The pace of vaccinations in these six states you see highlighted have gone up to levels we have not seen since the spring. Tennessee has seen a 90 increase in first shots over the past two weeks. Oklahoma, an 82 increase. Georgia, a 66 increase in first shots over the past two weeks. Clearly americans are seeinghe impact of being unvaccinated and unprotected. Cs Nick Valencia has the latest on americas fight against this virus including arkansass mandates. Reporter parts of the united states are going back to school amid a staggerinnumber of new fections. Thu. S. Looks poised to cro an ave of 100,000 new coronavirus cases per day again, a 48 increase from last week. Hospitalizations are up, too, with florida and texas leading the way, accounting for about onethird of the surge in case numbers. Driven by the more transmissible Delta Variant, cases are continuing to rise. These cases are concentrated in communities with low Vaccination Rates. Reporter in arkansas where Vaccination Rates
For the safe upcoming school year. Now, earlier at the White House today, the covid Response Team released new numbers showing that 83 of all counties in the country are reporting a substantial or high transmission rate. And this is all counties. But theres also a spike in vaccinations. 864,000 over the last 24 hours, the most in more than month. Clearly americans are seeing the impact of being unvaccinated and unprotected. And the response is doing their part by rolling up the sleeve and getting vaccinated. And that is where we start with heidi prybylia, and the director of the national Preparedness Leonard and also our national correspondent on health, and so i apologize ahead of time if i have to cut you off with the speaker who makes it to the podium. What did we learn, heidi . Well, he is clearly concerned with the politics of the parents who wont go along with it. The administration is through a number of pediatricians, and the american academy of pediatricians working in concert
described, has been criticized as a threat to democracy these folks are being convinced that america isn t a democracy in the first place. and if it s not a democracy in the first place, then trump is no threat. that s what we re seeing being pushed back to you pope is making history this morning with the first ever papal visit to the g7 summit but his main concern, my bit of a surprise to you worlds colliding with the pope president s and artificial well intelligence on the global stage also, demolitions starts this hour on the site of one of the worst school shootings in american history, nearly six years here s after 17 students and stoppers lost their lives at marjory stoneman douglas high school, that it s in parkland, florida. crews will start finally tearing down that building and the lead singer of the four tops says he had to prove his identity with a video from the grammys in order to get care at a michigan hospital. why he says he felt close to death i m sorry.
abortion pill. and tonight, the retired l.a. sheriff s deputy missing in greece amid soaring temperatures. the all-out search, and news coming in, a second american is now missing, too. first tonight, new storms now pummeling florida. authorities warning of life-threatening and potentially catastrophic flooding. dangerous driving, high water rescues. residents who say they have never seen this before. and now, the extreme heat moving into the east, right up the coast. washington, philadelphia, new york city. meantime, that heat helping to fuel a massive wildfire, destroying homes, shutting down a highway. from the air, the images coming in at this hour from arizona. tonight, new reaction here after the supreme court s unanimous decision today, leaving access to the abortion pill mifepristone unchanged in this country. many many states, women still able to get it through the mail. but what the justices signaled today, leaving the door open to future challenges involvin