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Pass which would stop people from going to restaurants and bars unless they can show they have been double vaccinated or that think have a negative covid test. Opponents of that bill say that s the state defacto forcing you to get a vaccine and an assault on their liberties. It s really quite amazing, alex. In france a country that s been hit very hard by covid over 110,000 people have died of covid. There s widespread vaccination skepticism and hesitancy. That s what all this is about. Thank you for telling us. Appreciate you. A very good day for msnbc world headquarters here in new york. Welcome, every one. We re beginning with break news to share. House speaker nancy pelosi has just appointed republican congressman adam kinzinger to serve on the january 6th select committee. The first hearing is on tuesday. In statement released the last hour, the speaker said he brings great patriotism to the committee s commission to find the facts and protect our democracy. Also defending her dec
Australian government says restrictions will continue where required. Brisbane is the latest city, along with other areas in the state of queensland, to undergo the snap lockdown. Some people are stocking up before staying at home. Very unfortunate in this sort of situation, but i guess do it hard, fast now, hope we don t see that happen here. Reporter: emphasizing that vaccines are the best way out, the world health organization warns the world is at risk over losing its hardwon gains against the virus. A back sliding that s evident in countries that were once relatively successful in curbing covid19. Thailand and malaysia are experiencing surges of disease, and on saturday reported recordhigh daily infection numbers. India was slowly recovering from being a previous epicenter of the virus. It s now imposing new lockdowns in some states where cases are once again rising. And experts warn another wave could hit soon if vaccinated don t pick up pace. The highly transmissible delta varia
World. I m laura jarrett. And i m julia chatterley. It is wednesday, july 21, 5:00 a. M. In new york. And we start with covid. If you live in an area with a low vaccination rate, you are in greater danger this morning. The cdc data shows 22% of the u. S. Population now lives in a county with high covid transmission. That is nearly 73 million americans we re talking about. And even more staggering, it is about ten times higher as many people as in early june. So why is it happening? here is the head of the cdc. Areas with limited vaccine coverage are allowing for the emergence and rapid spread of the highly transmissible delta variant. The delta variant now represents 83% of sequenced cases. This is a dramatic increase up from 50% the week of july 3. And return to inperson week is coming or is already here. And that combined with the increase in transmission is raising the question should you be forced to wear a mask or get vaccinated. County home to las vegas has just passed a temporar