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month. allowing for a potentially more serious variant to develop. a virus will not mutate unless you allow it to replicate. if you allow the virus to freely circulate, and not try and stop it, sooner or later there is a likelihood that you will get another variant that could, i m not saying it will, that could be more problematic than the delta. that will impact not only the unvaccinated, that will impact the vaccinated. new progress today in the push for vaccinations that are now more americans who are fully vaccinated than those who are not. 50.1% of the population have completed their doses. that number jumps to 61% among adults. and new details today for people who have recovered from covid, studies show a vaccine gives survivors a big immune boost, but if those who have recovered choose not to get vaccinated, they re twice as likely to get reinfected. on the covid beat this hour, gary grumbach is in sturgis, south dakota. we re seeing an uptick in other states ....
the taliban gains ground taking control of a second city. and a repeat performance here. one u.s. team racks up its fourth consecutive gold medal. boy, they had to fight for it though. we are live from tokyo. new day starts right now . thank you so much for waking up bright and early with us this saturday on the 7th. we appreciate having you. you, too, boris. thank you so much. let s talk about what health officials are saying that the u.s. is at a crucial moment in the coronavirus pandemic. infections are rising and the delta variant is spreading. the country has tools to get the virus under control. in some ways that s the saddest aspects of all of this. it is preventible. yet for the first time since february the united states averaging more than 100,000 new infections a day and deaths are also on the rise. the virus is quickly spreading through unvaccinated communities especially as you look at the map. there s a lot of red in the south where vaccination r ....
because they come of the white supremacists, racist narrative that they drive into this country. i have to make sure because i know i have had attempt on my life and i have too much work to do. shannon: we have the very latest in a live report. plus, the new school year just days away but many students may not actually be able to get to class because of the shortage of people willing to take jobs as bus drivers. how that could affect parents and kids all across the country. and the mystery deepens in atlanta tonight as police relief release a 911 call from the grue stabbing of a woman and her dog in a city park. what happened, fox news investigates. we begin with the newest squad member feeling more heat tonight about her spending in light of demands to defund the police were everybody else. correspondent lauren blanchard joins us. representative cori bush is spending more on security than what many make in a year. while at the same time pushing to downsize and stri ....
triumphs in the velodrome taking the olympics medal tally to 50. a wild fire that has raged for eight days in turkey reaches a thermal power plant on the aegean coast. the government has defended the way donations are handled by the conservative party, saying there was nothing wrong with people giving money to political parties. and, uk adults spent more than a third of their waking hours watching tv and online video last year, because of the pandemic. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. british holiday makers who are fully vaccinated can more easily travel to france this summer, as part of significant changes to the covid travel rules that will come into force in the early hours of sunday. france will be brought into line with other amber list countries, so anyone who s had both doses of a vaccine will no longer have to quarantine when arriving in england, scotland or northern ireland. wales is due to make a decision shortly. india, bahrain, qatar and the united arab em ....
any hospitalization and death. they re also effective in reducing the overall risk of infection. meanwhile, on capitol hill, the senate appears to be moving closer to the finish line with its work on bipartisan infrastructure bill. this as andrew cuomo is given the opportunity to provide final evidence in his defense as state lawmakers wrap up their investigation into allegations he sexually harass aid dozen women. and members of congress and other leading figures pay tribute to one of the leading labor leaders, afl-cio president richard trumka who died at the auj of 72. the we re going to begin this hour with the latest on the pandemic. seven states, florida, texas, missouri, arkansas, louisiana, alabama, and mississippi all of them account for about half of the new cases and hospitalizations in the past week despite making up less than a quarter of the u.s. population. there are also states with some of the lowest vaccination rates with, we should note. here are the ....