means the government is confident that plans to lift a range of covid restrictions will go ahead onjuly 19 in england. the fortification of the vaccination programme has allowed us to cautiously move to step forward in the pmo say more about this. the widow of haiti s assassinated president claims he was killed because of his drive for political reform. sir richard branson prepares to venture to the edge of space, tough on the first passenger flight of his virgin galactic spaceship. hello and welcome to bbc news. it s a day full of anticipation for england and italy fans, ahead of the final of euro 2020. more than 60,000 are expected at wembley stadium in london where the two countries face each other tonight. it s a historic game for italy it could be the first time they become european champions in decades. for england a win would be their first ever euros title and a first major tournament victory in 55 years. gareth southgate s squad arrived in london after their fina
and marking a commemorative anniversary as biden proposes to close the racial wealth gap in this country. we ll bring that to you live and an activist in belarus stabs himself in the throat in a courtroom instead of giving false testimony. the latest horror spotlighting the brutal dictatorship there. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin today with a health lead and a return to moralsy for millions of cases. hospitalizations, deaths and cases all at their lowest points since about last year. for the first time since march 2020, 14 months ago, the seven-day average is below 20,000 cases. just a month ago cases were around 50,000. now this rapid drop is in large part due to vaccinations. half of the total u.s. population has received at least one dose. more than 40% are fully vaccinated, but a new study reported in journal of the american medical association finds vaccinations alone will not stop this pandemic even though they do reduce sickness and deaths consid
influence on the future of the country. i think it s my job as i get older po make sure we have people coming up behind us to have an opportunity to be heard, two with us tonight, have. but not necessarily in form like this. dave ruben of the ruben report, he wrote the great book, don t burn this book. charlie kirk. he wrote a great book. i want to talk to them. i hope they will influence additional young people, i think this is the way we try to address the culture in as many platforms as we can, dave ruben how are you. mark, i am glad to be with you. you know if you would have told me a few years ago, i would be on mark levine show, saying he is the guy that blazed a trail for liberal like me, i don t know what i would have made of, that but here we are, normally i live in l.a., i am down on vacation in florida. only guy who i would put a jacket on for you. thank you. dave ruben, you were not always a libertarian/conservative. you were a progressive for much of your you
influence on the future of the country. i think it s my job as i get older po make sure we have people coming up behind us to have an opportunity to be heard, two with us tonight, have. but not necessarily in form like this. dave ruben of the ruben report, he wrote the great book, don t burn this book. charlie kirk. he wrote a great book. i want to talk to them. i hope they will influence additional young people, i think this is the way we try to address the culture in as many platforms as we can, dave ruben how are you. mark, i am glad to be with you. you know if you would have told me a few years ago, i would be on mark levine show, saying he is the guy that blazed a trail for liberal like me, i don t know what i would have made of, that but here we are, normally i live in l.a., i am down on vacation in florida. only guy who i would put a jacket on for you. thank you. dave ruben, you were not always a libertarian/conservative. you were a progressive for much of your you
infrastructure needs. this also represents the most significant investment in passage of rail in 50 years in public transit every. here in new hampshire, that means replacing about one third of the transit vehicles, buses and the like that are past their useful life. what it means you ll be safer, get to where you re going faster and save money. this means jobs. jobs for folks making these upgrades. estimated it will create up to 2 million jobs extra a year and up to 16 million jobs. nationwide, union jobs, jobs you can raise a family on, jobs that can t be outsourced. that s not all it will mobilize our ports, airports and freight rail to make it easier for companies to get goods to market. reduce the bottle chain. i had to convince the ports of long beach and los angeles where 40% of all products come into the western united states to stay open seven days a week, 24 hours a day because they re backing up ships and container vessels for miles and miles and miles. hundreds of