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after his time as vice president. >> sources tell cnn that it is possible that more searches elsewhere may happen. also that the white house is shifting into damage control. sources say president biden is growing frustrated by how the saga has played out. he cannot escape the questions about the timing of publicly disclosing the classified documents when some of the first pages were initially discovered in november. once again, today, the president chose not to take reports' questions. [ inaudible ]. >> cnn's mj lee is at the white house. a spokesman for the white house counsel is de...

And alisyn, we are seeing hospitalization rates slightly increase, but as you mentioned, victor, we're far below what we've seen in previous winter surges. here's a look at that. we should have a chart looking at the past two years of hospitalization rates. you see, starting january 27th of 2021, there's a spike right there, and then as we keep going, we enter 2022, there was another spike in the middle of the chart, but at the end of the chart is where we are today, and you see how we are seeing a slight increase, but we're not nearly as high as those previous surges. that's what's welcome ne...

Exactly? >> this report found that last year the u.s. preterm birthrate rose to 10.5%, 10.5%. that's a significant number, and i spoke with the march of dimes chief medical officer dr. henderson about this. i asked her, well, what's the takeaway from this report? her response was powerful. have a listen. >> the main thing to take away, i think, is the fact that there are too many babies being born too soon. you know, one in ten. if you were to have ten babies in front of you and one of them having to face the complications that comes with prematurity, that's unacceptable, and we kneaneed to do...

State differences where you're seeing some part of states like massachusetts for example with high rates of vaccination. you may see in western massachusetts community that have lower rates of vaccination. and you're seeing trends where it might be communities that are having a harder time getting time off work to get vaccinated. right? and that's work that we need to do to ensure to remove those barriers. and those communities elsewhere in the country where, potentially, covid was not considered to be a threat. and why would you pick a vaccine now when it was not considered a threat in the pa...

Of vaccine. joining us now is dr. gnaw heed bhadelia, a physician and director of boston university center for emerging infectious diseases policy and research and an msnbc medical contributor. dr. bhadelia, how do you rate where america stands in dealing with this pandemic as we begin the summer season where people are hoping to resume normal summer activities? >> yeah, lawrence, overall we're incrementally getting safer as dr. fauci said. we're reading the great numbers overall, over 60%, and the caution here is that underlying that are two trends. interstate difference, there are states tha...