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With a new pandemic comes again, as it will, next month im also going to release a plan in greater detail. so let me close with this. we have -- weve made so much progress during the past seven months of this pandemic. the recent increases in vaccinations in august already are having an impact in some states where case counts are dropping in recent days. even so, we remain at a critical moment, a critical time. we have the tools. now we just have to finish the job with truth, with science, with ...

With a new pandemic comes again, as it will, next month im also going to release a plan in greater detail. so let me close with this. we have so -- we have made so much progress during the past seven months of this pandemic. the recent increases in vaccinations in august already are having an impact in some states where case counts are dropping in recent days. even so, we remain at a critical moment, a critical time. we have the tools. now we just have to finish the job with truth, with science,...

Spread to even more kids. >> absolutely. it is. its spreading into the elementary schools. what happens is it starts -- when the mandate was passed for k through 5, the middle and high schools were left unprotected. it kind of rocketed right through the high schools as one might expect and then into the middle schools. were starting to see that spread continue into the elementary school. the numbers have started to tick up. what weve also seen is the number of exemptions have grown over the last...

One of the most appalling things ive ever heard. >> its just i dont want my kids to wear a mask and thats the opt out. >> i dont wanna. >> you told me one of your sons class mase ended nupt hospital for five days with covid pneumonia. >> yes. >> we cant confirm definitively where your son or his classmate was exposed. youre worried that its going to spread to even more kids? >> oh, absolutely. it is. its spreading to the elementary schools. and what happens is it starts -- when the mandate was p...

Situation in the united states. obviously the spread of delta has had a significant negative effect on the economy and you saw that in the jobs report we got in friday of last week about august. only a quarter -- couple hundred thousand jobs created instead of over a million jobs created in july. so my expectation, were starting to see case levels appearing to level off in the country. were seeing geographic differences, case counts are going down, some of the hardest hit states in the south are...

And unemployment benefits have run out for millions the questionof is will it hurt help the economy? its "way too early" for this. ♪♪y" good morning and welcome to "way too early," the show that wouldnt wear white after or even before labor day. im jonathan lemire on this tuesday, september 7thon. well start with the 7 news. the united states has hit another grim new milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. the case counts across the country now tops 40 million as the delta variant causes in...

More afraid to ask questions, and engage in thoughtful conversations. i just try and empathize with them. >> youre sort of on the rise in iowa, the past few weeks, case counts have been up nearly 50%. hospitalizations are also on the rise. what are you facing in your state? >> you know, our biggest difficulty regionally is just finding access to critical beds and its not just for covid patients. we are still seeing the same mix of heart attack, stroke, and you know, trauma. its when we need to f...

Schools start back, but ominous signs from the south, kentucky schools opened already, and already one in five districts have closed at some point due to case counts, quarantines or just lack of staff. >> we have a record number of kentuckians in the hospital battling covid, in the icu battling for their lives. >> reporter: and they are overwhelmingly unvaccinated. south carolina has among the lowest vaccination rates in the country and the highest infection rate. >> well have another uptick wit...

The seven-day average of new cases monday was more than 300% higher than labor day last year. hospitalizations and deaths are also up compared to a year ago. on average, more than 1,500 people are dying from covid every day here in the united states, and the cdc says that number is likely to rise. the country is also in a worse position than it was at the start of summer, and thats adding new pressure on americas plans for vaccine boosters. cnns nick watt has our report. >> good mornin. >> repor...

Winter. right now were averaging 163,000 new cases a day. averaging 163,000 cases now. remember, back to school a year ago, it was at 41,400 cases. thats when students were back to school a year ago. that was the daily average. look where it is now as students go back to school everywhere after labor day which is why we are seeing already, especially in the places where kids went back to school a little early before labor day. texas, florida, idaho, oregon, mississippi, kids in quarantine who ha...