Effective. All but one of the ten states in red there, with the lowest Vaccination Rates in the country have republican governors, Mississippi And Alabama are the only states that have yet to vaccinate 35 of the their populations and in those states cases and hospitalizations are soaring. That Orange Line is mississippi, alabama is the red line. And as we learned, where hospitalizations are high the sad reality is more deaths are expected to follow. Lets begin this hour with elizabeth cohen. Good morning. This Latest Spike has i number of republican leaders feeling the pressure and a number of them now speaking up very vocally about this, including Alabama Governor kay ivey, where the Vaccination Rate is the lowest in the country. What is she saying . This is apparently what it took for some republicans, not all, but for some republicans to say, look, guys, you need to get vaccinated. So lets take a listen to governor ivy. She speaks in very plain language. These folks are choosing a horrible lifestyle of selfinflicted pain. What is it going to take to get shots in peoples arms. I dont know. You tell me. Folks are supposed to have common sense. But it is time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks. It is the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down. You could see how angry she is. It is the governors that are bearing the brunt of this. When people dont get vaccinated, and end up the hospital, it cost money. That money comes out to some extent from their budgets. There is great stress on doctors and nurses when people dont get vaccinated. People who dont get vaccinated not only are they choosing to get very sick, theyre also putting stress on doctors and nurses who are just trying to do their best and theyre giving them work that they have dont need to be giving them. Lets Take A Look at the ten states with the lowest Vaccination Rates. When you look at them, you might think, hmm, i think ive seen this map before. Because many states have the highest Covid Transmission rates in the country. When people dont get vaccinated, that is where covid spreads. Lets look at who is hospitalized and dying in the united states. 97 of hospitalizations are among those who are not vaccinated. 99. 5 of the deaths are among people who are not vaccinated. Why in the world you would choose to go to the hospital or choose to die, it really just sort of defies logic. Also this just into cnn, elizabeth, the biden administration announcing a purchase of 200 Million more doses of the pfizer vaccine. Can you explain why . Yes. So the administration is saying look, we expect soon for little children to be vaccinated under the age of 12. Excuse me. And so theyre ordering up new doses so that new shots, so that people could get their children vaccinated so there will be a large enough supply. Also there is a possibility that there might be recommendation for a booster for everyone to get a third shot. That is not happening now. It is not necessary now. But that could happen in the future. The delivery of these doses would be expected between fall of this Year And Spring of next. Okay, elizabeth cohen, thank you for the reporting. Missouri, as we just talked about, is one of the states being hit hardest by covid this month. Take a look at this map. You could see the state is one of several in deep red. Meaning hospitalizations have jumped more than 50 in the last two weeks. And it is especially dire in the southwestern portion of the state. My next guest are nurses in one of the hot spots in branson and they say this is really just something that we cannot accept. Listen to one of them. Its not normal. This is not okay. We cant live this way. Were im never going to accept this as our new normal. That was kayla hills, an Icu Nurse in branson and she joins me with sarah lowell, a critical Care Nurse at the same hospital. Ladies, thank you so much for doing this. And kayla, when i heard you say that, we played it on show midweek, i said we need to have her on, right. Because these are the people on the front lines dealing with this. So thank you for saying yes and coming here. What is it like treating these patients an some of them dying in your care, knowing that its largely preventible because of available vaccine . Well, it is as if were continually fighting every day. We go in and taking care of the patients. It is emotionally and physically draining for us. We fight to try to keep these people alive. There is a 1 to 2 Death Rate because of the work that were doing, because of how hard we work. Sarah, are they young . The people and unvaccinated . Many of the people that are now coming in for care for covid . It seems with this Delta Variant that there is younger people that are getting sicker. Theyre in their 20s, 30s, 40s. They dont have many comorbidity, some just have high Blood Pressure and some are coming in, theyre on a ventilator and were talking to their families an working so hard and it just seems like were just fighting a losing battle here. How young are some of the folks that youve had to put on ventilators . We see adults in the icu so the youngest weve seen is in the 30s. That is very that is incredibly young. Especially for covid. Sarah, just to be clear here, is everyone that you are treating for severe covid unvaccinated. 