OR NOT, AYMAN.
>> LIVE FOR US IN PITTSBURGH,
PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE WERE
WAITING FOR THE PRESIDENT TO
DISEMBARK OFF THAT PLANE
>>> 53 MILLION AMERICANS ARE
FULLY VACCINATED, BUT WORLDWIDE
ONLY ABOUT SEVEN DOSES FOR EVERY
100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
ADMINISTERED, ACCORDING TO "THE
NEW YORK TIMES."
THE BIG CHALLENGE, OF COURSE,
WILL BE TO VACCINATE ENOUGH OF
THE GLOBAL POPULATION TO PREVENT
NEW VARIANTS AND OTHER MAJOR
OUTBREAKS.
JOINING ME NOW IS DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN OF MASSACHUSETTS,
CONGRESSMAN OF MASSACHUSETTS,
JAKE OFFENCLAUS.
TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.
WHAT WOULD A PLAN LIKE THAT
ACTUALLY INCLUDE
>> WE NEED GLOBAL SCALE.
WERE ON TRACK TO REACH HERD
IMMUNEITY BY THE SUMMER BUT HUGE
SWATHS OF THE WORLD ARENT ON
TRACK TO REACH THEM UNTIL 2023
THATS THE TINDER FOR MORE
VARIANTS TO TAKE EFFECT.
ONE, IT WILL PREVENT THOSE
VARIANTS FROM EMERGING
WERE DEALING WITH THE BRAZIL
VARIANT, FOR EXAMPLE
WEE DONT WANT TO SEE OTHERS
COMING
TWO, IT WILL CREATE GOOD JOBS IN
MANUFACTURING AND, THREE, ITS
GOING TO PREVENT CHINA FROM
USING VACCINE DIPLOMACY TO
EXTRACT CONCESSIONS IN OUR OWN
BACK WRARD AND DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
UNITED STATES TO RECLAIM MORAL
LEADERSHIP AFTER FOUR YEARS OF D
DEPRIVATIONS UNDER DONALD TRUMP.
>> LIVE PICTURES OF PRESIDENT
BIDEN ARRIVING IN PITTSBURGH,
YOU PROBABLY SAW THIS RECENT
WALL STREET JOURNAL OP -ED THAT
TALKED ABOUT HOW THE FOCUS RIGHT
NOW SHOULD BE ON EUROPE AND THE
UNITED STATES.
THEY MAKE UP ABOUT 10% OF THE
WORLDS POPULATION, BUT MAKE UP
ABOUT 40% OF ITS COVID CASES
IN THAT ARGUMENT, THERE SHOULD
NOT BE A RUSH, SO TO SPEAK, TO
GET THE VACCINES ROLLED OUT TO
OTHER DEVELOPING PARTS OF THE
WORLD LIKE AFRICA, SOUTH AMERICA
AND ELSEWHERE.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THAT, TO
THE ARGUMENT THAT RIGHT NOW THE
FOCUS ON VACCINE ROLLOUT SHOULD
BE ON EUROPE AND THE UNITED
STATES
>> UNITED STATES NEEDS TO
VACCINATE ITS OWN POPULATION
FIRST.
THATS AN OBLIGATION WE HAVE TO
OUR OWN CITIZENS
WE ARE ON TRACK TO DO THAT
THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID BY MAY
WELL HAVE ENOUGH VACCINES FOR
ALL ADULTS
BY SUMMERTIME WELL BE HITTING
HERD IMMUNITY.
AT THAT POINT, WHAT DO WE DO
WITH EXCESS SURPLUS?
IF WE SEE EUROPE HAT HAS THE
HIGHEST, THEN LETS START WITH
EUROPE
THIS SAY GLOBAL PROBLEM THAT
WILL REQUIRE A GLOBAL SOLUTION
THIS IS NO OTHER COUNTRY EXCEPT
THE UNITED STATES THAT CAN LEAD
HERE.
>> YOUVE SEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA
BOTH REACHED AGREEMENTS WITH
OTHER COUNTRIES TO SUPPLY THEM
WITH DOSES OF THE COVID-19 VAKS
VACCINES
YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE UNITED
STATES AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
RE-ENGAGE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY.
ELABORATE ON THAT.
WHAT WOULD THAT DO FOR THE
UNITED STATES TO STEP UP
ALONGSIDE RUSSIA AND CHINA TO
MAKE SURE THESE CHRIS HAVE THE
VACCINE?
>> 21st CENTURY FOREIGN POLICY
WILL BE BUILT ON COUNTRIES THAT
CAN TACKLE TRANSPORTATION AND
PUBLIC HEALTH.
REJOINING THE PARIS AGREEMENT IS
AN IMPORTANT WAY THAT MERN
AMERICA STEPPING UP.
TO DO SO IN PUBLIC HEALTH WE
HAVE TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS
PLAN
DO WE WANT CHINA CONSTRUCTING
HIGHWAYS IN BRAZIL OR DO WE WANT
UNITED STATES TO BUILD PARTNER
CAPABILITIES IN BRAZIL IN
EXCHANGE FOR VACCINES THERE?
INSTEAD OF HAVING EXTRACTED
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY AND CHRIS ON OUR