the who has asked people to cancel their plans handing out some dark guidance as you mentioned arguing it s better to cancel now rather than celebrate and grieve. here in the u.k., queen elizabeth changed her holiday plans. the u.k. government has not rolled out new restrictions but major celebrations here across the city are now off the table. the government has also today announced that it will give out grants to any businesses that apply to the hospitality industry. they can receive up to $8,000 to ease the pain that we ll see the financial burden and what is likely to be another difficult winter ahead. anita? difficult indeed. alex hogan, live in london. thanks for that report. well, covid resurgence is upending america s favorite past
there is good news, both new york and new jersey are not seeing a drastic increase in hospitalizations just yet. a few minutes ago, we spoke to a hospital official here in new york who says stay calm. this isn t 2020. he says they still have plenty of hospital capacity. telling you it is not a crisis. those are good things to hear. president biden, meantime, later today, he s going to lay out a new strategy to fight the covid resurgence. this strategy centering on testing. the president will announce the purchase of half a billion rapid tests along with a plan to distribute the tests, free of charge, to americans who request them. his other important message, fully vaccinated americans don t need to cancel their holiday plans despite the rising case count. joining us now, dr. peter how t hotez, dean of the national school of tropical medical at baylor college of medicine. always good to see you. let s start with what we re going to hear today from the president. 500 million, half a
she would not seek reelection. and another is expected to retire. siraz represents a safe seat, but murphy represents a key area in florida. that s the 21st and 22nd house democrat to hang it up ahead of the midterms. with biden s agenda dead on capitol hill and covid resurgence, democrats are looking at a very, very steep climb to hold onto control of congress. joining me is the former head of the democratic congressional campaign committee. congresswoman, i have to start with the news of the day with joe manchin. nobody was asking him to vote on sunday. the senate version of the bill isn t even done. what do you make of his decision to come out as proactively as he did and effectively kill the house version of build back better? i m going to look at it as it s a bump in the road. maybe i m overly optimistic, but
famented at the highest levels, dr. strangelove mad scientists. once again the guy in paducah, kentucky or, you know, inner, mississippi being told that he s at fault for national weakness, for people in the hospital for covid resurgence. besides the fact that it s not true, it is a kind of scapegoating that is detestable. because you re blaming the weakest, the people that over and over have been the have been the butt of jokes and a kind of hostility that seems to never end. tucker: walter curb
the pressure here. it does not go as far as making it illegal. the rule comes as the latest data that the vaccines are working, they are crushing the variant and delta variant. people who are vaccinated now have a one and one thousand chance of getting covid. and five, this is as sweeping policy through the united states. it could impact 80 million americans which is brand new tonight. now, if being that sweeping and that big, that s good news to medical and policy experts who say covid resurgence required to get things back to normal. the same facts i shared with you, it s viewed as bad news to many critics of strict covid rules. we are living through this