role as candidate and commander in chief face pivotal tests. he ll host nato leaders hoping to project strength as americans and the world speculate about his political future and he ll aim to lock down democratic support in congress as he rappels calls to step aside. he s gotten public backing now from key groups and the party s leader in the house. i made clear publicly that the day after the debate that i support president joe biden on the democratic ticket. my position has not changed. democrats in both chambers meet behind closed doors today to talk about the path ahead for biden. in just minutes, i ll ask the biden campaign co-chair about it. let s discuss with nbc s peter alexander at the white house and ali vitali who has been staking out that democratic meeting that is already under way this morning. let s start there, ali. what is happening so far? any readout from members coming in or out? reporter: you have some uncharacteristically quiet democratic members
vaccinated. crime tape across america. another deadly weekend with at least nine more mass shootings. and we are live in ethiopia, a country mired in crisis and conflict but going to the polls at this hour for what the government calls its first free election. good to have you with us. the biden administration is pushing the president s goal of at least partially vaccinating 70% the adult population by july 4th. but so far, only 16 states and the district of columbia have met that objective. while the u.s. will likely miss that goal, former fda commissioner dr. scott gottlieb says they won t have a major impact. instead, the u.s. should start thinking about the next phase of the vaccination evident. n effort. now we need to think about pushing to the vaccine where people could get it through a trusted intermediary, doctors s offices, schools, places of employment to get the people who are reluctant or face challenges getting to the access sites. as people start to
government calls the first free election. good to have you with us. the biden administration is pushing the president s goal of at least partially vaccinating 70 percent of the adult population by july 4th. so far only 16 states and the district of columbia have made that objective. while the u.s. will likely miss that goal, former fda commissioner dr. scott gottlieb said it won t have a major impact. instead the u.s. should start thinking about the next phase of the vaccination effort. now we need to think about trying to push out the vaccine into community sites where people can get it delivered to them through a trusted intermediary. doctor s offices, schools, places of employment. we need to think about the different vaccine strategy to get the people reluctant or face challenges getting to the access sites. as people contemplate going to work and school in the fall, they will be seeking out the vaccines. we need to think about the 2.0 strategy. let s take moment to
trumpism. what? yeah. they called him i thought he was conservative. yes. they called him a traitor, they called him a traitor, heckled him, booed him. really? yeah. all they care about is trump, it s a cult. what they wanted him lynched? wait, were they on the side of the people that were yelling lynch mike pence? i don t understand. you actually boo the guy that upholds the constitution, whose family are put in danger, who has to escape and have secret service stop him from being lynched by a mop and they re booing him. um-hum. wow. i m sure a lot of people are going, let me get into that party. what the world. what in the world. yeah. mika, that s crazy. it s bad. how was your weekend, mika? did you have a good weekend? beautiful. i spent it with my mother. that s fantastic. it was a wonderful weekend. but i was looking forward to digging deeper into that moment there with mike pence, and we will a little bit later on just because it does
we ll have details in a live report. good to have you with us. minneapolis and other american cities are bracing for the possibility of massive protests ahead of closing arguments today in the closely-watched murder trial of the former police officer charged in the death of george floyd. floyd s death sparked global demonstrations last year. derek chauvin has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and other charges. court resumes just a few hours from now. national guard troops are deployed in minneapolis. barriers have been placed around some government buildings and other cities have taken similar steps. sara sidner shows us how some minneapolis racial justice activist spent the day. at george floyd s square the day before the closing arguments in the trial against the tpoeformer officer accused of murdering him, this place has turned into a place of solidarity and it s also a place to mourn. i want to give you a look at what this place looks like. this has been h