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stop the bill. we re going to talk with two leaders in that fight. georgia democratic congressman hank johnson and melanie campbell, president of the national coalition on black civic participation. meantime, democrats are slighting the fbi over the handling of the investigation into sexual assault allegations made against now supreme court just brett kavanaugh during his confirmation hearings in 2018. we re going to talk with a new york times reporter that co-wrote a book on justice kavanaugh. and a virtually empty stadium did not stop the tokyo olympics from kicking off in style after a year long delay. with tennis superstar naomi osaka having the honor of looit lighting the olympic caldron. the surge driven by the delta variant could accelerate as we head towards fall and triple the current number of daily deaths. that s according to new projections from the covid-19 scenario modelling hub. a group of researchers working with the cdc. now across the country, we re ....
welcome to the lead, everyone. i m 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 we d marshall a wartime effort to defeat this virus and that s just what we re doing. the more people we get vaccinated, the more success we re going to have in our fight against this virus. now part of biden s 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 biden s goal, mostly on the east coast, but what is most important from a scientific perspective is the share of people, not just adults, who ....
revolutionary guards force and affiliated groups in iraq and syria. those attacks are in retai retailuation to a drone attack that kill threed american soldiers on sunday. but the response is far from over. u.s. defense secretary austin is vowing that these bombings are only the beginning. iran says the u.s. has made a strategic mistake while iraq and syria say the u.s. actions could inflame more conflict in the region. cnn has teams around the globe covering all of these developments. first, let s go to priscilla alvarez in los angeles where president biden will be traveling later on today. what more this latest round of strikes? reporter: they re essentially saying is isn t over yet. this is the first of a series of strikes expected after the three u.s. service members were killed in jordan. president biden was pretty direct about that friday afternoon saying quote, our response began today. it will continue at times and places of our choosing. the united states doe ....
within his own coalition that is also having to navigate. bottom line the point the president was making here is that he needs south carolina. this is the state he credited in 2020 returning the tide and one that he s looking for support for in the upcoming primary next week. the first in the democratic after the democratic national committee overhauled the schedule with president biden s support. now president biden noting that it s not a competitive primary, but still it s going to be one that tests his standing with black voters. victor, amara? crystal alvarez, thank you. president trump campaign in nevada yesterday looking to put his legal issues aside and focusing on the general election. nikki haley is not competing in those caucuses. cnn s elena tree was in las vegas with the former president. elayna? rex good morning victor and mara. donald trump 30 feels like they very one and that s because nikki haley is not participating in the caucus here instead ....
pub and went directly to the bar. and it s a showdown in the street over skate boarding. the turf war in a got down and dirty. you are [ bleep ] insane. and you may have seen her marching to her own beat. now meet the little girl behind the viral video hit. she does it every time she hear music. she just dance. yes! in this video on attend exclusively by wsbtv in atlanta, we re watching my lawrenceville police officers head to the summit ridge hospital because they re there to arrest a patient suspected of sexually assaulting another patient. but what you re about to see is something very different. the video out because of a lawsuit. you see the police throwing the nurse to the ground, arresting her. it looks like one of them hit her in the back. the officers said they were there to arrest a patient. according to the police report she said not on my watch and locked the nursing quarters. i have a responsibility to protect the patients on the unit, l ....