who watched his entire town burn to the ground. he s now facing the danger of yet another fire. we are much better prepared. the new u.s. capitol police chief sitting down with cnn on his first day on the job, sharing whether he s concerned about another capitol attack. and better late than never. after a year long delay, the tokyo olympics officially under way. we re live from the games. newsroom starts now. good morning. thanks so much for joining us this saturday, july 24th. i m boris sanchez. i m kaitlin collins in for christi paul. this morning, communities across the country are bringing back pandemic safety measures as the u.s. deals with a dangerous summer surge of covid-19. case rates are climbing, fueled by the spread of the delta variant which is highly co cont contagious. while the rate of people getting fully vaccinated is falling. yeah. the rate of new infections is now four times higher than it was just a month ago. look at all the red on that map
starting late monday, anyone riding on airplanes, trains, subways, taxis, and buses will be required to wear a mask. let s start with the breaking news on these new variants. cnn s he knew mcmorris-santoro joins me live. evan, what more do we know about this new positive case? reporter: fred, as you say, this is fresh news coming in, but what we know is concerning. maryland officials say the south african variant popped up in the baltimore metro area in a person who hasn t been traveling very much which to them suggests community spread of that variant. so they re currently out there trying to contact trace that case, find out more about it and find out where it is. but experts have told us to expect these new variants to pop up here in the united states and that appears to be happening, at least with this maryland case. and we re going to see what more we can find out about that. but as you mentioned, the arrival of this new variant suggests how active the pandemic still i
a massive fire inside of an apartment building in the bronx. 19 dead, dozens hurt. i was scared, that s what really hit me. liright now, australia court considers whether to let tennis champion novak jdjokavich to defend his title. right now, wasn t clear about the responsibilities, what the expectations were. tonight, omicron surging rapidly across the country, hospitals struggling to deep up. large portion of the population unvaccinated, that sets up a large pool of people who as they get infected will end up straining the resources we have in the hospitals today. i m joe mattingly in washington in for pamela brown tonight, you are in the cnn newsroom and we begin this hour with breaking news out of new york city where at least 19 people were killed in what s called the city s worst fire in three decades, among the dead, nine children, started late this morning in a bronx apartment building and quickly spread throughout two apartments, firefighters on the scene
until the coming hours, many americans wocould wake up to fi long awaited treasury payments in their bank accounts. the first payments were processed friday and are being distributed this weekend. president joe biden took a victory lap in the rose garden friday after signing the legislation. he offered a message of hope for struggling americans. think of the millions of people going to sleep at night staring at the ceiling going, my god, what am i going to do tomorrow? lost my health care, don t have a job, unemployment runs out. i m behind in my mortgage. what am i going to do? well, guess what? they re going to be getting that check soon. here is chief white house correspondent katelynn collin wes more. wish i could come out and shake hands with every one of you. a rose garden victory dance for president biden as he touted his first major piece of legislation. it s one thing to pass the american rescue plan. it s going the be another thing to implement it. becau
communities. a joint statement from others say it is clear that governor cuomo has lost the confidence of his governing partners. i did not do what has been alleged. it is unacceptable. the governor must resign. this is new day weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. oh, that is a beautiful shot of the city of pittsburgh. good morning to you. good morning wherever you are. thanks for being with us this morning. help is here, that s what we heard from the white house as the first $1400 stimulus payments are hitting bank accounts as early as today. president biden is going to hit the road for the nearly $2 trillion rescue plan. themessage, normalcy is close. and may 1, for all vaccines for all adults. and end of the virus as he called by 4th of july. and for those traveling for spring break, to not let guards down and there are more states easing restriction. let s go to the white house and cnn s jasmine wright is there. jasmine to you, the bill, signe