97 of the people that were treating hospitalized with the covid pneumonia are unvaccinated, yes. What are they sorry. No, go ahead. It seems like that the ones that are vaccinated, they have comorbidity that caused them to be immunocompromised. So probably when they up their vaccine it wasnt effective. So healthy people generally who got vaccinated are not come into the icu at all, which is what youre saying. Which is a very important message. Can you ask you, kayla, i wonder what the patients say to you, if they do, if they talk about not being vaccinated and why they made that choice . None of them tell us, especially some of them, i didnt have time to go get vaccinated. I didnt have a chance i work through the day, there is thee popup clinics, i was planning on going after work and i didnt feel like it that way and i wish i would have. And a lot of families calling in when and where could i get vaccinated and i see what this is doing to my family and it is not worth the risk. And im glad that people are seeing that but it is taking a lot of pushing and a lot of them seeing their Family Suffering for them to decide to make this decision. Sarah, what do you think would help the most . I mean sadly there is rampant Misinformation And Disinformation online, on social media, coming from even some people in power. What do you think it would take to get more branson vaccinated . I mean, were trying our best. They say nurses are americas most trusted profession and it seems like were putting the information out there, were trying to explain as best we can and people are just misinformed and set in their ideas and so were speaking and were trying and were pushing, but again were just fighting a losing battle. Kayla, what is it like for you, personally, to go in each day and treat such young people, put such young people on ventilators and watch people continue to die from a virus that is now preventible because of available vaccine. I wonder just the personal toll for you . Its very emotional. We both care a lot about our patients. I think all of our staff does. And we know we get the patients while their stale able to talk to us a little bit in between trying to breathe, of course. So we get to know these people and we know about their lives and their family and their jobs, their hobbies, their small children a lot of times, and then we watch them as they get worse and worse and we go home, we still think about them. And we check on them on our days off. We come back in to see how theyre doing and sometimes theyre not there any more. Sometimes theyve passed while we are gone or we fight were all fighting together. But we fight to try to keep them alive as long as we can and hopefully their families will get to see them again. But it is very emotionally draining on us. Were the only person who is talking to their family, the doctors call the families as well. But were the only person in between the patient and their family. They dont get to see their family. The family doesnt get to see their loved one as their suffering and dying because of the Isolation Requirements and a lot of these people have been exposed to covid with their Family Member having covid, so of course we dont want to let them come in and out of the hospital to see their family. So it is just it is really hard on us to be that person who is maybe saying theyre doing worse today. Of course. Today, you know. Look, and i dont say this lightly, you are our heroes. Im never forget the nurses that helped my family in the worst of scenarios. So thank you, kayla and sarah very much and we hope, we hope things turn a major kecorner the in branson. After a delay of a year, it is finally here. Watch. The Tokyo Summer olympics now officially underway. The Opening Ceremony kicking off this morning. A moment many thought might not happen after the pandemic postponed the games a year. Selena wang and Coy Wire are in tokyo covering the games. Good morning good evening. Selena, lets start with you. What are people saying about the olympics going forward despite covid cases rising across japan . Reporter well, poppy, there was a large crowd of protesters outside of the national stadium for hours were chanting to cancel the olympics. We also saw this Big Drone Light Display and fireworks but overshadowing that is this feeling of frustration that the games are still being held as covid cases are surging. Tokyo is in a State Of Emergency and just around 20 of the population is fully vaccinated. Ive attended several of the protests leading up to these games and they really feel that these games are putting money, sports and politics ahead of peoples lives. I spoke to several bystanders who have mixed feelings. Some hoped it would be a success and excited to watch the games on tv and standing outside of the national stadium to get as close to the action as they could, but others said this isnt the right time to have a celebration and that these games should postponed again. We now have more than 100 covid cases in japan linked to the games. And now at least 20 athletes who are now out of the olympics because of covid. These heartbreaking stories, poppy, about the entire dreams an hopes being derailed even after coming all the way to tokyo because of covid, poppy. Coy, had a t has been a long time coming