too early for us. and former aid to the george w. bush white house, elise jordan and also katty kay on the way this morning. in the united states covid cases are on the rise again driven up in increases in places with low vaccination rates. and now the former surgeon general is suggesting the cdc should once again ask everyone to mask up indoors. nbc news correspondent kathy park explains. reporter: no signs of covid backing down. in los angeles county a 700% increase in positive cases in just the last month as masks go back on while indoors. i think better safe than sorry for sure. reporter: former surgeon general on mask weighing, the premature guidance was wrong. the cdc should be advising to vax it and mask it. the current surgeon general defended the cdc s decision on masks for the fully vaccinated. they gave communities and individuals a flexibility to make decisions about what to do with masks. reporter: across america, cases rising in all 50 states some hi
former white house adviser andy slavitt joins me later in the hour. and senator ted cruz compares critical race theory to the kkk. the worst part. he knows exactly what he s doing. i ll speak with a pioneer of the subject kimberly crenshaw. r of the subject kimberly crenshaw. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. we are now nearly six months removed from january the 6th, and there is still no sign from the administration or from democrats in congress of a bipartisan or even partisan investigation of the capitol insurrection. why is that important? well, for one reason meet darren beatty. he was a speech writer for the trump white house until he was fired in 2018 after it emerged he spoke at a conference for white supremacists, as you do, and then he was appointed by a trump white house to a commission that preserves holocaust memorials. no, i m not making this up. today b.t. runs a far right website called revolver news. well, you might wonder why should i care about an ex-spee
moments ago. secretary mayorkas, thanks for coming to the sunday show. thank you very much for having me, jonathan. so mr. secretary, the administration seems to be sort of haggling over language. it s not a crisis. some have called it a challenge. why not just say flat out what s happening on the southern border is a crisis? jonathan, we re not haggling over language. we re focused on mission. and that is securing the border, and the border is secure. the border is closed and that s what we re focused on. and i will not use language that is not applicable. we have dealt with surges in migration at the border before. we have a plan. we are executing our plan. we will succeed. we know what to do. we are doing it. and that is the fact of the matter. mr. secretary, what is driving the surge at the border? i mean, i know these surges have been happening, they happened under president trump, they happened under president obama. they are now happening under president bide
britain s andy murray is in first round action against france s corentin moutet, ranked 72 in the world. murray took the first set 6 2, and it s currently 2-2 2 2 games, murray on serve. the spanish football federation is exploring its options over whether it can sack women s world cup winning head coachjorge vilda. vilda remains in thejob, despite most of his coaching staff resigning in protest against federation president luis rubiales refusal to quit for kissing squad member jenni hermoso after their world cup win. vilda was spotted applauding rubiales on friday, when he repeatedly insisted he would not resign. england midfielder ella toone says rubiales beahaviour has overshadowed spain s success. spain were unbelievable throughout the tournament, they ve won the world cup which should be the main talking point yet it s overshadowed by something that happened after the game which isn t acceptable, and the lionesses all started byjenni hermoso. a couple of the high pay
hello, welcome back to verified live. time for a look at the business news now with egon. as you ve been hearing the uk s national air traffic service or nats, says its fixed the technical issue that caused flight delays. the fault forced it to restrict the flow of aircraft to maintain safety. let s cross now to the airline expert whojoins us expert who joins us now. delays were getting the live. aha john, thank you forjoining us. quite a hairy day for uk airspace. how do airlines cope with this? it is day for uk airspace. how do airlines cape with this? cope with this? it is very much a nightmare cope with this? it is very much a nightmare scenario, cope with this? it is very much a nightmare scenario, as - cope with this? it is very much a nightmare scenario, as you - cope with this? it is very much a nightmare scenario, as you can. nightmare scenario, as you can imagine. we are at the peak of the summer season. today in the uk it is the last public, day of the summe