the cdc is a body that is very well respected and we follow their guidance. >> the cdc as we know has changed its policies numerous times as we know from don't

do you agree with the cdc, the fda? they came out quickly saying this was simply too early to declare this. >> yeah, we've got to be guided by evidence and science on this and the data so far is very clear. two shots offers a very high degree of protection. i haven't seen anything that says that we need a third shot right now. obviously that might change, but as of right now, two shots is plenty. >> but you're not ruling out the possibility of a booster shot. >> no. at some point down the road, maybe next year, that may be a possibility. >> dr. jha, thank you as always. >>> in the meantime, we move on tonight. tropical storm elsa slamming the northeast today with heavy rain and winds, gusting up to 60 miles per hour. look at the pictures tonight. drivers navigating through washed-out roads in suffolk county, new york. flood waters rushing through new haven, connecticut. we showed you some of this in new york city over the last 24 hours last night here. parts of the subway system under water. the question, what comes nex

the cdc director dr. rochelle walensky with updated guy dance late today, saying new and worrisome data on the delta variant, tonight saying the new data shows that vaccinated people with those rare breakthrough cases, may be contagious and able to spread the virus to others. so,s now recommending vaccinated americans wear masks indoors again in areas with high transmission of covid cases.roc from transmitting the virus to others. also tonight, the cdc saying with millions of children heading back to school, all students, teachers and staff should wear masks regardless of vaccination status, to keep everyone safe. dr. walensky saying it didn't have to be this way, had the vaccination rate in this country been higher. dr. jha is standing by with your questions tonight. and tonight, new reporting, could there soon be a vaccination mandate for federal workers? cecilia vega with late reporting live from the white house. >>> the other major story tonight, four officers in their own words in front of congress,

the challenge for the cdc how to convey urgency without creating panic. some health professionals say that releasing new recommendations before the data is a mistake by cdc director wolenski. >> the problem that the delta variant is spreading very rapidly. so she doesn't want to alarm people but in the process of changing the guidelines so rapidly, everybody gets alarmed. >> the step backwards on masks has left many people confused and frustrated. that is the fault, some health officials say, of a virus that is continually changing. >> lay people would like just take one position and stick with it. [siren] >> the turn around come as covid hospitalizations are increasing across the country. the cdc 7-day average is now at just over 3500 per day. a 32% increase over just one week ago. to keep those figures in perspective, the hospitalization rate back in january was five times higher. bret? >> bret: steve harrigan in atlanta. thank you. president biden may be considering a vaccine mandate for everyone. not just federal employees. everyone who has not taken

the cdc hasn't flip plopped. and the cdc hasn't changed. >> tucker: if it looks like we repainted the slogans on the sidee of the barn, it's just an illusion. all animals are created equal.. no flip flops. in the past year tony fauci went from telling us not to wear masks and dr. fauci need them or to wear 3 masks or you will die or don't wear any masks back to now you better wear masks. now he is telling us he never flip-flopped on masks. youtube better delete all of the previous videos or we will have trouble believing tony fauci. no doubt, they are deleting them as we speak. the bottom line whether you believeoni. fauci or not this is confusing. this administration told us they are in charge of our health and fighting this global pandemic. they are not doing a good job of explaining what the science is. they are doing such a bad job that even kamala harris doesn't know what she thinks. here was harris just yesterday contradicting her own administration's guidance by explaining once you get vaccinated you don't

from the cdc. the new guidance tonight for vaccinated americans when it comes to wearing masks again. the cdc director dr. rochelle walensky with updated guy dance late today, saying new and worrisome data on the delta variant, tonight saying the new data shows that vaccinated people with those rare breakthrough cases, may be contagious and able to spread the virus to others. so,s now recommending vaccinated americans wear masks indoors again in areas with high transmission of covid cases.roc from transmitting the virus to others. also tonight, the cdc saying with millions of children heading back to school, all students, t

they're the ones that have the most distrust of the cdc. this decision sends a signal to that that the cdc itself doesn't trust the vaccine. it's an enormous mistake. the most important thing is to get the vulnerable people vaccinated, to provide them messaing and a reality that this will protect them. the fact that the vaccine doesn't protect against all transmission is not the relevant question. the relevant question is does it protect against severe disease? it does. i think by making the decision that the cdc has taken us a step backwards, we're in a position where the vaccine hesitant will be reinforced in their belief. this is a mistake. as far as schools are concerned, the evidence doesn't say that masking in schools reduces transmission. it's the opposite. there's evidence out of florida which had some districts that masked and others that different, the districts that masked didn't have better results as far as disease spread versus the districts that didn't mask. same thing in sweden. which had in-person school all year long with