but theyre here. The games are finally here. A year plus later. And they will be like nothing weve ever seen before. You were at the rio olympics. Compare all of it to what were looking at right now. Yeah, well there some similarities, poppy. The last Winter Olympics in pyeongchang had its issues and in 2016 rio there were the algae filled green Swimming Pools and mosquitos an zika to think about and worry about. But those two Olympic Games still have the Energy And Atmosphere of an olympics that came in like a Tidal Wave once the games actually got underway. It was a Carnival Atmosphere in rio. People from All Over The World coming together to celebrate the athletes and watching them compete. And that finally now were getting to that point here in tokyo. And with covid, this is been just creating an olympics like never before. U. S. Track Star Allyson Felix told me she had at one point to run down her Neighborhood Street to train, swimming Sensation Katie Ledecky was swimming in a Backyard Pool just to make it here. And now that they are here, in those empty venues, even their families who have sacrificed so much along with them arent here to be able to celebrate these moments. And this will certainly go down as one of the most peculiar and unique and weirdest Olympic Games weve ever seen. For sure. Let me switch gears for a moment and put your other Expert Hat on. As a former nfl player, to talk about the Nfl And Roger goodell announced overnight and that is that unvaccinated players or reschedule because of a Covid Outbreak will pay a big price for that. Whether it is forfeiting game, a lot of lost pay. What do you make of this . How significant . Well this is a massive deal, poppy. For a lot of the players who say that they see this almost as a mandate, many pointing to negotiations with the league about this very issue and they agreed players would not be required to get vaccinated. In a Memo Yesterday obtained by cnn, the nfl telling teams that any game postponed and canceled due to an outbreak from unvaccinated players, it would count as a forfeit and players from both teams would have to give up their paychecks, poppy. So you have stars speaking out like Ezekiel Elliott of the cowboys. He said he is vaccinated and he wants to put his team in the best chance to win but he completely understands those who dont want to be told what they need to do with their bodies. Well see with the Season Opener just around the corner how the players and the League Respond as this moves forward. For sure. It is a big deal. Coy, thanks so much. Selena wang, thank you both and enjoy it in tokyo. I know it is different but probably spectacular thing to be a part of it. Well just in, a big change for major league baseball. The Cleveland Indians have announced they will be changing their name to the cleveland guardians. And that they got Tom Hanks to be the voice of their announcement. Listen to this. Together we stand with all who understand what it means to be born and built from the land. Because this is a city we love. And the game we believe in. And together we are all cleveland guardians. The team is holding a News Conference this afternoon to discuss the change. Still to come, trapped at the u. S. canadian border, some people in Washington State could only access the rest of the u. S. By driving across the northern border in canada but the biden administration is Expending Travel restrictions that looks like will leave them trapped there for about another month. And House Speaker Nancy pelosi weighing new ways to beef up the bipartisan credibility of that House Select Committee into the insurrection after republican leader pulled out their members. And Attorney General garland unveiled a new way to track firearms in an effort to combat violent crime. Were going to telling the details of this significant announcement next. I think i can. I think i can. I think i can. I think. I can. This. Is a big deal. Now, at healthcare. Gov, millions more people can afford health coverage. Due to the covid relief law, you can pay less with financial help. 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But essentially all signs are pointing to the fact that democrats perhaps would like to add kinzinger in part like you said, to bolster that bipartisan credibility to this select committee. Now that is not the only way that democrats are eyeing sort of adding a more air of bipartisanship to this. Theyre potentially going to add a committee staffer, that is also a republican. And the view there is that if you have someone potentially who is asking questions or looking into the information with the republican background, perhaps that also gives you a more wellrounded select committee. We know that denver wriggleman, a former republican congressman from the state of virginia was up on Capitol Hill yesterday talking about that potential role. I think that is another area could temperature an eye on. There is not that much time to settle who the Member Pz of committee should be given the fact there is a hearing scheduled for next week with Capitol Hill and metropolitan police officers. And as we heard from Benny Thompson Yesterday who said he wasnt opposed to adding kinzinger, i think democrats are open to the Idea Feeling like he has the credentials giving his voting