Louisiana, and alabama, cdc data shows that the seven Day Average of daily first doses has more than doubled since the start of july. Thats hopeful. Still, the country is seeing record breaking hospitalizations, including more and more children. Nbcs Kathy Park has the latest. Reporter cities across the country sounding the alarm, as covid cases explode to dangerous levels. Austin activating its emergency alert system, warning residents the situation is dire, just six icu beds available. And for the third time this week, florida broke a record for daily covid cases as doctors say more kids are getting sick. There are more children in the Hospital Today than weve had at any point in the past 18 months. Reporter in just four days more than 3,000 kids in louisiana tested positive for the virus. And due to the ongoing health emergency, Jazz Fest in New Orleans is cancelled for the second year in a row. This weekend, hospitalizations in the u. S. Topped more than 66,000. A grim Milestone We
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Greg pence is now a republican congressman from indiana. How did he get the gig . Well he does share a nose with Vice President mike pence. And the seat he holds is from his Little Brothers old district in congress. Older brother greg pence did not seem destined for congress. Before his Little Brother became trumps Vice President. Greg pants like ran gas stations and Convenience Stores in his previous life. And some strip malls for antiques and stuff. But when his brother went to the white house that was his chance. So now greg pants is in congress. Now gregg pence has put out a multiple siren alert to his constituents back in indiana. Looks like this. Siren hoosier Small Business owners, siren, red alert. Help is on the way, he says. Help is on the way for those in the food and a restaurant industry, how nice. Congressman greg pence letting his constituents at home in indiana know he is delivering for them, help is on the way. If you run a restaurant in Congressman Pence is district h
and for that we will miss him in the senate and across the the senate and across the the u.s. house is with to gavel in for work on a bill expanding g.i. bill, education benefits for members of the national guard and reserves. live house coverage here on c-span the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: i hereby appoint the honorable darren soto to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker perfect house of representatives. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] any use of the closed-captioned coverage the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me? eternal god, throughout human history, you have acted on our behalf. defend
the johnson & johnson vaccine. let s discuss now. joining me, john harwood and cnn political analyst, john avalon. i have to say last names now, since you gents have the same first man. mr. avalon, this is a new cnn poll that shows this bill increasingly incredibly popular with the american people but zero republicans, not one voted for it. we had jen psaki on a short time ago. she said they re going to keep pushing for bipartisanship. do you think they know the score? the mere fact no republicans voted for a bill in which some of the contentious items were taken out says it will be a tough road. i don t think it is impossible and i don t think biden should simply couldn t seed it is impossible. it is critically important. can something be done on immigration? on infrastructure? should not give up the ghost on that just yet. the republicans have a problem which is that very often, their fetally is to the far right. not only what their voters believe. that s a disconnect wit