guidance laid down by the cdc. i will and i have. my direction all federal personnel and visitors to federal buildings will have to do the same thing. >> tucker: washington, d.c. is a covid hot spot says biden. what does that mean? we checked. it turns out the district of columbia has a total of 2 covid deaths over the past 2 weeks? over the same period more people in washington, d.c. have been murdered. the crime epidemic is more dangerous to human beings in washington, d.c. than covid is. joe biden is not sending the national guard into washington's poorest neighborhood to protect people from be be murdered. -- being murdered. he is mandating people get injections of an experiment vaccine. here's the amazing thing. you can't express that out loud. one man sent us a message on social media noting that americans have the right to choose which drugs are injected into their own bodies. he said facebook immediately censored it. this is false facebook wrote. this information has no basis in fact. so it's not factually

today, the credibility of the cdc is tattered. leadership at the cdc has been willing to allow science to become politicized. host: senator ted cruz of texas, ariel and marilyn, you say you will put the mask back on. i'm curious as to what you heard from senator ted cruz? caller: senator cruz is once again spreading misinformation. it means you just don't die. right now, we are in a phase where we have alpha, delta, lambda from the last time i checked. there are breakthrough cases where people are dying. we have lost so many people this past year. i was afraid this would happen where politicians would be pushing to make us feel normal again. we have to end this and try to do right for each other right now. chip roy earlier, his comments really irked me. you are a leader. if you don't do your part and handle this situation because we have a virus, the virus keeps evolving. if you don't do your part to represent your constituents, they will be enraged, they are. i think there is a lot of this information going around. that woman sai

whether it was the white house, i personally was hoping that the cdc, believed the cdc and the president would go ahead and do that, but now punting back to congress a couple days ago, we were running around, trying to get this done, trying to see if votes were there. you know what, at the end of the day, the house is at recess. people are on vacations. how are we on vacation when we have millions of people who could start to be evicted tonight. there are people already receiving and have received pay or vacate notices that will be out tomorrow. people are already in a position they need help, the most vulnerable, the most marginalized, those that are in need. how can we go vacation? we need to come back. i am asking for colleagues to come back, for house leadership to reconvene and get this done for people. >> have you talked with house leadership, speaker pelosi or her office, has she given you any indication or assurances they would come back or they're open to coming back to deal with this? >> we haven't heard any assurances right now that that can happen. but we're holding out hope.

the cdc on children and school this fall. the cdc now says it is time to go back to school, that school should return to in-person learning in this country. health officials saying fully vaccinated students, teachers and staff, do not need to wear masks. that children 12 and under who have not been able to get vaccinated should wear them. >>> and tonight, the cdc and fda both responding to pfizer that have company said million of americans might soon need a third shot, a booster. what federal authorities are saying about that tonight. dr. jha standing by to help clear up some of the confusion. >>> also tonight, the tropical storm slamming the northeast. torrential rain in new york city in the last 24 hours. the remarkable images from inside the new york city subway. what's coming next and the record heat across much of this country. the alarming images tonight, lab lab lakes at dangerous lows. >>> tonight, the words heard in newly released body from the attack on the capitol. suspects heard yelling to officers, you're going t

that is the message from the cdc as the delta variant spreads rapidly across the country. we keep telling you this every day but now the cdc bringing in new guidance. even if you're fully vaccinated, kids in school should start wearing masks indoors. a reversal of the guidance just two months ago. a majority of the bay area was ahead of the cdc's announcement. eight of the nine bay area counties made that same decision a few weeks ago. but today there is one holding out and that's solano county. the mayor there said he's not backing down. the positivity rate is 16.8% and 58% are fully vaccinated, but they said they will not recommend wearing a mask indoors. jodi hernandez takes a look why. >> reporter: solano county has seen 100 covid cases a day. that's nearly double than last week. but the county commissioner said masking up indoors isn't the key to turning that trend around. folks at art centric in venetia have been enjoying creating art without their masks on. but that may soon change. the cdc says with cases surging nationwide, the science suggests even vaccinated peo

