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the new covid surge continues across the country, pushing hospitals to the limit and tens of medicines of unvaccinated kids are caught in the middle as schools begin opening their doors. breaking details on a new miami high-rise where residents were ordered to evacuate because it was deemed unstable wicked weather impacting traveling, causing more destruction overnight as the u.n.'s climate change report is raising major concerns the bitcoin craze grows with movie giant amc saying they'll soon accept the cryptocurrency at the box office.
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and the hot yet cool cheetoes nicecream shake glad you're with us this morning. i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. the current wave of covid cases is beginning to rival the worst surges we have seen during this pandemic according to an nbc news tally, the u.s. has now confirmed over 36 million cases and these troubling milestones are coming more quickly. it took only eight days to confirm the last million infections, which is only half the time it took to climb from 34 to 35 million cases more hospitals are being overwhelmed by covid patients. cities in southern california including los angeles and san diego have seen their hospitalizations in two weeks. >> the pentagon announced it will require members of the military to get vaccinated against covid by mid-october major retailers are starting
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to adjust their mask guidance again. walmart, target, and kroger are among many stores either requiring or encouraging the use of masks but in florida,governor ron desantis is threatening to withhold the salaries of schools who impose masks >> doctors have a warning that it is downright dangerous to compare covid-19 with the seasonal flu 73 million children in the u.s. now at the center of the covid debate, and why covid protocols aren't the same as those for the seasonal flu >> there are more differences between the seasonal flu and covid-19 than there are similarities the only similarity is they're both airborne. >> reporter: pediatricians say comparisons reveal clear differences on almost every level. >> number one, we don't even have a vaccine for children under the age of 12.
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two-thirds of american children get the seasonal flu vaccine, and 90% of child flu deaths are among the unvaccinated more children have now died from covid than any flu season in recent memory, about 400 so far. on average between 34 and 200 children die from the seasonal flu each year. as schools return, covid case counts are surging >> delta's changing the game of what we thought we knew about everything with covid. >> reporter: there were 94,000 new cases in children last week, while hospital rates are tripling, icu doctors tell nbc news they're seeing healthy children in addition to those with underlying conditions doctors say delta variant is as contagious as the chickenpox and unlike the flu, complications and long-term effects of children are still unknown. >> it can be dangerous to draw comparisons or think of them as similar because it can lull us into a sense of security that is, frankly, false >> the fda has now asked both
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pfizer and moderna to expand their trials for 5 to 11-year-olds they are looking at whether or not there are rare side effects that could happy the but their best guess remains that the vaccine for that age group should be available by the end of the year. breaking overnight, hundreds of residents forced out of their homes after a condo was deemed unsafe by the city of miami. it happened at 5050 northwest 7th street right across from miami international airport. this comes just six weeks after the surfside collapse claimed the lives of 98 people city officials posted that notice on the building forcing the residents to scramble last minute >> it's obviously not adequate for the building to continue to be occupied. and it's not safe. that is why all of you did not get proper notice. >> the condo has 137 units city officials are working to
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help relocate the residents. the senate is expected to finally break the gridlock on capitol hill today and pass its trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill. the legislation cleared the final hurdle late sunday night setting up a vote for later this morning. nbc's tracie potts is in d.c. with the latest. it looks like this is finally happening. >> reporter: right it looks like this could be a reality soon if in fact this legislation clears, it would inject a trillion dollars into our nation's infrastructure to repair roads and bridges, to revamp the nation's broadband network, and enhance cybersecurity. democrats are also working on a $3.5 trillion plan focused on what they call human infrastructure, things like expanding medicare and improving education. >> we have managed to steer two trains at the same time. there have been some bumps there have been some delays, but the senate is on track to finish
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both tracks. the democratic budget will be the most significant legislation for american families since the era of the new deal and the great society. >> if they want 50 lockstep democratic votes to spend trillions and trillions more, they can find 50 democratic votes to finance it. if they don't want republicans' input, they don't need our help. they deserve to have total ownership of that decision >> that's going to face some serious opposition from republicans. but if democrats stick together, they can get it passed with a simple majority. the house is expected to take up both bills next month. >> the back and forthcoming down to this day. tracie, thank you. new troubles for prince andrew jeffrey epstein accuser virginia roberts giuffre filed a federal lawsuit in new york alleging the royal sexually abused her when
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she was 17 years old the suit claims the abuse happened on separate occasions in london, new york, and on epstein's private island dating back about 20 years ago. giuffre claims jeffrey epstein and ghislaine maxwell introduced her to prince andrew and compelled her to engage in sexual acts with him she claims it caused longlasting emotional distress the prince has denied the allegations that he had sex with her. this new development comes on the two-year anniversary of epstein's death. he took his own life while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges in 2019. the chicago police department is mourning the loss of one of its own and praying for the recovery of another officer after they were shot in the line of duty and now three people have been arrested in connection with the officer's death. officials say 29-year-old ella french and her partner were shot on saturday during a traffic stop on a vehicle for expired plates police say french was struck in the head and was pronounced dead at a local hospital. her partner was alsohit and remains in critical condition. one of the suspects whom police
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allege is the person who fired the fatal shots was also hit by gunfire. >> this is the first step toward justice as we work to honor our fallen officer and her partner the two offenders are brothers >> the two brothers charged in the incident have been identified as 21-year-old emantre morgan and 18-year-old eric morgan. the 29-year-old indiana man was also charged in the incident officers say he illegally purchased the firearm used in the shooting now to an urgent warning the u.n.'s new report on the climate crisis has declared the world is at the code red stage richard engel has more from london on the sobering findings. >> reporter: the signs are all there, with fires raging around the world in greece and turkey and in california. the dixie fire is knox the second largest wildfire in california history it's burned more than 600
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structures, displaced 30,000 people, and still threatens some 13,000 homes and where there isn't fire, there's water. once-in-a-century flash floods killed hundreds in germany, belgium, and china this summer the climate is getting more hostile, and the u.n. said it is already too late to stop some satisfy the devastating impacts of climate change. >> it is indisputable that human activities are causing climate change and making extreme weather events more frequent and severe >> reporter: the u.n. report is the world's largest and most up-to-date study on climate change it says rising sea levels and shrinking glaciers and arctic sea ice are irreversible for centuries or even millenia, with every region on the planet already impacted by more frequent and dangerous weather swings but it's not entirely without hopes can be stabilized if we act decisively over the next several decades.
