The taliban Gains Ground taking control of a Second City. And a Repeat Performance here. One u. S. Team racks up its fourth consecutive Gold Medal. Boy, they had to fight for it though. We are live from tokyo. New day starts right now. Thank you so much for waking up bright and early with us this saturday on the 7th. We appreciate having you. You, too, boris. Thank you so much. Lets talk about what health officials are saying that the u. S. Is at a crucial moment in the coronavirus pandemic. Infections are rising and the Delta Variant is spreading. The country has tools to get the virus under control. In some ways thats the saddest aspects of all of this. It is preventible. Yet for the first time since february the United States averaging more than 100,000 new infections a day and deaths are also on the rise. The virus is quickly spreading through unvaccinated communities especially as you look at the map. Theres a lot of red in the south where Vaccination Rates lag behind the rest of the country. In states with the highest infection rates, people are getting vaccinated at a pace not seen in april so that is good news but hospitals are still struggling to keep up with new cases. In mississippi, just 35 of the states eligible population is vaccinated and icu beds are running low across the state. The message from medical experts is clear, the only way to get things under control, they say, is to get vaccinated. Now one man whos fighting for his life right now has a warning for other people. He says, dont make the same mistake that he made by not getting that vaccine. The easiest thing is getting co covid. The hardest thing is finding a bed, finding oxygen and trying to breathe like a fish in water. Im so sorry that i made the mistake to not get vaccinated. Vaccinations are so important and i can do better as a parent, as a human and i hope to God Everybody else can too. It is a difficult message to listen to. Were going to hear more from him in a moment but it is clear people are starting to get that message. This weekend the United States hitting a key vaccination milestone. Cnns Natasha Chen has more for us. Reporter half of the u. S. Population is now fully vaccinated against covid19. In the past week more than 3. 2 million americans were newly vaccinated, a pace not seen since late june. In states with the highest case rates people are getting vaccinated at a level not seen since april, but Travis Campbell in virginia was not among them. He did not get vaccinated and got sick. Fearing he wouldnt make it home from the Hospital Campbell told cnn he asked his son to walk his daughter down the aisle at her upcoming wedding. Ive never been more humbled in my life for all the people across the world praying for me and respecting my mistake that i made and im just so thankful and i pray that people will just really stop and evaluate what is the value of your decisions on your life. Can we make it now. Public officials are urging people to make the right decision. This is entirely attributable to the Delta Variant sweeping over mississippi like a tsunami. Reporter the Mississippi Health Officer said 89 of hospitalized people and 85 of deaths there are among the unvaccinated. Hospitals are becoming inundated. In houston an 11monthold who tested positive for covid19 had to be air lifted 150 miles away because no pediatric hospital could take her. The response to the troubling trends vary greatly. Many private companies are requiring employee vaccinations, including United Airlines imposing this requirement on 80,000 employees by The End of september. California is the first state in the nation to require Health Care workers to be fully vaccinated. Our message is simple. We support these vaccination requirements. Reporter but in florida President Biden is sparring with governor Ron Desantis who is threatening to withhold funding. If youre not going to help, at least get out of the way. If youre coming after the rights of parents in florida, im standing in your way. Im not surprised that biden doesnt remember me. I guess the question is, what else has he forgotten . Reporter florida has reported an average of 19,000 new cases a day in the past week more than any other time in the pan pandemic. I have taken a few messages, the type of Guilt And Remorse that comes to having transmitted this to a member of your family that may die from it because theyre elder, fragile, had preexisting conditions and thats a regret that we all can avoid by being vaccinated. Reporter Natasha Chen, cnn, orlando, florida. Dr. Carlos dell rio, dean of the Emery Health System is with us. So good to have you with us. Thank you. We know youre here in georgia. We know schools are opening up and we know there are a lot of people concerned about kids going back to school. What is your level of confidence right now in that . Its going to be hard, christi. It will be hard because of a lot of transmission of covid in the community. The best way is to have the adults fully vaccinated. If we can get the parents, teachers, school administrators, everybody with kids under the age of 12 vaccinated, thats the best we can do. Masks are very important and good to have good Ventilation And Air flow. If we can do all of that, its going to be done. Its going to be challenging. Theres a lot of people not vaccinated and theres also a lot of places where they dont believe in masks and therefore theyre not going to do it. With that said, theres been some Real Ak Krim money any against people who are vaccinated and people who are not. I want to listen to you to frank lunds, pollster and communications strategist. He was talking to cnn how we need to