laid down by the cdc. i certainly will and i have because this is one of those areas in washington. in my decision, in my direction, all federal personnel and visitors in federal buildings will have to do the same thing. >> sean: washington, d.c., is now a covid hot spot, says a credit card to shield turned epidemiologist. what does that mean? washington is a covid hot spot? the district of columbia has recorded a total of two covid debts over the past two weeks. how many is that? point of reference, same period more in washington, d.c., have been murdered. the crime epidemic is far more dangerous to human beings then covid is. yet joe biden is not sending the national guard into washington's poorest neighborhoods to protect people from being murdered. he's mandating injections of an experimental vaccine. this isn't normal. this is a foundational principle. everything is based on the overwhelming majority of americans agree with it in both parties. suddenly you can no longer express that out loud. when he

the cdc? >> it's hard to tell just from this document the level of agreement. there is a note in there saying that it's the view of the authors and not the agency's official position. but i think you can see the agency's taking this very seriously. it did support their decision earlier this week to reinstate some of those mask recommendations. and it seems like across the administration there is a pretty joint recognition that this is a new point of the pandemic, we need to buckle up again. there was some celebration over the summer. but this is a new point, and i think you saw the president also address that when he was answering reporters today. >> yasmeen, thank you for your reporting tonight. "washington post" health policy reporter yasmeen abutaleb, we appreciate it. joining us now is dr. ezekiel emmanuel, former health care adviser to president obama. he was a member of president biden's covid-19 advisory board. zeke, good to have you with us tonight. and i really lean on you for your ev

even the cdc's internal documents reflect some of that frustration and the challenges the cdc has had in communicating effectively during the surge. how can they now try to fix this messaging issue? what should the message from the cdc be right now? >> i think the cdc should take a step back and say, you know what, we changed this guidance not because of this new research but because of the mistake that we made back in may. back in may when the cdc first issued their guidance about what vaccinated people can be doing, that was misunderstood as this is what everybody should be able to do. so the unvaccinated started behaving as if they were vaccinated. they took off their masks, they began resuming pre-makaktivities. and that's the reason -- p pre-pandemic activities. the cdc should be saying the reason we're doing indoor mandates is because the unvaccinated cannot be trusted to put on masks. that's why the vaccinated also have to be putting on masks, as well. i really think that that would clarify things because ultimately the issue is the unvaccinated, they really need to prevent thi

what stood out to you the most in the cdc report? >> i think i'm not surprised, janelle, we know we're dealing with a different beast that is delta. whatever works for folks before in 2020 will not work with delta and i'm speaking mainly to the unvaccinated population. i think what was not surprising is the fact that, you know, vaccinated people, like dr.co fax said, are not going to get seriously ill and go to the hospital and die. our local data support that. >> there are a fewer people who are hospitalized who have been fully vaccinated. the percentage much lower. still spread it if you've been fully vaccinated. we weren't sure about this for a long time but it sounds like we could still get it and spread it even though we're not showing symptoms. is that true? >> yes, that is true from the data we have so far. so when they did that study in provincetown, massachusetts, with that big july fourth gathering, they swabbed the noses of the people who were vaccinated and infected and people who were unvaccinated and found a similar vir

so the cdc guidance was really appropriate at the time. i think the issue with the guidance that was issued by the cdc in may is that it was blanket guidance for the entire country. and we know that the rates of transmission, the vaccination coverage in different parts of the country are different. >> dr. jha? >> my general take is that at the end of the day, guidance should be based on the facts on the ground as they are. and in may, when the cdc said vaccinated people are largely not getting infected, and they're not transmitting it to others, and, therefore, they don't have to be wearing a mask indoors, i thought that was right. one of the key points of a pandemic is that it is evolving, right, that the situation on the ground changes. evidence changes. data changes. and as it does, we want our public health agencies to update their guidance. to me, this is not a sharp turnabout. this is not a flip-flop. this is the evidence changed, so our recommendations changed. it's exactly what weant the cdc to be doing. >> guidance on masks has ch

not the cdc? >> there is no justification whatsoever for mask mandates, lockdowns or any other things. we should be encouraging people to get vaccinated for their own sake. 99.5% of the deaths from covid that are happening right now are happening with unvaccinated people. the vaccines work. we should be encouraging people to get vaccinated for their own sake. unvaccinated people pose almost no risk to vaccinated americans. if you are vaccinated, the pandemic is over. you have almost zero chance of being hospitalized, getting seriously ill or dying from covid-19. cdc data, there have been as of july 19th there have been 161 million americans who have been fully vaccinated. only 4,072 have been hospitalized with symptomatic infections. of those 4072 people only 849 have died. so you have a better chance of being hit by lightning than you do of dying from covid if vaccinated. >> we have to go to a live news conference. graham and cuellar, on the border crisis. >> never known anybody who is willing to

