12,000 cases a day to 90,000 cases a day in less than a month. New Mask Mandates announced in the last 24 hours go into effect in the San Francisco Bay Area starting today, and State Of Louisiana tomorrow. Good news in all of this, it is not just case rates that are going up, vaccinations are going up too. On monday, the nation as a Hole Hit president Bidens Goal of having 70 of eligible adults at least partially vaccinated. But the majority of states are still below the mark. A Dozen Havent even hit 60 mark. And the country hit Bidens Milestone a month later than he originally hoped. We got word the president will be speaking later today about vaccines amid a new surge of infections. I want to dig deeper, head to serious hot spots. Morgan chesky in baton rouge, kerry sanders, in florida. Dr. Patel who served as Policy Director in the obama White House, and the mayor of miami beach, dan gelber. News week ran an article that said louisiana hospitals are so overrun, doctors had to cancel
Overnight an olympic sprinter from belarus got a humanitarian visa from poland. the team tried to force her to return after she publicly criticized her coaches. she refused to board the flight home and asked for the japanese police for protection. deadly fires continued to rage across the country of turkey. at least eight people have died and thousands more have evacuated. we have to end our show with something positive, very positive. i want to introduce you to our hero of the day. a pennsylvania man just completed a nearly 4,000-mile cross-country journey on his bicycle and raised more than 20,000 bucks for his hometown homeless sheshelter. his name is bill schwartz. took about a year. the money is for the bell family shelter where he used to work and that money is really needed. the shelter has to turn away dozens of families every single month. bill says his trek was challenging but nothing compared to what homeless families experience. i want to thank bill for doing this, for