stay away from demonizing people who have not been vaccinated yet. Lets listen. The problem is if you demonize them, if you insult them, they will surely not listen to you and they will not be educated by you. They feel pressured rather than educated so we have to use language and statistics and facts that will bring them in rather than pushing them away. Yes, we know shame does not work. We know statistics and facts have been reported every day all over the place, online, on television, in doctors offices. What do you think it will take for people to embrace vaccination . I think its going to take several things. Number one, its going to take somebody in your family to get sick. Like the gentleman you spoke of a couple of minutes ago. People who are not in the hospital are some of the best people to get the message out. I made a mistake. It is very important for trusted leaders to give that message. President trump. Anybody, their local politicians, church, ministers. Anybody who is a trusted leader. At The End of the day theyre going to listen to somebody they trust. I want to ask you about new information that came out this week. People need clarity on. The fda said they could lay out a national strategy of Covid Booster Shots in early september. The clarity that a lot of people have asked me about was does that mean the strategy is coming out in september or that that would actually be boosters available in september . What do you know about that . What kind of clarity can you give us . Again, im guessing now because i dont work at the fda or cnbc, but im guessing what theyre going to do is come up with a plan. People over the age of 65 or people with chronic conditions can get a third shot and then you can go to a Vaccination Site if you qualify. You can get a third shot. At this point in time it is not allowed by the eua to get a third shot. The eua has to be modified. Dr. Carlos del rio, thank you for your expertise and taking time particularly this early on a saturday morning. Take care. You as well. I want to talk about legal problems mounting for new York Governor Andrew Cuomo. We have details on the new Criminal Complaint and how cuomo is trying to discredit the investigation. Plus, were a few hours away from a key vote on the infrastructure deal. Well take you live to Capitol Hill next. Centrum multigummies arent just great tasting. Theyre powerpacked vitamins. That help unleash your energy. Loaded with b vitamins. And other key essential nutrients. Its a tasty way to conquer your day. Try centrum multi gummies. Now with a new look. Im chi lan, i am a mom, and a real estate agent. 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That did not happen here. This was one sided. And he was ambushed. Reporter a new York State attorney generals report this week found the governor sexually harassed 11 women, a report the governors lawyers say was done to support a predetermined narrative. I asked why did this report ignore Documentary Evidence and why did they not want to tell you . Reporter a woman named in the ags report as Executive Assistant one filed a complaint thursday with the albany sheriffs office. Its the first known Criminal Complaint of Sexual Misconduct against the governor. In the Executive Mansion the governor hugged executive Assistant Number one and reached under her blouse to grab her breast. This was the culmination of a pattern of inappropriate sexual conduct. Reporter but lawyers for Cuomo Say thats not what happened. She was at the mansion that day for several hours. She wasnt just working with the governor, she was working with other staffers. Emails that she sent while she was at the mansion reflect that she was joking while she was there. She was eating snacks and she even offered to stay longer at the mansion when her work was done. Reporter the Governors Office said it notified albany police of the Sexual Misconduct allegations several months ago in accordance with state policies. The governors lawyers also taking issue with another accusation, that the governor inappropriately touched a State Trooper assigned to his security detail. The lawyer saying cuomo sought her out in an event to recruit her and to increase diversity. He liked how she maintained Eye Contact. He liked that she was assertive with him in the conversation and then he asked one of the troopers he knows about her and they said, yeah, shes excellent. And hes like, i dont understand this. Why do i not have women on my detail . Reporter cuomos lawyers say he will address the officers allegations soon. Lindsay boyland said she left after being harassed. The governors lawyers say thats also not true. She was leading the public to believe a false story, that she left because of Sexual Harassment and a bad Work Environment when in fact she left after being confronted with a number of complaints and then really wanted her job back and they wouldnt give it back. Reporter cuomos lawyers, who suffered technical issues during their presentation my apologies. Reporter say they are preparing an official response to the allegations and will submit it to the State Impeachment Committee by the August 13th deadline. The new York Attorney Generals Office responded in a statement saying there are 11 women whose accounts have been corroborated by a mountain of evidence. Any suggestion that attempts to undermine the credibility of these women or this investigation is unfortunate. The office also says it will be making redacted transcripts of witness interviews available to the new York State assembly. Boris, christi. Paula reid, thanks for that. Lets dig deeper into the legal and political troubles facing governor