hasn t won a majority vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections, is only able to exercise power because of the counter-majority aspects of our system, does not have an agenda intended to appeal to the majority of americans and is, in fact, extremely threatened by demographic change and extremely threatened by sort of, you know, kind of who the majority in this country increasingly is, your only hope of maintaining power well, i guess you have two things. you can moderate your agenda. you can try to appeal to more people, or you can try to stop more people from voting. it is very clear what the republicans have decided to do. michelle goldberg and donna edwards, you are going to stick around with us for a little more conversation. when we return, dealing with the surging delta variant and the crush of disinformation about the covid vaccines. deadline: white house continues after a quick break. us are almost unbelievable even for a meteorologist.
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and you might be the next one to represent our nation this summer on your tv, tablet, or any screen xfinity is here to inspire your biggest dreams good morning, everyone, i m poppy harlow. and i m jim sciutto. a dangerous mix of disinformation, lagging evacuation rates and the surging delta variant is leading to a rise in new covid infections in all 50 states. 38 states are reporting at least a 50% increase as the nation sees a steep drop in the pace of vaccinations. it is less than a quarter of the pace set just months ago. and now in 30 states, less than half of the population is fully vaccinated.
secretary xavier becerra, thank you for your time. i know you guys have a lot of work in front of you. we appreciate you being with us this morning. thanks, poppy. jim? the olympic games, they start in just one week as new infections rise in tokyo, and there are serious concerns about the threat from the more transmissible delta variant. cnn s will ripley, he joins me now from tokyo. will, is it all things go ahead? i mean, regardless of this rise in new infections? reporter: yeah, despite the fact that the delta variant is expected to be the predominant variant here in japan, by the end of the month, they are seeing their highest daily case numbers since january. there were two protests in hiroshima and tokyo against the olympics with eight out of ten japanese according to public opinion polls saying the olympics should be canceled. it is still happening. and some athletes are now testing positive, including one from uganda who is hospitalized right now. i should say the uga
we have drawn down from the bagram air base, u.s. intelligence assessments are much, much less whole some in terms of what they re able to collect on the ground there. and we ve heard from the cia director bill byrnes that was going to be a reality, something they expected. but the question is because of that lack of visibility, how much do they really know about the taliban s capability and who is joining them, because that will be key. byrnes said that very directly in congressional testimony. he said when we re out of the country, we have less visibility. that s simply a fact. what is the simplest terms the u.s. plan in response to this? well, the u.s. is basically doubling down on diplomacy right now. they re saying, listen, we are leaving. the u.s. troops are leaving the country, but they continue to say that the u.s. embassy is remaining open. they continue to say that they want to see the taliban engage in a diplomatic effort to bring a politicized agreement to the country.
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