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And shot at a college scholarship for minors. this as the white house offers a partnership with anheuser-busch, promising to buy a round for the whole country if the nation reaches the president's goal to have 70% of u.s. adults partially vaccinated by july 4th. joi joining me now to discuss is cesar vargas, chief external affairs officer for anheuser-busch. so good to see you. first, how do we all get our beer, if, of course, america does reach that goal of 70% inoculated? >> i know, it's exactly as you said, fredericka, it's nice to be here. we're going to get in on this effort to try to get...

Much more sense to team up and make this announcement together. because if the goal is to drive excitement and awareness, we can do that much better together than we could on our own. our incentive really, fredericka, is that moment when this country is getting back together again. when they get back together at bars, restaurants, at a ball game or just in their back yard for a barbecue, we hope an anheuser-busch product might be there. but it's not about the beer, it's about the people and moments we missed so many months we can't wait to get back to. >> and we all can't wait to get together,...

We can. do our part. this is really a collective effort. we want to complement what the government is doing, what other companies are doing, and we want to bring what we can so we can get to this milestone, which will be great for all of us. >> okay. >> we're so close. it's a very exciting time, fredericka. we're so close to being on the other side of this pandemic and at a time we can start getting back together with our family, with our friends at bars, restaurants. we're going to do everything we can to help us get there. >> that's very hopeful. this should be exciting for everyone. i got a...

From new york to here in miami. but they had one thing in common, fredericka, and that is the motivation behind their run for local office. if you could say something to george floyd today, what would that be? >> that's a deep question. >> to understand that pause -- >> i think that -- >> reporter: to understand that pain. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: -- is to understand their drive one year after the murder of george floyd. >> we can no longer ignore what is going on. we have to have these hard conversations whether people want to have them or not. >> reporter: they marched in new york. >> we a...

Ruling? >> i think it's a seriously flawed ruling, fredericka. to compare an ar-15 to a swiss army knife runs counter to what any ordinary person would believe. the ruling was also shocking coming on gun violence awareness day, where literally thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people, are thinking about how their lives and their families were adversely and very negatively impacted by gun violence. i expect this to be reversed on appeal, and i think this only strengthens the resolve of folks like myself and lords in congress to pursue common sense gun measures. >> so we heard polo sand...