Welcome to the lead, everyone. Im jake tapper. We begin with our Health Load and President Biden coming before the cameras this afternoon to real the nation to engage in a, quote, all of america sprint. The president wants to get 70 of u. S. Adults at least one Covid Vaccine shot by the Fourth Of July. That number, according to the cdc, currently stands at nearly 63 . I promised you wed marshall a wartime effort to defeAt This virus and thats just what were doing. The more people we get vaccinated, the more success were going to have in our fight against this virus. Now part of bidens new plan includes free Child Care for those getting vaccinated, extended hours at pharmacies, free rides to vaccination sites, and a national educational Push Touring throughout the south and midwest. So far just 12 of 50 states have met bidens goal, mostly on the east coast, but what is most important from a scientific perspective is the share of people, not just adults, who are fully vaccinated, and tha
White house negotiations with the gop at a Make Or Break moment. The schlock certainly ticking. Reporter President Biden sitting down with the Top negotiaTor Shelley Moore CapiTo To debate infrastructure. Should we expect President Biden To give her a deadline for any major breakthrough on these talks To happen . I wouldnt expect this To be an exchange of paper, more of a discussion. Reporter no other democratic republicans senaTors were invited as the two met oneonone in the oval office. Patience is not unending and he wants To make progress. Reporter while pote both sides have made offers and counteroffers they remain deeply divided over what To spend, what To spend it on and how To fund it. Republicans have proposed To usech if there are no major breakthroughing this week several democrats are urging the White House To move on and poidens Top aides are warning that the window for talks is closing. You know, its there for the taking. Its just a question of whether he can whether Mitc
Want the democrats to go it alone, but the president doesnt seem ready to throw in the towles. This meeting is to take place at 2 45 Behind Closed Doors with the senator from West Virginia. The president set that memorial Day Deadline for serious progress to be made. We are hearing from the president s aides and allies, trying to amp up the urgency saying they cant sit and negotiate forever. We heard from pete buttigieg. When they return from congress, saying they need a clear direction. But there is a big gap between where the republican senators sit and the president sitsz. Sits. 928 Billion presented by the republican. And it is not just how do you pay for this, but what money in the first place. Democrats say this should be new money. Republicans want to use what is already allocated but unspent money going forward. The two of them will be meeting Behind Closed Doors. This is the president who viewed himself as the president of service. Leo. Everyone said they have negotiated in go
Now on bbc news, the week in parliament. Hello and welcome to the week in parliament. The week Dominic Cummings said sorry over the covid crisis. Tens of thousands of people died who didnt need to die. Hed warned a Hard Rain was going to fall the Prime Minister got a soaking. The only problem was, fundamentally, i regarded him as unfit for the job. And borisjohnson wasnt the only one. I think that the Secretary Of State for health should have been fired for at least 15, 20 things. Mps drew their own conclusions. If true, this is one of the biggest scandals and tragedies of the pandemic. But Matt Hancock hit back. These unsubstantiated allegations around honesty are not true. Also in this programme, the long wait for dental appointments, and should we all have lessons in Pavement Courtesy . But first, covid has killed almost 128,000 people in the uk. Tens of thousands of them needlessly. Many in Care Homes. Thats according to the Prime Ministers closest adviser during the early months o
With stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Today, im in the white Cube Gallery In London as cultural life starts to re establish itself after many months of lockdown, and my guests are the artistic Duo Gilbert and george. Now, for five decades, theyve been producing controversial, provocative work, and this exhibition they call new normal pictures. But is there anything normal about Gilbert And George . Gilbert and george, welcome, both of you, to hardtalk. Thanks very much. Very kind. Very nice. Were sitting in this gallery space. This is your latest exhibition. Its called new normal pictures. Is this your response to what the world has been through in the last year and more . That is, the Covid Pandemic and lockdown . No, not at all. The title of the show and the pictures predates the pandemic. We created the pictures before the pandemic. We only called it new normal because we were so interested that people in england use the term whats the term they always use, gi