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it back. good morning to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is monday, august 2nd. the pandemic of the unvaccinated accelerating. 35 states have seen cases rise by more than 50% since last week. hospitalizations are rising, nearly 44,000 americans are hospitalized right now. that s the highest number since april. dr. anthony fauci says he does not expect lockdowns but he is warning that there are dark days and weeks ahead. we re looking to some pain and suffering in the future because we re seeing the cases go up. which is the reason why we keep saying over and over again the solution to this is get vaccinated and this would not be happening. the cdc is stressing more than 99.9% of people who are fully vaccinated against covid have not had a breakthrough case resulting in hospitalization or death. that kind of messaging and a healthy dose of fear may actually be working because the pace of vaccinations is actually picking up. the seven ....
fredricka whitfield. the second day of the g7 summit is in full swing in england. president biden is meeting with his foreign counterparts right now on the topic of health which comes at a critical time as the world tries to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. biden also held a bilateral meeting this morning with french president emmanuel macron. all of this as biden s first meeting as president with russia s vladimir putin is set to happen this coming wednesday. this morning, the white house says biden will hold a press conference after their meeting. cnn s kaitlan collins is following all of this from england. so good to see you. so what are the big priorities today? reporter: well, i think the big priorities that they really want to talk about are the three cs, as the white house is referring to it privately, which is china, covid-19 and climate. those have really been the big three things they said president biden has wanted to push while he is here for the fir ....
releasing restriction as highly contagious variants are spreading could cost the u.s., and i m quoting her now, the hard-earned ground we have gained in the fight against the virus. also tonight, fresh fallout for the gop after the former president donald trump s first speech since leaving the white house in which he repeated lies about the election being rigged and stolen. he also called out, by name, an enemies list of republicans who voted against him in his second impeachment. all that, coming up. first, let s get more welcomed news right now on the vaccine, coming amid growing concern, thoerks at the same time about those coronavirus variants that are more easily spread. our national correspondent nick watt has the very latest for us. he s join ing us from los angeles. nick, demand still far outweighs supply. but starting tomorrow, there will be more vaccines available to more americans. there sure will, wolf. it was 11 weeks ago today that the first american g ....
what the judge said after what palin has said about vaccines. tonight, new york city s new major launching a major crackdown on gun violence following a deadly police shooting. once offer killed, one fighting for his life. a rookie police officer eight months on the job taking down that gunman. the cruise ship with american passengers. a u.s. judgish suge an arrest warrant for the ship, reportedly for unpaid fuel bills. that ship ferrying passengers back to the u.s. instead of docking here. the news coming in tonight, the tragedy for the baltimore fire department. three firefighters killed after a building partially collapses. a fourth firefighter in critical condition. tonight, authorities say amid scams against seniors, the grandmother who turned the tables on the alleged scammer. what she did, what she gave him, to his surprise. we re tracking a fast-moving system tonight, all the way to the northeast. wind chills 35 below zero in some places. and news to ....
a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we re beginning with the breaking news, a tsunami advisory still in effect for the entire u.s. west coast along with hawaii and alaska and here s why. large waves have crashed onto the nation of tonga in the pacific ocean. this after an underwater volcano erupted. we re also getting some reports of a tsunami having hit some southern japan beaches and small waves reaching hawaii. let s take a look at this remarkable satellite video. it s capturing the very moment of eruption. you see it right there. it happened deep under the ocean there. let s go to nbc s guad vinnegas. what s the latest from your vantage point there? wow, impressive images of that volcano erupting. some of the residents of tonga reported hearing the eruption. they also saw ash go into the sky. the flooding that we saw in tonga made its way to the capital. some people had to flee to highe ....