it's great to see you. i'm geoff bennet. as we come on the air, we're about to hear from president joe biden. he's going to speak live from the white house and he'll address what continues to be the most urgent life or death issue that could also define the biden presidency more than any other. more than 600,000 americans have now died from covid-19, a number once thought to be unfathomable. people are still dying from covid every day, and as we approach the president's goal of at least 70% of adults at least partially vaccinated by july 4th, we and he are perilously close to falling short. the cdc says about 65% of adults have gotten at least one shot.

that's a tall order to hit 70% in the next two weeks since vaccination rates have slowed considerably. and a highly contagious variant called covid-19 on steroids is spreading rapidly. the so-called delta variant started in india and overwhelmed that nation to the point of horror. it's now so dominant in the u.k. they had to delay their plan of reopening. here in america, it's put young but healthy people who have not been vaccinated in the icu. come fall, experts say there will be another surge and your level of danger will likely come down to where you live. >> some states show a high rate of infection and it comes down to immunity. states with high levels of vaccination will not.

>> so take a look at the disparity. in the top five, most vaccinated states, anywhere from 77% to 84% of people have at least one dose. that's good news. that's well past the president's goal. and most of the top vaccinated states are in the northeast. it's a far different story across the south, though. just 45% of people in mississippi have at least one dose, and that figure is alarming for experts watching this ferocious variant starting to take hold. joining us to kick off this hour, correspondent mike memoli. we have correspondent barber, heidi przybyla and also with us, dr. vin gupta. mike, we'll start with you because the president is expected to tout another milestone about vaccinations, so tell us about that. it also strikes me that this is the chance for the president to push for his july 4th goal.

>> reporter: that's right, the president has called june the month of action as they try to hit that single-dose goal by the fourth of july. but because the president has been overseas and preparing for overseas, he hasn't been pushing that fight. the white house talks about the summer of joy and freedom, as they put it, with the announcement today. we expect the president to tout his 150th day in office, a milestone that kind of snuck under the radar a little bit, that 300,000 doses of the vaccine have been done nationwide. it was when the gop leaders left the united kingdom that boris johnson had to put restrictions there for another month because of complications of the delta

variant. when we see these pockets of the variant in the south, in these red states where the vaccinations aren't so high, we could see an increase in cases as the cdc warns that the delta variant could become the dominant strain in the u.s. in the next two months. expect the president to be balancing. the good news on the overall goal, the milestone they're hitting, but also to continue to say there is a lot more work to be done here, geoff. >> dr. gupta, to pick up on mike's point, what would it look like if the delta variant became the dominant strain here in the u.s., and what do we need to do to get to the president's 70% goal to suppress this thing? >> good morning, geoff. we'll see regional surges in places like the southeast. once we hit the fall, we're going to get cold, dry air. that's what covid likes, it likes cold, dry air.

these variants, i've seen it with my own two eyes as have my colleagues across the country. we're seeing unvaccinated young people, geoff, end up in intensive care. it's really combatting this perception that back in 2020, young people thought, well, it's my parents that will end up in intensive care. those with preexisting conditions that young people thought. i found this trap as well, that, well, maybe if you're older, preexisting conditions are more vulnerable. now we're seeing this is a very different risk benefit calculation when it comes to risking the virus versus getting the shot. being vaccinated on this day, june 18, 2021, is more dangerous than not being vaccinated any other time to date. we're seeing across the country,

young people coming in requiring intensive care that are unvaccinated. >> ellison barber, i understand you're in a place where only about 30% of people are vaccinated and the delta variant was detected there in a pretty noteworthy way. tell us about that. >> reporter: yeah, it was detected in the wastewater here. they showed us the data for lynn county and at the end of april, they had no covid cases here, at least none detected in the wastewater. but then in early mid-may, that changed. they started to see cases detected and it is the delta variant. they know that because machines like this is the first step in sort of tracking it. university of missouri is working with the state health department to pull water samples from all over the state, and then they send it to the lab over in columbia where

