think of what peanuts have given humanity! fuel for vast migrations! sustenance for mountaineering expeditions and long journeys across the world! but most importantly? they give us something to eat when we drink beer. planters. a nut above. if you're 55 and up, t-mobile has plans built just for you. switch now and get 2 unlimited lines and 2 free smartphones. they give us something to eat when we drink beer. and now get netflix on us. it's all included with 2 lines for only $70 bucks! only at t-mobile. . in just moments, new york will become the latest city to unveil new steps to combat the raging covid delta variant. the mayor to announce that every

city-run healthcare facility will be required to be vaccinated or take a weekly test. this comes's the cdc sounds the alarm and says the delta variant accounts for all the cases across the country. overseas, a new setback for team usa, another american athlete testing positive, bringing the toll to at least five who will be side lined. we are live in tokyo, where an olympics official says he is not ruling out cancelling the games if the covid situation gets worse him we are live on capitol hill, where in just a few hours, finally the senate will take the first vote on whether to move forward with the $1 trillion infrastructure deal. straight ahead on why this first vote is likely to fail. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist in new york. in for hallie jackson who is on assignment. let's start with gabe gutierrez in new york city and stephanie

gosk at the olympics in tokyo. let's talk about this delta variant, the infection is surging, really all over the country at this point. thank you to us about the new steps that officials here in new york city are taking to fight the virus. >> reporter: yes. that's right, aaron. well, as you mentioned, the delta variant and counting for 83% of all new covid infection across the country and this morning the mayor of new york city is announcing that all employees at city-run hospitals, there is 11 of them, will be required to be vaccinated or to submit a weekly covid test. now, the mayor is set to make that announcement any moment now another a news conference. he actually spoke or talked about it just a short time ago right here on msnbc. >> there are 22 million healthcare workers in the united states and we think about 50% of them are not vaccinated. so what new york is doing today i hope will create momentum for both public and private healthcare, to go reach those

millions of millions of healthcare workers right now, let's get them vaccinated and keep going from there. >> reporter: now at those hospitals only 58% of employees are vaccinated. that manes 42 are not vaccinated. this move comes after the city of san francisco mandateed that all of its city employees be vaccinated. that happened last month. but across, we were reporting on the surge in cases, especially in the south. also, the cases are picking up here in the nest. connecticut, for example, just reported that its positivity rate had risen more than a full percentage point just in one day. >> a lot of people's fears become reality. it seems at least at this point in the state. let's go to stephanie gosk in tokyo today where there are concerns growing about the number of infections there. stephanie, i i don't over/* know

we learned overnight another athlete. >> reporter: another athlete, taylor crab and his brother said he's healthy. even though he tested positive and he should be able to play. the problem is that covid spreads, obviously. now you can add taylor crabb to that u.s. list that tested positive. some out of the country. some here in japan. we know more than 70 cases of covid have been discovered of the tens of thousands of people who are associated with the olympics. and they not just in the u.s., you have all countries acted. also, about half of those cases, people who live here japanese people volunteering taking part in the games then have you these comments from the head of the tokyo organizing committee, who was at a press conference. he was asked if it's still

possible to cancel the games altogether? he said, yes. i want to put that into context. because even with the case we've seen the tens of thousands of people getting tested daily, it constitutes less than .2% positivity rate, which is significantly low and there haven't been huge spikes. but if there is a spikes and anxieties here in this country, the official wanted to make it clear the possibility to cancel these games is still there, aaron. >> google -- following the science there, thank you boat. let's head to capitol hill where we are headed to a showdown in the senate. in a few hours, moving ahead on a $100 trillion vote. the first vote is likely to go down if defeat. leeanne caldwell is in new york.

