in for brian williams. day 198 of the biden administration as the nation searches for a way out of the delta variant fueled covid surge. the wall street journal has new reporting about booster shots. the journal reports the fda excepts to have a strategy for vaccine boosters by early next month. one that would detail when and which vaccinated individuals should get the follow-up shots. tonight, vaccine maker moderna preparing for boosters. the company says people who received two doses of its vaccine will likely need a third dose before winter. one of the most important things we need to do is actually bring the delta variant into the vaccine. and that way we re teaching the immune system what the delta variant looks like in our vaccine, just as we did with the prior variants. this is all taking place as the u.s. reported more than 100,000 new covid cases yesterday. numbers that have not been seen since february. hospital admissions are up 41% over the last week. covid
numbers not seen since february. hospital admissions are up 40% over the last week, deaths up 39% over the same period. these cases are concentrated in communities with low vaccination rates. over the past seven days, florida and texas have accounted for about one third of new cases. health officials in texas are among those sounding the alarm about the virus resurgence. they say this outbreak is different from what we have seen before. what you can see is the rise in cases is similar to what we have seen in previous waves, and may even be deeper. and that really shows how contagious the delta variant is. it s spreading much more rapidly among unvaccinated people than the viruses we saw last year. and the houston area, where the covid-19 threat level has been raised to code red, officials paint a stark portrait of the situation. we find ourselves retracing our steps, toward the edge of a cliff. it is very conceivable that we could once again be heading toward a publ
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security recipients not receiving the check. i want to point to the republicans and say this is the reckless behavior of republicans. the house bill is also the subject of sharp divisions within the democratic caucus, some members objective of the inclusion of a billion dollars for israel s iron dome defense system which as you, know shoots down incoming rockets fired at israel. the funding was removed and will be voted on in a later bill. but republicans criticize the change and vowed to stand as allies with israel. that brings up the democrats deep divide. which is threatening biden sweeping domestic agenda. progressives and moderates, the left in the middle, artist and off over went to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which is already passed in the senate. and the much larger and more expensive bill which expands the social safety net. right now moderates want to vote on the infrastructure bill on monday as promised, progressives have threatened not to support