dr. anthony fauci hinting the vaccines for america's youngest could be available sooner than expected. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper and we start today in our politics lead. the white house's aggressive attempts to clean up shall we say comment from president biden's nearly two-hour marathon news conference yesterday marking one year in office. president biden touted some legislative victories, acknowledged nationwide fatigue with covid. and he admitted more progress needs to be made with the pandemic and the economy. but two specific comment are getting the most attention including clarification from his communications team. on the midterm elections the white house now says president biden was not suggesting that the 2022 midterm elections could be illegitimate even though that's clearly what the president's words suggested. on russia president biden today