i'm amy goodman. in del rio, texas, a makeshift encampment where up to 30,000 haitian asylum seekers stayed or passed through was cleared by authorities as the biden administration continues to expedite its mass expulsion of migrants without due process. at least five deportation flights took off sunday, with thousands expelled within the past week alone. the international organization for migration said dozens of children with non-haitian passports were among those deported. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas said some 12,000 people were allowed to remain in the u.s. to fight for asylum. meanwhile, an estimated 8000 haitians were forced to cross the border back into mexico after facing violence and being deprived of food, water, and shelter. in haiti's capital port-au-prince, demonstrators condemned the mass deportations -- condemned the inhumane treatment of asylum seekers in the united states. >> we're not here to ask for favors from the united states. we are here demanding they respect

i'm amy goodman. the death toll from unprecedented flooding in the northeastern u.s. has risen to 46 after the remnants of hurricane ida left a trail of destruction from pennsylvania to massachusetts. much of philadelphia's vine street expressway completely flooded, resembling a canal running through the city's center. here in new york, the bodies of least 11 people were found in flooded basement apartments. a growing number of poor and working-class people, many of them immigrants, have been forced into illegal basement dwellings due to a shortage of affordable housing. meanwhile, mayor bill de blasio joined governor kathy hochul and senator chuck schumer thursday in demanding congress pass a federal infrastructure bill to help cities prepare for the climate catastrophe. >> what we have got to recognize is the suddenness, the brutality of storms now. it is different. a record set two weeks ago, another now. rainfall like we have never seen ever before. this is the biggest wake-up call we could possib

i'm amy goodman. the u.s. special envoy to haiti has resigned in protest over the biden administration's policies. in a letter, the longtime diplomat daniel foote wrote -- "i will not be associated with the united states' inhumane, counterproductive decision to deport thousands of haitian refugees." foote also criticized the biden administration for meddling in haiti's political affairs, including its support for ariel henry as prime minister, following the assassination of haitian president jovenel moÏse in july. foote wrote -- "this cycle of international political interventions in haiti has consistently produced catastrophic results." foote's resignation came just days after u.s. border patrol agents on horseback were filmed chasing, grabbing, and whipping haitian asylum seekers who had gathered in a makeshift camp in del rio, texas. on thursday, the department of homeland security banned the use of horses in the area but deportations are continuing despite growing criticism from human rights advo

amy: u.s. general mark milley, chair of the joint chiefs of staff, told reporters wednesday it is possible to united states will coordinate with the taliban in the fight against the islamic. we will go to kabul later in the broadcast for the latest. the united states recorded more than 210,000 coronavirus cases wednesday as covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths continue to rise. here in new york, lawmakers have extended an eviction moratorium through january 15. new york is the first state to enact renter protections since the u.s. supreme court last week threw out a nationwide eviction moratorium ordered by the centers for disease control. in arizona, more than 1000 health care workers have signed an open letter to the maricopa county board of supervisors, pleading with them to mandate masks in k-through-12 schools. this week schools in and around phoenix reported 227 active outbreaks, with nearly 1700 students and 450 school employees infected. in central texas, the connally independent school

i'm amy goodman. senate republicans have voted unanimously monday to block a house-approved bill that would fund the federal government and raise the ceiling on the national debt. the vote came just days before a september 30 deadline to avert a government shutdown. senate majority leader chuck schumer said republicans actions were threatening to plunge the u.s. into recession. >> our country staring down the barrel of two totally republican manufactured disasters, government shutdown and a first-ever default on the national debt. the impacts of both would greatly harm every single american in this country. amy: treasury secretary janet yellen has notified congress that unless it acts before mid-october to raise the debt ceiling, the u.s. government will default on its debts. arizona democratic senator kyrsten sinema is scheduled to hold a fundraiser today with five business lobbying groups that oppose a massive spending bill containing some of the biden administration's top legislative priorities. th

i'm amy goodman. immigrant justice advocates are warning of a humanitarian crisis on the u.s. southern border, as over haitian asylum seekers have 10,000 been sleeping in a makeshift camp underneath a bridge in del rio, texas, for days. they recently crossed the rio grande after trekking for thousands of miles through dangerous routes across south and central america and mexico. this comes as advocates are denouncing the biden administration for resuming deportation flights to haiti as haiti reels from la month's catastrophic earthquake that left thousands without shelter, clean water, food, medical aid . some 86 haitian asylum seekers were deported wednesday, including families and children under the age of three. in a statement, guerline jozef, the co-founder of the haitian bridge alliance, said -- "we are in utter disbelief. hours after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake, president joe biden released a statement saying that the united states was a 'frien'' of haiti. a 'friend' does not continuously infli

