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National fight against the virus. in that briefing, white house covid-19 response coordinator touted the recent increase in vaccinations. in the last week, more than six million shots have been administered. the highest seven day total in a month and a half. in chicago, mayor lori lightfoot will require city workers to get a vaccine. the mayor says the city is working with labor unions to lay out the plans for a mandate. and hawaiis governor has a new message for hopeful tourists. stay home. on ...

Covid-19 response coordinator told cnn the administration was not considering a nationwide vaccine mandate, the cdc director contradicted him. >> are you for mandating a vaccine on a federal level? >> you know, thats something that i think the administration is looking into. >> reporter: remarks later backtracked in a tweet reading, "to clarify there will be no nationwide mandate. i was referring to mandates by private institutions and portions of of the federal government. there will be no fede...

Mardi gras in 2020. we have had ups and downs in the state of louisiana, and across the south, but right now is a terrible moment today. health officials believe that we could reach the highest numbers of covid-19 hospitalizations in louisiana since the pandemic began. and thats why governor edwards is sounding that alarm as you mentioned, brianna, he is really upset with a number of people in the state who are unvaccinated. there are about 2,000 covid-19 hospitalizations across the state of lou...

Louisiana. there has been a more than 260% jump in the number of hospitalizations that theyre seeing right now. and other parts of the state including baton rouge are seeing an uptick. so there is concern that not just because of the delta variant, chris, but also because of the low vaccination rates in parts of the state that this could continue over the next few months, especially as we head into the back to school season. >> so clearly one of the key things for the biden administration is wha...

Extreme vulnerability of people who are not vaccinated which will account for infections, hospitalizations, and ultimately deaths. and so the message loud and clear that we need to reiterate is that these vaccines continue the strong protection against sars cov2 including the delta variant. >> reporter: not only are cases up but hospitalizations are also on the rise. one state surging, florida. the white houses covid response coordinator on friday -- >> just four states accounted for more than 4...

Are >> reporter: the u.s. poised to fall short. >> 70% for all adults, well head it for adults 27 and older. >> reporter: and president bidens july 4th aim to get 70% of adults vaccinated with at least one toedose of the covid- vaccine, the white house is moving the goalpost. the covid response coordinator thousand claiming that july 4th wasnt bidens goal, it was an aspiration. >> we set 70% of adults as our aspirational target and we have met or exceeded it for most of the adult population. thi...

July 4th. the white house is planning a 1,000-person celebration on that day to mark, quote, independence from the virus. and today theyre trotting outnumbers other than the ones the president set as a benchmark to justify the pending balloons. as cnns nick valencia reports. >> reporter: the u.s. poised to fall short of the presidents vaccination goal. >> goal of 70% for all adults. were going to hit it for adults 27 and older. >> reporter: after weeks of pushing president joe bidens july 4th ai...

Unvaccinated. as you know, most people live in clusters. so either everybody they know is vaccinated or most people they know are not vaccinated. in those communities, covid that spreads twice as fast is not a good thing. one more reason for people to take this seriously and say, weve got great vaccines. were so lucky to have them. maybe i should take one. or two. >> or. two right on, right on, brother. >> i want to talk about your book as well. you write about a conversation you had with debora...

That? >> well, good evening, don. im very unconcerned, for people who have been vaccinated. and im more concerned for people who have not been vaccinated. and the communities, that are largely unvaccinated. because as you know, most people live -- live in clusters. so, either, everybody they know is vaccinated. or most people they know are not vaccinated. and in those communities, of -- of a covid that spreads twice as fast is not a good thing. so its one more reason for people to take this seri...