It is way too early for this. Good Morning And Welcome to way too early, the show thats still broadcasting here from Planet Earth for now. Im Alicia Menendez on this tuesday, august 10th. Well start the news. We begin with the latest on coronavirus as the Delta Variant causes infections to surge across the u. S. The u. S. Case count now exceeds 36 Million since the start of the pandemic. For the first time since February T country is averaging more than 10,000 new cases a day fueled largely by infections in areas with low vaccination rates. In some parts of the country, hospitals are nearing capacity with available icu beds available in the single digits. Worse, in some instances, patients are being turned away. Nbcs News Correspondent Morgan chesky has more. Reporter as the Delta Variant wreaks havoc nationwide, covid is on the rise in every state. The virus causing the highest number of u. S. Cases since february, hitting the south where vaccination remains low is especially hard. In
as eu leaders meet to decide their next move over export restrictions, astrazeneca expresses anger at being caught in the middle of the vaccine row parents anger at a school in west yorkshire after a teacher shows cartoons of the prophet muhammad in class. coming up shortly we ll be live in the white house for us presidentjoe biden s first televised press conference. a royal navyjet has crashed into a field in cornwall the two pilots ejected from the plane and have been taken to hospital. a year later than planned the torch relay for the delayed tokyo olympics finally gets under way injapan one of the few privately owned paintings of vincent van gogh has been sold for m million euros at an auction in paris. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. mps are debating the extension of emergency coronavirus laws in england until the end of september, ahead of a vote due to take place shortly. some conservative backbenchers argue that the easing of lockdown measures should go f
That s an important step for making schools safer. the other important step is to get your child vaccinated. they re eligible, but only 30% of kids ages 12 to 15 are vaccinated. we can do better than that. there s a psychological piece to this. there are children who have been out of school for a full year. what do we do mentally to prepare our kids especially since we know that year is full of uncertainty. this is hard. this is the third school year that s been disrupted. i have a second grader who s been out of school longer than she s been in school. i know it s incredibly difficult. we re taking the situation as it is. that means going to school while managing coronavirus. by now kids are accustomed to wearing masks, and it s not as big of a deal as at the start of the pandemic. it s important to talk about these measures and that we re
we re talking about covid, but it s a big day for infrastructure on capitol hill. how is the white house managed to balance it all? the president is here in wilmington delaware where he hasn t had events. this was supposed to be a longer planned august vacation, but because the senate is still finishing its work, he s going to head back to washington later this morning because he wants to be at the white house when this infrastructure package is expected to be finalized. this is something he long campaigned on. this is something he wanted to work with republicans to get to become a reality. and remember just a couple of months ago the talks started to fall apart before the bipartisan framework came into view. so this is something you can expect the president to tout as one of his signature achievements i m told by white house officials of the first seven or eight months in office. this is something he promised that seems pretty dicey at times
it was very overwhelming, heartbreaking. reporter: many states including new jersey and arizona haven t issued mask mandates, while in arkansas, the governor with a surge in cases regretting a prior ban. it was an error to sign that into law, i admit that. the virus is being spread through aerosols and not droplets. wearing a mask becomes more important. reporter: dr. gottlieb advises wearing a surgical mask protects you more. for now, the push to vaccinate. the pentagon announcing mandatory inoculations for nearly 2 million service members by mid-september with covid numbers nearing a critical mass. we re not making any difference even though we re trying. reporter: doctors and medical providers are facing burnout with yet another surge. turning now to capitol hill, in just hours, the senate will