amy: dr. wais aria, we reached your eldest son last night to ask him about fleeing kabul. >> i a in nintgrade. we just came fm afghanistan. we went through a lot of trauma. i wanted to bring my piano because i play music -- i s ally afraid to bringt, so i just left it there. when the taliban came, i was scared to play it. sometimes they would get angry -- we were scared of them. the taliban could literally do anything to us. jill ellis, seriously -- kill us, serusly hurt us, not allow us to leave thcountry. i was pretty much -- in my head, i had the picture of me getting hurt. amy: that is dr. wais aria's 13-year-old son who is an accomplished pianist. as we wrap up, you treat traumatized afghans. after these 20 years of the u.s. war and occupation, how do people recover? >> i think we have to be optimistic, but to be honest, there is no hope, especially for myself. i spent all my life to help people stop but when i came out of afghanistan, i can with a bunch of -- my children, myself. i canno

i'm amy goodman. california governor gavin newsom has handily defeated a recall effort with just over 64% of voters casting "no" ballots with two thirds of votes counted. the failed recall attempt, organized by right-wing opponents of newsom, cost close to 3 million -- cost taxpayers close to 300 lien newsom's main dollars. challenger was anti-immigrant, anti-science conservative talk show host larry elder, who spread false election fraud claims ahead of tuesday's results. we will have more on this drive from california after headlines. president biden will call on world leaders to commit to a goal of vaccinating 70% of the global population within a year. the ambitious target, set to be formally announced during an upcoming summit, is currently very far from current vaccination rates in poorer countries with limited access to vaccines. the world health organization is warning that most of africa has been left behind in the pandemic recovery efforts, as wealthier countries and drug companies are block

i'm amy goodman. in del rio, texas, photographs and video footage of border patrol agents on horseback chasing, grabbing and assaulting -- and whipping haitian asylum-seekers have sparked widespread condemnation. one border agent was heard screaming obscenities at asylum seekers, including children, after they attempted to return to a makeshift camp where thousands have been staying underneath a bridge for days. >> hey, you usually women this way? [bleep] amy: white house officials said they will investigate the violent incidents. meanwhile, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas traveled monday to the makeshift camp in del rio, where he once again warned asylum seekers not to come to the united states. >> only haitians living in the united states before july 29 are eligible for temporary protected status. if you come to the united states illegally, you will be returned. your journey will not succeed and you will be endangering your life and your family. amy: driven by hunger, hundreds of hait

i'm amy goodman. on capitol hill, house progressives say they will hold the line and oppose the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill after house thursday speaker nancy pelosi said she would seek a vote thursday on the measure separately from the build back better act, the $3.5 trillion, 10-year bill that expands the social safety net and combats climate change. activists from people's watch and sunrise movement are demonstrating in d.c. this week to pressure pelosi and democrats to pass the measure through reconciliation. activists confronted pelosi tuesday evening as she headed into a fundraiser. close need to pelosi, will you hold the line on the reconciliation built for climate justice, for california? will you hold the line eight winco -- we hold the line? amy: meanwhile, president biden met tuesday with conservative democratic senators kyrsten sinema and joe manchin, who receive major donations from financial institutions, fossil fuel companies, and other industries who oppose the spending

juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: we begin today's show in kabul, where the talibanas taken a major step in reestablishing the islamic emirate of afghanistan by announcing its acting government. the new cabinet does not include any women or any members of the former afghan government. the new acting prime minister is mohammad hassan akhund, who was a close aide to the taliban founding leader mohammad omar. his dety will be taliban co-founder, abdul ghani baradar. e new interior ministe sirajuddin haqqani, is on the fbi's most wanted list for a 2008 attack in kabul that killed six people. this comes as protests grow across afghanistan. hundreds of people rallied in kabul tuesday, with demonstrators calling on pakistan to stop intervening to aid the taliban. witnesses reported taliban fighters beat protesters, and the crowd scattered after gunmen fired in the air. one protester condemned the taliban's response. >> the islam go

