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
said they ll begin proceed ural votes. and jeff bezos picked an 18-year-old to go on the test flight after a winning bidder pulled out due to a scheduling conflict. the question is will that person get a $28 million refund? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that is really wondering how on earth no pun intended you double book something for the day you re supposed to go to space. i mean, what? i m kasie hunt on this friday, july 16th. we made it. we ll start with the news. vaccinate rates plateau. now the nation s largest county, los angeles, is turning back the pandemic clock, issuing a new indoor mask mandate. nbc correspondent miguel almaguer has the latest. reporter: los angeles, the nation s largest county, taking a step back, requiring masks indoors, even effective for the vaccinated. breaking with cdc guidance, it s a clear signal concern is growing over the highly contagious delta variant. meantime for some o
i m michael holmes. this is cnn newsroom. first to germany where the death toll has jumped to at least 81 in dangerous flash flooding in the western part of the country. in one district alone, 1300 people are assumed missing. some regions receiving more than a month s worth of rain in just 24 hours. at least 12 people have died in belgium, meteorologists describing it as the heaviest rainfall in a century. nina dos santos is tracking developments. weeks and weeks of rain. what is the impact of the floods? reporter: that s right, michael, the impact as you see is loss of life, severe devastation to a number of buildings, infrastructure is being blown up. across one part of the three stricken regions of germany, one of the most populous regions, we re seeing some of the telephone lines having been cut off, hundreds of thousands without power, indeed running water and basic supplies. it is a pretty dramatic situation and in one part of the vehicle stricken part of the countr
starting point guard bradley beal will miss the games because of covid health and safety protocols. missing the games here. the virus hitting the broadcast booth, too. former e news host cat sadler and nfl rich eisen announced they re battling covid even though they re fully vaccinated. leyla santiago is live in miami where doctors are saying they re seeing a growing number of patients who are younger in unvaccinated. reporter: yeah, john, brianna. we talked to a group of doctors running a mobile vaccination clinic here in south florida. they told me that the increasing infection rates in younger population extremely worrisome for them. and this comes in a state where not even half of the residents are fully vaccinated. for danielle chen and her three children, getting vaccinated against covid-19 is a family affair. ready? relax. just relax. that was not bad at all, guys. reporter: they all got the shot to protect the newest member of their family. destiny. i have
antigovernor protests in cuba over the weekend. cuba s president is blaming the u.s. for sanctions causing power and medicine shortages. president biden issued a statement supporting peaceful protests. let s begin at the white house with nbc news white house correspondent kelly o donnell. first let s talk about the meeting the president is holding today with police chiefs the mayor of dc, as well as the democratic nominee for new york city, trying to get a handle on if surge in violence, incoming attacks from republicans as well. reporter: andrea, this is all about the practical issue of dealing with crime as people are experiencing it, and also the political undercurrent that the white house is facing with pressure from the progressive left to do more, as well as criticism coming from the republican right, questioning whether the president is tough enough on crime. all of these forces coming together at a time when these are difficult problems, there s a clear and, without