scientists at university break it down. not only can they detect if covid-19 is in a community through wastewater, they can also see which variants are prevalent and what they say not only is the delta variant prevalent in this state, but it is particularly prevalent and spreading really, really fast in small, rural communities where they have very low vaccination rates. listen here. >> with missouri, it's amazing. we're not talking about one continuous city, this is lots of small, individual communities, so yes, it's concerning that it's spreading so rapidly. >> reporter: so the first delta variant detected in the wastewater in the state was found in branson, missouri. it's about three and a half hours from here. on may 10th, the second one found right here in brookfield, missouri. the things these two places have in common are low vaccination

rates. hospitals in branson, they're telling us they're seeing more people hospitalized right now because of this variant. like dr. gupta said, they said the patients they're seeing in the hospital because of covid-19 are a lot younger than they saw in previous months, and almost all the patients that are hospitalized right now in places like branson and this area, they are all unvaccinated. geoff? >> heidi, as we await president biden's remarks in about ten minutes from now, if he's running on time, i would suspect he will encourage young people to get vaccinated for all the reasons dr. gupta laid out. you, as i understand it, have exclusive reporting in the way the biden administration is trying to reach teens. tell bus it. >> reporter: that is because, geoff, they're looking across the pond and they're seeing that the primary vector for the spread of delta in the u.k. are the secondary schools. dr. fauci says we cannot let that happen here. it's hitting their teens particularly hard. but i will show you exactly why

that could very well happen here. i'm in one of the biggest vaccination sites in washington, d.c. downtown in a convention center. as you can see, there is no one here in the line over here to get vaccinated. over here is the vaccination station. you see a similar story. this has got a capacity of about 800 people per day. it's not just here and because we're having a holiday today, geoff, this happened at anacostia high school where we were speaking with the health and human services secretary where they are rolling out a program to reach teens. they're creating social media influencers like blockers, and they say this is desperately needed because two things are happening. a lot of these students just don't get it. they don't think this is going to affect them, or number two, they're buying into conspiracy theories. we spoke to becerra. take a look at what he had to say.

>> i feel like we need someone that we trust, an influencer, to tell us this vaccine isn't going to harm us. i think they should debunk all the rumors and conspiracies of how the vaccination is, quote, unquote, harmful or it will turn us, quote, unquote, into zombies. >> reporter: they have to make sure they're hearing the right information, and that's where we come in to try to help. that's why we hope the new student corps we've established of student ambassadors will help us communicate with the young people that haven't yet gotten vaccinated but we know are approachable. >> reporter: there are anemic vaccination numbers here among teens, only about 15%. when you segment out black teens, it's only about 5%. i wanted to interview the director of this center today. he said, look, these mass vaccination sites, these are not going to be the way to get to

these youngsters. we have to do something different because we're running up on the opening of all these camps, and certainly the reopening of schools is right around the corner, and we can already see what's happened in the u.k. geoff? >> dr. gupta, what heidi talks about camps reopening, i'm thinking about kids who are younger than 12, or those who are older than 12 who for some reason can't get the vaccine. what threats are there because of this delta variant? >> we are expecting that these vaccines, pfizer and moderna, will be available for those under 12 by september 1st. for the biden administration, that might be moved up a bit, because i'm hearing from parents across the country, hey, doc, i want my kid fully vaccinated before the end of labor day so their kids can be safe and ready for school time. when it comes to camps here, most summer camps will be outdoors. that's going to be very helpful. we also know for all the parents

out there that even in spite of this variant that the variant is exerting its worst impacts on those who are 18 and older. for adolescents and younger kids, we're still not seeing an increased rate of ending up in the hospital because of the variant, so we have some time here. i think we're going to get some guidance from the committee on human practices that advises the fda. this issue of myocarditis, inflammation of the heart muscle. that's gotten a lot of attention that parents are worried about. 85% of cases have been mild. individuals, particularly men 16 to 24 years of age, have been impacted by this. they normally will go to the hospital and get discharged without any intervention. the few that stay in, they just get observed. they don't actually have interventions. this is a few hundred cases out of 12 million shots.

