biden making it clear the work begins today, with the pandemic his first order of business. applauding the vaccine breakthrough, but warning covid s worst wave is yet to come. there s a need for bold action to fight this pandemic. we re still facing a very dark winter. reporter: biden today briefed by his new coronavirus task force, led by former obama surgeon general vivek murthy, david kessler, who ran the fda under george h.w. bush and bill clinton, and dr. marcella nunez-smith, a professor of public health at yale. we ll follow the science. we ll follow the science. let me say that again. and we ll adjust to new data when it comes in, and we ll listen and work in cooperation with governors and local leaders of both parties. reporter: he also implored every american to do their part. it doesn t matter who you voted for. where you stood before election day. it doesn t matter your party, your point of view.
and lift the voices up and not put the two together. what happened in ferguson should not happen in any community across this country. the young man died in florida that should also not happen. we codo work on both. thank you so much. appreciate your time. still ahead on the rundown president obama takes his case for more ebola funding to the national institute of health. where doctors may be on the verge of vaccine breakthrough. the details on today s visit. that s why we created programs which encourage people to take their medications regularly. so join us as we raise a glass to everyone who remembered today. bottoms up, america. see you tomorrow. same time. another innovation from cvs health. because health is everything.