Have the capacity in this country, not just the state, to solve this. Meantime the Delta Variant tearing across the country as hospitals swell with unvaccinated patients. It is really an outbreak among the unvaccinated. And Education Secretary Miguel Core Dona calling out republican governors for resisting Mask Mandates in schools. Dont be the reason schools are disrupted. Im that a La Brown in washington. You are live in the newsroom this sunday. Covid19 vaccines are a cheap code for the immune system. Half of americans are still playing this game the hard way. We have seen a slight uptick many new doses administered over the past Week But Vaccine Enthusiasm Isnt spreading as quickly as the virus itself. The Delta Variant has driven new covid cases and now hospitalizations to the highest levels since february. Dr. Anthony Fauci Today coming out in strong support of mandates once it earns full approval from the fda. Meanwhile, masks are back at the center of a tugofwar. Governor hutchs
And right now, it shows no signs of slowing down. To really get a sense of how bad it is, all you have to do is look at the numbers. The average number of daily cases has increased nine fold since july. The deadly Delta Variant fuelling the rapid rise in those cases and overwhelming hospitals in many states. Hospitalizations are currently the highest weve seen since february. Even more troubling, just how this new variant is affecting children. Child and Teen Covid cases have jumped 84 in just the last week. Now despite those numbers, only half of the country is fully vaccinated. Some Health Officials say it may soon be time to mandate vaccinations for Healthcare Workers. Its inexplicable to me. Youre a healthcare worker. Your profession. The thing youve devoted your life to is to protect people. To make them well. To protect them from disease. Im very much in favor of mandating, if you want to see patients and you want to participate in healthcare, you need to get vaccinated. Period.
Xfinity is here to inspire your biggest dreams were so happy to say welcome to your new day here and to have your company. It is saturday, august 7th. Im christi paul. Im boris sanchez. Thank you for spending part of your morning with us. Christi, always a pleasure to be with you. You, too, boris. We want to talk about the Health Officials who say the u. S. Is at a crucial moment. Hospitals overrun with unvaccinated patients and the Delta Variant is spreading. The country has tools to get the virus under control. Thats the most tragic aspect of all of this. It is preventible. Yet for the first time since february the united states is averaging more than 100,000 new infections a day and deaths are also on the rise. The virus spreading quickly through unvaccinated communities and as we look at this map, you can see all the red in the southeast where Vaccination Rates lag behind the rest of the country. In states with the highest infection rates, the numbers are rising. In mississippi, ju
Whitaker Plea Deal a former m. M. A. Fighter, known as Wild Man is the first to plead guilty to assaulting an officer in the capitol riot. Airline meltdown, passengers in limbo as spirit cancels hundreds of more flights. We press the c. E. O. For answers. Reporter what do you say to those passengers . Whitaker olympic streak. Allyson felix sets a record for medals on the track and The American Women Reign Supreme on the sand. And On The Road. Cbs Steve Hartman on how a young intruder stole a homeowners heart. This is the Cbs Evening News with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Whitaker good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank norah is off tonight. Im bill whitaker. We begin tonight with the sobering news that for the first time in six months, the u. S. Has topped 120,000 Covid Cases in a single day, a strong signal that the Summer Surge is only growing. But as we head into the weekend with the pace of shots picking up, today the country crossed the Halfway Ma
Businesses. Theyre not giving us a lot of details, but they are asking people to stay away. All right. We are trying to connect right now with the Oakland Police Department johnna watson. Are you on the phone. Can you hear us . Alright Officer Watson not there yet. We will continue to reach out to oakland police to try and get more details again. This is happening in the area of jack london square. We will continue to work on getting information and get more to you as soon as the information is available. I was in vaccines to florida visitors from 58 different countries around the world. And another big Story Tonight at 5 tourists from all across the globe are many who have been struggling to get vaccinated against covid19 in their home flying into sfo to get their shots. This isnt an increasingly obvious phenomenon. While the u. S. Has just been pleading with its own citizens to get their shots vaccine. Tourism is really beginning to take off here. Kron fours Maureen Kelly explains. T