Any hospitalization and death. Theyre also effective in reducing the overall risk of infection. Meanwhile, on capitol hill, the senate appears to be moving closer to the Finish Line with its work on bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. This as Andrew Cuomo is given the opportunity to provide final evidence in his defense as State Lawmakers wrap up their investigation into allegations he sexually harass Aid Dozen women. And members of congress and other leading figures pay tribute to one of the leading Labor Leaders, aflcio president Richard Trumka who died at the auj of 72. The were going to begin this hour with the latest on the pandemic. Seven states, florida, texas, missouri, arkansas, louisiana, alabama, and mississippi all of them account for about half of the new cases and hospitalizations in the past week despite making up less than a quarter of the u. S. Population. There are also states with some of the lowest Vaccination Rates with, we should note. Here are the other facts. The bi
Comedy. Well, maybe now they are. That was also, you pointed out the home minister, she was like the funniest part of all of that to me because she s watching she s watching it from the beginning like she knows what s coming, right? no, no. I m not being part of this at all. I have a future. I want a future in politics. This is amazing. All right. New day continues right now. Welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m brianna keilar alongside the always comedic john berman. It is friday, july 30th. We are not crying wolf. That is the message from the director of the cdc as alarming new data shows the delta variant is now one of the most transmissible viruses ever. And just as infectious as the chickenpox. In the words of cdc officials, the war has changed. The latest data also suggests the delta variant causes more severe disease. This disturbing internal cdc report explains why the cdc thinks mask mandates need to be reintroduced and why the trend map looks
Billionaire is about to do. We should approach climate change with great skepticism. Climate change has been going on as long as the planet is here. And the absolute outrage of team usa s decision to stop sha carri richardson from running in the olympics because of marijuana use when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. I m chris hayes. Just over six months ago on january 5th, 2021, remember that was the day of the georgia runoff, one day before the 6th. An untold number of people across this country received this telephone call. I m calling from the rule of law defense fund with an important message. The march to save america is tomorrow in washington, d. C. At the ellipse in president s park between e street and constitution avenue on the south side of the white house, with doors opening at 7:00 a. M. At 1:00 p. M. , we will march to the capitol building and call on congress to stop the steal. We are hoping patriots like you will join us to continue to fight to protec
And what can be done? those questions as officials from pfizer are at the white house today talking about the potential need for booster shots. The company raised concern about waning immunity last week. Let s begin with elizabeth cohen. What s the significance of today s meeting? what happened last week, it was that pfizer surprised everyone, even dr. Anthony fauci by coming out and saying guess what. Vaccine efficacy is going down. We can see it. We think that people need a third shot. That third shot being a booster. And that surprised everybody because there s been all sorts of data saying that vaccine efficacy is doing great. So it was unclear why pfizer came out and said this. So first, i think they re going to clarify that. Hopefully they will point today a that shows that because they haven t really done that yet. And i sort of wonder whether the administration officials in the room, dr. Anthony fauci, the surgeon general, if those folks will say hey, come on, guys, read the ro
You don t want to miss that conversation. We do, in fact, want to begin with breaking news out of the state of texas. Public hearings on republicans latest efforts to overhaul the state s election procedures are underway. Voters are flooding today s proceedings with their own testimonies after the house and senate unveiled their sweeping plans to limit voting access this week. Both bills set to be debated over the coming days during the legislature s special session, largely resembling republicans first attempt to pass a restrictive voting act back in may, which failed, of course, after democrats staged a lastminute walkout. The governor then vowing for the special legislative session, which is where we find ourselves now. Want to bring in nbc s priscilla thompson at the texas state capital and nbc s jane forest to walk us through stuff. Priscilla, i want to start with you. Kind of give us the abcs this hour and what you have seen take place so far. Reporter: yasmin, hundreds were li