booster shots for adults. we were hoping that we would get both the candidates, both products, moderna and pfizer, rolled out by the week of the 20th. it is could nnceivable that we only have one of them out but the other will soon follow there after. i m ammara walker. you re in the cnn newsroom. it has been a week since hurricane ida charged ashore in louisiana and it is still claiming victims. more than 600,000 homes and businesses are still without power. and the merciless heat proved fatal for an elderly man in new orleans. it could take several more weeks to restore power to everyone in the state. in new york, heroism and heart break from ida s deadly visit there. this is a new york police officer wading into chest deep waters wednesday to investigate reports of people in a flooded basement. with stuffed animals and toys bobbing in the filthy, murky water, the officers were blockade by locked doors and live electricity. firefighters brought in specialized equipment
transmissible. they have this data showing vaccinated people have viral loads the same as unvaccinated people when they get it. you re still far less likely to get sick, to be hospitalized and die. breakthrough infections are not so rare after all. while unvaccinated people are responsible for the vast majority of the spread, vaccinated people can spread it. so it s just a new point in the pandemic. the administration changed guidance on masking for vaccinated americans before this information came out. and there s a wonder, well, why did they do that? wouldn t it be helpful to see the science before the decision? what did you learn? we learned that they were so worried about this data that they felt that they had to get the guidance out even before the data was ready to publish. it should be published today. we should know more about it. there was a lot of frustration from outside scientists and experts saying, if you re saying this is the science you re basing this new
congress on to the desk of the president to rack up a big legislative win before the august recess and september and how can they get both at the same time with different coalitions. andrea, exactly right. that is what the president and the white house is facing at this time. the president within the next hour will be going behind this effort after going to meet with the senate democratic caucus on capitol hill to focus these $4 trillion in new spending as it relates to the first infrastructure package and that bipartisan deal that has $600 billion in traditional infrastructure roads, bridges and other items beyond that and also this $3.5 million and while we don t have specifics on $3.5 trillion and what exactly would be in there, this is what the president has referred to as items that would address child care and elder care and climate change, universal pre-k, two years of free community college as well here. fundamentally the challenge for the president here is in order
the operation that is happening. and there are a few things that are important to say, right off the top, now, about-48 hours in. the idea that there are not resources here is absurd. the idea that this is not work that s moving quickly is demonstrably false. this work, by its nature, is methodical. there are people who could be alive. and the faster that you move materials, the better a chance that you hurt or disrupt whatever is underneath it. they have two active fires going on in that site. the men and women are working on top of one of them. okay? you will see video and pictures of this. now, i wanted to start with this picture because of the significance and the eeriness of this. the last time i saw an image like that was 9/11 when our first responders were standing on the buildings. what had been the trade centers. and they were working through smoke that is so acrid, that is so choking, and they work tirelessly because they wanted to find who was there and give answer
let s take stock of where we ve come from. when we got here january 20th we were at about 8%. it s getting easier, part of it s because there is more supply, part of it is because it s in more places and there s more vaccinators. right now the cdc says almost 42% of american adults have been partially vaccinated. slavitt says he expects that pace to pick up. president biden now moving up the deadline for states to make all adults in the u.s. eligible for a vaccine. by no later than april 19th in every part of this country every adult over the age of 18, 18 or older, will be eligible to be vaccinated. no more confusing rules. no more confusing restrictions. the president also urging senior citizens to get their shot now before younger americans rush to get an appointment. in advance of that new national full eligibility date, i want to make a direct appeal to our seniors and everyone who cares about them. while we have made incredible progress vaccinating three quarter