The pandemic, the delta variant is more aggressive and much more transmissible than pre existing circulating strains. It is one of the most infective respiratory illnesses that we know of that i have seen in my 20year career. Whether you are vaccinated or not, please know, we, together are not out of the woods yet dr. Walensky there, the cdc director says the sevenday average of new cases in our country is up 53% over just the previous week. The areas in red on this map are those particularly hard hit. This is a cdc map, portions and yellow and blue have more to low levels of infection. Three states, florida, missouri, texas, are home to about 40% of the new cases. Florida continues to lead the nation of course in new cases. A research group working with the cdc now projects the delta variant will cause a steep increase in our daily death toll, likely peaking at around mid october. This virus surges yet again pushing a lot of exhausted health care workers and hospitals to the brink. We
Wouldn t republicans want to know the truth? is it because they believe the lies or because they re trying to protect the man who started them. My guess it s probably both. Will you apologize about january 6 snt. In case you missed it i spoke to congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. She told me she d like to serve on the committee but, should she? listen to what she also told me. There s, you know, information that there may have been fbi operatives. We don t know what that means, right? is that informants? where does that go? where s the proof the fbi was involved? where s the proof that antifa was involved? don t you owe it to people to produce that proof that evidence? i don t know it. I didn t cause the riots so i certainly don t owe it. If the fbi tells you, congresswoman, we didn t have any involvement in it, would you believe them? well, i m sure, yes, of course, if they say they weren t and showed proof they weren t, then of course i would. The man picked by pelosi to chair the
Meeting with russian president vladimir putin in two days. We ll play for you what biden is playing ahead of that summit. And keir simmons exclusive interview with vladimir putin is just ahead. It is fascinating. Blus, benjamin netanyahu out. His former aide, naftali bennett, in, as the israeli parliament approves a new government after 12 years. That s a really shocking development. This was, of course, his second act and i spoke with richard haas over the weekend, while this was happening. And haas said, like many people are saying, don t discount the possibility that benjamin netanyahu still has a third act in him. That coalition, talk about a disparate group of leaders together with different factions coming together. With one goal and one goal only, getting benjamin netanyahu out of power, removing him as prime minister, but it is going to be a very fragile coalition. That s going to be fascinating to watch as we move forward. And richard haas joins us in just a bit to talk about
Inviting a clear and stark contrast with the posture of his predecessor, who was famously resistance to article five. Here was president biden just a few moments ago. The u. S. Commitment to article five, the nato treaty, is rock solid and unshakable. It s a sacred commitment. Nato nato stands together, that s how we met every other threat in the past. It s our greatest strength as we meet our challenges of the future, and there are many. And everyone everyone in that room today understood the shared appreciation, quite frankly, that america is back. President biden today also addressing news on the republican party back at home, calling it disappointing that so many republicans have been unwilling to advance an investigation into the january 6th insurrection. But among our allies who stood alongside president biden today, relief was palpable. President biden ushering in the end of the trump era of american isolationism and reasserting u. S. Leadership on the world stage. New york time
Will be coming home. The family of one prisoner will join us live. He ran away like a coward. A d. C. Krc. Policeman responds. And fighting back against the war on voting. Texas democrats on the front lines of their states battle are here. Welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. It is thursday, june 17th. President joe biden is back on american soil this morning after his first foreign trip since moving into the white house, biden marking the first of eight day ace broad by declaring, quote, the united states is back, a signal to american allies that he s turned the page on the perceived tumult from the trump years. Here are the takeaways. The president urged eu officials to focus on growing market threats pose by china. The two fronts announced collaboration with biden announcing a truce, ending a trade war that some see as the first major victory in overturning his predecessor s trade legacy. And a return to some sense of normal with a plan to restore t