Welcome to the lead. Im pamela brown, and we begin this hour with our health lead. Momentum is building for a Vaccine Requirement as we learn sobering new details about the pandemic. More than 103,000 people were diagnosed with covid19 just yesterday. Dr. Anthony fauci has warned that number could double soon if americans dont take action. Hospitalizations have spiked more than 40 . The spikes in cases and hospitalizations being seen across all age groups, not just the elderly or the frail. The biden administration says there is a silver lining, however, more people are heeding the warnings and getting vaccinated. More than 864,000 doses reported a ministered in one day, and the majority of those were getting their first shot. The administration offering high praise for businesses, universities and Health Care systems that researchmenting Vaccine Requirements for workers or even customers. But as Cnns Nick Valencia reports, that could be much tougher for Mom And Pop businesses. Reporte
the outside, you would be looking out the port hole, at the air you need, and unable to reach it. the whole story with anderson cooper airs tonight at 8:00 on cnn. and good morning, welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, july 2nd, i m victor blackwell. and i m amara walker. at least two people have been killed, 28 others injured overnight in a mass shooting in baltimore. neighbors were celebrating during an annual block party when the gunfire erupted. hundreds of people were reportedly gathered in the area. cnn s isabel rosales is with us now. very early in the investigation. what do we know? there are still so much questions but we re learning now details about the victims and the survivors from a statement from baltimore police. the two dead, specifically the two victims killed, one was an 18-year-old woman, so the ages here are new, she unfortunately was found dead at the scene. and then the other victim was a 20-year-old man. now, there were 28 people that w
those are on southwest. the airline now apologizing, but as you can imagine that s little comfort for people who may miss out totally on seeing their loved ones this holiday season. i m beyond frustrated. and hurt. because i can t see my dad. my mom is in the hospital and i wanted to be there for her once she like got discharged. unfortunately because of the situation they are saying that the closest flight is the 29th. are you going to make it home today? no, likely not. i mean, i heard someone say over the intercom not to expect to get a flight within the next four days. that s definitely not what i wanted to hear. people just missing their family and loved ones. the log jam starting with the powerful winter storm that hit western new york the hardest. look at that. this morning people in buffalo struggling to get food, water, medicine, after days of driving bans and closed stores. we are going to take you live there in just a moment. let s go first to our team co
hello, i m abby philip in washington. thank you for being here today. the holiday travel nightmare is inflicting more misery across the country. more than 2900 flights in or out of the u.s. have been canceled today already. and just one airline is responsible for 90% of them and that is southwest. passengers stuck in one city, their baggage somewhere else. i am traveling with my son trying to go to a family wedding in miami. the next flight offered was in january, and they couldn t even get us home, back to pittsburgh. financially this is going to take a toll. how much could you guys potentially miss out on if you don t get on your flight to colorado? probably 30 plus thousand dollars for a group of ten. we come here. they tell us our luggage is here but they can t give it to us. i said we have medication, we need it. we can t pull it. we don t have the manpower. to add to all of that long ticket lines, hours and hours on hold with the airline company and the growin
american dream and what s left of it and to salvage what you can. and this is happening, you know, sporadically around the area. and, look, there are decisions that need to be made. there are short-term decisions and long-term, but sanibel, the causeway is down. you can t get there by car. so if you re going to be on sanibel island, you have to go back and forth by boat. for a long time. exactly. and that that bridge is going to take we were thinking, like, how could they put metal plates? but it is broken in so many places, it is going to be that way for a long time. i should mention, though, there is a community called babcock branch in charlotte county that is all solar. they have this solar ray, all of it survived the storm. minimal damage, full power. and so as we talk about the future, about rebuilding, and the resilience of living on the coast, wouldn t it be nice to not have to wait in a gasl line and have air conditioning and light and information right now