so the cdc guidance was really appropriate at the time. i think thissue with the guidance that was issued by the cdc in may is that it was blanket guidance for the entire country. and we know that the rates of transmission, the vaccination coverage in different parts of the country are different. >> dr. jha >> my general take is that at the end of the day, guidance should be based on the facts on the ground as they are. and in may, when the cdc said vaccinated people are largely not getting infected, and they're not transmitting it to others, and, therefore, they don't have to be wearing a mask indoors, i thought that was right. one of the key points of a pandemic is that it is evolving, right, that the situation on the ground changes. evidence changes. data changes. and as it does, we want our public healtagencies to update their guidance. to me, this is not a sharp turnabout. this is not a flip-flop. this is the evidence changed, so our recommendations changed. it's exactly what we want the cdc to be doing. >> guidance on masks has chang

but phil who is good at math checked the cdc numbers on what the cdc director just claimed on cnn. he found that the director of the cdc has no idea what she is talking about. the actual numbers from the cdc website. from 2019 to 2020, a total of 124 children died of covid. from 2020 to this year a total of 213 children died of covid. by comparison the influenza virus killed more than 400 children last year. in fact that was not an aberration. influenza killed far more children than covid has in 5 years. it's not close. assuming that the cdc's numbers on underaged death from covid are accurate. it looks like they are not. in a recent report the cdc itself acknowledges it could be over-reporting the number of children who died from covid. the cdc report saying 2.5% of those who died had co existing medical condition. for children under age 18, it was over 35% who died from covid had an unrelated medical condition. more than a third of children listed on the record as dying from covid had a co-morbiditty. they might be related to the death of those insurance. -- children. why are we

it comes to the cdc guidance. that comes as those under 12 still have not gotten authorization to get the vaccine yet. that's something the cdc or the fda is reviewing but that is significant. >> sorry to interrupt you. we understand the cdc presser is starting now. let's listen to what their guidance is. >> provide opening remarks and be happy to take your questions. this is an on the record briefing and not under em bargo. i'd like the o turn the call over. >> thank you for joining us. this pandemic continues to pose a serious threat to the health of all americans. i have said throughout my tenure at cdc that our guidance and recommendations will follow the science in our efforts to protect the health of as many americans as possible. today, we have new science related to the delta variant that requires us to update the guidance regarding what you can do when you're fully vaccinated. the delta variant is showing every day it's willingness to outsmart us and to be an opportunist in areas where we have not showns

the cdc director says the science of the delta variant is worrisome. some experts point to vaccinated americans as a driving factor in the mask guidance change, saying that the measure had to be implemented to get them to mask up. here is dr. anthony fauci. >> nothing changed about the science. it was the virus that change. we are dealing with fundamentally different filers virus. >> reporter: he says the viru nions are the oc >>> it is going to be interesting to see wh will take to get peopleto mask up again. are we going to see it could ta while. they implemented this recommendation based yesterday. it will take a wild to mask up or not. we have seen this over the past couple of months. some people are comfortable without a mask and others are not. we will have to wait and see how people catch on to the recommendation. i will send back to you. >>> here is another look at where we stand now in california. 7700 new cases yesterday and a 5.4% test positivity rate. that is an eight fold fromherew facu, be vaccinated to return to the campus in the fall. f

but the cdc looks at data. they look at data across the country in a range of regions across the country. if they make an assessment we will be a course be here to father guidance. reporter: [inaudible] was the president going there and how much of this is about sending the previous president that were less than flattering that the intelligence community. subject let's let's go back to your last question about the travel restrictions i just want to confirm it. given to where we've been and those have asked to confirm this with the delta variant we will maintain existing travel restrictions at this point for a few reasons. the more transmissible delta variant is spreading both here and around the world driven by the delta variant cases arising here at home particularly among those who are unvaccinated and appear likely to continue in the weeks ahead. to get to the other part of your question is cdc given the past monday they will evaluate and make recommendations based on health data. your question about the pre

