Members of team usa. A lot ahead for surge of the lead with Jake Tapper starts right now this is cnn Breaking News youre looking live at Temple University in the group great city of brotherly love philadelphia, where in just minutes, Vice President Kamala Harris and her freshly picked Running Mate, minnesota governor tim walz, will make their very first joint appearance as the democratic ticket for President S and Vice President. Welcome to the lead. Im philly zone. Jake tapper why our Camila Harrison . And walls making their debut here in philly. Well, because it is the biggest city in must win pennsylvania, where trump will overperform if past is precedent in the rural counties and townships, making it vital for the democrats to rack up as many votes as they can here In Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs, the socalled collar counties. Vice president harris, as of last night, had not decided whom she would pick to serve as her own Vice President ial Running Mates. So were told s
And propel us into the future. From pandemic star to politic al parriah. I never touched anyone inappropriately. That is just not who i am. The governor must resign. Can he no longer do the job. Inside politics, the best stories sourced by the best reporters now. I m manu raju in for abby. 108,753, the new number of cases a day right now, the highest in six months. In 50. 1, half the country is fully vaccinated, a major milestone, but that means half the country still is not. Today, about 400 people will die because of the delta variant in this country. A tragedy. Virtually all of these deaths are preventable if people had gotten vaccinated. Get vaccinated, please. It s safe. It works. It will save lives, maybe save your life. Polls show most unvaccinated adults say they won t ever get the shot. Messages like biden s are just not breaking through. Perhaps this one will, from a 43yearold father in the icu. Any second, it could be over. I can t go back and change it. If i could, i would
Unvaccinated people more than twice as many as the original strain. Researchers at johns hopkins university has held five states, california, texas, missouri, florida, represent 46 of the new u. S. Covid cases. Hurly are, today officials in louisiana over the grimacing of the situation. Nobody should be laboring under the misapprehension that this is just another surge. We ve already had three of these. This is the worst when we have had thus far. This virus, the delta variant of covid is every infectious disease fuss specialist in s worst nightmare. Health officials have warned we are now in the pandemic of the unvaccinated. Today, the white house said some 90 million americans have yet to get one of the three vaccines available. Yet, there are some signs that those holding out may finally be coming around. As of today, the government says 70% of americans have received at least one dose of the vaccine. The president had originally hoped to reach that goal by july 4th. Administration
And the delta variant is tightening the grip on the nation driving up covid cases and hospital admissions. The u. S. Has now recorded over 35 million cases and averaging about 70,000 cases a day. Late this afternoon, the cdc director revealed new data on the dangers of this hyper contagious delta strain. If you are sick with the delta variant, we estimate that you can infect five other vaccinated people. More than twice as many as the original strain. Researchers at johns hopkins university have found five states represent 46% of new u. S. Covid cases. Earlier today, officials in louisiana offered a grim assessment of the situation. That state is set to break it s alltime record for covid hospitalizations. Nobody should be laboring under the misapprehension that it s just another surge. We ve had three of them. This is the worst we have had thus far. The delta variant of covid is every infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist worst nightmare. As health officials have repeatedly
Lie about what happened in the 2020 election and look no further than the cpac straw poll for how that s manifesting among this selfselecting conserve this has become a top issue for the party and there is a reward structure for lawmaker whose go along with this. If you look into the straw poll, many of the people who rank highly on the list, like ron desantis and ted cruz, have backed up or not directly condemned this lie about the 2020 election. There is definitely a reward structure in this. In terms of trump s hold on the party, though, you see it from the messaging perspective, especially as he s starting to take much more public posture over the course of these next few weeks and months leading up to the midterm elections this is the message that he is choosing to lead with. A backwards looking message about what happened in 2020, hoping that that s enough red meat to actually fire up the base to go vote again in the upcoming midterm elections it may be a different plan than peop