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a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. here is what is happening at 2:00 p.m. eastern, 11:00 a.m. pacific time. we have breaking news and several updates to share on hurricane henri. moments ago new york governor cuomo issuing a state of emergency for parts of the state and deploying hundreds of national guard members. i feel confident saying to new yorkers they could not be in better hands in terms of an experienced team. now, that doesn t mean that mother nature doesn t win. she wins. she wins. she won at super storm sandy. she wins every time. but we will be doing everything that we can do to be prepared. the state of connecticut is also under a state of emergency. we re also getting a brand-new update from the national hurricane center. henri is now picking up speed, moving faster with landfall less than 24 hours away. let s get right to nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman with all of th ....
week. cnn s lucy kafanov has all of the recent developments including a big jump in cases among children. reporter: with the delta variant now accounting for more than 93% of all new covid-19 cases in america, the numbers are trending in the wrong direction. you re not crying wolf here. this surge that we re going through right now has every potential to be and already looks to be the worst surge we ve faced so far. reporter: the u.s. is currently averaging more than 90,000 new cases daily, and could soon surpass 100,000 cases per day. it is going to go over 100,000. i hope it doesn t go much higher than around 100,000. we want it to turn around quickly and come down. reporter: the worst hit states, louisiana, florida, arkansas, mississippi and alabama. each with more than 50 new cases per 100,000 people each day over the past week. nearly 56,000 people hospitalized for covid-19, up 10% in just one day. facilities in louisiana and florida buckling under the st ....
casualty. h people who understand this takes compromise and takes delivering results, not insults. enough lip service. people want public service to find common ground and go from there. i think we are seeing that that is what most americans want. we didn t lose this race. evil money manipulated and maligned this election. back to that a bit later. we begin in new york. governor andrew cuomo s tone is defiant but the details in a report alleging serial sexual harassment are beyond damning. fellow democrats including president biden say the governor must resign. if he does not, new york state assembly democrats today promise to fast track impeachment proceedings. at this point, you know, i don t expect the best out of this governor. that s why i think it s incumbent on those of us who have the power to make this right to bring justice not only for these women but for all new yorkers so we can focus on doing the work. itlan collins and elie honig. you say there ....
as the middle of this month. right. please keep fingers crossed. the new york times says that the fda is aiming for the beginning of september. an fda official tells cnn they re moving as fast as they can. really the differences here are just a matter of weeks. the difference that full approval could make is it could make some unvaccinated people say, oh, i may be antsy about getting a vaccine with only emergency authorization, i want it to have full approval. it could make other employers and businesses say now i feel comfortable requiring people to have the vaccine. let s take a listen to dr. fauci. i think there are a certain proportion of people who are just waiting for that full approval, even though the data are overwhelming right now that these vaccines are highly effective and are safe. the other thing, it s going to allow independent local enterprises, universities, colleges, businesses, who will feel much more comfortable when they say i m going to manda ....
daily vaccinations are up slightly from last week but the country is recording a new surge of cases among the unvaccinated. right now rear seeing numbers we have not seen since april. the u.s. is averaging more than 63,000 covid cases a day, that is a 59% increase over last week s seven-day average. so let s begin this hour with john harwood at the white house. talk about this federal requirement for federal employees, i should say, that the president is going to announce today. reporter: well it is a soft requirement. you re not going to get fired or have your federal contract cut off but you will be subject to serious testing protocols. so it is an effort by the federal government to use its status as an employer as the status of the president as having the loudest bully pulpit in the country to galvanize action by the country in response to those alarming surge in cases driven by the delta variant. we saw the cdc this week say that in areas of higher or substanti ....