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.
me to tell you hello and others and i was so inspired by the people, it was incredible, great experience and how hard they are fighting for their cause, family and friends and neighbors is inspiring. laura: thank you. i m laura ingraham, from new york city tonight we begin with fox news alert. this is the scene in washington dc a few hours ago, 20 to 30 shots were fired on a popular street filled with very well fueled washingtonians eating a popular outdoor restaurants. two males have been shot with non-life-threatening injuries, the shooting comes less then a week after gunshots rang out outside national park at sent and swing, the 101 homicides should it a wake-up call on their own but maybe it will take good for this of the elite getting ruffled for mayor memorial bowser to realize she has a real problem on her hands. we will monitor this story and bring you all the details as we get them. but we begin tonight with president biden s very small town hall, that is the focus
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
through friday, the high pressure continues to move across the uk and build. lots of sunshine, the northwest seeing a little bit more on patchy cloud. even here it should be dry and bright. in the sunshine, temperatures continuing to rise. 23 in aberdeen, 26 by the for birmingham. for cardiff and for london as well. this fine, dry, sunny weather is going to last for most of us into the weekend, although it probably stays cloudy for the northern isles. scotland, northern ireland, parts of northern england, low to mid 20s widely. even hotter for wales, england, low to mid 20s widely. even hotterfor wales, the england, low to mid 20s widely. even hotter for wales, the midlands, england, low to mid 20s widely. even hotterfor wales, the midlands, east anglia and southern counties of england. through the weekend, we will see temperatures getting close to the 30 degrees mark. too hot for some, for sure. at that fine, sunny and warm weather is on the way, like it or not. that s all f
the coronavirus reproduction rate rises in england as cases continue to surge and infection rates have hit their highest level in the uk since february. meanwhile the nhs covid contact tracing app could be made less sensitive when restrictions ease in england a surge in foreign holidays bookings as the government says fully vaccinated uk travellers coming back from amber list countries won t have to isolate afterjuly 19. and coming up mark kermode takes a look at the latest cinematic releases including marvel s black widow, that s in the film review. metropolitan police officer wayne couzens has pleaded guilty at the old bailey to the murder of sarah everard. the 33 year old disappeared as she walked home in clapham in south london in march this year. her body was found a week later in woodland near ashford in kent. the head of the metropolitan police cressida dick said outside court she was sickened and angered by the crimes committed by couzens. our special correspond