it's a very rare side effect, and it convinced all of us that the reporting system is working. we're relitigating things that are happening thousands of times. that ought to give assurance that the system is work and go there's a lot of transparency. >> dr. gupta, thanks for putting it in context for us. when president biden hits that podium, he'll be talking to us and we'll take you to his remarks live. the attack on the capitol showing violence they endured while trying to fight off the mob. pence was just heckled at an event in florida. again, democrats will try to move forward with their ambitious agenda on infrastructure. but what's the path forward when there are divisions inside their own party? own party? rinvoq a once-daily pill

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the next few weeks are crucial for congressional democrats as they try to move forward with any part of president biden's ambitious legislative agenda. on tuesday senate majority leader chuck schumer will introduce s-1. that's the democrats' voting rights bill. it's sure to fail and schumer likely knows it. there is not enough gop support to override an inevitable filibuster. but he hopes to send a message about democratic priorities, and perhaps show senator joe manchin how little appetite there actually is for compromise with the gop. senator bernie sanders is moving ahead with his $6 trillion infrastructure plan. it's smaller than the original plan and it's possible that one or both becomes law. but whatever happens, it's the senate, not the white house, driving these notions.

we have shannon pettypiece and sahil kippur. shannon, what is the white house doing about this? >> reporter: a few beaks ago it was biden running the show, it was biden bringing those senators in to be briefed. it was biden have the direct talks with senator katko. now it's unclear if the president has even been briefed on this latest plan. white house officials said yesterday that the staff was briefed on wednesday, and at some point democratic staffers or senators were going to brief the president, but they were unclear if that actually happened yet. so, yes, this is largely in the hands of the senate. but the white house has indicated some things they are looking for, particularly they want a lot of new spending. they're comfortable with something around the trillion-dollar mark but they want a vast majority to be new

spending. they put things around that like a gas tax, but they are leaving it to the senator to hash out, and they're just glad that a deal of some form will get done. >> shannon, is there any fear that the white house is making a perfect enemy of the good? when it comes to the gas tax, americans already pay a gas tax. if it's tied to inflation, that's an incremental increase. i understand the white house doesn't want to levy a tax against electric vehicles. if someone can afford a tesla, first of all, god bless you, but paying a mileage tax is not going to break the bank for these folks. is this a political issue or symbolic issue? i don't want to see it getting to republicans on these specific issues. >> the white house drew this very sick red line that there would be no tax increase on people making less than $400,000

a year and that the case could be made that an electric vehicle fee or a gas tax could be considered a tax being placed on everyday working americans is the way the white house would see it. but you raise a good point that no one here wants to pay you for anything in the same way as the other side, so that's the entire holdup here. you know, it seems like from talking to people involved in the process and who have been through these processes before that it's going to take some creative accounting, some creative mechanisms, maybe some creative language to come around how we get around tax increases versus fees versus municipal bonds and other mechanisms. that's what's really being talked about and hashed out behind the scenes. that's the real sticking point at this level right now. >> so, sahil, as they're in this $1 trillion universe, here comes bernie sanders in the $6 trillion universe.

is his plan a messaging document? what's the deal? >> reporter: geoff, it's highly unlikely this congress passes a $6 trillion economic bill. they are too small and there are too many moderates who won't stomach it. that includes jon tester who has said he is opposed to it. i asked bernie sanders, what's this about? he said, it's only a proposal, it will probably get stretched. they are going to stretch that $6 trillion figure to something like $4 trillion which is what president biden's price tag looks like in the moderate position. there is the bipartisan path which is 1 trillion, and there is the partisan path which is relatively more trillions. democrats are happy to use their

power without key senators. there is kyrsten sinema of arizona. she has not said where she stands, but sources close to the senator tells us she's unlikely to pick her fight on the process of this and more likely shape demands and policy. so to begin a reconciliation bill, they have to get pretty much all their lawmakers in the house and senate on board, and that's going to be the real challenge. >> let's talk about voting rights. if we can count votes, i'm sure schumer can count votes, so what's going to pass it? >> reporter: it is going to fail, but what's important is to get every democrat on board, get 50 to 1 and say the only thing standing between that becoming law is senate republicans and the filibuster. that's an easier conversation for democrats to have instead of one on which they can't get

