shot, a milestone biden hoped to reach by july 4th. the u.s. reported over 800,0 0 new shots were administered yesterday, making it the fifth straight day with over 700,000 shots in arms, still far from peak levels. amid a renewed push to get more people vaccinated, the pandemic is once again consuming biden s agenda. we re not going back to the shutdowns of march of 2020. we re not going back to the economy shutting down. we have made too much progress. reporter: after getting briefed today, the president will give a speech on the pandemic tomorrow and meet with a top science adviser on wednesday to prepare for future pandemics. with hospitalizations increasing, the cdc director is warning of how contagious the delta variant can be. if you get sick with the delta variant, we estimate that you could infect five other unvaccinated people, more than twice as many as the original strain. reporter: less than 1% of those who are fully vaccinated have experienced a break-th
suicide. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. all right. let s get straight to our white house, our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. kaitlan, covid is front and center for president biden as the country now faces a new surge of cases. yeah, wolf. and the white house is making a concerted effort to try to correct the messaging after the cdc fark sparked a lot of confusion last week when they issued that new mask guidance for fully vaccinated americans. and now this week the white house has filled president biden s schedule with events related to the pandemic as they are stressing the effectiveness of vaccines given, they say, that right now 90 million americans who are eligible to get vaccinated still haven t done so. with the delta variant fueling outbreaks nationwide, president biden is hitting a key vaccine goal tonight almost one month late. i would say it s a significant step that we have hit 70%. reporter: 70% of adults in the u.s. ha
to find a precious few survivors. we know from experience that people can manage to endure for days under the right conditions if they re trapped in the rubble. we also know officials are warning the situation could get very grim as hours unfold. as i said, we re awaiting a press conference from officials any moment. our randi kaye is there for us tonight. reporter: anderson, still 99 people unaccounted for but rescuers are not giving up hope. they have been at it for 18 hours. at one point they were working in the parking garage underneath the collapsed building. now they have some teams actually on top of that pile of rubble going through it, looking for survivors. but certainly it has not been easy. there were some heavy rains here earlier today, and every time that building shifts, it has the potential for some small fires. we saw one of those earlier today. but rescuers say, anderson, they will work through the night. in a matter of moments, a huge chunk of the champla
everything we did was for them. to make sure they can get the care, they deserve. to date, dr. stanford s group has tested and vaccinated more than 75,000 people. see how she does it, and get her full story. nominate someone, as well, that you know to be a cnn hero at cnnheroes.com. thanks for watching, everyone. our coverage continues. good evening. we are waiting for a briefing, expected shortly, from officials in surfside, florida, where at least 99 people are, still, unaccounted for after parts of a 12-story apartment building collapsed in the early hours of this morning. surveillance video, you see, captured the moment as one section, then the next. about 55 units, in all, came down. this was about 1:30, in the morning. cr crews have been on the scene, almost ever since. so far, they have only managed to find a precious-few survivors. we know, from experience, that people can manage to endure for days under the right conditions, if they re trapped in the rubble. we a
for the biden-putin summit. a giant question, why did the trump justice department snoop on the trump white house council? the big shift in the middle east, israel has a new government today. bb netanyahu is now opposition leader, he fights to topple the coalition that ended his 12-year rule. first for us a first for us this hour, the giant global stakes this week for the new american president, this hour a potential conflict point on the nato schedule, president biden holding a bilateral meeting with the turkish president, erdogan. the president is assuring allies the united states is there, his words, his rejoinder to the fractures of the trump era. modernizing nato is a constant refrain but the urgency of the moment is obvious and there are new promises for nato teamwork in the fight against cybercrimes and the climate crisis. president biden hopes the nato show of unity gives him momentum heading into a geneva confrontation with the russian president. let s get