The president coming before the cameras this evening for a rare Solo News Conference, under pressure to prove he still is up to the job on the heels of hosting the Nato Summit. But several of his closest allies telling Nbc News they now believe his chances of Beating Donald Trump are zero. One Biden Campaign Official saying, quote, he needs to drop out. He will never recover from this. All of it as the president prepares to sit down for our exclusive Oneonone Interview on monday. Also tonight, deadly floods in the northeast. Beryls remnants slamming vermont, washing out roads, sweeping away apartment buildings. More than 100 rescued. And extremely dangerous heat. More than 50 Million on alert. In texas, some 500,000 expected to be without hour into next week. Hospitals running on generators. The scare at a new York City beach, shut down after sharks are sighted in the water. The random Shooting Spree in charlotte that left one dead. The two teens now in custody. The Fire Erupting Atop
Off. Fox friends first kicking off your week, starting your monday right now. A sky full of stars. Jillian pretty look at new York City right now. Todd how are you . Jillian its monday. My friday, i think. You are watching Fox Friends first on this monday morning. Im ashley strohmier, in for jillian mele. Todd im todd piro. Today, president biden will update the u. S. On the covid economic recovery but more restrictions could be looming as Delta Variant cases surge. Ashley Griff Jenkins joins us with more. Reporter its masks back on in la county, and more areas could follow where cases of the Delta Variant are spiking. La Countys Board of Supervisors Chair defended the decision. Its not punishment, its prevention. We have 4 Million people out of 10 Million that havent been vaccinated. Reporter former u. S. Surgeon general Jerome Adams is speaking out in favor of masks now, calling on the cdc to reverse course, tweeting this. Last year, Tony Fauci and i famously prematurely and wrongly
hospitalizations haven t seen that rapid rise, up only 3% in the last week. testing the remains. huge concern as the united states tries to keep the numbers down. long lines await those attempting to take a covid test as we look at footage from raleigh, north carolina. scenes like that playing out across the country, some of the largest cities and states breaking records and case numbers. new york setting a new high with 44,000 new cases reported on friday alone. in los angeles, meantime, new cases tripled in the last week. the surge, of course, having big impact on holiday travel. several major airlines cancelling hundreds of flights because of staffing shortages. alison kosik is monitoring the developments. new york is seeing so many cases now, what s being done to slow it down? boris, great to see you. new york s governor, mayor, they continue to urge people to go ahead and get vaccinated if they haven t been, and they re telling people to get a booster if you have been
answers. we begin with cnn s nick watt. reporter: covid-19 cases and hospitalizations climbed around 40% this past month. deaths, says the cdc, forecast to rise in the month ahead. the delta variant still rampant. omicron on the rise. it s here now, and it s spreading and it s going to increase. for unvaccinated we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death, unvaccinated. for themselves, their families, and hospitals they ll soon overwhelm. very soon it s going to be the dominant variant. we ve seen that in south africa. we re seeing it in the uk. and i m absolutely certain that s what we re going to be seeing here relatively soon. reporter: for the vaccines this variant is now the most complete escapee, say researchers in the new preprint study, although vaccines are still highly effective at preventing severe disease or death. it is reassuring that these infections seem to be less severe. but that s really only true probably if you re a healthy person who
now, this is happening nationwide. and yes, it is yet another heavy burden on health care professionals and on everyone. the new omicron strain worries all of us. and yet again it raises questions about what steps we can and should take to meet it it. in a moment dr. sanjay gupta and leana wen join us with some answers. we begin with cnn s nick watt. reporter: covid-19 cases and hospitalizations climbed around 40% this past month. deaths, says the cdc, forecast to rise in the month ahead. the delta variant still rampant. omicron on the rise. it s here now, and it s spreading and it s going to increase. for unvaccinated we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death, unvaccinated. for themselves, their families, and hospitals they ll soon overwhelm. very soon it s going to be the dominant variant. we ve seen that in south africa. we re seeing it in the uk. and i m absolutely certain that s what we re going to be seeing here relatively soon. reporter: for the va