their own members on board. this is going to put focus on the fate of that 60-vote threshold and put pressure on every democratic senator to come out on where they stand. amy klobuchar of minnesota has said she would pass voting rights to. that's an extra threat to democracy that has to be addressed. kyrsten sinema has been steadfast in her thoughts. >> sahil and shannon, thank you to both of you on this sunny afternoon. the juneteenth federal holiday. will it lead to renewed focus on other critical issues like voting rights and police reform? jacob soboroff will join me with a look at how infrastructure can cause inequality. >> displacement of communities, displacement of neighbors. people cannot afford to live in boyle heights anymore. n boyle heights anymore.

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the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the u.s. is officially a federal holiday. juneteenth happened on june 19,

1865 when union soldiers arrived in galveston, texas and informed enslaved african-americans that they were free. it would take another six months before the 13th amendment was ratified abolishing slavery in the four border states that had not been subjected to president lincoln's order. as president biden signed the bill making juneteenth an official federal holiday yesterday, he called it one of the greatest honors of his presidency and he made it a case for action on his broader civil rights agenda. >> juneteenth not only co mem rates slavery in america 150 -- commemorates slavery in america 150 years ago, but true equity which we can do. this wasn't done in the past.

it's a call for action today. >> tremaine is an msnbc contributor. this is the first federal holiday of juneteenth. tell us how this makes you feel as a long-time activist. >> this tells the breadth of the feel of america which is the black american experience. they can't get major reform passed, they couldn't get voting rights passed. they got juneteenth passed, which is great. but there are thousands of americans trying to get america to recognize juneteenth. the mother of juneteenth, opal

lee, and for her to be there when the national holiday was signed into law. >> the lord is going to have to catch me because there is so much to be done and people who don't know what can be done. i can see that hard moment on their face. i'm just delighted and i just keep on talking and keep on working with people until we get it right. or until i'm called home. >> that is one of my favorite pieces of sound right there. you'll have to catch me. just the fight in her blood as so many people have fought to be acknowledged and represented, and i know she's just overjoyed. >> it was really something to watch her eyes light up yesterday in the east room, realizing the work she committed herself to for the past two decades had finally been

realized. professor glaub, we looked for the order that the union general presented to the people of galveston 100 years ago. i read it and part of it stopped me in my tracks. it reads, the freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work and that they will not be supported in idleness. this was freedom with a caveat. give us a sense of how this resonates with you. i heard you say yesterday on one of our broadcasts that for you juneteenth is really an example of our democracy not being fully complete. >> right, so within that order, geoff, is this really interesting tension, because the sentence before that talks about this involves the absolute

equality of personal rights and the rights of property between former masters and slaves. and then the qualifications follow. so what we see immediately is that the claim about absolute equality had not yet settled into common sense and still today has not been widely accepted by some segments of the society. so what we see in that little moment, right, are the hints of what will then justify, right, what will become sharecropping, what will become leasing, so we see already that there is, within the general order number 3, right, this effort to continue to conscript black labor in order to build and produce a surplus value for the south. so the contradictions are actually outlined. nevertheless, we still put the resiliency of the people, we put before us within the context of juneteenth, we still assert the

dignity and standing of black people and we revel in the dignity and humanitarian of all people. that's why it's everybody's holiday. >> on the one hand it's great there is now a federally recognized juneteenth. on the other hand, it's not great that juneteenth also doesn't stop the systematic disenfranchising of people when they vote. it also doesn't stop a police officer from shooting and killing a black man and potentially getting away with it. >> you're absolutely right. at the heart of juneteenth is this: delayed freedom. the time lag between january 1st, 1863, emancipation proclamation, and june 19th, 1865. that time lag foreshadows the delay in justice with regard to race matters in this country. to this day we have 48 states entertaining close to 400 pieces

