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Via Teleconference  11:37 A.M. EDT MR. ZIENTS:  Good morning, and thanks for joining us.  Before I turn to Drs. Walensky, Fauci, and Murthy I want to reinforce the importance of the six-part “Path Out of the Pandemic” action plan President Biden announced yesterday. Stepping back, the more transmissible Delta variant is driving a surge in…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:37 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Okay.  All right.  Just one update for all of you at the top. The President is always — is obviously quite focused on the American Jobs Plan that he just announced last week.  As you all know, he’s already had two bipartisan congressional meetings…

Via Teleconference  3:04 P.M. EDT MR. ZIENTS: Good afternoon. Thanks for joining us. In a moment, I’ll turn to Drs. Walensky, Fauci, and Murthy. I’ll start by discussing the progress we’re making on testing, vaccination, and boosters — three critical parts of the President’s six-point plan to accelerate our path out of the pandemic. First,…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 10:15 A.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Okay.  Today, joining us — needs hardly an introduction — our National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, who will be previewing the President’s trip — second foreign trip — later this week.  And he’ll take some questions afterwards, and then I will do…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 11:07 A.M. EST MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Good morning.  Okay, so we don’t have a long time this morning because of a gather.  If people want to stay, I’m happy to answer additional questions, but we wanted to get it in before the President left for his trip to…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:48 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Happy Tuesday.  So, I know the COVID briefing is at 1:30, so I’m going to try to get through as many people as possible between now and then.  I just have one item at the top.  After an update from our COVID-19 team…

1:43 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Good afternoon, everybody. Q    Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  No bunny today.  No bunny.  Just — just me and the Admiral and the team.  (Laughs.)    Okay.  So, yesterday, the Florida Supreme Court upheld the state’s dangerous abortion ban, putting desperately needed medical care further out of reach for millions of women. …

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:42 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Q    Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  So as the President spoke to yesterday, the United States undercoo- — undertook a counterterrorism operation in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday.  At his direction, the U.S. intelligence targeted and killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda’s leader. We…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:43 P.M. EDT  MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Q    Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Sorry for a very long two minutes.  Apologize for that.  (Laughter.)  I am aware — I know, I know.  Apologies. Okay.  Tomorrow, President Biden and First — the First Lady will travel to Fort Myers, Florida,…