done a bunch of terrible things that never turn out to be true upon closer inspection. they re obviously telling lies, but the problem is people believe those lies. their base of voters believes the lies, and we ve seen what happens when people believe scary, awful lies come ing from republicans. a trump mob stormed the capitol to stop the democratic process because the mob believed the republican president and his enablers in congress when they said the election was stolen. and people are still dying every single day from a virus that we have a safe and effective vaccine for because of more conservative lies, and tomorrow right wing extremists have planned yet another rally in front of the capitol. this one to show support for the more than 600 insurrectionists who have been arrested for attacking the government on january the 6th. capitol police chief tom manger said this about preparations for the event. there have been some threats of violence associated with the events
members files a former criminal complaint. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. let s get straight to the white house right now. our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly is joining us. phil, the current covid surge here in the united states fueled by the very aggressive delta variant is overshadowing the country s economic recovery. wolf, that s right. the president got the type of jobs report that he said makes clear what he has put into place economically is working. and yet it just makes even more clear how much is at stake as the delta variant spreads throughout the country. america can beat the delta variant. tonight, despite a blowout jobs report, no victory lap for president biden. my message today is not one of celebration. it s one to remind us we got a lot of hard work left to be done. reporter: a clear recognition of the looming danger of the delta variant
edit the spread of the delta variance. sandra: but we begin with a new 911 tape and police in atlanta asking for help at this hour from the public in the search for witnesses who may have any information on an especially brutal stabbing happening and a very popular park. hello and welcome everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. i m john roberts in washington. a woman in atlanta making it gut wrenching call to police after she found her partner catherine janice dead in a park last week. police found and janice died of multiple stab wounds and what they called a gruesome scene. we are now hearing some of that housebreaking phone call after police received the audio of the initial calls. i m at the park, i was searching for my girlfriend because i couldn t find her and she s dead. please help. jonathan, what s the latest from where you are. makeshift memorial has been set out outside of the main entrance of piedmont park, a combination of joggers and pedestrians seen
critically low on i.c.u. beds. patients underwhelmingly vaccinated. yesterday in florida alone, more than 2,000 people were hospitalized can covid. 2,000. just one state in one day. florida also now leading the nation with hospital admissions of children. and here is what is so upsetting. there is a way out. more shots and more eligible arms. ment white house did have this little bit of hopeful news today. and we are seeing results. over the past 24 hours we recorded 864,000 vaccinations, the highest in a day since july 3rd. and importantly, 585,000 first shots. that s the highest since july 1st. moving in the right direction, but not fast enough to stop needless suffering and deaths right now. let s begin with cnn s nadia lomero in baton rouge. nadia, what s the latest there? reporter: ann a the state just updated us on the statewide numbers for covid-19 and it just keeps getting worse and worse by the day. let s dive in. hospitalizations, they re up. people who need t
turn the delta surge around. i will guarantee you that that will happen. plus andrew cuomo is still the governor of new york. how long can he hold on and how quickly should democrats move to impeach him if he won t step down? we ll ask the mayoral candidate eric adams ahead. and the republican hunt for help in georgia. football star her shell walker is donald trump s celebrity pick, but team mcconnell fears walker will i am ploed and imperil the gop s chance to retake the senate. we begin this hour with more covid warnings from the biden medical team. louisiana and mississippi are the troubled states. those seven states account for half of covid cases and hospitalizations nationwide. let s get straight to the white house and our chief correspondent kaitlan collins. new urgency from team biden. reporter: yes, they did have some positive news to share, john, which is yesterday 864,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine were recorded administered according to the cdc figur