i'm amy goodman. the world health organization called wednesday for a global halt to third doses of covid-19 vaccines for the rest of the year. w.h.o. chief dr. tedros adhanom ghebreyesus said wealthy nations should instead make limited vaccine supplies available to poorer countries. >> we ha been calling for vaccine equity from the ginning. not after the richest company -- richescountries have been taking care of. i will not stasilent wn the companies and countries that control the sick -- that control the global supply of vaccines think the world should be satisfied with leftovers. amy: the biden administraon has repeatedly rejected the w.h.o.'s calls to halt booster shots until medical workers and other at-risk groups can be vaccinated in poorer countries. white house press secretary jen psaki spoke wednesday. >> our view is that this is a false choice, and the united states has donated and shared about 140 million doses with over 90 countries, more than all other countries combined. amy: on wednes

i'm amy goodman. the united nations warns a million afghan children could face starvation without immediate international aid after the taliban completed its sweeping takeover of afghanistan last month. u.n. secretary general antonio gutteres spoke at a high-level u.n. donor's conference in geneva monday. >> the people of afghanistan need lifelines after decades of war, suffering, and insecurity. they face perhaps their most perilous hour. amy: monday's donor conference raised $1.2 billion in pledges for afghanistan. the u.s., which spent over $2.3 trillion during its 20-year occupation of afghanistan, pledged just $64 million in aid. on capitol hill, secretary of state antony blinken defended the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan, telling the house foreign affairs committee that no one in the biden administration predicted the afghan government would collapse while u.s. troops were still in kabul. during his opening remarks, blinken said by remaining in afghanistan, the u.s. military woulhave only del

i'm amy goodman. president joe biden said wednesday the united states will donate an additional 500 million pfizer vaccine doses to other nations around the world. he made the pledge during a virtual global vaccine summit of world leaders. pres. biden: it brings our total commitment of donated vaccines to over 1.1 billion vaccines to be donated. put it another way, for every one shot we have administered to date in america, we have committed to three shots to the rest of the world. amy: president biden called on wealthy nations to vaccinate 70% of the worlds 8 million people within the next year. critics say his commitments fall short of what is needed. the vaccine summit's goals make no mention of a push led by india and south africa to wave intellectual prorty rights on vaccines and to force pharmaceutical companies to transfer technogy to vcine makers uer the glol south. in atatementthe director of public citizens access to medicines program said -- "ending the pandemic is a choice. leaders at toda

i'm amy goodman. immigrant justice advocates are warning of a humanitarian crisis on the u.s. southern border, as over haitian asylum seekers have 10,000 been sleeping in a makeshift camp underneath a bridge in del rio, texas, for days. they recently crossed the rio grande after trekking for thousands of miles through dangerous routes across south and central america and mexico. this comes as advocates are denouncing the biden administration for resuming deportation flights to haiti as haiti reels from last month's catastrophic earthquake that left thousands without shelter, clean water, food, medical aid . some 86 haitian asylum seekers were deported wednesday, including families and children under the age of three. in a statement, guerline jozef, the co-founder of the haitian bridge alliance, said -- "we are in utter disbelief. hours after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake, president joe biden released a statement saying that the united states was a 'frien'' of haiti. a 'friend' does not continuously inf

amy: u.n. on tuesday at the u.n. , president biden referenced cuba during his address to the general assembly. pres. biden: the truth is, the democratic world is everywhere. it lives in anticorruption activists, human rights defenders, journalists, the piece protesters, on the front lines in burma, syria, cuba, venezuela, and everywhere in between. amy: can you respond, carlos fernÁndez de cossÍo, to what he is referencing and also the mass protests that are throughout the island, throughout cuba and the criticism, the response of the cuban government to arrest so many? >> that is one question for a long answer. he forgot to mention the u.s. in that list he used at the u.n. where there are problems of democracy, people are asking for the rights, depending different legitimate concerns. he forgot to mention the united states. in many of its allies in that list. on july 11 and cuba, not during the month, on that date specifically on july 11, there were groups of people who demonstrated in cuba.

juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: we're going to start with a warning to our listeners and viewers. today's show includes graphic images and descriptions. sun that you may certainly have heard and seen before. yes, this week marks the 20th anniversary of the september 11 attacks on the world trade center towers inew york city and the pentagon in washington, d.c., that killed nearly 3000 people. we will never kn exactly how many people because those who go uncounted in life go uncounted in debt, perhaps the undocumented workers around the area. we begin our coverage looking at the impact of the toxic, cancer-causing smoke that hung over ground zero in manhattan as the fire burned for 100 more days. at the time, the environmental protection agency told people who worked at the site and lived and went to school near it that the air was safe to breathe. in the years that followed, more than 13,200 first responders and survivors

