>>> georgia republican congresswoman marjorie taylor green is comparing americans to be vaccinated to the nazis. here's how we got here. with covid cases up now in 27 states, the biden administration is launching a new door-to-door campaign to try to get more americans vaccinated. congresswoman taylor attacked on twitter and said biden pushing a vaccine not fda approved showing covid is a political control. they don't need your medical brown shirts showing up ordering vaccinations. you can't force people to be part of the human experiment, end quote. the brown shirts played a big role in the rise of hitler and the nazi party in the 1930s as well as the '40s which then led to the holocaust and the genocide of 6 million jews and others. greenes tweet comes after she said this about mask wearing rules at the capitol. >> you know, we can look back in a time in history where people were told to wear a gold star and they were definitely treated like second class citizens, so much so that they were put on trains and taken to gas chambers in nazi germany and this is exactly the type of abuse

we start this morning in dekalb county, georgia. natasha chen joins us live. it's where many experts are encouraging people to roll up their sleeves by offering incentives, right, natasha? >> reporter: yeah, boris. they're giving out prepaid gift cards today in hopes more people will come to this spot at a mall and get the shot especially as school districts in this area sometimes a bit early to make up for lost instruction time during the pandemic. in many places across the country, georgia is seeing a rising 7-day average new covid cases and that has a lot of people concerned. >> america's waking up to a new day of increased covid restrictions and president biden said we're likely to see more as cases of the highly contagious delta virus spreads. >> almost 1 million people got vaccinated yesterday. >> cdc data shows the rate of new vaccinations is the highest it's been in weeks. just under half the u.s. population is fully vaccinated. the u.s. is pulling in extra help to get it approved as quickly as possible to ease the minds of those worried about vaccine

we know since yesterday, there are school districts such as gwinnett county here in georgia, okay, we'll do masks now. three larger school districts in the country, new york, los angeles and chicago said they will do masks. but there's going to be a lot of heated discussion about this, i think. >> sanjay, you're nicer than i am. that's a statement of fact. dr. walensky is nicer than i am. that's a statement of fact. i have forgiveness issues. i will stipulate that right now. i asked her whether or not we should be blaming unvaccinated people for this. take the word "blame" out of it, sanjay. isn't it just a statement of fact that this is happening right now? that kids are going to have to wear masks in schools again now that these communities are going to have to mask up again now? because people chose not to get the vaccine? it just seems to be a statement of fact. >> i think it's absolutely right, john. i think -- what is the problem? what you're asking here, what is the problem you're trying to solve? the problem fundamentally, again, you elicited this from her. unvaccinated people, w

senate hearing today happening in georgia. you heard that right. the senate rules committee relocated to atlanta for the day to hear testimony about the new restrictive voting law in that state. the committee chair, senator amy klobuchar, joins me now. senator, thank you so much. i appreciate you joining me, i know it's been an extra busy day for you, having to travel. this is the first field hearing held by the rules committee in 20 years. i want to play some of what you heard from witnesses in georgia. here it is. >> one of my colleagues in the house, representative allen cowell, in a committee meeting said to somebody who was testifying, you're correct, it was found, meaning fraud, it's just in a lot of people's minds that there was. he actually said that in a committee meeting. it's really not there, it's just in a lot of people's minds that there was. so this legislation is based on things that are in the imagination in people's minds. >> after an hour and a half of standing outside, we made it inside the building, finally. just to find out th

you had georgia. you had pennsylvania. you had republicans all over the place. they certified their own results. and then you tried to decertify the election. so it wasn't just in good faith and first instance. >> the last four years talking about a russia hoax, we had a democratic party that impeached the president twice once when he wasn't even still in office and you're going to talk about us not accepting the outcome? i think it was representative schiff today that said if this is going to be the new normal that a party is not going to accept the outcome of an election because the other party won god help us. well he led the charge about impeaching the president and knew he had facts on russia. as you know and we all know now that wasn't true but your network was leading the charge on that hoax. >> first of all it is not a hoax. russia interfered with the election. members of the trump campaign took stupid meetings and asked for help they shouldn't have. that is the definition of collusion. was it criminal conspiracy? no. if you watched my show you'd know i'

