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every single state in the country is seeing a rise in new covid cases as the delta variant tips-- continues to dominate. st. louis county, for example, is mandating everyone over age five is having everyone wear a mask indoors regardless of vaccination. and indoor mask wearing for everyone. >> i'm vaccinated. i vaccinated for a reason to not have to wear a mask, but, i don't know. >> i think it's easier to

with the delta variant on the rise, it's that vitally important to make sure kids can get back into the classroom this fall. the united states education secretary, miguel cardona, joins me next.

fear over the vaccination, fear over the delta variant. and then also a lot of misinformation that people have. so there's lots of questions and health officials trying to

to change course and allow for universal mask wearing to prevent the spread of the highl contagious delta variant, especially in children under th age of 12 could not get yet. look at the red circle, the far left, the one they're out of th sixth texas democrats who teste positive for the virus. our team confirming that. your reaction to that? >> i'm not going to be lectured by someone who was flying aroun in a private jet massless, let alone somebody that needs to do they're job and thinks that the sacrifice we need to make decisions based on science, not fear. >> leslie, real quick. >> i agree we need to make decisions based on science, the state legislature is not going

we have high rates of delta. we've been ahead of the national average for delta. right now about 84% of all new cases here are delta. it's been high the past few weeks. we have relatively low vaccination rate. as you mentioned, about 40% of the general public has initiated. and down here in the south, what happens during the summer months is analogous to what happens up north in the winter, which is the weather drives people indoors and that increases transmission. so all of that is coming together and to compound the problem, our hospitals are already quite busy.

the governor calling the delta variant a quote game changer. and he says he is seriously considering a mask mandate arguing, quote, you can't keep doing the same thing and just hoping for a better outcome. one batten rouge hospital has seen the number of patients with consisted of increase rapidly. most there had a chance to get a vaccine and didn't. now they're very sick and very regretful. cnn takes us inside. >> reporter: amy madison struggles to breathe. what does it feel like to have covid? >> exhausting. extremely frustrating, tiring. and the fact that i am here now, i am furious with myself. >> reporter: why? >> because i was not vaccinated. >> reporter: not anti-vaccine, she says she just didn't get around to it. the 44-year-old is now one of dozens of covid-19 patients in baton rouge's our lady of the lake regional medical center. her oxygen low. her doctor says she might need a vert. ventilator. >> i don't want anyone else winding up like me, especially when the vaccine is so easy to get now. >> reporter: the delta variant now prevale

well, the spread of the delta variant and rise of infections led the cdc to revise its mask mandate, florida's governor doesn't seem to want to listen. governor ron desantis just signed a new executive order, banning schools in the state from requiring students to wear masks as they head back to the classroom. this follows outrage at school board meetings across the country. parents in broward county, florida, pushed back against mask mandates at schools this week. >> my daughter didn't get to see her teacher smile. my daughter didn't get to see her friends' faces unless they were sitting at lunch. >> we the parent, the taxpayers alone, have the authority to decide for our children, not you, not the cdc. >> i don't want to wear it because i can't breathe. >> it's not just florida. republican leaders at the state and local level across the country have banned schools for mask mandates. even in congress, house republicans are pushing back against speaker pelosi pelosi's new mask mandate. and that's not all the resistance to science we are seeing from the republican party. this week, te

>> to hear them talk about the coronavirus and the delta variant how they have to monitor basically censor the being tech platforms and then they go on and on and that pandemic. tell me why aren't they concerned about that didn't have the medical facilities to know who is coming into what type of diseases they have talked about 200,000 why isn't joe biden and the administration the whole scientific staff show absolutely no concern of people coming in who are dirt poor from foreign countries who clearly do not have that medical care of vaccines that we have coming into the country and moving them into the interior of the united states? >> the open border agenda they will not risk that at all. you cannot name one thing i did anyone to give me one thing the president has done what has he done to illegally enter the country which is a crime by the way? every week to slow the flow the latest was two weeks ago and said we will open the aperture of who can claim asylum now it's not what the law says to fear persecution from your home government because of race religion or political affiliation. n

