Yes, here we go. Here comes the camera. Happy monday, everyone. What a great show we have. Cat is back after her lifesaving surgery. Cat, lets try to create treat this liver better than the last one. That the hobo fought long and hard to keep it. Tandra Sandra Smith is back, bu to see her given her wild weekend. Wow. [indiscernible] believe [bleep] youre welcome. I didnt know you spoke two languages. And we have a new firsttime guest what was she thinking . She will be firing her agent in the first break. Tonights topic, i know you cant wait, suicide. Dont turn the channel until yo hear me out, especially when yo consider what else is on, what could Brian Williams be talking about anyway . The olympics . Again, im Ryan Williams reporting live from the tokyo olympic games. Seeing this reminds me of my Ow Experience winning 39 gold medals and the late 1980s, whether it was that the cancel on, downhill skiing, or knockin out Mohamed Ali and the first round, the story is said my universal
Were going in the wrong direction. Do you think masks should be brought back for vaccinated americans . You know, jake, this is under active consideration, if youre asking am i part of the discussion. Yes, i am. Well break down the latest covid headlines for you this hour. First, major moves in washington. Two days before hearings begin before the contentious January 6th select committee. A second republican has joined the committee. And that is gop Congressman Adam Kinzinger. He said this about accepting the appointment from House Speaker Nancy pelosi. Kinzinger saying, quote, i am a republican dedicated to conservative values, but i swore an oath to uphold and defend the constitution. And while this is not the position i expected to be in or sought out, when duty calls, i will answer. As that committee takes shape, President Biden is working the phones and key lawmakers are meeting as we speak to bring his bipartisan Infrastructure Deal back from the dead. And it could be wrapped up
Workers have turned down jobs to stay on unemployment. We discuss the decline of hard work with the rise of free government handouts. And lawrence. Big losses at the olympics for Team Usa as americans break streaks that they probably didnt want to break, and viewers are tuning out. So what is happening to the competition this. Were going to try to answer that. But first, to the crisis at our southern border. A new report out from a group of republican senators finding that 2 Billion of your tax dollars are going to the biden administrations efforts to stop construction of the Border Wall. 2 Billion. Thats 3 Million spent every single day to prevent the wall from being completed. Meanwhile, the biden administration also spending money to bus migrants to their chosen destination in the u. S. All Joe Biden had to do was nothing, and he could have just sat back, and it would have been finished, it would have been completed. But you have these small sections of wall where you have the suppl
And theyre the ones largely dying compared to others who are vaccinated. Lets talk with medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. Elizabeth . This is an unfortunate story. It did not have to happen. It was hoped if enough of us got vaccinated that we could protect the vulnerable, people who are immuno compromised. The vaccine often doesnt work out so well for them and they are not protected. But it hasnt worked out that way. Vaccination rates are so low that were not protecting these vulnerable people. Let me introduce you to one of these vulnerable people. Kimberly cooley, who lives in m mississippi. Shes there with her two 6yearold nephews prepandemic. In the county she lives in only about 37 of people are vaccinated and that means she cant get near her two nephews. Again that photo is from before the pandemic. Kimberly did get vaccinated and she posted it on twitter when she did. She said hey, lets all do our part. Im get ting vaccinated. We all need to do our part. Unfortunately, that
By every measure, coronavirus is going the wrong direction in america. The number of new daily cases is 30,000, triple the number we were seeing one month ago. This is more like april and june of 2020. Cases are rising in all 50 states, up sharply in 32 states now and the unvaccinated are fuelling this resurgence, the Surgeon General said 99. 5 of coronavirus deaths in the united states right now are among the unvaccinated. 97 of Covid Hospitalizations in america are people who are unvaccinated. These numbers are driving a major selloff on Wall Street at this moment. All three u. S. Stock indices are down sharply on pandemic fears. And it is not just here, it is also overseas. A member of u. S. Womens olympic Gymnastics Team has tested positive for covid in japan and she and another contact are now in isolation there. Further driving fears of an outbreak in tokyo with the games and opening ceremonies just days away. We have it all covered for you and it is a lot today. Lets begin with