with 740 deaths, and more than 41,000 hospitalizations, which is a significant reduction from peaks two months ago. but it s still far too high say health policy experts trying to prevent another surge. 11 states are reporting an uptick in new infections compared to last week. vaccinations are the bright spot here, the nation is averaging 2.4 million actual shots a day. with more than 11% of the country fully inoculated against coronavirus through the vaccine. then s senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is joining us now. i feel like this uk variant has been the tsunami we see coming at us. where is at this point in time? that s for sure. remember, brianna, when we were counting cases by variant, one by one, but now there are thousands. what we know about this uk variant, it s been spotted in 48 out of 50 states. the vaccine seems to work pretty well against it but it seems to spread more easily. and according to a new study just out, the risk of death when you get
i think there s some surprise that it happened so quickly, our sense is the president had been asking around, talking to his top officials about just how intense this firestorm was. the fact that this relates to a 2008 plea deal, which of course has to do with jeffrey epstein, who pleaded not guilty to those sex trafficking charges. but the allegation is so significant, so serious and of course involved minors. as you pointed out at the top of the shore, there had been concerns about acosta inside the administration that he wasn t carrying out the president s deregulation agenda effectively enough. and so the sense is this controversial was just too great and that he could not survive it. and covering the white house there, let s talk about the ramifications. this is yet another cabinet secretary stepping down under fire. a record number of acting secretaries. people who have not been
the reality is that employers will hire, if they ve got the right incentives. but the incentives have to outweigh the costs. as an example, businesses aren t going to hire someone because the government s going to give them a $4,000 tax credit. if the government mandates that are imposed on them cost a lot more than that, temporary credit. in recent years these mandates have been overwhelming. private sector job creators of all sizes have been pummeled by decisions being made right here in washington. they ve been slammed by uncertainty from the constant threat of new taxes out of control spending and unnecessary regulations from a government that s always micromanaging, meddling and manipulating. they ve been hurt by government ideas that offer short-term gimmicks rather than fundamental reforms that will encourage long-term economic growth. they ve been hampered by a government that offers confusion to entrepreneurs and job creators when there needs to be clarity. they ve b
carry each of them off the battlefield. he was called by the president on monday. there is a heavy sadness with this story in particular. there were reprimands issued so officers who denied fire support. they repeatedly over the period of an hour or two once they were pinned down under fire were pleading for fire support artillery, whatever they could get to free themselves up. dakota in addition to braving enemy fire multiple times in the vehicle also took it upon himself to run in on foot and start looking for his missing friends. corporal meyer got out of the marines less than a year after the incident and appears to still be living with a lot of the pain as a result of the lives that couldn t be said during that ambush that that day. he exhibits the humility we have come to associate with these extraordinary war heros. shepard: extraordinary, indeed. thanks so much. you could soon have a little bit more privacy when you go
they repeatedly over the period of an hour or two once they were pinned down under fire were pleading for fire support artillery, whatever they could get to free themselves up. dakota in addition to braving enemy fire multiple times in the vehicle also took it upon himself to run in on foot and start looking for his missing friends. corporal meyer got out of the marines less than a year after the incident and appears to still be living with a lot of the pain as a result of the lives that couldn t be said during that ambush that that day. he exhibits the humility we have come to associate with these extraordinary war heros. shepard: extraordinary, indeed. thanks so much. you could soon have a little bit more privacy when you go through airport security. changes to the outrageous body scans we all had to endure. the ones that can see right through your clothes. this is what the screeners see now but it will get better. we will show you what the new system will reveal.