. >>> tonight, the new the delta variant surges. days ahead. more cases spike 60% nationwide. florida hits a new, daily record. the most cases since the pandemic began. >>> the fda announces an all-out sprint for full approval of the pfizer vaccine, as vaccination rates rise in the states hardest hit. what's driving people to get the shots, now? >>> and violent protests, in one country, over vaccine passports. here, in tokyo, simone biles pulls out of more events. will she compete in the remaining two? and the record-breaking golds for caeleb dressel and katie ledecky in the pool. what she told me, about coming back in 2024. >>> fear and anxiety, across the country, as the eviction moratorium ends, tonight. millions could be forced from their homes, as some landlords face bankruptcy. >>> the scams ruining vacations. imagine driving across country to a rental house you thought you booked. only, to learn it was all a fake. what you should look out for. >>> and so proudly, we hail. the emotional moments on top of the podium. >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. reporti

a cluster of infections caused by the delta vary was 1st detected in non ging. it soon spread to 6 other provinces, as well as a capital waging and junction, which is one of the world's largest cities elsewhere because of testing millions of people and have placed hundreds of thousands on the lockdown. and i just want to, i just want to bring you the latest on protests in malaysia and been calling for the prime minister to resign. over the handling of the pandemic, riley was led by the youth who want bottom it to be recalled. and for that relief, to be extended to those hardest hit, nearly 9000 people have died in the outbreak in malaysia. and then in france, police and protested of clashed off to tens of thousands with demonstrating against so call vaccine passports. in the 3rd consecutive weekend of pro government is trying to make the health pulse compulsory for everyone. but activists say it amounts to a form of dictatorship. football rebels is next, falling, a french international who backs algeria is, struggle for independence. stay without a era for hi, l

people are paying attention to the threat of the delta variant. the pace of new doses is up 26% from just a week ago. still, more than 80% of us live in a county considered to have substantial or high rates of covid-19 transmission right now. now, if you're vaccinated, the good news is, it works. you're unlikely to get seriously oil. in fact brand-new data from the cdc says that less than a 0.1% of fully vaccinated people have actually died from a breakthrough case of covid-19. vaccinated people can still get infected, but the real risk right now is spreading this virus to someone who hasn't had or cannot get the shot. so if you haven't gotten your vaccine yet, would 50 bucks change your mind? in georgia, where the case rate has more than tripled in the past two weeks and schools are about to reopen, one metro atlanta county decided to start offering cash as an incentive. cnn's natasha chen joins me with more. >> reporter: ryan, the bad news is the number of new covid cases have been rising in the state of georgia. the good news is so has the vacc

. >> plus, as the delta variant continues to spread, we talk to an expert about what more we can do. >> and not giving up, the research resumes after a runner in the east bay goes missing. what's prompting law enforcement to renew their efforts to find him and what his family is saying today. >> the news at 3:00 starts right now. good saturday afternoon. welcome to the special olympics edition. >> more competition is under way at the olympics, down to the final events in the pool as track and field gears up. the u.s. currently tied with china in the overall medal count. liz mclaughlin joins us from tokyo with the latest on the games. >> reporter: good morning to you from tokyo. now, the u.s. men's basketball team is getting in the groove and putting up points. they join italy, france and australia in the quarterfinals. >> middleton in the corner. perfectly done. >> reporter: the men's basketball team are into the knockout round. they broke open a four-point game with 72 points, beating the czech republic. >> we got our rotation down, the guys understand what they need to do in order

but with researches calling the delta variant, ask contagious as chicken pox. b james tried and tested our snow against the virus me seen out of date. even though in the past when trying to do this with steel and you see cities, i think the reality is that right now they, they read to somebody cities that they will not be able to stop it more deep going to other cities and then it because it is far more trying, transmissible. the doctor looked at message will probably not look at them. what 2020 china has vaccinated, more than half of its people. but with jobs that have laur protection rates, it is one of the was strictest border controls, and has a capacity to increase health services at a short time. but like much of the world, china will now need to come up with effect as measures to tackle this variance. i repeat it's early successes against as far as bronco gupta all to 0, israel was accused iran of being behind an attack on an oil tanker off the coast of a line in which 2 people were killed. the israeli operated all the must. it was attacked on thursday,

we're headed towards delta being a endemic. we're not testing level of case rates in individual communities. what matters, vaccine coverage and what are hospitals looking like? l.a. county, seattle, new york city, covid-related infections, 5% or less matters. philadelphia, the president said he went unmasked, barely anybody's going to the hospital with covid. the high vaccine rates. we need to get comfortable that's where we're headed so people across the political spectrum understand what success looks like, because president biden, at least darn clear, it's low hospitalizations, high vaccine coverage. makes sense to people. intuitive. >> i want to throw another example into the mix, because i think it's one where it can be read two ways. i want you to help us understand how we can talk about it, which is that there's an outbreak in massachusetts over the fourth of july. 469 people contracted the virus. three quarters of which were fully vaccinated and some, of course, used that as an excuse arguing vaccines don't work, but of

