right now on "america this morning," the summer surge accelerating. daily covid cases in the u.s. now topping 100,000 for the first time since winter. long lines once again forming at testing sites. dr. anthony fauci warning things are going to get even worse. bipartisan breakthrough. overnight senators unveiling a $1 trillion infrastructure bill to rebuild america's roads and bridges. what happens next and why some democrats in the house are already signaling that they don't approve of this version of the bill. going for gold. team usa adding more medals overnight in tokyo as a new world's fastest man is crowned, plus one athlete saying she was taken to the airport against her will after criticizing her coac.

under investigation, the wife of an nhl player claiming he bet on his own games and intentionally lost for gambling profits. the player speaking out this morning. a lot less lead. what's behind the country's ammunition shortage? and 24 karat magic in a bottle. the pricey tequila with one special ingredient. good monday morning, everyone. we begin with the surging delta variant triggering a new warning from dr. anthony fauci. >> after weeks of increasing infections, daily covid cases topped 100,000 for the first time in five months, and some areas are seeing record hospitalizations. dr. fauci says things will get worse. >> there's been an uptick in vaccination rates, but health officials are calling on even more americans to roll up their sleeves. abc's andrea fujii has the latest. >> reporter: good morning, mona and andrew. the white house says the number

of people getting vaccinated has been steadily increasing since july 5th, but officials worry that's not fast enough. an alarming rise in covid-19 infections across the country. for the first time since february, cases surpassed 100,000 in a single day over the weekend, and hospital admissions surging to more than 6,000 patients a day. with cases soaring steadily over the past six weeks mainly due to the more contagious delta variant, dr. anthony fauci with a stern warning. >> things are going to get worse. we have 100 million people in this country who are eligible to be vaccinated who are not getting vaccinated. >> reporter: though dr. fauci does not anticipate lockdowns, he says people in areas where vaccination rates are low are at the most risk. more than 76% of counties are now reporting high or substantial transmission rates and louisiana with the highest case rate in the country, hospital admissions have gone up 500% in the last month, and it's

not just adults, our lady of the lake children's health in baton rouge now has 11 kids hospitalized with covid, six in the icu. many who can't yet get the vaccine. >> we're seeing more children who are sick. it's literally twice the amount of children that we're seeing hospitalized than we were during the original surge. >> reporter: in nebraska shelly wachter urging people from her hospital bed not to make the same mistake she did and get vaccinated. >> i could have saved myself and my family so much by having gotten the immunization. >> reporter: the cdc suggested the delta variant is more contagious than the common cold. an average person with a cold can infect two to three people but an average person with the delta variant can infect five to nine people. mona, andrew. >> andrea, thank you. and turning now to our other major headline, millions bracing for more extreme and dangerous

weather out west. monsoon thunderstorms, flash flooding and mudslides are wreaking havoc in colorado. part of an interstate west of denver will be closed for an extended period of time after it was damaged in a mudslide. this morning, dangerous downpours swamping the west, monsoon rains inundating parts of arizona triggering flash floods and creating terrifying scenes like this. entire neighborhoods transformed into rivers as fast-moving stormwaters sweep through the streets and into homes. >> this is insane. >> within a couple of minutes it was overflowing. >> reporter: a similar scene in california after a rare downpour caused serious flooding in joshua tree. meanwhile, the wet weather creating this unprecedented mudslide in colorado. trees and debris swamping interstate 70 trapping dozens of cars and stranding some drivers for days. the thick mud more than ten feet

deep in some spots. colorado officials now saying the slide is so severe and unstable, they don't know when the interstate will re-open, but the flooding is not the only hazard from these storms. lightning strikes sparking new fires in california as firefighters battle massive blazes already burning across the state. meanwhile, this fire in montana has burned more than 65,000 acres becoming the largest fire in the state. the flames moving so fast, even this herd of elk struggled to escape, and now experts warn that a new round of storms are expected to bring wind and lightning but little rain, a combination that could create the perfect storm for wildfires. we'll have a closer look at your forecast coming up in less than five minutes. senators have unveiled the final touch of the trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill. after a rare weekend session senate minority leader senator chuck schumer said a final vote on the 2,700-page legislation could be held within days, but representative alexandria ocasio-cortez says progressives

in the house won't pass the bipartisan bill without a larger $3.5 trillion package. >> we need a reconciliation bill if this bipartisan bill is -- if we want this bipartisan bill to pass. >> how many house progressives do you think are with you on this? >> i believe a very large amount of the progressive caucus. the total amount is about 90. i am not the whip of the progressive caucus, but what i can tell you is that it's certainly more than three, and it is in the double digits, absolutely. >> enough to prevent it from passing. >> more than enough. >> the bipartisan bill includes $550 billion in new spending and covers physical infrastructures like roads, bridges and broadband, but some democrats say it's not big enough. house speaker nancy pelosi and other democrats are calling on the biden administration to extend the ban on evictions after it expired over the weekend. millions of americans financially impacted by the pandemic fear they could be forced from their homes. some progressives staked out the steps of the capitol to demand

