hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i'm isa soares in london. just ahead, the surging delta variant has health experts ringing the alarm. is it time to hit the reset button. dozens of wildfires are scorching the american west, one so large it is changing the weather. plus this -- celebrations in wisconsin for the first time in 50 years, milwaukee bucks win

the nba championship. hello, everyone, happy wednesday. now the united states is seeing a shocking increase in doefd ca covid vases as the delta variant surges. the cdc says that variant now accounts for more than 83% of covid cases and about 22% of the population live in counties with high covid transmission. the cdc director continues to plea with americans to get vaccinated. take take a listen. >> this is a dramatic increase up 50% from the week of july 3. in some parts of the country the percentage is even higher particularly in areas of low vaccination rates. the message from cdc remains

clear. the best way to prevent the spread of covid-19 variants is to prevent the spread of disease and vaccination is the most powerful tool we have. >> some states are taking measures to control counts. new york city will require workers at hospitals and health clinics to get vaccinated or take weekly tests. it has been detected among some who are fully vaccinated. the delta variant is posing a particular threat to children. the american academy of pediatrics reports 23,000 kids in the u.s. were diagnosed with covid-19 last week. the cdc director says the number of children diagnosed with covid is alarming. >> one thing i want to note with the children, i think we fall into this flawed thinking of saying that only 400 of the 600,000 deaths from covid-19

have been in children. children are not supposed to die. and so 400 is a huge amount for a respiratory season. >> one of the harder hit states is arkansas where one doctor is urging the public to get vaccinated after seeing a trend in cases among 20 to 30-year-olds who never got their shots. >> i'm dr. polbolden, i've been working our covid unit. i get asked with a our covid unit looks like. i've seen a dramatic rise in 20-year-olds and 30-year-olds, you unvaccinated patients who are not coming in through the e.r. requiring oxygen in small amounts and being hospitalized for a day or two. but younger, healthier patients with no co-morbid condition

ending up on ventilator, high path oxygen and extremely sick, sicker than at anytime during this pandemic. >> and the cdc says almost 49% of americans are fully vaccinated and about 56% have gotten at least one shot. vaccine hesitancy though remains high in some states prompting republican lawmakers to speak out. here is what the senate minority leader had to say to those holding out. >> if there is anybody out there willing to listen, get vaccinated. these shots need to get in everybody's arms as rapidly as possible. or we'll be back in a situation in the fall that we don't yearn for, that we went through last year. >> meanwhile a new study says there is evidence that suggests people who got the single dose johnson & johnson vaccine might benefit from a booster shot.

researchers claim it would better protect them from new variants of the virus. the study was done in a lab and does not reflect real world effects of the vaccine and not yet peer reviewed. the competition at the olympics is under way after being delayed a year. and more and more athletes including men and women's basketball team are arriving in japan. the highly anticipated opening ceremony slated for friday in tokyo while rising covid cases have overshadowed the ploikolym. the head of w.h.o. says the world needs now more than ever a celebration of hope. still there is a lot of a concern as you can march about co -- imagine about covid-19. and blake essig is following the story for us. as we see that olympic covid cases continue to pile up, i've

read that the gymnastics team and basketball team are staying in a hotel rather than the village. how is that any safer? >> reporter: well, you know, as far as the usa gymnastics team and possibly the basketball team staying in a hotel, the idea that you are not going to be potentially surrounded by tens of thousands of other athletes in an environment that you might not be able to control will absolutely be attractive to make sure that you don't have any athletes that do test positive. cases in tokyo are surging and olympic-related cases continue to pile up. as of today, 79 people involved with the games have tested positive, five have been confirmed from inside the olympic village. and even though the opening ceremony is only two days away, while it seems unlikely, the tokyo 2020 chief says organizers are not ruling out canceling the games at the last minute although organizers maintain

