fomenting hesitancy by his actions. >> there is no evidence that there is significant re-infections after vaccine, in fact, i don't think we have a hospitalization in the united states after the two week period after the second vaccination. you have a death in the united states. >> you are not hearing what i am saying about variance. we are talking about wild type versus variance. >> what proof is there that there are significant reinfection's with hospitalization and death from the variance? none in our country. a zero. >> because we don't have a prevalent variance yet, we are having one, let me finish, we are having 117 deaths more prevalent. >> it is based on conjecture. >> it is not based on conjecture. >> you want people to wear masks for another couple of years, you have been vaccinated and you parade around into masks to first show, you can't get it again. there is virtually 0% chance you are going to get it and you're telling people that they have a vaccine and immunity, you're defying everything we know about immunity by telling people to wear a mask who have been vaccinated. you should say that there is no science to say that we are going to have a problem from the large number of people being vaccinated coming want to get rid of vaccine hesitancy, tell them they can quit wearing the mask after they get the vaccine. give them a reward instead of telling them of that the manic state is going to be there for three more years and you have to wear a mask forever. there is no science behind it. >> let me just state for the record that masks are not theater, masks are protective -- >> if you have immunity, they are theater. you are wearing a mask to give comfort to others, not because of any science. >> i totally disagree with you. >> bret: dr. fauci continued responding saying the emergence of variant strains means that the country is not dealing with a static situation regarding the coronavirus. the cdc says fully vaccinated people can gather indoors with other vaccinated people without physical distancing or wearing masks. but it recommends masks and social distancing in public settings for when visiting with on vaccinated people multiple households, let's get additional information on the vaccine issue tonight from correspondent david lee miller in new york. good evening, david. >> good evening, brett, president biden took a victory lap this afternoon saying that 58 days into his administration 100 million americans as of tomorrow will have been vaccinated against the virus. his administration's goal of 100 million shots in 100 days, he said use of the defense production act which expedited critical supplies help made it possible and gives credit to a manufacturing partnership between competing pharmaceutical companies in public health a priority. and made no mention of the previous administration operation warp speed that accelerated the development. >> when i took office, when we took office, there was a lot that had to be done, needed more vaccines, more vaccinated others, more places for people to get vaccinated. >> former hhs secretary brett giroir accused joe biden of rewriting history, under the trump administration they had a pace of 1 million shots per day. and president biden went on to say that tremendous progress was being made vaccinating seniors who account for 80% of all covid deaths. >> eight weeks ago only 8% of seniors, those most vulnerable to covid-19 had received vaccination, today 65% of people age 65 and older have received at least one shot. >> and the european drug union agency said today that a covid vaccine made by astra seneca that does not have u.s. approval should you be used to protect against a virus, suspending use of the vaccine because of blood clots following the announcement france, italy, germany said they will use the vaccine again. >> this is a safe and effective vaccine, its benefits in protecting people from covid-19 with the associated risks of death and hospitalization outweigh the possible risks. >> back here in the united states, the board of education is saying that it is going to hold a virtual summons on how to safely reopen schools in the later development the cdc is considering changing the guidelines for school when it comes to social distancing from 6 feet to 3 feet, and official tells fox that the announcement could come as soon tomorrow. bret. >> bret: david lee miller in new york, thank you. as we saw former president trump is encouraging americans to get their vaccinations as soon as possible. >> i recommended and i recommend it to a lot of people that don't want to get it, and a lot of those people voted for me, frankly, but again, we have our freedoms and we have to live by that. and i agree with that also, but it is a great vaccine. it is a safe vaccine, and it is something that works. >> bret: let's find out what the public is saying broadly about vaccines, poster frank luntz joins us tonight. you had a focus group sponsored by the beaumont foundation, tell us about it and what you learned. >> 19 trump voters, republicans, and they had a lot to say about the vaccine, a lot to say about anthony fauci and what is happening right now, there is one click relevant to what you just reported, there was a real concern doubt, if not distrust of anthony fauci and what he has to say, and i would love to play that for the viewers right now. >> i have tuned him out, frankly, i have no opinion anymore. i don't want to sit here. >> liar, puppet, flip flopper. >> inconsistent. >> self-serving. >> they have given up on him because he keeps changing the goalposts, he keeps changing his mind, and that interaction that you had with the graham paul, i don't want to undercut dr. fauci's credibility, but among trump voters he has none. and if we are to get people vaccinated, what these voters are telling me is that they need evidence other than dr. fauci. their own doctor, their own health care provider, they are more likely to trust than anybody else. >> bret: let's play another sound bite, this is vaccine impressions, take a listen. >> scary not knowing the long-term side effects. >> a miracle albeit suspicious. >> unproven. >> rushed. >> not sufficiently tested. >> holding my freedom hostage. >> my fear of the vaccine is more than my fear of getting the illness. >> it seems like it should be cut and dry, frank. >> that is the challenge up to the biden administration to step up and to allow doctors to deliver the message. and the most powerful impactful message of all, 90% of all doctors have taken the vaccine, they are much more likely to be trusted then any politician, then the previous president even more than donald trump himself, and given the facts on the information and let americans themselves decide what to do. >> bret: use all the former president come out on maria bartiromo, saying people should get the vaccine, do you think that that to move these folks? >> it is a good first step, and frankly, it should've been done months ago rather than now, people are making up their minds, and the foundation has nonpartisan organization that they have seen where every other pollster is showing right now, the one group least likely to take the vaccine are trump voters, particularly younger trump voters and it is going to take an appeal from the medical community, from the doctors themselves face-to-face with their patients given the vaccine in the office rather than the mass site will move people and it has to be moved if we get to herd