top a lot of confusion after joe biden s explanation the president telling americans he is passing the torch but not exactly why he is leaving the rays. still waiting and today the white houses being pressed for answers. to be get closer to clarity. we are on top of it. presumptive nominee kamala harris set to sit down with benjamin netanyahu this hour after skipping his congressional address she touched on in washington after visiting houston. what is the blue state maryland governor westmore and her would she think what is she thing about it? a maybe a play for him never two on the ticket we are all over it. but first the white house trying to explain how the president and his plan his exit. welcome everyone i m neil cavuto this is your world. we want to go to peter do see with the latest. i m not quite sure we ve got any answers there and particularly with a lot of your questions. join the club neil it turns out the president s address was part of a very long farewel
last time. and behind the curtain. the famous balcony, site of many a royal historic moment, will be seen from inside buckingham palace for the first time. a fairly cloudy start for most of us, showers in the south which will fade, he will brighten up, heaviest and most persistent rain across north eastern scotland. it s wednesday 10th july, our main story. the prime minister has arrived in washington for the 75th annual summit of the nato defence alliance, where he will also hold talks with the us presidentjoe biden. ahead of his first overseas trip in the role, sir keir starmer said the uk had a cast iron commitment to spending 2.5% of national income on defence but stopped short of giving a timeline for the promise to be delivered. our north america correspondent carl nasman reports. this summit, a tribute to history. yet they s ceremony taking place in the very hall where the nato treaty was first signed 75 years ago. but the meeting isjust about was first signed 75 years
name. what i can share with you is that the president has seen a neurologist for his physical three times. is he taking medication for parkinson s? no. i m not going to confirm a specialist, any specialist that comes to the white house. that was white house press secretary karine jean-pierre sparring with the press over whether the administration has been forthcoming about president biden s health. i ll play more from that exchange and hear more from the white house doctor and why a parkinson s doctor visited in the first place. plus, the republican party lays out its 2024 platform and softens its language on key policy issues. we ll go over why this matters as donald trump continues to cement his grip over the gop. also ahead we ll bring you the latest out of kyiv where rescue operations are underway following a russian strike that destroyed ukraine s largest children s hospital. all right, all right, all right. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday
happen future generations on the line. if happen future generations on the line. , ., ,., the tough questions continue for the us secretary of state on the us pull out from afghanistan. who is responsible? who made the decisions on this? was it the president of the united states? ultimately, the president makes the decision. that s correct. also in the uk, prime minister boris johnson says all the adults over 50 will be getting a third booster shot, and we will look. the third dose of six shot, and we will look. the third dose of six months shot, and we will look. the third dose of six months after - shot, and we will look. the third dose of six months after your - shot, and we will look. the third i dose of six months after your second dose, so that is going to be we are going to be building even higher laws of immunisation of vaccination protection in this country. a look at a rising demand for a drug sometimes used to the worm animals thatis sometimes used to the worm
the american academy of pediatrics reports more than 250,000 new cases involving children arise in the last week. that s a 23% increase from the week before. and 250% increase from five weeks ago. nearly 27% of all new weekly cases are children. that is a much higher percentage than we have seen over the course of the pandemic. now, it is important to note that while a quarter of all new cases are now among kids, they represent a much smaller portion of those hospitalized, about 2.5% of hospitalizations. though, the raw number of children hospitalized does continue to climb. look at that graphic, higher than it s ever been. nearly 2,400 kids in hospital beds at the moment. overall hospitalizations and hospitalizations have been one of the more accurate ways to measure the trajectory of the pandemic, they do appear to be leveling off. let s hope that trend continues. yeah, let s hope. now schools that reopened in the south where governors fought mask mandates are paying a de