john hickenlooper, angus king and roger wicker all testing positive after being fully vaccinated the news comes as the u.s. plan to roll out boost sers being criticized from some corners and hospitals are under siege. here is miguel almaguer >> with 155 million americans set to qualify for a booster over the next eight months, tonight some leading experts are not yet convinced a third dose is actually needed, citing multiple studies, the white house task force laid out a case of waning protection from infection and the delta variant. but so far there has only been a slight decline in the prevention of hospitalization and serious illness. >> i do think the administration is moving a bit too fast. we vaccinate to save lives. the purpose here is not to prevent mild cough, cold or flu symptoms, or even something that leaves you laid up in bed the point here is to prevent severe disease, hospitalizations and death. >> what we're starting to see over time - >> reporter: in a campaign blitz, today top officials look to reassure americans, warning they're not just trying to prevent the explo

we'll get some stock picks and talk to senator angus king about what's going to get built in his state and around the country. >>> plus you don't know what you've got until you lose it a foam shortage is tying up production of furniture. that's foam not like starbucks foam but foam that goes into furniture and stuffing of all kinds. and in rapid fire, domino's versus delivery, work-from-home pay cut and buy now, pay for it later. >>> let's start with the breaking news of the past hour new york governor andrew cuomo announcing his resignation, and contessa brewer has all the details for us contessa, over to you. >> hi there, eamon cuomo's resignation will take effect in two weeks to allow for this transition of power but the announcement was an abrupt about-face. his personal attorney, rita glavin, was walking her way through a report, spending more than 45 minutes. this report from the attorney general had accused governor andrew cuomo of sexual harassment, of groping, of bullying, toxic workplace culture, and the complaints of 11 women of varying degrees of seriousness. here the attor

wicker is 70, and angus king is 77.rt people, and the antibody response is not as robust as for younger people. and it degrades over time. also, we know that these senators were vaccinated were early. all members of congress were vaccinated beginning in the first wave. so they would have been vaccinated in december or january. and that's now eight months out. what we're learning is that the effect of the vaccines wane. as we just heard, their business is to be around people, and the senate has never had a mask mandate. so to me, that's a perfect storm. you have older people vaccinated eight months ago in an environment that caters to people without masks on. this is where you're going to get breakthrough infections. to me, it really pushes the case for boosters. >> this could be like a realtime study of making the case for boosters. now, joe biden was asked during his interview with abc news whether he and the first lady have gotten their booster shots. let me play what he said. >> we're going get the booster shot. we g

in particular angus king saying he feels rotten.e fully vaccinated and only two senators, republican senators have said that they are not vaccinated. but what is interesting about this is that for the most part, capitol hill had been back to normal after most people up here have been vaccinated. and last week there was a series of votes around the senate bipartisan infrastructure package where a lot of the senators were in close quarters and perhaps that may maybe led to why we're seeing the outbreaks take place. at this point the senate has advised that people that are working up here in and around the senate chamber be wearing masks. on the other side, the house side there is a mask policy in place. so from the early days of the pandemic, it is starting to come back into play again as we're starting to see these pop-up breakthrough covid infections start to become a big problem here on capitol hill. >> is there -- given this and again all fully vaccinated senators, is there a push for boosters at the capitol, what are they trying

senators richard wicker -- john hickenlooper and angus king are revealing they've all tested positive, infections are skyrocketing reaching nearly 3 million in total confirmed cases today. nbc news correspondent sam brock joins us from hollywood, florida. 15,000 new infections in florida thursday. is the governor going to do anything to stop this surge? what governor desantis has done is the efficacy of monoclonal antibody treatment which is great if you catch the disease early enough, but it is not a replacement for the vaccine, and the state right now is in despair. we will cross 3 million cases of covid that will happen any moment. on top of that, the state of florida in terms of average deaths has more deaths than california, texas and new york combined and the 17,000+ covid patients that have been hospitalized in florida with 160% of where we were at last summer's peak, the stress that that has done has created staffing shortages which has devastated healthcare systems. three out of the four hospitals in the state, andrea, expect to be within seven days. we talked to the head of

