We re not rounding that newspaper. It is 99. 99%. These numbers even as the highly contagious covid19 delta variant spreads across the country, a new wave in the pandemic is to be clear being fueled by those who remain unvaccinated. New eyeopening data from the cdc making that clear. If you don t get your vaccine, the chances of being severely sick and hospitalized are high. Those red areas concentrated in states with low vaccination rates to this point. Joining me now is elizabeth cohen. So again, we always try to do this particularly when we are together on the air. You have some good indicators here for those who are vaccinated, and very trouble some ones for not just people who remain unvaccinated but areas with low vaccination rates. Tell us what the data shows. I think that people we re not talking so much and we need to talk about more, the most unfortunate people here are the immunocompromised people in the high transmission states. You did get vaccinated. They did what they we
Unprecedented war in democracy. Now going to be aided and abetted by at least two democratic senators, joe manchin of west virginia announced he will be voting against a democrats sweeping reform bill known as for the people act. In an oped in the charleston mail the conservative democrat writes, quote, the right to vote is fundamental against our democracy and it should not be against policy or politics least of all. It should never be done in a partisan manner. The problem, it s already been done in a partisan manner. It s been done. At least 14 states have enacted new republican laws this year, placing restrictions on the casting of ballocht ts. Out of 389 bills as of midmay in 48 states, which basically means joe manchin thinks voting is fundamental. He says voting is fundamental but doesn t want to do what needs to be done to save it. He writes further, quote, whether it is state laws that seek to needlessly restrict voting or politicians who need to restrict our elections, policy
staffing. air traffic control says they haven t had an issue since friday. pete joins me on the phone. so pete, what is going on here? you have southwest pointing the finger to air traffic control and the faa says not so fast. do we know what caused this? it s a huge ripple effect, pamela. southwest has this started on friday with air traffic control issues and weather. that was on friday. the faa as you point output out this statement saying there was really no other issues yesterday or today and in fact, the weather was good across most of the country. no big air traffic control caused delays. the real issue is southwest paired down the schedule because of the pandemic. it s flying few airplanes trying to pack as many people as people so the airline issued a statement saying it s making it harder to get the operation back to normal. 1100 flights cancelled today. 800 yesterday. the real question is when this will end we have seen in the massive meltdowns with airlines in t
telling congress they recommended a small amount of troops be kept until afghanistan. the question is why is that advice not followed? and nba star said heot the vaccination, despite others. it s y too early for this. good morning, welcome to way too early that links lebron might get more applause for than than space jams. i m jonathan lemire. on chicago, a democratic infighting appears to be threatening president biden s schedule. the president was scheduled for chicago today, but that is postponed. now, he ll remain in washington to pass forward the $3.5 trillion reconciliation act. and the build back better. and this comes as pressure is growing on theresident to be more personally involved and define the mistakes and try to bridge the gap between prressives and moderates who until now not only find themselves far apart and find themselves notble to trust. and that s wre nancy pelosi finds herself dling with, calling between the progressives who want to enact and
the country, including a former president, was the subject of a hearing today in a federal courthouse in washington, d.c. attorneys for donald trump and federal prosecutors argued over trump s claim that the federal election case against him should be dismissed because everything he did in the postelection period was in his official capacity as president. the three-judge panel that is hearing the case appeared spectacle of that claim. the ex-president and jack smith were in the courtroom today. trump has been claiming that president joe biden has been forcing him to appear in court, which is not true, he did have no obligation to appear at today s hearing. trump s attorney argued that allowing the prosecution of donald trump would, quote, open a pandora s box, but the judge has pushed back on that and many of the arguments he was making. trump s lawyer also argued that the president could only be prosecuted if he was impeached and convicted by the senate first, no matter what