of legislation aimed to disenfranchise folks. we see over and over again systemic racism defining outcomes affecting the disadvantaged. we have yet as a nation to have absolute equality between former masters and former slaves. we have yet to commit ourselves to that. and confronting that fact actually opens the door for us to imagine ourselves otherwise. that's the key. it gives us the possibility to think of america differently. >> trymaine, i understand for your podcast you've been talking about what president biden wants to see on his agenda. he said juneteenth is a day of reflection, a day of celebration, but it's also a day of action. >> that lag has been insulting for so many of us as black americans, certainly. but it also speaks to the idea that there is a fullness in america and a freedom of

democracy that we have yet to have access to. hundreds of black americans don't have access to the franchise because they don't have a voting member in congress. so they're seeing this tandem fight of deliberation. on the one hand with taxation in congress, but also the effort to, again, get closer to full black liberation and those things are combined. >> trymaine lee, good to see you, man. >> thank you. >> and eddie glaude, i appreciate your time as well. president biden addresses inequality. the poor and black americans are continually subject to racial inequality. as part of his new show "street level usa," our own jacob soboroff takes us to los angeles to see where a single bridge can

affect our quality of life. jacob soboroff, great to see you as always. how will these types of investments in infrastructure improve things for folks that live in l.a. >> it's the question for folks who live in l.a., it's the question for folks who live all across the country, because often, geoff, people who live in the shadows of the infrastructure are not the ones who benefit from it at all. while the biden administration is going far beyond roads and bridges and tunnels and ports looking to create tens of millions of good-paying jobs for people all across this country, infrastructure and an increased quality of life don't always go hand in hand. watch this. after decades of talk and with our infrastructure still in peril, this spring president biden proposed a gigantic spending bill that radically redefined the term "beyond bridges and roads." you're looking at one of the most important infrastructure projects in the city of los angeles, and it occurred to me if you're scared of heights

working in construction, it might not be for you. as exciting as this is, critical infrastructure like this bridge only accounts for 5% of the spending. 95% is left for everything else. that everything else includes 20th century improvements that you might not expect, like high-speed internet changes and roads for cars. infrastructure hasn't always helped everyone, especially those who live in the shadows as some worry about this new bridge in los angeles. >> this is going to be an iconic bridge. >> reporter: city engineer gary lee moore invited us here, to the top of l.a.'s viaduct that cost a million dollars and was paid for before biden proposed his plan. the bridge will connect the arts district in l.a. with a latino

neighborhood called boyle heights already under pressure of gentrification. we met carlos, an iron worker. do you guys make a good living? >> yeah, i do. i grew up down the street. >> reporter: where at? >> in boyle heights. >> reporter: do you still live there? >> no, seven or eight miles from here. >> reporter: why? >> cheaper rent. >> reporter: cheaper rent? >> reporter: this community, the idea you might see a condo or high-priced rental units going up, who is going to live in them? is it the people who already live in this community? >> no. >> reporter: that's because new market housing would cost people more than half what they make in a year. when that bridge opens, the situation gets more dire. >> yes, 100% dire. because this whole region will be on the map for becoming ripe for development. >> reporter: here in boyle

heights, protests against development are common. we met these residents who are protesting a verizon cell tower being built in a community garden which the company says is being preserved. i met a guy on the bridge who gets a good salary and he says he can't afford to live here anymore. >> we're definitely seeing development. people cannot afford to live in boyle heights anymore. >> reporter: it's gotten expensive. >> way, way too expensive. >> reporter: you'll see that it's not just across l.a. but across this entire country. the biden administration said it wants to limit the implications of infrastructure like that by doing things with systemic racism, like you said earlier. people don't like these projects because of what they've done to

communities. they have a lot of challenges that the biden administration says they want to overcome, but the communities won't believe it until they see it. >> jacob soboroff, brilliant reporting as always. i would say that clip could have used one more drone shot, my friend. >> i was high on the bridge. i thought that was high enough. the latest episode of "street level usa" is on at 10:00 p.m. tonight on peacock. still ahead, relationship complicated former vice president mike pence gets heckled in florida. and the body camera at the insurrection shows police trying fight off the crowd. look at that. fight off the crow. look at that because platforms this innovative, aren't just made for traders-they're made by them. thinkorswim trading. from td ameritrade. - [narrator] at southern new hampshire university, we're committed to making college more accessible

