So i was trying to think if there s anything perhaps worse then our pullout from afghanistan. At first, saigon pops into your head. But compared to this that now looks like a rocket s dress rehearsal. I did in fact find something worse than the afghanistan cut and run. It s the president s defense of it. Still a lot of pandemonium outside the airport. But look, nobody is going to be killed right now. Correct me if i m wrong about that, but nobody is being killed right now. A couple thousand a day, it s increasing. We are going to get those people out. But we ve all seen the pictures, we ve seen the hundreds of people packed into a c17. We ve seen afghans falling that was four days ago, five days ago. Greg: what does that even mean? it was two days prior, not four. Of course, i blame that racist math. Who doesn t lose track of time when you are in hiding? and as for no one is being killed right now, if joe sets the bar any lower i will be able to drink it. So it s time once again for. G
Beginning of last month, the pandemic appeared to be in the rearview mirror for much of our country. Now, tonight, every state is experiencing an increase in infections. Situation is expression we grave especially acute in the sun belt. Florida recorded over 28,000 new cases on sunday alone. Officials in austin texas were brutally honest about conditions there where people are now getting warnings on their phones. And in florida, people are being worn warned with public service announcements. Situation in austin is dire. I encourage everybody to take the delta variant seriously due to the transmissibility. It s incredibly contagious and our children are getting sick. I can t do this. That s how the public service announcement goes. This all comes as florida s republican governor ron desantis staying on brand, is threatening to withhold paychecks from those school officials who defy his ban on mask mandates. One former cdc director is slamming those state leaders like desantis and other
Louisiana, and alabama, cdc data shows that the seven day average of daily first doses has more than doubled since the start of july. That s hopeful. Still, the country is seeing record breaking hospitalizations, including more and more children. Nbc s kathy park has the latest. Reporter: cities across the country sounding the alarm, as covid cases explode to dangerous levels. Austin activating its emergency alert system, warning residents the situation is dire, just six icu beds available. And for the third time this week, florida broke a record for daily covid cases as doctors say more kids are getting sick. There are more children in the hospital today than we ve had at any point in the past 18 months. Reporter: in just four days more than 3,000 kids in louisiana tested positive for the virus. And due to the ongoing health emergency, jazz fest in new orleans is cancelled for the second year in a row. This weekend, hospitalizations in the u. S. Topped more than 66,000. A grim milesto
Very good friday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. A father s desperate plea. Don t make the same mistake i did. He said this morning right here on cnn. A man speaking from his bed while on oxygen. Struggling to breathe. Travis campbell wishes he and his family had gotten vaccinated. He s asking other parents now to get themselves and their children vaccinated right away. Just so thankful that i pray that people will just really stop and evaluate what is the value of your decisions on your life. There is more people unvaccinated than they are vaccinated. And we, we ve got to have value of life. We got to be able to trust our doctors. I m so blessed and thankful to be surrounded by my children. And i pray that other fathers an single moms and single dads, single grandparents, please evaluate your situation and get vaccinated for others. Please listen. Please listen. Mr. Campbell s change of heart is not unique. We ve heard from numerous health professionals who have been having sick unva
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