biden s policies are different, i get that, but reporters pressed its aides, but not the president who takes very few questions, about this grim situation. some journalists are buying the white house explanation the problem is complicated. that s obviously true, but the tone is drastically different. the old media narrative, trump was a heartless hardliner. the new narrative biden means well but faces a difficult challenge. no amount of sympathetic spin can change that joe biden is now responsible. this is media buzz. i m howard kurtz. journalists keep rising the border crisis at white house briefings while the pundits are pointing fingers. so, how are you say that s not a crisis? it doesn t matter what you call it, it is an enormous challenge. it s something front and center for the president. we re just seven weeks into the biden presidency and already he s facing a growing humanitarian crisis at the u.s.-mexico border. the difference here, a lot of these children
set to make an announcement at the white house. we re waiting for him to walk out and make a statement and talk about a new vaccine push. we re going to watch to see if he response to any questions from the room. he s answered very few and has not had a single formal press back and forth since he became. . this president is in a tough spot when it comes to the border policy. he had a few questions that were shouted at him yesterday. he remains silent. there s an intersection here over the question of what is going on with the massive border crossings and the lack of testing for covid that is happening. where they are testing, the people coming in, there s a 6% positivity rate in that area. that was shut down any school across the country. sheriff mark daniels from arizona covers 83 miles of the border says zero cdc guy lines are being followed where he is. and chad wolf is here. he says the administration is actively importing coronavirus cases into the country. we ll speak t
the federal safety net and will cost nearly $2 trillion. plus the new york governor digs in. two former aides say andrew cuomo harassed them. the top two democrats in new york s legislature say he should quit. but the governor says no. legislators who suggest that i resign because of accusations that are made against me, the i was elected by the people of the state. i wasn t elected by politicians. i am not going to resign because of allegations. no. there is no way i resign. up first, though, major new information in the covid pandemic fight. just last hour the cdc offering a public health playbook for americans who have received their covid vaccine. a list u might say, of what they can do safely and what they can t. we would like to give the opportunity for vaccinated grandparents to visit their children and grandchildren who are healthy and who are a local. but our travel guidance currently has been unchanged. dr. wallenski there laying out the guidelines and try
62 there. a year ago, 60,000. so this number remains up and frustrating. the experts say the only way to fix this is to get more americans vaccinated. these are people getting their first shot. it is trending up a little bit. sunday, 481,000 plus, but most public health experts say you got to get it well above 500,000. many say a million to a million and a half. let s bring in to share her insights and expertise, our cnn medical analyst. former baltimore health commissioner and author of a new book, lifeline. how high, how fast, how much more aggressive does the vaccine ramp up need to be in this race now against delta, which are we are losing? you re right that we re certainly losing this battle now. when we look at even compare today a month ago, we are at 900% the level of new infections compared to early july and there s no particular end in sight. i mean, i think all of us would
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