about strains spreading in the u.s. the overall progress on vaccinations is encouraging. the daily rate is going up. the nation now averaging a new record for daily vaccinations around 2 1/2 million doses per day. that is a relief to see. this all comes as the biden add administration is scrambling to find shelter for migrant children at the u.s.-mexico border. 422 of those children are in u.s. custody. they plan to move thousands of migrant teenagers to a conv convention center in dallas. we ll get to more on the push to vaccinate america. elizabeth cohen is us with. the daily vaccinations keep going up, that s great. you have the big gatherings without masks like we saw images of and serious hesitancy, mainly from republicans. that s right. it s interesting. in a way we can t visualize the hesitancy. so many people are getting vaccinated which is great. i ve been talking with public health officials that are concerned that once everybody that wants the vaccine gets it,
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