fighters, not civilians. in fabtct the spokesperson of t military telling cnn that these people could be posing as civilians and he does not consider any of them to have been civilians. and he says this was not the target of the military but a militant gathering. which contradicts eyewitnesses and cnn s own reporting. this was on the 3 3rd anniversay of more than 1,000 died. and even this admission that it was an air strike came only two days after this happened. and after condemn nation from the u.n., from the u.s., from the european union, though notably not from the african union. this is a region which did not have an election when 80% of the
widely used. kim. thank you for that update. the coronavirus pandemic is being blamed as the major cause behind a drop in life expect daexpectancy in the u.s. it has dropped more in the u.s. than it did in other high income nations. the gap had been growing over time, but it ballooned to a difference of about 4.7 years after the u.s. saw particularly the high mortality rate in 2020 due to covid-19. the united states has had more coronavirus deaths than any other country in the world. meanwhile the highly transmissible delta variant may trigger a new phase in the coronavirus pandemic. in the u.s. it has been detected in all states except south dakota. a top medical expert says it could become the dominant train in areas with low vaccination rates in a matter of weeks. as erica hill reports, the cdc
thehe upward trend is clear across the u.s. at least 292 mass shootings so far, a 40% increase from this time last year. and president biden warns it could get even worse. crime is historically rises during the summer. and as we emerge from this pandemic, the country opening back up again, traditional summer spike may be more pronounced than it usually would be. president biden promises to target illegal gun dealers and increase funding and support for law enforcement. kaitlan collins has details on this crime prevention plan. reporter: the recent surge in violent crime in the united states in several major cities is becoming an issue that the white house feels they need to be out in front of. so that is why you saw president biden on wednesday meeting with the attorney general and players of several major cities at the white house having a round table before coming out to address the ways that he believes that they
need to address that violence and what to do about it. and he is dealing it through the lens of gun violence saying if he believes that they tighten gun regulations and cracking down on dealers who knowingly are selling guns to people who should not be firing them, that they would go after those dealers to go after their licenses. but he also is allowing states and cities to use some of the covid-19 relief funds from that bill that he signed into law earlier this year to staff up their police departments, to pay overtime, to create these community based initiatives that they think will help stem this violence. but i think the most telling thing there president biden s remarks was not just saying that he is not viewing it through a partisan lens, saying it is an american issue, this violent
director is calling it an opportunistic violence. about two weeks ago, it was 10% being delta and now more recently about 20% of the straensstraen strains here in the u.s. are the delta. reporter: a rapid increase in the potentially more dangerous strain of coronavirus. and a warning. it will be the dominant strain among those regions where the vaccination rate is lower than we would like. reporter: these four states have the lowest vaccination rates for adults in the country. among those 18 and older, less than half have at least one shot. compare that to vermont where nearly 85% have at least one dose and 75% are full will he vaccinated. yet even in areas doing well, the push continues. we are going to keeinnovatin new ways to get people the vaccine, new ways to get it to work for them.