feels that could be a total failure, in his words, unless the major industrial nation step up and do more. sandra, back to you. sandra: stephen miller still with us. stephen, biden called this a code red emergency, climate change. he pledged to double climate aid to developing countries. what was your observation from that speech as we all saw the urgency he placed on climate change amid so much happening not just here, but on the global stage? i think there s two observations. first, where was the attempt at persuasion? there s a lot of people, myself included, who don t agree on the science that s been presented about america s role and catastrophic weather events. so again, he had an opportunity, if he wanted to, to provide specific data points, show specific evidence, make a very specific case to fundamentally change our way of life. instead he just praoet repeated
and engaging in hyperbole. and necessarily alarming people. you might think otherwise . he says a doctor in his own state is now in a code red emergency. because of the influx of patients in hospitals. a total of 98% of the u.s. population currently living in counties that have high or substantial transmissions according to the cdc. hospitalizations in the united states are nearly 70,000. that is up 22% by one week. only eight i see you that s in the entire state of arkansas. covid deaths are rising, again. with 500 americans dying on average each day. nearly 1600 children that they are currently hospitalized . that is up 146% since last month. been back that is the original point. more vaccinated americans are saying enough is enough. because some of the