arkansas, louisiana, tennessee, mississippi, alabama, georgia. florida, alone, now, big state, number-three state, right? makes up a huge chunk of the new cases. they have been in the top five for new cases, going back to april. now, if you look, you will see that there's some toxic politics that go along with that. don't fauci florida and all this other stuff. and now, he is anti-masks down there, the governor. i get the political play. it works with the trump fold but it's making people sick. you could say that, look. they have a big population. okay? so they're going to have bigger numbers. but the positivity is way outpacing the rest of the country. okay? which is why they have more people in the hospital, than they did at any time this year. it's a scene playing out across the entire region. it's not just florida. but you have to look at where you have the most cases, and you will see the lowest percentages of vaccination. and the highest rates of transmission. okay? if you focus on that same group of states, you see, it's almost all red dow

marjorie taylor greene is in georgia. look, i think these speaking tours and rallies, trying to get attention. marjorie taylor greene doesn't have committee assignments back in congress, gaetz is under federal prosecution. so they're doing rallies. i can just see them fundraising off of this. i think for them this is just going to feed into their narrative that the left is canceling them. unfortunately as we have seen with the fundraising reports, being extreme and being outrageous san effective fundraising tool. >> to be sure. we saw their supporters take to the streets after the cancel cancellations. is that why these cancellations are a political benefit to them, not just the fundraising numbers but raises their notoriety? >> in some ways makes them martyrers. you saw their supporters rallying in the streets. they have been on twitter talking about this. for them, it's no skin off their backs. >> liberals say orange county kind of pretty purple, historically conservative, and they cancelled on them, but maybe they want

you remember this in georgia? >> i just want to find

♪ ahhhhhhh ♪ ♪ dream until your dreams come true ♪ >>> it wasn't just georgia. former president trump personally tried to reach out to arizona election officials following his narrow loss in november. according to the arizona republic, trump along with close allies like rudy giuliani, kelly ward, tried to pressure election officials in maricopa county. >> it's maddening. we knew this was happening in fwa fwa. we suspected there were some attempts to undermine the election here, and now we have it clearly in tapes. and arizona law makes it clear that interfering in an election is against the law. and that is exactly what this appears to be. >> and this interference has continued to this day. joining us at the table right now is cnn ease supreme court analyst, joan. i want to start with this arizona stuff. i mean, we've known for a long time, obviously, that the president has been interested in getting states to basically find the votes that he needed in order to win. what went on in arizona, i think, highlights the big challenge. it didn't end after election day.

then there is this in yorj ge -- georgia. a professional golfer was found murdered at a golf course outside atlanta. here's the story. >> reporter: what happened in a suburb of atlanta is frightening and deeply mysterious. on friday this pickup truck was driven onto the green at pine tree country club about 45 minutes north of atlanta. when gene siller went to see what was going on, he was shot in the head by the driver of the pickup. this man said he was in the golf course when he heard gunshots. >> when it happens, it's all in the moment. fourth of july, you're thinking fireworks, and it's not fireworks and there's a guy on the ground. >> reporter: gene siller, husband and father of two boys, was found dead at the scene. he was well known and liked and competed in pga tournaments. the gunman is still on the loose. he played golf with gene the day before he was killed. >> i can't believe this happened at our country club. >> reporter: what happened is indeed difficult to believe, only made more incomprehensible because the s

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and i don't know about you guys, but here in georgia where i live, you can really see that. i mean, you really hear the stories of, oh, i know this person. i know this person. i know this person. to make matters even worse, the delta variant also seems to make you sicker. once you get it, it seems to make you sicker than previous st strains of coronavirus. people who get covid-19 are more likely to be hospitalized, more likely to be admit to the intensive care unit, more likely to die. i want to keep those words up there for a minute. if you're not sure yet if you should be vaccinated, those words should make you sure. you are more likely to die if you get the delta variant than the previous strains of coronavirus. getting vaccinated cuts the odds of you getting hospitalized or dying way, way down to a very, very, very small number. john? >> yeah. i think looking at the -- some of these graphics that we've seen from really what our public health officials at the federal level were looking at, it cuts it down to -- you have 25 times more likely to be in the hospital or to die

nothing akin to tourism, as one georgia republican said. liz cheney is no longer the lone republican on the panel. they named republican adam kinzinger to the committee, he accepted, and today, house republican leader kevin mccarthy had this to say about it. >> you know, some republicans have been saying that the gop should play a part in the committee. >> who was that, adam and liz? aren't they kind of like pelosi republicans? >> pelosi republicans. it's a new spin on the conventional label which has been to refer to them and a few others as anti-trump republicans. which cnn political commentator and conservative amanda car carpenter says really short changed their conversations. she tweeted, why is he being described as an anti-trump republican. he's a pro-democracy republican who rightly is disgusted by what happened on j 6. it's about principles not people. as what it means to be a mccarthy republican, well, it seems that it means at least initially seeing the insurrection for exactly what it was, and acknowledging exactly who was respo

