Teachers union president wants schools to move "full speed ahead" in reopening this fall

The president of the second-largest teachers union in the U.S. said her organization supports a full reopening of schools this fall, citing recent safety advancements in the country. 

"There is real joy about being in school," Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers said in an interview on CBSN. "The safety protocols have really worked, but more than anything else has been the vaccines, and with all of that, that's why we said full speed ahead for September."  This week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded access to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to young people age 12 and up. To date, more than one-third of all Americans have been fully vaccinated, according to the CDC.