She talked about that. She also talked about Algorithm Pricing that large scale landlords use to presumably set prices across the board. These are things happening underneath it all that people dont realize. They see that the prices are high. They dont understand why theyre so high. Private equity is buying things up. Its because of those algorithms youre talking about. The thing that got a big line, a big cheer from that crowd there was something thats much more direct and easier to understand, the Child Tax Credit is no longer there. She wants to bring it back, but not only that, she wants to make it 6,000, a giant number for the first year of your childs life. Its interesting because j. D. Vance has talked about this issues as well. He skipped the vote. Welcome to politics, and welcome to campaigning, especially. If youre going to talk about wanting it, you got to show up and do it. Absolutely. No doubt about that. Hes going to continue to talk about it, but what we dont know is tha
Can congress still act to help the people who need it . Plus, Balancing Act as companies reopen their offices, some employers are finding it difficult to get workers back in. How Vaccination Status is becoming latest flashpoint in office politics. And Gold Medal man. American swimmer Caeleb Dressel wraps up yet another big win and will soon head home with five Gold Medals. More on the Big Day for Team Usa. Your new day starts right now. Good morning to you. Thank you so much for keeping us company here this morning on this sunday, august 1st, boris. Christi, autumn is on the horizon. It is unbelievable. I am looking at it. I am looking at it. I know. So listen, we want to begin with this new month and new numbers of covid cases that really we havent seen in months. Yeah, and its this more contagious Delta Variant that is erasing some of the progress made earlier this year in the united states. The month of july ending with a daily rate of infections across the country almost seven time
States. But Vaccine Hesitancy still an issue for a lot of people out there. The fda is bringing in extra help to speed up the full Approval Process of the covid vaccines, hoping it will encourage more people to get the shots. Cnns Natasha Chen is at a Vaccination Drive outside atlanta. Are you seeing a number of people looking to be vaccinated, and whats bringing them out today and changing their minds . Reporter jessica, more than 200 people have come through to get vaccinated at this site in dekalb county, georgia, thats more than county officials expected. Thats a good thing. There were people sort of skeptical in line about the vaccine but said it was the money being given out, 50 Gift Cards that brought them here. America is waking up to a new day of increased covid restrictions, President Biden says were likely to see more as cases of the highly contagious Delta Variant continue to rise. In all probability, by the way, had a good day yesterday, almost A Million people got vaccina
Transmissible. They have this data showing vaccinated people have viral loads the same as unvaccinated people when they get it. Youre still far less likely to get sick, to be hospitalized and die. Breakthrough infections are not so rare after all. While unvaccinated people are responsible for the vast majority of the spread, vaccinated people can spread it. So its just a new point in the pandemic. The administration changed guidance on masking for vaccinated americans before this information came out. And theres a wonder, well, why did they do that . Wouldnt it be helpful to see the science before the decision . What did you learn . We learned that they were so worried about this data that they felt that they had to get the guidance out even before the data was ready to publish. It should be published today. We should know more about it. There was a lot of frustration from outside scientists and experts saying, if youre saying this is the science youre basing this new recommendation on
First to jonathan on the gas crisis that is getting worse. Jonathan . Hi, charles. Right now were at a costco. You can see people waiting in line here. Theyre moving people through. No one is staying in line for much more than half an hour. That is a long time to wait for this basic commodity. They are at a premium. They do still have mid grade and regular unleaded. People are feeling the effects of the temporary shut down of the Colonial Pipeline, which provides 45 of the east coast fuel consumption. Take a look at the aerial shot of lines at a gas station in North Carolina. Other stations have run out of gas completely. Sometimes tempers flair. I want to show you video shot off of a cell phone of a fight that broke out after a woman at a gas station in North Carolina allegedly tried to cut in line bumping in to someones car. She is seen getting out. She appearing to spit at the driver and the two get into a physical altercation. According to updated figures from gas buddy, 65 of gas