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Pentagon halts vaccinations at Guantanamo Bay

Over the weekend, the Department of Defense halted plans to vaccinate 40 wartime prisoners at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay. New York Times reporter Carol Rosenberg joined CBSN’s Elaine Quijano to discuss. Source

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Biden faces obstacles to hit goal of 100 million vaccinations in first 100 days

Even before he took office, President Biden promised to deliver 100 million coronavirus vaccine doses during his first 100 days in office. But the administration does not seem to have hit the ground running as quickly as they hoped. Isaac Stanley-Becker, a national political reporter with the Washington Post, discusses the rollout of the Biden administration’s pandemic response plan and what it must do to stay on track with meeting its goals. Source

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02/01: Red and Blue

Biden meets with GOP Senators on COVID relief; Pandas at National Zoo enjoying the winter weather Source

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How HBCUs prepare people for leadership roles

“CBS This Morning Saturday” co-host Michelle Miller joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” host Elaine Quijano to discuss the importance of historically black colleges and universities and how they cultivate leaders like Vice President Kamala Harris, a Howard University alum. Source

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U.S. races to vaccinate Americans amid growing threat of coronavirus variants

The U.S. is speeding up vaccination efforts as more contagious coronavirus variants are detected in more than 30 states. CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti reports from Los Angeles, and Dr. Teresa Amato, the director of emergency medicine at Long Island Jewish Forest Hills, joins CBSN with more on how to get ahead of this growing threat. Source

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Biden meets with GOP senators on COVID relief

President Biden met with a group of 10 Republican senators about a COVID-19 relief package Monday, but Democrats are threatening to pass another round of aid without them. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes, CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns, Politico White House reporter and associate editor Anita Kumar, and Washington Post political reporter Eugene Scott join CBSN’s “Red & Blue” host Elaine Quijano to discuss where the process heads next. Source

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Lack of data prompts COVID vaccine concerns among pregnant women

Pregnant women face the difficult decision about whether to get the coronavirus vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control said pregnant women are at increased risk from COVID-19, but they were excluded from initial vaccine trials. Mireya Villarreal reports for CBS News’ series Women and the Pandemic. Source

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