to colorado because of georgia passing the restrictive voting laws there, but this is a whole chicken and egg thing here, right? >> that's right. they've said over and over they don't want the politics in sports, but now they're participating in it. >> shut up and dribble but we'll run a campaign ad here. >> the message was very clear. >>> this morning, a series of brand new books, frankly we did win this election by michael bender and landslide by michael wolf, they shed new light on the final days of the trump administration. brian stelter has the details. >> i alone can fix it. >> reporter: from 2016 to 2020 -- >> frankly we did win this election. >> reporter: donald trump went from deceptive to down right dangerous. >> we won this election. and we won it by a landslide. >> reporter: and three new books using trump's words as titles underscore just how ugly his final days in office were. >> everybody knew that what was going on here was abnormal and dangerous and on top of everything else, ludicrous. >> reporter: in michael wolf's landslide, trump is portrayed as incompetent and al

tornados reported across the state, as well as parts of southern georgia. well now, the powerful storm is making its way towards the northeast. joining me, now, meteorologist, karen mcginnis. what are you seeing out there, karen? >> yes, this is very interesting, now, because elsa is now moving into high density. high population areas. along that i-95 corridor into the northeast. but what is interesting here is there is a lot of dry air intrusion. meaning, there is dry-edge air that's moved in across the southern and western edge. but this is moving so quickly, now. it's not poking along, like it was. moving at about 14 miles per hour. b but now, it's racing to the northeast at 25 miles an hour. it's position right now puts in a del mar peninsula so as it continues to move, now we are looking at areas from around philadelphia to new york city. eventually, towards boston and into down-east maine. and that's where we have got the highest risk of severe weather. . we could see two to four inches of rainfall, some isolated amounts, up to six inches of rainfall.

you have lawsuits involving defamation, misusing funds, the phone call to change votes in georgia. where does this fit in his legal worries? >> well, i think that this one obviously he is not named in it, so unlike i think the situation in georgia where he made that phone call directly, i think that that is the one that poses the potential greatest risk. it is on tape, it is not something that he will be able to skecurity out of. he -skirt out of. he was the one making the phone call. the attorney general in new york says that the investigation continues, so maybe she has something else. but as of right now, the former president is not implicated in this directly. >> but certainly a reputational hit for the trump organization. >> and lenders won't want to business with an entindicted company. >>> all right. more local news,errick gar land says there are serious concerns whether capital pu punishment is imposed fairly. and president biden says he also has significant concerns about the death penalty and how it is applied. there was a flurry of executions during the waning months of

alabama, georgia, idaho, oklahoma, south carolina, tennessee, west virginia, and wyoming. let's take closer look at arkansas. only about 35% of eligible people are fully vaccinated. in the past week alone, there were more than 7,000 new cases. one doctor puts in it stark terms. the hospital is full. covid-19 numbers increase every day. we are stopping patients in the recovery room. no space for transfers. running out of caregivers. support health care workers. mask up. get vaxed. that position, dr. have the doctor joins me hive from little rock. dr. patterson, thank you for joining us. your tweet from yesterday paints a grim picture, a picture we saw in the early days of the pandemic. not something we would expect to see with three different effective vaccines available in the united states. one of your colleagues says it is heart wrenching to see unvaccinated individuals come into the hospital with regret. what is it like the hear regret when it is too late? >> you know, we talked to people who should know better, and they are now dealing with the worst health care crisis

. >>> controversial congresswoman marjorie taylor greene of georgia says she's seeking a seat on the democrat-led activity to investigate the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. she tweets this. take a look. she says the republicans assigned to the january 6th committee should be the toughest fighters that will stand up to pelosi's witch hunt 2.0. the people know who the fighters are. i have asked to be assigned. joining us now to discuss this and a lot more, democratic congressman adam schiff. he's a key member of the select committee, also the chairman of the house intelligence committee. congressman, thank you for joining us. let me get your quick reaction to the tweet from the congresswoman. >> well, it's not surprising. you know, that's certainly where she's coming from. qanon conspiracy theory and an ardent trump defender. we hope that mccarthy will appoint people who are serious and interested in getting to the bottom of what happened on jan 6th, all the preparation for that tragic day, what happened on the 6th itself. but i fully expect that kevin mccarthy will do whateve

across the board they changed arizona, georgia, and parts of nevada. and then after that, republicans said well, we'll need voter restriction laws. that's occurring right now. not only is it occurring, but it's continuing. and we're having challenges to the supreme court. allowing people of color to vote and seeing these voter restrictions. he set the tone. he's sending dog whistles to say the number of people voting is corrupt. the republicans are saying we agree with you and need state laws to prevent it. >> elie honig, walk us through number one, i'm not a lawyer, i know this is grossly inappropriate. grossly inappropriate for the president of the united states to call the country's chief law enforcement officer and say help me lie and cheat. but walk us through the specifics of why this is such a morass. >> yeah. first, this is a closl abuse of power by the president. i think it's important we not take this for granted. we've seen plenty of evidence that the president was willing to do anything to overturn the election. here we are getting confirma

