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have the capacity in this country, not just the state, to solve this. meantime the delta variant tearing across the country as hospitals swell with unvaccinated patients. it is really an outbreak among the unvaccinated. and education secretary miguel core dona calling out republican governors for resisting mask mandates in schools. don t be the reason schools are disrupted. i m that a la brown in washington. you are live in the newsroom this sunday. covid-19 vaccines are a cheap code for the immune system. half of americans are still playing this game the hard way. we have seen a slight uptick many new doses administered over the past week but vaccine enthusiasm isn t spreading as quickly as the virus itself. the delta variant has driven new covid cases and now hospitalizations to the highest levels since february. dr. anthony fauci today coming out in strong support of mandates once it earns full approval from the fda. meanwhile, masks are back at the center ....
assured that the u.s. would return home with more gold m metals than any other country. and the u.s. left it late. yeah, a complete team effort. track and field grabbed seven golds, then sunday u.s. women s basketball captured their 7th straight gold medal. and then the volleyball team winning their first eever gold medal and there were tons of tears on the court after they scored that last point. the u.s. had meddled five times before making the gold medal match three different times, but this the first time the women were able to capture the gold and pretty cool, it is also what got team usa over the top in the gold medal count. the u.s. basketball team is a dynasty, they captured their seventh straight gold medal which tied the longest streak in any olympic team sport beating japan in the final. brittney griner setting a gold medal game record scoring 30 points to lead the team. and the usa basketball legends playing their final game together for the team, they go ....
in the yunited states, canada, and around the world. this is cnn newsroom. all throughout the pandemic we reported on a number of sad and troubling milestones. today we have more. here in the u.s. the del tra variant is driving coronavirus case numbers to their highest numbers since february. according to johns hopkins university the u.s. seven-day average is more than 100,000 new cases per day as over 50% of the u.s. population is fully vaccinated and florida seems to be getting the worst of it. sunshine state is reporting its highest number of weekly cases since before the pandemic began and the highst number of ca capita capitalizations. governor desantis is rejecting mask mandates in schools. i have young kids. my wife and i are not going to do the mask with the kids. i want to see my kids smiling. i want them having fun. the surge in the delta variant couldn t have come at a worst time since children across the u.s. are returning to class. i spoke with ali ....
plus, an entire school board suspended for refusing to comply with state coronavirus protocols. the man who made that decision joins us live. and golden girl. olympic track star allyson felix leaves tokyo as the most decorated american olympic track star ever. new day starts right now . thank you so much for spending your sunday morning us with. it is august 8th. we appreciate you tuning in. good morning, christi. great to see you, as always. good morning to you as well, boris. so despite, you know, it s good to see you despite what we have to talk about this morning. this new data that shows a dramatic surge in the number of coronavirus cases across the country. the u.s. now averaging more than 100,000 new daily covid-19 cases each day. that is the highest rate in nearly six months. yeah, in fact, the last time the seven-day average was that high was in february. compare that to the end of june of the average just over 11,000 cases. remember, roughly half the ....
election lice whachlt did they learn? the chairman of the committee dick durbin, joins me next. plus millions of americans in danger of losing their homes can now breathe a sigh of relief because one democratic member of congress drove the most powerful person in washington to take action i ll speak to the leader of the protest, congresswoman cori bush, ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is in rewind. for the first time since february, the u.s. is averaging more than 100,000 new covid cases per day. hospitalizations and deaths are also once again on the rise. almost exclusively among the unvaccinated. president biden this week flash nud levels of frustration, rebuking republican governors for standing in the way of vaccine and mask requirements. some governors aren t willing to do the right thing to beat this pandemic and should allow businesses and universities who want to do the right thing to be able to do it. i say to these ....