and sars. and we now know that the delta variant does not just affect the unvaccinated. it is causing breakthrough cases among the vaccinated. this new data shows if you are infected, you can carry the same viral load in your nose and throat whether you are vaccinated or unvaccinated. and each infected person on average can infect 8 or 9 others. this delta variant causes more severe illness than earlier strains, so here is where being vaccinated really pays off. vaccines still protect almost 100% against death and still roughly 96% against hospitalization. the cdc director, rochelle walensky, says she is not crying wolf here and other doctors agree. we can t pussyfoot around with this thing. we have to get more people vaccinated because this virus is better at its job than the original but it s going to take a while to do that, even if we re successful, so until then, we have to go back to more universal masking or else this thing is going to spread like wild fire. so we
massacring the environment off the coast of california right now. the race to clean it up and find the source. welcome to the lead on this monday. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we begin today with breaking news in our tech lead. a worldwide outage for facebook, instagramwhatsapp. the longest in company history. all of this coming on the heels of damning allegations about the social media empire. the company s stock plummeted today, down about 5%. and mark zuckerberg s personal wealth fell by more than $6 billion. and now the white house is weighing in calling for, quote, fundamental reforms. this is just the latest in a series of revelations about social media platforms. they make clear that self-regulation is not working. that s long been the president s view. been the view of this administration. all of this is the result of a whistleblower who released thousands of documents showing the inner workings of the social media empire. speaking to 60 minutes sayi
dealing with right now. we ve got multiple critical issues here that hang in the balance, infrastructure, we ve got budget reconciliation. we, of course, have the migration crisis right now at the texas-mexico border. but former president trump is occupied with the past and some state politicians are placating him. he s pushing his big lie and partisan reviews of the election and it is now extended to a state he won. yeah, this time in texas, where governor greg abbott ordered a so called audit of the results in the state s four biggest counties. the congress now wants to talk to the ceo of cyberninjas, the group that just released its findings in the arizona audit. and that group, by the way, had no experience in election audits prior to this. the entire process has really been defined by partisanship and secrecy. meanwhile, four of trump s former advisers are now facing subpoenas from the committee investigating the january 6th insurrection. and tonight trump takes th
they do not own bitcoin themselves. us regulators are widely expected to approve the funds this week. when a tweet was posted from the se gov account saying essentially that, it was noteworthy. was also wrong. the soc and its chair quickly posted on ex at the account was compromised and the account was compromised and the regulator had not approved the regulator had not approved the listing and trading of spot bitcoin exchange traded products. the erroneous tweet also included a quote from the chair. also contained a quote and then almost immediately deleted. for bitcoin cosmic value, a bit of a ride. the value, a bit of a ride. the value claim nearly $48,000 on the false mood and go back down to 45,000 with reality. now to the growing fallout from the bed fight involving a boeing 737 max nine plane on sunday. the boss has acknowledged boeing made mistakes and get would work with regulators to make sure that it cannot ever happen again. hundreds of flights have been cancelled
the race is on. run for the holiday weekend, but not before we tell you how jammed the roads and skies are. new data just released on crowded airports. a dress rehearsal for obstruction. a new report says mar-a-lago employees moved boxes of papers the day before the fbi searched trump s home for classified documents, and they allegedly held a practice session weeks before. what the fbi is now investigating. and the terrifying moments captured on camera after a passenger opens an emergency exit door mid flight. the incredible video from inside that plane. we are following these major developing stories and many more right here on cnn news central . it s 9:00 a.m. do you know where your holiday weekend is? it is on. let us be your guide through the fun and frustration and maybe the other f words in what looks like could be a historic holiday rush. this is a live look at reagan national airport. air travel is expected to be up by at least 11%, 3.4 million people are set