i'm amy goodman. the united nations warns a million afghan children could face starvation without immediate international aid after the taliban completed its sweeping takeover of afghanistan last month. u.n. secretary general antonio gutteres spoke at a high-level u.n. donor's conference in geneva monday. >> the people of afghanistan need lifelines after decades of war, suffering, and insecurity. they face perhaps their most perilous hour. amy: monday's donor conference raised $1.2 billion in pledges for afghanistan. the u.s., which spent over $2.3 trillion during its 20-year occupation of afghanistan, pledged just $64 million in aid. on capitol hill, secretary of state antony blinken defended the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan, telling the house foreign affairs committee that no one in the biden administration predicted the afghan government would collapse while u.s. tros were still in kabul. during his opening remarks, blinken said by remaining in afghanistan, the u.s. military would ve only delay

amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> i have agonized over this vote, that i came to grips with it today and i came to grips with opposing this resolution stop during the very painful yet very beautiful memorial service, as a member of the clergy so eloquently sd, as we act, let us not become evil that we deplore. amy: today, barbara lee. 20 years ago, she was the only member of congress to vote against r in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attack. >> i can't even tl you e detas of how horrible it is. people did some awful things during that time. amy: now the highest-ranking african-american woman in congress. we will speak to barbara lee. and then a conversation between masuda sultan -- an african-american woman, 20 years ago she lost 90 members of her family -- and rita lasar who lost her brother abe zelmanowitz at the world trade center attacks. >> looked at her and saw the second plane hit the second building, and it dawned on me, my brother works there. >> brother is a hero and you are a hero for continuing th

i am amy goodman. today, in this special broadcast, we begin with the longtime afghan journalist bilal sarwary. we first spoke to bilal on august 18th, three days after the taliban seized control of afghanistan after the u.s.-backed afghan president ashraf ghani fled the country. i began by asking bilal about whether he was surprised the taliban seized power before u.s. troops withdrew from afghanistan. >> i have spoken to government officials. some of them were my friends. the next morning i was heading toward those offices when i heard presidential palace employees were told to leave. the presidential protection service, the afghanistan equivalent of the secret service at the time, were taking up positions. there was a lot of confusion. in a matter of 30 minutes or so, we found out that then-president was supposed to go to the ministry of defense to have a meeting within a short drive but instead he had told his secret service detail he would want to fly there. the minister of defense was waiting, th

i'm amy goodman. president joe biden said wednesday the united states will donate an additional 500 million pfizer vaccine doses to other nations around the world. he made the pledge during a virtual global vaccine summit of world leaders. pres. biden: it brings our total commitment of donated vaccines to over 1.1 billion vaccines to be donated. put it another way, for every one shot we have administered to date in america, we have committed to three shots to the rest of the world. amy: president biden called on wealthy nations to vaccinate 70% of the worlds 8 million people within the next year. critics say his commitments fall short of what is needed. the vaccine summit's goals make no mention of a push led by india and south africa to wave intellectual prorty rights on vaccines and to force pharmaceutical companies to transfer tecology to vcine kers und the glol south. in atatementthe director of public citizens access to medicines program said -- "ending the pandemic is a choice. leaders at today

juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: we begin today's show in kabul, where the talibanas taken a major step in reestablishing the islamic emirate of afghanistan by announcing its acting government. the new cabinet does not include any women or any members of the former afghan government. the new acting prime minister is mohammad hassan akhund, who was a close aide to the taliban founding leader mohammad omar. his dety will be taliban co-founder, abdul ghani baradar. the new interior minister, sirajuddin haqqani, is on th fbi's most wanted list for a 2008 attack in kabul that killed six people. this comes as protests grow across afghanistan. hundreds of people rallied in kabul tuesday, with demonstrators calling on pakistan to stop intervening to aid the taliban. witnesses reported taliban fighters beat protesters, and the crowd scattered after gunmen fired in the air. one protester condemned the taliban's response. >> the islam

amy: dr. wais aria, we reached your eldest son last night to ask him out fleeing kabul. >> i a in nintgrade. we just came from afghanistan. we went through a lot of trauma. i wanted to bring my piano because i play music -- i s really afraid to bringt, so i just left it there. when the taliban came, i was scared to play it. sometimes they would get angry -- we were scared of them. the taliban could literally do anything to us. jill ellis, seriously -- kill us, serusly hurt us, not allow us to leave thcountry. i was pretty much -- in my head, i had the picture of me getting hurt. amy: that is dr. wais aria's 13-year-old son who is an accomplished pianist. as we wrap up, you treat traumatized afghans. after these 20 years of the u.s. war and occupation, how do people recover? >> i think we have to be optimistic, but to be honest, there is no hope, especially for myself. i spent all my life to help people stop but when i came out of afghanistan, i can with a bunch of -- my children, myself. i can