that the olympic village is a safe place to stay. and team usa gymnastics has decided to stay at a hotel rather than the olympic village. the team's coach took to twitter to say that while it isn't ideal, they can better control the athletes and their safety in a hotel setting. >> so given that, do they expect -- do the olympic organizers others to follow suit, is this something that they were predicting? what are they telling you in regards to this? >> reporter: i think as more and more athletes continue to test positive, and it is not just once they are arriving here in tokyo, i mean, we've had a chilean tae kwon do athlete touch positive. and a dutch skate boarder, we're not sure if she was inside the village, but she also tested positive and mentioned on social media that she is heartbroken, that she did everything that she

possibly could to prevent coming into contact with the virus. but it happened. and so when you hear these stories, and i imagine that we'll continue to hear the same story for the next several days and weeks to come as these olympic and paralympic games play out, that people will start to look at potentially staying at hotels where you can better control the environment to protect athletes. >> blake essig, keep us posted. while some members of team usa are now also nba champions. the milwaukee bucks won their first league title in 50 years tuesday night over the suns. the score was tied after three quarters but by the finalis whenle, the bucks try you haved 105-98. fans poured into the streets to celebrate. patrick snell will have much more for us on the new champions coming up later this hour. i want to take you to washington where the u.s. house

speaker says that she is considering the republican leader he'l le leader's picks for the select committee to investigate the riots. three of the five eeobjected to jim jordan wants to know why there wasn't better security. >> we know what this is about, this is about going after president trump. the democrats, they don't want to talk about anything else, so they have to talk about this. >> the u.s. justice department has released four new videos of the violent attacks. we'll bring you those videos later this hour. the former chairman of donald trump's inaugural committee is charged with illegal foreign lobbying. a judge has ordered him detained until a court hearing on monday. paula reid has the details for you. >> i'm here because donald trump is one of my closest friends for

40 years. >> reporter: one of former president trump's closest allies and biggest find raisers, tom barrack, is facing federal charges related to alleged attempts to influence the 2020 trump campaign and administration on behalf of a foreign country. the united arab emirates. and lying to cover it un. barrack was arrested by the fbi in california, one of his employees matthew grimes was also arrested and charged. prosecutors allege that during the 2016 campaign when barrack was a campaign adviser, he and grimes acted as agents of the uae tasking with influencing the public opinion, foreign policy positions of the campaign and of the u.s. government as well as developing a back channel line of communication. prosecutors say that influence could be seen in this line of a speech that trump gave in may 2016. >> we'll work with our gulf

allies to develop a positive energy relationship. >> reporter: and prosecutors say that barrack failed to register as an a ligent of a foreign government as the law requires. he was allegedly acting on behalf of the uae during media appearances. and then barrack was chairman of his inaugural committee. it was during this time prosecutors say that he repeatedly took steps to assist the uae in connection with the transition to the incoming administration. communicating with unnamed emirati officials. the assistance allegedly continued into the trump administration. between january 2017 and october 2017, when prosecutors say barrack acted to aid the uae in its dealings with the executive branch. that allegedly included agreeing to advocate for the appointment of individuals favored by the uae in the new u.s. government administration. when the fbi interviewed him in 2019 about his activities with the uae, prosecutors allege

barrack knowingly made numerous materially false statements in a statement, a spokesman for barrack said that his client has made himself available to investigators from the outset. he is not guilty and will be pleading not guilty. paula reid, cnn, washington. prosecutors describe barrack has an extreme flight risk with access to private jet and contacts in several countries. elie honig explains why barrack is not the only one in serious trouble. >> we've decided it is dangerous to have people lobbying our government on behalf of foreign countries when we don't know about it. and he is charged with obstruction of justice, so that just ups the ante. so he has two different layers of legal problems. tom barrack is 74, these are federal charges, these are not state charges. the feds almost always get convictions. if you look at this indictment, it is based on tom barrack's own words, often times emails and

texts that he accepts. only way that he can protect himself is by cooperating with the feds and the way that works in the fed system, you have to give up everybody you know, and you have to be willing to testify about it. so other people around barrack have reason to be worried here. >> now, more than 80 major wildfires are burning in the united states, including one so massive it is creating his own weather. we'll get the latest report from the front lines. and a picture perfect launch and landing for jeff bezos. coming up, how the billionaire turned astronaut described his historic flight. . >> now, on how it felt, oh, my god! my expectations were high, and they were take matt itticly exceeded. it's a simple fact: it even kills the covid-19 virus. science supports these simple facts. there's only one true lysol. lysol. what it takes to protect. -hey. -hi.

