U.S. averaging 1.1 million vaccine doses administered each day; Trump allies falsely claim he could be reinstated president; Truck driver shortage could drive price hikes; U.S. Chamber of Commerce urges states to use rescue funding to help with childcare costs

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 2 June 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Biden declares June “month of action” to meet vaccine goal; CDC: 12 states have met goal to vaccinate 70% of adults with at least one shot by July 4; TX Republicans claim provision which would have harmed “souls to the polls” events was a typo; Ransomware attacks take major U.S. companies, infrastructure offline, holding internal networks hostage until they pay; Trucking industry struggling to hire drivers as demand increases; U.S. Chamber of Commerce urges states to use rescue funding to help with childcare costs

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0:00.0	So please don't be that guy pulling up to the butcher shop in a U-Haul.
0:07.2	The lead starts right now.
0:09.0	President Biden tries to rally the nation as vaccination rates slow and a fourth of
0:14.0	July deadline gets closer to get a shot in 70% of American adults.
0:20.4	Big lie, tourism, the bogus election audit going on in Arizona is now attracting Trump
0:25.7	loyalists from another state or Commonwealth that Biden won unequivocally and I'm sure
0:30.9	they're all fully vaccinated on their voyage to plus first gas then meet the first gas
0:37.2	now meet a ledge Russian hackers could cause another sticker shock.
0:41.8	Why these cyber threats are more than just a series of summer bombers?
0:51.2	Welcome to the lead everyone, I'm Jake Tapper and we begin today with our health lead
0:54.2	and President Biden coming before the cameras this afternoon to rally the nation to engage
0:59.2	in a quote all of America sprint.
1:03.0	The president wants to get 70% of U.S. adults at least one COVID vaccine shot by the fourth
1:08.7	of July that number according to the CDC currently stands at nearly 63%.
1:16.4	I promised you we'd marshal a wartime effort to defeat this virus and that's just what
1:23.5	we're doing.
1:24.5	The more people we get vaccinated the more success we're going to have and our fight
1:28.6	against this virus.
1:30.9	Now part of Biden's new plan includes free childcare for those getting vaccinated extended
1:35.4	hours at pharmacies free rides to vaccination sites and a national educational push touring
1:43.2	throughout the south and midwest.
1:44.5	So far just 12 of 50 states have met Biden's goal mostly on the East Coast but what is
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