Right now, the big Star D. Lemon. Look how beautiful this is. Can we show it . Look, you were born here. I wasnt. I moved here. I still look at the skyline and, you know, driving on the fdr, what have you and expect to see the buildings around every turn and it is a reminder every day when you look that way its not there but especially today and its also a reminder how much we lost but a reminder, as well, on how we can come together no matter what as americans as we did after those horrible attacks. Yeah, thats what i always thought 100 . Beautifully said, my brother. Ive always felt thats what never forget really is a reminder is about, not what happened, obviously we know what happened but how we were 9 12, 9 13, 9 14. We made mistakes. It didnt last forever. We put things aside and came together with a collective will. Yeah. You contrast that with where we are today. Im telling you, this vaccine hesitancy, there is a personal freedom thing, people dont want to be told what to do. S
Mask mandate order. Cnns senior national correspondent is joining us right now. Ed, Florida Governor Ron Desantis is taking the fight over masks in schools to a whole new level tonight. What is the latest . Well, the governor there in florida is threatening to take away the salary of superintendents and School Board members who insist on requiring students to wear masks now when schools go back to session. This is a dramatic move by the Florida Governor. They are just a week after the state is reporting its worst week ever in the number of new coronavirus cases. There are two counties in florida who are already defying the governors orders, so we will have to wait and see how this plays out here in the coming days. And were now starting to see the same thing here in texas, wolf, where Governor Greg Abbott for weeks has been saying there will be no new mandates or shut down. And this as schools are set to launch here in texas. The first School District has come out today here in dallas
Im Alison Kosik in new york, and this is cnn newsroom. Olympic competitions are in full swing in tokyo with the longawaited start of the 2020 summer games. China has claimed the first two Gold Medals in Womens Tenmeter Air rifle and womens as weightlifting. Even as fireworks opened the games the virus that stopped them a year ago remains as dangerous as ever. Officials have documented 127 cases connected to the games including 17 in the past day. A Dutch Rower and portuguese surfer are latest forced out by a positive test. Cnn is live in japan, and World Sport from atlanta. Hello, lets start with, blake. I know that you are at one of the few places japanese people can actually go to watch. Talk about what theyre saying. Reporter you know, its not what anyone was hoping for, but some people want to experience the olympic atmosphere any way possible. For the people behind me, it means sitting in an auditorium on a Beautiful Day here to watch the games on a big Screen And Experience that
Vaccinated is hitting another low. The lowest its been since the end of january and this is happening as the Delta Variant is fueling outbreaks across this country. More than 43,000 new covid cases every day. 43,000. More than 43,000 every single day. Thats what vaccine he is take is doing to us. The biden Administration Health Official telling Cnn Quote were seeing the consequences of what weve been warning about for a month. Its serious and its spreading faster than was anticipated. Thats a quote. Both biden and trumps surgeons general came on cnn and said even vaccinated people might want to mask up. Those are all circumstances where people may make the decision to actually go the extra mile, be cautious and wear masks especially in indoor s settings. If youre in a high prevalence area, consider masks up if youre vaccinated. If youre unvaccinated especially, mask it up. How often do you see that kind of agreement . Right . The new york times reporting senior administration officials
Vaccines, the envy of the entire world and so many of us would refuse to just roll up our sleeves and get the shot . We have all vaccines that we could ever need, some states may actually need to start getting rid of unused doses because there is just not enough interest. The waste of human Life And Life saving doses. No other way to describe it. Really sickening. Literally. The cdc saying the daily average of people getting fully vaccinated is hitting another low. The lowest its been since the end of january and this is happening as the Delta Variant is fueling outbreaks across this country. More than 43,000 new covid cases every day. 43,000. More than 43,000 every single day. Thats what vaccine he is take hesitation. Is doing to us. The biden Administration Health Official telling Cnn Quote were seeing the consequences of what weve been warning about for a month. Its serious and its spreading faster than was anticipated. Thats a quote. Both biden and trumps surgeons general came on c