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officer. in the video he can also be seen shouting at law enforcement and then charging at them using a flagpole. a warning that this video is tough to watch. joining us now is nbc4 washington investigative reporter scott macfarlane. we'll talk secondly about the video, but tell us about the suspect and the charges he faces. >> he's facing an assault charge, geoff, it's a serious charge. once he ripped from that

flagpole, he started punching the officer. here's what else is striking. we went through court files overnight and saw that thomas webster, who is in jail right now, is seeking to get out and in his argument he said the police officer provoked some of the attack, saying the officer was mocking people in the crowd and was making, in his words, provocative hand gestures. we'll see what a judge decides, geoff, but the video nevertheless just so powerful. >> it's harrowing. but here's the deal. as i understand it, news outlets had to sue to get access to the video. why is that? >> reporter: because federal courts are mostly closed due to covid. you can't get in them. the judge cites the video as important. now a co a coalition of media i

getting behind this. >> scott, it's great to see you thank you for that great reporting. it's never too early to start speculating about 2024 -- it might be, but that won't stop us from having this conversation. a number of speakers, including former vice president mike pence. with pence, who some republicans see as supportive about trump's claims of voter fraud, he is seeking support from the audience as well as hecklers who appeared to shout "traitor" to him. >> i want to thank my friend ralph reed for those words. ralph reed knows me enough to know that the introduction i prefer is a little bit shorter.

>> joining us now is nbc news political correspondent ali vitale. ali, this is an early start to the primary. tell us what you collected yesterday in your reporting, including what happened on that stage a couple hours ago. >> reporter: very early start to our conversations about 2024, but i hope you'll allow me, as a fellow politico, because moving over all of this is the shadow of the former president donald trump. you saw it there in the clip you just showed, mike pence having a higher tightrope to walk really than any other republicans here because of the part he played in upholding the election results on january 6 in washington, d.c. we know that's something that's lingering with some in the trump base. clearly you heard it there, one woman in the crowd shouting "traitor."

others around him, even though pence ignored the comment, were saying, no, no, and trying to get the woman to be quiet. that just goes to show the juggling act that someone like mike pence will have to play as he moves forward trying to chart a path to the 2024 presidential primary. i was talking to ralph reed, the man who runs this forum, and he said it may not be about imitating trump exactly in his form, but it's about talking about him from the beginning all the way to the end of his presidency. that's what's happening here, continuing the way trump stoked culture wars. that's the conversation that's happening on the ground. that being said, you talk to voters, and it may not matter if others are imitating trump, they may want the same things, still.

>> if you had marco rubio and others, you would still vote for trump? >> i would vote for trump. i think we have very good people, but i think we can get another good four years from trump. >> reporter: now, again, geoff, we don't know what former president trump is going to do in the future. we know he's ramping up his rallies in the summer. he said he wants to play a part in the 2022 midterms, but all of this comes down to elections that happened before that on the calendar that we'll also cover with enthusiasm, things like the virginia race that both parties won a notch in and that this will be a first test of what the landscape looks like in the biden era of the presidency. >> is nikki haley there, is marco rubio there?

i find it interesting that the friend of white evangelicals declined an invitation to attend this thing. >> declined an invitation, and he spoke at this event before, half a dozen times when he was a candidate and a citizen and during his time in the white house. ralph reed, the organizer, said he doesn't hold that against the former president, but clearly his influence is still felt here. you see people also coming. we mentioned mike pence, marco rubio, before he can even think about running for president again, he'll have to contend with his re-o'electricity. he has to contend with potentially retaking the majority in the senate. governor ron desantis who is somebody -- when i was at the cpac earlier in the year, he scored right below trump in the straw poll of that conservative group, so a lot of people looking at desantis who could be the heir apparent to the

president especially if he doesn't run for mayor again. none of them being explicit about their intentions, but we all know these are the ties they're trying to build for the future. >> you appear to be the last ones in the room. you're trying to shut it down on a friday afternoon. >> you know it. up next, a record-setting heat wave. are we getting a look at our new normal? ook at our new normal fast, powerful long-lasting relief with a revolutionary, rollerball design. because with the right pain reliever... life opens up. aleve it, and see what's possible. ♪ ♪ we made usaa insurance for veterans like martin. when a hailstorm hit, he needed his insurance to get it done right, right away. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. usaa (man) i've made progress with my mental health. so when i started having unintentional body movements

