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political statement. tonight, the backlash to the people playing politics with the pandemic. then, the mad rush to evacuate afghanistan, as the taliban blocks the airport road. and the escalating threat of right-wing terrorism as a trump extremist threatens to blow up his truck in washington, d.c. when all in starts now. good evening from washington, d.c. i m zerlina maxwell in for chris hayes. we are seeing a backlash around the country to red states bans on mask mandates, especially in schools. in texas, the paris school district is defying republican governor greg abbott s ban by adding face coverings to their dress codes and they are just one of the many districts taking on the governor. in south carolina, several districts, including charleston county, are requiring masks despite a state ban. and in florida s largest district, miami-dade, the school board voted to approve a mask mandate in defiance of an executive order from their republican governor, ron de ....
spotlight on how very contagious the delta variant of this virus is, the delta variant basically makes up the exclusive variant in our country now. it also underscores the administration s decision to recommend that fully vaccinated americans should get booster shots starting next month. all three senators got infected even though they were vaccinated. statistically speaking all three are likely to be okay because they were vaccinated. the good news on covid today is within the last 24 hours, the united states is back up over 1 million vaccine doses administered per day. we ve been below a million doses per day for the last seven weeks or so. but now apparently the message is sinking in enough that the pace of vaccination is picking back up. americans are deciding to get the shot over a million doses in the past 24 hours, that s for the first time in seven weeks. in general, the covid news is dire enough to change minds in many southern states in particular right now. w ....
three u.s. senators announced today that they have tested positive john hickenlooper of colorado, independent angus king of maine and roger wicker of mississippi all say they are fully vaccinated. that comes as parts of the country, particularly the south, are being pummelled by the delta variant. alabama has no, zero icu beds left. in fact, it s in negative territory. with some patients being treated on gurr. alabama s republican cover declared a state of emergency last week as her state s hospitals face this nightmare scenario, but still, she stood her ground on saying there will be no new statewide mandates. her fellow republicans have been actively declaring war. not on the virus, but on virus protections. like in neighboring georgia where hospitals are also running out of icu beds. governor brian kemp is banning local governments from requiring businesses to adopt mask mandates and in texas, where health officials warn the current surge could be worse than anything ....
reporter: authorities here in washington, d.c. want people to feel safe, but no question it s been difficult with this recent stream of continued violence. thursday night patrons were just end enjoying dinner about a mile from the white house when shots were fired outside of a popular restaurant. many innocent people were caught in the middle of the gunfire. d.c. police chief robert conte says he needs more boots on the ground and the court system needs to work more in the favor of law enforcement. chicago, another large city with a crime problem. the counters there are backed up by courts there are backed up by at least 35,000 felony cases. right now the state s attorney for cook county handles both the county and city of chicago. i was in chicago thursday and friday, and i sat down with kim fox. she s the top prosecutor or state s attorney for the five-plus-million people in cook county. it s the second largest county in the country. there is a proposal by local l ....