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and we want to wish you a very good sunday morning. welcome to new day. i m christi paul. i m boris sanchez. building back from hurricane ida. louisiana s governor says that his state has a long way to go its recovery, what he calls the biggest challenge in the recovery effort. senator joe manchin is squaring off with delfellow democrats and potentially throwing up roadblocks for president biden s agenda of that massive spending bill. plus, last man out. cnn sitting down with a pilot who flew the final evacuation flight out of afghanistan. also, going to extremes. from devastating floods and powerful hurricanes, how climate change is fueling this extreme weather and why we can see more of it. it is sunday, september 5th. we are so grateful you are spending part of your labor day weekend with us. good morning, christi. good morning, boris. yeah, happy labor day to everybody. maybe a little extra day this there for you, we hope. so we re talking about presid ....
aside and let government get back to governing. his resignation takes effect in 14 days. that announcement comes exactly a week after the new york attorney general released her report that alleges he sexually harassed 11 women. the governor though is still defiant. he says the most serious allegations have no credible factual basis in that report, and we re getting some reactions now as you would expect. the white house says that the governor s resignation is what president biden has called and advocated for, and new york mayor big de blasio issued a statement. here is part of it. make no mistake, this is the result of survivors bravely telling their stories. it was past time for andrew cuomo to resign, and it is good for it is for the good of all of new york. and the state s two senators say that governor cuomo made the right decision to step down. cnn s jim bringrass is here with me now. we understand you are getting reaction from some of the accuser s attorneys. ....
week. cnn s 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 covid-19 cases in america, the numbers are trending in the wrong direction. you re not crying wolf here. this surge that we re going through right now has every potential to be and already looks to be the worst surge we ve 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 doesn t 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 covid-19, up 10% in just one day. facilities in louisiana and florida buckling under the st ....
and striking gold. the u.s. finally winning its first olympic gold medal of the tokyo games and in a stunner one of the top athletes in the world is sidelined after testing positive for coronavirus. also a state of emergency in parts of the west as wildfires are burning out of control. we are on the front lines for you. it is sunday, july 25th, and we are always grateful to have your company. good morning, boris. good morning, christi. always great to see you. you as well, thanks. so this summer surge of the coronavirus pandemic that we have been talking about seems to be worsening across the u.s. cases are headed in the wrong direction while vaccination rates have stalled. yeah, it is not a pretty picture. nearly every state is reporting an increase in infections as the more transmissable delta variant of the coronavirus surges. look at all the red on that map. new numbers showing under half the population of the u.s. is fully vaccinated. 49%. the rise in i ....
ahead of the tropical storm. what it means for families still looking for answers. and former president trump appears to acknowledge some of the tax schemes alleged by new york prosecutors in the case against the trump organization. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it is monday july 5th, we hope everybody had a great fourth of july. we ll start with president biden marking the celebration on the lawn at the white house. part of what he called the summer of freedom, giving new meaning to the independence day holiday as he spoke about the nation s progress against covid-19. this year, the fourth of july is a day of special celebration for we are emerging from the darkness of years a year of pandemic and isolation, a year of pain, fear and heartbreaking loss, just think back to where this nation was a year ago. think back to where you were a year ago. and think about how far we ve come from silent streets [ cheers and applause ] from silent streets to ....