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this wasn't talking about a theoretical problem that future generations are going to have to deal with. it says the damage has already been done. the key now is just limiting future damage. >> still disturbing. richard, thank you let's get a check now how today's weather is shaping up with nbc's meteorologist janessa webb janessa, good morning. >> hi, good morning. we have multiple weather stories that are happening across the west coast, another heat wave that's going to be building by tomorrow, and then a big-time severe weather threat for the midwest. that's the main focus for today, 37 million people dealing with this severe weather across the great lakes into the midwest we've already seen about 16 tornados drop down in the last 24 hours, and we're going to be seeing and dealing with that throughout your afternoon into your evening also these straight-line winds going to be a big-time issue across that area also the tropics, they are starting to heat up, potential tropical cyclone 6 has formed.
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we're thinking this goes into a tropical storm, alerts already put in place for puerto rico all the waintoy dallas 100 degrees for the upper midwest, another raet wave is headed your way. flash flooding going to be a big-time issue we'll talk about that coming up. >> serious stuff all right, janessa, we'll check in with you then the nba might have a dunk of the year contender in the summer league >> 6 for 7 >> oh, whoa! >> hornets' first-round pick kai jones happening there with that dunk right over there.
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jeff, good morning >> hey, good morning good morning, phillip. the much-beloved meme stock, they announced on earnings where the second quarter was a narrower loss than expected that they were going to start taking bitcoin for tickets from the end of this year it's been quite a remarkable turnaround for this business, which almost went bust these gamers on these reddit platforms have pushed the stock up over 1,500 percent this year. so quite remarkable, but they will, they say, take bitcoin now before the end of the year for tickets. look, if you are unhappy with the markets, you are hangry. if you like what your government has been saying of late or you're just hangry with the whole covid situation and, quite frankly, who isn't then the creamery says they've
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[ bleep ] the team investigated what they said was a racial slur directed toward marlins' outfielder brinson in the 9th inning rockies concluded he was not using a racial slur, instead he was calling for the team's mascot the fan wanted a photo with the mascot, but any fan who is caught using derogatory language will be ejected from coors field. a top harvard astronomer is looking to the skies for ufos despite harsh criticism from some of his peers. he says if there is something out there, we need to find out, after the government's june report on ufos, he received funding from a billionaire to look further into the issue. on his new venture dubbed the galileo project, he plans to install a network of small telescopes around the globe to keep a lookout and possibly capture an image of something
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weird. i want to know who that billionaire was, considering a couple of them have been out to space. >> we just got that u.n. climate report we got to find somewhere to go a star-studded comedy show, it's coming here to new york to mark the 20th anniversary of the september 11th terrorist attacks. it's going to feature comedians including jon stewart, pete davidson, dave chappelle and many more. the proceeds from this will go to 9/11-related charities. it will be september 12th. tickets will go on sale august 11th tomorrow. must get the ping pong ball through the hatch seals without touching the ball with anything other than their breath. oh
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>> that is some intense competition. the space station team also competed in events like synchronized floating. we don't know if nasa awarded any medals, but it doesn't matter what a great picture and how much fun is that >> they're already liv.
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right now at 4:30, pushing back against vaccine mandates. why city workers in san francisco say they are not getting the shot even if it costs them their jobs. everything always changed when the gun was pulled out. >> he tried to stop a robbery in oakland's chinatown, risking his own life. we hear from the good samaritan who stepped in to try to save a woman's life. this is "today in the bay." all right. we made it to you tuesday morning.

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