That massive Infrastructure Bill on one of President Bidens biggest legislative goals, obviously. So, the question is where do things stand right now. Plus opting out, Simone Biles withdrawing from two more recents at the tokyo olympics. Hear the response from fans, coming up. Hope the sun is shining wherever you happen to be waking up this morning. Were grateful to have you with us, good morning, boris. Good morning, christi. Great to be with you. Grateful that our viewers are with us now. We begin this morning with a race to stop a new wave of coronavirus infections sweeping the country. Officials are sounding the alarm about the spread of the deadly Delta Variant. The rate of vaccination against covid19 is going up in the united states, that is the good news. Yes, Take A Look at the map here to get perspective. It shows new cases compared to last week. Every state is showing a surge, fueled by that Delta Variant. Now, the cdc says it can spread as easily as chickenpox, but they stre
Families. Fighting back. Flight attendants, do you believe theyre taking selfdefense classes just to protect themselves now. Good Morning And Welcome to your new day. Its saturday, July 31st. Thank you so much for joining us. Good morning to you, christi. Good morning to you, boris. We are always grateful to have all of you with us. We begin with a grim warning today. Health experts and officials say the current surge of Coronavirus Infections and hospitalizations is likely to get worse as long as large sections of the country remain unvaccinated. Take a look at the map here because it gives us a good perspective of new cases compared to last week. Every state there showing a surge fueled by the Delta Variant. The cdc says it can spread as easily as Chicken Pox and new cdc data say vaccinated people can transmit it just as much as unvaccinated. Getting the vaccination is your best defense. We novak seens reduce the risk of severe disease or deaths three fold. You are 25 times more like
It is hot and humid during the summer. i have not been, boris, but i take their word for it. the problem is this year might be one of the hottest olympic games ever. because right now extreme heat and high temperatures are soaring to record levels and that s pushing temperatures into what they call the danger zone for athletes. yeah. as if things can t get more complicated for the olympians with everything they have to juggle given the pandemic, when it comes to high temperatures combined with humidity, experts say that tokyo is actually the worst olympic host city in history given these conditions. let s go to cnn s selina wang live in tokyo for us, selena, what is the least like on the ground. what are the athletes experiencing right now? reporter: yeah, boris, it is oppressive, it is hot, it is humid. and if it weren t for the pandemic, heatstroke would be the biggest health risk to the athletes and we re seeing
At the long-term forecast, a lot of these areas go back to below norm pal precip, the difference is the pacific northwest will they will get a little moisture to help the firefighters out. every little bit helps out. allison chinchar, thanks so much. good morning, welcome to new day. i m boris sanschez. and i m christi paul, and mask mandates with cases continuing to surge driven most by by people who are not vaccinated. that s right, one county in florida is requiring all county employees get vaccinated or else get out. they are defying the governor s anti-mandate strategy. the county administrator is going to join us live to talk about that decision. and saturday s session, senators heading back to capitol hill to hammer out the text of
Vaccinated. still, the cdc is acknowledging that the war has changed and they have to perceive the understanding of these breakthroughs, how would you advise they do that? you know, you re exactly right, boris. this is a complicated issue. remember that the average reading level the american public is seventh grade. so getting across these complex ideas is difficult. there is very little surprising renew here. no vaccine that we have is 100% effective. we expect that there will be asymptomatic and mild and occasionally moderate cases, so there is nothing new here. the one thing that is surprising in the small number of cases, vi viral tighters or loads were higher in unvaccinated people. doctor, you mentioned the