we re following multiple big developing stories tonight. new york governor andrew cuomo resigning, trying to avoid impeachment while also attempting to undercut the sexual harassment allegations forcing him out. plus the delta variant putting children at risk. nearly 94,000 american kids testing positive for covid in just the past week. so why are some republican governors trying to punish schools for requiring masks in the classroom? and president biden celebrating the senate passing a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and a bipartisan vote that included 19 republicans. after years and years of infrastructure week, we re on the cusp of an infrastructure decade that i truly believe will transform america. we ve proved that we can still come together to do big things, important things for the american people. if passed by the house, the bill would revamp the country s roads and bridges while boosting broadband connections and fighting climate change. so let s start w
the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. and we begin with the breaking news. very serious breaking news from the fda and covid booster shots for some americans are now on the way. cnn s chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is joining us right now. kaitlan, tell our viewers what you re learning. this is significant. reporter: this is what we re learning, wolf, that we are expecting the fda to come out in the next 48 hours or so, though, that timing could slide, and announce that they are authorizing what is commonly known as booster shots for people who are immunocompromised and therefore more susceptible to variants of covid-19, variants like the delta variant that we have seen really overtake the u.s. in recent months. this is significant because we knew they had been working on this behind the scenes, having growing concerns about the efficacy of these vaccines, how long they las
report alleging sexual harassment. is the flit cat fallout over? plus, after years of attempts the senate has passed a bipartisan bill. the question is when will it actually get to president biden s desk? and amid covid concerns, the academy is taking the event outdoors and the people to that. the question is who makes the cut? it s way too early for this. good morning, and welcome to way too early. the show that thinks that all the nominees are winners. i m elisa menendez. we ll start with the news. new york governor andrew cuomo is stepping down are the three-term governor is stepping down and will leave his office in two weeks. it comes as the assembly prepares to leave the month-long impeachment probe from several sexual harassment allegations. now, you know me. i m a new yorker, born and bred. i am a fighter. and my instinct is to fight through this controversy. because i truly believe it is politically motivated. i believe it is unfair. and it is untruthful.
states and around the world. it is monday, july 5th. and the search and rescue operation at the collapsed condo site in surfside, florida, has resumed just hours after the rest of the champlain towers building was demolished. demolition specialists began laying explosives in the remaining structure on sunday afternoon. it was really this threat of tropical storm elsa looming that had engineers and rescue crews worried about the safety of the search operation. and ahead of the demolition at the south tower, the kondz mi condominium board for champlain towers east suggest they had evacuate. the mayor of surfside suggests there s a search and rescue operation. 24 people have been found dead. 121 others remain unaccounted for. joining me a israeli rescue team in surfside, florida. colonel, thank you for joining us on new day. on sunday, surfside mayor charles burkett said this remains a rescue effort. do you agree? i think as long as the determination of this phase, search
windows down and cruise. that s what i was talking about at 4:00 a.m., carley, that s what i drove into. it could be the fireworks, could be a mixture of weather. we ll get adam klotz on it to determine exactly what is in the air, what are we looking at. and right now you are watching fox & friends first on this monday morning. i m ashley strohmier. i m carley shimkus. jillian and todd have the morning off. we begin with a fox news alert. overnight rescue crews resume looking for victims after the collapsed florida tower is demolished. [explosion] charles watson is live in surfside with how officials think this will help the search for survivors. good morning, charles. reporter: good morning, ashley and carley. what remains of champlain towers south is now gone as the outer bands of tropical storm elsa approaches south florida. demolition crews imploded the remnants of the 13-story tower just after 10:30 sunday night and it all happened in a matter of seconds. y