Biden renews outreach plans as vaccination pace slows, aggressive Delta variant spreads in U.S.; Florida braces for Elsa as crews continue to search in Surfside;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 6 July 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Biden outlines COVID shots strategy as Delta variant spreads; White House: Biden admin will aim to get more vaccines to doctors’ offices, employee work sites & mobile clinics; Biden: Delta variant should make people think twice about not getting vaccinated; Poll: 6% of Dems vs. 47% of GOP likely won’t get a COVID vaccine; Israeli gov’t: Pfizer vaccine 93% effective against severe illness in June, down from 97% in May; Biden to push for “human infrastructure” plan Wednesday in hopes of deal before August recess; 4 more victims found in Surfside rubble; Death toll now at 32; More federal investigators arrive at surfside collapse; Tropical Storm Elsa nears hurricane strength, complicates search at condo collapse site; Landfall expected tomorrow north of Tampa; FBI releases new videos of January 6 capitol attack; Capitol officers say not enough being done to fix security failures as fears grow of more violence; How presidential friends influence American politics; New book explores how best friends shaped U.S. presidents; U.S. military: troop drawdown 90% complete in Afghanistan; Afghan translator in U.S. faces deportation for being forced o give bread to Taliban as a child; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	A race between vaccinations and the variants, the lead starts right now.
0:08.6	President Biden moments ago pushing for more Americans to get their shot, but will
0:13.3	it work as the Delta variant rips through unvaccinated communities?
0:18.9	And then double trouble in Florida, the urgent search and surf site as the depth toll
0:23.3	grows and a tropical storm gets closer to making landfall.
0:28.4	A possible death sentence for a man who helped the U.S. military, how an incident.
0:32.6	From when he was nine, could land him back in Afghanistan where the Taliban awaits.
0:44.0	Welcome to the lead. I'm Pam LaBrown in for Jake Tapper and we start with the politics lead.
0:49.1	And President Biden's new plan to get more people vaccinated.
0:53.0	He spoke just moments ago at the White House and unveiled a new approach
0:57.2	making COVID vaccines more accessible and explaining why the vaccine is so important.
1:02.9	And here's why his focus may need to change. COVID cases are rising on average three times higher
1:09.5	in states with lower vaccination rates. You see the map on your screen.
1:13.6	And Biden's new plan comes after the U.S. fell short of his July 4th goal to have 70% of adults
1:19.6	with at least one shot. And as the aggressive Delta variant spreads, Biden today warned people
1:25.9	should think twice about not getting vaccinated. CNN's Caitlin Collins starts us off from the White House.
1:33.6	President Biden walking a fine line when it comes to coronavirus.
1:38.0	We're closer than ever to declaring our independence from this deadly virus.
1:42.4	New cases and deaths are down dramatically nationwide as more Americans have been vaccinated,
1:47.7	but some places are seeing an uptick as the highly contagious Delta variant spreads.
1:53.6	Right now, as I speak to you, millions of Americans are still unvaccinated and unprotected.
1:59.7	This isn't even bigger concern because of the Delta variant.
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