Name: 'Just do it': With sense of urgency, Biden encourages vaccines push in Raleigh visit
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Description: President Biden urged North Carolinians to go ahead and receive their COVID vaccines if they haven't already.

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DESANTIS TWEETING JUST BEFORE 10:00 HE HAS SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER. ALL THAT HELPS GET THE FUNDING AND THE RESOURCES IN PLACE TO HELP. WE WILL CERTAINLY KEEP THE STORY UPDATED FOR YOU OVERNIGHT. MUCH MORE ON THE MORNING NEWS AT 4:30. BACK TO YOU. >> WE WILL BE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY. THANK YOU. THAT WAS A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN DURING HIS VISIT TO RALEIGH. PRESIDENT TOOK OFF IN THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. HE IS BACK IN WASHINGTON TONIGHT. HE SAID HE HOPES THAT HIS WORDS WILL INSPIRE PEOPLE TO GET THE COVID VACCINE. THE VACCINATION NUMBERS STALL IN NORTH CAROLINA. WRAL'S LEADER TO LET  COVERED HISTORY FROM ARRIVAL TO DEPARTURE AND EXPLAINS WHY GETTING THE VACCINE NOW WAS SO CRITICAL. >> Reporter: EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS VISIT WAS DESIGNED TO SEND ONE MESSAGE. THANK YOU, BUT KEEP GOING. FROM WHERE IT WAS HELD, THE GREEN ROW COMMUNITY CENTER WHICH SERVES A POPULATION WITH LOWER VACCINATION RATES HERE IN WADE COUNTY. TO THE PEP RALLY FIELD WHICH FELT LIKE WAS ABOUT BOOSTING THE SPIRITS OF THE VOLUNTEER, VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE A CHALLENGING SUMMER AHEAD. >> Reporter: A LIVELY CROWD OF FRONT-LINE WORKERS, CLERGY AND GRASSROOTS GROUP GOT A BIG THANK YOU TODAY FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN. THE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO VACCINATE NORTH CAROLINA. HE TOURED THE GREEN BOROUGH COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS IN A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND LATINX COMMUNITY. HE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED TO EQUITY BE VACCINATE THE STATE AND COUNTRY. >> FROM DAY ONE, SOMETHING THE GOVERNOR COOPER HAS BEEN TOTALLY FOCUSED ON, IS MAKING SURE WE GET AS MANY PEOPLE VACCINATED, PARTICULARLY PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE USUALLY. WHO DON'T HAVE ORDINARY, DON'T HAVE DOCTORS, FAMILY PHYSICIANS, ETC. >> Reporter: WITH THE DELTA VARIANT SPREADING QUICKLY IN THE U.S., THE NEED TO GET TO THESE HARD-TO-REACH COMMUNITIES, MORE URGENT THAN EVER. >> IT IS NOT JUST THE LARGE- SCALE EVENTS, BUT IT IS GOING INTO COMMUNITIES. IT IS -- WALKING ON FOOT IN HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS TO FIND PEOPLE WHO NEED THE VACCINE. >> AND IN NORTH CAROLINA, WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS. >> Reporter: PROGRESS, BECAUSE OF THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, GETTING THE WORD OUT. INCLUDING WADE COUNTY RESIDENTS AND STUDENT IVY JONES, WHO DURING HER PANDEMIC HERE AT HOME SPEND TIME GETTING VACCINE INFORMATION TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. >> OF THE PANDEMIC HAS REINFORCED ANYTHING, IT IS THE ABILITY AND HEALTH, LIFE IS NOT INSURED. FOR ANYONE. DESPITE WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE.'S >> Reporter: SECRETARY MANDY COHEN TOLD ME THE VOLUNTEERS GOT RIGHT TO WORK AFTER THAT EVENT, THEY IMMEDIATELY STARTED

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'Just do it': With sense of urgency, Biden encourages vaccines push in Raleigh visit

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