senator roger wicker of mississippi, a republican, senator angus king, an independent from maine and senator john hickenlooper, a colorado democrat who tweeted, "i'm grateful for the vaccine for limiting my symptoms," urging others to still get the shot. abc's victor oquendo on all of this from miami tonight. >> reporter: tonight, health officials stressing just how critical that third covid booster shot will be to prevent more breakthrough infections, especially severe cases. >> we made a decision that even though right now, we're still holding strong, we want to stay ahead of things. we don't want to wait until all of a sudden a lot of people are getting hospitalized and a lot of people are dying. >> reporter: pleas for more americans to get vaccinated apparently working. the u.s. reporting more than a million vaccine doses administered in the past 24 hours for the first time in nearly seven weeks. tonight, a new study from the uk, not yet peer reviewed, reinforcing a concern u.s. authorities have had for weeks. finding that while pfizer's vaccine offers protection against the delt

>> angus king is my partner in this. angus has been notable as one of the moderates in the senate.s not a democrat, he is an independent who caucuses with the democrats. and has just come off helping negotiate this big bipartisan deal. i also want to remind you that back when we were presidential candidates, there were many things on which joe biden and i did not agree on tax policy, but one that we agreed strongly on was the need to tax book profits of giant corporations. so i think that this will have a lot of support throughout the democratic caucus but i think a lot of support across the country. >> there is certainly a lot of support from the american people. the tax you are proposing would hit about 1300 companies. what would your plan be to make sure these companies don't flee to tax havens overseas? how do you avoid that? >> let me start by reminding you, this is not about raising the marginal income tax on corporations. there is separate work on that. i think much of that needs to be done after the trump tax cuts. this one is different. this one says for the corporations t

the infected senators in question are roger wicker, republican of mississippi; angus king, independentrom maine; and john hickenlooper, democrat from colorado. a republican, a democrat, and an independent! at least the virus is bipartisan! ( laughter ) ( applause ) clearly, some senators are reaching across the aisle... and not washing their hands afterwards. ( laughter ) we're getting new science every day about what does and doesn't prevent covid. for instance, today we learned those anti-covid plastic barriers probably don't help, and may make things worse. wait, have they ever worked? because for decades, that has also been our salad bar protection technology. that's disturbing. ( applause ) so, i'm officially off salad, i'm off salads for safety sake, unless it has first been sterilized in a deep fat fryer. unfortunately, covid cases continue to spike, especially along the gulf coast, where the so-called "redneck riviera" is now a virus hotspot. now, if you've never been there, it's kind of like the french riviera, but instead of the cannes film festival, it's "the show-us-your-ca

democratic senator john hicken lopper of colorado joined angus king of maine and robert wicker of mississippiay. we're told all three are fully vaccinated and all three say they are experiencing mild symptoms and isolating. obviously we wish them all well. major questions about boosters remain after the biden administration announced that beginning next month adults will be eligible for boosters eight months after they had received their second dose of the vaccine. in just a moment dr. anthony fauci is going to join me to address some of the questions and some states are requiring all staff and all students need to be vaccinated. >> as covid cases and hospitalizations rise across the country, pressure to introduce more vaccines and mask mandates is mounting. >> i watched a 28-year-old previously healthy unvaccinated patient die from covid complications and while we value every life, that one was tough because it could have been prevented. >> reporter: hospitalization rates for children and adults under 50 setting new records. the biggest jump coming among adults ages 30 to 39 and children und

of mississippi, independent senator angus king of maine, and democratic senator john hickenlooper ofannounced today they have tested positive. all three of these men were fully vaccinated, which just puts aat spotlight on how very, very contagious the delta variant of this virus is. the delta variant basically makes up the exclusive variant in our country now. it also underscores the administration's decision that fully vaccinated americans should get the booster shot. all three are likely to be okay because they were vaccinated. the good news on covid today is that withinov the last 24