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astronaut is already talking about his next adventure. he wants to make space travel affordable and use it in a way to help safe the planet. kristin fisher has a look at his flight and ambitions. >> ever since i was five years old, i've been passionate about space. >> reporter: jeff bezos grew up spending summers at his grand grandparents' ranch in texas dreaming of a day when he could go into space. and he was obsessed with sar trek, and secretly buying land in texas using a character's name for the purchase. >> one, two -- >> reporter: it took him about half a century, but today on the 52nd anniversary of that first lunar landing, bezos made his dreams come true in the same skies over the loanne star stat. bezos, his brother, wally funk and oliver daemon enjoyed about

10 minutes of spacelessness. but it is not cheap. he first needed to found the company that made him the wealthiest man in the world. at amazon, jeff bezos turned online bookstore he created out of his garage 27 years ago into a delivery juggernaut. but he never lost sight of those childhood dreams. >> if i could do anything, i would like to go help explore space. >> reporter: now bezos along with fellow billionaire elon musk are trying to disrupt space travel the same way they transformed their respective industries here on earth. >> what we're doing is the first step of something big. and i know what that feels like. i did it three decades ago go, almost three decades ago, with amazon. but you can tell when you are on to something. >> reporter: and that something is creating a road to space. blue origin is working towards a

world where heavy industries on earth are moved into space to preserve the planet and protect humanity. he believes takes natural evolution for humankind. >> zero gchlt ps may have been f the biggest surprises because it felt so normal. like almost like we were as humans involved to be in that environment. >> reporter: but back on plan ei el believe it is not normal to be billionaires. a congresswoman saying welcome back to earth where the richest 0.1% of americans hold nearly as much wealth as bottom 90% of american families combined. on the day before liftoff, bezos said he gets it when people accuse him and richard branson of using these flights as joy rides to the wealthy instead of spending their fortunes solving problems here on earth. >> they are largely right. we have to do both. we have lots of problems in the here and now on earth and we need to work on those. and we always need to look to

the future. >> reporter: the future for blue origin is two more crewed flights later this year. though it is still unclear how much those seats will go for. new shepard named after alan shepard the first american in space. and next year they are hoping to launch new glenn named after john glenn. and this rocket is supposed to go all the bay into orbit. kristin fisher, cnn, texas. and shortly after landing jeff bezos sat down with anderson cooper to talk more about the future of space travel. take a listen. >> we need to build a road to space, i mean build infrastructure, reusable space vehicles and so on, so that the next generations can build a future. >> so some smart kid in a storm room right now has a dream for space, they can't do it. >> that's right.

but if we can lay that infrastructure, do that hard work, then there will be able to be a bunch of entrepreneurs, maybe oliver who flew with us today will be one of them. >> what does that look like though? you've talked about a human presence on the moon, obviously mars. >> we have to move polluting industry off earth. earth is too small and -- >> so coal plants, and -- >> everything. we can beam it town. when we make microchips and everything else, all that dirty polluting stuff we'll make it in space and do those activities in space. it will be much better. >> skref bezos talking to anderson cooper there, his vision for a road to space. there are now at least 83 large wildfires burning across 13 states, and they include the bootleg fire, so intense that it

is creating its own weather. it is among the latest scenes more tdestructive wildfires are the new normal. dan simons reports. >> reporter: the bootleg fire has scorched more than 600 square miles. >> this is the fourth largest fire to burn in oregon since 1900. >> reporter: it is so massive and so dangerous that fire crews have had to escape the fire nine days in a row. >> we saw multiple pyrocumulous clouds. >> reporter: and it is creating either own weather. the formation enables the fire to create its own thunderstorms which can produce lightning, strong winds and even fire tornadoes. >> we just continue to see day after day after day of conditions that are not in our favor. >> reporter: in a typical wildfire, the weather will dictate the path and intensity, but with the bootleg, experts say the fire is predicting what the weather will do.