the document states the cdc must publicly acknowledge the war has changed. it argues the agency struggle to persuade the public to embrace vaccination and preventative measures like mask wearing. we talk to it public health expert at uc berkeley who says we need to see the data that supports the cdc information on how the delta variant spreads. >> the bad news is it means fully vaccinated people, some of the fully vaccinated people get infected, will say more breakthroughs. the breakthroughs will be mild, not going to the hospital. and they may be able to transmit. that means we have to change our behavior a little bit. >> looking live at sfo the spread of the very is top of mind for a lot of travelers right now. kpix 5 justin andrews is they're talking to people headed out of town this weekend. >> reporter: even with the delta variant thing a surge, very busy travel day at sfo. top of mind for so many people, some are scared, others are cautiously optimistic pick disturbing data about the delta variant is not stopping hundreds if not thousaelgood, s healthy

parts of the u.s. pushing back against the cdc's revised mask

the cdc is appropriately worried. there has been some evidence out there from britain and others that it can be more deadly. it can be not only more contagious, but also more virulent causing more people to go to the hospital and end up in the icu and have deaths. that not exclusively emphasizes people who are not vaccinated, and people who might be immunocompromised. >> and slide 23 of a published occasion in the washington post talks about next steps for the cdc. the top portion of that is acknowledging the war has changed. the bottom part of the slide is prevention. three bullet points, zeke. consider vaccine mandates to protect vulnerable populations. universal -- reconsider other committee mitigation strategies. you and i have literally been discussing this, zeke, for a year and a half. the level of confusion and resistance to some of these things in the last year and a half has been remarkable. the cdc understands wide sly it's going to have to message carefully on this. what do you say they do? >> i think they

so the cdc guidance was really appropriate at the time. i think the issue with the guidance that was issued by the cdc in may is that it was blanket guidance for the entire country. and we know that the rates of transmission, the vaccination coverage in different parts of the country are different. >> dr. jha? >> my general take is that at the end of the day, guidance should be based on the facts on the ground as they are. and in may, when the cdc said vaccinated people are largely not getting infected, and they're not transmitting it to others, and, therefore, they don't have to be wearing a mask indoors, i thought that was right. one of the key points of a pandemic is that it is evolving, right, that the situation on the ground changes. evidence changes. data changes. and as it does, we want our public health agencies to update their guidance. to me, this is not a sharp turnabout. this is not a flip-flop. this is the evidence changed, so our recommendations changed. it's exactly what we want the cdc to be doing. >> guidance on masks has

to july 12, 2021, the cdc said. during this time, they have received 678 -- 6079 reports of death among people who received a covid-19 vaccine. that number is not a death toll. health care providers report any debts come even if it is unclear that the vaccine was the cause. anyone able to make a submission to database cases are not facts checked, aching them scientifically unreliable. in detroit, this is the top news story of the week. we hear from detroit. go ahead on our democrats line. caller: i would just like to ask a question. why the national urban league, the head, the ceo president, whoever he may be, why he is not reaching out to all communities? i feel like if they reach out to all communities, then we can all come together, because we all need each other. host: marc morial was our guest the previous segment. scott in ionia, michigan, republican lie. caller: i would just like to know -- republican line. caller: yes, i would just like to know who killed ashli babbitt. that's it. host: the independent line.

. >>> tonight, the cdc sounding the alarm on the delta variant and the risk even to fully vaccinated americans. the cdc warning in internal documents the war has changed, citing evidence vaccinated people can suffer rare breakthrough infections and may spread the delta variant as easily as the unvaccinated. delta also believed to cause more severe illness. the pivotal discovery a major cluster with a staggering three in four infections in vaccinated people. and what nbc news has found. at least 125,000 breakthrough infections in the u.s. what you need to know. >>> also tonight, simone biles sharing a video raising new doubts about her return to the tokyo olympics. the major upset for the world's top tennis player, and a scary crash for a u.s. bmx star. his condition tonight. >>> deadly weather across several states. a powerful ef-3 tornado tearing through a car dealership, and a massive mudslide. cars trapped. over 100 evacuated. >>> the bombshell new claims that former president trump pressured the justice department to declare the 2020 election corrupt. and the major move clearing

the cdc. joining us now is ucsf infectious disease expert dr. peter chin-hong. we are getting our first look at the evidence the cdc used to recommend masks while indoors. what surprised you about their findings? >> the most surprising finding to me, liz, was that the viral load or the amount of virus in the noses of vaccinated individuals was very similar to the viral load in the noses of unvaccinated individuals. and what that means is that vaccinated folks could potentially spread the virus to >> so do you think that we should not waste any more time n question, liz. i think it's all context dependent. so of course in this setting, the heartbreak in -- the outbreak in provincetown, massachusetts, which is the big paper that had the cdc change its guidelines, was really kind of a setting where people were carrying on with wild abandon, like we did after reopening. i think with masking and people being more aware, we probably won't see that happen again. that was a super spreader event. so i