reporter: vaccination rates are going up and that is good news with adult of byron lawn —- delta virus. the first time we had four days in row over 700,000 shots. 3million got there first shot and also a significant increase. the white house is trying to motivate more people to get the shot it is offering to reimburse employers for those who have time off and also to make sure they can pay people. the pentagon is examining whether the vaccine could be required for armed forces and federal workers and contractors will get tested they cannot prove they got the vaccine or to wear their mask in the office. the cdc faces blowback over the latest guidance millions of americans wear masks indoors even if fully vaccinated. it's only a suggestion it's up to cities and states. also the cdc director is clarifying remarks she made to fox news during an interview last night. >> are you for mandating a vaccine on a federal level? >> i think that's of the administration is looking into and we are looking into the approval of the vaccine. >> less than one hour later she said there would not be a natio

this delta variant is very, very deadly. so i want to appeal to other members of san francisco, our employees of the city and county of san francisco and others, please, get your vaccine. let continue to reopen our city and reopen our economy. that is what these budget investments are about. we wish we didn't have to put money aside to deal with this pandemic. in this budget, $380 million, we know testing and access to vaccines is important. we know healthcare and treatment for those hospitalized is important so we have to make those level of investments and continue to move our city down the road of recovery. so in this budget, an unprecedented investment in homelessness and shelter, in mental health and resources, one billion dollars over the next two years to deal with one of the most challenging problems that we have faced as a city. it's important to make sure that we get people off the streets, we get them housed, and we get them into treatment. we did not take the decisions that we made to make these investments light

are many people who say given the continued amount of need, the lack of rental systems, as well as delta variant cases, the urgency is still so severe even with the moratorium expiring. who; urgency is still so severe even with the moratorium expiring. why would the moratorium expiring. why would the white house _ the moratorium expiring. why would the white house and _ the moratorium expiring. why would the white house and congress - the moratorium expiring. why would the white house and congress want| the white house and congress want people who can't pay their rent to be facing eviction notices? it’s a be facing eviction notices? it's a very complicated _ be facing eviction notices? it's a very complicated question - be facing eviction notices? it�*s —. very complicated question and one that my colleagues have spent a lot of time this week puzzling over. the white house essentially said it's hands were tied. there was a supreme court decision from a month ago that said the centres for degrees control didn't have the authority to extend it further —— centers for disease contr

a 4th wave of infections driven by the delta variance close to $900000.00 new infections were confirmed in the latest 24 hour reporting period, which is yet another day record. tony chang reports from bangkok tie health officials set out on october, 19th test and treatment mission. although close to bangkok, some of these areas are only accessible by boat, especially during the rainy season. urban centers has seen the highest infection rates, but increasingly suspected cases of being reported in remote and rural districts and health services being stretched to the breaking point. the new that on a gunbar who is currently i'm worried because we don't have enough health officials to take care of patients. even though case numbers and those are waiting to be cured. keep rising with government services under strain, sometimes taking matters into their own hands. this group of volunteers are going door to door testing oxygen levels for those to show cove at 19 symptoms. with many impoverished communities suffering from high levels of infection. they're learning to look after themselves. one

days in a government managed hotel, you run the risk of what happened in april, where people with the delta variant, when it was less known, come in and then that spreads. there is a ration, a reason to a traffic light system which albeit confusing does offer protection to people in in the uk, surely? protection to people in in the uk, surel ? ~ , , protection to people in in the uk, surel? i, , surely? well, yes, absolutely. i think the key — surely? well, yes, absolutely. i think the key to _ surely? well, yes, absolutely. i think the key to all _ surely? well, yes, absolutely. i think the key to all of _ surely? well, yes, absolutely. i think the key to all of this - surely? well, yes, absolutely. i think the key to all of this is - think the key to all of this is testing. bringing the cost of testing. bringing the cost of testing down as well, i think that is the biggest problem about this altogether. if the testing is cheaper for people, then altogether. if the testing is cheaperfor people, then i think it resolves the problem. i think the government need to work on that. i think the

