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is good and i believe that some people on their own once it get as proved as a full approval, will go ahead and get vaccinated. but for those who do not want, i believe mandates at the local level need to be done. joining me now, cnn medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. so dr. fauci calling for vaiccie mandates. i think i want to be clear. people hear vaccine mandates, they think government is going to come in and tell me that i have to get vaccinated or i will go to jail. that is not what we re talking about. we re talking about mandates usually by say an employer or by your school. vaccine mandates at that level. or a state saying our employees have to be vaccinated. this is not a mandate like you have to get car insurance. it is not that kind of mandate. it would work differently. so let s take a look. there are actually three states that have already done mandates, again it is for some groups. it is not for everybody. it might just be for example in new york a ....
charges? and cnn has learned that the impeachment probe into new york governor andrew cuomo is nearing completion. how much longer can he hold on? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blither. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to the white house where there s growing concern right now about this latest covid surge. our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly is working this part of the story for us. phil, how is the white house reacting to this very alarming sharp acceleration with the covid virus now topping 100,000 cases a day here in the u.s.? wolf, it s a jarring number, but white house officials say they are laser focused on one thing, getting shots in arms, and they are seeing some results, particularly in some of the lowest vaccinated states. however, it is one state in particular in that group of low vaccinated states where it s not just public health issues they are having. it s also politi ....
threatens unvaccinated americans. you can see the growing number of companies reinstating mask mandates or requiring vaccines for some of their employees. mcdonald s and microsoft are just the latest. and in new york city a major announcement for mayor bill de blasio ordering everyone including employees and customers to show proof of vaccination at restaurants, gyms, and entertainment venues all in an effort to get more people vaccinated. cnn s lucy kafanov is covering the new mandates across the country and how it could affect your family. but we re going to start at the white house with cnn s kaitlan collins. so, kaitlan, what exactly do we expect president biden to say in just moments? well, obviously, pam, he s been grappling with so many issues facing him with this surge of the delta variant, fueling these new outbreaks across the country. and the white house really this week has been trying to reset the messaging after the cdc sparked a lot of confusion by chan ....
administration even more concern to be concerned tonight. yeah, jim because they re watching as this delta variant is fuelling these outbreaks you are seeing across the nation. with half of the nation not vaccinated. this new data shows the daily average of people becoming fully vaccinated is at the lowest point since january when people could actually start getting in line for the vaccine. and this is something, jim, not just causing concern here at the white house but also for leaders nationwide. a new sense of urgency in the white house tonight as the u.s. enters a troubling phase of the pandemic with officials nationwide voicing concern. we understand the frustration of leaders out there and public voices who are trying to say the right thing, save people in their communities. reporter: more than half the nation remains unvaccinated, allowing the highly contagious delta variant to spread like wild fire. we are the first to say and we have long said that that ....
hello and welcome to the programme. the heaviest rain since records began has caused devastation in the central chinese province of henan. the city ofjung joe has been hardest hit at least 25 people have died mostly on the subway system, where passengers were submerged in waist deep waters. chinese scientists say global warming has made china s annual flood season much more dangerous. our correspondent stephen mcdonell has the latest. floodwaters rose around commuters stuck on board underground train carriages. they stood on seats as the level kept rising. hundreds of passengers were rescued but there were also those who didn t make it, when the system was flooded at a frightening speed. translation: the water was at shoulder level. . a child and i both nearly gave up. we were worn out. but i used my arm to hang on, and that s why i am bruised. in zhengzhou, the hardest hit city, footage of dramatic rescues, one after another, has spread across social media. through ....