In mississippi. The hospitals are full from memphis to gulf port, natchez to meridian. Everything is full. Everything is full. The i. C. U. Crisis is getting more critical by the hour. Some states are at or they are near capacity. Only a few hundred beds are left in some of the largest states in the south, or in the case of mississippi you see there on your screen zero. Mississippi is now requesting help from the federal government as they are dealing with this crush of coronavirus patients. And a critical staffing shortage. There s a field hospital that s now being set up in a parking lot that could be used to take care of older teenagers with coronavirus. Some schools in mississippi, indiana and georgia have already gone back to virtual learning because of growing case numbers. Many are now rethinking mask policies. West virginia republican governor jim justice warns that if cases continue to climb, as they clearly are, masks may be required in schools there. More children are now ho
And what may have been missed. All the talking heads are talking about alexandria ocasiocortez. We ll look at dana bash s indepth interview. The coup is dripping out. Why is this newsworthy more than six months later? because most people don t know how close the country came. And, because someone might try to do it again. So authors and reporters and house and senate investigators are all piecing together the events the last winter, and in the words of cnn s zach wolf, the full picture of trump s effective coup is only now starting to emerge. Trump s campaign was more intense than we knew at the time. It was more insistent than we knew. For example, there is a recenting reporting that trump told his acting attorney general, jeff rosen, just say the country is corrupt and leave the rest to me. He wanted the department to open the door so he could walk through it and remain president even though biden won. It s one of the biggest political stories of our lifetimes. But it s in the past.
The u. S. Now hitting a major milestone. The cdc says over 50% of the population is now fully vaccinated. This is important. Vaccinations in states hardest hit by the delta variant have been rising in recent days. But that has not been able to slow the deluge of patients pushing hospitals to capacity. There is new word that booster shots for the immunocompromised may be recommended, an administration official tells cnn. The fda could come to that decision in just the next few weeks. We want to begin in florida, where new cases are breaking state records. Cnn s natasha chen is in orlando this morning. Natasha, there is no question, florida has become the epicenter of this new surge, but the state is not alone. Reporter: right. Unfortunately, this is happening in many places. The good news is the health staff behind me at this mobile unit for the vaccination clinic we re here at today, they say that every time they see a spike in cases in florida here, they also see a spike in vaccinatio
People to hear my voice and hear this message. It is quite incredible. All you can do is tell people the truthful. Yeah. You can t make them believe. The hope is in telling people the stories you ll tell tonight, the people will see themselves and not just the people who are sick but the people who are struggling with losing them around them. That s the part that we often don t emphasize enough. You wear a mask. You take care of yourself. What you may do to others. If you don t, what about the people you re supposed to take care of? yeah. Our time is short. I want to get to it. I ll be watching. I love you, d lemon. More than you know. This is don lemon tonight. We have a lot to get to. I usually start with my take. I ll give that you later because i thought this was so important. I taped it just before the broadcast west moved a lot of things around so we can show you this. You know how bad delta is. New daily cases topping 100,000. Dr. Anthony fauci predicting that the number could d
Administration says we are not headed back into lockdowns, the cdc s new mask guidance has triggered mask mandates in new orleans, washington, d. C. , even broadway theaters, and it s now under consideration in san francisco and new york. The need for a fullcourt press against the virus is evident, and a brandnew report released by the cdc shows how the delta variant is targeting the unvaccinated, estimating that vaccines reduce the risk of severe disease or death tenfold or more. The report also shows that vaccinated people can still spread the virus even though that s within the. 1% range of likelihood. To be clear, the bulk of the spread is driven by the unvaccinated. And delta is spreading rapidly. One expert saying it travels just like smoke from a cigarette. Officials expect this surge to worsen as long as big portions of the country remain unvaccinated. One infectious disease expert last night telling cnn s don lemon where this could be headed. We ve been behind the eight ball f