of course, the virus remains in the application and the delta adds a level of uncertainty. the key thing, and you just did most moving and informational stories here is, of course, vaccinations. one other indicator we're seeing is that vaccinations rates are rising in places where they've been the lowest. that's good to see, but we have to track this intersection between the spread of the variant and economic activity. we're not seeing much there yet, but we're looking at it. >> yeah, i mean, it's fascinating to watch play out. i know you keep a close eye on it. i know you made clear that this was a dual crises, and you were managing it both. i don't think know that we thought we would be back here. >> can i make a comment about that? >> yeah, go ahead. >> weds knows we're in a period of great uncertainties. what people can have faith in, you have a team that is devoted to doing everything we can to make sure we're not just generating robust recovery, but one that's reaching everyone, by combining the scientific and economic approaches that i think we have seen yield result

being fueled by the delta vary and 1st identified in india, which is much more contagious. health work as a testing millions of people. and they've placed hundreds of thousands under lockdown brianca group to reports. and this is non jean international airport weeks earlier. it was steaming with travelers and an invisible enemy, the highly contagious delta variant of coven. 19 china is now trying to prevent a health crisis. from getting worse. the outbreak started launching has spread to 6 provinces, the capital b jane, and now chanting, one of the world's biggest cities, day and night. china is doing what does best testing tens of millions of people. it is reasons to be concerned, child. the funds, which was like the variant is more transmissible without strong prevention and control measures without strong therapeutic and immunization capabilities. the regeneration spade is very fast and this is earlier within 4 to 5 days. the viral load increased $2.00 to $3.00 times. but now within 3 days, the viral load may increase $5.00 to $7.00 times. tens of thousands of people hav

the new delta variant has changed things quickly. here's what president biden said about the return to regular masking in the name of public health. >> in may you made it sound like a vaccine was the ticket to losing masks forever, and it -- >> that is true at the time because i thought there were people who were going to understand that getting vaccinated made a gigantic difference, and what happened is the new variant came along. they didn't get vaccinated. it was spread more rapidly, and people -- more people were getting sick. >> susan, it's clear that this administration is following the science on masks, but some -- there are some of the republican governors banning any mask mandates even as their hospitals get overrun. continuing the politicalization of public health that began under donald trump. is there something biden can do or can be doing more to reach out to republicans on this issue? >> i think joe biden has done everything he can. he gave us the vaccination. he distributed it. he reached out to people in -- that we th

[laughter] >> first, more possible coronavirus restrictions as a delta variant spreads, president biden says americans can expect more rules are coming. >> should americans select marked guidelines coming up due to covid? >> in all probability. we had a good day yesterday. half a million of the people kat vaccinated for the first time so i am hopeful because people are beginning to realize how essential this is. >> the cdc box is backtracking overcome as he made about a possible nationwide vaccine mandate. here's what she sat on special report asked me. >> are you for mandating a vaccine on a federal level? >> something i think the administration is looking into, something i think we are looking for the approval of the vaccine. overall i think in general i am all for more vaccination but i have nothing further to say on the accept we are looking into those policies and honestly people doing it locally, those are into vigil as well. >> an hour later, doctor tweeted to clarify there will be no nationwide mandate. i was referring to mandates by private institutions and portions of the fede

-- even more dangerous covid-19 delta variant. so any type of political actions , which limit the ability of public health to do its job are counterproductive. frances: coercion and incentives all can have a backlash and the republican governor of south carolina recently said that pressuring people seemed like bad policy. does he have a point? asst. sec. levine: we want to offer whatever incentives we can. the most important thing is to provide accurate information about covid-19, about the delta variant, about its significant risks to our communities, the risks to our children, especially as they enter school, and we hope that providing that accurate information, that is actually the best way to convince people to get our safe and effective vaccines. we have to counter andwe have to counter disinformation. disinformation in social media, for example. and our wonderful surgeon general has had a campaign over the last two weeks emphasizing how important it is for us to counter that misinformation and for us to transmit accurate inf

