would be available right away. leaders in the medical community tonight coming to the cdc chief's defense, hoping to offer the american people a more realistic timeline. but in a polarized country and with politics at play, tonight, what the american people are now saying about whether they even trust this vaccine is coming without political pressure. and so we begin with our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: tonight, the nation's top medical experts are backing up embattled cdc director robert redfield, as president trump calls redfield confused and mistaken about when most americans will be able to get the covid vaccine. redfield told congress that even if a vaccine is approved this fall, it will take many more months before it is widely available. >> i think we're probably looking at third -- late second quarter, third quarter 2021. >> reporter: president trump says he called redfield directly to tell him he is wrong, an extraordinary rebuke to one of the top experts on his coronavirus task force.
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