nearly 1100 acres burning per hour and containment just around 30%, nearly 70 homes have been destroyed. >> what is clear is that no corner of our state is immune to fire. on the west coast and here in oregon, the urgent and dangerous climate crisis has exacerbated conditions on the ground. >> reporter: the bootleg fire far from alone, more than 80 large wildfires are raging in 13 states across the country, burning more than 1 million acres. in california, the tamarack fire has forced the evacuation of at least a half dozen communities. most were only begin a few minutes to evacuate when the fire exploded saturday, going from 500 acres to now nearly 40,000. >> we had 10 minutes to grab, you know, what we could and the dog and got out of there. >> reporter: anxious residents allowed to return to their homes today with an escort to look around and grab some essentials. >> just hoping to see our house

still standing. i know they say that it is okay, but i really want to see it for myself. it is id deputy told us the hou is still standing. we want to check it all out. >> dan simon there reporting from california. wildfires and droughts scorch the american west, but countries in east asia are bracing for a powerful typhoon. karen maginnis is with us. on the fires in the united states, is there any respite in sight? firefighters are facing brutal flames. >> extremely brutal. they are really seeing some huge challenges with this huge fire in not just south central oregon but all those 83 major fires we don't even talk about the smaller fires that get under control fairly easily. but this particular fire, the firefighters are saying they are making slow but steady progress. in excess of 388,000 acres have

already burned, 158,000 hectors. they are saying that it is probably caused by lightning and even though it is the fourth largest in oregon, it is quickly climbing up in the ranks. this smoke that is blowing towards the northeast is also polluting the air across central canada, all the way towards the northeastern corridor of the united states. and new york city, take a look at this view from an airplane where the air is dirty. they say they are seeing some of the worst air pollution there since the past seven years and you can see just how brown and unhealthy that air looks. for tokyo, temperatures will be hot, mostly in the low 30s with the humidity up there as well. and we've seen a staggering amount of rainfall and 12 fatalities associated with this

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the games of the 35th o olympics are awarded to brisbane, australia. >> a developing story coming in, brisbane has been successful in its bid to be the host city of the 2032 olympic games. you can see there this is just a few moments ago, how excited they were to get to hear that announcement from the committee. of course many expected the committee to award brisbane as they are meeting for the current gaks games. 2032 will be the third time an australian city hosts the summer games. the 1956 games were held in melbourne and the 2000 summer olympics were held in sydney. so brisbane just finding out

that they will host the 2032 olympics. and dcongratulations to them. we have to stay vigilant especially with the delta variant that is out there. while covid-19 cases are rising, virtually all of the covid deaths and hospitalizations are from unvaccinated people. >> that is u.s. president biden talking about some of the challenges facing the country right now. he presided over his second official cabinet meeting meant to symbolize a return to normalcy. as the president marks six months in the oval office this week, there is a cloud of uncertainty over his agenda. later tonight he will be in a cnn town hall in cincinnati, ohio. jeff zeleny is already there talking to voters about the president's promises. >> what we heard from the

election that, hey, we don't have time to play around, we've got to move and people want action. >> reporter: alisha reese is sizing up president biden's first six months in office. >> i'm not saying that the administration is perfect, we have other things to work on, certainly voting rights got to get done, criminal justice, forgive george floyd bill. >> reporter: here in cincinnati, early promises from the biden administration like economic relief from the pandemic have been delivered. and other pledges like improving infrastructure are teetering. >> if we keep the theme of delivering for the american people, i think that he will would be okay. but if we get back to the old days of washington bickering back and forth while the american people watch it and say hey, they are totally disconnected from us, then we'll be going backwards. >> reporter: vice president of the county afford of commissioners sums up the challenges facing biden. one face of the failing