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the cdc is dealing with new guidance coming out ever since the delta. has dominated was going on in hospitalization what potentially recommending millions regardless of vaccination status or mask endorse. it's not a federal order. the individual cities and states to decide how to proceed. cdc said recommendations were updated to ensure the vaccinated public were not unknowingly transmit the virus to others including unvaccinated or immunocompromised loved ones so well this prompt more to get the vaccine? it appears it may already be doing so because we are hearing a staffer who claims for the first time we've had four days in a row of 700,000 shots, that's about 3 million getting their first shot the past seven days i'm also a significant increase but there are questions about how the federal government is going to reach its goal to get more people vaccinated. last night but they are have the cdc director on and asked whether or not we would see a nationwide mandate. >> i want to start there, are you for mandating a vaccine on a federal level? >> someth

yet when you are asked to wear a mask knowing that the delta variant is beginning to ravage parts of the country, more and more folks testing positive, they throw a temper tantrum. what is going on here? >> the way i look at it, it is an issue of credibility. i think there are good faith reasons to question what the cdc said. people throughout the scientific community are questioning actually the basis for this particular study and a lot of people i think rightly are angry that they've done the right thing, they've gotten vaccinate ed and now they're told to take a step backwards frankly. but then there are bad faith and those are those that stormed to the senate site. they're not promoting vaccination, which is the solution out of it. it is a time-honored tradition do abc stunt. there's a little bit of credibility i guess to going over to the senate where the attending physician of the capitol has decided you don't need to wear masks on the senate side, which is a bit emblematic of the arbitrary and inconsistent rules going on in the capitol. i think that's what they're angry about.

>> reporter: they're pointing at what you pointed out -- the delta variant. 10,000 new cases. that means we also had more than 40 deaths. we also have a 6% positivity rate in california. the hospitalizations are jumping, more than 4,000. here i am in front of pro providence, and almost all of the patients here for covid reasons, according to the head of the icu, are unvaccinated. remarkably they lost an unvaccinated patient when a 49-year-old woman said the virus is fake. she had been administered oxygen to help her breathing. she just plain walked out. this doctor saying, such statements are just not the right thing to do. >> there's noticing heroic or patriotic about not wearing a mask or not getting a vaccine. you're just helping this virus spread, become stronger and kill more people and cause more death and misery. >> reporter: the icu director saying for those cases that some call breakthrough cases, he calls those expected cases. he says getting the vaccine just dramatically lessens the effect of the virus. he says it's not much more than getting mildly sick, whereas th

china is rising to contain its was covered 19 outbreaks amongst a cluster of infections caused by the delta varying was 1st attacked in non jing it soon spread to 6 other provinces, a capital waging. and one of the world's largest cities chung ching elf work as a testing millions of people, and they've placed hundreds of thousands in lockdown protested in malaysia. of course, the prime minister to resign over the handling of the pandemic, qual, riley, was led mostly by young people who want parliament to be recalled. they want relief to be provided to those who've been hardest hit by the crisis. nearly 9000 people have died in the outbreak in malaysia. meanwhile, police protests have been crashing in france where tens of thousands were demonstrating again. so call vaccine passport. it's the 3rd consecutive, we can, the, this is happened. governments trying to make them health pass compulsory and bars and restaurants that activists say it amount to a form of dictatorship. and while the tories have bring you the u. s. gymnastics simone biles has pulled out of 2 more finals at the tokyo olympi

a cluster of infections caused by the delta very, it was 1st detected in non ging it since fried to 6 on the provinces. the capital paging and one of the world's largest cities cha ching health work as a testing millions of people out of placed hundreds of thousands under locked down . and police and protected have been clashing in france, where tens of thousands of people were demonstrating against so called lack seem possible. it is the 3rd consecutive, we can, the protest are taking place, governance, trying to make the health post compulsory and bars and restaurants. but actually they say it amounts to a form of dictatorship. now the listening post is up next with which it is, but we'll see later news, news, news, news really, government encouraged the developers to a local cyber fiber went in. and it's only like government setting allegations about golf technology and journalists and even high profile politicians alarm to gilbert in europe. the listening post where we dig into the coverage and look at how news is reported. here are the stories we're examining this week. a global

joe, the delta variant quickly changing the war as the cdc put it against coronavirus. how is the white house responding? >> reporter: well, you know, boris, there's been some real advance and retreat on messaging out of the entire administration, quite frankly, over the last few days. on the one hand as you reported with the centers for disease control really sounding the alarm about the situation the country is in. but in the briefing room that we hear, there's not going to be at least currently contemplated any type of a mandate for vaccinations. the one thing we do know not just from covid, not just from delta, but from multiple health care crises over the years that the message coming out of government needs to be consistent, or people get confused. the other problem that it's pretty clear from the reporting of colleagues here at the white house is the president is very concerned about doing anything that could be counterproductive in the sort of polarized political environment over covid. concerned obviously that if he does the wrong thing, he could lead people aw

