there is more evidence that the uk variant is spread something widely in the u.s. beaches are full with few masks in sight. there won't reach immunity until people get shots. in a new cbc poll, a third of republicans say they would not get vaccinated while another 20% said they were not sure. >> yesterday president biden asked for help -- i discussed it with my team and they said things that would have more impact than anything trump would say the to the maga folks, would be what the local doctors say. >> today on morning joe, dr. fauci said he has not had contact to the former president. >> i have not reached out directly to him. but i do it so many ways indirectly including the conversation you and i are having right now about what the importance is of getting the overwhelming majority of the population vaccinated. >> joining me now is kristen welker and jonathan. >> what is the president's strategy? he is heading to delaware county. those five counties around philadelphia were big in his win, but also they are very short on vaccines. >> president biden's strategy is twofold. first to make the case and sell that sweeping 1.9 trillion relief package that passed last week. republicans say the price tag was too big, wasn't targeted enough. so president biden and vice president kamala harris are going to try to explain how it will benefit communities they are visiting. today he will visit a small business in chester and make the case that it provides aid to businesses, direct payments, those $1400 direct payments, many ofs they going out over the weekend to americans who need them. and also billions in funding for the vaccine rollout. that's the argument and the case i think you will hear the president an vice president make. in terms of the political strategy, they are targeting swing areas in swing states. delaware county, pennsylvania today. then he will be in atlanta, georgia later this week with the vice president in a joint appearance. that is a stark contrast between this passed along party lines and republicans didn't support this. they are going to try to make republicans pay a political price for this. will they? we know behind the scenes the president is discussing potential tax hikes, raising taxes on those making $400,000 or more and large corporations. that could be a flashpoint as well moving forward. that's how you try to pay for some of this. not sure if that would be a stand alone package or woven into another piece of regulation. they are trying to draw the battle lines having drawn that relief bill last week. >> some of the tax raises on partly to try to get bipartisan support for the infrastructure bill that is down the pike. as president biden is trying to sell the package, jonathan, what is the administration's plans to try to get republicans on board? >> we heard last week that the biden administration, perhaps not the best to convince republicans to take the vaccine because of the polarization the country has gone through. there have been discussions about having president trump be part of this. the other former living presidents participated in a campaign showing them all and their spouses getting the vaccine. the former president was not part of it because no one knew that he had gotten it back in january until an aide told cpac a couple weeks ago. it was the decision to wear masks that made so many not wear them at the republican rallies. the president said get your shot, but he has not been involved in any other advocacy campaign. they are not sure what role he will play. i think we will hear from dr. fauci, more events like that on morning joe, a show we know president trump watches regularly to try to get the message to him and others that people need to take a shot. >> it's remarkable they got the shot secretly without making a display about it at the time when president biden and vice president harris were getting them on camera. i what to play something about this very issue. >> i would say i was 50-50 when i started. i am maybe 75 in favor now of getting it. only if it means i can get into the nursing home to see my mother. that would push me a lot quicker. i like the doctors. i like the medical situation when they give us the facts and talk to us without any politics involved. i think that helps me see that my bias was probably with the political side of it. >> so that really supports what the cbs poll says that people want to hear about this from their doctors, people they trust, not necessarily from political figures. >> i actually doubt -- i am not sure how much impact trump would have if he did speak out about the vaccine. it's likely just to polarize an make things political. president biden saying what the white house should do is not rely on political, but on doctors and people's family to convince them to get the vaccine. the woman is narrating her education. that's probably happening to a lot of people. the more people that get vaccinated, they know people that get vaccinated, their doctor recommendation it. it's a decision about their health and that's probably the best way to get people to take that step. >> also reluctance by members of the house and senate. rand paul is a doctor saying he didn't need it because he had covid. in fact cdc and fact checkers point out that that kind of antibodies that are built up if you have covid, you don't know how long that lasts and not the same as you get from the vaccine. and there is hesitation among minority groups. this poll found that willingness