Approval of vaccines to finalize a Booster Strategy and now according to the New York Times and washington post, authorizing Addition Flaal shots in the com weeks for people with compromised Immune Systems. We have seen big companies doing their part with amazon, for instance, becoming the latest plan dating all Warehouse Workers mask up nationwide. That starts on monday. All across the country, city, County And State governments have been doing the same. Today new Jerseys Governor ordered mask wearing for every one vaccinated or not in all schools, public and private notably from preschool through the 12th grade. Not so in texas or florida where governors not only oppose these measures, they have issued orders barring cities and counties from imposing them. Floridas governor framed it today as preserving Parents Freedom to choose what is best for their children. He did not mention the fact that florida leads the country in children hospitalized with severe infections from covid. Those
Insider reportedly wanted officials to investigate trumps Big Lie. The leader of the state Democratic Party is now joining the chorus of people calling on him to resign as the manhattan d. A. Begins investigating potential Sex Crimes by the governor. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im Wolf Blitzer and youre in the Situation Room. We begin with the worsening Covid Crisis in the United States and increasingly urgent efforts by the biden administration to get the current surge fueled by the aggressive Delta Variant under control. Lets go to our chief correspondent, kaitlan collins. The numbers are not good and the they could get much, much worse in the coming weeks. Thats exactly what the hecdc is worried about. They are expected to seek authorization for mandating Coronavirus Vaccines for all active duty troops. That is not the case now, but it is something were expecting in the coming days, and well see how much time the secretary wants to give to
58 hours the Baby Jessica Story begins right now only on cnn. Were following one of the most compelling stories of this year. Were following it from midland, texas we thought that there had been national events before, but we hadnt seen anything like this. Desperate Rescue Effort near Mid Lapd, texas, to save a Little Girl who fell into a well. This was life as it happened in real time and the entire world watched. 18monthold baby. Eighth hour. 12th hour. More than 52 hours now. This effect of everybody together having the same image at the same time jessica. Jessica. But it started back then. It started with this. A little kid fell down a well. Everybody thought four R O five feet, six feet, we can reach down and get heR Out of there. But, you know, it turned out to be very different. But that holes not that big around. I dont even think its 12 inches. Would a dog fall down there, you know, a chihuahua or a small terrier, yeah. But a baby . Last thing that come to your mind. We realiz
You are in the cnn newsroom. And let this sink in. Right now 97 of people in the hospital with covid19 are not vaccinated. So are 99. 5 of covid19 deaths. Hospital and deaths which typically lag behind those those Case Counts is rising again. More than 80 of live in a county considered to have, quote, substantial or high rates of Covid19 Transmission right now. Now, if youre vaccinated, the good news is youre not likely to get seriously ill, and your chances of dying are minuscule if youre infected. Now, vaccinated people can still get the virus, yes. But the real risk is spreading it to someone who hasnt had or cannot get the shot. So lets head out to california now. One of only 20 states that has managed to vaccinate at least half the people who live there, but people are still getting sick at an alarming rate. Cnns Paul Vercammen is in tarzanna. Paul, you spoke to an icu doctor today. What did he tell you . Reporter well, he told me he is seeing just what youre discussing, ryan. And
Definitely a disappointment for her and heartbreaking for us. Reporter eaker will return to the u. S. After ten days isolation. Despite all the restrictions, the socalled bubble of the Olympic Village has been punctured with several positive covid cases detected among the South African soccer team. Tokyo officials insist the village is still safe. The Olympic Village is a safe place to stay. Reporter Health Experts say the wider strategy of keeping the visiting foreigners away from locals is failing. Its obvious that there seems to be some sort of interaction between guests and visitors and also local people. Reporter Tokyo Officials insist they are containing the situation with only a few dozen cases among some 22,000 foreigners who have arrived for the game so far. If i thought all the tests were going to be negative, then i wouldnt bother doing the tests in the first place. And they are probably lower than we expected to see, if anything. Reporter but with more transmissible variant