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Journalist who also happens to be british and jewish. (bleep) jewish. i am proud of who i am, but the past year has been complicated and sometimes frightening. one of them came up the driveway there and started attacking me. in the first six months of 2021 there was a record spike in anti—semitism. from controversy around the middle east to conspiracy theories and the toxic environment of social media, manyjewish people are questioning how safe it is to express who they are. and i was like, i'mjewish. and i said i'm black and jewish and i can tell you that is not the case. i want to find out...

Impressive, but there are like 28 million who are eligible, you know, in the kids category acrosse across the country. a long way to go. let's look how in the future, how these booster shots, perhaps for all the adults who are now eligible, how it might help. >> so the booster shots are definitely helping, and i think the 12 to 17-year-old age group has stepped up also. over 15 million of them have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine. and so in the united states, about 70% of people have at least one dose of vaccine. and worldwide, almost 7.7 billion doses have been given, so i think peopl...

April on gun violence, are those executive orders are not enough? >> it is a huge step forward but ultimately, we have an epidemic of gun violence. we saw gun sales all across this country soared by 64% increase. we have thousands of guns in homes as first time gun owners or perhaps not safely stored. across the city across america, they seen record spike in homicides. it is deeply troubling. we have to understand to solve this issue, we need comprehensive public safety approaches that are entirely consistent with the second amendment. we need to expand the law and the executive actions are re...

A very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with an encouraging trend on the first holiday weekend since mask mandates were lifted for vaccinated americans. 43 states are experiencing a decline in coronavirus cases over the past two weeks. it comes as the country tops 33,400,000 cases with almost 600,000 americans losing their lives to the virus. and with the drop in cases comes a record spike in travel. the tsa says 1.9 million travelers passed through checkpoints on friday, making this the first time ...

>> reporter: days later she couldn't breathe and was back at the hospital, where she tested positive for covid. she spent nine days on a ventilator but made it through. [ cheers and applause ] her aunt says she had no underlying conditions. >> this is your friend. this is your sister. this can happen to you. >> reporter: with a record spike in cases, lines are snaking up to covid-19 testing sites. many sitting for hours in the heat of summer, only to wait weeks to get their results. from florida, where some sites have closed after running out of tests, to texas, where some families have been t...