infrastructure has long been right here, the bridge which crossing the ohio river on one of the busiest trucking routes in the country. the infrastructure bill, if it does not go through, how much of a disappointment will that be? >> i think it will be a big disappointment because we've heard over and over that infrastructure is so important. >> reporter: six months after taking office, biden has entered the long hard days of summer. >> there is so much more to do. >> reporter: a critical stretch on which the success of his presidency will rise or fall amid a covid-19 resurgence, inflation worries and complex foreign policy challenges. alan flurry voted for biden and so far is generally pleased with his new president. >> a president that is working with others, consulting with others. i feel like he has more strategic direction, less shooting from the hip. >> reporter: biden admirers

point to his character and kindness as a nice respite. >> so far he is doing really good. >> reporter: but in a country deeply divided, other biden supporters want him to use the power of the oval office while he has it. >> takes tough job, i know he has a tough job. i think there is things that he can do to be more forceful. >> reporter: joe mallory is president of the cincinnati naacp, he is waiting for biden to speak more forcefully on protecting voting rights and police reform. >> he has a lot of room for improvement. you know, because this is just the beginning part of his term, but we're still going to be pressing for more. >> reporter: and even though the president is only at the six month mark of his term, there is a sense of urgency in the west wing. a senior adviser telling me the clock is running, and the president certainly knows that. that explains why the next few weeks are so critical for

infrastructure, fighting back covid-19 and of course handling the variety of other crises impacting the white house. the president certainly now entering a new phase of his first year in office. jeff zeleny, cnn, cincinnati. and be sure to tune into the biden town hall, don lemon moderates the discussion on a wide range of issues including coronavirus pandemic. that is live wednesday at 8:00 p.m. in new york, 8:00 a.m. thursday on hong kong. and as democrats and republicans prepare for next week's hearing on the january 6 breach of the u.s. capitol, the u.s. justice department released new videos of the riot showing a former special forces soldier assaulting police. brian todd has the details and a warning some of the images you are about to see are disturbing. >> get back! >> reporter: just a feew second into this video, a flag is

thrown at police and a female officer is assaulted hand to hand. her grimaces of pain clearly audible. four new video clips of the assault on the capitol on january 6th just released by the justice department. the man that officials say is assaulting police in all of them, jeffrey mckellum, he is wearing a helmet, gas mask and a kevlar vest. here prosecutors say he lunges at an officer, is pepper sprayed. the female officer who officials say he attacked is seen grabbing her face in pain, being helped by other officers. in this clip, watch the officer

in white. officials say this is mckellup hitting a man with the pole and throwing it. the captain was cut near his left eye. these battles took place in the inauguration staging area outside the capitol. the scene of some of the most violence combat that day. and where the police line eventually collapsed. the man who officials say attacked the officer so viciously served in the army for 23 years, spending time in the special forces and was deployed twice to afghanistan. twice to iraq. doord federal judges have ordered him to stay in jail while the court case progresses. he is charged with 12 federal crimes. he has pleaded not guilty. brian todd, cnn, washington. search crews in surfside, florida are nearing the bottom of the rubble pile left behind after the condo collapse.

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grandparent or other relative responsible for their care due to the coronavirus. india has recorded well over 400,000 covid deaths, the third highest death toll in the world. but a new study suggests the true tally could be in the millions. the u.s. center for global development says several million excess deaths with are reported between january of last year and this past june. on tuesday the uk reported its highest number of daily covid deaths since march, nearly 100 just a day after england's reopening. and in france fulofficials warn that the dellta variant is spreading faster than ever. and jim bittermann is joining us.

good morning, jim. let's talk about this health passport being introduced as we see the rise in covid infections. how is it being received by the public? because i can tell you that the debate here in the uk has been some what controversial. >> reporter: they have that it as easy as possible for people to prove that they have had vaccinations or have tested negative. this is my health pass, it is a very small little document to carry around in your wallet. you can also put it in your iphone, it has a qr code on the back. basically it shows -- attests to the fact that you have been tested as healthy or you have the vaccinations. and it is now as of today going to be required to get into any location where there is going to be more than 50 people gathered inside. the museums, theaters, cinemas and even in some instances places of worship. so it will become a part of life