immunity. >> bret: last one, we will talk about the incentives for vaccinations and one of them as travel, take a listen. >> we have not traveled, going away three or four cotimes a year, if this is the only way that i can go, i am going to. >> i think eventually i would cave and i would get the vaccine. >> and that's the problem, you don't want them to have to cave, you want them to have to want to do it, so they need the evidence and the facts and know that there is a benefit and give them the choice. it is an issue of personal responsibility rather than national responsibility, you personalize individualized the vaccine with the doctors and one last thing, bret, there is a major, millions and millions of dollars campaign of a psa to show the president, the previous president talking about getting the vaccine completely ineffective. trump voters want to hear the sites and the medicine and hear from doctors, they do not want to hear from previous presidents. >> bret: always interesting, thank you. also breaking tonight's, two pressing foreign policy issues for the biden administration as it deals with a domestic crisis and for the first time actually using that word to describe the deteriorating situation along the southern border. we are getting our first look at how the new president will deal with china with the initial face-to-face meeting between the two country since the inauguration. also tonight a very upset to russian government over president biden statement describing vladimir putin as a killer, the fox team coverage tonight, jennifer griffin at the pentagon with the response to that insult. for state department correspondent rich edson who details the new china talks. good evening. >> they are underway in anchorage, alaska. the first of two scheduled sessions this evening between top diplomats from the united states and china. secretary of state andy blink and has lead off these discussions accusing china's government of threatening the rules based order that global stability. >> thank you very much for making the journey to meet with us. >> secretary of state antony blinken is back in the united states for the first meeting of the biden administration mission with senior chinese officials. >> our administration is leading with diplomacy to the united states and the international order. >> just sent philip and spent several days in east asia in the meeting with chinese diplomats, national security adviser jake sullivan and himself are expected to raise china's assault on democracy in hong kong. depth of trade secrets, claims in the south china sea, and mass repression against the minority in shandong. across the country, the state department's headquarters, members pressed blink into and repression, and said that he came to the u.s. in 2009 after watching the chinese government hill protesters and arrest thousands. >> i lost contact with my family members, my mother is 92 years old, i don't know her whereabouts now. >> he says his brother was just sentenced to 17 years in prison. when it comes to tibet, hong kong, or taiwan, china's government says the united states should stay out of its internal affairs. chinese officials won the u.s. to roll back distinctions, tariffs, and other sanctions that trump the administration administered. the bear on the secure interest, no one shall expect china to make any compromise or trade-offs. ahead of this meeting, the state department levied sanctions against two dozen chinese officials for the crackdown and hong kong that drew praise from former secretary of state mike pompeo. the president trump's top diplomat contends the new administration is too eager to address climate change. >> they will trade an awful lot of american security for a false chinese progress on climate change. >> there is more scheduled tomorrow. the white house says that president biden wants to see where these talks go before deciding on next steps. >> rich edson at the state department, thanks. russia wants an explanation over president biden's assessment over vladimir putin as a killer, national security correspondent jennifer griffin has details tonight from the pentagon. >> a war of words erupted just hours after president biden vowed that vladimir putin would pay a price for attempting to undermine the 2020 u.s. election. and agreed that the russian president is a killer. >> regarding my american colleagues statement, as he said, we know each other personally and would i answer him? i would tell them to stay healthy and wish him good health and status without irony. >> chilling warning who spies used a nerve agent to poison his main opponent. then challenged biden to talk tomorrow or monday. >> i want to invite biden to continue the discussion, but that we do it live online without any delay in an open direct discussion. i think that it would be interesting. >> in an interview that aired wednesday, biden did not mince words. >> you know vladimir putin, do you think he is a killer? >> i do. >> what is the price he will pay? >> you will cease shortly. >> a camel and spokesperson said there is nothing like this in history as he analyzed the comment. >> i remember when we were young and were bigger in the yard, we would say i am rubber and you are glue, bad names bounce off of me and stick to you, we see the quality and other people and assume that they are just like us. >> accusing the u.s. of, slavery, and referenced black lives matter, because russian bots divide americans, the u.s. sanction russia for poisoning his opponent alexi nepali, and is also planning to respond to russia's recent hacking in 2020 election disinformation campaign. >> the president reserves the right to respond in the manner of his choosing is any president wanted, but he did make clear that the russian government will pay a price. >> declassified u.s. intelligence report accused russia of meddling in the 2020 election and mentioned it 64 times. the escalating tensions come as they host a round of peace talks between the taliban, the f and government and four other countries including the u.s. that needs russia's help to end the fighting in afghanistan. >> angered by biden's remarks, hooton called the ambassador back to moscow for consultation, something they have not done in protest and more than 20 years, bret. >> bret: jennifer griffin at the pentagon, the white house press secretary actually uses the word crisis talking about the immigration surge at the border. first here is what some of the fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight, fox 4 in mississippi the storm system marches through the south spawning tornadoes in some places leaving thousands without power, at least two people were hurt when a tornado struck a house in south western alabama. no reports of fatalities they are. and this is a live look at los angeles from the affiliate fox 11. one of the big stories they are, and sea theaters saying 98% of the facilities will be open friday. many are reopening this weekend in california following the pandemic shutdown. that is tonight's live look outside the beltway from special report. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ our retirement plan with voya, keeps us moving forward. hey, kevin! hey, guys! they have customized solutions to help our family's special needs... hey, graduation selfie! well done! and voya stays by our side, keeping us on track for retirement... ...giving us confidence in our 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