shots, that is the focus right now. the white house chief of staff says at this point he doesn t know when americans will get covid-19 booster shots despite an initial announcement last month that a third dose would be available to everyone on september 20th. that would be just two weeks from today. now that is not clear at all. this after top health officials warned that more time is needed to review all of the data. dr. fauci says he s confident that pfizer is still on track for a september 20th booster rollout, but the moderna s may be delayed beyond that. grim picture in the united states as children are returning to the classroom, the cdc says that childrens hospitals across the country are filling with covid cases. community transmission is dangerously high and another troubling development, the seven-day average of new cases of covid per 100,000 people is 300% higher than it was on labor day of last year. we have a lot to get to on this. we ll get there in a moment.
and at least 113 afghans. almost 200 more people were injured including 18 u.s. troops. president biden vowing revenge against the terror group isis-k for the attack. to those who carried out this attack as well as anyone who wishes america harm, know this, we will not forgive. we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. and more concerns today that isis could attempt another bombing. we certainly are prepared and would expect future attempts. absolutely, but i won t get into the specifics of what those are. we are monitoring these threats very, very specifically, virtually and in real time. joining me now, nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel in doha, qatar. nbc correspondent courtney kube and nbc correspondent peter alexander. what is the security situation on the ground? so the security situation has improved. it has improved for the people on the base, the taliban have pushed out their perimeter. they are now set up with checkpoints and
it is way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that s still broadcasting here from planet earth for now. i m alicia menendez on this tuesday, august 10th. we ll start the news. we begin with the latest on coronavirus as the delta variant causes infections to surge across the u.s. the u.s. case count now exceeds 36 million since the start of the pandemic. for the first time since february t country is averaging more than 10,000 new cases a day fueled largely by infections in areas with low vaccination rates. in some parts of the country, hospitals are nearing capacity with available icu beds available in the single digits. worse, in some instances, patients are being turned away. nbc s news correspondent morgan chesky has more. reporter: as the delta variant wreaks havoc nationwide, covid is on the rise in every state. the virus causing the highest number of u.s. cases since february, hitting the south where vaccination remains low
the latest want. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. all six branches of the military are constantly training and conducting exercises to make sure they can be ready for anything. but the commander-in-chief has decided if they really want to be ready, then all 1.3 million service members must get the covid-19 vaccine by mid september. you can consider this memo today as what we would call in the military a warning order a warning order to the force that this is coming. peter: president biden explained, quote: being vaccinated will enable our service members to stay healthy to better protect their families and to ensure that our force is ready to operate anywhere in the world. next up, teachers could be required to get the shot and they won t be told to do it by lawmakers but rather teachers union leaders. as a matter of personal conscience, i think we need to be working with our employers, not opposing them on vaccine mandates. many more could be on the way.
place by the trump administration. california teens squaring up the bear to square the dog. let s go. working overnight hours, it is not beautiful. can we just linger on the song? best song of the 80s hands down. jillian: can t wait to go back to it. i hope to. go and enjoy themselves. todd: those death metal hands. president biden will meet with senator l on his $1.7 trillion infrastructure build. time is running out to strike a bipartisan deal. clock is ticking. still about $1 trillion of heart and it may come down to that. the president look forward to continuing negotiations with capital but he blamed a razor thin margin with moderate democrats like joe manchin and kirsten cinema for standing in his way. biden only has a majority of four votes in the house and at high in the senate with two members of the senate who vote more with my republican friends. reporter: the $920 billion gop plan focuses on traditional structure like roads, bridges, airports and run