In mississippi. The hospitals are full from memphis to gulf port, natchez to meridian. Everything is full. Everything is full. The i. C. U. Crisis is getting more critical by the hour. Some states are at or they are near capacity. Only a few hundred beds are left in some of the largest states in the south, or in the case of mississippi you see there on your screen zero. Mississippi is now requesting help from the federal government as they are dealing with this crush of coronavirus patients. And a critical staffing shortage. There s a field hospital that s now being set up in a parking lot that could be used to take care of older teenagers with coronavirus. Some schools in mississippi, indiana and georgia have already gone back to virtual learning because of growing case numbers. Many are now rethinking mask policies. West virginia republican governor jim justice warns that if cases continue to climb, as they clearly are, masks may be required in schools there. More children are now ho
Welcome to mtp daily. I am chuck todd. I have been saying it for months, how covid goes in the united states, so goes the biden presidency. As pandemic numbers increase, the president s numbers are starting to decrease. More than a month ago, president biden declared independence from the virus, covid cases in the united states flat lined to 10,000 a day. We are now averaging more than 100,000 cases a day, 10 times jump. Cases are rising in all 50 states, and in places with low vaccinations rates. The administration announced a plan to encourage children over 12 to be vaccinated by the time school starts in fall. The education secretary will be at the white house press briefing, expected to begin any minute. We ll keep an ear on what he says. We have an idea what they re proposing, all of this as most of the country is experiencing substantial, high transmission of the virus. Some hospitals and states like arkansas, mississippi, louisiana, florida are breaking records, running out of b
The white house convened a meeting today for all living former surgeon generals to tackle the pandemic. Particularly the every ffort to more people vaccinated. The current surgeon general said they also talked about combating misinformation. Right now, vaccinations against covid are at the highest level that have been seen in a month. That s the good news. But at the current pace, it would still take six months from now to get all eligible americans at least one dose. This is according to cnn s analysis of the cdc data. In the meantime, the delta variant continues to spread across the u. S. Almost all of the new cases are among the unvaccinated. Look at the screen. This is a cdc timelapse. It shows how in one month, it has taken over. These red areas indicate parts of the country that see the highest transmission. The cdc says delta now makes up more than 90% of u. S. Cases. Late may, it was about 3% of cases. Today, for the third day in a row, the average number of infections increase
Comedy. Well, maybe now they are. That was also, you pointed out the home minister, she was like the funniest part of all of that to me because she s watching she s watching it from the beginning like she knows what s coming, right? no, no. I m not being part of this at all. I have a future. I want a future in politics. This is amazing. All right. New day continues right now. Welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m brianna keilar alongside the always comedic john berman. It is friday, july 30th. We are not crying wolf. That is the message from the director of the cdc as alarming new data shows the delta variant is now one of the most transmissible viruses ever. And just as infectious as the chickenpox. In the words of cdc officials, the war has changed. The latest data also suggests the delta variant causes more severe disease. This disturbing internal cdc report explains why the cdc thinks mask mandates need to be reintroduced and why the trend map looks
that s without their parents. casey stiegel has more from the border city of eagle pass, texas. what can you tell us this morning? good morning to you. here in the del rio sector of texas those apprehensions you talk about with unaccompanied minors absolutely through the roof. so far for fiscal year 2021, a 122% jump here just north of us in the big bend sector, they are up 141%. and then along the entire southwest border you see there a 64% jump in the number of children detained compared to the same period last year. the fox news flight team drone is back in the air with us today. a look at mexico this morning across the river from eagle pass, texas. as the white house has this to say about the situation on the ground. it is still a difficult time, a difficult journey. we aren t encouraging people to come. we also believe differently from the past administration we won t turn away kids who are under 18. word this morning out of brownsville, texas where city officials