Atlanta. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im Natalie Allen and this is cnn newsroom. Thank you for joining us this hour. This years fire season in the western u. S. Is already one of the worst ever recorded. More than 100 massive wildfires, 100 are now racing unchecked through one dozen states pushed by hot winds across bone dry landscapes. At least 26 people have been killed since the fires broke out in midaugust. And in an ominous sign, the death toll almost certainly will go much higher. Oregon officials are preparing for mass fatalities, as they search through burned out homes and communities. The governor says dozens of people currently are unaccounted for. And they issued this dire warning. I cant see this enough, if you are notified by emergency officials to evacuate, please do so immediately, you may not get a second chance. California, where at least 19 people have died is battling about two dozen major fires across the state. One San Francisco
And they dont. They would say, you know, in retrospect, trump and the travel ban help the country. Prevented people from contracting the disease. Ea prevented people likely from dying. Laura no, no, no. Sean that is an impossibility. They are insane. Laura no. They are not going to do it. Great to see you tonight. Sean have a great show. Laura im Laura Ingraham and this is the ingraham angle from washington tonight. The numbers came in over the weekend and its heartbreaking for American Families that continued over eastern weekend. We have lost no more than 23,000 americans to this covid19 menace. We cannot forget before we talk about any of the politics that tevery life lost is a loss selu and its mourned by family and communities. Just over thest weekends, the brother of one of my good friends from high school, dear friend from high school, had a covid induced stroke in the boston area. The effects of this are real. A lot of us know people who have been infected by this, which makes
And great to be with you this morning. Our National Leaders are pushing tup beat message of whee the figght stands. But the data is a mess. Vice president mike pence says that all 50 states and territories are opening unsafely and responsibly. But 11 states somewhere thousha their plans. And the curve has not been flattened. 1 0 125 americans have lost their lives. And the European Union is reportedly close to finalizing an xwrech agreement to block american travelers. And the debate over public safe safety versus privacy. And lets bring in poe llo p sand sandoval. And what is the debate over the United States . The story is in the numbers. The ugs n u. S. Seeing over 40,000 in just one day. And at that first tasks for Coronavirus Task force briefing in over two months, we heard the swrnd say that t Vice President say that it is as a response to increased testing firefighter b but many states are wanting to stop their reopenings. A row rosie national picture. More than 30 states report
because of the unvaccinated and their susceptibility to delta. now superimposed on this is the omicron variant, which is even more transmissible. so we re seeing a lot of disruption because of that. we ve got to throw out this notion that some people are circulating that it does not produce severe illness. it does. so far information coming out of england today are saying it s ever bit as severe as everything we ve seen before, so we ve got to throw that out. but because it s so transmissible, so many people e are going to get infected and we re going to be hearing more o and more about breakthrough cases even among the vaccinated. so some sobering news, again, out of empirical college, london today. even if you got only two doses of the vaccine, basically the protection you get against omicron is around 10% to 20%, you know, for all practical purposes.fo it s not protecting.
because of the unvaccinated and their susceptibility to delta. now superimposed on this is the omicron variant, which is even more transmissible. so we re seeing a lot of disruption because of that. we ve got to throw out this notion that some people are circulating that it does not produce severe illness. it does. so far information coming out of england today are saying it s ever bit as severe as everything we ve seen before, so we ve got to throw that out. but because it s so transmissible, so many people are going to get infected and we re going to be hearing more and more about breakthrough cases even among the vaccinated. so some sobering news, again, out of empirical college, london today. even if you got only two doses of the vaccine, basically the protection you get against omicron is around 10% to 20%, you know, for all practical