The taliban Gains Ground taking control of a Second City. And a Repeat Performance here. One u. S. Team racks up its fourth consecutive Gold Medal. Boy, they had to fight for it though. We are live from tokyo. New day starts right now. Thank you so much for waking up bright and early with us this saturday on the 7th. We appreciate having you. You, too, boris. Thank you so much. Lets talk about what health officials are saying that the u. S. Is at a crucial moment in the coronavirus pandemic. Infections are rising and the Delta Variant is spreading. The country has tools to get the virus under control. In some ways thats the saddest aspects of all of this. It is preventible. Yet for the first time since february the United States averaging more than 100,000 new infections a day and deaths are also on the rise. The virus is quickly spreading through unvaccinated communities especially as you look at the map. Theres a lot of red in the south where Vaccination Rates lag behind the rest of
Live from cnn headquarters, live for those watching here in canada, united states and around the world, im Kim Brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. We begin with an encouraging sign of progress in the u. S. Vaccination campaign against the coronavirus. Half of all americans are now fully vaccinated, according to data released friday, despite that, the number of new cases keeps growing. Now topping 100,000 per day. And in florida, the Delta Variant is spreading at unprecedented speed. Were talking about 20,000 new cases per day on average. Florida had more than 134,000 new cases total over the past week. The highest number since the pandemic began. But the White House is making it clear, the Nation Isnt headed for another lockdown. Nick valencia has the latest on Vaccination Efforts across the country. Reporter a major milestone for the country, with half the total u. S. Population fully vaccinated. But the grim count of covid deaths is rising fast. A 52 increase over last weeks sevenday av
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