who watched his entire town burn to the ground. he s now facing the danger of yet another fire. we are much better prepared. the new u.s. capitol police chief sitting down with cnn on his first day on the job, sharing whether he s concerned about another capitol attack. and better late than never. after a year long delay, the tokyo olympics officially under way. we re live from the games. newsroom starts now. good morning. thanks so much for joining us this saturday, july 24th. i m boris sanchez. i m kaitlin collins in for christi paul. this morning, communities across the country are bringing back pandemic safety measures as the u.s. deals with a dangerous summer surge of covid-19. case rates are climbing, fueled by the spread of the delta variant which is highly co cont contagious. while the rate of people getting fully vaccinated is falling. yeah. the rate of new infections is now four times higher than it was just a month ago. look at all the red on that map
me and you listening to the rain me and you we are the same me and you have all the fame we need indeed, you and me are we me and you singing in the park me and you, we re waiting for the dark brand new hour. any moment now, president biden will speak from the white house about his new plans to get more people vaccinated after mising that july 4th goal. he rwants to ramp up outreach, but how? phil what is the president s plan to get the 100 million plus adults who are resistant vaccinated? reporter: you look at it through if framinge ing they mi the 70% by july 1 goal but you view right now, in this moment and what you ll hear from the president through the lens the urgency the white house feels now. you re starting to see case counts rise, particularly in areas with low vaccination rates. what you ll hear the president say is not necessary lay stream of initiatives. more expansion of the strategy they had in place. heavy focus on trying to get the
with more than 90% of the american withdrawal complete, a stunning new report from the associateded press claiming that the u.s. bagram air base without notifying the new afghan commander. the pentagon is denying the u.s. left without telling anyone. just moments ago, we ll have an update on that. today marks six months since the deadly january 6th insurrection on capitol hill. we ll bring you these stories. as we await president joe biden for an update on the nation s efforts against the coronavirus, joining me is the white house reporter for the associated press. he is, of course, also an msnbc political analyst. also with us, physician and fellow at the brookings institution. she is also a form white house health policy director under president obama. great to have you both with us. starting us off this hour, jonathan, let s start with you. walk us through the white house strategy here moving forward on coronavirus. how are they planning to combat vaccinations plateauing i
a young child has died and two people have been seriously injured, after a gas explosion at a residential area in heysham in northern england. there was significant damage to the houses. at least two have been destroyed and a third is significantly damaged. as a consequence, a number of people have been injured. tragically, a young child has been killed. and coming up fancy a job as a live in officer at a medieval castle on a remote island? st michael s mount is hiring. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. gaza s health ministry says that at least 26 people have been killed by israeli air strikes overnight on gaza city. it said the strikes had targeted two houses. this is the seventh day of violence. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said military action would continue until security was restored. here are some of the latest pictures from gaza. israel says the home of the hamas chief in gaza was among the targets. palestinian mil
high rise building. home to the associated press and other international media outlets. israel says hamas military intelligence was operating inside the building. but journalists get an hour to evacuate, frantically packing up what they could. the president of the ap reacting. we are shocked and horrified. that building provided the best vantage point for the world to see the events in gaza. and now that building is destroyed. plus, matt gates is associate set to appear in court tomorrow morning and it could spell trouble for the florida republican congressman. it s not putting a damper on gaetz who s been cracking jokes about the federal investigation. and the missing tiger scene in a houston neighborhood last week has been found. we have all the details on that ahead. good morning, it is sunday, may 16th. i m lindsey reiser. we could all sleep a little bit easier knowing that that tiger you are new york. it was houston, 2000 miles away. and it has been a week