the final months of 2021. reproductive freedom advocates and women s health care workers are grappling with how to protect women in the wake of the supreme court s audacious refusal to block a law that all but bans abortion in america s second largest state. late on friday, a texas judge granted a restraining order blocking the state s largest anti-abortion group, that would be texas right to life, from using the abortion ban to sue planned parenthood. but as the new york times is reporting, quote, the order s reach is narrow, and it is set to expire on september 17th. that is 11 days from today. it is a very small and a very temporary victory, as abortion rights advocates assess their limited options to fight back against the ban. one of the most effective strategies will no doubt be public opinion. and ads like this one from best-selling author and activist don winslow, are likely a preview of what s to come motivating women and democratic voters to activism. if i m bea
administration, as we head into the final months of 2021. reproductive freedom advocates, of women s health care workers, are grappling. with how to protect women in the wake of the supreme courts audacious refusal, to block a lot, that all but bans abortion in america s second largest state. late on friday, a texas judge granted a restraining order. blocking the states largest anti abortion group, that would be texas right to life. from using the abortion ban to sue planned parenthood. but it s new york times reported, the orders reaches narrow, and it is set to expire on september 17th. that is 11 days from today. it s a very small in very temporary, victory as abortion advocates assess their limited options, to fight back against the ban. one of the most effective strategies, will no doubt be public opinion. and ads like this one from bestselling author and activist don winds. lower likely a preview of what s to come in terms of motivating women, and democratic voters to a
the nba championship. hello, everyone, happy wednesday. now the united states is seeing a shocking increase in doefd ca covid vases as the delta variant surges. the cdc says that variant now accounts for more than 83% of covid cases and about 22% of the population live in counties with high covid transmission. the cdc director continues to plea with americans to get vaccinated. take take a listen. this is a dramatic increase up 50% from the week of july 3. in some parts of the country the percentage is even higher particularly in areas of low vaccination rates. the message from cdc remains clear. the best way to prevent the spread of covid-19 variants is to prevent the spread of disease and vaccination is the most powerful tool we have. some states are taking measures to control counts. new york city will require workers at hospitals and health clinics to get vaccinated or take weekly tests. it has been detected among some who are fully vaccinated. the delta variant is po
government. so we ll get into all that coming up here. dana: president biden pulling the plug on the state department inquiry while calling for an independent investigation where the virus came from. the contractor who was leading the state department probe telling fox news he doesn t know why the administration would doubt his team s efforts. we re getting reaction from senator marco rubio. the world health organization is not capable of undertaking this investigation. the chinese won t allow it. i think it s possible that the chinese government, communist party itself doesn t exactly know what happened. they don t have a system you are at the wuhan lab and had an accident and you would self-report it. people like that disappear or get fired. dana: rich edson is reporting live from washington bill: the former state department officials involved in this investigation tell us then secretary of state mike pompeo set it up over the objections of some at state who opposed
every day. question is, will congress help address what the president calls an international embarrassment? plus, the end of week two of testimony in the trial of the former-police officer accused of killing george floyd. today, we are expecting to hear from the doctor, who ruled floyd s death a homicide. the question is what will he tell jurors? and talk about masters. golfer, tommy fleetwood lives up to the tournament s name with a hole in one. the question is who is on track to win that green jacket? amazing. it s way too early for this, or is it? i don t think it s ever too early for a hole in one. good morning. and welcome to way too early. the show that, also, always tries to nail it the first time. i am kasie hunt, on this friday, april 9th. we will start with the news, which is, unfortunately, difficult, again, this morning. we begin with a pair of shootings. first, in texas. one person is dead, and five others are hurt, after a gunman opened fire at a cabinet