i'm amy goodman. lawmakers in both the house and senate will vote today on a short-term spending bill that would fund the government into early december in a last-minute bid to avert the disastrous government shutdown before a midnight deadline. the vote comes as democratic leaders struggle to pass two major pieces of legislation, a one dollar trillion per structure bill and a build back better act, $3.5 trillion, tenure package that would expand the social safety net and combats climate change. on wednesday, house speaker nancy pelosi, huddled with president biden in the oval office as fractures within the democratic party threatened to derail bidens legislative agenda. meanwhile, house democrats narrowly approved a bill to suspend the ceiling on the national debt until the end of 2022. the treasury department warns that without congressional action, the u.s. will begin defaulting on its debts in mid-october. house speaker nancy pelosi said wednesday the consequences would be catastrophic. >> nonpart

amy: the u.s. has begun deporting haitian asylum seekers from a makeshift camp of 15,000 people in texas despite protests from haiti, which is facing a mounting humanitarian and political crisis following a devastating earthquake and the assassination of its prime -- president. we will go to del rio, texas, for the latest. then we will speak to an abortion provider in texas over the state's near total ban on abortions. over the weekend, one texas doctor revealed he was openly defiant of the law. then we look at the deadly consequences of vaccine inequality. >> more than five point 7 billion doses have been administered globally but only 2% of those have been administered in africa. this leaves people at high risk risk -- many people around the world enjoy protection. amy: we go to india where groups are calling on johnson & johnson to stop exporting indian made vaccines to wealthy nations, including the united states, at a time when hundreds of millions of people remain unvaccinated in india, as we

i'm amy goodman. the united states marked the 20th anniversary of the september 11 attacks with somber memorials across the country. saturday's memorial service new york began with a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., the moment the first of two planes struck the twin towers of the world trade center. relatives then read the names of the victims of the attacks. president joe biden and vice president kamala harris were in attendance. ahead of the memorial, biden released a video message calling for national unity. pres. biden: to the families of the 2977 peoplerom more than 90 nations killed on september 11, 2001 in new york city, arlington, virginia, and shanksville, pennsylvania, and the thousand more who were injured, american the world commemorate you and your loved ones. pieces of your soul. we honor all of those who risk and gave her lives in the minutes come hours, years afterwards. amy: later on saturday, vice president harris joined president biden at the flight 93 national memorial in shanksvill

amy: dr. joia mukherjee, we will talk about this more next week infectious disease specialist. , associate professor of global health at harvard medical school and chief medical officer for partners in health. thank you for joining us. zane dangor is the special advisor to the foreign minister of the republic of south africa. next up, we look at the first country in the world to recognize bitcoin as legal tender. what does it mean? we will look at el salvador. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. we turn to el salvador, where thousands to the streets wednesday to protest president nayib bukele's growing consolidation of power and a new law making el salvador the world's first country to recognize the highly volatile cryptocurrency bitcoin as legal tender. protesters condemned bukele's plan. >> they promised to do things differently and they have been worse. we are in the midst of the pandemic because this dictatorship is deadlier t

amy: the u.s. has begun deporting haitian asylum seekers from a makeshift camp of 15,000 people in texas despite protests from haiti, which is facing a mounting humanitarian and political crisis following a devastating earthquake and the assassination of its prime -- president. we will go to del rio, texas, for the latest. then we will speak to an abortion provider in texas over the state's near total ban on abortions. over the weekend, one texas doctor revealed he was openly defiant of the law. then we look at the deadly consequences of vaccine inequality. >> more than five point 7 billion doses have been administered globally but only 2% of those have been administered in africa. this leaves people at high risk risk -- many people around the world enjoy protection. amy: we go to india where groups are calling on johnson & johnson to stop exportingng indian made vaccines to wealthy nations, including the united states, at a time when hundreds of millions of people remain unvaccinated in india, as