an extension to the moratorium including congresswoman cori bush who camped out all night. >> when we signed up for this job, we signed up to represent every single person in our district regardless of if you have four walls or not, if you have a business or not, if you have money or not, if you're black, white, whatever, it is not okay for us to go home and go on vacation right now while 7 million people's lives are at risk. that's our job. >> the white house is urging state and local governments to quickly distribute more than $40 billion in assistance that's already allocated for renters and landlords. now to the olympic games in tokyo where there's a new world's fastest man, an italian sprinter has taken over the title, and swimmers on team usa have created a doping firestorm after they made allegations against other athletes, but we start with the fastest man in the world. this morning for the first time an italian man holds the title of world's fastest man after a shocking win by lamont marcell

jacobs in the men's 100-meter. american fred kerley taking silver in that event with his fastest time ever. on the women's side kendra harrison adding to the u.s. medal tally taking silver in the 100-meter hurdles event, and in gymnastics, simone biles withdrawing from the floor exercise. but overnight team usa announcing biles will return for the balance beam finals later today. that would be biles' final chance for a medal. and the swimming events may be over, but the drama around the pool growing with another american raising allegations of doping. >> there were, i'm sure, a lot of people from certain countries competing this week that probably shouldn't have been here. >> reporter: five-time medalist lilly king speaking out after her teammate ryan murphy suggested the sport wasn't clean. the backstroke star finishing behind russian athlete evgeny rylov in both of his individual backstroke events. rylov as adamantly denied any doping, and murphy made it

clear he wasn't specifically accusing him. >> i think the world needs to do better in terms of fighting doping. i never mentioned a specific athlete. i never mentioned a specific country. >> reporter: russian athletes are banned from competing under their own flag after a massive state-sponsored doping program was discovered after the 2014 sochi games. and this morning, the international olympic committee saying a belarusian athlete is, quote, safe and secure after she refused to board a flight home. the sprinter said she was taken to the airport against her wishes after she publicly complained about her coaches. the belarusian olympic committee is run by the oldest son of victor lukashenko who has been called europe's last dictator. that committee adding the sprinter was removed from the team because of her emotional and psychological state. and some other team usa medals to note, in diving krysta palmer took bronze in the women's 3-meter springboard and in weightlifting, katherine nye took home silver. time now for a closer look at your morning weather. good morning. the monsoonal moisture continues to move across the four corners

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checking the top stories, dr. anthony fauci is warning that things will get worse after nationwide covid cases topped 100,000 in a single day for the first time since february as the delta variant surges, the vaccination rate has been going up but some parts of the country are now seeing record hospitalizations. afghanistan's government is losing more ground in its fight against the taliban. afghan forces say three major cities continue to be under attack including kandahar, the group is being blamed for a bombing outside the city which killed at least five civilians. the u.s. is blaming iran for a deadly drone strike on an israeli managed oil tanker off the coast last week. israel and the uk also accused iran of carrying out last week's attack that killed a british national and romanian citizen. thunderstorms out west, sunny in the midwest.

stormy along the gulf coast from texas to florida and the carolinas. mostly sunny in the northeast. and finally a young woman on new york's long island is making a big splash in her community. >> she's diving in to help people would don't know how to swim. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: while the world is watching the fastest swimmers race in tokyo. >> ooh, there we go. >> reporter: paulana lamonier is on long island, new york. focusing on swimming and race in an entirely different way. >> i'm the founder of black people will swim where we are smashing the racist stereotype that black people don't swim encouraging our community to face their fears. >> i'm right behind you, okay? >> reporter: easing fears by sharing her love and knowledge of swimming. >> yes, no kicking, relax. you got this. >> my mom knew how to swim thanks to my grandmother so my mom kind of paved the way and put us in swimming lessons as well. >> reporter: once she mastered the fundametals she eventually

became a swim coach herself. >> i've been coaching and teaching tons of people fromo swim, but what really stuck out to me is just not seeing enough compared to any other race there is. >> reporter: two years ago she came up with an idea to help tacking the problem. >> i said, you know what, i'm going to teach 30 people how to swim and from there it just went viral. >> reporter: her students are grateful for the potentially--saving lessons. >> i was the stereotype or i am because i'm somebody who can't swim. i want the cycle to stop so that i cannot pass on that fear. >> and go. for anyone who is scared to learn how to swim who has one foot in, one foot out, feel the fear and do it anyway. feel the fear and do it. >> that is a great message. our thanks to linsey and that's what's making news in america this morning. stay with us for "good

morning america" and have a right now on "america this morning," the summer surge accelerating. daily covid cases in the u.s. now topping 100,000 for the first time since winter. long lines once again forming at testing sites. dr. anthony fauci warning things are going to get even worse. bipartisan breakthrough. overnight senators unveiling a $1 trillion infrastructure bill to rebuild america's roads and bridges. what happens next and why some democrats in the house are already signaling that they don't approve of this version of the bill. going for gold. team usa adding more medals overnight in tokyo as a new world's fastest man is crowned, plus one athlete saying she was taken to the airport against her will after criticizing her