yet with just under half of the u.s. population fully vaccinated, the need for more protection is urgent. the delta variant is so transmissible, one former health official warns, if you are not vaccinated or protected by previous infection, you will probably get covid. and while new mask mandates are popping up across the united states, with new york city set to consider new mask rules tomorrow, not every covid hot spot is playing by the rules. in florida, coronavirus cases there out of control. closing in on january s record high average for new cases. florida now accounts for nearly 1 in 5 new covid cases in the country and yet, florida s governor ron desantis is dismissing the cdc recommendation on masking in schools making a show of it by issuing an executive order preventing school mask mandates. cnn s randi kaye joins me from riviera beach, florida, with more on this. randi, no mask mandate for children in schools. what else is being done in florida as these cases spike
past the store clerks, as law and order appears to be flippin away. in la police sergeant saying they don t even run out, they walk out. and so that is sending a message , that we the criminals are winning very just last week of rite aid employee in los angeles shot and killed for confronting to shoplifters. california seeing an uptick in retail and grocery store thefts in recent months. now california governor newsom has announced efforts suddenly to crackdown. we ve all seen the images of people rushing in and i ll highlight just one of them at macy s, you see them all across the state of california. these organized efforts and the are organized disproportionate efforts. we want to go after those. live in la, critics say this is the fault of his policy, but now he s got a new policy? governor newsom wants to pla the blame game, he s attacking organized crime. but when they are committing th crimes, the police are blaming the politicians for laws that encourage crimina
president trump. she accepted rodney davis, troy nhls and kelly armstrong. mccarthy says he will yank his members and conduct his own probe if pelosi doesn t accept his picks. it s afreej just abuse of power pelosi has broke this institution. house democrats must answer this question: why are you allowing a lame duck speaker to destroy this institution? pelosi has already named g.o.p. wyoming representative liz cheney to the committee. the rhetoric that we have heard from the minority leader is disingenuous. at every opportunity the minority leader has attempted to prevent the american people from understanding what happened. mccarthy contends pelosi is afraid to answer questions about the riot and security preparations from jim jordan, the committee s first hearing is next week with or without the g.o.p. the committee has a quorum, reporters asked pelosi for her response when mccarthy accused her of playing politics. mistake him for somebody that would care about us.
where at least 20 people are missing after a devastating mudslide. we ll show you the shocking video. plus, officials say they will demolish the remaining part of a florida condominium that collapsed as new information surfaces about what might have caused the disaster. and holiday weekend flush, record numbers of americans are expected to travel with coronavirus cases on the rise. live from cnn headquarters in atlanta, for those watching here in the united states and canada and world round, i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. this is cnn breaking news. all right. we begin with breaking news right now from japan where authorities say at least 20 people are unaccounted for after a massive mudslide tore through the city southwest of tokyo. let s bring in selina wang live from tokyo. reporter: kim, we learned two people have been found without vital signs and 20 people are missing. and this is from the governor of the prefecture where ohtani city is located. the
210 rescue workers are on that mound at one time. the fires have been put out. they re still struggling with stability, but they are doing the job. today we also learned a little bit more about the moment of tragedy. i see no people on their balconies. the building is gone. there are no elevators. there is nothing. i mean, it almost resembles the world trade center. each day the desire for understanding inevitably grows. state authorities should be carrying the responsibility. the governor said rightly, governor desantis, we need answers. yes, and it is his job to start the process to getting them. we re waiting on the formation of some group to discover what can be discovered here, to give families closure and to make sure other buildings are maintained the right way. the mayor of miami-dade said today she s very supportive of the support of the state attorney to probe this collapse. is that the best way to do this? and when will that happen? we have to keep pressing on