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 wont 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. Doctors 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. Lets take moment to compare Chinas
Everybody. We begIn wIth PresIdent BIdens prIorItIes facIng a crItIcal week. As the clock tIcks down on the senate, lawmakers wIth an eye to the long fourth of July Break comIng at The End of thIs week. One prIorIty we need to focus on, votIng rIghts. Chuck schumer Is vowIng to hold a Test Vote Tomorrow on the housepassed bIll. Another prIorIty, Infrastructure. NegotIatIons over the presIdent s Infrastructure Package Stand at a crossroads wIth two dIfferent proposals beIng debated rIght now. So essentIally thInk of It thIs way. The senate Is racIng for the exIts, yet these major debates wIth potentIally huge rIpple effects, are stalled at a Log Jam or appear generally at an Impasse. Lauren fox Is at CapItol HIll wIth more. Whats the latest update on the votIng RIghts BIll . Well, I thInk the key QuestIon Tomorrow Is goIng to be whether or not Joe ManchIn, that moderate democrat from the state of west vIrgInIa, Is goIng to joIn wIth hIs democratIc colleagues on thIs procedural vote. Loo
While these World Leaders covered serious Ground Today President biden Face To face with russias Vladimir Putin two days from now is a major distraction, saying u. S. Relations at its lowest point in years set the stage for a very fence showdown. We have white House Correspondent Phil mattingly, clarissa ward, Max Boot, and hes also a Washington Post columnist, and our very own chief political analyst Gloria Borger standing by as well. Start with you, clarissa, what are you hearing from americas allies . Reporter yeah, i mean, what a very different tone we are hearing now as spanish Prime Minister is calling president Bidens Election an inspiration, saying he was delivering on some of the promises in that Meeting Today, the head of nato saying that it is different with, i think, what we can call characteristic norwegian understatement with biden at the helm of these meetings, and Nato Member states, 30 of them, coming out with a communique that makes it clear china is a challenge, the
Gaza, the WhIte House, tokyo, and rome as only cnn can. This is early start. Its monday. Well begin wIth encouraging news on the Pandemic Front. The sevenday average of covid cases and deaths dropping to the lowest levels since early last summer. The number of americans hospItalized cut in half since february. That Number Hasnt been this low since september and Its trending down. Thats good news. The nation looks forward to The End of pandemic, there are new questions about the oorigins of the virus. A u. S. Intelligence report found several researchers at a lab in china had to be hospItalized in November Of 2019 right around the time covid began to circulate. Stephen is live in beijing for us. Good morning to you. We knew these workers were sick but we didnt know exactly how sick. Reporter thats right. Thats the most important new detail. In this report they were so sick they had to be hospItal lied. The China Government has responded to the latest report rejecting It wIth a foreign M
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