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victor oquendo is with us. s it must have been a relief when they got word that the search and rescue was resuming. >> reporter: linsey, miami-dade fire rescue saying following the recommendation of structural engineers, search and rescue efforts have resumed, fiadding that finding missing loved ones continues to be at the forefront of operations. linsey? >> victor, thank you. >>> next tonight, the growing alarm about the covid delta variant. the director of the cdc is now calling it hyper transmissible. in just one week, cases are up 10%. the white house is now preparing to deploy surge response teams to hot spots and more than 1,000 counties across the country, less than 30% of people are vaccinated and 99% of those who died of covid in the past six months were not vaccinated.ave at least one dose, that's nearly 64% of everyone 12 years and older. here's abc's marcus moore. s a hyper transmissible delta vary yabt, the white house tonight launching surge response teams. >> to be clear, the federal government s

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i know the fda giving us a better sense of a time line to move from emergency use authorization of the pfizer vaccine to a full approval of the pfizer vaccine, and i know many health experts hope this could be an important step to convincing more people that this is not temporary. it would be a full approval. >> reporter: david, the fda granted that accelerated six-month time line for review. this could give full approval to the pfizer vaccine in those 16 and orlandolder by january 2022. some think this might persuade businesses and schools to require vaccines and perhaps give those on the fence more confidence to go ahead and get their shots. david? >> whit johnson, we know you'll be anchoring this broadcast tomorrow night. >>> in the meantime, we know a lot of you at home have questions on this fast moving delta variant. the u.s. back to more than 1,000 cases an hour on average, mostly among the unvaccinated. but there are these reports of breakthrough cases, even if you're vaccinated. and what about the children 12 and under who aren't authorized to get the vaccine? let's bring in d

rebecca jarvis with us live tonight. rebecca? >> reporter: david, that surge leading many on wall street to question some of the economic optimism surrounding the reopenings, particularly if it delays a full return to normal. some of the stocks, airlines and cruise lines, a big part of the selloff. but the nest egg should still be higher on the year. >> rebecca, thank you. >>> next here tonight, the biden administration in a dramatic move, rallying its european allies to accuse china of working with criminal hackers as well. in a massive breach of microsoft's servers last spring, similar to the claims made against russia. china denying the accusation. >>> now to the countdown to lift-off. jeff bezos on the eve of his historic flight. and the 82-year-old woman about to be one of his passengers. she studied to be an astronaut in the 1960s, and she's finally heading to a space. here's gio benitez. >> reporter: with a fist bump, jeff bezos and the crew of three are suited up. >> feels good to be in a flight suit. >> reporter: just ho

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. >>> thank you so much for joining us on this interact live show. we have answered your questions on covid-19 and talked about bearing counters. i will see you >>> tonight several developing the growing concern, the delta variant, the hospital er filling with patients and the doctor who says she has had to tell young covid patients in the hospital begging for a vaccine, i'm sorry but it's too late. the delta variant now making up 83% of new cases in the u.s. now averaging more than 35,000 new cases a day and the concern over breakthrough cases in the u.s., infected children. those under 12 not eligible for the vaccine. 23,000 pediatric cases reported in the last week. hospitalizations now on the rise in at least 36 states and tonight the renewed debate here just as parents send their children back to school. should there be masks in school to protect everyone? parents divided and in one state tonight children are already going back and we're there. >>> also tonight, the concern at the olympics. team usa reporting more athletes testing positive. just

evening and thank you for joining us i am a ama daetz. this video we showed you captured a group of nine people running out of neiman marcus with a stolen goods. >> this is organized a theft that the state wants to count on cutting down on. >> the city of san francisco is getting a handle on how big of a problem this is. crying gets in the way of building a better bay area. and we begin with leon melendez lyanne melendez . >> this is a bill that allows chp to expand and collaborate with local law enforcement. operating in three regions. it also allowsthe district

