Right now. Put my hands up. Theyre playing my song. The butterflies fly away. Nodding my head like yeah. Jillian good morning. Youre watching Fox Friends first on this monday morning. Im jillian mele. How you doing, griff jenkins. Griff we were just seeing the Olympic Torch there live in tokyo. Viewership down on the olympics but i have been glued. Do you know that on Day One of the olympics we had zero medals, no gold, silver or bronze. Thats never happened since 1972. 4 years ago was the 49 years ago was the last time we had a zero medal start. Jillian thats truly sad. Griff now we are back with six, tied with china. Here we go. Team usa, were on a roll. Jillian you mentioned Tv Viewership is down. In the u. S. , for the opening day, 33 year low, 16. 7 million u. S. Viewers. I know you were one of the 16. 7, griff. I know youre super stoked about this. I have to be honest with you, i havent seen a second of it. Griff we have a lot more to talk about. It was a awkward Opening Ceremony
Nations top Infectious Diseases expert, dr. Anthony fauci, says the u. S. Is headed in the wrong direction. Reporter the worst Case Scenario among the unvaccinated. Feel like were going back in the bell again and its definitely, its definitely another wave. Reporter the highly contagious Delta Variant fuelling a surge of new cases across the country. Dire warnings from the nations top doctor. Going into the fall with the Delta Variant, we could have a really seriouS Problem with a considerable surge of infections. Reporter the variant sweeping through the south, texas, arkansas and Florida Accounting for 40 of new cases in the country. But in miami, thousandS Packing the stadium for a live concert. Youre drowning in people. Reporter as the cdc said they could recommend masks for the fully vaccinated indoors. But in arkansas, a new Law Banning Mask Mandates goes into effect this week. Its important not to have the current debate about mask wearing but to have the current emphasis on get
Caught on video. Come on. I got you. I got the baby. Well be speaking live with two of the Police Officers who heroically lifted a car to rescue them. Good morning, to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. Its monday, july 26th. Stark numbers this morning revealing the consequences of this optional portion of the pandemic. The one that doesnt need to be happening in the united states really at all. Covid cases have quadrupled, quadrupled in the past month. Hospitalizations more than doubled. And it is almost exclusively a pandemic of the unvaccinated with more than half the country lagging behind the national vaccination average. This is what dr. Fauci has to say. Were going in the wrong direction. Since we have 50 of the country is not fully vaccinated, thats a problem, particularly when you have a variant like delta which has this extraordinary characteristic of being able to spread very efficiently and very easily from Person To person. In europe, a number of co
And theyre the ones largely dying compared to others who are vaccinated. Lets talk with medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. Elizabeth . This is an unfortunate story. It did not have to happen. It was hoped if enough of us got vaccinated that we could protect the vulnerable, people who are immuno compromised. The vaccine often doesnt work out so well for them and they are not protected. But it hasnt worked out that way. Vaccination rates are so low that were not protecting these vulnerable people. Let me introduce you to one of these vulnerable people. Kimberly cooley, who lives in m mississippi. Shes there with her two 6yearold nephews prepandemic. In the county she lives in only about 37 of people are vaccinated and that means she cant get near her two nephews. Again that photo is from before the pandemic. Kimberly did get vaccinated and she posted it on twitter when she did. She said hey, lets all do our part. Im get ting vaccinated. We all need to do our part. Unfortunately, that
Another republican voice to the table, Congressman Adam Kinzinger. The question is, what does Kevin Mccarthy have to say about the move . And Team Usa continues its quest for medals. Katie ledecky comes up for the first event, but the question is can she still bring home the gold . It is way too early for this. Whats up, everybody . We will start with the news. Coronavirus continues to rise and the nations top infectious Diseases Expert Dr. Anthony fauci says the u. S. Is headed in the wrong direction. Nbc News Correspondent Meagan Fitzgerald has the latest. Reporter the Worstcase Scenario among the unvaccinated. It feels like were going back in the bowel again, and its definitely another wave. Reporter the highly contagious Delta Variant fueling a new surge in cases across the country. The countrys top doctor. We could have a considerable problem with the surge of infections. Reporter the variant sweeping through the South Accounting for 40 of the new cases in the country. But in miam