today we learned these three senators john hickenlooper of colorado, roger wicker of mississippi, angus king of maine all tested positive for covid after being vaccinated. just yesterday, health officials announced booster shots would be available in the fall. president says he and first lady jill biden will be ready when they are illegible. >> we're gonna get the booster shot. it's something that, because we got our shot all the way back in december. so it is past time. >> also, today the u.s. capitol complex once again became a target, u.s. capitol police say it started with a man driving his truck onto a sidewalk acts out the library of congress and claimed he had explosives. authorities were forced to evacuate much of the capitol hill complex as they negotiated with this guy who communicated with them at one point using a dry every sport. the suspect livestream the ordeal, as one does. he broadcast and unhinged litany of complaints about joe biden and the federal government before it was taken down finally by facebook. after five hours of this, 49 year old floyd ray roseberry of north ca

maine independent senator angus king, colorado democrat john hickenlooper, and mississippi republican roger wicker all reported mild symptoms of covid-19. governor abbott is also covid-positive. in haiti, a major hospital in the capital port-au-prince shut its doors thursday in protest after two of its doctors were kidnapped by criminal gangs. one of the doctors is an orthopedic surgeon who had been treating survivors of saturday's massive earthquake, which left nearly 2200 people dead and injured more than 12,000. the numbers are rising rapidly. on thursday, humanitarian aid workers said shipments began flowing more quickly into haiti's southwestern peninsula, but there are still shortages of urgently needed food and medical supplies. in washington, d.c., police responding to a bomb threat arrested a north carolina man on thursday, capping an hours-long standoff near the u.s. capitol. 49-year-old floyd ray roseberry parked his truck on the sidewalk outside the library of congress claiming he had explosives and calling on all democrats to step down. roseberry's previous social media p

of mississippi, independent senator angus king of maine, and democratic senator john hickenlooper of colorado all announced today they have tested positive. all three of these men were fully vaccinated, which just puts aat spotlight on how very, very contagious the delta variant of this virus is. the delta variant basically makes up the exclusive variant in our country now. it also underscores the administration's decision that fully vaccinated americans should get the booster shot. all three are likely to be okay because they were vaccinated. the good news on covid today is that withinov the last 24 hours the united states is back up over 1 million vaccine doses administered per day. we've been below a million doses per day for the last seven weeks or so, but now apparently the message is sinking in enough that the pace of vaccination is picking back up. americans are deciding to get the shot. over a million doses administered in the past 24 hours. that's true for the first time in nearly seven weeks. i think in general the covid news is dire enough to change minds in many southern

angus king of man and john hickenlooper of colorado. the question is, where -- will there be a fifth wave? official say nothing is certain and they are reinforcing the importance of vaccinations. >> we have challenges ahead. covid is here for the foreseeable future. larry: stephanie sierra spoke one-on-one with dr. grant colfax. >> dr. colfax made it clear, covid will be with us for the foreseeable future. does that mean a fifth wave? he says that could happen. how bad it be is dependent on the decisions we make now, which is masking up and getting vaccinated. san francisco's fourth search slowing down. the pace of vaccinations moving up. >> with our rate reaching almost 80%, that is good. >> can retake a sigh of relief? will another surge come? >> it could. this is the reality of living in this time of the pandemic. >> health director dr. grant colfax says despite signs the fourth wave is starting to plateau, there could be challenges ahead and we can expect covid in our lives for the future. >> there will likely be ebbs and flows. whe