fauci defended the cdc's decision. take a listen. >> something has changed, and what has changed is the virus. the cdc hasn't changed. the cdc hasn't really flip-flopped at all. now we are dealing with a delta variant, which is really quite a lot more transmissible. >> reporter: the cdc director says that she realizes that this new guidance may be unwelcome news to many americans. she says that this weighs heavily on her and this is something that public health officials did not come to lightly, but the cdc also recommending that students that k through 12 students wear masks in schools and very controversial in many school districts across the country, here in atlanta, atlanta public schools has mandated masks indoors and some parents we've spoken with say they don't believe in this decision and certainly very controversial as more and more schools open up this fall, hallie. >> gabe, you talked about what you described as some of the backlash of the mask mandates. morgan, what's happening in washington as we have this

the cdc? >> it's hard to tell just from this document the level of agreement. there is a note in there saying that it's the view of the authors and not the agency's official position. but i think you can see the agency's taking this very seriously. it did support their decision earlier this week to reinstate some of those mask recommendations. and it seems like across the administration there is a pretty joint recognition that this is a new point of the pandemic. we need to buckle up again. there was some celebration over the summer. but this is a new point, and i think you saw the president also address that when he was answering reporters today. >> yasmeen, thank you for your reporting tonight. "washington post" health policy reporter yasmeen abutaleb, we appreciate it. joining us now is dr. ezekiel emmanuel, former health care adviser to president obama. he was a member of president biden's covid-19 advisory board. zeke, good to have you with us tonight. and i really lean on you for your ev

we would like the cdc to expand the moratorium. that's where it can be done. >> reporter: but the white house points the finger right back at congress, saying it's on them. >> so, the supreme court's ruling stated that clear and specific congressional authorization would be necessary for the cdc to extend the moratorium through july. >> reporter: meanwhile in salt lake city, debra chamberlin, a single mother of two young girls, is preparing to be evicted this weekend. >> it's a horrible feeling as a parent. no parent wants to be in that position, not to be able to tell their kids what the answer is going to be. >> and in new orleans, amy cousino, a chef whose restaurant shut down because of the pandemic, now fearing she will be out on the street. >> i don't even know where i would go because all the homeless places where people might sleep or congregate are full already before anybody gets evicted. >> reporter: the irony here,s this not a battle over funding. congress has already allocated $47 billion to help tenants and landlords

as the cdc the cdc conceded, "breakthrough infections may be as transmissible as on vaccinated cases." okay, so now we learned that virtually everything they told us about the covid vaccine was wrong and we were right to keep asking questions. keep in mind that if you had written any of what we just said on facebook yesterday, you would've been censored immediately for misinformation if not for a hate crime, and yet now that is the official finding of the u.s. government. surprised? you shouldn't be surprised because science can change like that, it changes quickly. it is never really settled despite what they tell you. if the biden administration had just admitted that from the very beginning we would be a lot better off right now. most americans understand that medicine is complicated. even great medicine, chemotherapy for example, don't always work. and you don't know when they are not going to work because there is a lot that you don't know. most people can live with that honest uncertainty. they can handle the truth. what they can't handle is being lied to relentlessly buy their

the cdc on children and school this fall. the cdc now says it is time to go back to school, that school should return to in-person learning in this country. health officials saying fully vaccinated students, teachers, and staff do not need to wear masks. that children 12 and under, who have not been able to get vaccinated, that they should wear them. and tonight, the cdc and fda both responding to pfizer after that company said millions of americans might soon need a booster. what federal authorities are saying about that tonight. dr. jha standing by to help clear up some of the confusion. >>> also tonight, the tropical storm slamming the northeast today. torrential rain in new york city in the last 24 hours. the remarkable images from inside the new york city subway. what's coming next and the

the cdc's credit is in the toilet and circling the drain with the american people and what is another policy reversal, the cdc is now recommending that i'm vaccinated vaccinated americans wear masks indefinitely come also demanding that children of all ages wear masks in school indefinitely and biden meanwhile is loading vaccine mandates and new lockdowns for federal employees. we will explain all of this coming up. you can see where this is headed, you can see the cowards in the administration in full panic mode. they don't seem to be as interested in the science mantra anymore, we'll explain all of this coming up. we begin tonight with the latest political charade on capitol hill and that is nancy pelosi's january 6 commission and literally it has one mission and one mission only. let's see if we can impeach and smear and a slander of donald trump one more time and of course the g.o.p. one more time on national television. to that end, the likes of adam schiff, the congenital liar, adam kinzinger, liz cheney and every other politician hard at work, all the evidence points to this be

