideas and thats how we come together to build an america that works not just for a handful of rich people, but an america that works for everyone. 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Vaccinations are starting to speed up but not fast enough to end the pandemic any time soon. While the vaccine provides so much hope the roll out has been a dismal failure thus far. Well move heaven and earth to get more people vaccinated for free and create more places for them to get vaccinated, to mobilize more medical teams to get shots into peoples arms and to increase vaccine supply and get it out the door as fast as possible. Joining me now to sort all of this out is the dean of Brown Universitys medical school. Thanks for joining us today, dr. Shah. Cases are curving down. That seems to be a good sign of things to come but there is this new, more contagious variant thought to be at least 50 more contagious. What does that mean for the future here . Are the variants or vaccinations going to take hold first . It is first of all good news to see the curve bent down a little. We are still at a very high level of infections. I am very worried about whether well be able to sustain this or not. If we move quickly on vaccinationans get lots of people vaccinated quickly we can keep the curve heading down. But if the variants take hold first that curve will turn back up and things will get much worse. So this is a race. Obviously i hope we win. Were going to win by really by vaccinating lots of people quickly. We are close to averaging about a million vaccinations a day which is the Biden Administrations goal to get us to 100,000 vaccinations within 100 days. Even at that speed itll still take us until the end of the year to get to 75 of adults in the u. S. Vaccinated but at a pace of 1. 6 million vaccinations a day we would get there by the end of the summer. What is your view of this . The new president and this administration, are they aiming too low initially here . Well, you know, President Biden made that prediction or that goal in early december. I do think if supplies hold up and things continue to go well i expect well do better than a million a day. In some ways we need to. I want to instead of setting goals which i think can be important i think the key is lets vaccinate people as quickly as we can as soon as we get the vaccines and 1 million a day should be our minimum. We should be able to do even better than that. As people are looking around the country and seeing how these vaccinations are going, there are some huge differences it seems between how efficient some states are at administering vaccines and how inefficient other states seem to be. California for example, the cdc says 41 of the doses they have that have been distributed to them as of friday have actually been injected into peoples arms. In texas that percentage is 57 . This is really frustrating to a lot of people. Can you explain why there might be such a disparity between the states and what can be done about that . Yeah, absolutely. There are large variations across the states, states like West Virginia and north dakota that have done a fabulous job. There are other states that are struggling. I think there are two parts of this, abby. One is complexity. One set of states have just very, very complex rules for who gets vaccinated when and that has substantially slowed them down. The other is capacity. A lot of states want to do it. They just dont have quite the personnel and the staffing and the resources and thats where the federal government can help. The federal government has to help these states lagging behind to help get more people vaccinated. Do you have a sense some states are being too stringent about who they are vaccinating at this early stage and should they start to loosen that up in the interests of just getting these vaccines out the door . Yeah, absolutely. I think we should absolutely just relax some of the complexity and focus on age, we know older people are the ones at high risk. Id like to see everybody over 65 ive argued for everybody over 55 but, hey, lets start where we can and get older people vaccinated first. That is going to be critically important. We already have health care workers. Now it is time to focus on the elderly. Last weekend we marked one year since the first confirmed coronavirus case in the u. S. What is the most important thing you think weve learned in that year and, you know, where do you think well be a year from now . Will people be able to get back to their lives, to their families, you know, to what they used to be doing . I think the most important lesson of the last year is when we put in smart policies and do the things we need to do individually we can control the virus and when we dont things get out of control. I believe a year from now things will be meaningfully different even well before a year from now. I think the vaccines will be enormously helpful. The Biden Administrations goals around testing and mask wearing will all help as well. I expect by late Spring Summer well begin to feel meaningfully different and certainly by the fall and winter of next year a very different situation. Were all looking forward to those days. Hopefully they wril come sooner rather than later. Dr. Shah, thank you so much for being with us this morning. Thats it for inside politics sunday. Join us back here every sunday at 8 00 a. M. Eastern time. We hope youll also catch the week day version of the show at noon eastern time monday through friday. Up next state of the union with jake tapper and a new cohost dana bash, guests including the hhs nominee xavier becerra, senator mitt romney, senator bernie sanders, and representative madeline dean. Thanks for sharing your morning with us. Have a great day. Were turning up the speed. Upgrading over a thousand towers a month with ultra capacity 5g. 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