cuomo. Erroll lewis is with us this morning. Hes a Cnn Political Commentator and the host of the you decide podcast. Good morning, erroll. Great to see you as always. His legal team held that Press Conference yesterday. They doubled down on his rebuttal. They attacked the credibility of both investigators and the evidence including the testimony of one witness. What was your biggest take away from that Press Briefing Yesterday . Reporter good morning, boris. One big take away that i had from that disastrous Press Conference was that in some ways they kind of supported the claims of the accusers. It was hard to imagine that this was anything but a desperate shortterm lashing out at the direction of their client, the governor, to try and say something, but the reality is its not at all nothing they said was inconsistent with what the accusers told the attorney Generals Office. The Executive Assistant, for example, said that she wasnt clear exactly on which date it was. For the governors lawyers to go through this absurd tiktok about what happened on this day in that office and at this hour and that hour and she couldnt possibly have wibeen molested, something that might have taken 30 seconds if she was there for several hours. There was an implicit assumption implied assumption by the lawyer that somehow she wasnt acting the way a victim is supposed to act, which is victim blaming, which is something weve been through over and over again and really has no standing in law. And thats really an unfortunate aspect of all of this. And then with the trooper, just as paula said, this is somebody he met for a few minutes and then said, put her on my executive protection team. The most intimate, the most elite, the most important of the jobs that the people around the governor have based on a few minutes because she made Eye Contact with him . That exactly supports what the accuser said, he bent the rules upon first meeting her, brought her into his Inner Circle and then proceeded to molest her which is really what the accusation was in the first place. You know, i understand why the governor wants to get his side of the story out. He testified for 11 hours. Weve heard his side of the story already. I dont know why he thinks its a good idea to start attacking the accusers. And, erroll, i want to get a picture of where his mind is right now because as we take a look at public polling related to how New Yorkers feel regarding Cuomos Stint as governor, 7 in 10 people, 70 think that he should resign. That includes 57 , a majority of registered democrats. Some close to him have argued that hes in denial about his situation, that hes not acknowledging reality. What do you think is going on . Do you think he believes that he can overcome this and potentially even run for reelection . You know, the governor ive talked to a number of people who are and have been close advisers to the governor. Theyre saying that hes taking hes taking advice from people one at a time rather than bringing people together and kind of acting as a team, which is always what has helped him succeed in the past. Hes keeping his own counsel. Hes increasingly isolated. Hes not taking the advice people are giving him so the leader of the State Party has said publicly, he went and urged the governor to resign and that that advice was rejected. So i think what the governor is doing, look, hes got some real legal problems here. There is a complaint to the Albany County District attorney so hes going to have to really fend off those challenges. He wants to run for reelection. He is in denial about whether or not he can turn this around. I guess, boris, its important to keep in mind that while the governor has had a lot of political success, hes a good tactician. Hes not necessarily a longterm strategist, but hes really good at the fight thats right in front of him. Hes going pack to what he knows and is best at is tackling the problem in front of him. The problem is there are 11 accusers. You can attack the Executive Assistant, the trooper, what about the other nine sfwhim are they all biased . Do they all have political motives . It doesnt seem like hes thought this through. Specifically, i want to ask you about the criminal perspective of this. Its not just that one accuser has filed a Criminal Complaint, there are six das that have requested material to potentially file more charges. How does that now impact the messaging from his office and his approach to these allegations . The events that are depicted in the attorney generals report happened in different parts of the state and each state has each county of the 62 counties of New York has its own District Attorney and hence a half a dozen of them are now looking at it. It doesnt mean any of those charges are going to lead to actual investigation, active investigation or even indictment, but it does mean that for the governor, hes got a problem. You know, youve got to cooperate. Youve got to pay your lawyers. Youve got to sit down for depositions. Youve got to answer questions. Its going to take them even more time. Ironically, boris, it puts things back into a frame where our governor, who is a former attorney general himself and a pretty talented lawyer, it puts it back into a frame where he can do, again, this Daytoday Kind of tactical fight over evidence over whether records are turned over, over procedures and avoid the larger question which is why would 11 women accuse you of different at different times and different places and without coordination, why would they all accuse you of the same thing . What does that mean for the voters of New York and for the public . Yeah. Still a