and the cdc will make the recommendation. certainly pfizer is doing their own studies, which is good. i'm pleased they're doing that. as they have indicated, they will ultimately apply to get authorization to give a boost. however, right now, as said by the cdc and the fda in their joint statement that they came out with last night, that right now people who have gotten the doses of pfizer, the prime and the boost as well as the prime and the boost of moderna or a single dose of j&j do not need to get a boost right now. having said that, the fda, cdc and nih are gathering information through studying to determine if and when we might need boosters. but that's not right now. nothing is changed with regard to the cdc's recommendations. so we respect what the pharmaceutical company is doing. but the american public should take their advice from the cdc and the fda. >> the former surgeon general of the united states, dr. jerome adams, a man you worked with, you know him well, he told cnn today that the lack of coordination betwee

if you look at some of the guidance being put out by the cdc, we were told in the talking points for months and months, it basically revolved around vaccination saying that, if you are fully vaccinated, then you are fine. or at least you can go back to your normal life. that was the incentives that was presented to a lot of us. really, to the whole country. people went out dutifully and got their vaccines, which is great, the vaccines work extremely well, and now you get this backtracking with officials at the white house and the cdc saying, well, yes, it still works very well, but you're going to have to wear a mask indoors if you are fully vaccinated because of unvaccinated people and because of this viral load. i saw a "new york times" tweet for example getting a lot of criticism that suggested that fully vaccinated people and unvaccinated people are as likely as one another to transmit the virus to someone else. other people are saying actually that's not what the cdc -- >> julie: that is so wrong and reckless for them to print something like that. >> guy: right, it's not true. i

the head of the cdc says people need to adjust their behavior, as we learn more about the disease. >> the science continues to change, and while that is neither simple nor easy to convey, it's my responsibility to keep the american people safe, and as that science evolves, i evolve with the cdc, the guidance, what i will say is i continue to be humbled by this virus. i have no interest in continuing mask guidance. and the best way to stop a new variant from spreading is to have less virus out there. and the best way it do that is to get people vaccinated and to mask up until they are. >> global health officials labeled the delta variant a concern, detected in february in india and we're finding out how serious it really is. here is athena jones with that story. >> reporter: a pivotal moment in the pandemic. internal cdc data warning the war against covid has changed. >> we've underestimated this. and it's time to consider this as a very long haul. >> reporter: new data showing the delta variant of the coronavirus appears to spread as easily as the chicken pox. with one infected person

the cdc has become a political arm of the administration. they want to control every element of our lives. what's interesting is we stand out here in front of the capital. as you look across the other steps at the senate, i'm not quite sure where the cdc got it, the science changes. if you are a capitol police officer, you got orders. if a vaccinated staffer comes across without a mask, you are ordered to arrest him. this is not the america we know. this is the people's house. host: republican leader kevin mccarthy from california on the steps. get the headlines. the date masks returned to congress. then you've got this from the associated press. mask guidance met with hostility from leading republicans. a poll from nbc showed the breakdown by party. republicans, 48% say they wear it every time. 71% of independent voters. 86% of democrats say every time. the washington post headline, the rate of new infections is twice as high in red counties as blue counties. we turn to you this morning and ask how did mask wearing become political? you are

so new guidance from the cdc for schools. a couple of interesting points about testing and mask wearing so let's take a look at the guidance that the cdc is saying according to the draft guidance that cnn got a copy of. the cdc is saying it not everyone at your school is vaccinated, practice physical distancing if possible. if you as a student or a staff member or a teacher are not vaccinated, wear a mask indoors while your at school and also schools should offer weekly testing for unvaccinated people although in some areas of the country that they don't have much covid, children might not need to be tested that often. basically these rules are not all that different from what was out there before. but of course in most places kids aren't vaccinated. you can't be vaccinated if you're under the age of 12 right now. >> very important for parents to heed that guidance as kids head back to class. elizabeth cohen, thank you so much for that. >>> let's dig deep we are a doctor. dr. leana wen is an emergency physician at george wash