senators worked late into the night. still no deal. walk us through where we are, where things stand and what's expected to happen this afternoon. >> reporter: that's right, aaron. they did work late into the night still trying to figure out the final remaining issues. senator rob portman the lead republican negotiator in this group said on cnbc just moments ago, they're down to four or five remaining issues that still need to be figured out and agreed to. well, this group is going to continue to meet today. but despite the progress, republicans insist that they are going to vote and block this key test vote later today and that is going to force democrats and senate majority leader chuck schumer to reassess and figure out how to move forward. now, our sources are telling us, this is not going to be the end of these negotiation, if this

vote fails, in fact, the bipartisan group says they will keep working and talking. they need to complete this legislative test until they vote to move to this legislation. a lot of senators are asking for a monday time line a. lot of democrats, especially the progressives are growing wary of these bipartisan talks saying that are republicans really ever going to finish what they have started and are they really trying to just kill this entire legislation? and so, the trust is a little bit breaking down up here. as long as this bipartisan group continues to work, the game is not over yet, aaron. >> john, have you some reporting on this issue as well as leeanne just noted senator rob portman saying there are four or five key issues remaining. what are you hearing from senators working on this bill? >> reporter: yeah, they don't have a legislative text yet,

drafted in bill form. they don't have it scored which means the congressional bug office has looked at the legislation and said this is the impact of this. so they've got a problem. there is not a bill for the senate to actually vote on yet. so what's going to happen, what he wrote it on today is a house bill that they hope to is up plant with this compromise. so the problem is with the way democrats look at it, if they say we agree until monday, well, that can slide into next week. democrats have a $3.5 trillion budget resolution they want to get done. this is the heart of joe biden's legislative agenda. they've got to start open it, which means they got to get the senate on to that legislation. if they stay engaged trying to do this bipartisan bill, they're not going to be able to get onto the bugger package. so that's the issue they have. the problem the democrats also face, though, is that they're

moderates. they want a deal. so it's a needle that chuck schumer is trying to thread here, but the clock is against everybody. we're already na late july and things are moving pretty quickly here open the hill in terms of they've got to get moving on a bigger package. >> leeanne, john laid out the problem here, if today's vote goes down in defeat as is expected to do. what options does chuck schumer have after this? >> reporter: so schumer has a couple options. he can try again and move forward with his bipartisan pack am, which he's indicated she willing to do because these negotiations continue or he can put it aside and move to that $3.5 trillion reconciliation package john just mentioned. we think and are getting or there are indications that he is going, not yet going to give up on the bipartisan plan and he'll try again, probably on monday. aaron. >> all right. we will leave it there, thank

you both. and we have a lot to get to this hour, including another member of former president trump's inner circle just indicted. next, we'll talk to our legal expert about what tom baric could be facing. we'll drill down on the covid messaging, we'll drill down on what's behind the change. messaging, we'll drill down on what's behind the change get decision tech from fidelity. [ cellphone vibrates ] you'll get proactive alerts for market events before they happen... and insights on every buy and sell decision. with zero-commission online u.s. stock and etf trades. for smarter trading decisions, get decision tech from fidelity. subway® has so much new they couldn't fit it in their last ad. like new smashed avocado and artisan italian bread. 100% wild-caught tuna. hold up! 100% wild-caught tuna ain't new! subway®'s always had 100% wild-caught tuna! y'all tried to sneak one in on the chuckster!

i'm searching for info on options trading, and look, it feels like i'm just wasting time. that's why td ameritrade designed a first-of-its-kind, personalized education center. oh. their award-winning content is tailored to fit your investing goals and interests. and it learns with you, so as you become smarter,

so do its recommendations. so it's like my streaming service. well except now you're binge learning. see how you can become a smarter investor with a personalized education from td ameritrade. visit tdameritrade.com/learn ♪

one of donald trump's long-time friends and one of his biggest campaign fund raisers is waking up behind bars this morning. thomas barrack is accused of secretly acting as an agent of the united arab emirates. the justice department saying he influenced the trump campaign and administration to advance the interests of the uae. a spokesman said he will be pleading not guilty to the charges. let's bring in nbc news justice correspondent pete williams and msnbc contributor chuck

rosenberg for attorney and cia official. pete, i'll start with you, barrack is being held until monday for a bail hearing. walk us through the charges here and what's next. >> reporter: well, the charge here is a federal law that makes it a crime to lube the u.s. government on behalf of a foreign government without notifying the justice department of that lobbying. prosecutors say, for example, tom barrack got pro-uae language and inserted it into some trump speeches and arranged meetings with uae officials. the charges say that he was in constant touch with a businessman in the emirates who was close to uae government officials and the u.s. says he met with some of them in december of 2016 after trump was elected and suggested they give him a wish list of their foreign policy goals that they would like the u.s. to adopt and he would try to take care of that. he is accused of taking

