washington on the big news regarding vaccines. 100 million of these johnson & johnson single dose vaccines that will be out there. i guess, kevin, pronto, huh? >> yeah, sooner than some expected. although to be fair, not as many doses unfortunately, neil as had been hoped for. this is a boon for all americans that still need to take the vaccine. this is great for everyone especially as we try to get the economy rolling again. the white house today actually told governors on tuesday to expect fewer than 400,000 doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine next week that is far below what they initially had expected to be available however, in making the announcement today with johnson & johnson and merck, the president said he's helping manufacture this vaccine under the deal brokered by the white house. that's a win for all of us. you may recall last week, mr. biden announced the u.s. would have enough covid-19 doses for every adult american by the end of may. that was in itself a two-month acceleration of the previous timeline laid out by the administration. here's his approach as by mr. biden not long ago. >> i said we have to treat this like a war. so i want to thank the two companies for showing how we can come together and defeat this virus. by putting patriotism and public health first. i mean that literally, patriotism and public health first. >> obviously this is the key here. yes, it's a boon for the manufacturers. a boon for shareholders. clearly this is a real win for american consumers. we're all trying to get back to what we perceived as normal prepandemic and this would seem to be a huge step, neil, in the right direction. >> neil: got it. thanks very much. kevin corke on all of that. we're now in the enviable position of having far more vaccine available than people that are getting it. so that have a double edge sword for a lot of states that are vastly changing their requirements to get you to get that shot. let's get the late forecast jonathan serrie following that. >> hi, neil, this is a sampling of the changes in policies. new york is lowering the minimum age for receiving vaccinations now to 60. in georgia, they're going to move the age down to people 55 and up starting monday. they also will offer vaccine to everyone 16 and older who have a wide range of risk factors. people with asthma, diabetes and obesity just to name three examples. alaska is the first state to offer shots to everyone 16 and up regardless of health. new york is lowering and i said new york is lowering its minimum age. nearly 33 million americans have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. that's almost 10% of the population and more than 31% of those 65 and older. the age group at higher risk. as more people get vaccinated and daily case numbers go down, expect more restrictions to lift. texas lifted their statewide mask mandate today. face coverings are encouraged but no longer enforced. businesses may operate at full capacity as long as the local hospitals are not inundated with co have it patients. friday, maryland will lift capacity on restaurants, venues and sporting arenas may operate at 50% capacity. maryland is continuing their mask mandate. georgia, which imposed relatively few restrictions during the pandemic reports hospitalizations have decreased significantly since the winter peak. >> we have made significant progress without a statewide mask mandate, the people of georgia did this without shutting down restaurants or bars or closing churches or houses of worship. >> neil, in the coming days, we're expecting revised guidance from the cdc on travel for americans that have been fully vaccinated. back to you. >> neil: all right, jonathan. thank you for that update. as jonathan pointed out, more states are dramatically changing things so that they can open this up to anyone and everyone. there's this huge chasm with available vaccines and those that are trying to get them. about a 30 million gap between the number of convenience available and the number of americans that have had them. let's get the read from dr. marty makary, johns hopkins school of medicine. good to have you. states are dramatically loosening the standards by which they can get people to get this, including some just saying look, if you're over 16, have at it. what do you think of some of these states trying to rush this process or adjust the log jam? >> neil, i get it. there's good news on the horizon f we're honest with the data, we're doing well and heading to herd immunity quickly. i'd remind people that it takes about four weeks for these vaccines to kick in. when people hear the good news, they think okay, i have my vaccine. now i'm good to go. you really have no immunity for the first few weeks. you have to wait until four weeks. so i think when governors lift restrictions on capacity, that is fine. it's letting the businesses decide how many people they should admit based on ventilation and other facilities. when they sense strong anti-masking language, i don't think that is helpful right now. if i were advising these governors, i'd advise against it the next four weeks. >> so those like in texas where they're saying get rid of the mask, you don't need it, you don't think that is a good strategy? >> not yet. we're about 4 to 6 weeks away from being an't that point. i don't think it's helpful to be sending strong anti-masking language right now. >> neil: what about the other openings that you're seeing throughout the country, including texas? they're back to prepandemic levels. >> that's right. you know, businesses rely on that state guidance and the cdc guidance to enforce policies that they have in their business, in their retail stores, grocery stores. so that is what businesses want. they rely on that guidance so they can enforce the policy locally. when somebody comes in that is not vaccinated or immune and say i don't have to wear a mask because the governor said i don't, that is not helpful right now. we're in a really good place and moving to a good place. some states are doing better than others. it's just jumping the gun a little bit. the good news is, certain states have now immunized a third of their adult population. so that's good news. ironically states with department of healths are doing better on their distribution. >> neil: that's interesting. speaking of the department of health and medical officials, we've gotten different advice including the cdc urging against travel, that was a big problem for the airline industry when they heard that. the back and forth on masks. we thought this would be a good opportunity to cite yourself not withstanding that look, advice has been over the last year all over the map. sometimes i can't blame americans for being confused. why don't you digest some of these examples of top authorities. over the last year since this started on what to do about the pandemic. take a look. >> there's no reason to be walking around with a mack. wearing a mask might make people feel better and might even block a droplet. but it's not providing the perfect protection that people think that it is. if you have a physical covering with one layer, you put another layer on, makes common sense that it likely would be more effective. that's the reason why you see people either double masking or doing a version of an n 95. >> hold the gathers to under 10 people. not just bars and restaurants but in homes. really limit interactions indoors to immediate households when we see this level of community spread. >> masks should