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Changing with the delta variant. in some states, mostly the south, icus are overrun, medical staff pushed to the brink. but the governors in florida and texas wont let businesses, towns or school boards address the crisis the way some of them want, even though florida is now seeing record hospitalizations. this morning, more covid patients are in the hospital in florida than any other state in the nation. phil murphy the governor of new jersey were speaking act and other elected officials are lo...

Good morning im brianna keilar alongside john berman on this "new day." as hospitals are overrun in several states and many governors across the u.s. are fed up with the unvaccinated. plus, in what could be a dramatic escalation, president biden considers with holding federal funds to help spur vaccinations. a top democratic congressman is telling one wing of his party enough. why hakeem jeffries is slamming what he calls the woke left. and well speak live with two men who predicted that don...

>> yeah. it was difficult. i tried to focus on the reason that i was there, which was to welcome my son. but i couldnt ignore the similarities between -- theyre all wearing the same uniforms, the gowns are all the same, so even though though i tried to stay positive and tried to enjoy the moment of bringing my son into the world it was bittersweet because it brought back so many memories of jason in the icu. >> i know that you in his final moments -- he was listening to music, right? he was a mu...

Is in effect, but hes really focusing on those who are unvaccinated. for the entire state, the majority of the people who have been hospitalized, 90% are unvaccinated. its the same numbers here at-baton rouj general hospital. the unvaccinated filling up the icus, filling up the covid wing. we know there are grassroots efforts, vaccine canvassers will be knocking on door asking them if theyre vaccinated, teaching them about the vaccine and signing them up for the shot. >> lets get some more on al...

That there are so many unvaccinated children that are illegible for the most part that we are seeing this, and it is troubling. and the degree at which we saw -- we saw signs of this earlier, the cdc had the study of about a third of children ages 12 to 17 actually needed hospitalizations and up in icus. and a lot of them have comorbidities. so were kind of dealing with the fact that they need to step up and get vaccinated. >> but we have such an adult video -- a difficult video to. watch this i...

The icus and the vast majority, 90% plus are unvaccinated and the fact that it is happening again even though we have had the vaccination distribution to me is quite sad and maddeding to say the least. and one point about the medical professionals is that a lot of us are suffering anxiety, and the suicide is going up, and a quick shoutout to the medical professionals for holding it down, because they are not getting enough credit for what they are doing everyday. >> let me ask you about that, be...

Polarization on the back of peoples pain and suffering. in oklahoma city, icus are near capacity as covid hospitalizations have nearly doubled in the past few weeks. 27-year-old husband is in a medically induced coma. he refused to get the vaccine. now elizabeth is begging people to get vaccinated. look at florida, where just a few weeks ago, governor ron desantis pac was selling swag saying "dont fauci my florida." now florida has broken its record for daily cases and vaccinations, higher than ...

I understand that they should make their own decision. i respect that. but when youre right starts to impact society and all around the already stretched out health care system, then we are infringing upon everyone elses right. im talking to my e.r. physicians and theyre telling me theyre intubating 27-year-olds. and every floor in the hospital that i work at, they are having covid patients. they dont have room in icus. they are transferring the patients to other floors where they dont belong. i...

Fully vaccinated. meanwhile covid-19 hospitalizations have been rising daily over the past three weeks. the last time the states icus had this many covid patients was january. but one little rock hospital has never had so many covid-19 patients. arkansas childrens hospital. so throughout the pandemic this is the worst youve seen. >> this is the worst weve seen for kids, absolutely. >> reporter: half of the hospitals young covid patients are in the pediatric intensive care unit. at least two are ...

That are being built literally today. i was just talking with a nurse actually in nearby baton rouge, louisiana. they were essentially doubling their icu capacity because they have run out of room in their icus for covid patients. when we talk about florida specifically, more than 20,000 new cases just yesterday. but it goes beyond florida here at this point. any which way you look at the number s numbers, the they are startling. this is a surge, this is a spike here that this country is endurin...