lot of questions to be answered, including about that State Trooper. Well see when the Governors Office gives us an answer on that. Erroll lewis, thank you so much for the time as always. Thank you. Quick programming note. We may get some answers later today. Rita glavine, one of cuomos attorneys is going to join us at 6 p. M. Eastern right here on cnn. A lot of action expected at the capitol this morning. Senators are preparing to break filibuster for procedural vote on the infrastructure deal. Were going to take you there live. Stay close. Ordinary memory supplements, Neuriva Plus fuels six key indicators of Brain Performance. More Brain Performance . Yes, please neuriva. Think bigger. Welcome back to milkshake mustaches, high fives and high dives. To 3on 3s. 2on2s. And 1on1s. At aspen dental, we see all the moments that make us smile so we make it easy to share your smile with convenient, total care all in one place. And flexible hours that work with your life. 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Joe, it is so good to see you this morning. Talk to us about what we expect today. Good morning, christi and victor. This is a big moment up here on Capitol Hill. Its a major procedural vote. It is expected around noon eastern time today. That bill is includes a lot of stuff that democrats and some republicans want very badly, including about 550 Billion in new spending for things like roads, bridges, public transport. Also, broadband, as a matter of fact. But at this stage there is a possibility of a snag as there always is. One of the snags, of course, is that if all democrats come along on this bill, theyll still need 10 republican votes in order to get to the point where they will actually take up this Bill And Tee bait it. One of the other big problems, of course, is the trump people here on Capitol Hill. Many supporters of the former president have been opposed to this bill. They say spending is the problem. The Price Tag is a little bit too high. 256 Billion in Deficit Spending over the next 10 years according to the congressional budget office. So well be watching to see whether the trump people continue to push against this bill. Also, theres a big question, as a matter of fact, as to whether republicans on Capitol Hill simply want to give Joe Biden a Big Win on one of its key issues. All of that a question here on Capitol Hill. Still this bill will not be passed even if they go to the procedural vote today. Back to you. Yeah. A huge moment on the Biden Agenda potentially coming up in a few hours. Joe johns on Capitol Hill. Thank you so much. The u. S. Embassy in kabul issues a dire warning to americans who are in afghanistan. They say, look, you need to leave now. This message is coming as a Second City falls to the taliban. We are live for you there next. Hey google, turn up the heat. My plaque psoriasis. The itching. The burning. The stinging. My skin was no longer mine. 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The men tell us the taliban are hiding in houses 50 yards from us. They shoot from peoples homes . Yes. This is a civilian home. We cannot use big weapons, heavy weapons. Up on the roof they want to show us something. You can see the taliban side just over on the Mountain Top there. See the flag. Reporter its been nearly a month before the taliban penetrated the second largest city. Since then, these men havent had a break. U. S. Air strikes only come in an emergency. The rest of the time its up to them to hold the line. We feel a little bit brief without u. S. Helicopters but this is our soil, we have to defend it. In a villa, Kandahary Lawmaker is hunkered down. From decades of war he says hes never seen the fighting this bad. Millions of people in this city are waiting for when they will be killed, when someone will kill them, when their home will be destroyed and it is happening every minute. Reporter just spell out for me here, the taliban is basically surrounding the entire city of kandahar now, is that correct . Definitely, yes. Reporter so where is there to go . Nowhere. So there is only two options, Do Or Die. Reporter Do Or Die . Yes. Reporter and what does do look like . That is the thing to convince different sides to ceasefire, to work on peace, to convince them to not fight, not to kill. Reporter but that is a tall order in a city where war has become part of everyday life. You can probably see there is a lot more cars On The Road than there were previously and thats because in 2 minutes at 6 p. M. The Cell Phone Network gets cut across the city and thats when the fighting usually starts. Throughout the night the sounds of Gunfire And Artillery pierce the darkness. Kandahar is the Birth Place of the taliban. They are intent on taking it back and the government knows it cannot afford to lose it. By day an eerie calm holds. The u. N. Says more than 10,000 people are now displaced in this city. On the outskirts of town, we find 30 families camped out in an abandoned construction site. Hes saying that none of these children have fathers. All of their fathers have been killed in the fighting. Reporter 35yearold Grubina fled with her two daughters to escape the fighting after her husband was shot dead yet still it gets closer and closer. Last night i didnt sleep all night, she says, and the fear was in my heart. In the short time we are there, more families a riff. Street vendor says they fled the village after an airstrike hit. Three were riding outside our home for days but it was too dangerous to get them. The taliban is attacking on one side, the government is attacking the other side. In the middle we are just losing. Back at the base, dust