A look at the days news and headlines. At low containment. Bill its a big job. Probably something we deal with all week. Thank you live in redding, california. Sandra President Trump raising the stakes in the battle over the border wall threatening to shut down the government if he doesnt get the funding he has been demanding. The President Firing off this warning a short time ago tweeting quote, i would be willing to shut down government if the democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security. Which includes the wall. Must get rid of lottery, Catch And Release, etc. And go to system of immigration based on merit. We need great people coming into our country. Doug mcelway live at the white house this morning. Doug, an interesting tactic to see a republican president embracing the prospects of a Government Shutdown. It sure is. History has shown that whenever there has been a Government Shutdown in the past it is the Republican Party that takes the blame for it and in the aftermat
protection from vaccines. the question is when you put them all together, does it do they add up or does it turn into something else entirely? that s what they don t know right now. so big question still is it more transmi transmissible? certainly appears to be does it cause more severe disease? we dont know that yet. and also this last line, jake if you ve been infected before, you have an infection-acquired immunity, how protective is that? there may be some evidence from south africa that it s not as protective. that s something they ll pay attention to. all questions, not answers, at this point really. david, critics accuse the biden white house of being caught flat-footed by the delta variant given how fast it spread. how much of this is driven by the desire not to have a repeat criticism and talk a little bit if you would about that line that white houses of whoever party have to walk when it comes to not wanting to panic people
days. it s been labeled a variant of concern. what do we really know about it? well, this is very recent and the information sort of unfolding pretty quickly. what we know is that the first specimen that was confirmed was taken on november 9th. that gives you an idea how quickly this is unfolding. that was in botswana in south africa. now some 15-plus countries around the world, including australia, canada, the uk where it s been detected. it s not been detected in the united states yet. this last line, it has at least 50 mutations. this is what scientists are paying attention to. some of the mutations here and we can show you a 3d representation of what this looks like. some of these mutations are mutations the scientists have seen before. and when they see them, some of them have been associated with making the virus more transmissible. you are looking at the spike protein and the new mutations on it. some of these have been seen with making the virus less susceptible or amenable t
entry. but overall, it s hard to make the case that the travel ban will have much of an impact long term. it is quite likely over the next day or so we ll hear that this variant has been detected in the united states and that should surprise nobody. if you look at last year, there were lessons. i believe the ban on european travel was march middle of march some time of 2020, march 13th, i believe. by march 18th, significant clusters all over the country. so the virus is likely already here. likely already spreading, we just haven t detected it yet p. i remember when there was that revelation that some poor senior in a rest home in kansas or missouri had died of it. this was just a couple of weeks after and it was clear this virus was everywhere, whether it the cdc is going to strengthen its recommendations for boosters saying all adults should get boost understand six months after their second dose of the pfizer or moderna vaccine
province, johannesburg is in that province, they ve seen an increase in hospitalizations over the last three weeks. it s their late spring there. coming out of flu season. so are those increased hospitalizations due to this or due to something else? we don t know. but it s that same granularity of data that people should be looking at here in the united states. are we seeing evidence the virus is spreading, and it s making people severely ill? dr. sanjay gupta, thank you. the trump ally looking at criminal contempt of congress charges just like steve bannon. who is it? stay with us. you are my fire the one desire you are, you are,