records and that he voted to impeach Donald Trump this last time around that kinzinger has the credentials needed to be serious and a partner in investigating what happened on January 6th, poppy. Well see what happens. Thank you for the reporting. As the biden administration faces growing pressure to deal with the spikes weve seen, especially in Gun Crime across the nation, Attorney General Merrick Garland traveled to chicago yesterday. One of five cities where the Department Of Justice will announce the new antigun strike force. Josh campbell joins me. The big question here is what is different. How will this be different and more effective than all that is already done on that front . Reporter hi, poppy. This is a nation awash with guns weve seen homicides up in New York and San Francisco and so many other parts of the country. And were seeing a concerted effort by tby the Justice Department to reverse that trend. Merrick garland is in chicago rolling out a Gun Traffic Task force in several cities that serve as the hubs for gun trafficking. Lisa monaco spoke to cnn and she talked about the threat and what theyre doing to try to stop it. So we obviously want to go after the individual who is pulling the trigger, that is costing lives in our communities. But we also need to go after the networks, the very illegal Trafficking Networks that are putting those guns in the hands of the criminals in the first place. But we found in the intelligence is the time to crime, that is what we call it, from the sale of a firearm until the way it travels and then is used in a particular jurisdiction, is actually shortening. So we want to understand where the guns are coming from and go after both the sources well as the market wheres theyre being used. Reporter and that is to your question, poppy, what theyre doing differently. Theyre trying to go after the gun traffickers. Not just the oneoff shootings but those supplying the weapons. And some of the atf data explained how wide spread this is. Here in washington, authorities say that last year 25 of firearms recovered at scenes that were analyzed by the atf were discovered to be used at other crime scenes, it you look at shell casings, 60 were similar to those used at other incidents. Showing those are not oneoffs and going after those pulling the trigger and those supplying the weapons in the first place, poppy. Josh campbell, thank you for the reporting. Lets hope it is successful, because youre right, it is a wash with guns. Thank you. Absolutely. Outrage in one town in Washington State. 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Theyre not getting critically ill and not going to the hospital. This is a pandemic largely of the unvaccinated. Those who have not gotten a vaccine. Nick watt is live in Los Angeles this morning. And i think that is very porn, yes, there are breakthrough cases and we should report on them but these are not people going to the hospital or getting very sick. It is the unvaccinated who are. Reporter absolutely. Poppy, listen, the Headline Sounds very scary, more than 800 fully vaccinated people here in Los Angeles testing positive during the month of june. But when you dive into the detail, it is not quite so frightening. The vast majority of those people suffered mild symptoms or no symptoms whatsoever. Very few of them were sent to the hospital. Now the Delta Variant is clearly the issue here. Last week in l. A. , 84 of positive tests were that Delta Variant. It is more contagious. We know that now. Rochelle walensky from the cdc said probably the most contagious virus shes seen in 20 years. So that is the issue this Delta Variant so here in l. A. , they say in july the numbers could get worse. The numbers are rising. So what are they doing, like everyone else they are encouraging people to get vaccinated. And also, angelinos now vaccinated or not are supposed to wear masks indoors again. Now, they are using a pretty good analogy here and elsewhere about this. It is, they say, pretend that the pandemic is like a weather event, heavy rain. Your umbrella is your vaccine. But if the rain gets monsoon heavy and the winds whip up, which they say is happening with delta, then you put on a raincoat as well and that is your mask. Now, similar situation probably happening elsewhere in the country. We just dont know the numbers. L. A. , pretty well vaccination wise. Other states, alabama, mississippi, in the low 30s. As you say the real issue now is the Delta Variant and the unvaccinated. Back to you. Nick watt, thank you for that reporting from Los Angeles. Well beginning August 9th canada will lift the Travel Restrictions from the united states allowing fully vaccinated citizens to enter the country with no quarantine required but the u. S. Is not doing the same on the same timeline. The biden administration extending nonessential Travel Restrictions through August 21st and this comes with big implications for one town in Washington State, Point Roberts, it sits, Take A Look, well see. Well zoom in. It sits riemght there and Doesn Tuch any part of the united states. It is been cut off from nearly everything, isolating residences, forcing small businesses to close. I need the canadians to be able to cross to come to their homes, bring business back to the Point Roberts. 