Ought to be a robust bipartisan process. The senate is working through the weekend again and working closer to passing the sweeping Infrastructure Bill. House stands adjourned. Texas democrats win a momentary victory, blocking passage of a restrictive new gopled voting bill. This is a victory for texas voters, but we understand the fight cOntinues. How republicans are planning to keep up the pressure On democrats and get the bills passed. I just dOnt know if were going to have enough water to get to the end. Extreme drought is plaguing the west, and it is leading to water restrictiOns. And hardships for farmers. The Olympic Spirit On full display at the tokyo games. Newsroom starts now. Good morning to you On this saturday, august 7th. Im christi paul. Hey, boris. Im boris sanchez. You are live in the cnn newsroom, and were grateful to have you. We start with some numbers that are deflating. The u. S. Averaging more than 107,000 new covid19 cases a day. Thats a rate we havent seen in n
The u. S. Now hitting a major milestone. The cdc says over 50 of the population is now fully vaccinated. This is important. Vaccinations in states hardest hit by the Delta Variant have been rising in recent days. But that has not been able to slow the deluge of patients pushing hospitals to capacity. There is new word that Booster Shots for the immunocompromised may be recommended, an Administration Official tells cnn. The fda could come to that decision in just the next few weeks. We want to begin in florida, where new cases are breaking state records. Cnns Natasha Chen is in orlAndo this morning. Natasha, there is no question, florida has become the epicenter of this new surge, but the state is not alone. Reporter right. Unfortunately, this is happening in many places. The good news is the Health Staff behind me at this mobile unit for the Vaccination Clinic were here at today, they say that every time they see a spike in cases in florida here, they also see a spike in vaccination ra
of this city. hundreds upon hundreds of people have turned out to give this last farewell. life from our worlds, orbiting stars, far beyond our own. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is tuesday, july 12, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where the house committee investigating the capitol hill riot is set for its seventh hearing looking to draw connections between former president trump s role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his knowledge of the violent attack that would take place on the u.s. capitol. the bipartisan group of lawmakers have already interviewed several people and today s hearing will likely vofl excerpts from the deposition of pat cipollone. and we also expect to hear from steven ayers, who entered the capitol illegally and later pleaded guilty. he is one of at least two witnesses expected to testify later today. the big focus will be on how extremist groups like the proud boys and oath keepers ma
Will be something that u.s. officials bring up. it won t be the sole issue, but saudi being the biggest player in opec plus, obviously critical for global oil supply, and u.s. will be asking for more supply and they believe saudi has the capacity do just that. as to the meeting with the royal family, he will be meeting with bin salman. whether or not they will shake hands or photos taken, that is still an open question. phil hatmattingly, cnn. and as he reported, gas prices are a big concern but they have been dropping recently. aaa says the current national average is $4.66 a gallon, down more than 30 cents from last month. aaa says falling oil prices have helped even though consumer demand of gasoline was up over the july 4th holiday. and the u.s. dollar is worth about as much as a euro for the
Point. this comes just weeks after the pull out of u.s. troops from the country. in this exclusive report, cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward spoke to residents in afghanistan s second largest city, where the taliban is closing? . reporter: that s right. phil, the situation in afghanistan is rapidly unraveling, which is why you see officials urging all americans to leave the country. this comes on the heels of the taliban takes control of two provincial capitals. this is a big deal. they re the first but by no means, unfortunately, probably the last. at least three other cities are under imminent threat. we visited one of them. the strategically vital city of kandahar, it is now completely surrounded by the taliban. on the road to kandahar s front line, there is still civilian traffic even as the taliban inches deeper into the city. afghan commandos agreed to take