To celebrate. Ryan blaney, to the bottom of the track hes going to win in michigan. We begin with the Fox News Alert were tracking two major stories this morning tropical Storm Henri downgrades to tropical destruction overnight, Heavy Rain after making landfall in rhode Island Yesterday. Thousands remain without power this Morning Estate of emergency declared for connecticut, Rhode Island in New York and will have a live report coming up. Look at that water, meanwhile on the other side of the world the clock is ticking in Kabul Afghanistan as thousands of americans enough guineas race to escape the Taliban Takeover. The group rejecting any potential extension to the August 31 withdrawal deadline. Ryan is live with the latest overseas. Good morning. Still a very dicey situation at the airport in kabul one afghan Security Guard killed in the last 24 hours in a Gun Battle at the airport that according to the german military were still working to ascertain whether u. S. Troops were involve
Efforts. This is just under half an hour. I will start with an update on the progress were making in our fight against the pandemic. Driven by the more transmissible delta variant, cases are continuing to rise. These cases are concentrated in communities with low vaccination rates. In fact, over the past seven days, florida and texas have accounted for about one third of new cases and more than one third new hospitalizations nationwide. In seven states alone, florida, texas, missouri, arkansas, louisiana, alabama, mississippi, states with some of the lowest vaccination rates, account for about half of new cases and hospitalizations in the past week, despite making up less than a quarter of the u. S. Population. Vaccinations are the very best line of defense against covid and the delta variant. We are doing everything we can to keep getting shots in arms. And we are seeing results. Over the past 24 hours, we have recorded 864,000 vaccinations. The highest in a day since july 3. Importan
Fire outside a Laundromat Shooting 10 people. Bill its up 19 in New York from a year ago. 100 from two years ago. Bryan llenas begins our week anew in New York. Good morning. Bill and dana, Good Morning. Nypd is searching for the four men responsible for the moped mass shooting. Two men dressed in Hood East and wearing fast masks opening fire on a City Sidewalk in queens, New York. The shooters were picked up by two accomplices on mopeds as they fled the scene. Police believe there were three targets of a gangrelated shooting. Both candidates to be the next new York City mayor Republican Curtis Sliwa and Democrat Eric Adams visited the crime scene. With the defunding of the police by A Billion dollars by Mayor Deblasio who should be here. Where is he . Not even available when the Police Officer was shot by a gang banger. We have to come to grips with the fact were living in a city where someone can drive up oh than a moped, shoot people, Hop Back on and get away safely. Police found at
Democracies are still prominent and can still lead the world and still have an opportunity to at least in the president s view do good and challenge those whom might challenge those democracies. You can see these comes to concert with the Vaccine Announcement he made today. This did not have anything with the uk, but 500 Million doses starting to ship out in august, 200 Million this year and the rest of the doses going out next year, and the countries those doses will be headed to, the African Union as well, and the g7 partners the president will be meeting with in the next coming days play a role in bettering the health of the world. This is a monumental commitment by the american people. As i said, we are a nation full of people that Step Up in times of need to help our fellow human beings, home and abroad. Were not perfect but we Step Up. Were not alone in this endeavor, and thats the point i want to make. Were going to help lead the world out of this pandemic working alongside our
Early new data shows that the vaccines are significantly reducing the number of people being admitted to hospital and dying. There will be a long wait for cafes, pubs and restaurants, not expected to open fully to customers indoors until may. And disappointment for Tourism Businesses and Holiday Makers as in england we wont be allowed to stay away from home until after easter. Whilst its great weve got a date to work to, the 12th april, its very disappointing that were going to miss easter for the second year in a row. Thats a challenge for us. And coming up in sport on bbc news, could we have fans back at wembley in time for the climax of the European Championship . Well be looking at the governments road map for sport. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The Prime Minister has set out his roadmap for the gradual lifting of lockdown in england, starting March The 8th and aiming for a final lifting of all restrictions by the 21st ofjune. But each stage will be followed by