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the u.s. is averaging nearly 220,000 cases per day. more than 68,000 americans are hospitalized with coronavirus, which is an increase of more than 40% from a month ago. and nearly 1,300 americans are dying each day from the virus. let s begin our coverage with cnn s shimon prokupecz live in new york city where the positivity rate, shimon, has doubled in just days, a tough new reality setting in, shimon. a. reporter: a tough new reality and causing anxiety and concern here by city officials. v because of the growing number of cases. when you look at the numbers, the seven-day average, everything seems to be going up. up a seven-day average going up. then as you said, the doubling of the number of cases in just a few days. the number of cases went from 3.9% to 7.3%. that has city officials very concerned, one saying they ve never seen anything like this before. and then of course the concern over the unvaccinated, where they re seeing a rise in cases of those who are ....
opportunity. i m engaged, jim and i have been engaged in civil rights events for all our careers. despite all the rules enacted, we knew we could make progress, but one of the things i thought and jim probably didn t, but i thought, jim, i thought when we had the major victories, we d finally crossed the threshold, but what i didn t realize is you can defeat hate, but you can t eliminate it. it just slides back under a rock, and when given oxygen by political leaders, it comes out ugly and mean as it was before. we can t give it any oxygen. we have to step on it. we have to respond to it. it s not who we are. it s a minority, but if the majority doesn t speak up, it has a profound impact. that s what we ve seen the last few years. we cannot, we must not give hate any safe harbor. we have to shine as bright a light as we can on it. that s the disinfectant. call it out. and you re going to be the light. you re going to have to be the light. let me close with this. the his ....
we re live on the hill with our team in a minute and live on the ground in kentucky where the governor finished a tour of one of the hardest hit areas in the tornado outbreak. we ll take you there. what abortion providers in texas are asking the supreme court today. the request they re making to the justices and why the state is trying to stop them. i m hallie jackson in washington with a ton to get to with all of it happening or just about to. the contempt vote against former trump chief of staff mark meadows and you can bet you will see fiery floor speeches when the house starts debate around 3:30, with vice chair liz cheney revealing more text messages from republican lawmakers basically begging meadows to have the president do something to stop the violence. the committee planning more depositions, with the guy you see there, former trump adviser stephen miller, supposed to show up today, tbd on whether that happened. we saw the d.c. attorney general announce a ....
growing questions a day after three men were convicted in the killing of ahmaud arbery. while attorneys for the convicted men say they plan to appeal. the three who also now face federal hate crime charges. at the same time his employer is exsuppressing releet. i was very excited, it was like a great many come true. cal perry is live in brunswick, new jersey. tell us about the reactions there. jubilation outside of the court seriously and i would say relief shortly after. pe we saw his father speak out in joy. he said this was a long time coming and it was for the family and supporters of the family, murdered on february the 23rd of 2020. this community has been through a lot. i have to tell you it is a quiet day this morning. i think folks are grateful for that the national media descends on these towns. i think folks are happy frankly that people are living town and enjoying their something roll day. she said there would be a seat left empty at her something tab ....
first person you look to. but her husband had a clear alibi and he passed a lie detector test. eventually, the case grew cold until this witness came forward. with a tale of love and lust gone wrong. he finally just took the sweat shirt and wrapped it around her neck. but could she be believed? i was sleeping around. i think i slept with half the town. was she out for justice or revenge? is it a perfect world, no? did she get hers, yes? when she dies. what was the lie? and what was the truth? he wasn t there! hello and welcome to dateline . paul and catherine novak wanted to escape the hustle and bustle of the big city. they found peace and quiet when they moved into what catherine dubbed the big red house. but soon a fire would ravage the couples home. and when the flames subsided one of them would be dead, leaving investigators wondering if the blaze was a tragic accident or something more sinister. here is andrea canning with secrets and lie ....