Welcome to the lead, everyone. Im jake tapper. We begin with our Health Load and President Biden coming before the cameras this afternoon to real the nation to engage in a, quote, all of america sprint. The president wants to get 70 of u. S. Adults at least one Covid Vaccine shot by the Fourth Of July. That number, according to the cdc, currently stands at nearly 63 . I promised you wed marshall a wartime effort to defeAt This virus and thats just what were doing. The more people we get vaccinated, the more success were going to have in our fight against this virus. Now part of bidens new plan includes free Child Care for those getting vaccinated, extended hours at pharmacies, free rides to vaccination sites, and a national educational Push Touring throughout the south and midwest. So far just 12 of 50 states have met bidens goal, mostly on the east coast, but what is most important from a scientific perspective is the share of people, not just adults, who are fully vaccinated, and tha
let s now get down to business, and we focus on what is happening in the uk where the bbc understands prime minister borisjohnson is that back the business secretary who is calling for a package of measures to help firms and industries hit by soaring gas prices. on monday, we ask the treasury to support firms have by crippling rising energy costs since august. gas prices have jumped costs since august. gas prices havejumped by costs since august. gas prices have jumped by some 70% and businesses have warned the was likely to be passed on to consumers. it is not only gas which has been rising. of course the price of oil, this is the price of brent crude heating a seven year high during tuesday s trading session and today still hovering around $83 a barrel. that is the international brent crude price. let s now talk to jeremy lawson about this, chairman of the international federation of industrial energy consumers. good morning to you, jeremy. first of all, if we focus on the
mourning and in shock. inside the venue this morning, a complex rescue operation was still under way. such was the damage, they re having to cut through debris to try to gain access to the music hall itself, where it s feared that more bodies could be found. translation: overnight, a hole| in the main building was created, in order to get engineering equipment inside the concert hall and ensure the work of rescue workers. plans were also made to extinguish small fires on the roof of the building. gunfire. a glimpse here of the terror of friday night, as the gunmen shot their way into the hall. people finding whatever shelter they could from indiscriminate firing. imagine you had a relative at the concert and hadn t heard from them since. translation: the last| time yana contacted me was from the concert hall. she sent me one photo and then a second. i wrote to her and sent a second message. the first message was read on whatsapp. the second wasn t. the islamic state group say
at the age of 37, after leo varadkar s surprise resignation. more on all of the stories of the bbc news website. now on bbc news, it s newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it s paddy in the studio. and laura in the studio. and henry at home. laura s had a scoop, so she got the chancellor to commit to the triple lock in the conservative manifesto. because you hinted this week that the triple lock, which guarantees pensioners income, keeps pace with inflation. you hinted that might be reviewed, but will the triple lock be in the tory manifesto this time round? well, i can confirm it will be, yes. and there s two very important things i would say about that. when we came to office in 2010, pensioners were more likely to be in poverty than other income groups. now, because of the triple lock that we introduced, they are less likely to be in poverty. and i think that s a very important social change because, unlike adults of working age, pensioners can t work, they v