Would try and avoid it right now. You see berkeley infectious Disease Expert Doctor John Swartzberg says those most at risk are people who are not vaccinated. Doctor rona subramanian infectious Disease Professor at stanford agrees. We dont know whos vaccinated and whos not. And unfortunately dumped a variant. Its a new virus thats going around. Even if youre vaccinated. You cant have a lot of. Viral particles in your nasal passages as the Delta Variant has been described as highly transmissible. Large events are still set to happen. Apples bottle, rock. Music festival is requiring proof of vaccination or a negative Covid Test at Levi Stadium where the fortyniners will kick off their Preseason Schedule this weekend. Proof of vaccination and a negative Covid Tests are not required. Masks are optional, but safety protocols are in place, which is why Health Experts caution. To be safe. If you are doing those activities where youre close together and you are and cheering and singing. Are li
Unknowns. Thats the question. No one is talking about the unknown things in the bill. That is the problem because we do not know. Host that is barbara from california finishing us off as our. Washington journal continues. Host joining us as Lowy Lori lodes who serves as Executive Director who are is here to talk about issues of climate Change And Congress is taking a look with bills. Thanks you for giving us your time. Guest thank you for having me. Host the Group Clot the group climate power tell us about us about it and who financially back to you. Guest it was launched in 2020 and our focus is how do we elevate climate in the political conversation during the 2020 elections. The idea was that we knew we were at this critical no critical moment and we needed leaders who were willing not only to talk about climate change but willing to act on it. And what we saw was that President Biden ran on it. He really laid down this build back better plan that has climate action at the heart of
U. S. Security assistance in the middle east. We joined the hearing in progress. We will continue this hearing through the beginning of votes. Over the last 75 years, the majority of u. S. Arms sales worldwide have gone to the middle east, totaling more than 379 billion in sales. That is a lot of weapons into a very combustible part of the world. Arms sales and other forms of security systems are an important foreign policy for the United States used to exercise its influence abroad and as with any foreign policy tool, its important to continually reevaluate that tool is reach evening is achieving its goals. When the cold war began, we got into the business of supporting authoritarian regimes all over the world. We often relied on Arms Sales to cement these relationships. We also needed access to middle east oil in this drove our Security Policy there as well. We wanted oil from the region and many of those nations wanted our weapons. What it is not the 1970s and the longer. The soviet
Once again running out of icu beds. Well bring you an indepth report out of the of texas. Plus, gymnastics superstar Simone Biles withdraws from two more olympic events. Well get the latest from tokyo. Live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. With robyn curnow. So, hospitals around the u. S. Are beginning to strain as the Delta Variant affects more and more people. An average of 77,000 new cases are turning up daily and trending higher. Most of these cases are among people who are unvaccinated. The centers for Disease Control says delta is as contagious as chickenpox and can cause severe illness. Up like earlier variance, a single case of delta has the potential to infect many more people. Health experts say the unvaccinated are at risk, and right now, thats about half of americans. And new revelations about the Delta Variant have prompted a shift in policy at the cdc and White House, and its Driving A Push to get even more americans vaccinated. F Phil Mattingly has more. Reporter
Of two more events at the olympic games. The strain of the Delta Variant on Americas Health Care system is already beginning to be felt in the hospitals. A grim sequel to the darkest days of the pandemic. An average 67,000 new cases turning up daily and trending higher. A year ago, new cases were at about the same level but trending down. The centers for Disease Control says the Delta Variant is as contagious as chickenpox and can cause severe illness. Unlike earlier variants, a single case of delta has the potential to infect many more people. Health experts say the unvaccinated are, of course, at most risk. And right now thats about half of american adults. Unless those Vaccination Numbers come up soon, u. S. President Joe Biden says tighter restrictions are likely. In all probability by the way, we had a good day yesterday. Almost A Million people got vaccinated. About half A Million of those people for the first time. Im hopeful that people are beginning to realize how essential it