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and later, as the u.s. finalizes its withdrawal, new warnings from officials that afghanistan could fall to the taliban. potentially in a matter of weeks. much earlier than feared. welcome to meet the press minute daily, i m andrea mitchell in for a few moments for chuck todd. right now, within 18 months of the pandemic and several months after vaccines in the country, delta is breaking, and major debate about masking in schools. states from texas to missouri, arkansas, louisiana and florida all seeing hospitalizations surge to record or near record heights. the number of people hospitalized in florida is now larger than any state has ever seen during this pandemic surpassing the surge in new york last year. that is a remarkable statistic, because 50% of florida has been vaccinated. that new york number came at the start of the pandemic. long before the vaccine was created. that gives you a sense of just how contagious this delta variant is. thankfully, though, fewe ....
government s role in supporting role. the key step has come at a dramatic time. it was super early this morning in the senate, 4:00 a.m. eastern time there in washington on this crucial test vote for the democrats, $3.5 trillion safety net plan. biden add the democrats winning the party line vote. on this vote, the yas are 50. the nahs are 49. and the concurrent resolution as amended is agreed to. [ applause ] you can hear the smattering of unusual applause on the senate floor. the mix there of people being obviously quite tired, having pulled basically an all nighter to 4:00 a.m. but also some jubilation from the democrats who carried the vote. it comes hours after the senate passed something we reported on yesterday that is a big deal that would be a multiweek story by itself, something that didn t happen in the past four years, despite much talk about it. joe biden getting an infrastructure bill and getting it on a bipartisan basis. today the president saying thi ....
cavuto, this is your world. first, to hillary vaughn on where this spending push is coming from. hillary? with all of this money going out the door, the u.s. government says that they need more money to cover the costs or at least more credit to cover it. treasury secretary janel yellen session if congress doesn t raise the limit, they re in trouble. but democrats unveiled their plan for more spending on human infrastructure without plans to raise the debt ceiling. but did include pricey provisions like universal pre-k, a civilian climate corps and a pathway to citizenship. republicans are already blasting it. this is a $3.5 trillion debt bomb launched on society and joe biden s transformation of america. this is a social reformation like we ve never seen before. there s pressure on moderate democrats to make sure that the $3.5 trillion infrastructure plan is paid for, a letter circulating to speaker pelosi pleading with her not to rush a reconciliation package ....
still on, but increasingly about doing anything like we used to be able to do, say, in the last couple weeks in city after city, state after state where restrictions are coming fast and furious. we have jackie deangelis talking about the big job impact of this and also susan li on how some companies are feeling the pressure from this and higher prices that they re trying to pass along to you, but night not be succeeding for long. i want to begin with you, jacqui on this employment report that has people wondering, wait a minute. whats going on? before i get there, i want to talk about the covid cases. that s how we ll get to how the numbers impact the market. covid cases rising because of the delta variant. states and cities are handling this surge differently this time around. so in florida, governor ron desantis said he s not going to shut things down or impose a mask mandate. he believes the surge of cases is a seasonal outbreak. also adding that lockdowns have fai ....
simone biles takes bronze on the beam. we ll be live in tokyo with the very latest as team gb climb the medal table. also in the programme. criticism from labour but praise from the travel industry as the government abandons plans for an amber watchlist for trips abroad. and borisjohnson meets the opposition leader of belarus after one of the country s athletes at the olympics sought sanctuary in a foreign embassy. and the container ship thatjammed the suez canalfor six and the container ship thatjammed the suez canal for six days and caused a huge delay to global trade finally arrives in felixstowe. and coming up on the bbc news channel, heartbreak for british sprinter adam gemili after injury forces him to pull out of the 200m. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. team gb are celebrating more medals at the tokyo olympics. there was double gold for britain s sailors: dylan fletcher and stuart bithell claimed victory in the men s 49er class, and giles scott retained ....