, georgia's legislature biden won by multiple thousand votes, they can say we don't think it was legit and the state legislature votes. we're going to send electors up to congress to vote for trump, not biden. that's never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever been tried before. this is jim crow on steroids, what we're talking about. and so it takes -- go to your second point. i've been saying for a long, long time the abuse of the filibuster is pretty overwhelming. when i got to the united states senate at a time when we had guys like strom thurman, robert f. bird and a whole range of people who were very, very, very, very, very, very conservative on race to say the least, even then if you were to filibuster, you had to stand on the floor and hold the floor, and that's why strom i think set the record at 24 straight hours or something. don't hold me to the number but -- you know? so you had to take -- there were significantly fewer filibusters in those days. in the middle of the civil rights movement. >> let me talk to you about that. this is important for people who look like me. my gr

neighboring georgia, the new case rate tripled in in the past two weeks. in indian, daily vaccination rates jumped 111% from three weeks a. >> the delta variant is a game changer and at this point it's not whether we vaccinate or mask, we have to do both. >> reporter: an internal document from the centers for disease control and pre investigation says the delta variant feeling much of the rise across the country produces similar viral loads in vaccinated and unvaccinated people affected. they may spread the krarnt as unvaccinated people. but it's critical to know break-through infections among vaccinated people are rampl as the cdc pushes for people to wear masks indoors, president biden says, more restrictions could be coming s. and health experts agree, unless many more americans get vaccinated, things could get much worse. >> what we can say is this virus is doing exactly what we predicted it will do. if we can't get extremely high rates of vaccination and those rates now need to be higher than they were with the original strain because of the increased

like georgia and other places like that. it's a little bit further away. but by the start of school in about two weeks, we project that about 30% of children ages 12 to 17 will be vaccinated. just one-third. we were given this huge opportunity, god or mother nature, whoever you want to name gave us this amazing opportunity to protect our children, and about two-thirds of americans are saying, eh, no, i don't care enough about my child to protect them. i can't imagine a parent doing that, but two-thirds of parents are doing that. >> elizabeth cohen, thank you for the reporting. let's hope we turn a big corner here. thank you. >>> all right. i'm joined now by dr. tanya altman, pediatrician, spokesperson for the american pediatrics. and a mom of three. thank you very much. >> hi, poppy. >> what does this all tell you about where we are right now? i know one of your children is too young to get vaccinated. both of mine are. and i am, you know, as a journalist, mainly as a movm, really, really concerned about this. >> you know, poppy, i'm concerned as well. as

pride events are, still, controversial in georgia. a country led by a conservative government and powerful orthodox church. but violence against lgbtq communities has sparked an international outcry. the eu and u.s. government, condemning these attacks. >> we encourage all georgians, including georgian officials, to publicly condemn this type of violence that has no place in a democracy. >> for her part, georgia's president has also tweeted out her condolences to the family. and said those responsible must be punished. >> reuters news agency, meanwhile, is mourning the loss of one of its own. pulitzer-prize-winning journalist was killed while on assignment during clashes between the taliban and afghan-security forces. he was embedded with afghan special forces, when crossfire erupted. a senior-afghan officer was, also, killed. siddiqui had been a photo journalist for reuters, since 2010. and you can see here, some of the footage he shot just days before he was killed on friday. in a statement on his killing, reuters says it's urgently

you know, in georgia they had an election. we did so well and everyone knew we won by hundreds of thousands and they stole it from us. what happened is we had two senators running a couple months later. you know what happened to them in the republicans said, we're not going out to vote pause this was rigged. this election was rigged. and they know it. you know when you win and when you lose. if i lost this election, i could handle it pretty easily. when they steal it from you and rig it, that's not easy and we have to fight. >> no, what we know is you lost the election. and you're still not okay with it. so, let's talk. joining me right now, former republican congresswoman from georgia, barbara comstock and amanda carpenter. good to see both of you, ladies. congresswoman, please explain the logic, if you want to, what the president -- former president is talking about. he keeps saying republicans in georgia didn't vote because they thought the election was rigged, but he's the one who had been talking about this rigged electio

