Xfinity is here to inspire your biggest dreams thats it for us, tonight. Together, as ever, as one. Well get through This pandemic. Its never been more true, than now. Lucky for you, on a friday night, you get the upgrade, laura coates, in for Don Lemon on Don Lemon tonight. Good to see you, counselor. Good to see you, too. You know, its my tenyear wedding anniversary. So im so you know, i love being here. But shoutout to my husband. Happy anniversary, as well. Shoutout to your husband. Thank god and blessings to you, both, for finding a way to stay together. We all know its work. We know its not easy. Ten years is a beautiful milestone. It is, indeed. And hes cute, so it helps. Of course, he is. Of course, i would expect no less. So, let me ask you a quick take. Obviously, have tons of news tonight. Simone biles has decided to withdraw from the event finals for vault and uneven bars which means she is not out of everything, but she is now out of vault and uneven bars. Continue to be e
Coronavirus cases over the previous week. This as we are learning more about the Delta Variant. The cdc making what it calls a pivotal discovery, saying a new study shows the variant produces similar amounts of virus in vaccinated and unvaccinated people if they get infected. And that prompted new Mask Guidelines this week, even for the vaccinated. Several major cities have already put new Mask Mandates in place. Today, washington, d. C. , joining that growing list. But we begin our coverage in georgia. Cases there have exploded in recent days, and health officials say in the last two weeks ago, new cases have risen over 200 . Natasha chen is at a Vaccination Drive in the atlanta area. Obviously, there is a big push to get more people vaccinated right now. What are you seeing today . What are you hearing from people who are showing Up To get vaccinated . Reporter well, jessica, its clear that incentives actually work. Because this is the largest number of people Dekalb County has seen
Of two more events at the olympic games. The strain of the Delta Variant on Americas Health Care system is already beginning to be felt in the hospitals. A grim sequel to the darkest days of the pandemic. An average 67,000 new cases turning up daily and trending higher. A year ago, new cases were at about the same level but trending down. The centers for Disease Control says the Delta Variant is as contagious as chickenpox and can cause severe illness. Unlike earlier variants, a single case of delta has the potential to infect many more people. Health experts say the unvaccinated are, of course, at most risk. And right now thats about half of american adults. Unless those Vaccination Numbers come up soon, u. S. President Joe Biden says tighter restrictions are likely. In all probability by the way, we had a good day yesterday. Almost A Million people got vaccinated. About half A Million of those people for the first time. Im hopeful that people are beginning to realize how essential it
Was corrupt. A New Order for trumps taxes to be turned over to congress. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, and youre in the situation room. We begin with new revelations that prompted a very dramatic shift in Covid Policy Over At The cdc and the White House. Our senior white House Correspondent Phil Mattingly has details for us. Phil, the cdc went public with what its calling a pivotal discovery. Wolf, you said it best. We have seen over the course of the week urgent action by the biden administration underscoring how big of a threAt They thought the Delta Variant was. Now were seeing the public data that backs up just how different and potentially dangerous this variant is from its predecessors. Tonight the new data driving urgent concern and action. Public health officials say the war has changed. A new Cdc Study showing the Delta Covid19 Variant produced similar amounts of virus in vaccinated and unvaccinated people if th
anymore. they can investigate all they want. there was nothing that i saw that was wrong happening there. made up, set up, a political scheme. we will get to all of that. then there is the major subpoena showdown in d.c. trump squaring off saying executive privilege should block access to his records. but that is privilege meant for a sitting president. the white house already arguing it doesn t apply to trump. the president has determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not wanted for the first set of documents provided to us by the national archives. this will be an on going process. this is just the first set of documents. four of trumps associates are set to testify next week. only two are cooperating. steve bannon is hiding behind references to executive privilege. joining me now is alex thompson and an msnbc contributor, and joel, a contributor and co-host of a podcast. thank you for spending part of your saturday with me. how do you think this execu