so cavalier with the health of their communities. this is we re playing for real here. this isn t a game. and more than a third of adults in the u.s. are still not fully vaccinated. and it s the unvaccinated, in large part, who are overwhelming hospitals in some states. the country is now averaging more than 1,500 covid deaths each day. that s up 9 % from last week. cnn s nick watt has more. for elected officials actively working to undermine the fight against covid-19. reporter: so said the president announcing sweeping vaccine mandates with a testing opt-out for millions of american workers and cue some of those elected officials he s talking about. texas is already working to hard this power grab, governor of texas. this unconstitutional move is terrifying, governor of mississippi. we will fight them to the gates of hell, governor of south carolina. the majority of american workers support vaccine mandates in their workplace and here in los angeles. the item pass
be vaccinate d. there are few left who can be persuaded with science and logic. everyone hospitalized across america for covid of-related illnesses has one other thing in common. they are unvaccinated. said differently, virtually no one who has been fully v vaccinated for covid is in the hospital with a covid-related illness. so why are we succumbing to the intransigence of the unwilling and instead seeking to punish the responsible. those who have done their part by getting vaccinated. two more real world examples of the unvaccinated were in the news this week. here in philadelphia the inquirer reports as many as half the players on the phillies remain unvaccinated. meanwhile, eric clapton threatened he might require vaccination. on a social media account he wrote this, i wish to say i will not perform on any stage where there s a discriminate d audiene presence unless there s a i reserve the right to cancel the show. i agree with my friend and colleague the lawyer and law p
of the dangers of the delta variant, keeping his eye on the science. he says politics and pandemic simply don t mix. the ones that you don t want to do in the middle of a global pandemic is that in your own country is you don t want intense political divisiveness. the is you don t want intense political divisiveness. is you don t want intense political divisiveness. is the virus. smell the coffee. another day, another report on the re storative powers of the magic beans. why is a cup of coffee so good for us? hello i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. the us senate is taking up a voting rights bill this evening that democrats hope will strengthen protections at the ballot box. it s one of those procedural votes so unique to washington, it s not a vote on the bill, but a vote on whether to even discuss the bill. and the result could speak volumes in terms of where we are in american politics. the democrats are not expected to get enough votes, with one
making him the 12th serving us president to have met her majesty. hello and welcome to bbc news. there s disappointment for thousands of holidaymakers this afternoon as it s understood that portugal is to be added to the government s amber travel list on tuesday meaning that going there is legal, but officially advised against and people must quarantine on their return. and the bbc has been told no new countries will be added to england s green list of destinations that people can travel to without quarantine. there had been speculation that some spanish and greek islands could be added to that list today, as well as malta, finland and parts of the caribbean. but the government says it needs to be cautious. our political correspondent nick eardley is at westminster for us. good to see you. bring us up to speed with these developments. bad news for speed with these developments. e:c news for travellers, ben. speed with these developments. e5.c news fortravellers, ben. port
democrat terry mcauliffe running for his old job against republican glenn youngkin with local issues like jobs and covid competing with the national realities about the state of the biden agenda, that spending vote which may in the end come too late to boost any enthusiasm for the democrat on the ground there. and a test for the republican party balancing trumpy drama with electoral reality. a republican candidate trying to have it both ways, as the washington post editorial recently put it, appealing to the suburban centrists out there while trying to pacify the maga faithful. it has been a dance occurring in public, democrats exploiting that as a weakness potentially for republican glenn youngkin. he s created hatred and division just like donald trump. tyranny is running against an acolyte of donald trump. we don t want trump, we don t want youngkin. he won t allow donald trump to campaign for him in this state. state. what s he trying to hide? is he embarrassed?