advantage of his insider access, such as his role of the chairman of the trump inaugural fund in 2017. there are some other aspects of this prosecutors say when the fbi questioned barrack about these allegations in 20 fine, he repeatedly made false statement, denying he was lobbying for a foreign country. two others were indicted, an aide in los angeles and a businessman in the uae barrack dealt with. he is said to be at large. barrack did appear briefly had a federal court appearance tuesday in los angeles. he will have another hearing on monday. the government will try to set the conditions of his bail. his spokesman said he is not guilty. he will plead not gpt. what's next is working out the conditions of his release. the government says because he's a billionaire, he has his own plane, he should be subject to restrictions like gps

monitoring. >> pete, thank you. let's bring in chuck rosenberg now, up until a few years ago, it seems as though these sorts of charges were fairly rare. how serious are these charges against mr. barrack? >> reporter: well, first, aaron, up until a few years ago they were rather rare. with the work of the mueller team and the special counsel's office, we seen it a little more. to your other question, is this a serious charge? so let me give you on the one hand, on the other hand answer to that. it's not the lindbergh kidnapping. tha it is a felony. they come with it jail time. it's not the crime of the century, it's a serious felony, as pete explained, also the fact that he lied to fbi agents within they interviewed him about the underlying offense, it's a serious matter and he ought to take it seriously,

because he could end up both as a convicted felon and in jail. >> pete referenced a part of the speech, a concrete example that barrack influenced then candidate trump. listen to this. >> we'll work with our gulf allies to develop a positive energy relationship as part of our anti-terrorism strategy. >> so prosecutors say that barrack got that language, the gulf allies inserted into that particular speech. according to indictment, we know donald trump was among the betrayed by barrack's hidden alliance for uae for this. the question i guess is for the former president, is he in the clear's it relates to these charges against the long-time friend of his? >> reporter: sure. as it pertains to the former president and these very specific charges, yes, it's not about donald trump. it is about thomas barrack and

two other individuals, but fought about the former president. that said, the president or the former president is still in legal jeopardy elsewhere. it's something we have talked about on this network many times. ly say this, aaron, this was a very simple crime for thomas barrack to avoid. it's okay to lobby on behalf of a foreign government. it's okay to insert language into a speech. it's okay to make media appearances. it's okay to writ op-eds and advocate the position of the uae. you simply have to register with the justice department to do that. it's you'll foolish thomas barrack would be doing the with the uae without simply meeting a requirement that would have gotten him off the hook. to your question, it is not about president trump. it is serious because there are

serious convictions for thomas barrack. >> thank you. when we return, a fourth member of the far right group the oath keepers flip, new reporting on the january 6th investigation coming up. a new study finds the johnson&johnson vaccine is less effective against the delta variants. whether a booster shot may be needed next. zblemplts next. zblemplt ♪ ♪ when technology is easier to use... ♪ barriers don't stand a chance. ♪ that's why we'll stop at nothing to deliver our technology as-a-service. ♪

this past year has felt like a long, long norwegian winter. to deliver our technology as-a-service. but eventually, with spring comes rebirth. everything begins anew. and many of us realize a fundamental human need to connect with other like-minded people. welcome back to the world. viking. exploring the world in comfort... once again. are you one of the millions of americans who experience occasional bloating, gas or abdominal discomfort? taking align every day can help. align contains a quality probiotic developed by gastroenterologists. it adds more good bacteria to your gut to naturally help soothe your occasional bloating, gas and abdominal discomfort. support your digestive health with align, the #1 doctor recommended probiotic. try align today. and try new align fast acting biotic gummies.

helps soothe occasional digestive upsets in as little as 7 days. - [narrator] at southern new hampshire university, we're committed to making college more accessible by making it more affordable. that's why we're keeping our tuition the same for all online and campus programs through the year 2022. - i knew snhu was the place for me when i saw how affordable it was, i ran to my husband with my computer and i said, "look, we can do this." - [narrator] take advantage of some of the lowest online tuition rates in the nation. find your degree at snhu.edu.

