president biden is facing a critical moment in his agenda. nearly half of the u.s. population is fully vaccinated against covid-19 but the pace of the vaccination is at the lowest point since january and the highly infectious delta variant is driving a new covid surge in all 50 states. virtually all covid hospitalizations and deaths are now among the unvaccinated so tonight we are here in ohio taking questions from a live audience as the president works to keep the pandemic in check and his goal of an infrastructure deal on track. it is really a critical moment for his agenda. we will take questions from some who voted for the president and some who did not vote for president biden. the president and myself and everyone here in our audience, we are all fully vaccinated so without further adieu, everyone, let s welcome the 46th president of the united states, joe biden. [ applause ] hi there, don. good to see you. how have you been? well. very well. it s good to see you.
box. a new report from the brennan center for justice reveals 18 states enacted at least 30 laws that make it harder to vote this year alone and it s only july. republicans are doing this under the guise of election security. news flash american elections are secure. to date there has been zero evidence of large, organized schemes to commit voter fraud. that notion is the basis for the partisan sham cyberninja audit in arizona. the associated press reviewed more than 3 million ballots cast in arizona in the 2020 election and found just 82 i m sorry, 182 cases of possible fraud. 182 out of 3 million. not likely fraud, possible fraud. that s less than a tenth of a percent. of those 182, only four people have been charged. two are registered democrats. two are registered republicans, four people. no one convicted. no votes in arizona were counted twice. yet republicans in other states are pushing for similar ninja-style propaganda audits. it s not about fraud. it s about dem
for them and their family. last night alone, three mass shootings. 18 people were shot. many teenagers including a 14-year-old boy. he lost his life as well. hours before, eight people riding in a party bus were also shot in a drive-by. obviously this is a situation that needs solutions. the white house after originally saying that crime spikes tended to happen in the summer, now it s clear that action must be taken. today the attorney general in chicago is taking part in a listening session on how to cut down on the number of guns on the street. gun trafficking strike forces will be deployed in chicago and d.c. and in these cities across the country in yet another federal effort to stop the blood shed. the question remains, will this work? ken cuccinelli was from dhs when president trump cracked down on crime when operation legend was underway. that initiative was credited for 6,000 arrests while in existence. joined by raymond lopez here to address the leadership of mayor l
it s good to see you. good to be back to see you. you as well. listen, i want to get to the audience. you don t want to sit down. you d rather no, i m going to go out into the audience. i have a couple of questions i want to ask you because you know the pandemic is a big concern for everyone. sure. especially around america. new cases are up three times since last month, right? the pandemic is a big concern. hospitalizations, death rising. so you said last month that this that the virus is in retreat. do you still feel that way? look, it s real simple. we have a pandemic for those who haven t gotten a vaccination. its that he basic. that simple. 10,000 people have recently died. 9,950 of them, thereabouts, are people who hadn t been vaccinated. this is simple, basic proposition. if you re vaccinated, you re not going to be hospitalized. you re not going to be in an icu unit. and you are not going to die. so it s gigantically important we all act like america
i couldn t be any more proud to be a padre, to be to be with the men in there. and obviously, they re going out, they re thinking of their loved ones. and they re getting their families and then it s just human nature, they re seeing fans and seeing people in panic. they just they did the right thing. scary moment. suzanne malveaux has more. ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please. the action is outside of the stadium. at this time, we ask that you remain in the stadium. reporter: gunfire sending fa fans and players scrambling. a fan one of three wounded in the shooting according to d.c. metro police. cnn journalists inside the stadium reported hearing multiple loud bangs. it was the middle of the sixth inning, and we there were some loud bangs. i was sitting off of the third baseline. there were some loud bangs behind us. a bunch of us right in a row. but they were supposed to do fireworks after the game tonight. so i think most people didn t think anyth