good place and i hope you understand we got to talk to each other. don lemon, the star of the show tonight. i m sure a lot of people won t agree with this but don t get the vaccine, you can t go to the super market. don t have the vaccine, can t go to the ball game. don t have a vaccine, can t go to work. you don t have a vaccine, can t come here. no shirt, no shoes, no service. i think that s where we should be because we can t to waste our breath on people that are just not going to change. you know, the logic they keep going back and saying well, it s my freedom or whatever. i m free. your kid is not free to give other kids meningitis in schools. got to take a vaccine to do that. you got to take a vaccine to be employed. so what is the big deal? all these people are saying i don t want to put this stuff in my body and out drinking in the weekend and putting other substances in their bodies way worse than a vaccine. come on, let be real. there are people who have health
john: first, democratic lawmakers from texas on the run and in washington, d.c., today. part of a second attempt to block g.o.p. back to voting bills back in her home state. hello, i m john roberts in washington. sandra: good afternoon everyone. i m sandra smith. democrats leaving texas yesterday. we saw the pictures. all coming after governor greg habit because the special assessment to debate on everything. he said that democrats that left the state could be arrested when they return. john: those low makers say that blocking the voting rights protect democracy and republican say that those bills would strengthen election security. sandra: senior correspondent is live from austin, texas, with the very latest from there. hello. it good to see you. talk about a real impasse. both sides have really dug their heels in. the lawmakers in washington, the democratic lawmakers say that they have every intention of staying put in running the clock out while the governor of t
of a part two of the partisan benghazi investigation which dragged on for years during the obama presidency. questions are swirling around who house minority leader kevin mccarthy will appoint to the committee. will it be a pragmatic republican determined to work in good faith and get to the truth or trump loyalists devoted to derailing the work? we ll speak to a member of the committee in a moment. first to laurenne fox on capitol hill. democrats have a majority of the select committee. the house speaker also has veto power that she may or may not use. what are the what is the strategy, in effect, right, to keep this focused on the questions of january 6th? reporter: well, jim, there is really a dual strategy here. one of them, of course, is to get to the bottom of what caused the insurrection, what were the factors leading up to it. and you can t ignore the former president s role. they know that. they realize that trump is going to be a big piece of this. but in the me
of you watching in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. u.s. coronavirus case numbers are headed in the wrong direction, driven by the highly congaugious delta variant. authorities say the strain is the likely explanation for 10% rise in the u.s. infections this week, compared to the week before. experts say it s hitting states with the lowest vaccination rates the hardest. right now nearly half the u.s. population is fully inoculated and that s not enough to reach herd immunity, which happens when 70% to 85% of people are immune to the disease. health authorities say the delta variant could make reaching that threshold harder. in california where the positivity rate doubled, the strain is responsible for more than a third of new infections. now some officials are asking people to wear masks in indoor public spaces even if they re fully vaccinated. listen to this. we are not requiring people who are vaccinated to wear
states, canada and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. we could be just hours away from the demolition of that collapsed condo building in florida as authorities race to beat an approaching tropical storm. if left standing, there s growing concern strong winds and rain could topple the structure. engineers believe they can safely bring it down before the storm arrives. search and rescue efforts have been suspended in the meantime. search and rescue does have to pause temporarily while the demolition preparation is under way and there is threat to the standing building that is posed to the first responders, as we ve told you. we will begin the search and rescue once again on any sections of the pile that are safe to access as soon as we are cleared. cnn s brian todd is in surfside, florida, with the latest developments. reporter: officials here in surfside, florida, have announced a pause in the rescue operation while they prepare to demolish the