coats the chairs where wedding guests would normally sit as the Siege Of Kandahar continues, life here is in limbo with no end in sight. Just to give you a sense of the scale of the optic in violence, boris and christi, we spoke to the icrc, the international red cross. They told us the hospital they assist in kandahar in the first six months of this year has seen more than 2300 weaponwounded patients. Thats more than do you believe the amount from the first six months of last year. Painting a picture of a very, very grim scene, indeed. We did hear also from the new u. N. Envoy to afghanistan. She warned of a potential catastrophe and i quote so serious it would have few if any parallels. There is a deep seeded fear here in afghanistan that this country is unraveling and the question is can the gains that the taliban has made that the taliban has made be reversed . At this point there is no strong indication that that is still possible, that Afghan Security Forces can, indeed, turn the tide of it before It Spirals completely out of control. Victor sorry, christi, boris . Clarissa, i am in awe every time i watch you of how close you get and the people that you get to talk to you. Please, you and the team stay safe there. Clarissa ward for us. Thank you so much. Thank you, clarissa. Thank you. With us this morning to discuss the situation in afghanistan is cnn Militariable List and retired major general james spider morris. General, always great to have you on. We very much appreciate your perspective. I want to ask you about what that official told Clarissa In Kandahar when she asked him what do is in that Do Or Die equation. He said, convince them to seek peace, convince the taliban to seek peace. Peace negotiations with the taliban have not led to any significant change in afghanistan. What should we expect out of trying to continue these talks . Is it worth it for the u. S. Especially to stay engaged moving forward . Well, you always want to stay engaged. First of all, boris, thank you for allowing me to join you this morning. You should always try to stay engaged and leave the door open for some possible negotiation but lets be level headed about what the potential outcome looks like. Its not going to look good frankly. The afghan forces have not made any significant advances against the taliban. They have not been able to resist against the taliban so the do in the Do Or Die is lets try to stop the killing. Lets try to stop the kinetic engagement which means theres going to be some form of capitulation with the taliban simply take over governance, it will ultimately go to the Taliban And Theyll be uncontested. Bear in mind you have Al Qaeda still in Country And Isis still in country. You have competing Terrorist Organizations but the taliban will resume control in kabul. Its apparent the afghan military is not going to be, as Clarissa Ward indicated, be able to unravel or putback together what existed in some form after the departure of the u. S. Forces. General, it seems as though theres been a shift. In recent conversations weve had about afghanistan weve talked about the afghan government trying to maintain control of the Capitol Of Kabul and that being the lynchpin, The Last Hope of that government maintaining some semblance of power. Now it sounds like youre of the opinion that the taliban is likely to take over the capitol relatively soon. Well, i think there is an you know, there is an inevitability to what the taliban are able to achieve, what theyve been able to do on the ground. Clearly if kabul has not fallen, you do have some semblance of governance. Again, lets be frank. Over the past 20 years that the United States and this Great Coalition has been involved in afghanistan, what takes place in kabul is extremely irrelevant to what takes place in many of the provinces outside of kabul. We have this Center Piece of governance in some form of control and outside those lines around the Capitol City Youve got increasing chaos that exists and challenges to any form of governance linked back to kabul. Again, afghanistan really has no deep history other than its been defined by the borders of its neighbors so its very difficult to get this tribal kind of arrangement to have some type of allegiance to a capitol city. That is an important reminder. General, while we have you, i do want to ask a quick question about covid19. Cnn reported that Defense Secretary Lloyd austin is going to seek authorization from President Biden to essentially make a Vaccine Mandate and push that on service members. Do you anticipate he might get some push back from the Rank And File . I would certainly hope not. In my view, i dont know what weve been waiting for. If youre not prepared to go to unknown locations and Fight Tonight and engage with that in that type of an environment, where covid and different variants may be rampant, then you are certainly trying to send soldiers and troopers of all build, in the marines, air force, navy, Special Ops folks and the army to an environment where theyre at risk. You can judge their ability to execute their tasks based on this environment and how they can work within it. If youve got covid, if its ram rampant, youre going to have a readiness challenge. I would think we would have done this at the very, very start of the roleout of the vaccine. The military should have been jabbed early on. Look, in the military i grew up in when they said, look, Stand Up in line, we have to deploy, our readiness was number one. We took the shot. Before we liberated Iraq Everybody was lining up and we got our six anthrax shots. 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