WILLIAMS STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>>> GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN.
DAY 28 OF THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
THE PRESIDENT IS IN THE MIDST OF
HIS FIRST TRIP OUTSIDE THE WHITE
HOUSE TO MOVE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR
HIS MASSIVE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF
BILL.
ON THIS VERY SAME DAY, WHEN HIS
PREDECESSOR LAUNCHED A VICIOUS
ATTACK OF THE HIGHEST RANKING
REPUBLICAN ELECTED OFFICIAL IN
OUR LAND.
WHILE THERE ARE GLIMMERS OF
HOPE, WE INDEED REMAIN IN AN
UNCONTROLLED PANDEMIC.
LET’S NOT FORGET.
THE FOLKS AT THE COVID TRACKING
PROJECT SHOW CASES FALLING IN
FRICTION STATES, EVEN THOUGH THE
TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES IS CLOSING
IN ON 28 MILLION AND WE’RE
NEARING 490,000 DEATHS.
WE’LL GET TO HALF A MILLION IN
SHORT ORDER.
TONIGHT AT A TOWN HAUL IN
MILWAUKEE, THE PRESIDENT MADE A
CAUTIOUS PREDICTION ABOUT WHEN
HE THOUGHT OUR LIVES MIGHT GET
BACK TO NORMAL.
>> A YEAR FROM NOW I THINK THAT
THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY
FEWER PEOPLE HAVING TO BE
SOCIALLY DISTANCED, HAVE TO WEAR
MASKS.
IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT BY
THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR,
TRADITIONAL SCHOOL YEAR IN
SEPTEMBER, WE ARE NOT
SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER OFF THAN WE
ARE TODAY.
>> BIDEN ALSO MADE A PITCH FOR
HIS NEARLY $2 TRILLION RELIEF
BILL WHICH OF COURSE IS UNATTACK
FROM REPUBLICANS.
>> NOW IS THE TIME WE SHOULD BE
SPENDING.
NOW IS THE TIME TO GO BIG.
>> HEALTH EXPERTS ARE NOW
KEEPING A CLOSE EYE TO SPREAD OF
THESE VARIANTS OF THE
CORONAVIRUS.
THESE VIRULENT NEW STRAINS
COMING IN FROM OVERSEAS.
THEY’RE NOW PRESENT IN MORE THAN
HALF THE STATES.
USA TODAY REPORTS THAT EXPERTS
WARN OF A, QUOTE, FOURTH WAVE IF
THEY’RE NOT CONTAINED.
>> WE’RE IN A RACE AGAINST THE
STRAINS THAT IN THE U.K. NOT
ONLY HAVE PROVED TO BE MORE
CONTAGIOUS, 30 TO 50% MORE
CONTAGIOUS.
WE NOW HAVE NEW DATA THEY’RE
ALSO MORE LIKELY TO PUT PEOPLE
IN THE HOSPITAL AND MORE LIKELY
TO CAUSE DEATHS.
SO WE WANT TO GET OUT OF THAT
FOURTH SURGE.
>> THESE CONCERNS THAT YOU JUST
HEARD FROM THE DOCTOR ARE BEHIND
THE GROWING CALLS TO INCREASE
THE PACE OF VACCINATIONS.
THE PRESIDENT SAID HE EXPECTS
THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE
GENERAL PUBLIC BY THE END OF
JULY.
SOME 15 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE
RECEIVED BOTH DOSES SO FAR.
BUT A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF
GOVERNORS HAS WRITTEN TO THE
WHITE HOUSE ASKING FOR BETTER
COORDINATION BETWEEN THE FEDS
AND THE STATES ON THIS ROLLOUT.
TODAY ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED
THAT IT WOULD MAKE EVEN MORE
VACCINES AVAILABLE.
>> WE’RE INCREASING THE VACCINE
SUPPLY TO 13.5 MILLION DOSES PER
WEEKS.
THAT WILL GO OUT TO STATES.
THIS IS A 57% INCREASE FROM WHAT
THE STATES RECEIVED WHEN HE WAS
INAUGURATED.
>> INDEED THE CDC IS WARNING
THAT THE SEVERE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WE’RE WITNESSING
ACROSS OUR COUNTRY HAVE STALLED
EFFORTS TO GIVE OUT SHOTS AND
THEY’VE ALSO DELAYED SHIPMENTS
OF MORE.
SEVERAL REGIONS JUST ABOUT
PARALYZED BY ICE AND SNOW.
MILLIONS OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS
ARE WITHOUT HEAT AND LIGHT
TONIGHT.
DOZENS HAVE ALREADY DIED.
MUCH MORE ON ALL OF IT JUST
AHEAD.
AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER,
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS UNLEASHED
THIS NEW SCATHING ATTACK ON
MITCH McCONNELL AFTER DUTIFULLY
CARRYING TRUMP’S WATER FOR FOUR
YEARS IN THE SENATE, McCONNELL
VOTED TO ACQUIT TRUMP.
THEN MINUTES LATER, SAID TRUMP
WAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
INSURRECTION AT THE CAPITOL.
WELL, LATE THIS AFTERNOON TRUMP
RELEASED A STATEMENT ABOUT
McCONNELL THAT READS IN PART,
AND WE QUOTE.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CAN NEVER
AGAIN BE RESPECTED OR STRONG
WITH POLITICAL LEADERS IN QUOTES
LIKE SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL AT
THE HELM.
MITCH IS A DOUR, SULLEN AND
UNSMILING POLITICAL HACK, AND IF
REPUBLICAN SENATORS ARE GOING TO
STAY WITH HIM, THEY WILL NOT WIN
AGAIN.
WHERE NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE,
I WILL BACK PRIMARY RIVALS WHO
ESPOUSE MAKING AMERICA GREAT
AGAIN AND OUR POLICY OF AMERICA
FIRST.
MEANWHILE, PENNSYLVANIA
REPUBLICAN SENATOR PAT TOOMEY
WHO IS NOT SEEKING RE-ELECTION
HAS COME UNDER FIRE FROM HIS
STATE’S REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS FOR
VOTING HIS CONSCIENCE.
VOTING TO CONVICT TRUMP IN THE
SECOND IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
AND A LOCAL PARTY OFFICIAL BACK
HOME IN PENNSYLVANIA HAS JUST
BEEN OVERHEARD SAYING THE QUIET
PART OUT LOUD.
>> WE DID NOT SEND HIM THERE TO
VOTE HIS CONSCIENCE.
WE DIDN’T VOTESEND HIM THERE TO
THE RIGHT THING.
>> JUST TONIGHT BIDEN WAS ASKED
ABOUT THE ENTIRE IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL, AND THE ACQUITTAL OF
TRUMP.
>> FOR FOUR YEARS, ALL THAT’S
BEEN IN THE NEWS IS TRUMP.
THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, I WANT TO