to get it was higher between latino and black respondents than whites. it's ability to go when the sites are open. >> we pressed the administration on. how are they going to make up that gap, get the information to the communities who are not getting the information they need and not able to access the vaccines. they say they are pouring resources into that. it's another reason they say they need the covid relief package to pass. at the same time it's still about getting the information about. we are told this vaccine campaign to educate people will be at the grassroots level, at safe leaders, at community leaders to get people to know where and how to get their vaccines. >> thanks to all of you for starting us off today. joining me now is anthony williams who represents part of delaware county where president biden is visiting this afternoon. it is found that the southeast region you represent have received fewer doses per capita than any other part of the state. there are nearly 200,000 individuals on on a wait list in a county of roughly 560,000. what is causing this backlog? >> first it is an honor to be here on women's history month. i have watched you for years. >> thank you. senator, let me just interrupt you to say you come from a great family. >> my father is screaming about the fact it is not just about how many vaccines you have. you are spot on in terms of the coverage. the accessibility in these communities is as significant as having the vaccine itself. frankly, delaware county local executives have a plan. they put vaccination centers in places of color, but because of technology, lack of the vaccine at the appropriate time and a series of things, we are seeing african-americans, brown folks, we are seeing them fall behind their counterparts in other parts of pennsylvania. >> president biden has said he's going to direct states to make all eligible for a vaccine by may 1. but individuals in part of your county say they are still innoculating group 1a. >> we do not want to move from 1a until we have appropriately caught up in these communities underserved and undervaccinated before they move forward. we have made that employee to the governor and to the secretary of health. we hope that they are listening because without doing that we will not reach the number that the president desires nationally and certainly won't reach it in this county by thousands of people simply will not be there. the 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our country, fuel zeen phobia and racism and that xenopobia, fear of the border, there are consequences to that rhetoric. >> what are the solutions? they are scrambling fema to help, trying to open some large centers for the children so they don't have to stay in the border facilities built for mexican males and not the social services that children need. but the message is not getting through to people south of the border don't come. they are not watching cable news or hearing the secretary of homeland security. >> in some respects it is not the messages coming from the white house that will stop people with nowhere to live, dealing with famine, food and security, deep economic security and running from their lives. a white house press sector secretary of dhs or even the president of the united states saying don't come probably will not make the difference. the flow never stopped under donald trump. look at everything he did to people and the way he stripped them of their humanity as 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of coronavirus that are harder to start. this week another hurdle. more countries are suspending use of the astrazeneca vaccine. doctors are saying there is little evidence the vaccine is causing bloodclots, insisting that the benefits far outweigh the risks. how does it feel for italy going to a third lockdown just a little more than a year after the first? >> it feels like history repeated. it was mar, 2020 when italy went into the first lockdown. here we go again. it is lockdown once again. i see a lot more people around. i don't know whether you can see behind me. why? the authorities seem to be more relaxed when it comes to checking. and secondly, italians know the virus more than last year and therefore they don't feel it as much. >> it's so sad to see the square behind you and people not having lunch in italy, something we all forward to when there. >> we will have to wait a little more. >> and joining us is the dean of the brown university of public health. good to see you, doctor. you see europe going into lockdown and astrazeneca which is more wildly used in europe, is the bloodclotting a reason to stop use of this vaccine? >> this is difficult. they have seen the rise of this b117. this is what we have all been worried about in the united states. you know, i have seen no data so far that makes me think that these bloodclots are from the vaccine. they are common, particularly among older people. i am worried that they are stopping the vaccinations for something not related to the vaccine at all. >> how much do you think of the third wave in europe, the surge now, because of the spread of the uk variant, can be attributed to the slow rollout by eu? >> i think a lot. that variance is the same surge happening here in the united states. we are not seeing it in the same way. we are seeing a decline in cases. that's because we have vaccines going out, vaccinating at two or three times the rate of european countries. i think the eu was way too s