but while cats like this one are illegal to own in the state of georgia. the department of natural resources is now trying to capture the feline home invader. >>> and now a 4th of july message from our troops. >> commanding officer of uss theodore roosevelt. on behalf of the entire big stick family, happy 4th of july. >>> commanding officer of uss new hampshire located here in west virginia. my crew and i would like to wish everyone in the united states and around the globe a safe and happy 4th of july. >>> from poland, the soldiers of the first infantry division and first cavalry division wish you a happy 4th of july. >>> the 16 th space control squadron. >>> and the 4th space control a squadron. on behalf of the united states space force -- >> happy 4th of july. >> happy 4th of july. >> happy 4th of july. >> happy 4th of july. >> happy independence day from our family to yours. god bless america. >>> on this 4th of july millions of americans are celebrating in a way that seemed unimaginable a year ago. covid lockdowns, restrictions have been lifted large

one is georgia but it hasn't stopped atlanta from joining boston, pittsburgh, challicago,w orleans, and d.c. from requiring masks in schools. >>> the georgia governor's emergency order restricts schools from requiring masks but doesn't ban schools outright. in person classes are scheduled to start in atlanta one week from today putting parents on edge. >> i worry she'll say nobody is wearing masks. mask mandate at school because i know my child can't be vaccinated yet. >> in march the federal government announced $10 billion to help states conduct covid testing in k through 12 schools. now some health officials are trying to figure out how best to use the money and what type of testing, if any, they need to perform. >> the cdc and fda are exploring multiple options for a third vaccine dose for people with comprised immune systems. 99% of deaths are among those unvaccinated but if vaccines do start to wear off, further exposing kids who aren't eligible for a shot yet, that could change the game. >>> overseas vaccine passports are gaining support as a way to lopefully create an incentive

he's wearing a helmet, gas mask, a kevlar vest with a patch that looks like the country of georgia. he launches at an officer, pepper spray and launches into the crowd. in this video, the female officer who he attacked is seen grabbing her face in pain, being helped by other officers. in this clip, watch the officer in white. officials say this is mckeller hitting a d.c. police captain in the head with a flag pole. the captain was cut near his left eye. these battles took place in the inauguration staging area outside the capitol, the scene of some of the most violent combat that day and where the police line eventually collapsed. the man who officials say attacked the officers so viciously served in the army for 23 year, spending time in the special forces and was deployed twice to afghanistan, twice to iraq, according to the pentagon. federal judges ordered him to stay in jail while his court case progresses. he is charged with 12 federal crimes, including felonies for attacking police. he has pleaded not guilty. >> very disturbing video. all right. brian todd, thank you so much f

this time the georgia congressman couldn't walk away without answering. >> i want to ask you this. they were asked the question by several of our colleagues, including ms. cheney, about statements that you made saying that the january 6th violent insurrection against congress was akin to a normal tourist visit. and those officers said they weren't tourists, they were terrorists. do you stand by your statement that they were tourists? >> i would like you to quote my exact statement. not your interpretation of my statement. >> okay. watching the tv footage of those who entered the capitol and walked through statuary hall show people in an orderly fashion staying between the

it is also illegal under federal law, under georgia law, it is illegal under arizona law. so those are the higher stakes prosecutions in my view. >> margaret, we have done a lot of coverage of new election laws being passed by gop legislatures and they fall into two categories. one is about voting access, how many days, et cetera, drop boxes and so on, but the other one deals with who can disrupt the count or challenge the counts as it is happening, can partisans do so. and based on your reading of those laws, have they made something like this more likely to work in future elections? >> look, i think what is going on in the states right now is going to make it in general easier for things like it to become politicized and increase the chances that the federal government is going to be asked to intervene either through executive authority through the justice department, or on the back end through the courts. and what we're looking at overall is setting up a system that looks like it is asking for much more litigation on a consistent basis to try to reconcile what states ar

in georgia, obviously the justice department is suing georgia because of what's happened there. the severity of that bill. so, this is something that is not just texas. there are 14 other states that passed bills that keep people from getting to the ballot box in the way they could two years ago. >> i hear you. this is not just texas, what's going on right now. i will say in your state, this new version of sb-1 and hr-3, these bills, do take out some of the things that many of your fellow democrats saw as the most egregious in terms of restricting voting, right? it takes away -- you no longer have that provision that would limit sunday voting. and it also strips away the process that made it easier for a judge to overturn the results of an election without as high a threshold or proof. what is it specifically that you oppose in these two bills now? >> i can tell you this. when the justice department sued georgia, those came right out. that's what i'm saying. still a bad bill because, first of all, we had 24-hour voting in 2020, and that allowed people who work late, who work oth

