that was presidential biden doing something most of us never get to do. he was thanking the farmworkers at a cherry farm in michigan. i d california blueberries this weekend, but i didn t get a chance to thank shelby who took this picture from where she was harvesting blueberries in california where it was 104 degrees. i had california strawberries and i think it thank any of the farm workers who were working in record heat this season to deliver those strawberries. sebastian francisco perez, a 38-year-old farm worker in oregon died last week when temperatures rose above 115 degrees in oregon. if you had watermelon on the
hey google, turn up the heat. thank you. good to see you. that was president joe biden, doing something most of us never get to do. he was thanking the farm workers at a cherry farm in michigan. i had california blueberries this weekend, but i didn t get a chance to take shelvy who took this picture from where she was harvesting blueberries in california where it was 104 degrees. i also had california
went to tour a cherry farm. we saw the vaccination rates of the national average 60%, but the surrounding counties nearby, far lower, and so you had a major public gathering there at the national cherry tour, and so to ease in those who were resonant to do so. and things like that ta white house will try to replicate in the months ahead knowing that the way to tackle the pandemic is going to be key for the way to fight future pandemics. and it is going to take a month or so to reach the 70% mark, according to nbc news data, and rashelle walensky saying that there are 1,000 u.s. counties with vaccination rates below 30%, and that is quite a contrast. is the white house confident that it can increase the vaccinations in a significant way in those areas where the numbers are staggeringly low? the gap that the white house
is our charge to do that today. rachel: we re not imagining it is slipping away. will: now to some of the news of today. president biden making a campaign style stop in michigan. pete: he toured a cherry farm and cherry-picked his audience to promote the bipartisan infrastructure deal. rachel: david spunt joins us live from the national mall at the white house prepares for tonight s 4th of july celebration. david? reporter: happy independence day to you three. real quick before we get back to the declaration of independence, i m looking at the building where it is housed, the national archives here in washington, d.c., the special place holding the declaration and constitution. president biden and the first lady dr. jill biden will hold a barbecue on the south lawn to honor 1000 first-responders, essential workers, those really on the front lines of covid-19. it will be a celebration from the virus. a celebration from that but the white house is not going to be meeting its goal of gett
part of the 4th of july weekend in michigan where he pitched his immigration and infrastructure plans while touring a cherry farm. he went to get ice cream because that is biden s predictable quirk. today, white house is expected to host a party for over 1,000 first responders and military personnel. america has fallen shy of biden s goal to have 70% of the country vaccinated, at least one shot, by independence day. they are touting a 90% drop in covid-related hospitalizations and deaths since he took office in january. the cdc says 67% of americans over the age of 18 have received at least one shot, about 58% are now fully vaccinated. lately, the rate of vaccinations has slowed. here is why that shouldn t surprise you. like we mentioned before, the former virus denier in chief spent most of last year downplaying the seriousness. in addition to the expected