Single dose. All this as schools are reopening across the country. Jonathan serrie is live in atlanta for us. Here in the southeast many School Districts have already reopened and here in Metro Atlanta several School Districts are reporting first cases of covid19. The numbers in the hundreds. The Delta Variant is more than two times as contagious as previous strains of the virus and although School Children, children in general are at low risk, relatively low risk for serious complications from the disease compared to older folks, their Hospitalization Numbers are increasing. In fact, twice as many kids have died from covid as they would in a previous typical flu season. Obviously this is something people need to take seriously and causing educators and some politicians to rethink mask mandates. Back in the spring arkansas governor hutcheson, republican, signed a law blocking School Districts and other entities from imposing mask mandates. He now regrets that decision. Whenever i sign
he said people are upset about covid, schools, jobs, cost of a gallon of gasoline and the president wants to sign into law the build back better initiative. the social safety net package he wanted passed months ago. house speaker nancy pelosi planned to do so in september. president biden: people are upset and uncertain about a lot of things. from covid to school to jobs to a whole range of things. the cost of a gallon of gasoline. the president brushed off suggestions that passing his initiatives before tuesday s elections would have boosted terry mccauliffe to victory. president biden: i m not sure i would have been able to have changed the number of very conservative folks who turned out in the red districts who were trump voters but maybe, maybe. i know we did but we also i was running against donald trump. in that interview last night with bret baier west virginia senator joe manchin said he is not on board completely with the white house and really just wants
ready for a possible ground invasion in gaza. the united states grappling with new concerns of a widening war. show you that on the map in a moment. hope the weekend was good. brand-new week begins now. teams back together. bill hemmer, good morning. dana: anxious to be here. i almost read good morning i m bill hemmer. i am dana perino and it s america s newsroom. good to be here with you. bill: overnight israeli war planes bombed targets in gaza over syria and west bank over the weekend. dana: it triggered the u.s. to ramp up military presence. new reports suggesting president biden is urging israeli president netanyahu to slow down. bill: we kick it off now. jack keane on the strategy. rich edson we action to the pentagon. let s start on the ground in southern israel with mike tobin as we begin a new week there. mike, hello. hello, bill. today is israeli defense force did a screening of a lot of the hamas video. some of them were gopros. security video. cell pho
now looking at the skyline over gaza. the sun will set in an hour. the truce is over. the fighting has resumed between israel and hamas. we ll watch that story throughout the morning and we ll try to learn more as we go forward on the fate of the hostages who are still there. so stand by for more on that. meanwhile from last night, did you see this? yes it s a danger to the country. he has no business running for president. gavin newsom agrees with that. that s why he is running his shadow campaign. he should not be running, he is not up to the job. and it is dangerous for this country. i tell you why i m here. i m here to tell the truth about the biden/harris record and compare and contrast ron desantis s record and the public party s record as a point of contrast that s as different as daylight and darkness. you want to bring us back to a pre-1960s world. america in reverse. bill: it was blue state and red state. it was punch, counter punch last night. really somethin
has not responded to our request for comment. as for what comes next, the doctor has a motions hearing coming up on july 8th. send it back to you. martha: thank you, nate. we ve got this now. an illegal immigrant out of ecuador in custody in a sickening sex attack accused of assaulting a 13-year-old girl in a new york city park in broad daylight. a lot of information. we still don t know about this. we re taking the story in right now and say hello and begin a new hour now. tough news here. i m bill hemmer, dana has the week off. welcome to martha. martha: i m martha maccallum. they say the suspect was armed with a machete when he approached a 13-year-old boy and girl and forced them into a secluded area of the park where he tied them together by the wrists and sexually assaulted the girl. this is an absolute nightmare for any parents who want to give their children enough freedom to walk around the neighborhood a bit. eric shawn has more in our newsroom. hi, eric. he