And the country has. General milley s reputation of are include episodes of profoun generally s record of achievements include episodes of profound blundering of the dangerous willingness to put aside the army of the united states to list just a few, presided over the disastrous role of the army combat fitness test, a misguided, unrealistic effort to compel the army to do crosswords. He ignored numerous voices in the army, those voices were syndicated today the cft the byword for leadership myopia. General millie tried to stonewall the army s report on its performance and iraq war running interference to keep their mistakes from being aired in public religion only after public pressure that never should have been necessary, he presided over a historic recruiting crisis and for the armed forces at large, he did break back second world war style uniforms which was a reminder of when the army could win a major war. Speaking of winning general millie s record will include presiding over am
Variant spreads across the u. S. And scorching temperatures are breaking records in the northwest. We ll have the latest ahead. Sunrise is a little more than two hours away in surf side, florida and a new day could bring hope or despair for crews searching to find survivors. The death toll has risen to nine. More than 150 people are unaccounted for as of sunday. Hopes of finding anyone left alive are growing more remote. Officials and families are still praying for a miracle. I think we all believe and expect miracles. We all believe and expect miracles. We have armies ready to go 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It s not going to stop until we pull everybody out. That s the way it s going to be. Families face an ag nicing wait desperate for any word on the fate of their loved ones. Rafael romo has more from surf side. Reporter: crews continue to sift through a mountain of rubble here in surf side, florida. They now have additional help. App team from mexico has joined the effort. Ac
For the bidenputin summit. A giant question, why did the trump justice department snoop on the trump white house council? the big shift in the middle east, israel has a new government today. Bb netanyahu is now opposition leader, he fights to topple the coalition that ended his 12year rule. First for us a first for us this hour, the giant global stakes this week for the new american president, this hour a potential conflict point on the nato schedule, president biden holding a bilateral meeting with the turkish president, erdogan. The president is assuring allies the united states is there, his words, his rejoinder to the fractures of the trump era. Modernizing nato is a constant refrain but the urgency of the moment is obvious and there are new promises for nato teamwork in the fight against cybercrimes and the climate crisis. President biden hopes the nato show of unity gives him momentum heading into a geneva confrontation with the russian president. Let s get to kaitlan collins in
Moving over to tracks. The question is will either be able to thread that very thin needle on capitol hill? plus, praise for president biden from vladimir putin and russian media after last week s summit. What could moscow say about the new sanctions that could be on the way. And madison square garden packed for the first time since covid as the foo fighters take the stage. The question is, have we returned to times like these? it s way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that cannot wait for its postcovid concert. I m kasie hunt on this monday, june 21st. We ll start with the news. President biden will travel to raleigh, north carolina, this week as farther of a push to get more americans vaccinated ahead of his july 4th goal. At a speech on friday he touted a new milestone against the paemd. 300 million vaccine doses administered, but at this point it peers biden is still likely to fall short of his deadline of having 70% of americans vaccinated by
Thanks so much for joining us. At this hour, the united states is making incredible gains in the fight against the coronavirus. By virtually every measure, america is heading in the right direction. J ust in time for memorial day weekend. And the unofficial kickoff to summer. St new cases down 56% in the last month. The lowest level since last june. Deaths down 23% in the last four weeks. That is a lowest they ve been since last july. Hospitalizations also down nearly 30% over the last month. And on the vaccine front, the u. S. Is hitting a new milestone. Nearly half of the entire population has now received at least one dose. The nearly 40% of americans are fully vaccinated. But the numbers of vaccine doses administered each day has fallen from more than three million at that high point a month ago to 1. 8 million right now. But overall, these trends show that we re reaching the long sought hope on the horizon. That always felt just a little bit out of reach. But really it does not fe