be used in combination with other prevention measures to offer you and your community the most protection from covid-19. stay six feet apart from other people you don't live with, avoids crowds and wash hands often. fully vaccinated people can visit with other fully vaccinated people in small gatherings indoors without wearing masks or physical distancing. >> neil: you know, it's easy to go back and time and some of these are recent with the cdc director. but americans that don't have your background and you've been consistent on all of this from the beginning, but you can understand how they can be confused. you can understand how they're being told too be cautious about traveling. keep wearing the mask, maybe two masks when dr. fauci himself said at the beginning that masks weren't necessary. you can understand their anxiety. >> you know, it's not just about virus replication science, neil. it's about implementation science. what is feasible. what people are going to listen to and how straightforward the messaging is. when you put out overly complicated guidance, people are going to ignore it. look at the vaccine allocation guidance. it was late and it was so complicated, it left states and hospitals in a decision paralysis. people cut in the vaccine line, vaccines were thrown away. because it was too complicated. the same thing with these recent cdc guidelines and what you can do if you've been vaccinated. let me make it simple. wait a month after vaccination and live a normal life. the overly complicated restrictive policy of you can only do this under the certain circumstance that it's a person from one household and a small gathering indoors and private, you know what? 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>> well, it depends. is it paid for and does it have partnership money in it and what kind of infrastructure are we talking about? if it's a way to disguise a democratic wish list on green energy and not build roads and bridges and expand broad band, it won't help much. my concern goes beyond that. a lot of concerns today. my concern is it's going to include tax increases. when you look at this covid-19 package, it's not targeted. it's $1.9 trillion. we could have done it for less than half that and still had the same effect on covid-19. more than half of this money isn't even spend during this calendar year. within it are hidden tax increases. three or four tax increases. this time not significant numbers in terms of the amount that they generate but the wrong idea to stimulate the economy you should not be raising taxes. my concern is the next stimulus package will include infrastructure plus increases. >> neil: some have thought a infrastructure package would be the opportunity to get corporate taxes back up to 28%. this could go beyond that. do you know beyond that what it means? >> everything. they're talking about raising capital gains taxes and the business tax, which has finally been competitive around the world and saw investment in the united states that wouldn't have occurred. raising people's wages -- remember, a year ago, we were in a situation that our economy was growing precovid. we had 19 straight months in february of last year of wage growth of over 3%. it was working. the combination of all of these things, what we did in an interview, small business side, the big companies, the public traded corporations are doing better. america was getting more investment and losing investment which was happening before that. all of that is up in the air now. my concern is that when i talked to my colleagues on this side of the aisle, there's a wish list of things they'd like to get done as part of a infrastructure package that might not be traditional infrastructure. their what i to do it is to raise taxes. that's my concern. i'm discouraged with covid-19. that's one area that we have been totally nonpartisan five times in the last year. we've passed covid-19 bills with huge majorities over 90 votes each. so it was an area where there should be total bipartisanship or nonpartisanship and infrastructure used to be the same way. the notion we can get together there because republicans and democrats voted for infrastructure. it will help the economy if done right. my concern is they'll ignore the republicans and do it under reconciliation and 0 this projects that won't help the economy. >> neil: i know you've been concerned about deficits but republicans are hardly one to point the finger on red and more debt under president trump than under president obama just as president bush. so a lot of spending sprees. but you think republicans are looking at the critical pointing at the expense of all of this? >> well, neil, it's all relative, isn't it? you're right. republicans and democrats have been responsible for increasing the spending. it's always democrats wanting to spend more than republicans. always. i can give you numerous examples. the one would be every year is the inability and disinterest in looking at the mandatory side of the ledger where is where most of the spending occurs and what happened in the covid-19 bill. so much of this -- more than half of this spending won't occur this in year -- >> neil: do be fair to you, senator, you stood out as being a critic of that sort of thing. i admire you for that. but i wanted your take on what seems to be a battle among republicans, the president and donald trump and the cease and desist order to the republican national committee to quit using his name on behalf of candidates that he said are rinos. how do you feel about that? >> it's tough. people will use his name in their solicitations and i'm sure that many will. he very popular, i don't know that that is realistic. but look, as a party, we have to get back to the policy, the issues where the american people generally agree with us. this is where the republicans did well in 2020 except at the top. >> neil: but you're not on the same page, right? these battles could flare up. you and the president keep happening. and given the president and the senate leader, republican leader, you have to wonder whether mitch mcconnell and if they're in a separate universe and their backers are in a separate universe from him. i'm wondering, where is this going? are you worried about it? >> i have to -- with all due respect, i disagree with you that it's about policy. mitch mcconnell and president obama differed on policy. >> neil: senator, they don't talk to each other. they don't talk to each other. >> my point is it's not a policy debate. this is a personality issue. it's different by -- >> neil: it's averting -- you think it's hurting your party? >> it has the potential to hurt the party. it already is making it more divided. but let's get back to the policies. that's where we agree. that's our job as a party, to help organize the democracy around certain ideas. you know, you have organizers on the left and the right of our democracy. we're the ones that should be saying, okay, the deficit does matter. tax renorm is important to drive jobs and tax cuts hurt jobs. we're the ones that say energy independence is a good thing. >> neil: so the battle between the former president over whether the rnc can use his name and all and the rnc getting testy, they can be helpful? >> no, i don't think it is. neil, as i said, i don't know how you avoid using the president's name in a solicitation. i'm not one doing that. but i imagine many will. i'm not sure the lawsuits would be successful. you know, he was president. he did a lot of things that r