But security it s about taking care of your family. It s about given folks just a little bit more breathing room. That s all look i believe that health care should be a right, not a privilege in america grandma, here today to make a major announcement reference to lower lower the extraordinary high prescription drug prices before i do want to thank governor wes moore i served in the senate for 270 years i know they look forward to, but i m a little bit older no longest time i was too young because only about 29 when i got elected too old i ll tell you one thing in between when the finest, most decent men i ve ever worked with i think if i think of integrity is ben cardin stand up the people i work with by their integrity he does what he says and says what he does look, folks also, do that varga the longest time she tried to pretend to be she was irish barragan she s a great friend and she s one of a great leaders in this country where are you stand up i ve never once gone this man aske
Hello, and welcome to the lead. I m pamela brown in for jake tapper on this monday. And we begin this hour with our health lead. Cdc data now shows more than 99. 99% of fully vaccinated people have avoided a severe breakthrough case of covid. But nearly a third of those eligible still haven t gotten the shot. Testing lines stretch for hours in orlando. Dr. Anthony fauci warning the unvaccinated are seeing a smoldering level of infection. One miami doctor says, quote, our children s hospitals are completely overwhelmed. Vaccination rates are increasing, we should note, but not fast enough to slow the spread of the delta variant. One virologist in texas telling the washington post, it s like jurassic park, the moment you realize the dinosaurs have all got loose again. And, yet, lies and misinformation are also running wild. A handful of republican governors fighting against public health measures, and some extremist lawmakers still spreading dangerous conspiracy theories about the vaccin
A federal or state level. I m very happy that there s finally accountability and justice. News that criminal charges against trump s business and his main money man could be coming tomorrow. How exactly is bill cosby home free tonight? after a state supreme court vacated his sexual assault conviction. Lastly, why it s so pointless to compromise the republicans over doing something about climate change. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. As we came on air, we are getting breaking news. The washington post reporting that a new york grand jury has, as was expected, returned indictments of allen weisselberg and the trump organization itself. We will talk to folks about that just ahead as we check that out. For months and months, a lot of our fellow americans, millions of them, have been inundated with ceaseless, destructive, toxic propaganda from donald trump, chief among them, of election fraud and conspiracyco. It led to the enterprises we have seen across the country,
Also just two, two republicans voted with democrats today to investigate one of the worst security breaches in american history, the january 6th insurrection. The sad thing is, you can probably guess which two, they remain alone in their party. We begin the reidout tonight with the highprofile prosecutorial mishap that led to the shocking and unexpected release of bill cosby this afternoon, two years in his tenyear sentence for drugging and assaulting a woman walked free after pennsylvania s supreme court overturned the conviction because they ruled an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged. What the court described as an unconstitutional coercive baitandswitch prosecutors said cosby wouldn t be charged so he could testify in his civil case. The court notes he did not invoke the fifth amendment before he incriminated himself because he was operating under the reasonable belief the d. A. s decision not to prosecute him meant the exposure to criminal punis
Morning. And emily compagno. Emily: you were so great all week. I have been following both of you doing the 7 p. M. , it s an honor and pleasure to be here with you guys. I m excited it s going to be great weekend. Will: great to have you here. Pete: great color. So bright. Will: i didn t need coffee. Pete: if you weren t awake glad you are. Will: we start you off with this israeli hamas ceasefire still in place. Officers firing tear gas as protesters pelted them with water bottles and rocks. Greg palkot is live in tel aviv with where things stand right now. Greg. Hey, folks, that s right. It is day two of the ceasefire between israel and hamas. So far so good. No sign of any more rockets or airstrikes but on the ground in gaza, about 40 miles from where we are, our team on the ground there says that, in fact, there is a lot of trouble, local residents continue to pick through the rubble from israeli airstrikes. More bodies are being found. The death toll now reaching about 250. There