here, no question about it, and of course what the health minister said in parliament basically that the caseload here is skyrocketing. 18,000 cases in the last 24 hour reporting period, that is 150% increase over just the last week. so a lot of people are very alarmed about that, but this health pass i think that we'll get them through these things. of course the question comes up, what happens if you are not french, you don't have these apps in your phone, you are coming as a tourist. well, in fact there have been testing centers now set up near locations where tourists are likely -- the eiffel tower for example, so you can get tested with an anti agaigen test and g access to those sites that you might want to go to. >> and i want to cago to new delhi. local administrations across india have been accused throughout this pandemic of

really undercounting some may say purposely covid-19 deaths. what is the reaction to this latest report and the image it paints? >> reporter: well, staggering numbers coming in indeed from that study. but at the very outeiset author said that the estimates could not be exact figures because they based it on data that is doing from the country essentially and secondly, also that all the deaths are not all covid related. and they are talking estimates of 3.4 million and 4.9 million. and this is a study that started in january 2020 until about june 2021. and so a few of the pre-pandemic months have also been added to the study. now this study has of course

really gone ahead and extrapolated numbers from the system that records the birth and death of people along with that surveys and a survey that interviewed about 800,000 individuals and 3.4 million and 4.9 million is the figure that the is it you had did i prostud projects. yesterday in parliament as well, the health minister responded to a question on the possibility of underreporting of deaths in the country to which he said why would the indian government hide these numbers. we haven't asked authorities to underreport on the fatalities due to covid-19. also interestingly, a survey by the icmi this is a government funded medical research institute has come out with figures that exceed the population above the age of 6 have been infected and 400 million people of the 1.3

billion population is still vulnerable to covid-19. >> staggering federal governments from that study there. thank you both very much. now the centers for disease control and prevention says that the coronavirus is largely to blame for a drop in life expectancy in the united states. a new study shows between 2019 and 2020, life expect taps city expect dance ci dropped by a yer and a half, the lowest level since 2003.taps city expect dance i dropped by a year and a half, the lowest level since 2003. still to come here on "cnn newsroom," a championship fight decades in the making. the bucks and their fans are celebrating the end of a title drought.

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there noofrom this morning on tuesday. he is already serving a 23 year sentence in new york after being found guilty for sexual assault as well as rape. he is appealing that conviction and has denied all previous allegations. 50 points for the mvp helped the bucks bring home their first nba championship in 50 years. patrick snell has that and more in our minute in sports. thanks. half a century in the making, bucks nba champions for the first time in 50 years. what a performance from giannis who delivered performance for the ages in his team's 105-98 victory. the 26-year-old from athens with 50 points, 14 rebounds and 5 blocks, the bucks' first title since 1971 and one very emotional giannis reflecting on it all afterward. >> i want to thank milwaukee for believing in me. thank my teammates, man, they

played hard every frickin' game. you know, i wanted to do it here in this city and with these guys. so i'm happy that we were able to get it done. >> and the tokyo 2020 summer games don't officially start until friday, but competition now under way, softball making its return to the games amid a plethora of empty seats. japan winning against australia 8-1. meantime another example is very clear and present reminder of the ongoing owing covid situation in japan with the ceo of tokyo 2020 no less not ruling out an 11th hour cancellation amid rising covid cases. and those swimmers september home following an admin error, while the swimming federation had originally sent 23 swimmers to japan, but that number had to be cut down to 17 based on qualifying rules. emotional scenes there. and with that, it is right back

to you. thanks very much and congrats to the bucks. a police officer in the united states is being hailed a hero. after running to the scene of a fire, he told the trapped family to jump from the window and caught them as they fell. >> how many people in there? what is the address here, what is the address? i got you, i got you. come on. nope, i got you. i got you. >> the family was treated for smoke inhalation. a go fund me more than $5,000. and that does it for this hour. thanks for joining us. "early start" is up next.

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nearly 73 million americans now live in an area where covid is running rampant. why some doctors say it is time to mask up once again. former president trump's inauguration committee chair joining a long list of allies facing criminal charges. and they are celebrating on the streets of milwaukee for the first time in 50 years. the bucks are nba champions. they are probably still out there this morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the