amazing mixer for under $30. see the greatest deals running on dealdash.com. bid on everything from cars and electronics, to fashion, appliances and home décor. i got this mountain bike for only $11. i got these bluetooth headphones for only $20! don't miss out on the best deals running right now. go to dealdash.com and see how much

you could save. and shipping is always free . some breaking news from the pentagon right now. we've learned that we will hear from the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley in a few hours here, his first news conference since those bombshell allegation in the book from "the washington post." they reported the gem was worried that then president donald trump would attempt a military coup after the 2020 election. he compared his behavior to nazi arab germany. nbc is not reporting the news conference was called because of the book. the general has to know folks like you will be asking what was in that book. help us to understand what we might expect at this news

conference today. >> reporter: that's right. this is one of a periodic every several weeks news briefing by secretary of defense offense and general chiefs milley. we haven't had one in a while. as you mentioned, this will be the first since the reports came out from two new explosive reports from two new books. he will get questions about that book. we should get questions about the deter your righting security situation in afghanistan. but what's important here is so nature since all these allegations came out that general milley was allegedly so concerned about president trump's comments and state of mind during the transition between the time of the election and the inauguration in january, now that we have these reports that he was so concerned, you know, we can actually ask him about it. i do not expect him to be very candid or provide a lot of color. but we'll try. one of the reasons i think

journalists here at the pentagon are really interested in talking to the chairman about this is at the time we were questioning senior leaders here in the pentagon. uniformed and civilian. we were getting a very different sense of where their heads were about the situation. people were telling us they were not very concerned about a coup. they were not worried that the military was going to be pulled into it. they continued to tell us how apolitical the military would remain. now according to his revelations from the book, there was a lot of concern here at the time. that's really where my head is on this, will we find out the ground truth is? is it somewhere in between? or were we not getting a straight answer where the military was concerned. i should point out, though, another big topic on everyone's mind is the taliban. they have been rung the offensive through all parts of the country now. they are pushing towards kandahar. that's a source of major

concern. this will be the first time we can hear from both general milley and secretary austin since the change of command last week since scott miller left his post in afghanistan. >> it's very important topics, people need to in a moment we know you will be pressing in this conference this afternoon. thank you. >> thanks. this morning as the delta variant spikes across the country, some conservatives and republicans are shifting their messages on vaccines. congressman steve scalise announced he got his first pfizer dose over the weekend. he is publicly urging others to do the same calling it safe and effective. on the air waves, fox news hosts are changing their tunes, including sean hannity which once downplayed the seriousness. >> enough people have died. i believe in science. i believe in the science of vaccination. >> the real life saver has been

the vaccines, which if you can get them, your doctor says are you okay for it. get it. it will save your life. >> keep in mind here, that's not what everyone is saying on fox news. here are some of the other messages viewers were sent this week. >> it makes you wonder how effective are these drugs anyway? >> babe i maybe dan, we got breaking news, if five on the same plane had the covid-19 virus. >> there is no clinical reason to go get vaccinated. >> i am joined by a washington correspondent covering healthcare policy. doctor ashish jha from the dean of public health. cheryl, bottom line here as you put it in your piece today. the message on fox remains a mixed one as do the republican party's message. even as the messaging slightly shifts here, where are most republicans publicly on this? >> well, i think republicans are really split on this.

what's happening is they're coming up against the evidence that we are seeing around the country conservative spots in america where many people are landing in hospitals sick of the coronavirus. and those who are getting sick, who are hospitalized and dying are by and large the unvaccinated. and we know that republicans are much more likely to be vaccine hesitant than democrats. that has some republicans worried. we saw mitch mcconnell yesterday pleading with people to get vaccinated but still if other corners of the party, republicans are either silent or spreading misinformation about vaccination. >> i was going to say, let's look a little bit more at that, then this divide there seems tok to be in the republican party right now.

