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rates of vaccination. then there s this. one health system in missouri is transferring covid-19 patients to hospitals in different health systems as they struggle to meet staffing needs amid those surging infections. and in texas, more than 145 campers and counselors who attended a church-run summer camp have tested positive now for covid-19. let s begin with cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. and, elizabeth, as so often with this pandemic, it s in the data. you have states with high infection rates high vaccination rates, rather, low vaccination rates. what we are seeing now is where the vaccination rates are lower, you re seeing a much bigger spike in new infections. that s right, jim, in states with low vaccination rates they have higher death rates from covid. it could not be more clear. if you are unvaccinated, basically it s 2020 all over again. this delta variant spreads quickly. there is evidence that it makes people sicker, and you are not pr ....
have the biggest fire works display in the country. we ll have a package later. we interviewed the gentleman in charge of the 4th generation fireworks expert. they are happy to be back as we are starting to come out of the pandemic. alicia: on to more serious news. crews are getting ready to demolish the remainder of the champlain towers south. phil keating is live in surfsiding with florida. reporter: the tower behind me is just about all that is left of the tower, half of which collapsed two thursdays ago. a pause not for the storm that is coming, but in preparation for the explosives of the remaining part of the towers. not only is the structure fragile, shifting and a threat to workers down below. there is a concern that elsa s winds will be the final push. elsa is blasting winds at 60 miles per hour and marching toward key west. today is day 10 since the building plummeted into a pile. two more bodies were recovered saturday bringing the total to 21 dead and 140 ....
according to a statement released by the press office, the pope is having scheduled surgical intervention for diverticulitis. it can cause inflammation, discomfort and in some cases internal bleeding. it s a common medical problem for many aging adults. the 84-year-old attended the traditional sunday mass before the procedure started. during the mass he said he would go to hungary in september, and asked attendees to pray for him. the pope appeared strong and in good spirits. the vatican press office is expected to release a statement later today, updating the public on his condition after surgery. this does come after a very busy time period for the pope, just last week he met with u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and held a large mass on tuesday. alicia. alicia: trey yingst in jerusalem. thank you. griff. griff: alicia, the blue angels are celebrating their 75th anniversary. griff: i m so excited i jumped the gun on the blue angels, just talked to their commande ....
been arrested. the men identified themselves as being part of a group known as the rise of the moors, which claims to be, quote, immune from state laws. they told police they were traveling from rhode island to maine for, quote, training, as they put it. with me to discuss is nbc s kathy park and ben collins. welcome to both of you. thank you for joining us on this. kathy, i want to start with you on this one. bring us up to date on what we know thus far as to what took place and their intentions. reporter: hey there, yasmin. so i can tell you that the standoff is over. it actually wrapped up a couple of hours ago and it ended peacefully, but it all happened around 1:30 this morning. a state trooper came across two vehicles that were in the breakdown lane on interstate 95 in wakefield, massachusetts, and noticed there was a large group of men outside wearing, as you mentioned, military gear and they had lots of different firearms on them. they were asked to show ids a ....
it was the jumping off point for countless operations and missions over the last two decades. the full withdrawal is expected to be completed well before president biden s deadline of september 11th. sources tell cnn that the white house is confident this is the right move, but the pace of the draw down is raising some serious questions about the national security ramifications in that country and beyond. experts expressing concerns about the potential of a taliban take over and the resurgence of terrorism in the country. up to 1,000 u.s. troops will remain in afghanistan to guard the u.s. embassy in kabul as well as the city s airport. some 2300 u.s. service members, men and women, died in afghanistan since the war on terror there began in 2001. cnn s anna coren joins me now from kabul. this is a big moment for the country. tell us what the country looks like right now and afghans you re speaking to, what are their worries today? reporter: jim, this is a deeply divid ....