Ending. oh. it s monday, july 26th. 5:00 a.m. here in new york. thank you for getting an early start with us. i m laura jarrett. christine is back. i m christine romans. we have reports this morning from london, beirut, tokyo, washington, hong kong, and los angeles only as cnn early start can. good morning. million dollar vaccine lotteries, free beer and doughnuts, none of that worked. maybe pressure from friends and family who do not want to go back to tight covid restrictions, maybe that can do the trick. 44% of the u.s. population now lives in counties considered to have high covid transmission. cdc data shows in early june, it was less than 3%. the four in 10 eligible americans who remain unvaccinated now are under mounting pressure to get their covid shot or at least hopefully. vaccinations are up only very, very slightly. what is up dramatically in the number of covid cases.
The two republicans serving on the january 6th committee. and the top commander in afghanistan with a message to the taliban as u.s. forces head home. and a stunning defeat for the u.s. basketball team in tokyo. so who is to blame here? welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is monday, july 26th. this morning coronavirus is on the rise in 48 of 50 states. these are the worst hot spots over the past week. that is arkansas that you see there in red. and despite having one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country, republican governor asa hutchinson says vaccine mandates are off the table. there s two mandates that are
So you can. retire better jillian: it is monday, july 26th. dr. anthony fauci setting off another firestorm as he admits mask mandates are, quote, under active consideration. the latest mixed messaging and the backlash, we re live in washington. griff: and a bipartisan infrastructure bill could finally be ready today, but it looks like the deal might already be doomed. progressive plan standing in the way. jillian: team usa off to a strong start in the tokyo olympics, the powerhouse athletes already bringing home gold. fox & friends first continues right now. griff: good morning. you re watching fox & friends
Conservative radio host in tennessee who originally didn t think he needed to be vaccinated until his own struggle with the virus. what he s telling his listeners now. we re also following the first house committee, the hearing on the january 6th capitol riot. it is set for tomorrow. and speaker nancy pelosi is bringing another republican voice to the table. we ll tell you who it is, and talk about what s at stake. also, team usa continues its quest for more olympic medals. we ll get you up to speed on all of the action in tokyo. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it is monday, july 26th. joe, welcome back. we missed you. we ll begin this morning with what we ve been talking about as it gets worse and worse. coronavirus infections continuing to rise among the unvaccinated americans and the
It is monday, july 26th. coronavirus infections spiking in 48 states. it really doesn t have to be happening. this is the optional portion of the pandemic. the number of cases has quadrupled in the past month. hospitalizations more than double. now there is some hopeful news. vaccination rates have ticked up slightly in the last week. you can see it right there at the end of that graph. starting to go up a little bit. maybe the fears are getting people to get the vaccine after the spread of this delta variant. yeah. that slight uptick is so important because this is almost exclu exclusively a pandemic of the unvaccinated with more than half of the country right now lagging behind the national vaccination average. people who go unvaccinated aren t just putting themselves at risk. that is clear. there is a just-released study that finds that vaccinated people who are immuno compromised are much more likely to get breakthrough infections