but with researches calling the delta variant, ask contagious us chicken pox. b james tried and tested our snow against the virus, me seen out of date, even though in the past when trying to do this regular steel. you see cities. i think the reality is that right now they, they, they switched to somebody cities that they will not be able to stop it more to speak to other cities and then it, because it is far more time transmissible. they think that the lockdown message will probably not work. then what works in 2020 china has vaccinated more than half of its people. but with jobs that have laur protection rates, it is one of the was strictest border controls, and has the capacity to increase health services at a short time. but like much of the world, china will now need to come up with affective measures to tackle this variance and repeat it's early successes against as far as bronco gotta, i'll to 0 flag for you on the program. when a 3rd weekend of anger across france per 2nd time vaccine, passports, right. and then liberty of holding the camera on and click

weekly surveillance is not enough especially for something as infectious as the delta variant. that may have worked a year ago, yasmin. you are absolutely right. so if i'm a worker, knowing -- and i'm vaccinated, i'm not going to feel very comfortable even unmasked if i think that the person next to me is unvaccinated and only getting tested weekly. so you're right to bring that up. i would just caution people to remind ourselves, you can't test out of covid. a testing strategy alone is not enough. that's why you have seen, by the way, the administration said it is not just testing. they are going to have to be kind of -- they will have to agree to distancing and kind of other mitigation measures. i think the idea there is that it is not really, quote, unquote, a vaccine mandate. it is a requirement short of a mandate, which is what you are seeing in the va and other employers do, where they're saying, if you don't get vaccinated you can't come to work. we can make accommodations for you, but work for you is not going to be in person with other people. >> i want to kind of get

scrambles to get more americans vaccinated against covid 19 amid the spread of the highly contagious delta variant. president biden outlining the next steps in the administration's vaccine push announcing that all federal workers must be vaccinated or submit to regular testing, masking, and other protocols. this as cities across the country reimpose their own covid restrictions with washington, d.c., atlanta, st. louis, kansas city, and savannah all issuing mask mandates this week. broadway's theater owners and operators also saying, friday, that they will require theater goers to be vaccinated and wear masks to attend performances. let's bring in "wall street journal" columnist dan henninger. >> what are you learning that you didn't know before and that we should be concerned about? >> well, the cdc's hair is obviously on fire over the possibility that some vaccinated person will transmit covid to some unvaccinated person. the evidence apparently shows that people who have been vaccinated can pick up this delta variant. they may or may not show symptoms and they may or may not be capable

the new delta variant. folks getting sick and ending up in the hospital are folks who are not vaccinated. we have more real life data in front of us that tells us how the vaccine is working in our communities and why it's so important. here is another fact, as we stood here at the beginning of the pandemic, did a press conference and said we knew how much district ten would be effected by the virus right here at this site. mayor talked about the elimination of barriers. the highest number of cases coming up now are 92124 and bay view hunter's point. there's a reason for that. we are not all doing everything we can to protect each other. for me, this is a cry to my community, a cry to everyone who has not gotten the vaccine to say, we need you to get vaccinated. it is important for to you keep yourself safe, for to you keep your family safe, and for to you keep the people around you safe. this is not information that we are making up. i had a meeting with dr. co lfax the other day. it really scared me. we're

where we are at now, we are wearing masks again, delta variants, who knows what absalom or foxtrot or whatever the next would be. where are we at with doing a better job of the stockpile -- of using the stockpile so we don't have to go out and prepare for -- and go to unknown vendors and get ripped off? >> thank you for that question. as mentioned, we have a number of projects looking at fema's readiness and preparedness. they are ongoing. and i would be happy to take that and make sure we provide specific resource responses. >> i would appreciate that. we are now sourcing the n95's in the united states. which would be greatly preferable. i got involved, there was a gentleman in texas, when 3m abandoned the u.s. to go get cheap labor in china, they abandoned the plant and this gentleman bought it. he wanted to ramp it up. but, it took quite a bit of convincing and controlling -- and controlling to get fema to work with him. as opposed to all of the stuff we were trying to fly in from china. so i would like to get an update on that. and, then, i also -- you know, mr. curry, we have cov

