path across this entire country. data from the cdc shows that more than half of the u.s. population lives in a county with high community transmission as we speak, and they predict we will soon see hospitalizations begin to increase as well. in los angeles county, there s a concern they re so concerned that they re talking about even reviving an indoor mask mandate within the next two weeks. cnn s camila bernal is at the santa monica pier with more. camila, how much have transmission rates actually increased in l.a. county? well, look, the county says they re seeing about 9,000 cases every single day, and the problem is that hospitalizations are increasing. they say that compared to last month they ve seen an 88% increase. so for every 100,000 people that are here, 10.5 more or less, are having to be hospitalized and that s what s concerning for them. so they say that if those numbers stay or increase over the next couple of weeks, what s going to happen is that everyone
the courts agree. we ll speak with coach kennedy himself and his first interview since winning the case alongside one of its attorneys, but first we had to shannon bream, chief legal correspondent with the news. hey, sandra, so a 6-3 win for coach kennedy after years and years of this battle fighting his way back and through the courts, he finally gets the decision on the supreme court today and i want to tell you about that decision offered by justice gorsuch. at the eight government entity sought to punish an individual from engaging in a brief quiet personal religious observance doubly protected by the free exercise and free-speech causes of the first amendment of the constitution neither mandates nor tolerates that kind of discrimination. this was an ideological split as he would think within the court, 6-3 conservative liberal split that has been made of the term emberley has shown up in a lot of big cases here. let me read from the defense, off this by justices breyer
staged. was there someone who wanted samira out of the way? there was a female standing outside. mr. frechette had multiple female acquaintances. they all had a common career, they were exotic dancers. two clues. one chilling we had an unknown dna on a rope that came off the victim. i literally looked at it and thought, seriously? that was absolutely stunning. behind the curtain was a very dark story. it was a cold morning in february, cold for a northern florida, that is. crisp, but sunny when the call came in. can i get an officer out here in golden eagle? it s a lady laying in the pool in her backyard, in her pool. it made no sense, really. too cold for a swim. but the lady was not swimming. wasn t even floating. down at the bottom of the pool. she s dead. she was lying, face up, her palms too. as if in supplication. her leopard print robe drifting in the water around her. she d been in there i don t know how long. she, she completely gone.
ballot box. the g.o.p. winners in the state today will get the same opportunity in just five months. brooke singman live looking ahead to today s biggest races, brooke, good morning. good morning, carley, ashley. voters in virginia, alabama and georgia heading to the polls and hours to determine midterm candidates of the republican hopeful writing a big wave to washington in november. starting in virginia district 2 incumbent elaine gloria unopposed but redistricting in the military have a district, very vulnerable i m november. one of these four g.o.p. challengers. district 7 democrat abigail spanberger in a similar primary pickle running unopposed today but will face one of the six republicans in november. the police officer is running on a law and order platform with her brother who nearly died at the hands of ms-13 gang members. have been on the front line as an employment officer and seen things i have never seen from the demonizing brave men and women to law enforce
thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. it was just released that the pentagon deleted all messages from the january 6th. then they hear hillary clinton, well, well, well. we look at the missing january 6th text messages. the questions all over washington this morning with multiple government agencies now involved. has a massive coverup been exposed. and former dhs secretary, jay johnson is standing by. a federal grand jury asked former aide what it means for donald trump. and poland say that democrats continue to make gains as the republicans fly with them wanting to control congress. fallout from kansas and arizona. a lot more than that. we have and overall look of trump s record in the primary races, which is very strong. c pack kicks off today with a controversial guest. we ll get to that. let s start with the number two democrat in the senate now calling on the department of defense so open an internal investigation from key officials. he asked the inspecto