Were so gallantly streaming. And the rockets glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say does that starspangled Banner Yet Wave oer the land of the free and the Home Of The Brave pete that is a beautiful rendition of our nations anthem. What better waive to kick off this Sunday Morning, august 8, year of our lord 2021. Ashley slow meyer back again. Will cain. Will thank you. Pete a shooting in chicago. Pete Jackie Ibanez has the latest. Reporter a Traffic Stop happened with three People inside. Investigation are under investigation. Someone shot at the officers who returned the fire. Dispatch audio who returned fire. Fire at the police. Two ambulances. Two officers down, two officers down. We got them coming, baby. Reporter the two officers were rushed to the hospital where one died from her injuries. The other is in critical condition. One of the two suspects in custody was shot and taken to the hospital. He is in stable condition
Ought to be a robust bipartisan process. The senate is working through the weekend again and working closer to passing the sweeping Infrastructure Bill. House stands adjourned. Texas democrats win a momentary victory, blocking passage of a restrictive new gopled voting bill. This is a victory for texas voters, but we understand the fight cOntinues. How republicans are planning to keep up the pressure On democrats and get the bills passed. I just dOnt know if were going to have enough water to get to the end. Extreme drought is plaguing the west, and it is leading to water restrictiOns. And hardships for farmers. The Olympic Spirit On full display at the tokyo games. Newsroom starts now. Good morning to you On this saturday, august 7th. Im christi paul. Hey, boris. Im boris sanchez. You are live in the cnn newsroom, and were grateful to have you. We start with some numbers that are deflating. The u. S. Averaging more than 107,000 new covid19 cases a day. Thats a rate we havent seen in n
And it would be, at this point not in our best interest to talk about it. About four months ago, we talked about this, you said essentially it is up to the victim to come forward before we take action of any sort. Is there any indication why this is the timing now, now that four or five months after the initial report she decides to take action . I really Cant Answer that. What i can say it is obvious that the Attorney General released her report. I think maybe at that point she became aware of how brave the other victims are to come forward and it may have empowered her as well. Do you have any estimate of now how long the investigation like this will be in weeks . You know what, i would be guessing. You know, this is obviously a high profile investigation. Theres a lot of information out there. We have a lot of factfinding to do, a lot of interviews to do, and you know what, im not going to rush it because of who he is and not going to delay it because of who he is. Were going to con
This after the Vice President made a Lastminute Visit to Capitol Hill this afternoon, meeting with democratic senators to show support for the president s plan. And in the house, democrats are pushing their revised version of the Voter Protection Bill named after the late John Lewis, hoping to see a vote by early september. Of course, the nationwide assault on the vote by State Republicans will not abate in that time. Case in point, texas, where legislators in the state are also in another Special Session, the second call by the governor in the past month to pass Voter Restrictions after state democrats fled the state to protect the vote. But one heavily watched democratic primary concluded this week, and shortly ill ask chantel brown, the winner of that highprofile Ohio Congressional race about her states political future ahead of next years midterms. But first, joining me now, Senator Michael Bennett of colorado, a democrat. Senator bennet, Thank You, Vice President harris was on Cap
Week. Cnns Lucy Kafanov has all of the recent developments including a big jump in cases among children. Reporter with the Delta Variant now accounting for more than 93 of all new covid19 cases in america, the numbers are trending in the wrong direction. Youre not crying wolf here. This surge that were going through right now has every potential to be and already looks to be the worst Surge Weve faced so far. Reporter the u. S. Is currently averaging more than 90,000 new cases daily, and could soon surpass 100,000 cases per day. It is going to go over 100,000. I hope it doesnt go much higher than around 100,000. We want it to turn around quickly and come down. Reporter the worst hit states, louisiana, florida, arkansas, mississippi and alabama. Each with more than 50 new cases per 100,000 people each day over the past week. Nearly 56,000 people hospitalized for covid19, up 10 in just one day. Facilities in louisiana and florida buckling under the strain. Its really dangerous in terms o