Burnett. Out front tonight, breaking news, the cdc just announcing the highly contagious Delta Variant makes up more than half of all the Coronavirus Infections in the United States. The delta showing to be much more transmissible than previous strains. President Biden Tonight sounding the alarm. Right now, as i speak to you, millions of americans are still unvaccinated and unprotected. And because of that, their communities are at risk, their friends are at risk. In todays briefing, we discussed how the Delta Variant is already responsible for half of all cases in many parts of this country. Its more easily transmissible, potentially more dangerous. More easily transmissible and potentially more dangerous. This is why biden is now rolling out a new strategy to slow the variant spread. They say theyre going to make vaccines more accessible, and to better explain why the vaccines are safe, which, of course, has been falling on deaf ears in certain parts of the United States. For the Pre
This was necessary, officials say, because the remaining structure was being held up by little more than the rubble itself. When search crews returned to the pile at around 1 00 a. M. , they uncovered three more bodies and one more later today. In a moment, the very latest from the scene. First, though, tropical storm elsa. Surfside is already feeling the outer edge of it. But the worst could be coming instead to the Gulf Coast of florida. Meteorologist Derek Van Dam has more. Its going to be getting worse, derek. Reporter john, youve covered enough of these storms to understand that there are outer bands that can change the weather at a moments notice. The Miamidade County Region today had a Tornado Warning to the south we felt of surfside, really validating the decision to take down the remaining structure of the Champlain Towers. Its incredible, even though the center of this storm is well displaced from the surfside region, they could potentially still feel the impacts like they di
Welcome to the lead. Im Pamela Brown in for jake tapper. And we start with the Politics Lead. And President Bidens new plan to get more people vaccinated. He spoke just moments ago at the White House and unveiled a new approach, making covid vaccines more accessible and explaining why the vaccine is so important. And heres why his focus may need to change. Covid cases are rising. On average, three times higher in states with lower vaccination rates. You see the map on your screen. And bidens new plan comes after the u. S. Fell short of his July 4th goal to have 70 of adults with at least one shot . And as the aggressive Delta Variant spreads, Biden Today warned that people should think twice about not getting vaccinated. Cnns Indcaikaitlan Collins Sta off from the White House. Reporter President Biden walking a Fine Line when it comes to coronavirus. Were closer than ever to declaring our independence from this deadly virus. Reporter new cases and deaths are down dramatically nationwid
Hunt. Were watching the Rescue Effort in surfside, florida. Search efforts had to pause while the remaining building was demolished last night. They say it could speed up the process because they sflou more access to the site. They really believe they will be able to make identifications, that they can accelerate now that they have access so that because because it had been inaccessible and there was likely a lot of people who were sleeping at that time unfortunately in that part of it. At the same time, floridas residents are bracing for tropical Storm Elsa turning off of the coast of cuba. Vaughn hilliard is in surfside, florida for us and Sam Brock is in Key West. Vaughn, met he will start with you in surfside. What more do we know now about where things stand and where does the Operation Go after the demolition . That is right, the hope here is that the process of recovery can accelerate. Theyre still calling this a Rescue Mission essentially. Theyre not going to be the ones that e
Good everyone. Im erin burnett. The current president confronts his predecessor as he refuses to say his name. The Big Lie is just that, a Big Lie. [ applause ] 2020 election is the most examined and fullest expression of the will of the people in the history of this nation. This should be celebrated. The example of america at its best but instead, we continue to see in the example of Human Nature at its worst something darker and more sinister. In america, if you accept the results. You follow the constitution. You try again. You dont call facts fake and then try to bring down the american experiment just because youre unhappy. Thats not statesmesmantatesman. Thats not statesmanship. Thats selfishness. Thats not democracy. Extremely harsh and a break in precedent for biden, usually chooses to ignore his predecessor and his words come as trump admits he calls things fake when he doesnt like the outcome. He admits it. Here is trump on sunday saying the quiet part aloud. You know they do