the governor of georgia and georgia and georgia's secretary of state let us down. they let us down. and by the way, the voting law they passed is far weaker than that of texas and other states. you hear that, mr. attorney general? they don't even have signature verification. could you imagine passing a voting law, but everyone things, they are passing this, no it's not. you notice they are the only state being sued by the federal government. do you know why? because it's an easy target. because the governor and the secretary of state won't defend like that guy will defend. so, i only speak the truth. so true. and the reason the attorney general of the united states is going after georgia is its so bad what they've done, and they will probably win, and that defense won't take place. they go out and they really work very hard on finding the right state to look at. now, stacey abrams and georgia got them to sign what's called a mandated consent decree, which was not approved by the legislator, therefore it's illegal, and makes a very easy for democrats to cheat and win elections. you d

a frightening situation in georgia. the atlanta or georgia golf association putting out a statement about that much-respected gosiller. our thoughts and prayers going out to him and his family. >> gilliathese days. >> griff: everywhere violence will reach. >> gillian: china has tough talk about president xi. how should the u.s. respond? we have general jack keane coming up next. a disturbing home invasion is caught in new york city. the rising crime sweeping across the big apple. as we celebrate america's independence some americans are changing what freedom and the flag really means. >> the flag represents freedom. that's the intrinsic desire that we as human beings have. (man) i've made progress with my mental health. so when i started having unintentional body movements called tardive dyskinesia... ... i ignored them. but when the movements in my hands and feet started throwing me off at work... i finally had to say, 'it's not ok.' it was time to talk to my doctor about austedo. she said that austedo helps reduce td

it is easier for coke to issue statements about voting law in georgia or teach their employees to be less white than to contend with their own role in the nationwide epidemic of diabetes and obesity, including in the very black community they profess to care so much about, and to think, shannon, the ceos want to wait into politics, and without democratic accountability, that is what i like that these folks are doing, holding them to account to not let the ceos to escape debate when they enter contentious issues. >> shannon: there will be more ads to come, i believe. the story when i first saw it, is this "the onion" or "babylon b?" i wasn't sure it was real. apparently we have to change the language of when we interact with sharks, calling for rebranding violent attacks as "interaction," marine experts and advocates in australia urging the public from refraining from using the word "attack with sharks, claiming they have been unfairly stigmatized as a killer, some words were used told to use our "bite," interactions. i doubt the sharks are behind it but apparently their fans are. >>

they deleted and georgia, over 100,000 votes. the drop boxes were very late, where are they? what happened? every time the media references the election hoax, they say the fraud is unproven -- and while there is no evidence, no evidence? no evidence. there is so much evidence. >> on those very election lies, the former president keeps talking about, here's the response from one of -- >> his speech is dangerous, it's sickening, frankly. even more traveling are all those around him elected leaders, and now many in his base, who are complicit in these lies. >> still with us, our guests on callaway, and matt kaye lewis. matt, i will lead this segment was something you wrote in the daily beast. democracy works best and we have two same centrist parties. right now, we have one half of one party that fits this description. therefore, it's and everybody's best interest to encourage democrats to relate in a bit, to save themselves, and to help the gop recover from the cancer that elected trump. matt, folks at home watching who may think the democrats are way too sane, way too centered

but this past election cycle was not that in georgia. this is about election integrity. >> but this week the voting debate a bit sour for the folks down in georgia business leaders who lost out on the mlb all-star game. moved out of atlanta to the mile high city of denver, colorado because of all of this controversy. now we know that the republican party plans to air as criticizing georgia's two senators democrats over this saying that they are costing taxpayers millions of dollars in revenue because of this decision. and while president biden is focusing on crime today, he will be in philadelphia tomorrow to talk about voting rights. steve, ainsley, and brian, back to you. steve: busy day, all right, mark, thank you very much. brian: enjoyed listening to him. ainsley: we were all ears. newt gingrich joins us from the d.c. area. mr. speakers what do you make of the vice president saying, you know, in certain places people can't operate a zox machine. they don't have a xerox machine so they won't be able to vote. >> whole range came out o

