that runaway inflation and soaring gas prices are taking on american families while calling on congress to work together to provide immediate relief. i understand families who are struggling probably don t care why they re up they just want them to go down to joe what are you going to do bring them down? it is important we understand the root of the problem. arthel: hello everyone i am arthel neville this is fox news live it. eric: thank you for joining us i am eric sean. the big stories before you at this hour. investigation underway after man goes on a stabbing spree a los angeles hospital. it is the second attack u.s. medical facility that happened just this week. search is now on for the gunman opened fired at a phoenix strip mall last night. killed one person and eight others were wounded in what is yet another mass shooting in america. we will have the latest on that investigation. republican lawmakers are going to the southern border today, what they say about the
infection spikes? hey arthel, it is multifactorial. number one we note vaccine immunity wanes over time. so the vaccine protection goes down each time you get a booster, each of you get a shot we know it lasts about 12 weeks three four months that is number one. number two the virus is changing for it of all deep-seated mutations part of a cross out the same as the original alpha. , is the delta variant. sometime immune system cannot recognize omicron as it did delta pray that that we could see people with reinfection. you take and cook to consideration meet lifted restrictions. people are out and about. human behavior, the environment. all of these things can contribute to an increase the number of cases. but, i am not concerned with the number of cases, arthel. i am concerned opposite the number of deaths and of course hospitalizations. but we have to remember we are in a different place. we have incredible therapeutic sprayed it got monoclonal
the omicron variant of coronavirus could see infection spikes around the globe. its head renewed a call for a global push to get vaccines to poorer nations. meanwhile, president biden s told americans the discovery is no reason to panic. in new york, british socialite ghislaine maxwell s gone on trial accused of sex trafficking. setting out its argument, the prosecution said she preyed on vulnerable young girls, manipulated them, and served them up to be sexually abused by her friend, the convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstein. she denies the charges. celebrations in barbados as it prepares to become the world s news republic. the current governor general will be inaugurated as its first president.
airlines, travel and hoe tech stocks in asia simply hammered. markets in asia falling, tokyo, that was the worst day for tokyo stocks in months. in europe those mashlgts have opened lower, sharply lower. more on this throughout the day. as david mentioned, countries in europe moving quickly to impose new travel bans on south africa over this new variant. global health officials were already warning about infection spikes across europe which they caution could be a window into the future for the americas. barbie nadeau joins us live from rome. these developments overnight, obviously this news developing rapidly here. you can see health officials working quickly to figure out how to contain this. reporter: that s right. we re seeing country after country now banning anyone who has been to south africa or traveling from some of the south african regions and it s because the caseload here in europe is just climbing every single day. we are seeing newer cases. we have lots of different re
search a 40-foot area marked too dangerous the debris that is there, you can t really search it because of the overhead what s called widow makers. they re the items that weigh 600 pounds, 500 pounds, air conditioners that could drop on top of them reporter: helping crews dig deeper, 21 rescue dogs working in shifts one of them a 2 1/2-year-old lab named feisty. what we re doing right now in the pile, as they peel back the layers, we re sending a dog up to check things out and someone could be buried feet beneath the rubble? yep. and she could still tell yep, yep. reporter: a team effort in the midst of tragedy, giving the families of those still missing hope morgan chesky, nbc news, surfside, florida. as covid vaccinations lag in this country, the dangerous delta variant is now in all 50 states. more than 180 million people are at least partially vaccinated in this country. but so many are still not, and authorities fear infection spikes. with more on that, here is