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right now in geneva we are about to get an update from the officials at the world health organization, you re looking at live, covid will mutate like the flu and is probably here to stay. president biden getting a briefing from his pandemic response team in a matter of hours before his big speech tomorrow on that topic. new details from our team there, and on the other end of pennsylvania avenue, house speaker nancy pelosi expected to take to that microphone any minute now the democratic to do list looking long. we ll bring you the head lines as they happen. good morning i m hallie jackson in washington along with our news team, cal perry in kentucky, shannon pettypiece at the white house to start us off. cal as we follow the court hearing in florida where the governor is fighting against school mask mandates the governor of kentucky is in a fight in his state where you are to keep them in place. the stories mirror each other and shows you where we are as a country wh ....
americans. as unemployment benefits pushed through the pandemic expire today. 7.5 million people are said to lose their jobless benefits today. 3 million are using a 300 dollar state boost to their benefits. labor secretary marty walsh today, saying states can choose to use other funds, to extend those benefits. we ve allowed the actually using rescue plan money. to extend the unemployment benefits in their state. if they need to. the rate is different all across the country, so really it is about how we continue to get the economy back and running. meanwhile millions still struggled to find work in the middle of the delta variant surge. many will soon be facing the reality of losing their, housing is the supreme court struck down biden s eviction moratorium extension. let s talk about this. joining me now former clinton labor secretary an offer of the assistant who rigged. it how we fix it. maria, founder of footsore media, her memoir was once i was. you and the ....
americans as unemployment benefits to protect workers at the height of this pandemic expire today. 7.5 million people are set to lose their jobless benefits this week. labor secretary marty walsh today saying states can choose to use other funds to extend those benefits. we ve allowed governors across the country if they need to to look at using cares money excuse me, rescue money if they need to. the rate is different all across the country. it s about how do we continue to get the economy back and running. meanwhile millions struggling to find work. many will soon face the reality of losing their housing as the supreme court struck down president biden s eviction mary tore yum extension. let s talk about this. marie ya, her memoir is once i was you, and back with us, susan del percio. i m going to start with you. finally i ve been getting out and about. i was in arizona, mississippi where the delta variant is just on fire. i m thinking about the people most ....
have a christmas tree in their home around christmas time. that is the same that have received a covid-19 vaccine, at least one dose so far, and it is more my twitter avatar is my childhood dog. look at this, about 61% of american adults have at least some type of pet in their house. this is more than that. just to be clear about this, covid shots, depending on how you look at it, more popular than pets? people like their covid shots more than dogs or cats? certainly some dogs or cats. i agree with you 100% on that. and if you re as popular as christmas you re popular, you re doing very well. santa is a very popular guy. if you re as popular as christmas, you re doing very well. we ve seen an increase in vaccinations in some of the states where there was hesitancy. that s exactly right. take a look. states where new vaccinations have climbed by at least five points last month, and one of the things that s so key, look at this, we know that the red stat ....
conflicting reports at the moment, the leaders of the national resistance saying they still hold key parts of the valley, so in their eyes at least the battle is not over. now to the other news, this worrying news that there are americans trying to escape from afghanistan who have been prevented from doing so. congressman mccall saying yesterday that the taliban is holding american citizens and allies hostage for demands by blocking six plane from leaving northern afghanistan. he says those americans are sitting on-board but unable to leave. this is really, chris, turning into a hostage situation where they re not going to allow american citizens to leave until they get full recognition from the united states of america. they re going to demand more and more whether it be cash or legitimacy as the government of afghanistan. reporter: and as reports of taliban brutality continue to grow, including the murder of a pregnant police woman in front of her own family, on t ....