Biden celebrates Independence Day with huge fireworks display

US President Joe Biden celebrated US Independence Day on Sunday, with video showing him and his wife Jill on the White House balcony to watch a fireworks display. Crowds packed the National Mall in Washington DC to see the spectacle.

Biden hosted the largest event yet of his presidency to commemorate the July 4 holiday and the country’s recovery from the pandemic. Speaking before a 1,000-person crowd, the president compared the declaration of independence from the British Empire in 1776 with “declaring our independence from a deadly virus.” But he acknowledged Covid had yet to be fully defeated.