that as senators angus king, roger whitaker, john hickenlooper all announcing today they have tested positive for covid. all three say they have mild symptoms, and all three are vaccinated. and there's a lesson in this for anybody still putting politics ahead of public health, okay? the senators are an independent, a republican and a democrat. as i was just saying to my colleague, chris, covid doesn't care about your politics. it doesn't -- left, right, red, blue, doesn't really care. but that is not stopping the mask wars that's raging in our schools. florida's biggest school district voting to defy governor ron desantis on masks, as he threatens to remove local officials. >> you have this obsession that a little 5-year-old, you know, should not be able to go to school without wearing that mask for eight hours a day. and just as a parent, you know, i'm offended that the federal government thinks they know better than we do as parents. >> but this is an incredible story out of jacksonville, florida. people waiting at the public library for covid-19 monoclonal antibody treatments, peo

states senators announced they have just contracted repubr of mississippi, independent senator angus kingsenator john hickenlooper of colorado. all announced today that they have tested positive. all three of these men, who were fully vaccinated, which just put a spotlight on how very very contagious the delta variants of this virus is. the delta variant makes up an exclusive variant in our country now. it also underscores the administration's decision to recommend that fully vaccinated americans, should get booster shots, starting next month. all three senators got infected, even though they were vaccinated. statistically speaking all three are likely to be okay, because they were vaccinated.

they are senators roger wicker of mississippi, john hickenlooper of colorado, and angus king of maines of washington and oregon announced all teachers and staff in k-12 must be vaccinated against covid by october 18 or face firing. and in san francisco, the chronicle reports the city will pursue suspensions for 40 employees in e police, sheriffs, and fire departments because they refused toisclose their covid vaccination status. we will focus on surging infections in low-vaccination areas, later in the program. in haiti, hospitals have reached a crisis point, five days after an earthquake that killed nearly 2200 people and injured well over 12,000. aid workers appealed today for medical gear. in. supplies arrived wednesday at the airport in hard-hit lakay, but quake victims said the help is not reaching them. >> people don't get any help. we have nothing. we a abandoned here. we are asking for aid for all the people who are here. i want to find some aid and get out of here. stephanie: one hospital in port-au-prince closed today for two days after two doctors were kidnapped. back in th

meantime, back here at home, mississippi republican senator roger wicker and maine independent senator angus kingealed they tested positive for the coronavirus despite both of them being vaccinated. doctors are also alarmed by the rising number of covid-19 cases that are appearing in children. we're going to look at how one children's hospital is dealing with that surge. but we gun this hour with the breaking news out of the nation's capitol. let's go to nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. i understand the suspect surrendered. how did this play out? >> well, he simply gave himself up according to the capitol police chief tom manger. they tried to establish communications with him. initially they were writing back and forth using dry erase boards. that's how he wanted to communicate with them. while he was actually broadcasting live on facebook for a time. and then at some point the police sent in a robot with a phone. but the police chief says he never got the robot phone and simply at some point decided to give himself up. after nearly five hours of high drama in washington, d.c., whic

senators announced they tested positive for covid today, all of them fully vaccinated roger wicker, angus kingn hickenlooper, democrat from colorado all three senators say they are experiencing symptoms and are now quarantining they add to the growing number of breakthrough cases among politicians. texas governor greg abbott and south carolina senator lindsey graham recently testing positive >>> remember these plastic barriers that lots of businesses, schools, restaurants put up to protect against covid? it turns out they may not do much and, in fact, they could make things even worse. new research suggests the plastic shields can disrupt normal air flow and ventilation and in some instances the barriers may actually redirect germs and viruses, clustering them and redirecting them to other workers or classmates. let's turn to an anesthesiologist and senior health consultant and chairman of the covid sports and society work group doctor, thanks so much for being with us. should schools and businesses give up on these barriers and put all their money into better ventilation? >> thanks for having

group that's working on this from senator berkeley, senator padilla, senator schumer, and senator angus kingith me and many others. what we're doing is we're putting together legislation, and we've already voted to proceed. it was the republicans that stopped us. once we get that legislative package, then we will deal with first of all can we get any republican support? i honestly don't think we can. one must always try. and the second thing is what can we do with our procedural rules in the senate to stop this evil? and there are things, senator manchin has indicated a willingness to look at a standing filibuster. i personally think i would abolish the filibuster myself. i think it's being used to stop all kinds of things we need to get done. there is republican support. we can't get it done because of filibuster. there is republican support on climate change. 60 votes. those things were set up in another time in another place and it has always changed over time and it is time to change it again. and those are the discussions we need to have. but my obvious focus right now is getting an agr