there are only a few talking about vaccine skepticism and misinformation head-on. you mentioned mitch mcconnell. let's play a little of what he had to say. >> these shots need to get in everybody's arm as rapidly as possible. to ignore you'll these other voices that are giving demonstrably bad advice. >> if you hear things from the media that suggests it's dangerous by that vaccine, they are not serving you well in that media. >> what has the driving force, the gravitas that can have the ability to prompt people who are vaccine hesitant to actually get a shot? >> you know, i think that's a good question. it's, frankly, a real question whether or not republicans are going to listen to someone like mitch mcconnell and what we are seeing now is really two americas. we often talked about the red america and the blue america. now we have the unvaccinated

america and the vaccinated america. and there are two strains of the republican party as well. there are is main stream republicans like mcconnell who want people to get vaccinated, who are speaking out, who are urging it. but there are the populist trump republicans who are on the other winnipeg of the party, some of whom are warning president biden's door nocks effort, to get people vaccinated, to go door-to-door is like the nazi brown shirts or a move to take your guns away. >> dr. ja, let's sort of look at this in the real world. perception is reality in a lot of cases. as a public expert, how helpful is it to have this pro-vaccine messaging coming, whether it's by a senator or your favorite pop star, does it really matter? does it change minds? >> i think it does. i think it's terrific.

it's great to hear mitch mcconnell do this, congressman scalise. it's mixed. i have been on news max once a week the last several months extolling the vir dhu of the vaccines. so there are places within the conservative media that have been good on this and we seem to have more on it. we need to encourage it. when they do it, we need to praise it, because it will save lives. >> i want to ask you about a new study that is out. we've seen some reporting on the john johnson&johnson vaccine. they say it's not as effective as against the original virus. we should say the study is not peer reviewed or published in a journal as of yet. where what johnson&johnson cfo said this morning. >> our team was looking at some of that data and we have to be regarded in terms of a test tube study that makes conclusions of one aspect of immunity.

i think it's probably best for everyone to defer to health official who's have not yet recommended a booster. >> right, the cdc and fda say you don't need a booster. the study suggests you may need a booster shot. people hear this and our heads are spinning trying to figure out what to do. what should people who got the johnson&johnson shot know? >> yes, two weeks ago, there is one study that says it's great. now it's this. i think a part is we have to be thoughtful how we report every pre-print and new study. when you put all of the data together, right now, i believe all of it suggests the johnson&johnson vaccine is extremely help him to pre vent the delta variant, which is the thing we care about most. with efadi tore data in. miami may or may not need a booster, i don't know right now. i think people have to look at each of these new studies with a

bit of skepticism. are you captuing one part of the bigger pick. i think the johnson&johnson will be effective. >> leave it there, we appreciate you both. thanks. this morning, a fourth member of the far-right extremist group the oath keepers is pleading guilty for his involvement in the january 6th insurrection. that man a 20-year-old admitting for planning the siege and breaking and entering in a single fail military formation. joining me now is scott macfarland, the nbc reporter for wrc. before we talk about caleb barry, you have a new reporting on another capitol riot deferred and the request he is making. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: he is zach alem. he is the man accused of breaking the window in the house speaker's lobby that ashley bab

bit climbed through. he told the court he wants to represent himself, interjecting his lawyer and judge and saying he wants a plea deal so he'll take over his own defense. he said the prosecutor, quote, needs to start doing her job and make a plea offer. he's the second defender to try to defend him or herself and nateer defendant was ingratiateing himself with the judge. it was postponed until next month. he wants a plea deal so do many other defendants. we have a new plea offer for the oath keeper caleb barry, pleading guilty to conspiracy, making him the fourth to plead guilty, the third to conspiracy specifically. all four oath keep verse agreed to help prosecutors with the investigation. that's a big early win for the u.s. justice department. that's a very hay-level case. also new to the justice department, a series of new body camera videos from the capitol

grounds, they tow the veracity of that hand-to-hand combat. new perspectives we haven't seen yet from january 6th. these videos were evidence in the case of a pan robert morris who was trying to get released from jail pending trial. the judge ordered him held, citing some of these videos. he was accused ought not being a part of the combat against police but of helping coordinate the movement of stolen riot shields and the movement of the mob towards the front lines. >> scott, thank you. coming up, we'll take you to one community that is becoming the epicenter of a national debate over the 2020 election results. why republicans are calling at this time smoking gun of election fraud.