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vaccination program and managed one of the most complicated, logistical challenges in american history. above all, we got here because of the american people stepping up and getting vaccinated, helping family, friends, neighbors get vaccinated. remember what it was like 150 days ago. we didn't have the vaccine for all americans, we didn't have the means for people to get the vaccine. but we turned it around equitably. we created a vaccine supply for every american. as i said last week during my trip to europe, we're now in a position to provide half a billion vaccines for everyone around the world, in depressed nations. we deployed military personnel,

including 1,500 active duty military to support the vaccine effort and get shots in arms. now we have more than 180,000 vaccine sites across the country, including over 42,000 local pharmacies. thanks to this wartime response, we've gotten 300 million shots in the arms of americans in 150 days, months ahead of what most anyone thought was possible when we started. in fact, if you remember, a lot of people were skeptical that we could even get 100 million shots in my first 100 days into people's arms. but we did it. we kept going. what we're seeing is a truly american accomplishment. 65% of american adults have gotten at least one shot, including 87% of our seniors. just five months ago, we were at only 5% of adult americans. 15 states in the district of

columbia have now reached 77% vaccination rate in their state. 26 states and d.c. are fully vaccinated, 50% are more of the adults. nationwide we have the lowest number of daily deaths since the first days of the pandemic. and we built equity into the heart of our vaccination program from day one. 73% of the shots administered at community health centers through the federal program and more than 58% of the shots administered by federally run vaccination sites have gone to people of color. and across the nation, people of color have accounted for more than half of all vaccinations in the last month. that's important progress. we have much more to do. vice president harris is, as i speak, in atlanta getting the word out about the vaccinations. yesterday i signed a bill into

law making juneteenth a federal holiday, and this weekend, folks in communities across the country are going to be canvassing and hosting events to encourage their family, friends and neighbors to get vaccinated. the more we close the racial gap in vaccination rates, the more lives we'll save. now, as our vaccination program is saving tens of thousands of lives. with that count growing each day, it's also allowing millions of americans to get back to living their lives. grandparents hugging their kids. kids back to school and getting ready for the summer. people going out to restaurants and traveling. businesses are reopening. folks, we're heading into a very different summer compared to last year, a bright summer. hopefully a summer of joy.

as i promised you from the beginning, i'll always give it to you straight, the good, the bad and the truth. and the truth is that deaths and hospitalizations are drastically down in places where people are getting vaccinated, but unfortunately, cases and hospitalizations are not going down in many places and the lower vaccination rate stays. they're actually going up in some places. a few days ago we crossed 600,000. 600,000 americans dead from covid. more than every death in world war i, world war ii, vietnam and 9/11 combined. so even while we're making incredible progress, it remains a serious and deadly threat, and the data is clear. if you are unvaccinated, you're at risk of getting seriously ill or dying or spreading it.

people getting seriously ill and being hospitalized due to covid-19 are those who have not been fully vaccinated. the new variant will leave unvaccinated people even more vulnerable than they are a month ago or were a month ago. this is a serious concern, especially because of what experts are calling the delta variant. it is a variant that's more easily trance miss -- transmiss potentially more deadly and it's seeing more young people. but the data is clear. the best way to protect yourself against these variants are to get fully vaccinated. so please, please, if you have one shot, get the second shot as soon as you ca so you're fully

vaccinated. if you haven't gotten vaccinated yet, get vaccinated now. don't put it off. it's free, it's easy and it's convenient. as i said many times, text your zip code to the numbers 438829. 438829 to find the sites where you can get vaccinated closest to you. get your free uber or lyft ride to and from vaccination sites. i want to thank uber and lyft for their cooperation. use the extended hours of thousands of pharmacies in june, including thousands that are open 24/7 on friday this month. most pharmacies now offer walk-in vaccinations, no waiting at all. the federal government is offering you a tax credit to get paid for time off to get