good morning to viewers in the united states and around the world. it s thursday, june 3rd. and president biden is determined to do whatever it takes to get americans to roll up their sleeves. he s hoping to get at least one vaccine dose into the arms of 70% of all adults in the u.s. by july 4th. he s even rolling out some new incentives like free beer. who doesn t like that? free babysitting. who doesn t need that? to bribe people. the vaccine rollout has been an unqualified success. the u.s. is averaging fewer than 20,000 new cases per day. hospitalizations at the lowest point in more than a year and declining steadily as more people get vaccinated. but the u.s. is now averaging only 1.1 million vaccinations per day. that was three times higher in mid-april. joining us now is dr. anthony fauci, the chief medical advise or covid-19 to president biden and the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. dr. fauci, america is your patient this morni
christmas will be different than last. but i can t make that commitment to you. the vaccine rollout which was already lagging is now facing a new challenge. widespread severe winter weather that has shut down shipping hubs and canceled appointments as well as transportation. vaccinations in aln affected. the distribution in some places have been brought to a grinding halt as dr. fauci put it. officials say this means the u.s. will have to work double time to catch up. cnn s jeff zeleny is traveling with president biden in michigan. the u.s. is approaching any day now the 500,000 covid death. president biden under a lot of pressure to ramp up vaccinations. what is he saying today? reporter: he absolutely is under pressure and he knows that he own this is challenge and problem. it is why he wanted to come here to the pfizer plant behind me in portage, michigan, to see firsthand and make the case that, a., vaccines are safe. we have not heard this message in a while, because
empty while others are limited purchases of essential supplies. we re also following the coronavirus crisis. president biden touring a pfizer vaccine facility just a little while ago in saying, and i m quoting now, i believe we ll be approaching normalcy by the end of the year but i can t make that commitment to you. let s get straight to texas right now. omar jimenez is joining us in austin. the state is reeling from what critics say is a man made crisis. that is right. we re heading into another potentially final night of freezing temperatures here in texas. and the good news is the electric liability of texas said we re no longer under a power emergency. operations have returned to normal. the bad news is reliable drinking water seems days away. on the tail end of a week where texans were fighting for their lives in their own homes. so you never even used your fireplace before this? no. reporter: jen and her family were burning chairs, pieces of bookshelves before
suspending online donations as fallout grows over questions about the group s spending. more than half of the millions of dollars raised went to companies run by some of the founders. michael mcdowell for glen from glendale arizona has won the daytona 500. how about that? steve: let s start this monday morning with extremity weather. overnight a dangerous situation has unfolded. including across texas power is cut to reduce demand on the system. it is bitterly cold are. yes, it is. temperatures below freezing as snow and ice falls across the lone star state. it comes as another winter storm batters the northwest knocking out power to thousands and causing this fiery pileup. in oklahoma, millions more are bracing as severe weather set to take aim on the northeast. welcome to fox & friends on this monday morning. it is presidents day. george washington s birthday. we are proud of that jillian, steve, good morning. jillian: good morning. steve: good to have you. jil