President biden says more restrictions are not off the table. In all probability. Had a good day yesterday, almost a million people got vaccinated. Hospitalizations in the u. S. Have skyrocketed in recent weeks as well. We re now at 40,000 per day. At this pace, the u. S. Will reach record highs in about two months. Paul vercammen is in a neighborhood near los angeles. California is one of 20 states that have vaccinated at least 50% of residents. How much is that helping? reporter: well, it is helping a lot, yet in a populous county like los angeles, we re seeing this absolutely dramatic jump in the number of hospitalizations, jessica. Right now, we have more than a thousand people hospitalized in los angeles county. We also have 3,606 new cases. In this hospital, it is mid sized, they have 20 patients here for covid related reasons. I m bringing in the director of the icu, dr. Tom yadigar. He has an amazing story about something that happened this morning. Come in here, doctor. You to
Brussels. The biden administration really attempting to undo what they see as the damage of the trump administration in terms of undermining that alliance. What s the message but also what are the concrete changes that biden is proposing here? reporter: well, jim, there is no question that president biden has been trying to strengthen that alliance and reaffirm the commitment of the u. S. To the military alliance here. All these meetings are going on behind me here in nato headquarters here in brussels. And president biden made very clear from the opening moment he arrived here earlier this morning. He said, i want europe to know that the u. S. Will be there. That was his message to european leaders here, some 30 nations or so, leaders of which are meeting. They only get about five minutes to have a presentation. But it s the even more important are the conversations going on between leaders. And i can tell you that summit on wednesday with russian president vladimir putin front and ce
Celebrations. When republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin showed up to a juneteenth celebration in milwaukee, he was not greeted by a welcoming committee. Ron johnson is the guy who went on record saying that he wasn t afraid of insurrectionists on january 6th because they were white, but he would have been afraid if they had been black. Johnson happens to be the guy who blocked the juneteenth legislation last year before finally and reluctantly relenting last week in allowing the bill to move forward. So when that guy had the gull to show up at a juneteenth celebration yesterday, his constituents were not shy about letting him know how they felt. [ crowd booing ] here s some free advice for next time, maybe if you re on record diminishing, belittling and blocking recognition of a culturally significant holiday, don t show up at the party. Just do something else that day. In a moment i m going to be joined by the head of the congressional black caucus, one of the lawmakers who was
It is tuesday, june 22, 5:00 a. M. In new york. And today voters in new york city head to the polls for a crucial primary election, one that doubles really as a referendum on the crime spiking across the country as the pandemic begins to ease, murders, shootings, hate crimes all up significantly as new york city reopens from covid19. In the wide open democratic field, these are the four considered top candidates, brooklyn borough president and former police officer eric adams, former sanitation commissioner katherine garcia, and recent presidential andrew yang who teamed up over the weekend in an effort to slow adams momentum. And there is also civil rights laura maya wiley, pick of progressives. And today marks the end of a wild and heated campaign, but don t expect results anytime soon. More from athena jones. Reporter: good morning. Today is primary day in what is being called the most significant election in new york city in a generation. 13 candidates are vying for the democrat b
forcing an opinion change that they think has been all but baked in. hence the release of this early opinion before it was an official opinion. never mind the details. it s separated the two camps, pro choice and those looking at where to go from here in the pro life camp. no way to telegraph how this goes, but what we do know is that it s predictively falling along party lines. shannon bream has more on this from washington. shannon? so neil, here s what we know. there s officially an investigation underway by the u.s. marshall s office and the supreme court did something unusual this afternoon. forced its hand. they admitted that this draft piece that is out there by justin alito, current by february, it s legit. now, here s how draft works. that majority opinion goes out. it s circulated. the clerks are involved in this process. that s how dissents are crafted. concurrents will be crafted as well. they re involved in this process. so now we have to wait to see what the a