we have the delta variant. unlike the alpha variant, the previous variant, the delta variant is more transmissible and now we believe it is more deadly, and we also know that even vaccinated people can spread the virus, so it is prudent that we change the guidelines. the good news is, that the vaccination still work in keeping the fully vaccinated from getting severely ill and from dying from covid-19. >> eric: everyone knows getting vaccinated and the calls to get vaccinated certainly. get vaccinated, if you can. there's the sense that oh, we're free. you're protected. you're, you know, 100% guarded and safeguarded against getting coronavirus. everyone went yay, but actually we're learning now that that may not have been -- or should have been the case. >> it was never the case. the science never said that the covid-19 vaccinations were 100%. but we know that 99% of the people who die from covid-19 are unvaccinated, so the vaccinations do what they are supposed to do right now, which is to keep you from gettin

the data also shows the delta variant is spreading as rapidly as chickenpox. one expert comparing it to the way cigarette smoke travels in the air. let's begin coverage in georgia where new coronavirus cases are up 230% right now. cnn's natasha chen is live dekalb county. one of the new hot spots for covid infections and the surge is already interrupted the start of the new school year at one school, more than 100 kids now in quarantine. bring us up to speed with the latest. >> reporter: right. so the charter school in atlanta started class last tuesday and within a couple of days, they had to inform families of more than 100 students to quarantine and that's because as of friday afternoon, they've had 14 positive cases. that's because they've been actually doing a lot of testing to detect these. employees of theirs required to get tested before the school started and must continue that weekly. students strongly encouraged to test, and so out of about 1900 tests done before tuesday, they detected some positive cases and then a few more after classes started. m

again, it's the delta variant, which is making the difference here. and that's happening and other h a pacific countries. i want you to see vietnam as well, which we maybe don't hear so much about, but we should because well, you can see that trend there, which is reaching 7738 new cases a day in a country where any one percent of the population is vaccinated. and finally, sidney australia, of course, back in lockdown as it has been for about a month now. cases now averaging 181 new cases a day up with the 3000 infections in sydney. the state of new south wales, remaining in lockdown security forces, and soon as you have placed a prominent judge under house arrest, the judge proceed. academy has in the past been accused of suppressing terrorism related to cases. the rest follows president case society pledged the to lead a campaign against corruption after he dismissed the prime minister and suspended parliament catch lopez hurry on. reports in tunisia were for now at least uncertainty seems to be the only certainty of popular president continues to r

dealing with this delta virus, i mean essentially another wave of covid-19? >> well, i think it is absolutely essential. you know, one of the things we have learned over the past year and a half is some of the fragilities across our economy, across our society. we've learned that if you don't have access to care, you can't get to work, and we've learned just how vulnerable so many families are. so the build back better package, that is the second part of our two-part plan, will make investments in home care workers so that families that need someone to help them care for an aging loved one have the resources they need, make investments in child care, universal pre-k. you know, those years from zero to five are really what provide that foundation for later learning and have lifelong effects, and the united states is falling behind in those investments. make sure people have access to paid family and medical leave. and, of course, there are additional expansion for addressing climate, things like the clean electricity standard, tax credits for climate issues an

a cluster of infections caused by the highly contagious delta variance was 1st detected and non ging. since then it spread to 6 other provinces including beijing. millions of people are being tested and hundreds of thousands are under locked down. i've gone astounds western city of her artist coming under intense pressure from the taliban un compound came under attack on friday, killing an afghan policeman. the taliban to control of the airport on wednesday. more than 60000000 americans across 20 states are under official heat warnings. the pacific northwest and the southeast are reporting temperatures of close to 40 degrees celsius. last one, today's long heat wave killed hundreds of people. the rest of nastic star simone biles has pulled out of 2 more finals at the tokyo olympics. the focus on her mental health biles has now withdrawn from 4 of her 6 events. i will see you at the news hour at the top of the hour of nexus, and i story by, by, in the countries around the world are dealing with devastating wildfires. long periods of driving, excessive heat or contributing. but mortifie

although coven cases dropped in the country, travel stock still took a hit from the impact the delta variant is having on the rest of the world. nearby the german dax and french kac are also in the green. while the e u is still working to return to pre pandemic level, germany as economy grew less than expected in the 2nd quarter by 1.5 percent. while france just slightly be estimates up point 9 percent. this week you're up to rate vaccinated citizens did overtake the us, but washington's indefinite ban on european travelers remains in place across the atlantic in brazil, the ego vast but is down. while the countries g d. p is now expected to grow by 5.3 percent this year. it continues to face in your historic unemployment rate with report showing jobless claims at 14.6 percent in the 2nd quarter of 2021. over in mexico, the b m. v is in the red this despite the country's economic growth in the 2nd quarter, hitting 1.5 percent. the increase, which was largely fueled by services and manufacturing exports to the us brings mexico year over year growth to 19.7 percent showing just how muc

