breakthrough covid case spoke with us in the last hour. this is the hand i was dealt and i m trying to deal with it as best as i can. another major u.s. city bringing back its mask mandates as delta cases prompt hospitals to reopen covid wars. the nfl says get your shot or forfeit. if unvaccinated players cause covid outbreaks. one coach quitting in protest. one month after president biden claimed victory on infrastructure, there s still no deal. transit, the main sticking point, but could they be on the brink of a breakthrough? i feel as if we ve said that a few times, so far, when it comes to infrastructure. infrastructure week eight week 18. good morning, everybody, it s saturday, july 24th, i m kendis gibson. i m lindsey reiser. we ve got a lot of covid news to get to, but last hour when we spoke to tyler crab, the men s beach volleyball player, who made the hard decision, do i test negative he decided to bow out and that s it for him this games. it wa
this virus has no incentive to let up, and it remains in search of the next vulnerable person to infect. compared to the virus we had circulating initially in the united states at the start of the pandemic the delta variant is more aggressive and much more transmissible than previously circulating strains. it is one of the most infectious respiratory viruses we know of and that i ve seen in my 20-year career. whether you re vaccinated or not please know we together are not out of the woods yet. dr. walensky there, the ceo director says the 7-day average of new cases in our country is up 53% over just the previous week. the areas in red on this map are those particularly hard hit. this is the cdc map. portions of in yellow and blue have moderate to low levels of infection. three states, florida, missouri, texas are home to about 40% of the new cases. florida continues to lead the nation, of course, in new cases. a research group working with the cdc now projects the delta va
city-run healthcare facility will be required to be vaccinated or take a weekly test. this comes s the cdc sounds the alarm and says the delta variant accounts for all the cases across the country. overseas, a new setback for team usa, another american athlete testing positive, bringing the toll to at least five who will be side lined. we are live in tokyo, where an olympics official says he is not ruling out cancelling the games if the covid situation gets worse him we are live on capitol hill, where in just a few hours, finally the senate will take the first vote on whether to move forward with the $1 trillion infrastructure deal. straight ahead on why this first vote is likely to fail. good morning, everybody. i m aaron gilchrist in new york. in for hallie jackson who is on assignment. let s start with gabe gutierrez in new york city and stephanie gosk at the olympics in tokyo. let s talk about this delta variant, the infection is surging, really all over the country at th
in tokyo, and vulnerable communities here at home. and back to the former guy, one of donald trump s close friends busted by the feds and it goes straight back to what was happening inside the trump administration. we ll get to that developing legal story in just a moment, and a lot more on this wednesday, july 21st, but first, willie, let s begin with the very latest on the virus. good morning, mika, the dangerous, highly contagious delta variant as of this morning was responsible for 83% of new covid infections, a full seven months after the first highly effective vaccine became available in this country. hospitals are inundated with a surge of patients who are very sick, and the number of cases is climbing across the country. this latest wave is impacting the most vulnerable states and communities that have low vaccination rates. in a moment, nbc s gabe gutierrez will report from louisiana on why people are deciding not to get the shot. first, miguel almaguer with the la
lester holt. reporting tonight from tokyo. good evening, everyone great to be with you from japan on the eve of the olympic opening ceremony we are more than a dozen time zones ahead of the u.s., a 13-hour flight from new york, but it is not lost on any of us here that neither time nor distance offer escape from the scourge of covid. we will update the situation here in tokyo and its impact on these games in a few moments. but back in the u.s., tonight the cdc charting a rapidly worsening covid crisis tens of thousands of new cases a day, some hospitals revisiting days they thought were firmly behind them, but also signs more people may be starting to roll up their sleeves for covid vaccinations as officials warn this delta variant is both dangerous and efficient in making the unvaccinated sick. miguel almaguer has the latest reporter: painting a grim picture of the new reality inside some hospitals, tonight the numbers from the cdc reflect our nation slowly slipping back