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president, targeting july 4th for when americans can gather in small groups. >> that will make this independence day something truly special, where we not only mark our independence as a nation, but we begin to mark our independence from this virus. >> and joining me now is the most trusted figure in the country on this subject. it's dr. anthony fauci, the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. dr. fauci, welcome back to "meet the press." >> thank you, chuck. good to be with you. >> so, a year ago, literally this date, you were out there warning us. we...

We can walk and chew gum at the same time. >> senator, obviously, another major story in washington is the leaked draft opinion on roe v. wade. there was a vote this week to codify roe v. wade. it was obviously defeated. give us your perspective. you're a democrat representing a red state. the filibuster, should that be done away with for this issue, for voting rights? what is the status of that? what more can be done to protect abortion rights? >> look, we had this debate on a different issue back in january, and there simply wasn't the votes there to deal with the filibuster issue. it wasn't...

United behind getting to a degree, getting these voting rights pushes done with the exception of senator manchin and the filibuster issue, you think they actually need to take other steps and go further. tell me about that. >> you know, i think they're really letting perfection be the enemy of good here. you know, we heard chuck schumer not just a few days ago say that any plan to overhaul the electoral count act would not happen unless they got their two pet voting projects through as well. and i think that that is -- it's just a little bit puzzling to me. those have not moved at all. they ce...

Foreign leaders in so-called two and twos. this is the second white house news conference. let me go around the screen here. >> i would ask him if he underestimated his governing mandate, if he understood he had such a slim majority in congress in still trying to do such big bold progressive agenda, if he just underestimated and misread what the people wanted by who they elected. >> 40 seconds left for the rest of you. yamiche, go ahead? >> what took you so long to get behind a voting carveout for the filibuster? i pushed him on the filibuster issue during his last press conference. he was not...

Is not changing where she stands on the filibuster issue, even voting rights and given where we're at where there's still no signs of republicans ready to engage or compromise or work with democrats on voting rights. so not changing that position, is that going to stop progressive groups, voting rights groups from continuing to push right through up until the end of the year to try to get some action on this voting legislation through some sort of changes to the filibuster? probably not. there has been so much pressure and momentum particularly from the progressive side of the party to take ac...