Happening And what you need to know, all of this following that stunning announcement this morning from the olympics, just four days before opening ceremonies, a member of the womens Gymnastics Team, one of its most highprofile teams competing, Testing Positive for covid. Youve got two more Team Members now in quarantine, just the latest setback for Team Usa. Weve got it covered with a busy start to the day here on this monday for you in washington. Nbc News Team is following the developments on Covid Overseas And at home. Cal perry is in l. A. County, Dom Chu is watching Wall Street. Stephanie gosk In Tokyo, Matt Bradley in london. Cal, the news On The Air about Mask Guidance for students. This is something that i think a lot of parents are very interested in, because state to state, even district to district in some cases, places are doing their own thing when it comes to masks at school as we get ready weeks from the start of a new School Year this fall. Parents are waiting to deal
Have we been paying anything for the extra capability of the 5g . That was just going that mackay threw in the pot for us was here you go. Its something thats going to be capable of 4g and then 5g should the Industry Shift there, so it isnt anything extra that we paid for, but simply that were technology proofing the device for the future. Thank you, steve, and thank you, supervisor preston. So we dont really know when the switch will occur, but what we do know, these meters were buying these meters for the next ten years. Just to answer Supervisor Chans question. Its a fiveyear contract plus an additional five years, and theres an option to buy an additional fiveyear warrant. During the decade, we are fairly certain that theres going to be some switch, you know, from 4g to the 5g and maybe beyond 5g, so we were just lucky to have that available for the hardware thats going to be out there and would have that feature. Should it come in the future, theres no need to spend any funds in t
Firefighters are braving this Monster Fire in oregon. Well tell you just how many large fires are blazing in the western united states. Live from cnn in new york, welcome to all of you watching here in the united states and around the world. Im Alison Kosik and this is cnn newsroom. New coronavirus cases are surging across the u. S. Driven by the highly contagious Delta Variant. New Covid Infections are up 50 or more in a majority of states. Much of that is among the unvaccinated and less than half the u. S. Population has had all of their shots. Health experts are warning americans the rapid spread of the Delta Variant are making vaccinations even more important. Reporter as the biggest public Health Crisis in a century threatens to get worse the warnings to unvaccinated are getting stronger. In alabama mutations in covid are because of unvaccinated folks. We have to start blaming unvaccinated folks. Reporter republican governor is fed up. These folks are choosing horrible lifestyle,
Worse in many places. One of the places is Los Angeles County which is hours away from starting or restarting a Mask Mandate. Paul vercammen is there. Paul, what are people saying about all this . Reporter well, theyre all trying to figure it out, fred, thats because County Health came out and said there were 1900 new cases just yesterday, and now the mandate goes into effect at 11 59 p. M. Tonight. Tomorrow, you have to wear masks again indoors at gyms, movie theaters, shops, restaurants. Were at pattys restaurant, bringing in george, the owner. You now have to reckon with a new rule that says inside, your patrons must wear masks, outside i guess no. They put it on you to enforce it. How do you do it . It has been a confusing situation with the masks. When they removed them june 15th, you cant ask a consumer whether or not theyre vaccinated or not or prove it so were supposed to assume, it was an Assumption Rule put in place for us that when a consumer came to the restaurant and did n
Bezos is preparing for a rocketpowered 11minute Excursion to the edge of space. I wanted to go on this flight because its a thing ive wanted to do all my life. Its an adventure. Its a big deal for me. Im Pamela Brown in washington. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world on this sunday. You are live in the cnn newsroom. As more and more places try to emerge from this coronavirus cocoon, the Delta Variant may have other plans. Days before the u. K. Lifts restrictions, the Prime Minister needs to selfisolate. Here in the United States, half the country is at risk of catching this powerful strain. This variant is so contagious, its going to infect the majority. Most people will get vaccinated or have been previously vaccinated or they will get this Delta Variant. Its going to be the most serious virus they get in their lifetime in terms of risk of putting them in the hospital. Your risk of catching the Delta Variant is especially high in these 12 states that haven