the taliban gains ground taking control of a second city. and a repeat performance here. one u.s. team racks up its fourth consecutive gold medal. boy, they had to fight for it though. we are live from tokyo. new day starts right now . thank you so much for waking up bright and early with us this saturday on the 7th. we appreciate having you. you, too, boris. thank you so much. let s talk about what health officials are saying that the u.s. is at a crucial moment in the coronavirus pandemic. infections are rising and the delta variant is spreading. the country has tools to get the virus under control. in some ways that s the saddest aspects of all of this. it is preventible. yet for the first time since february the united states averaging more than 100,000 new infections a day and deaths are also on the rise. the virus is quickly spreading through unvaccinated communities especially as you look at the map. there s a lot of red in the south where vaccination rates l
president? governor who? desantis. that was president biden s reaction to florida s republican governor, ron desantis. willie, he is just his childish response to not just the president but other people concerned that ron desantis is passing top-down mandates, forcing people whether it s small businesses in florida to not be able to protect themselves or school boards not be able to protect themselves. he s trying to run covid like an emperor out of tallahassee, florida. one size does not fit all 67 counties. but ron desantis acting like a socialist thinking it does. of course, there s irony in him complaining about the top down from the white house giving orders where he s going top down at the state house telling school districts what they can and can t do. there are many that are different saying we re going to go ahead with the mask mandate. there s a big problem in florida right now we ll get to covid infections, hospitalizations and deaths as delta variant goe
good morning i m brianna keilar alongside john berman on this new day. as hospitals are overrun in several states and many governors across the u.s. are fed up with the unvaccinated. plus, in what could be a dramatic escalation, president biden considers with holding federal funds to help spur vaccinations. a top democratic congressman is telling one wing of his party enough. why hakeem jeffries is slamming what he calls the woke left. and we ll speak live with two men who predicted that donald trump would attempt a coup and now after new evidence shows he did, they re saying we told you so. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is friday, august 6th. hospitals across the country are facing desperate staffing shortages as their icus are overrun with mostly unvaccinated coronavirus patients. this morning, mayors, governors and health officials are sounding the alarm. today we find ourselves in a difficult situation. we find
nations are vaccinated. and more new evidence shows donald trump and his allies blatantly attempted a coup. now new calls for him to be charged. and alone without defenders, new details on andrew cuomo s plan to stay in power despite facing a potential criminal investigation. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, august 5th. we ve let our children down. that is the message from one fda vaccine adviser as millions of families prepare to send their children back to school, including many who were too young to be vaccinated. millions in places where the delta variant is running rampant. look at arkansas, between april and july, cases involving children younger than 18 spiked 517%. hospitalizations up 270%. icu admissions up 275%. arkansas s republican governor who banned mask mandates has seen the data and now changed his mind. our cases were at a low point. everything has changed now. and yes, in hindsight i wish
embarrassment. the governor must go. if you want to fight for our military you will have to soon be vaccinated. directive comes a day after biden urged all federal employees to get the covid vaccine. just pardon the mccloskey. made my wife and i realize this country was in a serious state. we made a vow to do everything we can to the rest of your lives to save this country. met you in the summer brian: michigan where gerald ford once called home i believe that s where the ford library is. it s a fantastic library if you are ever in the area, just drop. in please knock first before you waltz in and make sure it s open. steve: first, you have to pay the admission. brian: right it all goes for a good cause have you been there at the gerald ford museum isn t it fantastic. steve steve i went to college with ford s daughter. we went to journalism school together. outside the door was a secret service guy with a uzi. brian: was he out of office. steve: he was presi