we have more on this from amy hollifield. amy: it feels like a sh feels happening that the focus is relate now turning toward vaccine mac to -- va mandate. in oakland, they are onenenene ahead of that the school board will vote next week on whether to put a vaccine mandate in place for students. it came up for discussion at a meeting yesterday with the student government leaders. some students are still uncertain about adding vaccinated. but one student said if schools require it, she will get it. others will say they feel safer if it is required. >> my education is far more important. i don't want to be out of school learning when i could be in school learning. >> i feel like i need this because people do not always follow the precautions of covid so it is imperative that i have it. amy: a you cfs dr. -- dr. was at the meeting to answer questions. case rates are three times higher in the unvaccinated community than a monthly vaccinated. the vote is set for next week if it is passed, it would apply for kids 12 and older. live

amy hollyfield is live in san francisco city hall. amy: hello. he got a huge vote of competence from san francisco, 87% of the voters voted against the recall, the most of any county in the state. the governor did not have a traditional election victory party last night, but he addressed reporters at a speech at the democratic headquarters. he said by voting no on the recall, californians voted yes on issues like vaccines, science, women's rights and diversity. he sounded very thankful to have kept his job. >> i am humbled and grateful to the millions and millions of californians that exercise their fundamental right to vote, and to express themselves so overwhelmingly i rejecting the division, i rejecting the cynicism, by rejecting so much of the negativity that has defined our politics. amy: here is a tweet that the governor put out after his victory. "now let us get back to work." he has been on the campaign trail for the last two months trying to fight the recall. some political strategists think this could have a lasting impact and make him

good morning, amy. amy: a big visit. the two top democrats in the country are expected to be campaigning with governor newsom to try and fight this recall, although some of newsom's opponents are questioning whether californians even care about those appearances. vice president kamala harris is expected to appear with gavin newsom today in san leandro. she will be asking voters to vote no on the recall. president bryden has said he will campaign with newsom as well, but the date of that appearance has not been released. one of newsom's opponents, larry elder, tried to downplay the visit, saying californians are hurting and don't care what biden and harris have to say. newsom says he believes it is a big deal to have their support. the while, voters are speaking out about this recall, for and against it, which will be held next tuesday. facts i like him as a person and i like his policies. i think he's done whatever any person could have done. wte say thank you, governor newsom, for the highest taxes in california. amy: f

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amy hollyfield is live with the details. good morning, amy. amy: if you are looking at a booster, check your local drugstore. we found this walgree accepting appointments. we found that to be true that many drugstores nearby. do that check today if you're interested. good news on the kid front. we are hearing the vaccine is coming soon for kids ages five to 11. pfizer said it is looking like days, not weeks before they submit data to federal officials for approval. the company says tests are showing that kids receiving a lower dose of the vaccine are developing the same covid antibody levels as older people who received regular strength shots. >> if they approve it, we will be ready with our manufacturing to provide this new formulation of the vaccine. it is one third of the dose we are giving to the rest of the population. amy: the cdc says it is enthusiastically waiting for this data. globally, the u.s. is falling further behind on vaccination rates, ranking or the fifth. we were 39th. with just under 65% of eligible americans receiving both

reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. jobina: thank you, amy. some counties will require you to bring your vaccination card to prove you have gotten your second shot at least six months ago, and there may be a form to sign. san mateo county is planning to reopen a site at the county advents center. >> we expect when we are running at full capacity 3000 vaccines a day. > boosters at some of its smaller venues. reggie: i have some good news. california is heading in the right direction when it comes to controlling the virus. our state continues to have the lowest transmission stayed in the country. we are the only state in the moderate viral transmission category. as for covid-19 t t positivity dropped over the past eight weeks. data says the bay area is doing better than california as a whole. the lowest in the state, state,, 8.5 cases. the racial gap in vaccination rates is closing. according to the kaiser family foundation, black and hispanic adult vaccination rates are now closer or higher than those of white adults. 73% of hispanic people, 71

this morning, sfo is where we find amy live this morning. amy? amy: good morning. it is busy. look at all the people in the security line at this terminal. it has been like this all morning. people are on the move and ready to get out of town and enjoy the long weekend. the cdc says that vaccinated should not be here and they recommend they stay home. that warning from the cdc came on tuesday. not a lot of time for the unvaccinated to change plans, but they are saying they should not be traveling. the recommendation is that if you haven't been inoculated, you should stay home this weekend because of the rise and case numbers from the delta variant on the rise and number of deaths and hospitalizations. we talked to some travelers about their plans before boarding their flights. the virus is on their minds. one couple told us they chose to go to spain because of how the country handled the pandemic. >> i just learned they are one of the countries most vaccinated in europe, so feeling assured about that. >> one of the reasons we got vaccinated was to travel. amy: the cdc is also

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