new fears that we could be going backwards, back to the time when covid brought the normal life we were living to a screeching halt. but to get an idea of where we are going, it helps to remember where we have been. reporter: this morning a grim new national record, more than 4,000 covid deaths reported in a single day. hospitals are facing a crisis of epic proportions. 100 million shots in our first 100 days in office. we re on day one. full fda approval, johnson s vaccine will become the third to go into americans arms. the third vaccine of the pandemic arsenal. get vaccinated. the vaccine that s available to you, get that vaccine. all adult americans will be eligible to get a vaccine no later than may 1. in new york city where people getting vaccinated are now able to enjoy some live music in the same space that served as a field hospital just a few short months ago. the tragic milestone in the battle against the coronavirus,
since last june. last year we lost a summer because of covid. so this year it s going to be a big summer. the delta variant first discovered in india could soon become the dominant covid strain in the u.s. so far only about 53% of the country is partially vaccinated but some states are barely hitting a third of their population. 67% of u.s. adults have received at least one dose. that s short of the president s goal of 70%. give you the best chance possible. a year ago the covid icu at lexington medical center was pushed to the brink. this week doctors say it s feeling like deja vu. tonight the alarming delta variant surge, the u.s. now seeing more daily covid cases than last summer s peak. the plan is for every adult to get a booster shot eight months after you ve got your second shot. a moving new memorial that provides a vivid reminder of the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic. more than 670,000 white flags are planted along the national
resources and coordination for this, there s nothing else we should be focused on. the president talked about all the new tools in our toolboxment one of those would be these covid pills if and when they get approved. what are you hearing? we re hearing that could be imminent possibly as soon as even today for both of these pills from pfizer and merck. we ve seen that reporting from my colleague david faber at cnbc, also from bloomberg news, the new york times. the question here is going to be the supply of these medicines and for whom they re cleared. it s likely to be limited to just high risk people at risk of severe disease for covid, and we re likely to have very limited supply at the beginning. perhaps, you know, 300 or 3 million courses from america and only 250,000 from pfizer. that s according to new reporting just now from bloomberg. it s going to be limited. people have to get test results in order to get these drugs within three to five days of symptoms, so bringing u
and are going to move on. we ve got to be flexible. rachel: the nation s top covid advisor morning covid lockdowns could return even after admitting this variant is less severe than, krohn. dr. how are you doing? if fauci is getting this right it would behoove a solid foundation of public health officials could stop for a second and start to roll back some of the panic they ve instilled in the american people and reassure americans that moving forward as we continue dealing with covid we will only be going forward and won t be going backward. when it comes to the latest variant we look at the uk, europe and other places that are giving us information this
misinformation. he appreciates while there s no political will for lockdowns and those sorts of measures at this point, he s basically saying at this point, look, this is up to you. if you ve gotten vaccinated and boosted, you re probably going to be okay. if you haven t, this could be really bad, and he s trying to warn people. there s just the frustration that you hear from folks around the president on this covid response task force that 40% of the country roughly still hasn t gotten the shot, may not get the shot. you know, we re dealing with polarization, misinformation, all those things, and this has been a really difficult thing for the president to breakthrough to people on. i think that is why you heard for the first time yesterday president biden crediting the past administration for the work they did to get the vaccine to market as quickly as it was, you know, as it was produced and approved. i think also not only crediting the president with vaccine, pointing out that presi