there are proceeders in georgia, including the call he made soliciting election fraud. we saw in the mueller report, we saw an effort to say, obstruction of justice is not important. it's just a process. obstruction, it's not important. well, last week we heard trump lawyers say this is just fringe benefit stuff. nobody gets charged for fringe benefits, it's not important, and now it turns out we can see the indictment, and it's not just fringe benefits. this is 15 years of engaging in tax evasion. and giving them apartments and cars and benefits and they cheated on their taxes to avoid doing that. so if you're a business owner, you get how wrong that is. you don't get to that in your business. vp your house paid for and claim it as a tax deduction. at bottom, what the president's name sake company was doing was a pattern of fraud, having it cheating. and having it revealed if he is prosecuted, and the attorney general and the d.a. put on the evidence, that is a come uppance of some sort. >> peter baker, the other great writer in the two great writer house hold. you cov

strong republican leadership in georgia, the united states will win every one of them. without them, you won't. >> sean: governor, this is your last segment with us. what it means to you to be the conservative governor of texas. >> governor abbott: remember this texas like people like beto o'rourke. [boos] so what we have... what we have instead of texas is a battle for the soul of our economy. are we going to be capitalists or socialist? we have seen the socialist agenda with beto o'rourke, fidel castro and people like that. texas must prevail. we must keep texas capitalism. let me do this one last thing, capitalism. not socialism. more people lifted out of poverty than all the socialist program in the history of the world. [cheers and applause] >> sean: i will say this about texas. and it's so telling. if you take a u-haul from california to texas come about $2500. if you take it from texas back to california, it is about $300. you are doing u-haul a favor. i know texas is very inclusive, but if people come from california and new york to texas, i think it is fair to

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

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stacey abrams delivered georgia. i mean, we've given them all of that and still mitch mcconnell is somehow calling the shots?! come on! i'm hoping that these guys in the senate, i'm hoping manchin realizes that if you don't do something now, you're going to regret nit 2022, 2024, and who knows for how long. so i personally -- you're right, maybe the inevitable is that in texas, that law is going to get passed. but i'm happy that they tried something different. they're trying to light it up. let's go. let's do it. let's get out there and win the fourth quarter. that's what i'm talking about right there. >> rena, i see maz is fired up, even though he's mixing his sports metaphors. i'll forgive you for that once. you went from boxing to baseball to football, and i think you were on your way to arhythmic gymnastics, if i hadn't stopped you. but i understand where you're going, that there's this push to do something. and i wonder if that is the issue, is that it's not so much about the parties at their edges or the senato

a georgia state trooper getting into a tense confrontation with the driver doing donuts. watch this. the trooper shout at the street racer to stand down in the atlanta parking lot, the cruiser pushed the suspect's truck or car rather into the bushes. he took off running. police were able to identify him. a warrant will be a issued for his arrest. not a good idea. jillian: texas border ranger -- rancher richard garrett says he has no head of cattle on his 8000 acre ranch saying this is one of the damages caused by the increasing amount of illegal immigration. good morning, thank you appreciate your time. >> this is richard, good morning. >> tell me why you do what you do. it has been in your family four generations was obviously you've got to love it. >> i'm proud to be fourth-generation on our property and it is my duty to preserve and protect the property. we've been in the cattle business for years and i intend to continue to do so but under the present circumstances it has been rather difficult. >> tell me what has been happening. >> what has been happening a lot of it

this is happening because georgia went blue. republicans understand the numbers are not on their side going forward, nor in the present in those critical states, including texas, which is closer than they would have wanted. they are implementing a plan to restrict voters -- the votes of voters less likely to vote for them. it doesn't matter if you have the best message if your voters don't have access to the ballot box. >> this comes back to the question of using the power you have. this was the lesson of mcconnell and garland and amy coney audac norm. unless you can get manchin and sinema on board for basically majority rule in the senate, 50 votes, to wield the power you have, then you can't wield the power you have. >> maybe we should start lobbying exxonmobile to get them to lobby manchin and sinema. they seem to are more influence. >> can we hire the exxon lobbyist to lobby them? >> that's what the indivisble should do. >> if they believe giving d.c. statehood, getting rid of the filibuster and adding justices would be in t

jillian: georgia police arrest a man in the murder of a georgia golf pro that happened in broad daylight. what we ow

