January 6 rioters say they didn t get enough support. Good morning, everyone. Happy thursday. At a time of growing division and debate over masking and vaccinations in the united states, there is one thing that is certain. The delta variant is fueling a rapid surge in cases and it is really forcing officials to push mandates to protect americans. Now, in the coming hours, u. S. President biden is set to lay out the next steps in the fight against covid19. And that includes boosting vaccinations. A source says that he is expected to announce that all federal workers and contractors will be required to get a shot or submit to regular testing. The move comes as the president is urging all americans to get vaccinated. Take a listen. The pandemic that we have now is the pandemic of the unvaccinated. So please, please, please if you are not vaccinated, protect yourself and the children out there. The urge and pleas may be working. Cdc thinks that the daily pace of getting their first covid v
Ahead on cnn news room. It s not going to be good. We re going in a wrong direction. Vaccine hesitancies fuelling the surge in cases and hospitalizations across the united states. Making it even more urgent to get more americans to get the shot. A changing mood in japan. The olympics spark optimism despite months of coronavirus restrictions. We re live in tokyo for you this hour with the latest details. And china plays the blame game during a diplomatic visit by a top u. S. Diplomat. Happy monday. Now the united states seeing a sharp rise in new infections. The delta variant spreads and vaccination rates fall. Less than half of americans are fully vaccinated. In the reach herd immunity. It s at least 70% of the population need vaccines. The majority of u. S. More than 50% new incovid infections last week. In a sea of dark red. Top health expert dr. Fauci said the most pressing need now is to get shots in arms. Take a listen. Look historically at the model that has been done over the la
Hong kong as one of america s top diplomats begins talks with china. Also coming up there s a lot of potential fuel for that fire to continue if it crosses. And so our efforts and our priorities over there are to keep that fire from crossing the road there. We ll bring you the devastating toll from the wildfires raging in parts of the united states. The tokyo summer olympics in full swing despite the pandemic. Just a short time ago the tennis superstar japan s naomi osaka advancing to the round of 16. Good news for the host nation. And let s have a look where the medal count stands at the moment. It could quickly change, though, with 21 medal events on monday. Now, officials have meanwhile confirmed at least 153 covid cases linked to the games so far. One of the new cases was a resident of the olympic village, and that brings the total number of cases from the village to 16. Japan now contending with the pandemic and also bracing for a tropical storm that s expected to bring rain and s
What are health officials going to do to try to stop it? reporter: if you look behind me, they re setting up popup vaccination clinics. One of the prongs they re attacking this with. Look behind me. What they re going to do is hope 100 unvaccinated people will come in here today in south los angeles and get a needle in their arm. That s because of those alarming numbers you talked about. 3,058 new cases, 655 hospitalizations. Seven new deaths and positivity rate in los angeles county. 5. 2% and then go down the road. San diego county. They have 1264 new cases. That s the highest since february and as we re hearing throughout southern california, 98% of the hospitalized partially vaccinated and we also have human to animal transmission at the san diego zoo. There s a snow leopard that tested positive twice for covid19. You might notice he s missing an eye from a previous disease, but they re telling us he s 9 years old, he s not transmitted this to any other animal but the snow leopard
The militant group in afghanistan. Happy monday, everyone. The tokyo summer olympics are in full swing despite the pandemic and with a tropical storm on the horizon. Organizers are now adjusting their mask policy on the o olympic podium allowing athletes to take them off for a photo. And the quest for gold is heating up, too. Let me show you where the medal count stands at the moment. It could change quickly of course with 21 medal events on monday. Meanwhile officials have confirmed at least 153 covid cases linked to the games so far. One of the new cases was a resident of the olympic village bringing the total number of cases from the village to 16. Now, japan as i mentions also bracing for a tropical storm that s expected to bring rain and strong winds this week. Cnn s world sport patrick snell in atlanta. Let s start with patrick. And patrick, let s start with the current medals table and reflect a bit more if we could on that particular win from the team usa perspective. Reporter: