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ahead on cnn news room. it s not going to be good. we re going in a wrong direction. vaccine hesitancies fuelling the surge in cases and hospitalizations across the united states. making it even more urgent to get more americans to get the shot. a changing mood in japan. the olympics spark optimism despite months of coronavirus restrictions. we re live in tokyo for you this hour with the latest details. and china plays the blame game during a diplomatic visit by a top u.s . diplomat. happy monday. now the united states seeing a sharp rise in new infections. the delta variant spreads and vaccination rates fall. less than half of americans are fully vaccinated. in the reach herd immunity. it s at least 70% of the population need vaccines. the majority of u.s. more than 50% new incovid infections last week. in a sea of dark red. top health expert dr. fauci said the most pressing need now is to get shots in arms. take a listen. look historically at the model t ....
week jump ed by 10% compared to the previous week in all but two states. 34 of those states saw cases jump more than 50%. meantime, doctors in alabama, mississippi, florida and missouri say hospitals are filling up again. except this time the patients are younger than before. even unvaccinated patients in their 20s and 30s are now dying there from covid. some experts are warning a return to mitigation measures may be soon to come, like the ones we saw in the early days of the pandemic, like mask mandates. some cities and counties are not waiting. officials in st. louis, missouri, have gone one step beyond that, instituting an indoor mask mandate in public places, starting today. los angeles county did the same last week. so, let s begin in one state where covid cases are surging. leila santiago joins me. good morning. what is the situation on the ground? reporter: good morning, poppy. we are at a vaccination and testing site. you can see, there is a steady flow of car ....
of two more events at the olympic games. the strain of the delta variant on america s health care system is already beginning to be felt in the hospitals. a grim sequel to the darkest days of the pandemic. an average 67,000 new cases turning up daily and trending higher. a year ago, new cases were at about the same level but trending down. the centers for disease control says the delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox and can cause severe illness. unlike earlier variants, a single case of delta has the potential to infect many more people. health experts say the unvaccinated are, of course, at most risk. and right now that s about half of american adults. unless those vaccination numbers come up soon, u.s. president joe biden says tighter restrictions are likely. in all probability by the way, we had a good day yesterday. almost a million people got vaccinated. about half a million of those people for the first time. i m hopeful that people are beginning to ....
police officers and bystanders jump into action to save a trapped mother and her baby. that dramatic video coming up. that is ahead. we do begin this hour with the pandemic. spiraling out of control in america. that is how former surgeon general jerome adams is describing it right now. 49 states are reporting increases in new coronavirus cases in the last week. the average number of daily cases has more than quadrupled the in the last month. now over 50,000 cases aday. the number of people hospitalized have doubled if the last month and dr. fauci is sounding the alarm as the surges are fueled by people still unvaccinated. listen. we re going in the wrong direction. it is really an outbreak among the unvaccinated. so this is an issue predominantly among the unvaccinated which is the reason why we re out there practically pleading with the unvaccinated people to go out and get vaccinated. the cdc is now considering changing its mask guidelines for vaccinated people ....
saturday, right before he had opportunity to speak in front of the house oversight committee and tell the truth about what went on with burisma. archer s legal team is speaking back. an attempt to intimidate him in advance of his meeting with the house oversight committee. mr. archer does not agree with that speculation. they are saying we take them at their word this was a mix-up. ainsley: in miami, long-time employee of president trump mar-a-lago estate is set to ap appear. prosecutorial fiction. we do not expect to hear from the president today as he continues his beach vacation in delaware. he is taking 10 days off. two hours from now, we expect to hear from devin archer. today it is what should we expect from devin archer. on one hand, this is someone who would have intimate knowledge of henry tenon s business dealings. he had a close relationship with hunter. it is evidence by this text exchange between devin archer and hunter biden that was revealed. joey ....