democrats that you have spoken to they are willing to take that step? i don t know. it should have happened up front. i don t know what all the waiting has been. vote rights is essential. again part of the problem is we re separating these things. we believe the president and vice president should go to texas and west virginia. meet with people. go to the congress the state of the union. and say these are the three democracies that we must protect. infrastructure of the democracy. infrastructure of the daily lives. and infrastructure of the roads and technology. they re not separate pieces. we also say that listen, in 2020, 58 million of 168 million people that voted were poor and low wealth. 35% of the electoral. in the battleground state, poor and low income people make up 40% of the electorate. this is not just a black issue. in ten states, if poor low
vaccinated. judge, i love hearing that you re going door-to-door and trying to personally appeal to people to get vaccinated and do their part. i m curious, though, what are they saying to you, those who are holding out, why? where are they getting their information? you begged them to go to their doctor. they re obviously not hearing their information from the doctor, what do they say to you? people get information from different places. i heard a person say well, until it s fully fda approved, they called it operation warp speed, i m afraid it was rushed. now 168 million americans are fully vaccinated. there s no reason to wait. if there was a problem we would have already found it by now. there are rumors on the internet that are completely unfounded by any medical science, fictitious side effects. there s just no reason to wait. there are some people that this has worked its way unfortunately into a culture war.
now saying this delta variant spreading quickly in the u.s. is now the single greatest threat in trying to end this pandemic. the white house tonight acknowledging the u.s. will not reach that fourth of july goal to have 70% of adults with at least one dose. dr. fauci saying late today we ll likely hit that mark a couple of weeks after the fourth. tonight, the numbers here. 168 million adults have had at least one dose. that s about 65% now of those 18 and older. and the white house pointing out, with adults 30 and older, they ve hit the goal, that it s really getting to those younger adults, younger than 30, to convince them to get the vaccine and to take this delta variant seriously. in fact, authorities saying it has doubled in the u.s. in just two weeks. and we have just learned tonight that more than 150 employees of a houston-based hospital system have now resigned or were terminated for refusing to be vaccinated. abc s victor oquendo leading us off tonight. reporter: tonight,
in the meantime, we turn next to the coronavirus pandemic in this country, with new concern tonight over adolescents and what they re seeing in hospitals. and news tonight that the u.s. has announced it will now share 25 million doses of vaccine with other countries around the world by the end of this month. here at home, that push to vaccinate. and the cdc expected to release a new report with troubling data on teens and covid hospitalizations. many ending up in the icu. they re now urging parents to get their teens vaccinated. and the numbers tonight. 168 million people with at least one dose. 60% now of everyone 12 years and older in this country. and dr. anthony fauci tonight and when we could see children younger than 12 vaccinated here in the u.s. here s abc s stephanie ramos again tonight. reporter: tonight, the cdc is urging young people to get vaccinated in light of what they call troubling data, showing unvaccinated adolescents can
month about the horror she experienced a century ago. i smell smoke, i hear the screams, i lived through the massacre every day reporter: president biden met privately with miss fletcher and the other two survivors, publicly thanking them for their courage. thank you. now to the new signs of america s come back from covid after travelers returned in force over the weekend. 168 million americans have at least one vaccine dose, setting up what s looking like a massive summer vacation rush. here s miguel almaguer. it s been so great to hear this again reporter: from the ballpark to beaches and the highway to the speedway you feel the electricity from the crowd. reporter: tonight, our nation on track for the kind of summer crowds not seen since 2019 what a difference a year makes reporter: over the holiday weekend, 7.1 million flew,