Tape, of course, everybody remembers the early years of Morning Joe when you and Mika At Times had to Duct Tape me to the chair. We did. On an occasion or two, everything worked out okay. It didnt interrupt you. While we were doing it, you were still going. Kept talking. We have the white House Reporter for the Associated Press, Jonathan Lemire and we have Catty Kay. Something happened last night, like a haleys comet. The Red Sox won a game last night. I saw it. When Tampa Bay spotted us 19 runs going into the ninth inning it was hard not to blow it but we gave it the 617 chance. Didnt we . Blind squirrel finds an acorn once in a while joe and we were able to get the win. We needed all 20 wins in the ninth we gave up more and more and more. We needed 20, they scored 7 or 8, i guess we missed the extra point. Lets be clear here, joe. These are dark times for the Boston Red sox. This is bad. The surging new York Yankees today playing in iowa, the field of Dreams Field where they will und
Frances good morning, i am frances sellers, a senior writer at the Washington Post today. We will talk about the troubling rise in cases from the Delta Variant and vaccination challenges with dr. Rachel levine, Assistant Secretary for health at the department of health and human services. Dr. Levine, a warm welcome to Washington Post live. Asst. Sec. Levine thank you, pleasure to be here. Frances wonderful to have you here when we need to understand so much more. There was a change in guidance this week from cdc resulting from new science about the Delta Virus including masking for people who are vaccinated. What is the science behind that change . Asst. Sec. Levine we know and have been discussing for months that the Delta Variant is different. The Delta Variant has been shown to be more transmissible. It is at least twice as contagious as previous forms of covid19 we have seen. Approximately two months ago, the Delta Variant was 1 or 2 of the percentage of covid19 cases we were seein
Advice for people who are vaccinated in certain settings. What is the science behind that change . We know and have been discussing for the last number of months that the Delta Variant is different. The Delta Variant has been shown to be more transmissible. It is at least twice as contagious then previous forms of covid19 that we have seen. Approximately two months ago, the Delta Variant was 92 of the covid cases. Was only 2 of the covid cases we are seeing. Now it is 80 . Now that the more contagious variant, the cdc has changed its guidance in terms of masking. It is recommending that if you live in an area that has moderate to high spread, Community Spread when you are in public you wear a mask. Thats the broad picture, but we were wanting to see the data. Why the delay . Why change the delay without having a really good sense of what is behind it . The cdc will be releasing more data today. Data should be coming this afternoon. Mask mandates, do we need to be masking up . Would you
Embassy in tokyo has now left japan, heading to warsaw after a stopover in vienna. Wildfires fuelled by high temperatures and strong winds continue to sweep parts of turkey, with eight people dead and thousands forced to leave their homes. Borisjohnson is expected to visit Renewable Energy projects and meet Police Officers on a two Day Visit to scotland. But hes not meeting Nicola Sturgeon, which she says she would have welcomed. And at 2 30, your questions answered. Well be putting your questions on vaccinations for teenagers to the experts. More than A Million teenagers could soon be offered a covid vaccine. Its understood that this afternoon, Thejoint Committee on vaccination and immunisation will recommend that 16 and 17 year olds are given the jab. At the moment, only Under 18s with underlying Health Conditions or living with someone vulnerable, qualify for the vaccine. Heresjim reed. 46 Million adults have already received a covid vaccine. Now the jab is set to be routinely offer
Staggering new numbers for illegal Border Crossing with legal immigration into the shambles failing around with the agenda that nobody voted for all while pushing ill legal Censorship And Indoctrination in the leftwing elite are totally incompetent and deeply authoritarian. Not a good combination not american combination and that is why free florida or crazy california and it threatens everyone because the essence of america. Founded on the idea of freedom a limited government now in the grips of the unprecedented micromanagement from on high this nation is unparalleled accomplishments of Science And Technology and art and music. You name it the spectacle of the president bubbling around without a clue. And then to wife his own chin while activist and accountable bureaucrats and zealots sees the leaders of power. No wonder we live in a country where kids are embarrassed to be americans and we lose to the french. The entire pandemic is our incompetent authoritarian ruling class. They to