united states and all around the world, we have reports from rome, berlin, the white house and tokyo. this is early start, i m laura jarrett. good morning, i m christine romans. we begin in europe, it s cheaper, simpler to deliver and is being pulled off the market, some countries in the last few minutes halting use of the astrazeneca covid vaccine after a small number of patients experienced blood clots. it s another blow to the eu s sluggish vaccine rollout. in vaccine is not authorized in the u.s. yet but it is being counted on to fight the uk variant spreading around the world. all this comes at a really difficult time. a third wave of infections is sweeping across europe and forcing renewed restrictions, hospitalizations on the rise in france, germany seeing a spike in cases and italians back under lockdown. that s where cnn s melissa bell is live for us this morning, she s in rome. melissa, good morning. what can you tell us? reporter: good morning, lawyer rachl
with alisyn camerota and john berman. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day. it s tuesday, march 16th. it s 6:00 here in new york. alisyn is off, erica hill with me. always a pleasure. director of the cdc is practically begging americans to stay vigilant a while longer and keep up the coronavirus precautions as new cases plateau at 55,000 a day. dr. fauci is warning the surge we re seeing in europe could happen here. the president is asking doctors and local leaders and religious officials to help get more americans vaccinated, a vaccine that was developed under the former president standing in the way of this message is a mountain of misinformation and possible ma lev lance. case in point. the administration would like you to take this vaccine, joe biden told you last week if you don t, you can t celebrate the fourth of july. but it turns out there are things we don t know about the effects of this vaccine. and he w
determine whether its coronavirus vaccine is safe for infants and young children. this is so important. it s important for school. it s important for getting and keeping the country back to normal. the first participants have already been vaccinated. the plan is to ultimately enroll nearly 7,000 children in the u.s. and canada between the ages of 6 months and 11 years old. also the white house drawing up plans to increase the supply of vaccines to emerging hot spots. the vaccination rate in the u.s. is accelerating. now standing at an average 26.4 million shots reported a day. president biden meantime heading to pennsylvania. a bit later. his first stop on the help is here tour where he ll promote the benefits of the coronavirus b relief bill. let s bring in dr. sanjay gupta. obviously, very important because when we talk about getting everyone, all adult americans vaccinated by may 1st or july 1st, we re not even beginning to talk about kids yet. that s why this trial ma
european countries are suspending the use of a different vaccine over reports of dangerous blood clots in a small number of recipients. the vaccine has not been authorized for use yet here in the united states. the company expected to apply for that authorization quite soon. and dr. anthony fauci is keeping an eye on europe today offering a new warning as new cases in the united states are plateauing at a dangerously high level. about 50,000 cases a day. and he wants to make sure that we as a country don t end up in the same situation that europe is facing right now. europe is generally a few weeks ahead of us in the dynamics of the outbreak. and they had play towing and then they pull back a bit on their mitigation methods. the all of a sudden, it started to surge again. we want to mike ake sure that doesn t happen here in the united states. part of that equation is vaccines. let s start with the news coming out this morning about moderna s trials involving children. eli
in a couple of moments here he is. we will be seeing the president visit this small business in chester, pennsylvania. this is all part of his administration s help is here tour, promoting the $1.9 trillion relief package he signed just last week. president biden, though, is facing renewed pressure to do even more. senate majority leader chuck schumer is continuing to press him on forgiving $50,000 in student loan debt, but president biden made it very clear at a cnn town hall last month that he does not support canceling such a large amount. first thing s first, to vaccination news. getting americans vaccinated, getting them spending those stimulus checks and hopefully invigorating the u.s. economy. we start with our cnn chief white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. they is there, in chester, pennsylvania. can you speak about the president s intentions with his visit there today. i think what you re going to see president biden do today is want just make the case for