Thats 1807123800. Im Caitlin Polantz at the federal court in washington, and this is cnn universities on edge, we are following the clashes on campus is propalestinian protesters dig in and schools are forced to adjust their plans the end of the semester plus the Bidenharris Campaign back and former President Trumps back yard as the Vice President rallies for Reproductive Rights and florida, where a strict new city sixweek abortion ban is now in effect and Secretary Of State Antony Blinken puts new pressure on hamas to accept the proposed hostage deal with israel. As we learn more about the brutal impact that the war is having on civilians in the gaza strip. Were following all of these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here. The Cnn News Central today hey, classes at ucla are canceled after violent hours long clashes broke out overnight on campus between propalestinian demonstrators and Counter Protesters. And it comes as California Governor Gavin Newsom is dem
interfacing with the community. and then they often end up in the hospital, and then we re part of their ongoing care. so part of what we re seeing in the hospitals right now is we re seeing hospitalization rates that are significantly more than they were a year ago. roughly 3,000 hospital beds filled compared to 2000 a year ago. so that s a significant number, but what s even more concerning, craig, is that the number of people to care for those people in those beds has also been impacted. yeah. folks who can t get to work or who are burned out because of the virus. last question here before i let you go. and i pose this question to the vice president last week. the part of the strategy here to fore has been trying to convince people to get the vaccine, trying to convince people to get the booster. i believe our vaccination rate right now in this country is somewhere between 65% and 70%, if i m not mistaken, roughly.
it sends a message to the world we all have to be cautious. so you met with the vice president last week. she said she was fine, she met safety protocols and i know the hope had been to meet with president biden. you do still believe a meeting with the chief executive is possible? i think it s possible. everybody, once again, is fully vaccinated and taking the necessary precautions and going back to social distancing and following the cdc guidelines, we re moving forward with a lot of our plans. it could be virtually or in person. right now, do you feel like you ve accomplished what you wanted to? we ve heard thefts of arrest. it hasn t taken place yet. you do think the message has gotten out for why you lefts texas and moved to the nation s
the customers kind of understood it and we know it s just a temporary deal. so, i sat next to wilbur roth yesterday and said brian: lieu looking at you dropping names. matt with the president and commerce secretary and met with the vice president last week. congratulations on your career. good luck finding people. hey, if you want to work in the sheet metal business, the steel business, call matt. thanks, matt. all right, thanks. thanks, guys. brian: you got it straight ahead, nancy pelosi had some interesting things to say about 9/11. when we had the 9/11 incident abletiond the commission was formed, they made recommendations to protect america. but the republicans would never take them up. brian: right. you it was what she had to say about democrats being strong on border security that had some people raising their eyebrows. that story coming straight
to me. what happens when you mix ideology with deception? and undercover activist james o keefe has a new media target. we discovered something else interesting about huffington post reporter sam stine. he accuses the reporter of getting his sources drunk. is this the new face of conservative journalism? plus, as facebook reveals more and more about us, is privacy passe? why is blogger jeff jarvis revealing so much about his personal life? we ll ask him. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. every week it seems there s another one, and there are at least a dozen more to go televised drama featuring mit and rick and herman and newt and michele and the rest of the gang. but these primetime programs, are they really about chris wallace and anderson cooper and wolf blitzer and brian williams and charlie rose? it s time now to meet the 2012 republican presidential contenders. here s the format for our debate tonight. let s get to it and meet the c