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>> rachel scott, who was on the air with us today. rachel, thank you. >>> now to team usa at the olympics and simone biles withdrawing from team gymnastics event today and her deeply personal explanation. james longman from tokyo. >> reporter: tonight, heartbreak and resilience at the women's team gymnastics. hearts stopping at star olympian simone biles stumbled on the vault. confusion as she's seen back in her track suit and then the 24-year-old shocking the world, pulling out of the rest of the competition. >> i didn't want to risk the team medal for, kind of, my screwups, because they worked way too hard for that. >> reporter: teammates suni lee, jordan chiles and grace mccallum stepping up. biles cheering them on from the sidelines, saying that she stepped aside to take care of her mental health. >> i say put mental health first. it's okay sometimes to even sit out the big competitions to focus on yourself. >> reporter: and japan's naomi osaka dealt a crushing blow. the tennis superstar, number two in the world, losing to czech r

joining us on this interactive show, getting answers. today we covered masks, variant 's, vaccines and th >>> tonight, the delta variant sweeping across the u.s. new covid cases soaring 400% in the u.s. in just five weeks. president biden set to announce mandatory vaccinations or face weekly testing for nearly 2 million federal employees. new york now requiring all state employees to be vaccinated or tested. and tonight, new york city now paying people $100 to get their first shot. all of this comes amid that new evidence that fully vaccinated people with breakthrough infections can potentially spread the delta variant. this was not seen before. dr. fauci tonight and how much of the virus a vaccinated person carries if they're a breakthrough case. parts of the u.s. pushing back against the cdc's revised mask recommendation. st. louis, for one, voting to end its new mask mandate one day after taking effect. and the mask battle reaching all the way to capitol hill. house minority leader kevin mccarthy saying this is not based on science. s

james longman with us tonight. james, thank you. >>> back here at home now, and dozens of fires in the west now forcing authorities to issue new air quality alerts in six states tonight, from washington state to wyoming to ar the alerts all the way to boston this hazy sunset in chicago from all of this. and we're tracking severe storms moving into the east by tomorrow. washington, d.c., philadelphia and new york. abc's will carr from california tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the governors of california and nevada getting a first-hand look at the aftermath of the tamarack fire. that fire straddling both states. the governors thanking firefighters and pleading for more resources. >> cal fire is the largest civilian aerial attack force in the world and it's not enough. >> reporter: the choking smoke from massive wildfires across the west forcing authorities to issue air quality alerts in washington, idaho, montana, wyoming, colorado and arizona. but even smaller blazes, like this brush fire in san jose overnight, caus

given us, me, some hope. thank you for watching, everybody, i'm cecilia vega, we'll see you right back here tomorrow. >>> building a better bay area, moving ws. isis an american tr. people are dying and will die who don't have to die. >> a passionate plea from president biden americans to get vaccinated. he is asking cities to help incentivize people as he requires federal workers to get the shot. good afternoon, thank you for joining us. i am dan ashley. >> and i am dion lim. you are watching abc news here live on abc7, who live or whatever you stream. >> we have team coverage as a part of our coverage as we build a better bay area. along with federal employees, many public and private sector employees are putting vaccine mandates in place. here is melody woodrow. >> reporter: president joe biden announced new incentives for americans to get to the 19 vaccination. the federal government will fully

and it's great to have you with us on a friday night. i'm cecelia vega in for david, and we do begin with the pandemic and that alarming news from the cdc, acknowledging that, quote, the war has changed because of the delta variant. officials now say it is as contagious as chickenpox, spreading paster than the common cold and seasonal flu and that a vaccinated person who becomes infected can spread just as easily as someone who is not vaccinated. all eyes on provincetown, massachusetts. nearly 900 people, 74% of them were fully vaccinated. we are there tonight. the breakthrough cases on the royal caribbean cruise ship. six passengers testing positive. four of them fully vaccinated. cdc still saying the vaccine protects against serious illness and death. tnight, more than 190 million people received at least one dose. that's 67% of everyone 12 and older. dr. jha is standing by, but abc's steve osunsami leads us off at the cdc in atlanta. >> reporter: public health officials are trying to warn americans tonight that the fight against the c

jha, thank you for being with us. this new data from the cdc raises so many questions about returning to life as we knew it. the delta variant, more contagious than the common cold, so what does this mean for the future? do you see us returning to lockdowns? do you see people wearing masks, indoors and out, no matter the area? >> yes, thanks for having me back. the data i find mostly reassuring, and i'll tell you why -- yes, there was an outbreak. yes, many vaccinated people did end up getting infected. they did really well. very few of them ended up getting sick. very few ended up getting hospitalized. nobody died, and the outbreak quickly abated. this is the kind of stuff we should expect. these vaccines are not 100%, but all the data i'm seeing so far suggests that the vaccines are protecting people. as long as we keep vaccinating people, we'll be fine. >> we also have our eyes on this outbreak in provincetown that steve was mentioning. 74% of cases there among those who were fully vaccinated, yet we have been told

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