Self isolate. I find out if firms are ready to shake off restrictions. In The Garden of england, The Rose is in bloom. Justin rose, one of three English Players, within touching distance of the lead at the open, alongside Danny Willet and Tommy Fleetwood as they head into the second day at Royal St georges. Good morning. Im on Brighton Beach. A gorgeous start to the day ahead of what is set to be a hot and sunny few days ahead. The forecast coming up few days ahead. The forecast coming up shortly. Its friday, the 16thjuly. Our top story. At least 60 People have died and thousands of others have been forced from their homes by the worst flooding in living memory in west germany. Belgium and the netherlands has also experienced unusually Heavy Rainfall which caused rivers burst their banks, flooding nearby communities and causing several houses to collapse. The german chancellor Angela Merkel described it as a catastrophe and said the full extent of the disaster would not be known for a
and it includes history. listen. i have made no decision except one. the person i will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity. and that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the united states supreme court. it s long overdue in my opinion. i made that commitment during the campaign for president, and i will keep that commitment. get to our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins at the white house. the president said he didn t want to share much about what comes next but he shared an historic deal. it s also notable he put a timeline on here saying he will, his intention is to let everyone know who his nominee is by the end of february. so what that is going to kick off internally at the white house is a very extensive process of vetting. and the president has already he said he s been looking at the backgrounds of potential replacements. he s going to study this carefully. he ll look at
classrooms. many are questioning why. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead and that major announcement by president biden about who will succeed supreme court justice stephen breyer when breyer retires at the end of this term. the person i will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity. that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the united states supreme court. now, biden says he has not yet made a decision on just who that person will be, but he is going to invite senators from both parties to hear their opinions, their points of view. biden says he expects to choose a nominee before the end of february. as cnn s m.j. lee reports, some have been lobbying the president on just who that nominee should be since back in february, 2021. this is sort of a bittersweet day for me. justice breyer and i go back a long way. reporter: a momentous day for the joe bide
a massive fire inside of an apartment building in the bronx. 19 dead, dozens hurt. i was scared, that s what really hit me. liright now, australia court considers whether to let tennis champion novak jdjokavich to defend his title. right now, wasn t clear about the responsibilities, what the expectations were. tonight, omicron surging rapidly across the country, hospitals struggling to deep up. large portion of the population unvaccinated, that sets up a large pool of people who as they get infected will end up straining the resources we have in the hospitals today. i m joe mattingly in washington in for pamela brown tonight, you are in the cnn newsroom and we begin this hour with breaking news out of new york city where at least 19 people were killed in what s called the city s worst fire in three decades, among the dead, nine children, started late this morning in a bronx apartment building and quickly spread throughout two apartments, firefighters on the scene
public. brian kilmeade with more on this later this hour. sandra: first, another fox news alert, president biden sweeping vaccine mandate for large employers begins today. millions of americans could be impacted by the far-reaching policy as we await a ruling by the supreme court. hello and welcome as we begin a new week here. sandra smith in new york. hello, john. john: john roberts in washington. the mandate requires employees with more than 100 workers to be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. the high court will rule whether it s a public health order or government overreach. new guidance from the biden administration prioritizing race when it comes to covid treatments. the recommendation advising a person s race and ethnicity could deem them high risk and that could more quickly qualify them for treatments like monoclonal antibodies. sandra: peter, you will be in the room, why is race considered with covid treatment options? explain on page two of the memo, new