Welcomed the Prime Time weekend. Im Nicolle Wallace. With get right to the top stories of the week. Each of you know what it means to stare down danger and summoned strength in the moment of a trial. We are very grateful for all that you three have done, and so many more. All the privileges of this office, none is greater than serving as the Commander In Chief of the finest military the world has ever seen. And of all the military declarations of our nation that we can bestow, we have none higher than the Medal Of Honor. When you meet a veteran who wears that medal , remember the moment. Because you are looking at one of the bravest ever to where our countrys uniform. Today we recognize seven men as being among the bravest of the brave. Each of them distinguish themselves with extraordinary valor and the famous words at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. The highest military Honor One can receive to individuals who exhibit extraordinary bravery in, and sometimes ma
Sandra Fox News alert. We are outside of that Twominute Warning but the Big Build Up is happening there and middletown, ohio. For j. D. Vance to speak and that this is a bit of a Hometown Rally as he will be delivering his first Solo Rally from his hometown. And fact, from his High School as the Vp Nominee and as you can imagine, there were huge Security Measures underway. There would be anyway but but this is happening nine days after the Assassination Attempt on the former President Donald Trump. Anyway, that is a live look. As you can see, they have handed out campaign signs. Trump vance. Lets listen here. Middletown, ohio, j. D. Vance. [applause] [crowd chanting] wow. Wow. [cheers and applause] while, I Love You guys too. Just because we are in middletown i can say that. It is so good to be back home for once. Isnt it . We had an amazing crowd here. We have an amazing crowd here. We have hundreds of people outside that couldnt get in and im so grateful for middletown to welcome me
Aside and let government get back to governing. His resignation takes effect in 14 days. That announcement comes exactly a week after the new York Attorney general released her report that alleges he sexually harassed 11 women. The governor though is still defiant. He says the most serious allegations have no credible factual basis in that report, and were getting some reactions now as you would expect. The White House says that the Governors Resignation is what President Biden has called and advocated for, and new York Mayor Big De Blasio issued a statement. Here is part of it. Make no mistake, this is the result of survivors bravely telling their stories. It was past time for Andrew Cuomo to resign, and it is good for it is for the good of all of New York. And the states two senators say that Governor Cuomo made the right decision to step down. Cnns Jim Bringrass is here with me now. We understand you are getting reaction from some of the accusers attorneys. What are you hearing . Re
Is good and i believe that some people on their own once it get as proved as a full approval, will go ahead and get vaccinated. But for those who do not want, i believe mandates at the local Level Need to be done. Joining me now, cnn medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. So dr. Fauci calling for vaiccie mandates. I think i want to be clear. People hear vaccine mandates, they think government is going to come in and tell me that i have to get vaccinated or i will go to jail. That is not what were talking about. Were talking about mandates usually by say an employer or by your school. Vaccine mandates at that level. Or a state saying our employees have to be vaccinated. This is not a mandate like you have to get car insurance. It is not that kind of mandate. It would work differently. So lets take a look. There are actually three states that have already done mandates, again it is for some groups. It is not for everybody. It might just be for example in New York a State Employees or Hea
Resulting in hospitalization or death. Now, this data includes cases Up To august 2nd, after the Delta Variant took over the majority of u. S. Infections. That is the good news. Heres the troubling news. For the Third Day in a row, the u. S. Is averaging more than 100,000 new cases of covid a day. Weve not seen that level of transmission since february. Remember, thats when just 3 of the country was fully vaccinated. Now, as the cases add up, so do the hospitalizations and the deaths. Today more than 66,000 people are in hospitals sick with covid. The nations top Infectious Disease Experts are concerned that additional variants, more dangerous than delta could form. Lucy is following the latest developments including what the latest surge will do to children as they return to schools. Reporter as children across the Nation Head back to school, covid19 cases are surging. Hospitalizations and deaths have nearly doubled over the last two weeks. The u. S. Is now averaging more than 109,000