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An additional 3,500 combat troops are being sent to the persian gulf in case even more fire power is needed to evacuate americans in the final days of this 20-year war. major. >> garrett: david martin, thanks. we turn now to the covid pandemic. the u.s. is seeing three times more daily cases than any other country. the c.d.c. just reported more than 132,000 infections in a single day, up nearly 25% in a week. and that's giving new urgency to the drive to vaccinate. here's cbs's manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: as the delta variant spreads, vaccine mandates are accelerating. today, the nation's l...

What's driving this is that we have a number of people in the under a0 age group who have not been vaccinated yet, and also people do need to remember the hands, face, space, fresh air message, and do not behave as though this is already over, because it isn't. surge testing and official vaccinations has become the key to combating the spread of the virus. the big question is whether that's enough to stop the more infectious delta variant from spreading further. dominic hughes, bbc news, cheshire. the latest official figures on the pandemic show that in the past 2a hours 10 deaths were reporte...

Cough, less of loss of smell and really much less of shortness of breath problems. and with infections now rising steeply, accelerating the vaccine programme is seen as vital in protecting people from the serious consequences of a further wave of the virus. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. the latest official figures on the pandemic show that in the past 2a hours ten deaths were reported and there have been 7,673 new infections which means an average of 7,672 new cases per day in the last week. over 132,000 people received a first dose of the vaccine in the latest 2a hour period, meaning nearly 42...

Record 3,865 deaths and more than 132,000 hospitalizations, also record breaking. have we even hit the peak, do you think? >> no, i don't think so, jake. i can just show you quickly the models that we're looking at here. i mean, it's important to note that there's these different trajectories based on do states put into plan these mitigation measures in if they do, it could make the peak come a little bit earlier and last a little bit shorter. i don't know if we have the image. basically we're sort of in worst case scenario territory. if you look at the peak there, i think it really is going t...

Is another immense crisis in this country, of course, one that maybe we're getting used to. we marked the deadliest day of the entire pandemic and record number of hospitalizations yesterday, more than 132,000 hospitalizati hospitalizations. that broke records that were set the day before. as nick watts reports, vaccine distribution is still far behind what was promised by the trump administration. >> reporter: bottom line, this vaccine rollout is nowhere near as fast or efficient as promise ed or projected. >> this and other sites are going to have to really ramp up to get this done. >> repor...