Tropical Storm Henri hits the east coast, bringing rain to already water logged areas. Plus, deadly flooding in central tennessee. It hit hard, it hit fast. I stepped into maybe two feet of water. The fda is poised to give full approval to pfizers vaccine this week. Do you expect this decision is going to make more americans willing to get vaccinated . This may tip them over toward getting vaccinated. Im Pamela Brown in washington. You are live in the cnn newsroom. We are following Breaking News this hour out of middle, tennessee. As the Flood Waters recede, the Death Toll climbs, 21 dead, 49 missing after catastrophic flash floods. People in Humphries County West of nashville say the Flood Waters struck almost without warning. Some compared it to a Tidal Wave that swallowed its victims and swept them away. Twin toddlers are reported among the dead and at least five children are among the minneapmissing. Search and rescue efforts grind on as do the grim duties of recovering the dead. N
Climbing. Its in southern states with poor Vaccination Rates. And a strong hesitancy against the shot, according to a Cnn Analysis of data from the cdc. Take alabama for example, The State has seen an average of 2,600 new cases per day. Up by 131 from two weeks ago. One State Health Official says theyve literally been throwing away doses because theyve expired with not enough people going to get them. But on thursday, The States sevenDay Average of vaccine doses administered per day was about 13,000, according to the cdc. Thats up from a month prior when the seven Day Average of doses each day Up To 7,000. Weve seen an uptick in vaccinations in hardhit states like arkansas, louisiana and missouri. What is suddenly motivating people to get the shots, State Officials say its partly driven by fears about the spread of the Delta Variant. And driven by date that a that shows that unvaccinated people face a much higher Riskch Death from covid. Were still taking steps backward. The rate of ne
We have reporting this morning from tehran, london, tokyo and washington. And this morning the u. S. Has finally hit president Bidens Goal to have 70 of adults vaccinated against covid19. One month too late. One month too late for the Hundreds Of Americans who have died during the surge of the Delta Variant, a surge forcing some cities and states to face facts, Moonk Them Louisiana which has had one of the lowest Vaccination Rates in the country. Governor Bel Edwards has reinstated a Mask Mandate and space is running out at hospitals. There are no more beds left. Those 23 patients are a glimpse of what weve been doing the last two weeks while weve been trying to get everybody vaccinated. This is having an adverse impact on peoples lives today as we speak. And the least we can do is put a Mask On. At the same time Vaccine Demand is rebounding, first shots are up 76 in the last three weeks and shots are happening where they are most needed, up 171 in the eight states with the highest Cov
Representation of the u. S. As a whole. It is diverse. Theres urban areas, rural areas, and a fairly even distribution of both democrats and republicans. So why havent more democrats been able to connect here, particularly statewide and in president ial elections . Well, i think that i mean rather than answer it that way, don, i apologize. Ill answer it this way. I think that for The First Time in a long time in either party, a President Of The United States is putting workers at the center of Trade Policy, tax policy, wages, all that we need to do. In the past, President S of both parties have put corporate Interests Front and center far too often. And i think that i mean i win in ohio because i talk about workers, because of the child tax credit, because of raising the minimum wage, because all the things that because of a Trade Policy that focuses on workers. And Joe Biden is the most proworker president. He talks about unions. He talks about giving workers the right to organize and
Virus is with the vaccine. Please get vaccinated. Get vaccinated now. It works. Its safe. Its free. Its convenient. You know, this virus doesnt have it doesnt have to hold our economy back any longer. The only way we put it behind us is the if more americans get vaccinated. A large portion of americans simply wont. And those same people are overwhelmingly bearing the brunt of the surge. If you are vaccinated, you are very well protected against hospitalization and death. Unfortunately, thats not true if youre not vaccinated. Were seeing 99. 5 of deaths from covid19 in our country that are happening among the unvaccinated. This Summer Surge is a tale of two americas. We begin in the heart of unvaccinated america, natasha is in alabama where Vaccine Demand is way too low. What are you seeing . Well, ana, this is a city of Birmingham Event to try and help people resolve their traffic tickets. So they actually paused for the lunch hour. More people will be coming back soon. But there was a