who watched his entire town burn to the ground. he s now facing the danger of yet another fire. we are much better prepared. the new u.s. capitol police chief sitting down with cnn on his first day on the job, sharing whether he s concerned about another capitol attack. and better late than never. after a year long delay, the tokyo olympics officially under way. we re live from the games. newsroom starts now. good morning. thanks so much for joining us this saturday, july 24th. i m boris sanchez. i m kaitlin collins in for christi paul. this morning, communities across the country are bringing back pandemic safety measures as the u.s. deals with a dangerous summer surge of covid-19. case rates are climbing, fueled by the spread of the delta variant which is highly co cont contagious. while the rate of people getting fully vaccinated is falling. yeah. the rate of new infections is now four times higher than it was just a month ago. look at all the red on that map
considered to have high covid transmission. one of our medical experts says the delta variant is like nothing he s ever seen before. we ll speak to him in a minute. it is so contagious that it s impacting some people who are fully vaccinated, and it s pushing frontline healthcare workers to the brink. cnn s athena jones has been tracking the latest for us across the country. athena, what s happening on the ground? reporter: hi, alisyn. it wasn t supposed to be this way. the vaccines approved months ago were supposed to help prevent another summer covid surge like we re seeing all across the country, but the pace of daily vaccinations is at its lowest point since january, and once again we re hearing heartbreaking stories from healthcare workers who are struggling to save the lives of people who refuse the protection the vaccines offer. the biggest public health crisis in a century is threatening to get a lot worse. as the more contagious delta variant super charges covid-19
led to the january 6th attack on the capitol with key players offering contradictory statements, the question is, how will congress get to the bottom of what happened? and new polling shows a majority of americans, including 60% of republicans, support president biden s covid relief plan. with the bill being so popular, the question is, how exactly do republicans plan to oppose it? it s way too early for this. good morning! and welcome to way too early. i am kasie hunt on this thursday, february 25th. we ll start with the news. we are learning more about the security breakdown behind the january 6th attack on the capitol. according to prepared testimony for a house hearing set for today, acting capitol police chie pittman will tell lawmakers that while violence by an extremist group was likely, quote, it did not identify a specific credible threat. on january 6th, pittman was the assistant chief of police for the department that oversees intelligence and coordinates w
and give the latest from the multiple scandals now rocking the anti-trump lincoln project. now in complete meltdown mode. meghan mccain, wow, unleashed brutal tweets tonight. one of their cone founders, steve schmidt, just resigned in disgrace. but first, the democrats snap impeachment charade sham, it just faced its day of reckoning. finally, the president s legal defense team, they completely eviscerated all of the democrats paper-thin arguments, all of which were, as we told you, unconstitutional. none of which meet any real legal standard that would ever hold up in any court. no rules of evidence matter in any way, shape, matter, or form, and to add to that, they are editing, slicing, dicing, and then purposely ignoring all damaging, exculpatory evidence, and presided over by a judge who already declared trump guilty. wow. this is the united states of america. that s a kangaroo court. the house managers, they were eviscerated on their argument over incitement. their favor
brutal tweets tonight. one of their cofounders, steve schmidt, just resigned in disgrace. but first, the democrats snap impeachment charade sham, it just faced its day of reckoning. finally, the president s legal defense team, they completely eviscerated all of the democrats paper-thin arguments, all of which were, as we told you, unconstitutional. none of which meet any real legal standard that would ever hold up in any court. no rules of evidence matter in any way, shape, matter, or form, and to add to that, they are editing, slicing, dicing, and then purposely ignoring all damaging, exculpatory evidence, and presided over by a judge who already declared trump guilty. wow. this is the united states of america. that s a kangaroo court. the house managers, they were eviscerated on their argument over incitement. their favorite word, insurrection. they were eviscerated on their argument of the constitution. the president s defense team exposed to managers manufactured, select