president biden is facing a critical moment in his agenda. nearly half of the u.s. population is fully vaccinated against covid-19 but the pace of the vaccination is at the lowest point since january and the highly infectious delta variant is driving a new covid surge in all 50 states. virtually all covid hospitalizations and deaths are now among the unvaccinated so tonight we are here in ohio taking questions from a live audience as the president works to keep the pandemic in check and his goal of an infrastructure deal on track. it is really a critical moment for his agenda. we will take questions from some who voted for the president and some who did not vote for president biden. the president and myself and everyone here in our audience, we are all fully vaccinated so without further adieu, everyone, let s welcome the 46th president of the united states, joe biden. [ applause ] hi there, don. good to see you. how have you been? well. very well. it s good to see you.
it s good to see you. good to be back to see you. you as well. listen, i want to get to the audience. you don t want to sit down. you d rather no, i m going to go out into the audience. i have a couple of questions i want to ask you because you know the pandemic is a big concern for everyone. sure. especially around america. new cases are up three times since last month, right? the pandemic is a big concern. hospitalizations, death rising. so you said last month that this that the virus is in retreat. do you still feel that way? look, it s real simple. we have a pandemic for those who haven t gotten a vaccination. its that he basic. that simple. 10,000 people have recently died. 9,950 of them, thereabouts, are people who hadn t been vaccinated. this is simple, basic proposition. if you re vaccinated, you re not going to be hospitalized. you re not going to be in an icu unit. and you are not going to die. so it s gigantically important we all act like america
covid misinformation, what s your message to platforms like facebook? they re killing people. i mean, they look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated and they re killing people. now, once we were almost helpless to combat covid. today, we re watching the spread of something that actually might be preventable with vaccination. and the truth is, the ills of social media might also be completely preventable with truth and information. but it s been a week of misinformation on every front. from the pandemic to the big lie that s still alive and thriving even today with bogus claims about non-existent election fraud. fuelling the nationwide on the right to vote. mike pence who was threatened with hanging by the rioters on january 6th letting a little bit of truth sneak out in the midst of praising his former boss. we ve been through a lot in the last year. i mean, a global pandemic, civil unrest, a decisive election, a tragic day in our nation s capitol.
come to light, so what is the president going to do about them. we re also following the decision to leave u.s. track sensation, sha carrie richardson completely off the roster for the upcoming tokyo olympics. going to fire. be careful. richard engel s exclusive report from inside a fire fight between afghan forces and the taliban. we ll have the latest on that. incredible reporting. we have sam stein, former aide for the george w. bush white house and state department, elise jordan, and host of politics nation and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton is with us this morning. we re going to begin with former police captain, eric adams, poised to become new york city s next mayor after being declared the winner in a hotly contested democratic primary. the ap called the race for the brooklyn borough president last night after thousands of absentee ballots were counted. the numbers saw former city sanitation commissioner kathryn garcia cut the lea
happy friday. you ve got to love a good friday night show. good to see dr. drew, although when a doctor what a doctor do this? [laughter] we know that s you. thank god kat took a night off from boozing and actually exercised. you look like my arm. it s be when i was half right, but she has to stay fit with her husband always on the run. dagen mcdowell here once again. getting back in shape, they are plotting. if only her cat would stop interfering. greg: a violent cat. so what s with democrats and? sorry i m being redundant. this week began with hunter biden, the democrat and practice and deviant having his recent tweets exposed. they would have to admit to bearing the laptop story like a squirrel with a knot. made of cocaine. so how was that not the biggest scandal? a truly explosive story in order to sway an election. it s mind-boggling. just from the press, suffering and his them over trump s tweet. so what do they do? be grateful that anthony weiner popped up. i