Over the economy heats up as kamala harris unveils her plan and leans into a populist agenda. Including tax cuts for the middle class we re breaking down her vision and the trump campaign s response also this hour, president biden says mediators are in his words, closer than ever to a gaza ceasefire and hostage agreement after a new round of talks, secretary of state antony blinken is set to travel here to israel amid urgent efforts to seal a deal plus a major shakeup in the u. S. Real estate industry as new rules and how agents are paid commissions are about to take effect, stay right here to find out what that means for you. If you re buying or selling your home welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. I m wolf blitzer in tel aviv and you re in the situation room we begin with issue number one for voters in the u. S the economy vice president kamala harris just laid out her proposals aimed at helping struggling americans pay their bills. A pitch she made
Now the dominant strain in the u. S. , but vaccination rates lag across much of the country, head of the cdc point to 9 million people living in county where s the rates are lower than 40% and where covid capabilities are rising. Where covid cases are rising, all of this as schools are reopening in just a few weeks. Yesterday cdc said inperson learning must be a priority this year and they re calling on schools to promote vaccinations and schools should be cautious about removing measures don t know protect students. In maryland the numbers are better than most one of ten with fewest infections with 75% of adults guys at least one dose of the vaccine. Maryland health officials say they fully vanccinated more tha half their residents. Joining me now dennis schroeder, thank for coming on, here s what the state s communication director tweeted about june data, saying 100% of covid19 deaths in maryland occurred in people who were unvaccinated. 95% of new covid19 cases in maryland occurred
Not interested in who did it. They already knew. The coronavirus killed him here that s what they told us. A local television noted that violence had risen. They must be connected. It was covid that really killed this kid, he told reporters. He didn t explain how exactly covid had done this killing or what the motive had been. No one asked. Everyone, particularly people in power seemed happy to blame covid. The pandemic did it. You heard that a lot. Not just in california come across the country in new york city, mayor bill de blasio blames rising crime rates squarely on the virus. Police organizations will say that part of the reason that crime is up is because there has been a cut in funding to the nypd. What you say to that customer this predates any funding decisions. That s just the truth. The perfect storm, i mentioned, started in march and april when everything shut down and we saw the violence start in earnest may into june come into july. It s clearly because things came unglu
will see them play out and we have reporters on the scene as well. but first on a related note we will get to something we want to hit last night but we are overwhelmed by the story on the ground in minnesota this is related, ghost stories, that is the focus of tonight s angle. i m sure you ve noticed when media outlets devote hours and hours of nonstop coverage to certain stories but drop others that are equally if not more important it happens all the time so when a police officer mistakenly shoots a black man it resisted arrest a traffic stop is treated as part of a nationwide epidemic but an actual national trend of brutal acts of violence being committed against minorities in urban america rarely rises above local broadcast so if we should know.a right s name should we do not know the name of 75-year-old immigrant non-do the target was brutally murdered in chicago? he was step numerous times 3 weeks ago allegedly by this man, cash johnson. why haven t we heard the name o
escaping from prison and on the loose and what a spike in attendance. more than 90,000 fans helping the nebraska huskers volleyball team claim a new world record good evening, everyone, and welcome. once powerful idalia has made its exit off the north carolina coast, heading into open waters, as residents and officials across four states assess the damage it leaves in its wake splintered and twisted homes, the calling cards of where idalia made landfall yesterday as a major hurricane. its 125-mile-per-hour winds flattening sparsely populated communities like horseshoe beach in florida s big bend region utility crews today making progress as they restore power there have been at least three storm-related fatalities two in florida and one in georgia idalia and its drenching rains caused heavy flooding as it moved northward along the carolina coast rainfall amounts topping ten inches in some parts of north carolina tonight, president biden says he plans to travel to hard-hit