and sunday just to the hospital. covid else are still trending slightly downward at the moment, a bit of a relief as we mark a total of 1 million dead from covid this week in the united states. we ve done a lot to defying this virus, this is not spring of 2020. we ve got the tools we need to test, to treat, and to prevent the virus from overwhelming us. so this upward trend of cases and hospitalizations may not be all that alarming. at least not in the united states who are testing hadn t tapered off. or were social protections haven t dropped. or congress had actually pass the funding needed for more vaccines, treatments, contests. and where we weren t all expecting an even bigger covid wave in the fall. but unfortunately, we don t live in the united states, live in this one where the white house is recent multiple pleas for congress to please pass covid funding have gone unheeded.
The sub-variants of Omicron-BA.5 and BA.5 are more transmissible, and can dodge some of the immune protection conferred by previous infection and vaccination, as per the scientists
and i wrestled with that. and i ended up calling p predecessors of mine from both parties. i spoke to secretary colin powell and to a person, they got to stay. look, i wrestled with this and it is a tough issue and for people to criticize me, that s fair. but i think they should also res respect how i was approaching the country. the other factor i didn t know who was going oh come behind me. replacing dni, director of national intelligence, with rick grenell. i was concerned about who moit come behind me, and look what happened, right, in the last two months of the administration. mark esper, appreciate it. the book is really startling. sacred oath, mem corys of a secretary of defense during extraordinary times. it is out tomorrow. thank you so much. coming up next, a projection from the biden white house on the covid wave this fall, winter possible 100 million cases what thaz ha to do with the push for more congressional funding to fight the virus next. of magic in all.
reporter: hey, adriana, good evening. on their six wave of covid, after the summer will be another be another explosion of infection. the white house is sounding the alarm about a new covid wave this fall and winter driven by new omicron subvariants. it projects up to 30% of americans could be affected and urging to pass more in pandemic money now. cbs david agus. we should be on top of it, no more deaths from this virus. reporter: 32% of americans are now living in high or substantial risk areas. new hospitalizations are increasing nationwide. what is the status of the pandemic at this point? there is a lot of immunity out there, over 90% is immune, and we have paxlovid. this is an era of living with rather than hiding from the
of bombing a school. dr. biden visited a school where ukrainian children have been absorbed by the ukrainian system in romania. it s nice that you re all working together. new video of wanted corrections officer vicky white, helping authorities piece together what happened before she allegedly helped inmate casey white escape. the vehicle we were looking for has been located in williamson county, tennessee. we know what direction they went, but right now we re trying to canvass the area for any witnesses. the white house now warning a covid wave this fall and winter could affect as many as 100 million americans. right now we are doing everything we can to prepare for that if that search for to come. sandals resort confirm that three of their guests died while they were at their emerald bay resort. there s no foul play suspected.