Full transcript of "Face the Nation" on February 21, 2021

On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner sat down with Margaret Brennan.

• Feb 21, 2021

Sullivan says Biden ready for talks with Iran over nuclear program

Sullivan also said the Biden administration has begun to communicate with the Iranians about American hostages.

• Feb 21, 2021

Transcript: Scott Gottlieb on "Face the Nation"

The following is a transcript of an interview with former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb that aired February 21, 2021, on "Face the Nation."

• Feb 21, 2021

Transcript: Jake Sullivan on "Face the Nation"

The following is a transcript of an interview with national security adviser Jake Sullivan that aired Sunday, February 21, 2021, on "Face the Nation."

• Feb 21, 2021

Ex-Trump official Matt Pottinger faults China for virus cover-up

Pottinger said the head of China's CDC was unaware the coronavirus was spreading until late December 2019.

• Feb 21, 2021

Open: This is "Face the Nation," February 21

Today on "Face the Nation," turmoil in Texas, and President Biden makes his international debut, digging in on the challenges affecting the U.S. around the world.

• Feb 21, 2021
• 02:18

Transcript: Matt Pottinger on "Face the Nation"

The following is a transcript of an interview with former deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger that aired February 21, 2021, on "Face the Nation."

• Feb 21, 2021

Overcoming COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

Community leaders and health care workers explore the roots of vaccine skepticism, and the challenges of getting them to the people who need it the most.

• Feb 21, 2021

At first praised, Newsom and Cuomo now under fire over COVID response

Almost a year after the pandemic began, Newsom is staring at a possible recall and Cuomo may be rebuked by his own state party.

• Feb 21, 2021

Former Deputy NSA Matt Pottinger calls lack of mask guidance under Trump a "grave misstep"

In an interview to air on "Face the Nation" Sunday, Pottinger says the approach to masking "cost us dearly"

• Feb 20, 2021
• 00:56

Former Trump official details "grave misstep" in COVID response

"It was the one effective, widely available tool that we had in the arsenal to deal with this...It was a grave misstep," Pottinger told "Face the Nation."

• Feb 20, 2021

COVID pandemic exacerbates mental health issues

The coronavirus pandemic has caused many people to experience mental health issues like depression and anxiety, and even suicidal tendencies. This has been exacerbated by the stressful loneliness of quarantine and isolation. Now, studies are finding these issues are hitting certain groups of people particularly hard. Dr. Roger McIntyre is a professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at the University of Toronto. He joined CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss how the global community can be more aware of these mental health issues.

• Feb 19, 2021
• 07:49

Vaccinating America: Tracking the latest

Vaccinating America: CBS News medical contributor Dr. David Agus joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to discuss what’s happening with COVID-19 cases and efforts to vaccinate the country.

• Feb 20, 2021
• 03:03

DeSantis faces criticism over vaccine access

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is facing a torrent of criticism for steering thousands of vaccine doses to communities developed by his political supporters. It comes weeks after DeSantis tapped a supermarket chain to be the sole distributor of vaccines in a handful of Florida counties following a $100,000 donation the company made to DeSantis' reelection PAC. Jim Axelrod has the story.

• Feb 20, 2021
• 02:26

Sisters create, distribute bamboo toilet paper

It wasn't too long ago when toilet paper was the hottest commodity in the country. While big-name brands dominate store shelves, there was enough room for a small startup headed by two sisters to roll out their own line of toilet paper. Christina Ruffini has their story.

• Feb 20, 2021
• 04:03

Storms slow COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Frigid weather has shipping companies like FedEx and UPS playing catchup as they try to move six million eagerly anticipated doses of the coronavirus vaccine to all 50 states. More than 42 million Americans have received at least one dose of the vaccine. Michael George has the details.

• Feb 20, 2021
• 02:59

Biden visits Pfizer vaccine plant

Pfizer announced it expects to more than double the 5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses per week it's currently providing to the U.S. government. President Joe Biden visited a Pfizer vaccine plant and said that there would be enough COVID-19 vaccine doses available to all Americans by the end of July with those extra doses. Christina Ruffini reports.

• Feb 20, 2021
• 03:00

Winter storms hamper delivery of 6 million vaccine doses

Winter weather shut down more than 2,000 vaccine distribution centers.

• Feb 20, 2021

Women dressed as elderly caught trying to get vaccine, officials say

The women disguised themselves with bonnets, gloves and glasses.

• Feb 19, 2021

Winter storms delay COVID-19 vaccine shipments

Winter storms have impacted deliveries of coronavirus vaccines in all 50 states. Several vaccination sites have had to close due to a lack of doses. This comes as a new study raises questions about how many doses of the Pfizer vaccine are actually needed. Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease expert and senior scholar at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health, joined CBSN with the latest on the nation's vaccination efforts.

• Feb 19, 2021
• 06:33

Biden tells world leaders that "America is back" 

President Biden detailed several foreign policy goals during a pair of major speeches on Friday. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the president's goals.

• Feb 19, 2021
• 07:12

This week on "Face the Nation," February 21, 2021

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner appear on Sunday's "Face the Nation"

• Feb 19, 2021

Former surgeon general urges better COVID outreach to rural U.S.

In his first comments since leaving the post, Dr. Jerome Adams says that rural America has been hit "just as hard by the pandemic as urban ones- albeit in different ways."

• Feb 19, 2021

Vaccine trials for pregnant women, children

Pfizer and BioNTech are launching the first clinical trial in the U.S. to look at how the coronavirus vaccine affects pregnant women, and also announced plans for a clinical trial of the vaccine in children. They also submitted new data to the FDA showing that the vaccine can safely be stored at more moderate temperatures. CBSN's Tanya Rivero spoke with Dr. Leo Nissola, a physician and immunotherapy scientist, about the latest developments.

• Feb 19, 2021
• 08:52

Fauci on when kids can get COVID vaccines

At a briefing by the White House coronavirus response team, Dr. Anthony Fauci said it's "highly likely" we'll have data on the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines for high-school age kids by this fall, but data on younger children won't be available until early next year. Watch his remarks.

• Feb 19, 2021
• 03:44

Show More