In the weekending friday than they did the week before. But the u. S. Isnt alone in losing ground against the Delta Variant. Today in Paris Anger and frustration as Tens Of Thousands of people protested mandatory vaccinations for some and a nationwide Health Pass Requirement to get into Movie Theaters and museums. Similar requirements are coming to other countries as well. Cnn correspondents are watching from All Over The World. Im in rome and here in italy the government has approved a green pass that will reward the vaccinated and hopefully inspire the hesitant to finally get inoculated. Cases have been steadily rising in this country due to the opening of tourism, the European Soccer celebration and the Delta Variant. But to avoid further lockdowns, the green pass should allow the economy to stay open and keep the virus in check by forcing the unvaccinated to either stay home or finally get their shots. From early august, the fully vaccinated are those who have a negative test or ha
Effective. All but one of the ten states in red there, with the lowest Vaccination Rates in the country have republican governors, Mississippi And Alabama are the only states that have yet to vaccinate 35 of the their populations and in those states cases and hospitalizations are soaring. That Orange Line is mississippi, alabama is the red line. And as we learned, where hospitalizations are high the sad reality is more deaths are expected to follow. Lets begin this hour with elizabeth cohen. Good morning. This Latest Spike has i number of republican leaders feeling the pressure and a number of them now speaking up very vocally about this, including Alabama Governor kay ivey, where the Vaccination Rate is the lowest in the country. What is she saying . This is apparently what it took for some republicans, not all, but for some republicans to say, look, guys, you need to get vaccinated. So lets take a listen to governor ivy. She speaks in very plain language. These folks are choosing a h
Stop the bill. Were going to talk with two leaders in that fight. Georgia democratic Congressman Hank Johnson and melanie campbell, president of the national coalition on black civic participation. Meantime, democrats are slighting the fbi over the handling of the investigation into Sexual Assault allegations made against now supreme court just Brett Kavanaugh during his Confirmation Hearings in 2018. Were going to talk with a New York times reporter that cowrote a book on Justice Kavanaugh. And a virtually empty stadium did not stop the Tokyo Olympics from kicking off in style after a year long delay. With Tennis Superstar Naomi osaka having the honor of Looit Lighting the olympic caldron. The surge driven by the Delta Variant could accelerate as we head towards fall and triple the current number of daily deaths. Thats according to new projections from the Covid19 Scenario modelling hub. A group of researchers working with the cdc. Now across the country, were seeing new cases heading
Seems the team realizes nothing is going to reverse the results 0 of this election. Yet here we are 263 days after the votes were cast with very few republicans willing to publicly accept theres no Hail Mary in arizona. Lets check in with Kung Law there in phoenix. Reporter still pretty lively right now as this place is beginning to fill up. This is an indoor theater and expected in a few hours is Donald Trump to headline this entire event why the atmosphere here when you go around and talk to people here to see trump is absolute refusal to accept the election results. When you talk to them and ask them what they think happened in november 2020, they dont believe what happened. Instead they parrot the lie that the former President Said over and over again that somehow the election was rigged. It was not. But what is happening here is that this socalled audit is taking place, that is the third audit despite two previous audits showing that there was no widespread Election Fraud. Standin
Room. And lets begin our coverage with more on the alarming rise in covid cases and the biden administrations renewed push to get americans vaccinated. Our chief white House Correspondent Kaitlan collins is joining us with details. Kaitlan, the president and his team are increasingly concerned by the surging pandemic. Reporter theyre becoming incredibly concerned about this because they are sitting back and watching as this highly contagious Delta Variant is fueling these new outbreaks in the United States among the unvaccinated, with over half of the country still unvaccinated. And right now we just got new data from the cdc that shows today was one of the lowest Vaccination Points since january. When of course that Vaccination Campaign just got kicked off. What we are hearing not just here at the White House but from leaders nationwide is they are growing very concerned about whats to come. A new sense of urgency in the white House Tonight as the u. S. Enters a troubling phase of the