that's the headline from the new cdc data on the delta variant. my panel of experts joining us again. start with dr. chu, as we learn more information on the delta variant, what changes, if any, should vaccinated americans be making to their daily lives? >> well, based on the new cdc guidance, the push is really for vaccinated people to understand there are circumstances in which they need to go back to some of the layered security safety measures we had. vaccinated people in many places need to wear masks indoors, that includes in places where there's hi prevalence, substantial or high prevalence of covid, and includes if they have high risk conditions, if they don't have normal immune system, or if they have medically vulnerable people at home. i think it is not to say vaccination doesn't work, we have good protections, but there are times to go back to layered protection since it is not 100%, and cases are rising everywhere. >> and doctor, the cdc says the delta variant spreads as easily as chickenpox, putting unvaccinated people at severe risk

but with researches calling the delta variant, ask contagious us chicken pox. b james tried and tested our snow against the virus may seem out of date. even though in the past when trying to do this, the regular steel that you see oscillating cities. i think the reality is that right now they, they, they, they switched to somebody cities that they will not be able to stop in more deep going to other cities. and then it, because it is far more time transmissible. the docking lockdown message will probably not work and then what 2020 china has vaccinated, more than half of its people. but with jobs that have lor protection rates, it is one of the was strictest border controls, and has the capacity to increase health services at a short time. but like much of the world, china will now need to come up with effect as measures to tackle this variance. i repeat it's early successes against as far as bronco gotta alter 0 argentine has declared and 180 a water emergency for the parent river. it's one of the most important waterways in south america, connecting argentina

and new concerns over the delta variant. we are learning more about why the cdc changed mask guidance for vaccinated mrns this week. a new study shows 74% of people infected with covid during a massachusetts outbreak earlier this month were vaccinated. the cdc says this suggests it is possible vaccinated people can still spread the virus. the variant causing a surge in cases across this country, almost every state has seen an increase in infections this week. most are experiencing at least a 50% spike, hospitalizations and deaths also increasing nationwide. new today, some new covid vaccine requirements across the country. disney will require most of its workers to be vaccinated before returning to work and the michigan state university will require all students, staff and faculty to be vaccinated before returning for the fall semester. the cdc's new data on breakthrough cases has many americans wondering what exactly it means for them. let's go to kathy park in new york city with more on this. welcome to you, kathy. what is

the cluster of infections caused by the high, the contagious delta variance were 1st detected and non ging. since then, it's spread to 6 other provinces including beijing. millions of people are being tested on hundreds of thousands are under locked down. the rest gymnastic star simone balls has pulled out of 2 more finals at the tokyo olympics as she focuses on, her mental health bows is now withdrawn from 4 of her 6 events. those are the headlines people in power is up next on al jazeera by me the most military regime entities flirtation the democracy in early 2021 is celebrated by killing several 100 anti cooper testers and detaining thousands more. so some activists now thinking beyond street protests, they've joined forces with the ethnic insurgents who have been waging the own on a whole. the firm, he's gentle face. we've been behind the scenes of a secret training camp to find out more. i the . ah, it is secret location near me and most chinese border we've gained access to a training camp run by ethnic insurgents. the but the trainees are not hard and gorilla 4 inches. the ord

we're watching the delta variant very carefully and we will lift those restrictions in collaboration with the centers for disease control when the ark of the pandemic so warrants. this is a public health position. position. where mindful of the economic impacts, and we urge the american people who have not yet been vaccinated to get their vaccines. this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated at this point. >> as you monitor this situation, mr. secretary, is it possible the department will consider easing restrictions based on type of travel across the border from canada? so, for example, will immediate relatives of u.s. citizens and green cardholders soon be permitted to enter from canada? >> mr. chairman, we are looking at not only the economic impacts but the other impacts on people's lives. the fact that families have not seen one another across the border. we are looking at all the different ways that we can compartmentalize the issue and see whether we can allow certain flows or ease certain restrictions in a limited way without imperiling the public health and safety of the american