24 right now on cnn this morning we Vice President Kamala Harris makes her Campaign Trail Debut as the presumptive democratic nominee, plus President Biden to address the american people for the first time on his decision to bow out of the 2024 race. And dozens of congressional democrats steer clear of israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus Joint Address to congress. Tonight all right, 5 00 a. M. Here in washington. A live look at the Nations Capital on this Wednesday Morning it is going to be a long day in politics today. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us with just over 100 days until Election Day Kamala Harris trying to keep her momentum rolling as the democratic nominee the Vice President leading her first event as the presumptive nominee in milwaukee, and offering her pitch to voters this campaign is also about two different visions. Foreign nation one where we are focused on the future the other focused on the past we believe in a future
Have not had their shots and are still fueling the pandemic. The vaccine is fda approval, over 200 Million americans have gotten at least one shot. Weve been patient but our patience is wearing then and your refusal has cost all of us. So please do the right thing. New rules require workers at businesses with more than 100 employees to either be vaccinated or tested once week. But dr. Anthony fauci says he would have gone even further. The president is being somewhat moderate in his demand if you want to call it that in that there are some people who really dont want to get vaccinated but they dont want it lose their job. You have to give them anOff Lane. And the Off Lane is if you get tested frequently enough and you find out that you are positive, you wont come to work and infect other people. So it is somewhat of a compromise there. Myself, i would make it vaccinate or not. But he was trying to be moderate in what his pronouncement was. Jasmine wright is live for us in washington. G
1500 americans nearly all unvaccinated, dying daily. And children, they are now being infected and hospitalized at higher rates than ever before. Will the president s new plan get the Country back on track . We know Vaccine Mandates for federal workers are in this plan, but does that go far enough . Will it get us to will dr. Fauci says we need to be . Saying in a Country of our size, you cant be hanging around and having 100,000 infections a day. Youve got to get well below 10,000 before you start feeling comfortable. Lets begin with our senior medical correspondent. Dr. Fauci saying 10,000 cases a day or under to feel comfortable. How does he think we get there . You know what . I think its all the same efforts that weve heard about before. Vaccination, masking, better testing, all of that. But there is a really Long Way To Go to reach dr. Faucis goal. Lets take a look at where we stand in comparison to that goal. So dr. Fauci as you said, just said that well below 10,000 cases a day
Coast guard urging folks to avoid recreational activities at Lake Tahoe this weekend. Officials say there could be fewer boat crews and first responders on the water because of the fires in the area because of that, they warned that it could take them longer than normal to get to you in case of an emergency containment. Meanwhile, on the dixie fire. Now up to 56 . The second largest fire in California State History has now burned nearly 900,000 acres across 5 Counties Today we learned more about that firefighter that we first told you about who died in this fire. We learned that that firefighter worked for the u. S. Forest service and died of an illness while assigned to the fire. Officials say that firefighter was not actively on the front lines when they passed away. So far the name of that firefighter has not yet been released. The combination of smoke small and high temperatures will keep the Bay Area under a spare. The Air Alert for the rest of this long Holiday Weekend. Kron four
Tape, of course, everybody remembers the early years of Morning Joe when you and Mika At Times had to Duct Tape me to the chair. We did. On an occasion or two, everything worked out okay. It didnt interrupt you. While we were doing it, you were still going. Kept talking. We have the white House Reporter for the Associated Press, Jonathan Lemire and we have Catty Kay. Something happened last night, like a haleys comet. The Red Sox won a game last night. I saw it. When Tampa Bay spotted us 19 runs going into the ninth inning it was hard not to blow it but we gave it the 617 chance. Didnt we . Blind squirrel finds an acorn once in a while joe and we were able to get the win. We needed all 20 wins in the ninth we gave up more and more and more. We needed 20, they scored 7 or 8, i guess we missed the extra point. Lets be clear here, joe. These are dark times for the Boston Red sox. This is bad. The surging new York Yankees today playing in iowa, the field of Dreams Field where they will und