Its brand new hour. Its good to be with you. Im victor blackwell. U. S. Is reaching major milestone today. Half of the u. S. Population is vaccinated against the coronavirus. The average u. S. Daily Case Count is above 98,000. Covid wards are getting close to capacity. The Delta Variant is continuing to surge across this country. Predominantly preying on the unva unvaccinated. Republican governors are low vaccination rates are urging people to get the shot before its too late. Theres more and more concern about getting yourselF Vak si F Vak si city nated and were returning out of time. We live in state with two group of people. Those who are vaccinated and those who are not. Two groups of people. Those vaccinated, who are safe and sadly those who are not vaccinated, who are not safe. In florida the national epicenter the crisis is deepening. It counts for one fifth of all cases in the u. S. The state also leads the flags in number of adults and children hospitalized. Look at that chart
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A packed trim through the u. K. And europe. It all ends with a very high stakes summit. He will talk to the russian leader, Vladimir Putin amid reporting that our own ambassador expressed concerns about the oneonone. Theyre also reportedly concerned at the White House to some extent with the perplexed reaction to the v. P. s trip to Guatemala And Mexico and her handling of questions about why there was no stop at the Southern Border included. Weve been to the border. You havent been to the border. And i havent been to europe. I dont listen, i have been to the border before. I will go again. But when im in guatemala dealing with root causes, we should have a conversation about whats going on with guatemala. Do i declare this trip a success . I do. Its a success in terms of a pathway that is about progress. Martha Senator Lindsey Graham is with us this afternoon. Dana perino is here as well. First, to senior foreign Affairs Correspondent Greg palkot who is watching this in london. Hi, gr