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Bojorquez, thank you. we want to turn now to what the american medical association is calling an urgent public health crisis and, believe it or not, the supply chain issues are to blame. dozens of life saving drugs are in short supply forcing doctors to use less effective medications. we get more on this from cbss mark strassmann. >> reporter: at the university of virginia medical center, 24-7, technicians fill single drug orders for nearly 700 patients. pharmacist brian spoelhofs job, >> by thm...

>> potentially. >> reporter: spoehlhof knows what youre probably thinking. >> for labs it will feel unfair. >> reporter: a solution. if i had a solution, we wouldnt be in the situation. >> odonnell: mark strassmann joins us from charlottesville, virginia. is part of the problem were not making many drugs here in america anymore? >> reporter: no question. in fact, america makes less than a third of the prescription drugs that americans need, but there are other forces contributing to this drug su...

I-- i just... its extraordinary. extraordinary. >> reporter: all the crew cried after landing. >> i hope i never recover from this. captain kirk is a fictional figure. bl cabaarov.>> ty. reaction was so memorable, blue origin could turn it into a commercial hoping to reel in more paying customers. shatners ticket was comp, another shrewd investment by jeff bezos. norah. >> odonnell: and a prime trip. mark strassmann, thank you. well, tonight, warnings of a possible twin-demic of both covid and t...

Wanting to do it for years, and its in their current contract that they can work 24 hours. theyre just waiting for terminal operators here at the port to tell them when to start. norah. >> odonnell: time to turn on that switch. carter evans, thank you. well, now to another big story were following. science fiction became science fact for actor william shatner today. at 90 years old, "star treks" captain kirk became the oldest person to travel to space. and he wasclearly moved by the experience. ...

Retreat. new infections are down 20% ove. new infections are down 20 the past two weeks, deaths down 14%. despite progress, americas overall pandemic recovery is struggling. cbs mark strassmann explains. ( bleep ) >> most-- can you watch your language? >> no. >> you are around kids. >> reporter: more than a moment, short of a disorder, covid america has functioning anxiety. day after day, living with its lingering virus. >> we will not comply. we will not comply. >> reporter: upset, uncertain, >...

Are accommodating, like, five to six positions during one shift. >> reporter: millions of jobless people now stay home. why risk working and catching covid, especially for mediocre money. more pandemic stress is on its way for private employers. osha is still working on issuing emergency guidance for mandatory vaccinations and testing for any company that has at least 100 employees. at least 24 states have promised to fight it. jericka. >> duncan: mark strassmann for us in atlanta, thank you. an...

Some staff members are making grocery runs themselves so that schools can feed students.

Roast not beef tips, cost, $1,500. thats all she could find for redland elementary to serve. are you sometimes surprised by what you have for lunch. >> yes. >> reporter: is it a good or bad surprise? >> in the middle. >> reporter: to help americas school systems struggling to serve meals, the usda announced its pumping in a billion and a half dollars. the agency reimburses elmore county for davis grocery runs. you look at a kid eating and think to yourself, you have no idea how hard that was to ...

Pause in-person learning because of outbreaks. well, in hard-hit georgia, at least 45 teachers and staff members have died from covid in recent weeks. cbss mark strassmann is there. >> parents of all fifth graders got two hours notice, come get your kids. a covid outbreak last month at eastside elementary in metro atlantas cobb county. parent at th. >> were trying to prevent school transmission. >> reporter: since school began, covid exploded in schools with hundreds infected in schools and staf...

New covid cases have tracked down in a couple of weeks, still high but trending in the right direction. a worsening problem here, norah, a severe shortage of school bus drivers and substitute teachers and sometimes the only solution is to put more kids in a class or on a bus and that, of course, norah, increases the risk. >> odonnell: mark strassmann, thank you. news tonight about north korea. they say its latest missile test involved a hyper sonic missile. if true this would mark a major advanc...