that and more to cover on this thursday, july 22nd. but first, willie we ll start on yesterday s move by nancy pelosi that is being called unprecedented. house speaker nancy pelosi rejected two of minority leader kevin mccarthy s picks tasked with investigating january 6th. garrett haake has details. reporter: a committee in chaos. it s an egregious abuse of power. pelosi has broken this institution. reporter: republican leader kevin mccarthy withdrawing all of his selections for the january 6th special committee after speaker pelosi announced she would reject two choices for the panel. republicans now calling the committee a sham while democrats vow to push ahead. we have a bipartisan quorum we can proceed. reporter: the speaker saying not seeing them was necessary to protect the integrity of the p investigation. the fact that she rejected two members that indicated they are not supportive of the committee, is serious and how serious it is to have patriots. r
warns that the delta variant is as contagious as the chicken pox and can create a greater risk of hospitalization although vaccines are highly effective protecting against the virus in an effort to boost vaccinations, president biden announced federal workers must show proof of their vaccination status or submit to regular testing and masking. the defense department has since followed suit. and while the white house is not considering a federal vaccine mandate at this time, the senior senator from wisconsin, a republican, had this to say. could you ever get behind a vaccine mandate for everybody? no, not unless there is some incredibly deadly disease. i mean, much higher infection mortality rates than we have with covid. breaking news, buddy. covid is an incredibly deadly disease. more than 610,000 americans have died, and in counties with low vaccination rates, the mortality and hospitalization rates are rising. joining me now, msnbc science contributor laurie garrett.
the chinese of a global computer hacking campaign. the question, will the biden administration retaliate? gun violence in america: the country s brutal weekend. a six-year-old girl killed and dozens were shot. floods ravage germany. we re in europe tonight where the death toll is climbing, why the german government is now under fire. billionaire space race, amazon s jeff bezos gets ready to go to space with his brother, aa legendary aviator and dutch teenager. why bezos says this mission is more than a joy ride. prince harry s big announcement, what s next for the royal living in america? and profiles in service. meet dr. andy, how this 101 pediatrician and world war ii veteran is still giving back. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we re going to begin tonight with new signs and worries that the covid pandemic is once agan tightening its
themselves. christine, just clarify something for me, does the u.s. require all athletes to be vaccinated? is it potential that this person who has come down with it was vaccinated? reporter: john, the u.s. and the tokyo organizers do not require vaccinations. and i think that s really the root of the problem here. if everyone had been vaccinated, vaccines were required, you would be have a very different story going into the opening ceremonies, but they re not. that means unvaccinated athletes can absolutely be here and they are here. michael andrew, one of the stars of the u.s. swim team told me a week ago or so that he was not vaccinated. i ve written about that. so, there are certainly there s one. we know one of the alternates, one of the gymnastics alternates said that she was not vaccinated. again, we do not know if she is any way involved with this breaking news. yes, unvaccinated athletes from the u.s. and unvaccinated athletes from around the world. again, that co
withdrawing from more olympic events. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with robyn curnow. great to have you along. thanks for joining us this hour. so the strain of the delta variant on america s health care system is already being felt in hospitals. a grim reminder of the darkest days of the pandemic. an average of 77,000 new cases are turning up daily and trending higher. a year ago, new cases were about the same level, but trending down. the centers for disease control says delta is as contagious as chicken pox and can cause severe illness and like earlier variants, a single case of delta has the potential to infect many more people. health experts say unvaccinated are at most risk and right now that s about half of the u.s. the head of the cdc says people need to adjust their behavior, as we learn more about the disease. the science continues to change, and while that is neither simple nor easy to convey, it s my responsibility to keep the amer