Protect women s rights and as rioters get sentenced for storming the capitol on january 6th. He had a fondness for trump that was not unlike the first love a man may have for a girl. Steve bannon is laying the ground work to help steal the next election. All in starts right now. I saw a covid stat that blew my mind. The vaccine has been widely available for free for about six months. Current fatalities from covid are running roughly double what they were a year ago. Before we had vaccines. It seems an unspeakable tragedy. It is unspeakable. It s maddening and confusing. I think it s worth taking a second understanding of where we are in the battle against this virus now. About 62% of those eligible are fully vaccinated in this country which means we have a whole nation within a nation of unvaccinated folks. Tens of millions of people who aren t vaccinated. Not to mention children. Unvaccinated folks are clustered in areas around each other because vaccination is not evenly distributed.
The good economic numbers are also matched with warning signs, big ones. That it could be short lived. The number of daily cases and here is why the number of daily cases rose to 103,000 on wednesday and a surge that has not shown an end in sight with implications for all of us and everywhere. Phil mattingly is joining me now for more on it from the white house. Phil, what are we expecting to hear from the president any moment now? reporter: there is no question he will focus on economic report. They acknowledged that when you deg through the data of this report, there is not a lot that you could be uncomfortable with or worried about. The top line number was bigger than analysts estimates heading into the report. Wage growth is solid. Upward revisions in may and june. The president is going to want to talk about all of those things and try and make the point that he believes it is an acknowledgment that his program is working. Yes, the infrastructure proposal moving through the senate
Governor asa hutchinson, next. Building bridges. As one congressional divide grows deeper, senators are struggling to come together on a muchneeded infrastructure plan. Can they reach a deal? senator pat toomey joins me exclusively to discuss in moments. Plus, monster inferno, wildfires in the west harming air quality from coast to coast. It is literally climate change playing out before our eyes. How much worse could this get? i ll speak exclusively to oregon governor kate brown ahead. Hello. I m jake tapper in washington, d. C. , where the state of our union is sad and confused, as the u. S. Suffers through yet another covid surge, one that did not have to happen. The highly contagious delta variant is fueling a rise in coronavirus cases in every state with cases at their highest level since may. And one clear demographic group causing the spike. Those who are not vaccinated. Only 49% of the united states is fully vaccinated. For those eligible for the vaccine, those 12 and older, it
How far trump pushed the doj to help overturn the election. It s absolutely an abuse of power. It s absolutely an abuse of the office of the presidency. Inside politics. The biggest stories sourced by the best reporters. Now. Welcome to inside politics. I m manu raju in today for abby. The last few days have felt like a gut punch in the fight against covid19. The delta variant is one of the most contagious viruss on earth. The science know shows vaccinatd americans can spread the virus, too. The vaccines still work. If you re vaccinated, you re extremely unlikely to get infected or get seriously ill. If you still get infected, you can be a spreader. Officials want everyone to mask up when in indoors in public in a highrisk region. The best way to stop a new variant from spreading is to have less virus out there and the best way to do that is to get people vaccinated and to mask up until they are. The virus is smart. The virus is, umm, out to make sure it can survive and it s an opportu
Population is fully vaccinated. Daily vaccination rates are down about 50% since last week. It s having a big impact, a real world impact on our children who are not yet authorized to get the vaccine if they re younger than 12. In mississippi, seven children across the state are now in intensive care units. Two of those children, we re told, are on ventilators this morning. And as the school year approaches, a cnn analysis finds that at least seven states are taking steps to ban public schools from acqurequiring vaccinations for teens even those eligible to get them. Let s begin with medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. Health experts are worried and children are the ones paying the price for adults choosing not to get vaccinated, but also, let s be clear. It s still really rare for children to get seriously ill from covid, right? it is. It is very unusual for a child to get a terrible complication from covid. But, you know, i say to you, poppy, as a mom, i m a mom. Why would you wan