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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

and 158 members of the national guard that joins, alabama, arkansas, florida, georgia, idaho, georgia, nebraska, north dakota, ohio, oklahoma, south carolina and south dakota all have sent some type of troops to the border. because the federal government isn't. and this whole tactic not problems unbelievable. afghanistan the whole country about to be overrun. let's not talk about it. in our border it's nonstop chaos only getting worse. we're not just going to talk about it. no one reports it except us. steve: brian, you know more about history than i do. brian: and ohio. we did miss that got to show you everything all over again. know what happens? you bring up race and confederacy. okay, wait a second i guess i will stop talking now. not going to happen. ainsley: we were talking at the beginning of the show about the contrast and what we experienced on 4th of july and what other groups are experiencing so much violence. people talking about what our freedom really means and referring it's just for white people. senator ted cruz just excoriated congresswoman cori bush because this is

a 5-year-old boy in georgia died of covid. i know it is very, very rare to see this in a young child, but what do you tell parents who have kids under the age of 12 who can't get vaccinated yet? >> i think the american academy of pediatrics was right on by requiring masking in schools for the time being, particularly because some of the other prescriptions the cdc says for a safe and healthy school environment, like indoor ventilation are hard to do. you can't invest in the hvac updates that can caused 30,000 per room, stephanie. they just don't have the resources. so i think indoor masking for those 2 and above right now in the school age group makes a lot of sense, even if severe outcomes from covid are rarer. >> steph, take us to tokyo, the olympics. what are the chances the games could actually be canceled at the last minute? my heart is breaking for those athletes. >> reporter: well, the short answer, steph, is the chances are really low. but let me give you a little bit of context. the official that you talked about, the

and will cain joins us from landmark diner in georgia. he's just about on his fourth breakfast right now with friends. brian: dessert. will: the fruity pebbles cake. try it, we'll give you the review end when we come back on "fox & friends." ♪♪ ♪ ♪th girl, please excuse me -- el , , the joy of movement mmm, licorice records. wonka, digital workflows for it tell us this machine needs updating... kids don't really have records anymore... but it tastes better on vinyl... servicenow. to make my vision a reality. i have to take every perspective, and see clearly from every point of view. with my varilux progressive lenses i seamlessly transition from near to far. and see every detail in sharp focus. when you see no limits, there are no limits. book now at your local essilor experts to push the limits of your vision. varilux lenses by essilor. ♪♪ >> the cdc is going say that what you should do is everyone over the age of -- under the age of 12 should probably be wearing a mask in school. those over the age of 12 who are able to get

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

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

there was a diner segment, what the women said, don't california my georgia. >> "fox and friends" diner segments are setting the tone for the nation and hopefully we are setting the tone for your thursday. you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning. carley: vice president kamala harris still fawning over texas democrats who are being compared to freedom fighters. >> of stalling tactics cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> lauren blanchard joins us from washington with more. >> the vice president said democrats are in line with the legacy of civil rights leaders and applaud their efforts to stop texas from passing their voting bill but republicans say a trip to dc isn't exactly the same as what freedom fighters have gone through. >> they took a bold courageous action in line with the legacy of everyone from frederick douglass, women who marched down pennsylvania avenue for women's rights to vote for those folks in 1965 pass the voting rights act. >> reporter: today the group of texas democrats will meet with moderate senator joe mann's which in an intimat

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from georgia is recognized. mrs. greene: i ask for the recorded votes. the speaker pro tempore: yeas and yeas are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 further proceedings are postponed. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from district of columbia seek recognition? ms. norton: i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to the bill h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will -- does the gentlewoman wish to call up the bill as amended. ms. norton: yes. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2617, a bill to amend section 15 of tiet 381 of united states code to amend how performance goals are achieved. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from district of columbia, ms. norton, and the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr0 minutes. ms. norton: i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to the bill h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. norton: as amended. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative d

passed across the country in the name of election security, just last week, they sued the state of georgia that in fact the new law passed by the georgia state did in fact unfairly and directly targeted minorities, the justice department i don't think based on conversations i had yesterday will look at this law and chang >> the supreme court upholding national impli m have a full wr on "world news tonight" and much more on abcnews.com and our streaming channel abc news live. i'm whit johnson in new york. we'll send you back to regular programming and for those out west that's "good morning "good morning america." have a good day. >>> zbla this has been a special report from abc news. th dupixen, you can change how their skin looks and feels. and that's the kind of change you notice. hide my skin? not me. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. serious allergic reactions can occur, including anaphylaxis, which is severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems, such as eye pain or vision changes, parasitic infection. if you takn't an o them thout . when you help heal your ski

