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Have reached that threshold. 12 states out of 50 have 70% or more of their adults vaccinated. the overall rate in the country as of today is not over 70%, it's 62.8% according to the cdc. so this month is the big push to get us over that line. to get over 70% of adults in the country vaccinated within the next month. and this is interesting. this didn't get as much attention today from president biden's remarks but they're asking americans to volunteer this month to help get more of our fellow americans vaccinated. they set up a website at we can do this at hhs.gov. if you go there, there's a ...

That point too. they're rolling out a big program at the white house for black barber shops and black hair salons to not only promote vaccines but in many cases to administer them too. there's a college vaccination challenge program they're rolling out. the idea is to try to get to that 70% threshold of all adults having at least one vaccine shot by this time next month. by the fourth of july. right now 12 states out of 50 have reached that threshold. 12 states out of 50 have 70% or more of their adults vaccinated. the overall rate in the country as of today is not over 70%, it's 62.8% accordi...

>> we shall see. dave, thank you so much. president joe biden is hoping a number of newly unveiled insenn tifbs ranging from free beer -- that's berman beer -- to free child care -- that's brianna talk -- >> you need both. >> this will encourage -- the whole point, it will encourage americans to get vaccinated for covid-19 and it's part of the new effort to combat vaccine hesitancy, nudge people into it, and get more shots into people's arms. let's talk with chris cillizza. okay, chris. walk us through what biden is trying to do here. >> all right. here we go. this is the number we want to g...

The numbers? >> we are not at 70% yet, and where we are is just south of 63%, so 62.8%, and that's 162 million. that's a lot of adults. this is a very strong campaign that we're doing, but, of course, we see major differences by states, right? what do we see across the nation at this particular point? we see certain parts of the country, basically in new jersey, california and new mexico, you see the green on that screen, that's 70% plus adults that already met that goal that biden set, and then the states in yellow, 65 to 69%, and that's on the west coast and new york and virginia as well, an...

Excellent question. it is unclear if we're going to meet that goal. you'll recall earlier president biden set other vaccination goals and those were met quite easily. he set pretty realistic goals but this one is -- there's really a question mark. let's take a look at biden's goal. he wants 70% of u.s. adults to have at least one dose by july 1. that's his goal. 70% by july 4th. currently, it's only 62.8. so he's got a little bit of a ways to go in about a month. and now let's take a look at how those vaccination rates are looking. it is not great. they are just going down, down, down. and wil...