Welcome to mtp daily. I am chuck todd. I have been saying it for months, how covid goes in the United States, so goes the biden presidency. As pandemic numbers increase, the president s numbers are starting to decrease. More than a month ago, President Biden declared independence from the virus, covid cases in the United States flat lined to 10,000 a day. We are now averaging more than 100,000 cases a day, 10 times jump. Cases are rising in all 50 states, and in places with low vaccinations rates. The administration announced a plan to encourage children over 12 to be vaccinated by the time school starts in fall. The Education Secretary will be at the white House Press Briefing, expected to begin any minute. Well keep an ear on what he says. We have an idea what theyre proposing, all of this as most of the country is experiencing substantial, High Transmission of the virus. Some hospitals and states like arkansas, mississippi, louisiana, florida are breaking records, Running Out of bed