On and were told thats what the president will say trying to make news setting the table, as a matter of fact, beginning this News Conference saying his new vaccination goal will be 200 million shots in american arms in his first 100 days. They hit the 100 million mark last friday. That was day 59. It would seem like an ambitious goal but the fact is were on pace to hit that 200 million mark at this time. Thats the message they want to focus on. But consider whats happened in the last nine days since the white house announced todays News Conference. You have pair of Mass Shootings, new missile test by north korea and number of illegal border crossings along the u. S. mexico border has grown dramatically. All of those issues the president will be forced to address over the course of this News Conference today. Im told he has prepared for it. No sort of formal prep sessions that hes done, tabletop sessions with his teams here recognizing the significance of this moment. One in the east w
Achievement. Biden will also face questions on a variety of other challenges now testing this administration, no doubt reporters will press him on the call for gun reform after back to back shooting rampages that left 18 people dead in atlanta and boulder, colorado. The surge of unaccompanied children arriving at the southern border. The latest Missile Launch out of north korea. And the dynamic on capitol hill, the competing interests of a Democratic House that wants to push legislation that its members feel are necessary. Though they cannot get that legislation through the u. S. Senate, unless the senate rules change. We should note President Biden has taken longer to hold a solo News Conference than any other president in nearly a century. Today marks 64 days since his inauguration. I want to bring in our team. We have abby philip, anchor of inside politics sunday, david chalian, cnn political director and cnn chief National Current affairs respondent jeff zeleny. How is biden tackli