95 of my business, again, is canadian driven. To close the Border Coast to coast when the situation is not the same everywhere, doesnt make much sense. It is like cutting off your whole foot because you stubbed your big toe. Well you could hear the frustration, among the most frustrated is this man, my next guest, brian calder, the president for the Point Roberts chamber of commerce. Thank you and good morning. Thank you, poppy and thank you for flagging us. The government doesnt seem to be able to. All right. Well tell me now about how you feel. Because 19 of your commerce as i understand comes from canada. So much of the tourism comes from the canada. What does this all mean for you guys . Economic devastation, which is what were experiencing now. Were a ghost town. Last summer we lost normally at this time of the year we would have 4,000 canadians here at their homes, 75 of our properties are owned by canadians. 75 . Wow i mean, imagine your own Sub Division and you would say, well canadians own 75 of my area of New York or whatever. You would go, what . Well that is the dynamic here and it has been for four centuries. We get our Water And Ow power from canada, from british columbia. We joined to canada and not to main land usa. Half of our people here are dual, canadian and american. Its basically a canadian town more than it is a actual american town. Can you talk to me about the covid numbers there. Because at last check and correct me if im wrong, 85 of Point Robert has been vaccinated. Is that fully vaccinated . And also is it still go ahead. Poppy, we have thank you for bringing that up. The best record in North America thanks to that is u. S. And canada, thanks to our Fire Chief carlton. He started off, i was vaccinated in february. Both vaccinations. That is the only advantage of getting old. Is i get ahead of the line. He went through the whole town and i think it is 87 right now and hes working, i think it is next week, he will be vaccining the 12 and up. And weve also had two two covid events in the past 17 months. Two cases . Two families, sorry, which totals six people in total. Okay. Two families. And he immediately got onto it, locked it down. It came from bellingham, not from here. They had to go to the doctor and they got it somewhere in bellingham, it is 50 miles away through canada to get here. And immediately locked it down. Tested Everyone Theyve been in touch with. No other transmission, locked down and done. That is our record and we. Yeah, well it is a stellar record on both Keeping Infections down and vaccinations up. And good for your Fire Chief. We should have him on the show next week. You should. You should. Let me ask you about the economic impact. Because that is your that is your wheelhouse. I know a number of the small businesses have had to close, obviously that means a lot of layoffs. Are you at point now that restrictions are extended that some of the jobs just will not come back . I guarantee they wont. Unfortunately, i have to say that. They moved away. Our Labor Force in large part has had to find work elsewhere over we call it the mainland, which is mainland usa, or back to canada because theyre dual citizens, they could work in canada as well. And that is going to be, if and when they finally discover us an allow us to open the border on the u. S. Side, which is critical to us, absolutely critical, then we wont have a Labor Force to open our Gas Stations and our shops and our businesses. That is going to be our next dilemma. Were looking forward to that because we are a ghost town. We are shut down. 90 of our people have gone. Weve gone from 850 boats to 165. That is huge. Golf courses closed. It is devastation. And here we have a government that is crying about Cuba And Russia and all bad things happening over there and criticizing them. They deserve criticism for how theyre treating us. Look in their own backyard and clean that up. Well, im sure there are Government Officials watching, brian. So well see what the response it so you guys. But thank you for coming on. I certainly didnt know a lot about thistory until our team brought it to my attention and we wish everyone the best there. Thank you very much, poppy and thank you for covering us. Of course. Thank you. And ahead a growing number of u. S. Diplomats falling victim to Havana Syndromelike attacks and now the Inspector General for the cia is stepping in. Ive g at its best Taking Metamucil Everyday can help. Metamucil psyllium fiber, gels to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down. It also helps lower cholesterol and slows Sugar Absorption to promote healthy Blood Sugar levels. So you can feel lighter and more energetic metamucil. Support your daily digestive health. And try Metamucil Fiber thins. A great tasting and easy way to start your day. That Delicious Scramble was microwaved . Get outta here. Everybodys a skeptic. Wright brothers . More like, yeah right, brothers get outta here its not crazy. 