so if i was in the state of georgia, because we gone through this, you need to push back. if you need to fight back. don't let the far left that the narrative. the department of justice shouldn't be weaponizing this process and punishing states were trying to enact measures that protect voters. once again, put george's new law in context, they allow about 17 days of early voting and new jersey only allows nine. the left is so hypocritical, why isn't the doj going after massachusetts or new jersey or delaware? i think the answer speaks for itself because what they are trying to do is intimidate red states essentially. >> gillian: justice elena kagan issued this fiery dissent today, accusing the court of gutting section two of the voting rights act which she said is historically the most important piece of jurisprudence put in place to protect the vote of minority americans. what's your response to the justice? >> i think it's important for everyone to remember the history of the country and even the history involving the voting rights act and why it was passed. that being s

. >> reporter: nationally, more than a dozen states, including florida, georgia, and iowa, have put similar voting restrictions in place with bills in progress in many other places now president biden, in philadelphia today, planning to use the power of his bully pulpit in a speech focusing on voting rights. and nbc news has learned that the president in his remarks will blast those new republican-backed voting bills as the most egregious attempts to block our democracy since the civil war. but some on the left want the president to go even further in trying to rally democrats around changing those rules here in the senate which would allow them to pass a voting rights bill even without gop support. savannah >> hallie, thank you >>> coming up on 7:14. craig is here with the latest on the growing crisis in cuba >> good morning to you savannah, hoda for the second night, thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets in cuba. they are frustrated by rising poverty and covid numbers and lack of access to medicine and basic supplies nbc's sam brock is in miami's little havana with m

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, the department of justice says it's going to sue georgia because it isn't like it's state election laws. the rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel tweeting and saying new york city admits to counting over 100,000 test ballots, retracting vote totals week after primary election day yet the doj's suing georgia? want to give you a bite at that. we will start with you. >> this is based on the whole idea anytime you have election reform, especially with republicans involved, that it's racist and it's a giant plot to hold down black people and critics like to point of this idea that there was an effort to dehydrate black voters because they can't get water while they are waiting in line to vote. it's absurd. water can be given to them by election officials, that's fine. it's as if donald j. trump is running for president in 2024, he and his campaign staff cannot hand out bottles of water that they vote for donald j. trump within 150 feet of the polls. however if 151 feet away, they can do so. perfectly willing to do so. mrs. anti-electioneering rule that applies to democrats and republicans. it'

the failed georgia gubernatorial candidate. in 2018, she started her campaign with over $200,000 worth of personal debt, personal debt. because that's what you want and charge of your state apostate b.s. finances, someone who can't handle their own pocketbook. she's been raking in the dough, making so much money that she recently purchased a new million dollar home and you add that on top of the $400,000 house she bought in 2019 and she's just a regular real estate mogul. so where did all this money come from? she hasn't been working a 9-to-5, so how do democrats continue to get so rich without really doing much to jones, former democrat now running for governor of georgia joins me to explain. vernon, is there any conceivable way she amassed this type of money this quickly smack >> i think we all know that she's probably been intellectually dishonest. you failed to mention one thing was also. supposing she had all that debt, owned i think $50,000 in state income taxes when she decided to run in 2018 but mysteriously she loaned

. >> savannah, georgia now has a citywide mask mandate for a month. mask mandates nationwide could be next. >> this is under active consideration. >> white house says of course it is. >> it would be actually surprising and odd if our health and medical experts were not having active discussion about how to best protect the american people. >> peter: it's becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated which has experts wondering why persons who got the shot should be subjected to the same restrictions as those who haven't. >> they have chosen not to get vaccinated at own individual risk. >> vaccines still have not been fully approved by the fda. >> we still have no clear timetable on when we can expect fda licensure of these vaccines for adults and a lot of people say that that is still causing their hesitancy. >> peter: the fda hasn't been a priority for this president. >> why has the president not nominated someone for fda commissioner yet? >> he is certainly eager to nominate someone. >> is he also optimistic about revving up stalled mask vaccination effor

