july 4th. the white house is planning a 1,000-person celebration on that day to mark, quote, independence from the virus. and today they re trotting outnumbers other than the ones the president set as a benchmark to justify the pending balloons. as cnn s nick valencia reports. reporter: the u.s. poised to fall short of the president s vaccination goal. goal of 70% for all adults. we re going to hit it for adults 27 and older. reporter: after weeks of pushing president joe biden s july 4th aim to get 70% of adults vaccinated with at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine, the white house is moving the goal post. the covid response coordinator now claiming july 4th wasn t biden s goal, it was an aspiration. we set 70% of adults as our aspirational target. and we have met or exceeded it more most of the adult population. this is a remarkable achievement.
thank you, latasha. okay. so the u.s. will likely fall short of president biden s vaccination goal to be partially vaccinated by july 4th. the white house coronavirus official is pivoting now to a new milestone that the u.s. has met the 70% mark for all adults 30 years or older. where the country has more work to do is particularly with 18 to 26 year olds. the reality is many younger americans have felt like covid-19 is not something that impacts them and they have been less eager to get the shot. however, with the delta variant now spreading across the country and infecting younger people worldwide, it s more important than ever that they get vaccinated. cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is with us now.
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and it was shocking and it is still hard to believe that my mother, who is 92 years old, could get covid and survive it and her son didn t. that was nbc s priscilla thompson reporting. it is the top of the hour and it is good to be with you tonight. you are watching a juneteenth celebration in galveston, texas. the bill to make it a federal holiday passed with strong support as being celebrated there. despite 14 house republicans voting against it. we will dig into the politics in just a moment. also, the latest vaccination numbers suggest we will fail president biden s vaccination goal even as many americans readjust to normal life. and we ll get into the controversy over skin color in the new movie musical in the heights. what does it say about representation in hollywood? from nbc news world headquarters in new york. i m joshua johnson.
mother, who is 92 years old, could get covid and survive it and her son didn t. that was nbc s priscilla thompson reporting. it is the top of the hour and it is good to be with you you are watching a juneteenth celebration in galveston, texas. the bill to make it a federal holiday passed with strong support as being celebrated there. despite 14 house republicans voting against it. we will dig into the politics in just a moment. also, the latest vaccination numbers suggest we will fail president biden s vaccination goal even as many americans readjust to normal life. and we ll get into the controversy over skin color in the new movie musical in the heights. what does it say about representation in hollywood? from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week.