coronavirus pandemic, as u.s. cases are up almost 11% from last week. as the aggressive delta variant spreads. cnn s brian todd is working this story for us. brian, health officials are increasingly alarmed. they are, wolf. the top-health officials on the president s coronavirus task force issued fresh warnings today about the delta variant. this strain is now threatening to undo some of the progress the country has made in recent months. reporter: an ominous warning tonight from top-health officials and experts. the new delta variant of covid-19 has gained dangerous traction in america. and poses a serious threat. the delta variant is assuming more and more dominance in this country, particularly in those areas of low vaccinations. reporter: the delta variant is a more contagious strain of coronavirus, first identified in india. that s been spreading rapidly across the u.s. and around the world. this week, the delta variant is estimated to be the most prevalent variant in th
we were actually in this room on the call. and they did confirm on the meeting that they have found 64 loved ones. they said that they, i believe, it was either 39 or 40 folks that have been the families have been informed. but there s, still, many people. i guess, they are doing the dna testing and and still processing various factors. but it does give us hope that, you know, maybe, our mom has been found. and and we haven t been notified, yet. or um, you know, we believe that that the team is doing everything in their power to continue to find the missing. and we just really we re we re hopeful that we ll have an answer, soon. yeah. we can we we hope and pray, together, with you. josh, how do you try to grieve, as a family, when you still don t have the answers? it s extremely difficult. and i think every one of us is
forward, i think that we all haven t really been able to grieve. and i yet because we don t really have that final answer. but i think that life, moving forward, is going to be really different and and strange and weird. and, you know, we are going to need to lean on each other and our friends. you know, the friends that we ve had for a lifetime and the new friends that we ve made through this journey. but we really appreciate your love and support. so, thank you. well, we do love you. and we do send all of all of our thoughts and prayers with you and your dad, your other brother. and we just wish, you know, obviously, the best. thanks to both of you for joining us. we ll stay in very close touch. thank you so much. we ll have more news, right after this.
understanding that the risk is, still, there and it may get higher as we near the departure of the american troops. i, frankly, would have preferred a slower withdrawal and no, specific date. but the president has made that decision. and so, we re going to go through with it. the u.s. will go through with it. the the president president biden said today, mr. secretary, this war has cost u.s. taxpayers more than a trillion dollars. a large part of that, training the afghan military. it cost the united states 2,448 american lives. more than 20,000 american troops wounded. many of them coming back severely wounded. was it worth it? well, i would point out that these men and women were following the orders and the direction of the commander in chief saying this was in our national-security interest. we should say that, many afghans benefitted enormously from our presence.
it was you, wasn t it, blitzer? i m going to get you. be sure to watch history of the sitcom this sunday night 9:00 eastern only here on cnn. meanwhile, very serious news coming up. the coronavirus delta variant now fuelling a very disturbing new rise in covid-19 cases in the united states. they re up almost 11% in just one week.