the author, michael wolff, he s standing by, he will join us. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with the latest on the surging coronavirus pandemic. cnn s erica hill is joining us from new york right now. erica, update our viewers. so we just learned from l.a. county where cases, by the way, are up 500% over the last month that all of the covid patients admitted now are unvaccinated. here in new york city, we learned today that from january to june, nearly all of the new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths were also among people in the city who were unvaccinated. all of those headlines, all of those numbers just underscoring the boost in efforts to try to get more shots in arms. the white house calling in pop star olivia rodrigo in an effort to boost vaccinations, especially among teens and young adults, as misinformation and politics threaten to
new york city detective union commanding amazon immediately stop selling anti-police apparel. amazon is providing a platform for plate and that s very disgusting. restaurants across the country being forced to raise prices. a soaring inflation triple. unreal at the moment. every day is like an adventure. i go to the market and wait to see what i m facing. ainsley: that is north myrtle beach, south carolina. y all, that place is about to start hopping because in the summer it is so busy. there are so many beautiful golf courses there and lots of people go there for all the rides. they have amusement ride there gri up going there. it s a lot of fun. y all will have to try it this is will and we have lawrence i m such lucky girl today. filling in for steve and brian. will: a native south korea south south carolinian the.i don t kne beginning of memorial day or the end. we are now officially in summer. ainsley: we are feeling it. the official day is june 21st. will: n
she made with her couture. it isn t even the most important one. the most enduring and significant message sent by aoc that night and by all the met gala attendees was the one embedded in the photograph she gladly shared with the press. the new york times ran one of them heading a story entitled aoc met gala s dress triggered strong reactions. there you see a beaming aoc, isn t she clever? isn t she arch? modeling her dress as a mask attendant on the floor smoothing out the fit. times story masked aid held up the train of her dress while she smiled brightly and waved at her fans she sent a message in vogue. it wasn t a message she the new york times or vogue intended, certainly wasn t one they recognized or understood. years from now when we look back at the met gala of 2021, we won t remember the exhortation to tax the rich. it s a tired slogan, literally centuries of history to it and indication now will evaporate when the moment does. what we will remember is the mas
chris equipment mow has been fired from cnn. cuomo assisted his brother while he was facing sexual harassment charges. 3, 2, 1. minerals. [cheers] ainsley: hey, everyone. thanks for waking up with us. it s monday, it s christmas. it s beautiful outside. we are just happy to be alive and be at work and waking you up in the morning. steve: welcome aboard, folks. ainsley: you survived. how are you doing this? brian: friday verdre. mclean, virginia, tysons corner oh my goodness. steve: there is tysons 1 and tysons 2 across the street. brian: did i not know that i remember when he was the reporter in washington. i was. steve: i was there for along time. great neighborhood. ainsley: you were local news there. steve: i was the featured reporter at the end of live at 5. ainsley: my phone is ringing. it s over there in my pocketbook. brian: do you want me to see who it is? ainsley: i bet it s lawrence. i thought i left my phone in my office. i know where it is. it s in my coat
foreign business dealings. we have evidence he was in meetings on a huge deal with china. we will break it all down, joining us with the exclusive details from her brand-new blockbuster book now on amazon.com and bookstores everywhere, but first, joe biden has simply turned the page. our account from afghanistan sadly continues. americans held hostage behind american lines, day 107. sean: abandoning americans behind enemy lines. it s been 120 days since joe promised to leave no american behind. he clearly lied to the entire country. sadly, dishonesty is the prevailing theme in this biden administration. he promised you could trust his word as a biden. in reality, nothing could be further from the truth. just take a look at his handling of covid-19 on the campaign trail, he promised to shut down the virus not the country. really? tonight s more americans, we can report, have died from covid-19 under joe biden s watch in 2021 then under donald trump in 2020. by the way, a