. >>> 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

the same deal with the voter laws in georgia and florida. but biden sent out his untalented vice-president to do her best refer end al. >> these laws make it harder for you to vote because they don't want you to vote. your vote is your power. don't let anyone take your power from you. >> laura: they never mention any aspects of the voting laws they oppose. >> if we lose ability to make sure that vote is counted we will never be able to vote for the candidates of our choice. >> laura: laws that mandate the cleaning up of vote roles like the ones that require clear voter i.d. they are not racially biassed. they apply to everyone across the board. to say otherwise which the sharpon charltons are doing is a lie. the fear mongering yesterday was about the democrats saying in power no bad how the country gets under their leadership. they don't want to go to the people to defend their record on immigration or rising gas prices, schools or crime. they prefer to create a system where they can stuff the ballot box to guarantee victory. they will get c

watch this. >> some of these voter suppression laws in georgia and other republican states smack of jim crow rearing its ugly head once again. >> president biden: it is the most pernicious thing. this makes jim crow look like jim eagle. this is gigantic what they are trying to do. >> the resurgence of jim crow-style voter suppression measures. >> it is a tsunami threatening democracy. >> a massive and unabashed assault on voting rights unlike anything we've ever seen since the jim crow era. this is jim crow in new clothes. >> sean: ultimately the all-star game was viewed by 8 million people, a historically low number for that game, showing politics in sports aren't going over well with the american people. worst of all, businesses in atlanta including minority-owned businesses, they lost tens and tens of millions of dollars in revenue. why? because of the selfish political actions of the democratic party. one longtime democratic strategist has a few choice words for his own party. take a look. >> -- party of blacks and suburban women. they are not into this. all right? and you know, we

. >> everyone is looking at georgia right now, molly. >> that's right, although this is all over the country these kinds of laws are being considered and passed. frankly the democratic establishment is concerned they have not effectively countered this push. whether you're talking about in congress where the big, you know, what they call democracy reform bill went down, or whether you're talking about in the states where this case sent a clear signal about how the supreme court is going to look at the democratic attempts to litigate these laws. the lawsuits being brought in various states -- in georgia you have the justice department involved. that makes it a different story. even there you have to wonder about how the courts are going to look at attempts to combat these laws using the legal system. if it's not going to happen on capitol hill, if it's not going to happen in the courts, then it has to happen in the political process. it's going to be about -- as averi was saying, using the fact that these laws are unpopular to motivate democratic voters. >> lz, not exactly in line wit

investigations related to his conduct surrounding the january 6 riot at the capitol and his efforts to overturn georgia's election results. lester >> hallie, thank you >>> another major story tonight. bill cosby leaving the state of pennsylvania a day after his sexual assault conviction was overturned but for his many accusers, an outpouring of shock and outrage. we get more now from stephanie gosk >> mr. cosby, how you doing? >> reporter: now a free man, bill cosby didn't stay long at his pennsylvania home. leaving today to reunite with his wife. >> he will spend the next months with her they haven't seen each other in almost three years. >> reporter: according to his spokesperson andrew wyatt, cosby knew the pennsylvania supreme court decision was coming, but didn't know when. prison guards told him he was free at noon yesterday, unlocking the cell and opening the door according to wyatt, there were cheers from the other inmates. bill cosby came back home wyatt says they stayed up until 2:00 in the morning. the 83-year-old telling him he didn't want to go to bed. he was afraid all of this was just a ba

from cumberland, maryland, wishing my grandma georgia woods a happy 90th birthday today. ♪♪ >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." doesn't friday fee da is getting a jump on the weekend. we're happy about that. we have some amazing guests coming up next week. next week is going to be crazy. hoda has her first exclusive interview with meghan trainor and her family. she's a mom now. so we just cannot wait to catch up with meghan. see how she's doing. we're going to meet baby riley. that's happening. >>> but, wait, there's more. also next week, coach ted lasso himself. actor jason sudeikis joining us as that megahit comedy series kicks off its second season. can't wait. it's become one of my favorite shows. >> i love it so much. second season is coming up. >>> busy morning. let's get right to your news at 8:00. americans getting a tough reality check this morning as the delta variant fuels a sharp rise in new covid cases. los angeles is once again requiring masks indoors, even for the fully vaccinated. and in tennessee, infections are up nearly 340% in two weeks. in the meantime,

