censorship. i m jacqui heinrich. griff: and i m griff jenkins. and the president has words. let s go to the white house lawn. white house officials are doubling and trippling down on the president as comments on facebook. and the officials at the white house see this as a way to take aaggressive and stance to root out misinformation on facebook, on twitter on any type of social media, a way to stop this. right now we re looking at the delta variant, incredibly serious around the country if you look at the numbers, they re climbing when it comes to the delta variant. two weeks, griff, after the president declared independence from the virus on july 4th, those numbers continue to go in the wrong direction. let s look at the latest numbers just a few hours ago from the c.d.c. about 160 million and a half people are fully vaccinated. that s 48.4% of the total population not nearly where the white house wants to be in the pandemic. the president is looking at the social media co
and almost all indoor places. anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate indoor and outdoor activity, large or small without wearing a mask and if you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic. but there is always a chance you may need to make change to these recommendations. today is a great day for americans. we have gotten this far. please protect yourselves until you get to the finish line. after a year of hard work and so much sacrifice, the rule is very simple: get vaccinated or wear a mask until you do. the choice is yours. you all made this possible. now, let s finish the work of beating this virus and getting everything back to normal. some may say, just feel more comfortable, continue to wear a mask. they may feel that way. so if you are someone with a mask, you see them, please treat them with kindness and respect. jesse: kindness and respect. kind of funny coming from joe biden who called texa
call what s happening at the southern border a crisis. they have refused instead calling it somewhat of a challenge but tonight as you mentioned, just a few hours ago the president of the united states used the word crisis after a golf outing we have the tape. listen. that refugee was working on crisis on the border. and the president with that this afternoon after he finished that round of golf about extending the refugee cap for this fiscal year, yesterday jon he signed an emergency determination which would put a cap at the trump era level of 15,000 refugees in the fiscal year but there was immediate pushback. he said in february that he was going to lift the refugee cap. and i believed that he need to do that right now. even biden allied dick durban senator from illinois facing greatest refugee crisis in our time there s no reason to limit the number to 15,000. say it ain t so president joe. after that, pushback from democrats, press secretary jen psaki put out
you re watching fox & friends first. i m carley shimkus. i m tom perez. we are excited and i think the american people are too. don t know what questions you re getting the ever whenever i m out in public, excited for the debate? would you think should win my? though who should win question is an important one because all these candidates are looking for that breakout moment in a new cycle that s completely dominated by donald trump. one of those candidates is definitely going to need it and it could pay off big time for them. the rnc says is looking forward to showcase a diversity of candidates ready to offer solutions to president biden s failed leadership and the president himself is officially back on vacation this morning after a short stop at mallett to address the wildfires. it s unclear whether or not he plans to tune in to fox news to watch the debate from tom steyer s $18 million rental property. alexandria hoff, good morning. the president and first lad
also tonight, the brother of president biden testifying in the house gop s impeachment inquiry. what he told them as prosecutors say a former fbi informant admitted the lies he spread about the bidens came from russia. just in, the u.s. sailor on an american warship charged with spying. what we ve learned. the passengers on an american airlines flight restraining a man with duct tape after they say he tried to open an emergency exit in midair. the mudslides shutting down part of the pacific coast highway after days of rain. also, multimillion dollar homes teetering on the edge. the first trial under way in the deadly shooting on the set of rust. the movie s armorer in court. rising concerns about measles in the u.s. six cases in just one school. how is it spreading? and the time of their lives. two clockmaker brothers looking for a new home for their cuckoo collection. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. there i