dana: check this out. optimism took a nose-dive. 55% of voters, all across, now say they re pessimistic about the direction of the country. bill: covering this from all angles marc thiessen on the poll we mentioned. mike tobin, another awful weekend in chicago and bryan llenas the news from new york. this video released by the nypd is difficult to watch. it shows the assault of a 68-year-old man in brooklyn. a thief riding on a bicycle stopped to rob the man not before punching a dozen times an kicking him in the face. his body goes limp on the ground. the thief checks his pockets for any valuables and reportedly walked away with the man s cell phone and silver necklace. the 68-year-old man suffered a broken wrist and nose. no arrests, in ypd is asking for the public s house. the detectives, a new york city police union tweeted this. new york city streets. what used to be the safest city, failed laws have no consequences. we need to keep new yorkers safe. the nypd relea
monday, is almost certain to be delayed by up to four weeks. the prime minister will make an official announcement today, but several senior ministers have already signed off on a postponement, as cases of the new delta variant of coronavirus continue to rise. our business correspondent katy austin has the latest. the 21st ofjune had been billed by some as freedom day, the earliest possible date that all restrictions could be lifted. now the removal of all remaining rules is not expected to happen that day. for many businesses which remain closed, there s frustration and even anger at the idea of a four week delay. it s thought most nightclubs have already been gearing up for a 21st ofjune reopening. it s going to be catastrophic to us. this will possibly hurt us more than the initial lockdown back in march last year. because you ve already put money, have you, into opening from the 21st? we ve been buying stock, booking staff, for the last four weeks, getting the venue ready
african countries will be banned from arriving in britain later today. the move comes amid worrying warnings about a new covid variant emerging in the region. experts have described the variant b.1.1.529 as the worst they have seen so far, and with no cases confirmed in the uk the government hope that they ll be able to prevent the spread in the lead up to christmas. so far only 59 confirmed cases have been identified in south africa, hong kong and botswana. consumer watchdog which have responded to the travel ban with a stark reminder that travel is not back to normal and that the pandemic continues to disrupt passengers travel plans, often with very little notice. whilst more study needs to be done there are fears that the vaccines could be less effective against this new strain. our medical editor fergus walsh has the latest. from what we do know there s a significant number of mutations, perhaps double the number of mutations that we have seen in the delta variant. and
he s cocky for a nineteen year old. you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta. there is a new deadline in the new back and forth of the indictment of president trump. the federal judge overseeing trump s election fraud case has responded to a court filing from special counsel jack smith that came in last night. smith wants a protective order after trump posted this social media message late last night. it says, if you go after me, i m coming after you. smith wants the judge to limit trump and his legal team in terms of what they publicly discuss about the sensitive evidence in the case. and the judge has now given the trump team until 5:00 p.m. monday to respond. minutes ago, the judge denied a request from the trump lawyers to push back monday s deadline. smith had called it an unnecessary delay. joining us now to talk about this, jim schultz, a former trump white house lawyer. thanks very much for joining us. we appreciate it. let s start with what the judge is sayi
border. it s one of many american bases across the region. there have been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel have been killed until now. joe biden, seen here attending church, was quick to point the finger. we know it was carried out by radical iran backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq, he said. it s not necessarily a tipping point into uncontrolled escalation between the united states and iran, but it s another very dangerous step because, as i say, the us will have to respond even more strongly than it s done to previous attacks. carefully cultivated over years, iran has a wide network of allies and proxies operating in countries across the middle east. they re all opposed to israel and the united states. it s sometimes called the axis of resistance. there are pro iranian militias in lebanon, the palestinian territories, gaza and the west bank, plus iraq and syria. and far to the south, there s also the houthis i