the cities of provincetown, massachusetts, and savannah, georgia, are announcing requirements for indoor masking. florida now the epicenter of the surge. 20% of the nation's new cases. every county in the state has high levels of community transmission. joining me now is dr. jerome adams. former surgeon general under president trump. thank you for joining us now. new cdc guidelines for mask wearing for individuals who are vaccinated. what should they do? >> i think the guidelines cannot come soon enough. we need to understand we tried the honor system and it failed. the cdc guidance said mask it or vax it. we know there are many more people out there going without a mask than the statistics suggest or vaccinated. that is number one. number two, the delta variant is 1,000 times more infectious. we are seeing breakthrough infections, not leading to death or hospitalizations, but it could cause the spread we are seeing. we have to take that into a account with masking. public health officials are left in a lurch. >> you like to see more mask wearing inside for vaccinated and unvaccinated pe

most republicans believe would have trump, the big lie, what happened in georgia. he lives in another world. zbh he creates that world in many ways be i the media he consumes and the people he puts around him. he ignores facts that are not in line with what he thinks in many cases. he may believe that the republicans would have lost eight more seats if he was not involved. he has a very difficult time taking responsibility for anything that goes wrong or anything that doesn't go his way. but based on the different kinds of media he consumes and the people he puts around him, he's able to create his own world and ignore the reality on the ground. and that's allowed and some dangerous things to take place. one thing that's interesting about the books is how many people he has surrounded himself with that have been close to him have flipped and said you know, we do not support the president in the way he operated a lot of times they're not doing that on the record but they're doing it in significant ways to show how crazy things were inside and how close we got to the

. >> because those groups, hispanics, for instance, in houston or african-americans in georgia tend to use the dropboxes more. it's not like in the law, but it's looking at the ways that they use it. kaitlan, let me ask you. president biden today called on congress to pass the john lewis voting rights act and the more expansive for the people act. as of right now, democrats in the senate don't have the votes. they don't even have all the democrats in the senate. so what power does biden really have here as long as he's pushing these two pieces of legislation and not something, for example, that can get 50 or even 60 votes? >> well, yeah. those two pieces of legislation are not going anywhere right now. they have no viable path forward because there is that unified republican opposition, not even all the democrats are on board with that. so the question of what pushing for that actually does really remains to be seen because that has been a question posed to the white house time and time again where they have said we don't want to just see these calls for this, we actually want to see c

reporter: jessica, more than 200 people have come through to get vaccinated at this site in dekalb county, georgia, that's more than county officials expected. that's a good thing. there were people sort of skeptical in line about the vaccine but said it was the money being given out, $50 gift cards that brought them here. america is waking up to a new day of increased covid restrictions, president biden says we're likely to see more as cases of the highly contagious delta variant continue to rise. >> in all probability, by the way, had a good day yesterday, almost a million people got vaccinated, so i am hopeful people are beginning to realize ho how essential it is. >> they show the new rate of vaccinations the highest it has been in weeks. just under half the u.s. population is fully vaccinated. the fda says it is pulling in extra help to get covid-19 vaccines fully approved as quickly as possible to ease minds of those worried about vaccine safety. this comes as we learn more from the cdc about just how dangerous the delta variant is. the agency now says 74% of covid cases in one massachusetts

in georgia, republican secretary of state brad was censured to find 11,000 votes. an audit confirmed the election results. in texas, indicted republican a.g. ken paxton had a special team. spent 22,000 hours searching for voter fraud. and after all that time and taxpayer money, they found 16 minor cases out of 11 million ballots cast. that $1 million reward from texas governor patrick which he offered for evidence of voter fraud still hasn't been paid out despite pennsylvania's lieutenant governor pushing for payment in exchange for his state's three documented cases of voter fraud which were all from republicans. that hasn't stopped some keystone state republicans from trying to keep false claims alive even after the audits showed the results were accurate. they're one of five states trying to follow the arizona fraud-it being announced by local republicans as a grift disguised as an audit and insane lies. it's even more absurd because the audits were done in arizona and found no fraud. so take a step back. look at the results of these audits and recounts and repu

