It is good to be back with you for this second hour of Chris Jansing reports. At this hour, a blue Wall Battle Ground blitz with just 90 days to go, tim walz declares, well sleep when were dead, continuing a Campaign Sprint across the U. S. With kamala harris. Theyre standing by for their live remarks in wisconsin, set to begin in just moments. Plus, as a former Teacher And Coach, tim walz knows practice makes perfect, the sinkers and one liners hes testing out on Donald Trump. And trailing them on the trail, where Harris And Walz go, so does J. D. Vance. His new remarks questioning walz military service and what he calls stolen Valor Garbage. Were also live in the critical state of michigan, democrats say it is a must win. So what do voters think about a race thats gone through very topsyturvy weeks. Our Nbc News reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we begin with a little more than 24 hours after becoming Comparess Vp, tim walz whos showing off his ability to be
It struck fear into the hearts of millions and also killed millions of people every year until a vaccine came along and eradicated it. Antivaxers have been around as long as vaccines themselves. Can you imagine if back then there was a major political party backing them up. Fast forward to 2021 and that s exactly where we are now. Kevin mccarthy, the republican leader and colt 45 groupie tweeting in all cap rant, no vaccine mandate period. The governor is threatening the fine cities and counties that require workers to be vaccinated while passing the mike to antivaxers at his press conference. No one should tell you what to put in your body. For me, that s a problem. That s a lot. That s not true. Wait a minute. What was that part about how no one should tell you how what o put in your body and about your body. Has the texas governor received that message? you think we could agree on this one thing, staying alive. Keeping our children alive, our parents. A large cdc report says unvacci
Okay, kids, don t wear masks. Then you find out retrospectively that this virus in a strange and unusual way is really hitting kids really hard but hopefully this will be a temporary thing, temporary enough that it doesn t have a negative lasting impact on them. Robert redfield echoing dr. Fauci on the transmission of the delta variant but he is pushing for kids to get back into schools. Redfield noted there are few cdc studies that involve children wearing masks in a classroom setting. These policies should be grounded in data as opposed to opinion. This as florida governor ron de santis announcing the florida board of education may withhold the salaries of school officials who choose to require masks in schools against his executive order. Six counties are rejecting the governor s mandate and requiring masks or of have made them optional and in texas the dallas school board voting to require masks in defiance of governor greg abbott s executive order. Lloyd austin announced all milit
Fighting to save the wild horses of the american west. They need our voices. This is the cbs weekend news from new york, here s jericka duncan. Duncan: good evening, thanks for joining us tonight. America s covid recovery has hit a road block, today dr. Fauci said this surge driven by the delta variant will get worse. Infections are spiking across the country. Hospitalizations and deaths are also rising. More shots are going into arms but only about half of us are fully vaccinated. Cbs lilia luciano is in west hollywood with the latest. Reporter: thank you, jericka. Now l. A. County has 45% higher hospitalizations in just one week and there are more than a thousand vaccination sites in the hopes that more people will get their shots and finally stop the spread. Tonight, there s no end in sight for the covid summer surge. Cases are climbing but that s not enough to stop this party. In chicago, hundreds of thousands packed lollapalooza the four day music festival. Most showed proof of v
With lester holt good evening, everyone night after night on this broadcast, during the worst days of the pandemic, we took you inside crowded ers we told the stories of people dying alone, isolated from families, ventilators breathing for them we were a nation largely in lockdown, and we were counting the days until science could develop a lifesaving vaccine. Tonight we are nation rich in vaccines, but low on trust and with so many still shunning covid vaccinations or ineligible for them, the head of the cdc says we are potentially facing a pandemic of the unvaccinated some of it appears to be driven by gross misinformation, which we ll take a closer look at in a moment. But first, the building wave of new cases and the risk for the unvaccinated as more covid hot spots emerge this summer miguel almaguer starts off our coverage reporter: tonight, new misery in the metrics as the numbers trend in the wrong direction, fuelled by the highly contagious delta variant and unvaccinated americ