General mirthy offered this hopeful prediction to parents to cnns wolf blitzer. If anything were to go well and everything were to fall in place i think its possible we could see a vaccine for The End of the Calendar Year for kids under 12. That cannot come too soon, obviously. Nationwide the number of Kids Hospitalize Frd Covid is on the brink of exceeding the highest numbers on record for the entire pandemic. In california the Governor Today became the first in the nation to order vaccination or regular testing for all teachers or all School Personnel statewide. Meanwhile in texas and florida where child cases are climbing more steeply local officials and across the hardest Hit Areas people who work in Childrens Hospitals are seeing something they havent seen prior to the Delta Variant they say. Over the last year we hadnt seen as many kids get acute covid Lung Disease as much as were seeing there. The Delta Variant is definitely hitting them a lot smarter, a lot harder than they had
Scene in tennessee outside of a School Board Meeting where parents spoke in support of masks. [ yelling ] no more masks. There is a bad place in Hell And Everybody is taking notes, buddy. [ bleep ] you. This morning there are, though, new developments on Vaccine Front to bring to you. The fda is expected to announce as soon as today it will authorize additional doses of the Pfizer And Moderna vaccine for those immuno compromised. The cdc has guidance now urging pregnant women to get vaccinated saying it is safe for both mother and baby. And tomorrow a Cdc Advisory Team is meeting to discuss what to do about Booster Shots for the general population. We have reporters on every angle this hour. Lets begin with Ed Lavendera live in texas where hospitals are hitting the highest levels of covid patients in six months. Hi, ed. Reporter hey, kate. Well hospitalizations well over 10,000 here in texas. Those are numbers as you mentioned we havent seen since early february and some of the worst d
Conviction case. Good to have you with us. Health experts and officials across the u. S. Are raising the alarm. The Covid Surge is getting worse. Take a look, the Delta Variant is driving an increase in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths from the previous week. Every state is reporting more new infections compared to the previous week. Dr. Anthony fauci said the country has made enough progress that he doesnt foresee any new lockdowns, but theres still a long way to go. I dont think were going to see lockdowns. I think with i have enough of the percentage of people in the country, not enough to crush the outbreak, but i believe enough to not allow us to get to the situation we were in last winter. But things are going to get worse. Concerns about the rapidly spreading Delta Variant appear to be driving a rise in vaccinations across the United States. Vaccination rates have been going up for three weeks now and the average daily rate is the highest its been in almost a month. Right now
Im laura jarrett. Im amara walker. Welcome to our viewers around the world. We have reports from florida, london, kenya, the White House, and sydney great to have you this week. Breaking minutes ago, Simone Biles is coming back. Usa gymnastics confirmed shell take part in Tuesdays Balance Beam final. It will be her first olympic event since july 27th, is she withdrew citing mental health concerns. A tweet from Usa Gymnastics says were so excited to confirm that you will see two u. S. Athletes in the Balance Beam final tomorrow. Suni lee and Simone Biles. I cant wait to watch both. Well have more coming up from tokyo in a few minutes. To coronavirus now and positive news that more and more americans received the message that vaccines work. As of this morning, the sevenday average of people getting their first shot is about 433,000. Thats the highest number in a month. The real good news here in the jump is in southern states that have been struggling to get shots in arms. Alabama, arkan
Deal with isis as it arrives. But were not going to be in any combat mission. Meantime, the White House says the number of people getting vaccinated is on the rise after weeks of slowing down. But there is concern that the increasing number of covid19 cases has led the veterans affairs department, new York City and now california to require their employees to get vaccinated. California Governor Gavin Newsome joins us live in a few minutes to talk about why he made that decision. And some of the democratic members of the Texas Legislator that are pushing congress to Act On Voting Rights will testify before a House Committee later this week. Well check in on their progress with Texas State Representative jasmine crockett. But we begin this Hour And Kick off our coverage with Abc News national political reporter, New York Times national political Correspondent End Lisa layer. They added Adam Kinsinger to the committee. He joins Liz Cheney. Can we expect more republicans to be added to tha