Thanks so much for joining us. At this hour, the united states is making incredible gains in the fight against the coronavirus. By virtually every measure, america is heading in the right direction. J ust in time for memorial day weekend. And the unofficial kickoff to summer. St new cases down 56% in the last month. The lowest level since last june. Deaths down 23% in the last four weeks. That is a lowest they ve been since last july. Hospitalizations also down nearly 30% over the last month. And on the vaccine front, the u. S. Is hitting a new milestone. Nearly half of the entire population has now received at least one dose. The nearly 40% of americans are fully vaccinated. But the numbers of vaccine doses administered each day has fallen from more than three million at that high point a month ago to 1. 8 million right now. But overall, these trends show that we re reaching the long sought hope on the horizon. That always felt just a little bit out of reach. But really it does not fe
didn t expect to be asked about this on her saturday morning coffee run meant that she is clear and where she stands. here s what she said to tmz. this is a question of fairness. that s why impose boys were trance to compete in girls school. it just isn t fair. we have to protect girl sports. but if somebody transitions and now see themselves as a girl, isn t this. she s not alone in our thinking. the conservatives have spoken out about this and to present joe biden s executive order that trans discrimination would ve places. in mississippi became the first this year to ban the transgender athletes from giving on women sports teams. the critics say that this type of legislation hers the health and safety of transgender children and that they deserve the ability to play organized sports and to be a part of the team just like other kids. however, at least 30 states are now considering legislation similar to mississippi in march mississippi s governor tweeted that i will s
know that they are supposed to bite people brandishing pistols. that i know. katie: he should know dogs well. dana: i sent him a book about dogs. bret: see you, thank you. good evening, i am bret baier. breaking tonight president biden is moving up his timeline for getting all americans access to the coronavirus vaccine. president saying that that should be a reality by the end of may. he is also dealing with a surge in illegal immigration at the southern border, but his team is being very careful not to call it a crisis. still we have fox team coverage, casey stegall in texas, and a facility that has been reopened we begin with white house correspondent kristin fisher. good evening, kristin. good evening, bret, president biden just confirmed that he received briefing about the situation at the border this afternoon. i asked him what did he learn about the briefing? and all he said was a lot. and asked if he thinks there is a crisis at the border, the president said t
address the nation in just moments. we re going to bring you those comments as they begin. we have a team of reporters and experts covering this from all angles. let s begin with barbara starr at the pentagon. and, barbara, we re now hearing that it was the target himself who detonated a bomb that killed members of his own family. what more are you hearing on this front? well, several sources, administration officials are telling cnn that the initial assessment they have from the ground is in fact the leader of isis al qurayshi blew himself up as u.s. troops were approaching or entering the building where they thought he was. and that these 13 people were killed, including 6 children, when that happened. of course, the military will look at this and review it as part of the standard after action review. there are always concerns about civilian casualties. that said, this mission was one of the most dangerous the u.s. military can undertake, special operations forces went
possible tornados. the latest on the dangerous winter storm impacting nearly half the country right now. welcome to the lead. i m jack tapper. we start with our national lead. president biden announcing his new plans to combat gun violence and declaring, quote, the answer is not to defund the police, unquote, after an alarming rise in homicides and gun crimes in many of america s biggest cities. the president bringing together federal, state and local officials in new york city to detail new steps his administration wants to take, including a new initiative on so-called ghost guns, do-it-yourself firearms of a sort. mr. biden calling for enhanced tools, training and funding for law enforcement officers and for tens of millions of dollars for community policing programs. last year ten major u.s. cities recorded more homicides than in any previous year on record, from portland to philadelphia. and biden s trip comes in the wake of two new york city police officers being gun