Achieve the extraordinary vision that you have for this country. Now, i pledge to every american no matter your party, i will give you everything i have to serve you and to make this country a place where every dream you have for yourself, your family, and your country will be possible once again. From never trumper to Running Mate, senator j. D. Vance accepted the nomination for Vice President Last Night at the Republican National Convention and gave the evenings keynote address. Well have more of his speech straight ahead. Plus, well bring you the latest on president Bidens Health following his covid Diagnosis Yesterday and how the illness could impact the growing concerns about his campaign. And also ahead were learning more about the Time Line of the Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump as well as some new details about the gunman. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, july 18th. July 18th, happy birthday. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with
And a Cnn Exclusive Investigation Ucncovers Evidenc of genocide ini tigray. The White Houses latest move to halt an alarming spread of covid19 is provoking and angry backlash among republicans, they are furious that many large companies could soon face hefty fines. The administrations tough new measures directly impact more than 20 Million people whose jobs are tied to the u. S. Government. An Executive Order now requires all federal workers and contractors to get their shots soon or they could be fired. Kaitlan collins reports that is only the start. Reporter president biden unveiled new measures to try to encourage tens of millions to get vaccinated saying he believes those 80 Million americans who still have not done so have, quote, failed to get the vaccine. Making an appeal to those talking about Safety And Efficacy of these vaccines and also areas where they may not have a choice. One of those is a new Vaccine Mandates for all federal wo workers. Previously they could take a test
Lawmakers, the committee is pursuing the group, accidentally sending a letter to the wrong ceo in an attempt to stop data being being turned over the letter sent to the exceo was one of a dozen companies to defy the request to preserve Phone Records. This led to the question of what it It S Mccarthy hiding . Another question the democrats want to know was how deeply was the President Involvement . You know whats interesting, thats where Law Enforcement goes. The fbi has investigated this. The senate had bipartisan committees And come back. You know what they have found . That theres no involvement. Were going to get reaction to that. The committees bipartisan committee coming back pretty quickly. Bracing for the justice for January 6th rally, in support of the 500 plus rioters charged with crimes in the January 6th insurrection. Joining me, Neal Katyal And And susan del percio. I appreciate you joining me And laboring alongside me. Neil, i kind of want to get a fact check. The republic
We begin with a big sign of progress in the u. S. Vaccination campaign against the coronavirus. But it comes, Hand In hand, with a record the country could do without. As for the milestone, half of americans are now fully vaccinated, according to data released friday. But in the state of florida, the Delta Variant is spreading, at unprecedented speed. We are 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. And the fda is stepping up efforts to make a decision about Booster Shots for people whose Immune Systems have been compromised. An Administration Official says the decision could come before early september. But despite the uptick in vaccinations, the covid surge is showing no signs of slowing down. Nick valencia reports. Reporter a major milestone for the country with half the totalu. S. Population fully vaccinated. But the grim count of covid deaths is rising, fast
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