There s really no way to overstate his influence not only on the stones but on the history of the music we love. Yeah, this is a great song choice. This is early stones get off my cloud, charlie watts, he was 80 years old. We got word weeks ago he wouldn t be out on the fall tour. Knew he wasn t in good health. He was so influential hearing from paul mccartney, and elton john and ringo starr, and the funny thing about me always was to me and most people, he really was an understated jazz drummer. He later had a jazz orchestra. That was his first passion, but in 1962 and 63 he met up with mic jagger and keith richards and signed up for this gig where mic jagger is projecting and peacocking to 80,000 people in wembley stadium. Charlie s expressionless, keeping the beat as if he was in the basement of a jazz club somewhere, so truly one of the greats, the long time, nearly 60 years with the rolling stones. The great charlie watts died yesterday at 80 years old. And rhythm sections of roc
Point. We re tdown over 200 nurses that we can t fill. We ve had people literally walk off the job because they couldn t take it anymore. Have you had days where you didn t want to come to work? yes, yes, i ve had moments where i sit in my car and cry. A special session of the arkansas general assembly resumes this morning to consider masking mandates. Earlier this year republican governor asa hutchison approved a statewide ban on mask mandates, a move he regrets. Cases were at a low point. Everything has changed now. Yes, in hindsight i wish that had not become law. After one week back at school, a covid outbreak in the marian school district in arkansas has put more than 500 students and staff in quarantine. Louisiana is also facing a severe shortage of icu beds. Louisiana state university will require all students to either get vaccinated or get tested monthly. Doctors are now strongly encouraging adults to get vaccinated to protect children. It is hard for us as pediatricians to se
The pace of vaccinations in these six states you see highlighted have gone up to levels we have not seen since the spring. Tennessee has seen a 90% increase in first shots over the past two weeks. Oklahoma, an 82% increase. Georgia, a 66% increase in first shots over the past two weeks. Clearly americans are seeinghe impact of being unvaccinated and unprotected. C s nick valencia has the latest on america s fight against this virus including arkansas s mandates. Reporter: parts of the united states are going back to school amid a staggerinnumber of new fections. Thu. S. Looks poised to cro an ave of 100,000 new coronavirus cases per day again, a 48% increase from last week. Hospitalizations are up, too, with florida and texas leading the way, accounting for about onethird of the surge in case numbers. Driven by the more transmissible delta variant, cases are continuing to rise. These cases are concentrated in communities with low vaccination rates. Reporter: in arkansas where vaccinati
I m pamela brown in for jake tapper. And we start today with our health lead. And while there are encouraging signs that more americans are getting vaccinated against coronavirus, there is also worrying new data out today showing how great the threat still is. The highly contagious delta variant now makes up more than 93% of all new cases in the united states. That s according to the cdc. The number of americans dying from covid every day is up 42% from just last week. And hospitalizations are three times higher than one month ago. And we know vaccines are the best way to stop the spread. But combating misinformation about the vaccines is still one of the greatest challenges for health officials. And the new poll out today shows that among unvaccinated americans, 53% think getting the shot is a bigger risk to their health than catching covid, 53%. Adding to the confusion, the contradictory messages coming from the biden administration. As cnn s kristen holmes reports from vaccine manda
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