for the nato summit in d.c. as it continues. this before a rare news conference where the stakes could not be higher coming later today. good morning, everybody. a day of consequence? could be. i m bill hemmer, good morning. dana: i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. it s a big day and i think we ll make a lot of news on this show. the president s first news conference in eight months and sure to face an onslaught of questions for his fitness for office. the white house has spent the past two weeks in post debate damage control. republicans are seizing on that chaos. the democrats are in absolute full panic mode. not because of the president of the united states is unable to perform his duties as commander-in-chief and they are in panic mode. this is the ebb, the worst you ll see the biden campaign. i think what we are oh he seeing out of democrats they are living in the box they created for themselves by lying to the american people for several years, inc
employees on this new approach is moderate to a policy viewer. get vaccinated or get tested later. it is also a contrast to many poor countries around the world where vaccines is not widely available even today and people are clambering just to get one. not waiting around to see or waiting to get paid. i want to be clear with you, some real talk. it is striking that we live in a country where the government determines it needs to give out incentives for vaccinations because i want you to remember something. vaccinations are the incentives. they are the thing that everyone was waiting for last year, hoping to come into existence to protect us and avoid death and get back to regular life and not wearing a mask and all that other stuff. it is the incentive. the covid rebound and i bet you know this, it is truly to america s story right now. highly vaccinated area living in a different way. take florida, we talk about florida a lot in the news for a variety of reasons, in just th
coronavirus cases over the previous week. this as we are learning more about the delta variant. the cdc making what it calls a pivotal discovery, saying a new study shows the variant produces similar amounts of virus in vaccinated and unvaccinated people if they get infected. and that prompted new mask guidelines this week, even for the vaccinated. several major cities have already put new mask mandates in place. today, washington, d.c., joining that growing list. but we begin our coverage in georgia. cases there have exploded in recent days, and health officials say in the last two weeks ago, new cases have risen over 200%. natasha chen is at a vaccination drive in the atlanta area. obviously, there is a big push to get more people vaccinated right now. what are you seeing today? what are you hearing from people who are showing up to get vaccinated? reporter: well, jessica, it s clear that incentives actually work. because this is the largest number of people dekalb county
speaker. we begin in what was an overall difficult weekend for the united states in the ongoing coronavirus, the new wave is taxing hospital emergency rooms again. with health officials warning things can get a lot worse. nbc political correspondent vaughn hillyard has more. reporter: the united states topping 100,000 new coronavirus cases just friday. a stunning fourth wave with the number of infections and seriousness of the moment rising each day. things are going to get worse. if you look at the acceleration of the number of cases, the seven day afternoon has gone up substantially. the virus surging in states from the west to the east. cases doubling in more than 40 of them over the last two weeks. this is a class five hurricane. reporter: more florida residents tested positive for covid over the weekend than any other point in the pandemic. hospitals in jacksonville and orlando are already breaking previous hospitalization records. in neighboring alabama more
new exclusive interviews. the sounds surrounded us but then once they started banging on the door that s all i heard. new details. over ran the capitol. i never dreamed he would ever do anything like that. it just getting started. tonight a cnn special report assault on democracy, the roots of trump s insurrection. the early morning of january 6th, 2021 started for many as a day of anticipation. they came, tens of thousands from all walks of life. led by a lying president they would converge with a singular goal, do whatever it takes to prevent the peaceful transition of power in the greatest democracy on earth. president donald j. trump lost the election. they were deceived into believing the presidency had been stolen, their country was threatened. they had come to washington to fight for what they thought was right. they feel they re the heroic revolutionary courageous warriors saving democracy. but they were wrong. it was all a lie. january 6th was i