When you add xfinity mobile. Get started today. Brand new hour. Good to be with you. I m victor blackwell. I m alisyn camerota. Sources tell cnn top health officials are considering whether to revisit guidance on masking for all of us, even americans who ve tried to protect themselves and their communities by getting vaccinated. The unvaccinated and delta variant are causing cases to spike in most states. As for deaths and hospitalizations, it s almost 100% unvaccinated people. The delta variant is more aggressive and much more transmissible than previously circulating strains. It is one of the most infectious respiratory viruses we know of and i have seen in my 20year career. Cdc advisors are meeting to determine if some immun immunocompromised people need a booster. We start with cnn s sara sidner in las vegas. She is with the health and human services secretary javihajavier besara. Reporter: we re seeing more and more people go to the hospital due to this delta variant and more peop
For them and their family. Last night alone, three mass shootings. 18 people were shot. Many teenagers including a 14yearold boy. He lost his life as well. Hours before, eight people riding in a party bus were also shot in a driveby. Obviously this is a situation that needs solutions. The white house after originally saying that crime spikes tended to happen in the summer, now it s clear that action must be taken. Today the attorney general in chicago is taking part in a listening session on how to cut down on the number of guns on the street. Gun trafficking strike forces will be deployed in chicago and d. C. And in these cities across the country in yet another federal effort to stop the blood shed. The question remains, will this work? ken cuccinelli was from dhs when president trump cracked down on crime when operation legend was underway. That initiative was credited for 6,000 arrests while in existence. Joined by raymond lopez here to address the leadership of mayor lori lightfoo
Experienced trauma. in 1984, i was plowed to support the victims of crime act that created this fund. and proud to sign into law that strengthened it today. this fund doesn t take a dime of taxpayer s money. uses fines and penalties paid by convicted criminals. but fines are called deferred prosecution agreements did not go into this victim s crimes fund in the past. since there s been more and more agreements, the fund is being depleted. that meant dramatic cuts in the funding that it could provide for victims and organizations to support these victims. between 2017 and today, the amount of money in these funds has gone down 92%. which is resulted martha: okay. talking about the crimes victims fund act.
The passage of the victims of crime act that creates this fund. i m also proud to sign the law that significantly strengthens it today. this fund doesn t take a dime of taxpayers money. it uses fines paid for by criminals. since there has been more and more of these agreements in repatria recent years, the fund has been depleted. that could mean dramatic cuts for the organizations. between 2017 and today, the amount of money in these funds has gone down 92%, which resulted in a 70% reduction of victims programs and grants. this means for a lot of victims, the help they need suspect there any longer.