World. Im paula newton. Ahead on cnn newsroom, a budget battle brewing on capitol hill. Congress set to return tuesday. It will face the potential of a Government Shutdown if congress cant reach a deal on spending by the end of the month. A major shakeup in kyiv after more than 18 months of war. President zelenskyy announces plans to replace his Defense Minister. Burning man chaos continues. Thousands still trapped in the Nevada Desert after heavy rain turned the Festival Site into a mud pit. It is back to business this week for the u. S. Senate as its august recess comes to an end. Now washington is set to become a Pressure Cooker in the coming weeks as lawmakers attempt to avoid a Government Shutdown yet again. They only have until october 1st to come to an agreement. A little shall we say that it will not be easy. Members of the u. S. House arent back until next week, in fact. Conservative republican hardliners are already pressuring House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy to stick to strict g
preventing people from getting sick. that s why the majority have mild illness. also we still have the same problem that i think you and i have been talking about for two years now. there s not enough testing happening. we don t know the true denominator here. when deal with something as transmissible as omicron. there could be people who have it and have mild sympt omps and aren t getting tested. it s hard to say how protective the vaccines are against infection. but we do know they seem very protective against illness. such a key pom component, th testing or lack thereof in terms of being accessible for everyday americans. about 50 million people, about 27% of fully vaccinated adults have received a booster. what percent of those vaccinated need to get their booster so omicron stays under control? that s a really important question, and we, you know, you hate to be the person that says
games and festivals and bike rallies. i think that s fine. i think the key issue is how to do it safely, and we know how. get vaccinated. wear a mask if you re in super crowded outdoor spaces but most importantly, wear masks if you re indoors. get frequent testing happening. and let s improve the quality of air in indoor spaces with ventilation. we do all of that, we can get all the things we value in our lives, and do it safely. add in the vaccination as well. people who aren t vaccinated, get vaccinated. grateful for your expertise. ahead, the texas governor just signing the state s restrictive voting bill into law. it s the latest in a series of right turns from republicans in the lone star state. icy hot. ice works fast. heat makes it last. feel the power of contrast therapy, so you can rise from pain. we do it every night. do it.
there was a crisis, we are in it right now, and especially in those two states. but i will say that we need a stronger federal response. i know that biden has spoken out in support of localities about these mask mandates, but we need really more forceful messaging needed from the biden administration and the cdc, but we are seeing unmitigated spread of the virus. there are no masks and very little testing happening. we know that indoor restrictions essentially don t exist any more and essentially the virus is spreading. we need to empower the public health authorities who put the mitigation strategies in play, and we call it the swiss cheese model and each layer of the mitigation strategies are incredibly important for preventing the spread. at capacity, it is not only the patients without covid who can adequately seek care, and we
pageantry? there is nothing pageantry about it. this is historic, shaking hands, posing for photographs. that was enough that was a result in and of itself. you can t do that a second time. the second time around, you need something more concrete. so, if he comes back from vietnam with nothing more than some more photographers and talk of how they love each other, that s not going to suffice. he s going to actually need the north koreans to show that they are actually at least scaling way back and ideally beginning to dismantle the nuclear program. beg your pardon. go a hid. he would make the argument, or mike pompeo would, at the very least, the summits are a start. they re getting to the table and we re not seeing the testing happening. well, the north koreans are playing this administration like a fiddle. they are aiming for they are asking for the big summits