(vo) conventional thinking doesn't disrupt the status quo. which is why t-mobile for business uses unconventional thinking to help your business realize new possibilities. only one 5g partner offers unmatched network, support, and value-without any trade offs. . new details this morning on what arguably is the vice president's biggest and most

important portfolio. kamala harris marking six months in office by doubling down on voting rights. she is set to meet with poll workers and election officials and will talk about passing restrictive laws in states across the country. and, of course, president biden marking six months in office, hitting the road to push his infrastructure plan in ohio, which is a state he'll be targeting ahead of the mid-terms. but his presidency has been plagued by a belief many americans believe donald trump won the election. he did not. that's why we are taking to you anterimcounty michigan. dasha burns joins us. how did that place become a rumor mill? >> reporter: what we found in apterim coupt just a

microcolorado, there are so many communities remain divided months after an election some believe was fraudulent, despite the dozens of lawsuits dismissed and the audits and recounts that haven't confurmd the results. but these claims impact real people. they impact real communities and in apterimsigns have not gown, the qanon signs go up. the divisions don't seem to be going anywhere. watch. anterim county in the 2020 election gave it a new source of notoriety, making the rural community the unexpected ep pe py krern /* /* -- epicenter of debate. president bind won with 306 electoral votes carrying michigan. the clerk says in her community

november's election rages on. >> it has been chaos from those pockets that believe that trump did when. >> reporter: soon after polls close, the team reported biden won, the next day, she discovered human error made when her team failed to properly update software on tab lator machines. trump was ultimately named the county weren't not beforanterim became a political hot bed. >> i think it was compromised. i can't say to what degree. >> reporter: le says he questioned the validity of biden's win after serving on the audit team and hand recount, worried about similar-looking ballots. >> if this can happen here. it can happen anywhere. >> so you recognize joe biden as

a legitimate president? >> i wouldn't say legitimate. >> reporter: last month, a state senate report asserted the results of the general election were accurately represented by certified and audited results. with outside forces haven't been stopped, clawing qanon supporter and mike lindel who headed a pro-trump rally last month. signs of qafon has emerged and election fraud resulted in safety concerns. >> we have been told i should be put in front of a military firing squad. >> reporter: but offering her some hope for unity, president biden's visit toant anterim this

month. >> i think he chose to have good will. >> reporter: still signs of division remain. >> when does this end? >> i would have loved this to end months ago. only time will tell. >> reporter: it's gotten to the point where the fruit has become criticized. people are picking their cherries like their politics. the co-owners says she has customers coming to her saying they refuse to shop at another orchard because of tear political rebeliefs. she says it breaks her heart. she says another orchard is saying it. it will take a lot. >> it is, dash sha burns for us, thank you. just hours from now convicted rapist harvey weinstein will be back in court. the additional and new charges he is facing. first, though, at least 18 people are dead as a part of

china seeing record setting flooding not seen in a thousand years. video from the eastern part of that country showing subway passengers fighting for their life, as rushing waters overwhelmed tunnels and trains there. at least 12 people died in the subway tunnels. an estimated 2,000 people have been displaced from this record-setting rain, which is expected to continue today.

. harvey weinstein will be back in front of a judge in an hour from now, not in new york, in los angeles this time where he is facing multiple new sex charges. the movie mogul extradited from new york where he is sebbing a 23-year a first degree criminal sex act. he denies ever having nonconsensual sex with anyone. simone, what are the charges and what do we expect to hear from him in court today? >> good morning, aaron. harvey weinstein back in los

angeles, but all of the power and privilege he once enjoyed as been stripped away. he is expected to be arraigned on 11 sexual assault charges. he is already a convicted rapist. but he could be convicted of rape here in california. forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by yuls of force. these are stemming from alleged interactions that he had with five women between 2004 and 2013. we don't know that much about the site of these accusers as their testimonies are sealed with the exception of one woman named lauren young who came forward and spoke out publicly during his new york trial. she says she was 23 when he lured her to a hotel room, groped her breasts, and touched himself before she was able to

get away. weinstein maintains his innocence and saying the sexual encounters were consensual. when we return, new reporting on u.s. attempts to relocate afghan interpreters that helped the war effort. and polluted places that got cleaner during covid now at risk of becoming dirty again as the nation reopens. live in the florida keys with exclusive access to the first scientific execution to see how cruise ships are affecting water quality. ships are affecting war quality. i don't know. i think they look good, man. mm, smooth.