with all due respect to the cdc director, she's not the president. the president is sending out mixed messages. the white house press team from the podium is sending out mixed messages that are confusing the american people. what i do know is that the american people cannot suffer under more draconian lock downs and mandates that are going to stifle american prosperity, growth in the american dream for somebody small businesses that need to have this country open up. we cannot revert back to where we were and collapse this economy. these confusing messages are not helping the confidence in the american people. that's twice on abc poll that said the majority of americans six months into the administration are pessimistic about the future because the direction of the country is not going in a way that gives anyone confidence, optimism or makes them feel empowered or have confidence in what this administration is saying. it's confusing and it's not good. >> shannon: the cdc would have to admit even it has been confusing, there's been changes, disagreeme

the cdc has not told them to do that. we're expecting the vaccine advisers will bring this up as a topic. should people who are immune compromised take a third dose of the vaccine? erika? >> we'll look for more on that. elizabeth, thank you. that meeting is still happening. >>> now to miami. communities there really dealing with the surge. you've been reporting on hospitals and how they're dealing with it. what are you seeing on the ground with florida leading the nation for new cases? >> we visited a testing site this morning, and we can tell you there was quite a bit when we talked to the folks running the testing site and others in miami dade. they told us they saw a lull in testing. and in the last few weeks they've seen a significant increase, and they're attributing that to higher case numbers and people who are traveling. let's talk about those numbers. put this in perspective. the average cases in florida have doubled since last week. quadrupled since a month ago. we just heard from the white house and they say th

and the cdc has to collect more information. for instance, on whether people who are vaccinated who do get covid can spread the virus even windchill asymptomatic. what other data do you want to see the cdc collect in a substantial way, before we move on to, once again, undoing indoor mask mandates, for example? >> yeah, yeah, that's a great question. and it's really pretty simple. we need to understand what the consequences of asymptomatic transmission would be. how often it occurs, and with what viral tighter. and in what population, is it the elderly? is it people with underlying medical conditions? or people with certain genetic predispositions? anyways, regardless of that, the message needs to be, get vaccinated, wear a mask when you're indoors and a mask in crowded venues. that's the safest thing for you to do for you and your family. >> doctor, we have seen local officials, employers, public officials on a national level and doctors, essentially say that they would like to see a nationwide vaccine mandate. there's obviousl

i know you covered the masks and cdc and all the games. but they have weaponized and destroyed everything here. so, look, this bill, we haven't -- the early indications of this bill is that it is not even paid for. so, here's what the politicians keep doing here in washington is they don't want to make the tough decisions. so if you really want to fund infrastructure, that wasent of x that everyone pays at the pump. >> right. >> so naturally no one wants to go increase gas prices at the pump. and what we are not doing. look, everybody knows that we need infrastructure. we constantly need infrastructure. but nobody is asking the tough questions why are states like california that have the highest taxes and the highest gas prices in the country our roads are the very worst roads. and i have been in many other states, traveling around the country, recruiting candidates and trying to get the message out about the problems that are in california how we don't want to bring them to washington, and the thing that i find, tammy, is that it's really

the pandemic the cdc assumes it has the authority to do the matter that tenuous connection to public health moratorium is in those two moratoriums with federalism in states rights it never passes a law allowing the cdc to be in evictions but there is more than just that. congress could not delegate this power to the federal government even if it wanted to. even a generous reading of the commerce clause does not give congress the power to do this that is our constitutional system of government. how can we claim private property rates if thehe federal government can come and tell you that you cannot enforce the terms of the basic contract? one of the most shameless cases bureaucracy gone rogue i have ever seen. i don't see how an eviction moratorium prevents the spread of covid-19 the eviction moratorium is almost identical to what government has done to healthcare. as more renters are subsidized and then to cough shift other people and to other renters and that drives up the price of overall rent and and to the inflation by the increase dollars of the economy the rapidly increasing ra

the cdc director calls the science of the delta variant worry some. some medical experts point to unvaccinated americans as the driving factor and the mask guidance saying that the merger had to be implemented to get them to mask up. here is dr. anthony fauci. >> nothing changed about the science. it is the virus the changed. we are dealing with fundamentally a different virus. >> reporter: he says that vaccinations are still the bedrock of ending this pandemic . we live in walnut creek, i am justin andrews, kpix 5. >>> of the information changing every day. >> it is like it is never ending. thank you. we appreciate the. >>> state health officials have confirmed another 7700 cases of covid-19 that is yesterday alone. 5.4% of tests are coming back positive which is a nearly eightfold increase from where we were back in may. here is a live look at capitol hill this morning where the vaccines may soon be required for all federal employees. sources tell cbs news a president biden plans to make the announcement tomorrow. >>> and csu officials have announce