In an hour, President Biden will announce a new offensive in his fight against coronavirus, a Vaccine Requirement for workers. President biden will order that all federal employees be fully vaccinated or submit to regular testing. He joins a growing call for Vaccine Requirements from public and private sector employers. Theyre balloting the surge in cases driven by unvaccinated people. The cdc says only 1 of the u. S. Population lives in an area now with low virus transmission. The u. S. Is now averaging almost 64,000 new cases a day. Nearly 40,000 people are hospitalized. Both of those are. Major increases from just the week before. But there are some signs that unvaccinated people are being swayed. More than 700,000 Vaccine Doses were administered yesterday. Thats way up from the day before. And the average number of people getting their first shot is the highest its been in three weeks. Lets get to phil mattingly. What should we expect to hear from President Biden about an hour from
Receive regular testing. He will continue to push to get more vaccinated. The unvaccinated are still driving the spread of coronavirus. The cdc says only 1 of the u. S. Population lives In An area with low transmission at this point. The u. S. Is now averaging almost 64,000 new infections a day. That is 59 higher than last week. Almost 40,000 people are hospitalized with the virus and thats roughly 1 1,000 more tha last week. But there are signs that the unvaccinated are being swayed. More than 700,000 Vaccine Doses were administered wednesday. Thats way up from the day before. The average number of people getting their first shot is the highest it has been in three weeks. So lets get to cnns Jeff Zeleny at the White House with a preview of the president s message later this afternoon. What is he going to say . Reporter alisyn, the president is going to increase his rhetoric and language, going from simply asking americans to get vaccinated to requiring them to, at least those in the f
welcome to hollywood! where an epic party is getting started. the stage at the historic greek theater will soon light up with an extraordinary list of musical talent all taking part in a global celebration for freedom. i am sara sidner. i am sitting next to my man van jones. he s here to celebrate juneteeth on cnn. we are so excited to be with you. this is america s newest federal holiday, commemorating the end, the true end of slavery in this country. folks heading to the greek theater, here in hollywood. and all of you at home are going to see an incredible concert with an amazing all-star lineup of black singers and songwriters. we re going to enjoy a show-stopping tribute to the queen of rock and roll, tina turner. we lost her this year. it was devastating for all of us. but you re going to see something you haven t seen before, y all. so stick around. actress chloe will give us her rendition of one of turner s greatest hits what s love got to do with it? she is going t
trump for their own financial benefit ises a toupding. the values of asset bis whatever means necessary to increase trump s reported net worth. the lawsuit seeks roughly a quarter billion dollars in penalties and seeks to bar trump and his children from serving as executives at any company in new york. and while this is a civil case, criminal charges could be next. the attorney general said her office is making criminal referrals to both the irs and the u.s. attorney in the sosh district for possible federal crimes. every day people cannot lie to a bank about how much money they have in order to get a favorable loan to buy a home or send their kid to college. if they did, the government would throw the book at them. why should this be any different? it is a tale of two justice systems. one for every day working people, one for the elite. a statement sent from trufr s attorney to nbc news says in part, quote, today s filing is neither focused on the facts nor the law, ra
hour. a violent assault the man accused of attacking house speaker nancy pelosi s husband expected to be charged with multiple felonies today. cnn has learned he had zip ties, duct tape and hammer during that attack. we are live in san francisco. plus, deadly crush, more than 150 people killed after being caught in a suffocating crowd at a halloween festival in seoul, south korea. what we are learning about the two americans who are among the dead. next hour the supreme court set to hear arguments in two cases that could upend how college admissions are decided by eliminating or restricting race-conscious programs. let s begin this hour with the latest on the have eggs into the violent a talk on paul pelosi. veronica miracle is in san francisco, melanie zanona is on capitol hill. veronica, the suspect set to be charged today, what more are we learning about what happened in those early hours at the pelosi residence? reporter: good morning, erica. the details that we re