Changing with the delta variant. In some states, mostly the south, icus are overrun, medical staff pushed to the brink. But the governors in florida and texas wont let businesses, towns or School Boards address the crisis the way some of them want, even though florida is now seeing record hospitalizations. This morning, more covid patients are in the hospital in florida than any other state in the nation. Phil murphy the governor of New Jersey were Speaking Act and other elected officials are losing their patience with the unvaccinated. These folks back there have lost their mind youve lost your minds. You are the ultimate Knuckle Heads and because of what you are saying and standing for, people are losing their life. People are losing their life. Those of you who refuse to get vaccinated at this point are willfully and unnecessarily putting yourself and others at risk of hospitalization and death. You are the ones threatening the freedoms of all the rest of us. Please, just get the da
Don lemon tonight. I owe you 40 seconds but the 40 seconds the audience got with that kid is a griift, brother. Its so rare somebody can reinforce the Blessing And Curse of this Life And Fragility of h hu human. I didnt know her story. Its agt, right . Americas got talent, im not a watcher but you introduced her to them and you also introduced whats happening in this country right now and the fragility of life, how fragile life is and how we have to live our lives but we must do what is right in order to continue to live our lives in the right way, which is relatable as it comes to this pandemic and the Delta Variant and getting a vaccine. I think its all related. Live your best life and the best way to do that is follow the science. I mean, the idea of watching that kid and her i know shes not a kid. I know shes a full grown adult. I know that. Im just saying im old. Anybody who is under 30 is a kid to us. But, you know, to hear her talking about relishing any chance that she has to e
Phil, thanks. Appreciate you being here this morning. Thanks for having me. And new day continues right now. Im John Berman with brianna keilar. It is thursday, august 5th. And this is where we are this morning. Nearly 59,000 people are hospitalized with covid. Those are numbers we havent seen in almost six months. I. C. U. Beds are running out in louisiana, mississippi, and arkansas. Cases rising sharply among children. Now Asa Hutchinson the governor of arkansas says he regrets signing a law banning Mask Mandates. Our cases were at a low point. Everything has changed now. And, yes, in hindsight, i wish that had not become law. He signed it. This morning the biden administration is considering a Vaccination Requirement for most international passengers traveling to the united states. There is also a debate this morning after the World Health Organization declared there should be no Booster Shots for americans, third vaccine shots before the rest of the world gets its share of vaccines
Plans to pay it forward. Lets go outfront. Good evening. Im erin burnett. Biden versus desantis. The governor is hitting back at President Biden after the president said governors not helping in the fight against Covid Should Quote get out of the way. Here is the florida governor Ron Desantis. Hes so upset about florida, his solution is he wants to have the Government Force kindergartners to wear masks in school. Joe biden also believes that vaccinations should be mandated by the government and you should show proof. We can either have a free society or a bio medical security state. I dont want to hear a blip about covid from you. Bio medical security state. Well, okay. Putting hyperbole aside. If anything, florida is a Crisis State because its not just leading the country in new cases. Florida right now, august, has more hospitalizations than any other point during the pandemic. And yet, desantis is fighting Tooth And Nail to stop any type of mandate. Right . Whether telling companies
And i will do the scans and see whether you have cancer or not. I dont get that. But anyway, of those five governors, three republicans, but only Ron Desantis doesnt want to talk about covid. He says work on your backswing before i work on anything. No. Hes talking about the border as if you cant do two things at once. Of course, that strategy didnt work too well for Donald Trump and its not going to work too well also for parents and children and teachers in part of Rons State that are experiencing extraordinarily high levels of covid. Im a parent and i certainly hope that my kids and kids in their classes are going to be able to wear masks. If that is, in fact, what mandate the teachers and the students, the local school board, local school board, imagine that, decisions being made on the local level, imagine that, decisions being made by parents, teachers, principals and students, imagine that. Why that almost sounds like a conservative concept. But ron, he says no. The power of the