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

over the age of five wear a mask endorsed regardless of vaccination status and counties in california, georgia nevada and louisiana among others are taken similar measures that the covid-19 delta varient causes this new infection to surge country. in doctor anthony's address the issue and he said that he understands why these decisions are being made at the local level. >> you're saying the individual situations with a level of infection is so high and the level in the community of vaccination my below is quite understandable why the local authorities are now saying good that your vaccinated but in the situation and you have people indoors particular crowded of you should wear a mask. reporter: several large school district including atlanta, chicago and washington dc say they will require all students and staff to wear a mask if they returned to in person learning in the fall however, in florida 25 of all new covid-19 cases are currently recorded, governor ron desantis said that he will is willing to call special legislative session to reverse any mask mandates in school. >> we need her kids

a tornado at a georgia navy beach flipped recreational vehicles upside down and blew one of them into a lake. about 10 people were hospitalized. california democratic governor gavin newsom is asking residents to cut their household water consumption by 15%. newsom is expanding his regional drought state of emergency to cover 50 counties more than 40% of california's population. newsom is facing a recall election in two months. there will be no spectators at the olympics in tokyo. the international olympic committee announced a total ban after japan's prime minister declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus. fans from abroad were banned months ago. a group of house republicans is expressing concerns about the political statements of american olympic athletes. congressional correspondent chad pergram tells us what is forcing the issue. >> olympic trials were a warm-up to see who may stand atop the podium for the u.s., but also a dress rehearsal for potential protests by american athletes. hammer throw specialist gwen berry turned her back on the flag during the national anthem.

also in trump's best including overturning the election which trump remains under investigation in georgia. so i think you make an important point of what it means to have this many indictments around you. i give you the floor for the next point you wanted to make, sir. >> you and i talked about a lot on your program. you can't make these one-on-one connections and the man allegedly instructed them to commit criminal acts without these men telling the truth. without these men flipping on donald trump. one of his family members and the thing that really like always surprises me is that except for michael cohen only flipped after he was in jail. lowers his credibility threshold just a tad. not one of these people flipped on trump or any of his children. they have all kept their mouths shut. one of the interesting things about tom barrack's indictment and the latest and i am sure it won't be the last. he's in a position and not just to flip on trump, maybe he does it because he loves the man, but herself in a position to know stuff about weisselberg and under indictment right now and he's als

if you go back to the first quarter of 2021, we feel the catalyst was the georgia runoff election where we had asymmetry on the fiscal side, on the monetary side. that's really where you start to see rates take off from there, exposing positions. we had real yields going higher, vaccination levels going higher. there was a real growth story in the market and we had some problems on the treasury auction side with some sloppy auctions. around 178, we stopped out what was the catalyst there, it was positions. people were very, very bearish in the marketplace and we've seen some real money buying, insurance companies, pension funds, foreign central banks and the reality is, the fed is still buying here. we talk a lot about talking, talking about tapering, now we know they're talking about tapering but as all this talking is going on, the fed is still taking 120 billion of securities out of the marketplace each month at the same time that the treasury now is spending a lot of the cash that was raised last year into the marketplace, supply has really come down. so those dynamics have really,

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we don't have to outsource e e anything. >> reporter: in columbus, georgia, remember golden's cast iron, 219 workers turning to making butten bells because so many americans were looking for them. after our report -- >> hey, david. >> reporter: the team telling us business is booming. weekly orders up 350%. >> since the segment aired last we covered in orders. >> made in america! woo! >> orders up 350%. we love it. i'm david muir. good night. >>> building a better bay area. moving forward. finding solutions. this is abc7 news. >>> masking indoors is now the official recommendation for all californians, whether you have been vaccinated or not. the state department of public health made that announcement today. several bay area counties already made the same recommendation and the cdc made yesterday. thank you for joining us, i am larry beil. >> you are watching us here on abc7 news at 4:00, hulu live, and wherever you stream. >> the mask recommendation focused on where community spread is high and we have crunched the number on where things stand in bay area counties. abc7 news reporter

ainsley: is he from georgia. brian: the suburbs of georgia he said this when we talked to him about how buck head is so fed up from the lack of support from the major city of atlanta they want to spin out on their own and handle their own. have their taxpayer dollars go to their own police force. listen to what he said about that. >> there is a crisis of failed leadership, brian. i mean, if you look at the city of atlanta, the leadership there, this is not just some random covid crime wave as the mayor likes to say. this is what happens when you fail to support the people, the people, the men and women who defend the city, the police officers who keep the city safe. this is what happens when morale gets low because they don't trust the mayor will defend them. there have been 368 shootings just this year, brian. in the city of atlanta. it's so real and a lot of people are very afraid, obviously, and so they are doing whatever they can to try to come up with creative solutions to defend their communities. dr. pete:

