Hello. Its 8 P. M. On the east coast, 7 P. M. In Gods Country. And welcome to a Specialm Pete Edition of jesse waters primetime. Im Pete Hegseth in for jesse on a Friday Night. And we start with the Fox News Alert. In moments, donald trump will be takinwill be g the stage in F Palm Beach, florida. Were monitoring it right heree to you in the studio. We will bring it to you as soon as he begins his Remark S. But expect to hear some fresh lines of Attack Tonight from fre the former president. You see earlier this week, i you rdemember, he vowe to not be nice aftere af the socalled Democrat Party successfulter called early stae to ouster. Their president , Joe Biden, fromnt, joe the president ial tif and replace him, of course, with kamala harris, the clintons, pelosi, schumer, even biden throwin, schumeg their weight behind kamala. But the messiah has arrived. Barack Obama waited until this morning to make the call. Kamala. Hi. Hey there. Oh, hi. Youre both together. Oh, its good to hear
Live from cnn headquarters, live for those watching here in canada, united states and around the world, i m kim brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. We begin with an encouraging sign of progress in the u. S. Vaccination campaign against the coronavirus. Half of all americans are now fully vaccinated, according to data released friday, despite that, the number of new cases keeps growing. Now topping 100,000 per day. And in florida, the delta variant is spreading at unprecedented speed. We re talking about 20,000 new cases per day on average. Florida had more than 134,000 new cases total over the past week. The highest number since the pandemic began. But the white house is making it clear, the nation isn t headed for another lockdown. Nick valencia has the latest on vaccination efforts across the country. Reporter: a major milestone for the country, with half the total u. S. Population fully vaccinated. But the grim count of covid deaths is rising fast. A 52% increase over last week s seven
We start in afghanistan, where fierce fighting has been raging in several provincial capitals. The afghan army is fighting back in crowded neighbourhoods, and all this putting more and more civilians in danger. Herat in the west of the country is one of two provincial capitals being targetted by the militants there s been similar being targetted by the militants. There s been similar intense fighting in laskar gar in the south, with large parts of that city under the taliban s control. Local people say dead bodies are lying in the streets. We have exclusive pictures from herat inside one of the cities being besieged by the taliban. This footage is from the photo journalist masood husseini, one of the few journalists still inside herat. These pictures were filmed in the last 48 hours. He and other media who are there have been told to evacuate as soon as they can. As the fighting escalates fears are growing of a massive humanitarian crisis. Let s talk to ryan crocker, former us ambassad
At the 149th open, the gates have just opened at royal st george s. The first golfers tee off in half an hour. And we ll reveal the total amount raised for children in need s 2020 campaign. Plus, it is a dry sense within state. Will it last for the next a0 days? we have at least got the prospect for the next five. Good morning. It s thursday, the 15th ofjuly. Our top story this morning is a call for sugar and salt taxes to be introduced in england, to improve the nation s health. A landmark report, commissioned by the government, says the money raised by the levy should be used to extend the free school meals programme and pay for gps to prescribe fruit and vegetables. Ellie price has more. It s just what the doctor ordered, but not what you might expect. Cathy runs the charity care merseyside, involved in what s called social prescribing. Patients are referred by their local gp, and then offered things like exercise support and cooking advice here. They also provide healthy food to lo
constituencies. i was in quite burns district in south carolina and you open this news conference talking about h. i spoke to a number of black voters who fought to get you elected and now they feel as though you are not fighting hard enough for them. and they are priorities. and they told me they see this push on voting rights more as a last-minute p.r. push then it is a legitimate effort to get legislation passed. so what do you say to these black voters who say that you do not have their backs as you promised on the campaign trail? president biden: i ve had their back and i ve had their back my entire career. i ve never not had their backs. i started on the voting rights issue long, long ago when i got involved in politics in the first place. and i think part of the problem is, look, there is significant disagreement in every community on whether or not the timing of assertions made by people has been the most timely way. so, i m sure there are those who are saying that