It is hot and humid during the summer. i have not been, boris, but i take their word for it. the problem is this year might be one of the hottest olympic games ever. because right now extreme heat and high temperatures are soaring to record levels and that s pushing temperatures into what they call the danger zone for athletes. yeah. as if things can t get more complicated for the olympians with everything they have to juggle given the pandemic, when it comes to high temperatures combined with humidity, experts say that tokyo is actually the worst olympic host city in history given these conditions. let s go to cnn s selina wang live in tokyo for us, selena, what is the least like on the ground. what are the athletes experiencing right now? reporter: yeah, boris, it is oppressive, it is hot, it is humid. and if it weren t for the pandemic, heatstroke would be the biggest health risk to the athletes and we re seeing
At the long-term forecast, a lot of these areas go back to below norm pal precip, the difference is the pacific northwest will they will get a little moisture to help the firefighters out. every little bit helps out. allison chinchar, thanks so much. good morning, welcome to new day. i m boris sanschez. and i m christi paul, and mask mandates with cases continuing to surge driven most by by people who are not vaccinated. that s right, one county in florida is requiring all county employees get vaccinated or else get out. they are defying the governor s anti-mandate strategy. the county administrator is going to join us live to talk about that decision. and saturday s session, senators heading back to capitol hill to hammer out the text of
Vaccinated. still, the cdc is acknowledging that the war has changed and they have to perceive the understanding of these breakthroughs, how would you advise they do that? you know, you re exactly right, boris. this is a complicated issue. remember that the average reading level the american public is seventh grade. so getting across these complex ideas is difficult. there is very little surprising renew here. no vaccine that we have is 100% effective. we expect that there will be asymptomatic and mild and occasionally moderate cases, so there is nothing new here. the one thing that is surprising in the small number of cases, vi viral tighters or loads were higher in unvaccinated people. doctor, you mentioned the
That massive infrastructure bill on one of president biden s biggest legislative goals, obviously. so, the question is where do things stand right now. plus opting out, simone biles withdrawing from two more recents at the tokyo olympics. hear the response from fans, coming up. hope the sun is shining wherever you happen to be waking up this morning. we re grateful to have you with us, good morning, boris. good morning, christi. great to be with you. grateful that our viewers are with us now. we begin this morning with a race to stop a new wave of coronavirus infections sweeping the country. officials are sounding the alarm about the spread of the deadly delta variant. the rate of vaccination against covid-19 is going up in the united states, that is the good news. yes, take a look at the map here to get perspective. it shows new cases compared to
Digits. back in 2019, more than 1,000 deaths were recorded because of the heat wave. from july 19th to the 25th, more than 8,000 people have already been hospitalized, just in the few days for suspected heatstroke. so, on top of covid-19, everything these athletes are going through, they have to deal with these brutal conditions, boris, christi. that is intense. it makes their accomplishments all the more impressive. selina wang, thank you so much. thank you. tonight is the premiere of su superreviewers films. yeah. you get a little far, like a kindergartener, you get a little badge. i really give doctors that little pat on the back. i want to be there. be sure to tune into the short film sear res that kicked