World. I m laura jarrett. And i m julia chatterley. It is wednesday, july 21, 5:00 a. M. In new york. And we start with covid. If you live in an area with a low vaccination rate, you are in greater danger this morning. The cdc data shows 22% of the u. S. Population now lives in a county with high covid transmission. That is nearly 73 million americans we re talking about. And even more staggering, it is about ten times higher as many people as in early june. So why is it happening? here is the head of the cdc. Areas with limited vaccine coverage are allowing for the emergence and rapid spread of the highly transmissible delta variant. The delta variant now represents 83% of sequenced cases. This is a dramatic increase up from 50% the week of july 3. And return to inperson week is coming or is already here. And that combined with the increase in transmission is raising the question should you be forced to wear a mask or get vaccinated. County home to las vegas has just passed a temporar
Antigovernor protests in cuba over the weekend. Cuba s president is blaming the u. S. For sanctions causing power and medicine shortages. President biden issued a statement supporting peaceful protests. Let s begin at the white house with nbc news white house correspondent kelly o donnell. First let s talk about the meeting the president is holding today with police chiefs the mayor of dc, as well as the democratic nominee for new york city, trying to get a handle on if surge in violence, incoming attacks from republicans as well. Reporter: andrea, this is all about the practical issue of dealing with crime as people are experiencing it, and also the political undercurrent that the white house is facing with pressure from the progressive left to do more, as well as criticism coming from the republican right, questioning whether the president is tough enough on crime. All of these forces coming together at a time when these are difficult problems, there s a clear and, without dispute, s
democrat. but as you know, biden s not looking so goothe leadd these d. democrat insiders are increasingly talking out and speakingso goo out about hi. health, which has been obvious, but now they re talking about it. lking aband now, with house investigators breaking, breathing down joe s neck, , an he s in more trouble. so let s say joe drops out. who jumps in? well, can t be kamala. she fizzled out in the primaries. her campaign ran out of cash before super tuesdaspy and all. by the way, she s a terrible vice president. the passag bright e of time, s, has not has had a significant impact on her chances and not a good one. the dnc is not going to let rfk on the ticket. they d lose big pharma and their foreign wars. there s only one guy waitinge is in the wings, and that s california governor gavin newsom. s calihe s got almost everythin a presidential candidate needs money, looks ate need good hair, t and he s related to pelosi. there s just one problem. ga is a governo
fueling a devastating wildfire on hawaii, forcing evacuation and overwhelming hospitals on maui with victims. people there even jumping into the ocean trying to escape the flames. we are live from maui ahead. plus a never before seen intern trump campaign memo detailing the plot to overturn the election. details on the architect and why they pushed the fake elector plan. we are live from the florida store where someone defied the odds, scored an enormous fortune, winning the biggest jackpot in megamillions history. all of this and more coming into cnn news central. an extremely dangerous scene playing out right now in hawaii. this is video from a popular tourist town and cultural landmark, the town of lahaina, on the west side of maui. towering flames, smoke engulfing buildings, they saw people jumping into the ocean trying to escape. the coast guard said it successfully rescued 12 people from the water, and this as several wildfires are rapidly moving on maui and t
could not go unanswered, although ukraine hasn t declared any involvement. also in the programme: the latest trial of the hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has begun at a court in los angeles, where he is facing 11 further charges of abuse. saving sea life in britain, as the uk begins recycling fishing nets dumped at sea. and a bumpy ride for the iphone m as rollercoasters reportedly trigger the latest apple product to make emergency distress calls. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. president zelensky says ukraine won t be intimidated by the barrage of russian missiles that struck cities across the country, in the most widespread attacks since the start of the war. the air strikes happened in the morning rush hour on monday, killing at least 11 people, and damaging infrastructure. for the first time, missiles landed in the centre of the capital, kyiv, and the cities of lviv, dnipro, and zaporizhzhia