he's still complaining about election officials in georgia who would not help him overturn the results of the election. but the crowd here is eating it up. they announced the results of the straw poll before trump took the stage and it showed 70% of cpac attendees would support trump if he ran again. the person who came second was ron desantis. 21%. and that's indicative of where this crowd is at. a lot of people in this crowd believe that trump won. they've been chanting trump won all weekend. and normally this is the kind of event that draws the shining stars of the republican party. the up and comers who are maybe eyeing a presidential bid. trump has effectively frozen the field. he is the main draw at cpac. he's the only one that the folks at least here really want to hear from, pam. >> sara, this is like 2016 all over again. seeing you there covering trump, talking about, you know, rigged election. he was talking about that in 2016. and i remember at the time we couldn't believe he was saying that, and now it's just something basically we've come to expect from him. all right. sar

. >> so you know, we spoke with georgia senator jon ossoff's office who said the office has gotten thousands of calls about these passport delays and request for help. and he told our frederica whitfield moments ago that the state department isn't moving faste enough. here he is. >> looks to me like a failure to adapt to the circumstances. there were certain changes made to procedures at the passport offices in response to covid-19, and that's fine because it was necessary from a public health response to protect folks who go to the passport office, to protect those who work at the passport office. we're now a year and a half into this pandemic, and providing passport services is a vital function of the government. it's a vital consular service we provide to citizens, and the state department needs to take action to reduce these delays. >> do you agree with those comments? do you think the state department really needs to step it up? i mean, especially if they're having shortage in staff? >> yeah. i absolutely agree. i mean, we know this moment was going to come. it's -- it is difficult. we

question of how will this decision impact the lawsuit just filed by the justice department against georgia for its recent changes to voting laws that the attorney general says discriminates against blacks. so we will see when the court unveils its final two opinions of the term this morning. >> jessica schneider, thank you. >>> a brutal heatwave, the worst on record in the pacific northwest, is blamed for hundreds of deaths in oregon, washington state and western ca canada. nearly 1700 emergency room visits were due to heat-related illnesses in washington state and oregon's biggest county has seen a report number of 911 calls for medical emergencies. in british columbia, almost 500 sudden deaths reported since last friday, that is triple the normal number for this time of year. the entire village of lytton is under an evacuation order because of a fast spreading wildfire, it started after the village saw 120 degrees, all 249 lytton residents are being advised to go to a safe location. the mayor calls the situation dire and says that the whole town is on fire. >> that is jesqis scary. >>> a

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the election was stolen, it will therefore mean it was stolen in other states like pennsylvania or georgia or elsewhere that he needed to win. >> so the former president is going to arizona tomorrow. this audit obviously has been ridiculed as a sham. it's not an official audit at all. it's still going on behind you, and arizona republicans are still clamoring to get on stage tomorrow with the former president. what do you expect to happen tomorrow at the rally? >> reporter: well, we're expecting to hear the former president say exactly what he's been saying in his statements. he is going to perpetuate the big lie because he wants it to be true, even though it is not true. even though this audit which has been maligned by federal election officials, independent auditors, independent people who run these audits, legitimate audits say that this is completely a sham and a show and an exercise. so we're expecting him to perpetuate that myth, anderson. but that's not stopping a number -- a very long list of 2022 republican candidates for arizona governor, for the u.s. senate to want to be on sta

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. mostly affected is that sixth grade class. nearly 100 sixth graders in quarantine. eighth graders are the ones having to move classes online because the ei

even as an inmate, you have a long life ahead of you, so turn yourself in. >> the shooting in georgia is just one of hundreds of shootings over the fourth of july holiday weekend. at least four states saw mass shootings, just a few of the more than 400 shootings across the country from friday through sunday. the gun violence killed at least 150 people. that is according to data compiled by the gun violence archive. and these numbers are expected to rise as more data comes in. josh campbell has more. >> reporter: an incredibly violent fourth of july weekend as we continue to see the deadly wave of shooting after shooting from coast to coast. according to data compiled by the gun violence archive, at least 150 people were killed by gun violence and more than 400 shootings across the country since friday as major cities nationwide confront a surge in violent crime. in ft. worth, texas eight were injured sunday morning at a shooting near a car wash after an argument transpired between a group of men, one of whom opened f fire. most victims believed to be innocent bystanders. in nolfolk, f

