Those words as the cdc warns americas future right now rests on the unvaccinated. What they decide today will sti everyones tomorrow. Officials say if vaccinating rates dont go the crisis can only get worse, possibly a lot worse. Hundreds of thousands of new cases daily and that will mean many more avoidable hospitalizations, more avoidable deaths, and new variants. Now hospitals are already at breaking points. Childrens hospitals seeing spikes in cases, yet right now, more than 90 Million eligible americans have not been vaccinated. 90 Million. And the solution to protect them and All Of Us is available and waiting. As for the vaccinated, there is News Today on boosters. Well get to all of that. Lets begin with Cnns Phil mattingly at the White House for us. We are reporting today the White House is considering a plan to withhold funding. The president didnt outright say it this morning, but he did hint more action is coming. No question about it. I think this is such a clear window in
Understanding just how bad the Coronavirus Pandemic is once again. It is been one month since President Biden said this. Today were closer than ever to declaring our independent from a deadly virus. But the reality one month later is alarmingly different. Take a look at these maps. One month ago, this was the level of Covid Transmission across the country. Now, watch the wave of red symbolizing high levels of transmission a wash across the states. This is what it looked like two weeks ago and this just one week ago. And here is today. Red washed over the majority of the country. We are nowhere near breaking away from this virus. We are, in fact, being held hostage by it. Here is how one front Line Nurse put it. Were a year into this and people still are making the same mistakes over and over again. And it was bad enough the first time around when it was all still new and you could at least the country ask nearing over 100,000 covid cases per day. Dr. Fauci warns that could double if we
I am 63 years old. I have lived my entire adult life in public view. That is just not who i am, and thats not who i have ever been. Well, that is in stark contrast to the findings by New Yorks Attorney General, letitia james, who says cuomo sexually harassed current and former employees, creating a toxic workplace and violated state and federal law. The independent investigation found that Governor Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, many of whom were young women, by engaging in unwanted groping, kisses, hugging and by making inappropriate comments. Investigators went on to detail the governors alleged conduct. Some suffered through unwanted touching and grabbing of their most intimate body parts. Others suffered through repeated offensive sexually suggestive or genderbased comments. A number of them endured both. None of them welcomed it and all of them found it disturbing, humiliating, uncomfortable and inappropriate. New York Senators Schumer And J gillebrand just released state
Movi i northeast as we come on T Toad Wchesyld to New Jersey. At least four confirmed tornadoes touching down in wisconsin. Ginger zee tracking it all. Overseas tonight,he remarkable moment at the summer olympics. Americas Suni Lee nguyens gold in the womens allaround competition. In the pool, swimmer Caeleb Dressel winning by a fraction of a second. Tonight, the american Pole Vaulter among two dozen new Covid Cases inside the olympic bubble. James longman in tokyo. Billionaire Trevor Milton charged with fraud. The Founder Oaf an electric Truck Company that prosecutors say never produced a single Electric Truck. Gave the false impression the truck was actually drivable. Could Mililddd M M Mdd M Mi E Bus slamming into a bridge. Wrk more than a dozen people more than a dozen people injured. Good evening and it is great to have you with us on this thursday night. Im cecilia vega, in for david. And we do begin with President Biden using the power of his office, hoping to convince the unvac
99. 99 of people who are fully vaccinated have not had a break through case. And evidence that if youre vaccinated, and you get a break through case of covid, you will be fine. More than 816,000 doses were administered on saturday. That is the fifth straight day above 700,000 and that is the highest number of doses administered in a month. That is good news. But where country is now is not good. The Delta Variant continues to spread like wildfire, averaging nearly 80,000 new cases per day. The number of people sick enough to need Hospital Care is rising. Again almost exclusively among the unvaccinated. And officials are warning the surge is just beginning. Particularly in the Nations Trouble spots, mostly concentrated in the south. Cases have gone up about fourfold in the last couple of weeks. Were pushing up towards 100,000 cases aday now. And particularly so in those hot spots where Vaccination Rates are still quite low, maybe 30 , that would be missouri and arkansas, louisiana, flor