he studied architecture at georgia tech before starting the indy band sele during the mid 1990s. it was during this time he started working in restaurants to make some extra cash. so all that life experience you had in there, how do you think it influenced you or influences you in the kitchen? >> just being able to handle curveballs and adjust to assess a situation quickly and decide how do i need react, do i need to react? do i need just keep calm and move on? >> his bigge adjustment came a few years after opening miller union when he was diagnoseded with stage-three testicular cancer. >> i'm grateful that i went through it and that i survived. and i hate hearing about cancer patients that don't. and it helps you kind of re-prioritize your life because you start to really think about what really matters and what you can just not care about anymore. >> what really matters -- his partner of 30 years and his restaurant through which he hopes to continue making a lasting impact one diner at a time. >> if you can connect with local growers in your area and find that good seasonal pro

the caller from georgia, the teacher from south carolina. there is no curriculum at any level of public schools that talks about teaching anything like critical race theory. it is a law school course, people. and most of the people calling in are not going to understand that there there is no curriculum. it is for law schools and it helps people look at the world and look at laws that have evolved in this country that came out of racism. so that scares me that you can give people information and they still do not get it. host: let's go to david, who is calling from denison, texas. good morning. caller: let's straighten out a couple of things. someone talked about british slavery in the 1700s. they abolished it in 1733, and that's misleading. they did not abolish it in america, where they had british people pay for it through bonds that were paid over hundreds of years. that made slaveholders extremely rich over the years. anyway -- the three fourths of a human being thing in the constitution was something pushed by the north to reduce the po

>> let me tell you in texas and in georgia. >> i think you've done that. >> donald trump life about the 2020 election and now they are trying to push through the lies based on a lie trying to push through basically voter suppression tactics to try to justify their facts but they don't actually want to compete for minority. dan: i gave you an opportunity and you can't do it. all you can do is bring up donald trump. thanks, maia, appreciate your time. >> take care. dan: if there was a 12 step program in totalitarianism, as you can see, we will break down joe biden's shocking declaration about disinformation, coming up next. don't miss it. welcome back to "unfiltered". i've been wanting for years the erosion of our constitutional rights have threats to our privacy right now. there is a 12 step program of totalitarianism, we are at 11. check this out. >> what your message to platforms like facebook? >> they are killing people. , the only pandemic we have is for the unvaccinated they are killing people. dan: misinformation? who's coming people? you mean the misinformation from the left? what

the next year he got a job and moved to atlanta georgia. and worked at atlanta university. empirical studies could mean statistics and some form of science. beauregard after his mother's family name. anybody ever watch the andy griffin show. what is the guys name, gomer, it can't be a southern name this case is another name. you can see how beautiful and precocious that is. he can see the kind of dress he had young girls dress but that's the way of the victorian-style. dubois is very much a victorian. he takes him throughout atlanta, nobody would help them. up until probably late 60s. in some places. so the sun dies of a disease which he could have been cured of. he wrote one of his great years on the passing of the firstborn. in his book souls of black folks. so while he's there studying this he notices other things other things that occur the tragedy of lynching. is walking somewhere and he passes a place and there's a clan display and then he comes upon a jar looks very much like pickles in a jar. consider pickles, what are they? the knuckles of a human being. i can reme

congressman david scott of georgia, chairman of the house agriculture committee, and a democrat, wrote to president biden saying, the step up in basis is a critical tool enabling family fartherring operations to -- family farming operations to continue from generation to generation. the potential for capital gains to be imposed on heirs at death of a landowner would impose a significant financial burden on these operations. this is a terrible -- i mean, a terrible tax on small business and the american people. so i agree with the congressman. the american dream is about working hard so that your kids can have a better life than you did. that's why my parents worked so hard to give me an my brother and sister a chance. my dad never made over $is15,00a year. we thought we were rich. we were actually poor. they never gave on to that. they worked hard to health us go on to school, get an education and try to make something of our self. i know millions of mothers and fathers across the country feel the same way. so when you boil it down, the tax plan is really just a tax on the american dre