Deal with isis as it arrives. But we re not going to be in any combat mission. Meantime, the white house says the number of people getting vaccinated is on the rise after weeks of slowing down. But there is concern that the increasing number of covid19 cases has led the veterans affairs department, new york city and now california to require their employees to get vaccinated. California governor gavin newsome joins us live in a few minutes to talk about why he made that decision. And some of the democratic members of the texas legislator that are pushing congress to act on voting rights will testify before a house committee later this week. We ll check in on their progress with texas state representative jasmine crockett. But we begin this hour and kick off our coverage with abc news national political reporter, new york times national political correspondent end lisa layer. They added adam kinsinger to the committee. He joins liz cheney. Can we expect more republicans to be added to t
Nation s top infectious diseases expert, dr. Anthony fauci, says the u. S. Is headed in the wrong direction. Reporter: the worst case scenario among the unvaccinated. Feel like we re going back in the bell again and it s definitely, it s definitely another wave. Reporter: the highly contagious delta variant fuelling a surge of new cases across the country. Dire warnings from the nation s top doctor. Going into the fall with the delta variant, we could have a really serious problem with a considerable surge of infections. Reporter: the variant sweeping through the south, texas, arkansas and florida accounting for 40% of new cases in the country. But in miami, thousands packing the stadium for a live concert. You re drowning in people. Reporter: as the cdc said they could recommend masks for the fully vaccinated indoors. But in arkansas, a new law banning mask mandates goes into effect this week. It s important not to have the current debate about mask wearing but to have the current emp
approach over a dark part of history even if it hurts the relationship with a key ally. johnson & johnson s covid vaccine once again will be going into the arms of americans. on friday, the food and drug administration have lifted a temporary pause in the vaccine s use, saying its benefits far outweigh its risks. the suspension has been put into place in reports on a rare type of blood clot after more than a dozen patients have received the shot. a white house official says the u.s. has 9 million doses ready to go. cnn s alexander dra field has more from new york. motion to be voted as is on the johnson & johnson vaccine. reporter: a cdc review committee revising the vaccine of age 18 and up. so the vote is 10 in favor, 4 opposed, 1 abstention. the motion carries. reporter: the committee did not recommend new restrictions based on erring or gender. but the vaccine will be updated with a new label that women under the age of 50 should be aware of the risk of blood cl
color. one of the things we can do is target the highest risk communities hit by this pandemic, so going into communities and meeting people where they are, and not expecting every community to go out and seek and search where they can find the vaccine. meeting with states to discuss their plans for ensuring equitable vaccine distribution and ask for assistance in achieving that goal. as you all know, and wea ve talked about it in here, governments are seeking the distribution to ensure that vaccinations are getting to all parts of the country. we are thinking instinctively and creatively how to do that, and we re also working with the cdc to improve vaccination data reporting by ethnicity. there s no question that it s not at the level we need it to be at. do you think that s going to happen, or is there a message to people giving out the vaccines? i just wonder how that actually gets changed on the ground level? i don t know if it s a presidential memoranda or policy chan
thank you for joining us this hour. coming thup hour and any moment now, president biden s covid response team will be holding a briefing on fight against against the virus. and there have been quite a few important developments over the weekend. and raising new questions about the path forward. a new study finds that cases of the u.k. variant are rapidly increasing across the united states and that significant community spread may already be happening here. and a new sign that some of the vaccines being used globally are less effective against some of the variants. but there is good news as well. new cases continue to decline. dropping to the lowest level in more than three months on sunday. the number of people in hospital suffering from coronavirus is also down. and the number of vaccines administered it on the rise. and president biden weighed in on the topic of reopening schools last night. so new guidance on that from the cdc is expected this week. how will they address