Hospitalizations and sadly, deaths among the unvaccinated. The new numbers are staggering. More than 90,000 new covid cases just in the last 48 hours. All 50 states and washington, d. C. , seeing an uptick in cases and 11 of those states seeing a spike of more than 100 in cases over a twoweek period. The biggest areas of concern again, the south. Southern states including tennessee, south carolina, Louisiana And Alabama with the majority of residents are still unvaccinated and california with a sharp increase in cases has led Los Angeles County officials to reinstate indoor Mask Mandates as of tomorrow and the Sports World is taking a hit with six new York Yankees in Covid Protocols Postponing the matchup last night with the Red Sox after the allstar Break And Washington Wizards Star Guard Bradley Beale off of the u. S. Olympic team for reasons connected to the virus. Also this hour ill be talking to Michael Wolf Author of the Bombshell Book of President Bidens final days in office. Le
York City Transit said the flooding was due to overwhelmed drains. And more Rain Hit the area overnight thanks to tropical Storm Elsa wreaking havoc in new York City. And out west, states are preparing for another scorching weekend. Forecasters predict temperatures will be Up To 25 degrees higher than average. This comes as California Governor Gavin newsom asks residents to cut Water Usage by 15 . The state is grappling with a record breaking set of temperatures and a drought. Joe, 100 of california, the state of california, is dealing with high temperatures. Just unbelievable. It is unbelievable. It also follows up just historic record highs in oregon, in washington state, in the pacific northwest. Why dont we go right now to Meteorologist Bill karins for more on the forecast. Bill, i think you said those temperatures a few weeks back werent temperatures you saw every ten years, or even every hundred years, they may be every thousand years. And now its happening again, this time in ca
Document outlining the agreements made between the leaders is expected to be released around Midday Today Hour time. China is expected to be the main focus of the communique, however there remains disagreement amongst the leaders about how far it should go in pushing back and on countering chinas growing influence and power. The White House is calling bidens proposed plan to counter china, build back better for the world or b3w, which as The New York Times notes is a play on chinas bli, the Belt And Road initiative. Biden and his fellow leaders enjoyed a Beach Barbecue which as you can see is lovely, but before that was a day of sessions and meetings, including with french million emmanuel macron. He had a unique relationship with our former president which included a lot of brew ha ha, and endlessly long and awkward handshakes. Macrons meeting with biden was a lot more subdued. We have to deal with this pandemic, covid19, we have to face a lot of challenges, a lot of crises, Climate C
Back. What you need to know is what is happening right now on the voting Rights Measure. Its not dead. Democrats could still eek this out if they get every democrat to go along and Joe Manchin has indicated as things stand now he will go along. As i mentioned, that also means blowing up the filibuster so you need a simple majority. 50 votes will do it and the havent casting the tying vote. Chad pergram on top of this drama and where it is going. Chad . Good afternoon. The Senate Wont Debate the Voting Rights Bill today. A Gop Filibuster supports it. Democrats wont lower the filibuster bar. I do think that its extremely admirable that theres a handful of democrats that believe in the institution. Chuck schumer has secured a deal with West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin to launch debate on the bill but that gets you to 50 votes, not 60. Shumer is coy about what happened next. Liberals are criticizing President Biden for not doing more. I would suggest that that is not a fight, those words
Police brutality out of the atmosphere. Indias Covid Crisis the country records The Worlds highest ever number of new infections in a day. Buyer, by baby. Baby, goodbye. Bye, bye, baby. Baby, goodbye. And the Lead Singer of the Bay City rollers, hello and welcome to the programme. First, the Un Secretary general, Antonio Guterres has claimed The Tide Is Turning For Action after a number of World Leaders, including President Biden, made new pledges to cut emissions on the Opening Day of a global climate summit. The us, canada, japan and South Korea all announced revised targets but two of the biggest emitters, india and china, made no fresh commitments. The latest Data Shows china is The Worlds biggest emitter of Carbon Dioxide estimated at 28 in 2019. The us was second at 15 and india was third at 7 . 0ur Science Editor David Shukman reports. The more The World heats up, the more dangerous it becomes. Thats what this is all about. More intense flooding in the Uk And Many Parts of The W