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So what the Inspector General is looking at is essentially how the cia handled officers who were coming to them and reporting this sort of strange array of symptoms that we know to be the that we call collectively the Havana Syndrome. This is from headaches to nausea to vertigo and some reported Hearing A Piercing directional noise or experiencing head pressure. So what the Inspector General is reviewing and i should note that this is a review to determine if a full investigation is needed, not a full investigation at this moment. What the ig is reviewing is what kind of care the officers got when they came to the agency and said this mysterious thing is happening to me, what kind of Health Care and what kind of benefits. And this is important because weve heard some complaints from victims and former officers who have claimed that essentially that officers who came forward were Gas Lit by Cia Leadership that were skeptical of this sort of unusual, lets say, set of symptoms that didnt have an obvious cause. Because at this point the Intelligence Community still hasnt really attributed what is causing these strange incidents. There is a Working Theory that russia might be using some kind of directed Energy Or Microwave device to either collect intelligence on officers or potentially even harm them. But at this point, the intelligence is very circumstantial and they dont have a solid a attribution ye. Thank you for that reporting. Ahead, the Opening Ceremony of the olympic is happening right now. But is it the global unifier it once was . Well Take A Look next. Okay, imagine this. Your mover, rob, hes on the scene and needs a plan with a mobile hotspot. 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You explain the games as, as important as they are damaging. That is a quote from you. Explain why. I think we see the worst of us in the Olympic Games in terms of the structures, the silencing of voices and it is one of our true global coming together moments every two to four years, five years in this case. So i think that we could see both the bad that we create when we come together and the good that we create when we come together. There is a lot to criticize about the olympics but there is also a lot to herald. Looking at this, you wrote a piece for cnn. Com and noted that all of this Desire And Joy exists intention with the sober reality of this moment in history framed by covid as well as by reckoning with the questions of Health Care, racism and global equity. How do you think, now that were just past the Opening Ceremony, how do you think that will be, all of those things reflected in those games. I dont think these games waited for Opening Ceremony to get that out of the way. We saw with the beginning on wednesday of the Womens Soccer Competition and four squads take a knee before the game began, before the ref blue the whistle. And that is a change. That is now allowed. The ioc has relaxed some of the ways that athletes could use their platforms to make statements. We saw Sue Bird carrying the united States Flag at Opening Ceremony this morning and she is an incredibly outspoken advocate as an Wnba Player in terms of issues of racial equity in the united states. And so these are moments in which these things are show cased. But i think that one of the big differences for tokyo is that the Opening Ceremony is supposed to create sort of this line of demarkation between our every day lives and our olympic lives for the next two weeks and viruses dont obey a lot of demarcations so covid will saturate the games whether the Opening Ceremony has said it is different now or not. This is true. Let me in on this. 1968 medallist tommy smith, relevant to your book, and John Carlos have signed on to a letter urging the Olympic Committee to change rules that threaten to punish athletes for protesting, or demonstrating on the the Medal Postums at the olympics. I wonder what your read on that is as someone who spends so much time studying this intersection . I think there are two ways to look at it. Rule 50 is prevent politics from invading this space that sees it selfas being an apolitical space. But the olympics are not apolitical. We just watched 200 delegations entering holding flags. That is inherently political. So we have a tension of what is and is not allowed within the space of sport. And they create this rare spotlight that they have and they want to use it as they see fit. On the other hand if there is no Consequence Or Punishment for doing that within the olympic rules, is it a protest . If it is allowed or does it have the same meaning . That is an interesting point. Amy bass, thank you so much for being with us and enjoy the next few weeks. Im looking forward to watching. Thank you. Thank you to all of you for joining us today. Have a great weekend. Well see you back here on monday. Im poppy harlow. At this hour with Kate Bolduan is next. Know this about the jungle, everything that you see wants to kill you and can. Born to be wild born to be wild see disneys jungle cruise. Applebees and a movie, now thats eatin good in the neighborhood. I just heard something amazing now for the first time one medication was approved to treat and prevent migraines. Nurtec is the first and only option proven to treat and prevent migraines with one medication. Onederful. One quick dissolve tablet can start fast and last. Dont take if allergic to nurtec. The most common Side Effects were nausea, stomach pain, and indigestion. With nurtec odt, i treat migraine my way. Whats your way . 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