The author, Michael Wolff, hes standing by, he will join us. We want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around The World. Im Wolf Blitzer, and youre in the situation room. We begin our Coverage Tonight with the latest on the surging coronavirus pandemic. Cnns Erica Hill is joining us from New York right now. Erica, update our viewers. So we just learned from l. A. County where cases, by the way, are up 500 over the last month that all of the covid patients admitted now Are Unvaccinated. Here in New York city, we learned today that from january to june, nearly all of the new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths were also among people in the city who were unvaccinated. All of those headlines, all of those numbers just underscoring the boost in efforts to try to get more shots in arms. The White House calling in Pop Star Olivia rodrigo in an effort to boost vaccinations, especially among teens and young adults, as misinformation and politics threaten to derail vaccine pro
Hunts them down. President biden gives a timetable for beginning to get afghan allies who help the u. S. Military safely away from taliban guns. Okay, but when will the flights begin and whats the actual plan . Plus, backpacks, notebooks, new kicks, lunches, why Backtoschool Season could have parents paying more and punching the air. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We start today with our health lead, and a surprising and dismaying move to stop all Vaccine Outreach to children despite the growing number of coronavirus cases among the unvaccinated. The decision made by Tennessee Health officials just one day after firing their Vaccine Chief because she tried to promote shots for teenagers. The move coming as the Covid Situation in the united states continues to get worse, not just in tennessee but across the country. The u. S. Now averaging roughly 24,000 new cases per day. Thats a 75 jump from last week. And a whopping 93 spike from two weeks ago while Vaccination Rates continue t
I would like to thank ranking Member Scalise for inviting witnesses to join us to testify at this hearing. This is not a partisan issue. The virus is equally dangerous for democrats and republicans, and the vaccines are equally safe and effective for democrats and republicans. Id like to also thank todays witnesses for taking the time to testify about this critical issue. The coronavirus vaccines authorized in the United States are proven to be safe and effective. And they have enabled our country to make significant progress in containing the virus and saving lives. We have a graph to speak for itself as more and more americans get vaccinated, fewer and fewer are dying from the coronavirus. Yet, too many americans remain unprotected against this deadly disease because they are hesitant to receive coronavirus vaccines. This Vaccine Hesitancy is allowing the virus to spread in large unvaccinated populations and increasing the risk that variants will emerge. Polls show one in five americ
Good to have you with us. In just a matter of hours, u. S. President biden will sit down with senate democrats hoping to win over skeptical lawmakers when it comes to spending trillion. Late tuesday democrats agreed on a 3. 5 trillion budget resolution, but the plan would go beyond traditional infrastructure and tackle other key items such as medicare. Every major program that President Biden has asked us for is funded in a robust way. And in addition we are making some additions to that. Most important something that Senator Sanders has led and convinced america is so important, which is robust expansion of medicare. We are very proud of this plan, we know we have a long road to go, but well get it done for the sake of making average americans lives a whole lot better. It is unclear if the proposal will earn support from moderates. Schumer has promised the legislation eventually will have the 50 votes it needs to pass the senate. The Infrastructure Agreement followed a fiery speech fr
Vaccine hesitancy so that more americans get vaccinated against this deadly virus. I would like to thank ranking Member Scalise for inviting witnesses to join us to testify at this hearing. This is not a partisan issue. The virus is equally dangerous for democrats and republicans, and the vaccines are equally safe and effective for democrats and republicans. Id like to also thank todays witnesses for taking the time to testify about this critical issue. The coronavirus vaccines authorized in the United States are proven to be safe and effective. And they have enabled our country to make significant progress in containing the virus and saving lives. We have a graph to speak for itself as more and more americans get vaccinated, fewer and fewer are dying from the coronavirus. Yet, too many americans remain unprotected against this deadly disease because they are hesitant to receive coronavirus vaccines. This Vaccine Hesitancy is allowing the virus to spread in large unvaccinated populatio