that far. we do not intend mask mandate. reporter: while cdc guidelines say the vaccinated don t need masks, less than half the u.s. population is fully inoculated and as new vaccinations plummet by more than 35%, infections, hospitalizations and deaths continue to soar. it s more veer lieutenant. patients that could otherwise handle an infection getting very, very will. reporter: the fight to get people vaccinated is also a battle of misinformation. the president walking back comments about facebook. my hope is, they would do something about the misinformation instead of taking it personal that i m saying facebook is killing people. reporter: in jacksonville, the covid resurgence has been
my administration understands that if we were to ever experience unchecked inflation over the long term, that would pose a real challenge to our economy. so while we re confident it isn t what we re seeing today. we re going to remain vigilant about any response that is needed. biden also acknowledged that he and fed chair, jerome powell, have been talking about what to do in case those price increases are not temporary. steve, what do you make of that? before the covid resurgence happened, this was the great discussion among the investor community, we have had strong price increases the last couple of months, some is reversing weaker price increases from last year but some of it is quite worrisome you can see cost pressures throughout the economy, in everything from used cars to goods that people are buying to services, everything has been going up a good bit and
tonight president biden saying four states are responsible for 40% of new covid case one of them is florida. the number of hospitalizations is much lower than last year s peak, but some hospitals nonetheless find themselves in an intense battle gabe gutierrez is there. reporter: at uf health in jacksonville, the covid resurgence has been ferocious, almost overnight. i thought for a while we saw the light at the end of the tunnel with only one covid positive patient, and now there hasn t even been enough time to realize that we re back to where we started reporter: cases here are doubling each week florida now accounts for 1/5 of new infections in the entire country we re gaining cases at such a rapid rate, we don t really know where it s going to stop. reporter: statewide, hospitalizations and deaths are still far
to investigators in arizona. only four have led to charges. we here on special report will continue to monitor the investigation. the action or lack of action by the arizona state legislature and we will continue to present the facts. as they stand day to day. a florida man who breached the senate chamber carrying a trump campaign flag during the capitol riot has been sentenced to eight months behind bars. the punishment for paul hodgkin s is the first resolution. he apologize and said he was ashamed of his actions. prosecutors had asked for an 18 month sentence. up next, the panel on the covid resurgence. texas democrats getting the virus and vaccine information censorship all coming up.
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