this is the mysterious case that georgia authorities are trying to solve this morning. cnn's ryan young is live near atlanta where all of this unfolded over the weekend. this is so many questions. such a horrific story. where do things stand? >> reporter: it is, if you think about it, this is still an active investigation. you have a murder suspect who is still on the run. if you kind of look behind me, you can see the country club. this is a very quiet neighborhood. in fact, people were shocked to learn about the details about this. what they know so far, someone driving a truck crashes on to this golf course. at some point, that person encounters gene siller, he opens fire, shooting that father of two, leaving him for dead. and when police arrive they find two more bodies of the truck. they believe one of the bodies is the owner of the truck. at this point, that suspect was still on the loose. there was an all-call put out to area homes to see if anybody picked up video of the suspect as they ran away. we don't even have video to share with you. and listen to someone

clark atlanta university is the largest private hbcu in the state of georgia. we have about 4,000 students, so we were able to tell our students thank you for being resilient and diligent during the covid. they have not been on campus for a year. so, we decided to set aside about $2 million and to eliminate all of that i have balances. so, ana, i tell you, over the last few months, i've received calls and texts and emails from students who otherwise would not be able to return to school in the fall, but now, they woke this morning, and they have zero balances. >> incredible. explain exactly what this covers. does this cover 100% cost of tuition and room and board? >> well, it covers your balance. it's not that we're paying the tuition. it's that if you had a tuition balance, if you had a room or dining balance, then we forgave that balance. and ana, we used federal funds. we used herf funds, which that's the higher education emergency relief fund which is part of the c.a.r.e.s. act so the auc presidents, we were instrumental in getting that through congress. we

in arizona, wisconsin, in georgia it was recounted three times. it is clear for those who challenge the results or question the integrity of the election, no other election has ever been held under such scrutiny and such high standards. the big lie is just that, a big lie. >> the president called the passage of voting legislation a national imperative. jeff zeleny is live for us. >> president biden spoke more forcefully about the 2020 election and conspiracy theorys that have spawned out of it than we've heard him do so before. he really has spent the last several months essentially trying to overlook and ignore former president trump. he did not mention him by name during that speech in philadelphia on tuesday. but he did talk in spark terms about the true effect of these false claims. >> we continue to see an example of human nature at its worst, something darker and more sinister. in america, if you lose, you accept the results. you follow the constitution. you try again. you don't call facts fake and then try to bring down the american experim

a search underway at this hour in georgia. a gunman who shot and killed a golf pro and two others at a golf course being looked for by officials. police say the suspect shot 41-year-old gene siller in a suburb north of atlanta. the suspect took off leaving his truck behind on the golf course and inside officers found the bodies of two other men. let's go to cnn's ryan young live at the scene with the latest. ryan, bring us up to speed. what do we know at this point? >> this story is baffling. the pine tree country club is just behind me. i can tell you police have been working this since saturday. when you think about the details, it doesn't make sense. this golf pro was at the golf course. all the sudden there's a crash. he goes to invaes gait, and all of a sudden he's shot in the head. this is a father of two at work. when police arrive, they find two bodies. one of the bodies is believed to be the owner of the truck. so far police haven't given us details about a suspect, a description, a man seen fleeing wearing a certain

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in the 1830s there was cherokee nation versus georgia where the supreme court sided with native americans. that's the case where president andrew jackson supposedly said, john marshall has made his decision. now let him enforce it after brown versus board of education, president eisenhower had to sent 101st airborne division into arkansas because the governor had ordered the state militia to block the schoolhouse doors. justice breyer thinks the way you maintain the credibility that the people will honor the decisions and today we do. whether it's bush versus gore, the death penalty or abortion, once the supreme court speaks, the people listen. and we follow the decision. >> can i just ask, what do you think the pressure from liberals, what do you think the impact of that is on justice breyer? is he aware that there are people out there who feel this way? >> yeah, look, jus tice breyer pays attention to everything. but just as he is aware of the overriding political climate, i think he's aware of it, but he has the muscle memory of years on the court to put that to the side and make the d

vaccines are being thrown out here in the state of georgia, for example, for lack of demand. how frustrating is it to know those facts and know that so much of this is entirely preventable? >> it's so disheartening. as a human race and those of us in health care, we know that we have something that works extremely well, and yet people are hesitant. they're hesitant for a lot of reasons. they're hesitant because they don't trust the health care system. but we know that conversations with trusted people among people who are unvaccinated do work in helping them get over that hesitancy. but the other problem we have is a whole lot of misinformation being promulgated by political leaders, being promulgated by others over social media. that is causing a big concern. but ultimately for me, michael, what bothers me the most is that we can look across the world. we can look at the continent of africa. we can look at major locations in south america and asia, countries that really need the vaccine. they will not get the vaccine because it's very hard to get. yet here in the united stat