refuge. some state officials on the west say this could damage their economies and all of this comes as the u.s. dealing with rising gas prices above $3 at the national average today. today, it is hitting that price, $3.04 and washington correspondent for fox business is here live from the white house. we are back at that point, gas prices on a day-by-day basis and above $3 now. certainly above $3 and the greater washington, d.c., area, sandra, i can tell you that. good afternoon. we talk about this and more region arctic wildlife region, this dates back to 2017 and believe it or not the tax bill written that year because in the tax bill, the ability to lease the federal government oil and natural gas is actually written into that bill. the last days of the prior administration so earlier this year in january or the bureau of land management announced nine leases that would be allowed in the refuge.
from their employers. i m asking all employers, do the right thing. we are making it easy for employers to set up on the job vaccination clinics to make it even more convenient for employers to get a shot. fourth, we will continue to encourage people to get vaccinated with incentives and rewards. the state of ohio had a heck of a pond reward. thanks to the creative idea for holding a vaccine lottery. the grocery stores sandra: you have been listening to president biden speak from the white house in washington announcing a national month of action, john, detailing plans to get 70% of the american people vaccinated in hopes of reaching that goal by the independence holiday, july 4th. shots at the shop, 90% live within 5 miles of a vaccination side, pointing that out. some pharmacies open 24 hours friday.
travis is here. john: looking forward to all that but first this afternoon, the world s largest meat supplier jbs slowly coming back online today after a massive cyber attack forced it to shut down its beef processing plants in the u.s. a rush of linked criminal group reportedly behind the group, which comes less than a month after colonial pipeline was hacked. hello, this is america reports, john roberts in washington, hi, sandra. sandra: sandra smith in new york and the latest cyber attack raises concern about beep shortage president biden urging administration to limit any impact on supply. all of this has the administration directly with rush on the wanting against protecting those responsible coming up chief of staff fred flight will react. we begin with a affected plant in greeley, colorado. what a story. absolutely, sandra. i can tell you employees have
every party, background, walk of life have stepped up, rolled up their sleeves and got my shot cured 52% of adults are fully vaccinated, including 75% of all seniors. 28 states and the district of columbia have achieved 50% of adults being fully vaccinated in their jurisdictions. and it is clearer than ever the more people beget vaccinated the the, the more success we are going to have in our fight against this virus. since january 20, and we are talking now about 15 months ago, the average daily cases are down from 184,000 to 19,000. below 20,000 for the first time since march 2020. average hospitalizations are down from 117,000 down to 120,000. death rates down 85% and this
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