tonight, 179 million people have had one dose of a vaccine. that s 63% of people 12 and older. here s abc s marcus moore. reporter: tonight, with mounting concern over the highly contagious delta variant, los angeles county now urging its 10 million residents to once again wear masks in indoor public spaces, vaccinated or not. with the new variant coming out, i m hearing of people getting covid again and i m getting a little bit nervous. reporter: the highly contagious delta variant now making up half the new cases sequenced in l.a. county. dr. anthony fauci saying the cdc is not changing its mask recommendations because the vaccines appear to work against the delta variant. they may understandably feel that they want that extra degree of precaution. and that is just fine. but the overall country-wide recommendation of the cdc has not changed. we re going to monitor the variant very carefully, as we do literally on a daily basis, to see if things change. reporter: tonight, th
we had another all-time record in portland, 115 degrees. 116 in salem. this is a climate change-amplified heat wave that will moderate some tomorrow, but this blocking pattern has heat waves on both coasts. the one in the northeast is going to stay with us. temperatures are going to feel like up and over 100 degrees. so, we have excessive heat warnings and heat advisories for all the big cities. tropical storm danny off the south carolina coast, just 30 miles away from charleston. 45 mile about hour winds, not very strong. it will come onshore tonight and weaken quickly, but it will drive inland and bring some rain all the way to atlanta. linsey? and just some oppressive heat for us. rob, thank you. now, to the coronavirus tonight. a new study suggests that the pfizer and moderna vaccines might offer protection for years, even without a booster shot. but variants remain a wild card. the delta variant now identified in 49 states and especially dangerous to those who are not vaccinat
election really about donald trump either pro or against? congressman ben ray lujan, you go first. i think all across the country, candidates are not talking about this president much. there s no one going to talk more about donald trump than donald trump which gives our candidates the opportunity to connect with their personal stories and talk about an agenda that s built around, for the people and how we will lower prescription drug prices but healthcare cause. move a strong infrastructure package and clean up washington d.c. with all of the - - [indiscernible] chris: you have 30 seconds. this election is about results. versus dysfunction. eye ready talked about our economic success. we have more to do on him for structure. lowering health care costs. the dysfunction the other side would bring her health care agenda would kick 179 million
election really about donald trump either pro or against? congressman ben ray lujan, you go first. i think all across the country, candidates are not talking about this president much. there s no one going to talk more about donald trump than donald trump which gives our candidates the opportunity to connect with their personal stories and talk about an agenda that s built around, for the people and how we will lower prescription drug prices but healthcare cause. move a strong infrastructure package and clean up washington d.c. with all of the - - [indiscernible] chris: you have 30 seconds. this election is about results. versus dysfunction. eye ready talked about our economic success. we have more to do on him for structure. lowering health care costs. the dysfunction the other side would bring her health care agenda would kick 179 million
election really about donald trump either pro or against? congressman ben ray lujan, you go first. i think all across the country, candidates are not talking about this president much. there s no one going to talk more about donald trump than donald trump which gives our candidates the opportunity to connect with their personal stories and talk about an agenda that s built around, for the people and how we will lower prescription drug prices but healthcare cause. move a strong infrastructure package and clean up washington d.c. with all of the - - [indiscernible] chris: you have 30 seconds. this election is about results. versus dysfunction. eye ready talked about our economic success. we have more to do on him for structure. lowering health care costs. the dysfunction the other side would bring her health care agenda would kick 179 million