have much of a future, in donald trump s republican party. welcome to tuesday, it is meet the press daily, i m chuck todd. president biden approaches the halfway mark in his first 100 days in office. facing a prior of different crises that s going to test his presidency in different ways, facing tremendous pressure to keep the momentum going on what is clearly an improving covid outlook. to hold the positive trends that we re seeing. cases going down, deaths going down, hospitalizations down, and most importantly vaccinations up, up, up. but health officials continue to urge caution and there s already a bit of brewing confusion over the cdc s recent guidance, which okays a fully vaccinated americans to potentially see their families but discourages the kind of travel required for many to actually see their families, diving into that coming up. and there s biden s signature piece of covid legislation, $2 trillion in relief that he is expect today sign into law this week a
ahead. but back home, we re witnessing tonight what officials stress is a pandemic of the unvaccinated, but one that s impacting all of us, just as experts have been predicting, the covid outlook is continuing to worsen. as we come on the air, over 125,000 new cases to report. 566 new deaths, and more medical centers calling for help, even as summer events bring together massive crowds in communities already hard hit. florida recording nearly 23,000 cases today, the highest single day count since the pandemic began. while there has been some progress in the number of new vaccinations, little has slowed the current surge, and shot requirements are being imposed in more and more places. our miguel almaguer has details. reporter: hitting the new bench mark today, 50% of all americans, half our country is now fully vaccinated. the shot of encouraging news coming as the fda