new day. good morning. good morning to you. with vaccinated, unvaccinated americans in danger of the highly transmissible delta variant that is sweeping the country, some experts say it s time to put the masks back on. plus, 48 hours to go, tokyo just recorded its highest daily increase in covid cases since january. we ll take you there. and join the club. yet another close ally of donald trump s indicted and arrested. what tom barrick is accused of doing. president biden s town hall on cnn comes at a critical time as white house officials admit the clock is ticking fast on his agenda on capitol hill. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is wednesday, july 21st. that means we re half way there. that s an important mark, right? 48 hours from the olympics, too. exactly. covid, this is the bad news, it s back with a vengeance. cases are rising across the country and so are hospitalizations. the resurgence of the virus
and vaccination is the most powerful tool we have. i available. so really being very careful about these precautions. and i think finally, anderson, just having some criteria at this point because we re here on the ground. it s confusion now because as you mentioned the ceo says the games could still be canceled at the 11th hour. what other criteria, those are the types of things i think we all want to know. just talking about this johnson & johnson issue, should if you ve had a johnson & johnson and one shot, should you get a booster shot? let s clarify the situation. as you pointed out there was a study similar in size and reported a few weeks ago that found just the opposite conclusion. i think at this point we do need more data. we do want to take protect if they do need a booster dose with j&j, but i think it s a little too early to come to the conclusion that s what we need right now. i think it s possible all the vaccines will ultimately need that. testi
the nba championship. hello, everyone, happy wednesday. now the united states is seeing a shocking increase in doefd ca covid vases as the delta variant surges. the cdc says that variant now accounts for more than 83% of covid cases and about 22% of the population live in counties with high covid transmission. the cdc director continues to plea with americans to get vaccinated. take take a listen. this is a dramatic increase up 50% from the week of july 3. in some parts of the country the percentage is even higher particularly in areas of low vaccination rates. the message from cdc remains clear. the best way to prevent the spread of covid-19 variants is to prevent the spread of disease and vaccination is the most powerful tool we have. some states are taking measures to control counts. new york city will require workers at hospitals and health clinics to get vaccinated or take weekly tests. it has been detected among some who are fully vaccinated. the delta variant is po
good evening again from west texas near blue origin s launch site one. chris is off tonight. in this hour of 360 my conversation with jeff and mark bezos after their history making flight into space. we begin with the world of trouble they return to. it follows word today that the delta variant now accounts for 83% of coronavirus samples sequenced in this country. in other words, it is now the dominant strain in the united states . this is a dramatic increase. up 50% from july 3. particularly in areas of low vaccination rates. the message from cdc is clear. the best way to prevent the spread of covid-19 variant is prevent the spread of disease and vaccination is the most powerful tool we have. i mean, it s certainly a lot to think about tonight especially when you consider how badly behind the eight ball so many states now are. because when people in those places were offered the vaccine, they said no. so let s not make any mistake this situation is happening because no
pandemic is having on america. the considdc is reporting that expectancy in the u.s. fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest decline since world war ii. the decrease is much worse for black and hispanic americans. the cdc says the big drop is due mainly to the coronavirus and there are more signs that things are heading in the wrong direction. new cases are surging due to the delta variant now averaging around 35,000 new infections reported each day. ha is more than triple the case count that we were seeing around fourth of july. hospitalizations rising significantly again, up more than 50% in the past two weeks. let s begin with cnn s elizabeth cohen for perspective on this dramatic drop in life expectancy that s being reported. elizabeth, what more did the cdc find? kate, you really don t think of just one disease, one outbreak as affecting life expectancy. that s exactly what happened with covid. let s take a look at the numbers from the cdc. what the numbers show