uh, they are a little tight. like, too tight? might just need to break 'em in a little bit. you don't want 'em too loose. for those who were born to ride there's progressive. with 24/7 roadside assistance. -okay. think i'm gonna wear these home. -excellent choice. i brought in ensure max protein, with thirty grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks! [sighs wearily] here, i'll take that! woo-hoo! ensure max protein. with thirty grams of protein, one gram of sugar, and now with two new flavors! (vo) conventional thinking doesn't disrupt the status quo. which is why t-mobile for business one gram of sugar, uses unconventional thinking to help your business realize new possibilities. only one 5g partner offers unmatched network, support, and value-without any trade offs. [jungle music] here we go. ♪♪ ♪ so i'd like to know where you got the notion ♪ ♪ to rock the boat don't rock the boat, baby ♪

♪ rock the boat don't tip the boat over ♪ ♪ rock the boat don't rock the boat, baby ♪ ♪ rock the boat ♪ see disney's jungle cruise. it's time to rock the boat, america. zero-commission trades for online u.s. stocks and etfs. and a commitment to get you the best price on every trade, which saved investors over $1.5 billion last year. that's decision tech. only from fidelity.

there's interest you accrue, and interests you pursue. plans for the long term, and plans for a long weekend. assets you allocate, and ones you hold tight.

at thrivent, we believe money is a tool, not a goal. and with the right guidance, you can get the financial clarity you need, and live a life rich in meaning, and gratitude. to learn more, text thrive to 444555, or visit thrivent.com. one other update from the tokyo olympics today. we now know who will carry the american flag. the team u.s. a petting sue bird and eddy alvarez. for bird, it is herd fifth olympics. for alvarez, he has been in both

winter and summer olympics. and after months of uncertainty about where the interpreters would be relocated after the troops withdraw from afghanistan. where they will be moved before they face certain danger from advancing forces in afghanistan. let's check in on what our forces are saying. lara is covering the developing story here. the state department confirming our reporting from earlier this week that an initial batch are going to virginia. what are you learning about where others might be going? >> my sources are saying that the u.s. is in the final stages of talks to temporarily house another set of the afghan nationals that risked their lives to help the war effort at military bases in qatar and

kuwait while they wait. the people that would be going to the u.s. military balss in qatar and kuwait should be finalized are in addition to the 2500 applicants and family members scheduled to be flown from kabul to the united states to ft. lee, a military base in virginia, while they do the final medical checks and paper work. this is just for a couple days while they complete the final step of their process and they will be relocated and resettled in the united states. the people going to qatar and kuwait are earlier in their application process. as of right now it is not clear how long they have to stay there. >> do you know the timeline on this. is it going to happen immediately next week? what are you hearing? >> it's not clear yet what the

timeline what the agreement will be. it would probably be toward the end of the month in early august. as you know the u.s. is scheduled to complete it's final withdrawal from afghanistan by the end of august. one thing i want to really emphasize here is how dire of a situation this is for these people. these are translators and others that risked their lives and now the fear of retribution, death, death of themselves and their family members from the taliban, particularly as we finish up our withdrawal and the taliban continues to make huge gains across the country. okay, we hope to learn more about this at the press conference at the pentagon later today. thank you for watching this hour of "hallie jackson reports." right now more news with my friend, kris jansing.

right now, delta deja vu. confirmed covid cases and hospitalizations are on the ride. and word now driven by covid life expectancy in the u.s. has dropped by a year and a half. that's the lowest it has been since world war ii. there are new mask mandates in pasadena, california. breakthrough cases among vaccinated staffers on capitol hill and at the white house. today raising critical concerns. we have sinking vaccination numbers nationwide. misinformation stunting our process, and the strength of this new variant being called into question. a new study suggesting that johnson and johnson's vaccine may be less effective against the variant. one illinois man drove 640 miles round trip just for that single shot vccine and told the