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senators announced today that they have tested positive john hickenlooper of colorado, independent angus king of maine and roger wicker of mississippi all say they are fully vaccinated. that comes as parts of the country, particularly the south, are being pummelled by the delta variant. alabama has no, zero icu beds left. in fact, it's in negative territory. with some patients being treated on gurr. alabama's republican cover declared a state of emergency last week as her state's hospitals face this nightmare scenario, but still, she stood her ground on saying there will be no new statewide mandates. her fellow republicans have been actively declaring war. not on the virus, but on virus protections. like in neighboring georgia where hospitals are also running out of icu beds. governor brian kemp is banning local governments from requiring businesses to adopt mask mandates and in texas, where health officials warn the current surge could be worse than anything the state has yet seen. the head of texas medical center says that with nearly 20% of new cases in children, it's a recipe for disaster

senators from across the political spectrum, colorado democrat john hickenlooper, maine independent angus kinglican roger wicker all announced they had tested positive for the virus. this, despite the fact that all three had been vaccinateso these were breakthrough infections which have become more rampant with the delta variant. but it's important to remember out of 166 million fully vaccinated americans, only 8,000 breakthrough cases have resulted in severe disease or death. in a statement king stressed he'd been following all masking and social distancing protocols. their diagnoses make the total number of senators who tested positive 11. more than 50 house members have also tested positive on both sides of the aisle. among several other lawmakers testing positive this summer was south carolina republican senator lindsey graham who tested positive after attending a gathering hosted by democratic senator joe manchin. then there's texas governor greg abbott who has opposed mask mandates and issued executive orders banning school districts from requiring masks. on tuesday, abbott despite getti

angus king of maine and john hickenlooper of colorado. all three have been vaccinated.session right now. senator king said he began feeling mildly feverish on wednesday. the offices of senator hickenlooper said they were tested after experiencing mild symptoms. vaccines show amazing protection against severe illness. for those who can't vaccinate, in particular, children, there are, of course, masks. but also, fights over mask mandates in schools. we are now one step closer to a legal decision over the mandates in florida after a judge today refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought in part by parents against governor ron desantis's order banning mandates that do not allow the option of an opt out. several school districts, including the state's largest in miami-dade, have defied the governor's order. superintendent from miami-dade county schools says he is doing the right thing and so will wear the consequences of his decision as, quote, a badge of honor. alberto joins me now. superintendent, thanks for being with us. have you heard from the state or the governor's office?

states senators announced they have just contracted repubr of mississippi, independent senator angus king of maine, and democratic senator john hickenlooper of colorado. all announced today that they have tested positive. all three of these men, who were fully vaccinated, which just put a spotlight on how very very contagious the delta variants of this virus is. the delta variant makes up an exclusive variant in our country now. it also underscores the administration's decision to recommend that fully vaccinated americans, should get booster shots, starting next month. all three senators got infected, even though they were vaccinated. statistically speaking all three are likely to be okay, because they were vaccinated. the good news on covid today, is within the last 24 hours the united states is back up over 1 million vaccine doses administered per day. we have been below 1 million doses per day for the last seven weeks or so. but now apparently, the message is sinking enough. that the pace of vaccination is picking back up. americans are deciding to get the shot, over 1 million doses ad

ayn impetus -- angus king, roger wicker, and john hickenlooper have tested positive for covid.ican senator lindsey graham and texas governor greg abbott. meanwhile the debate over booster shots continues. nbc news correspondent miguel almaguer explains. >> reporter: with 155 million americans set to qualify for a booster over the next eight months, some leading experts are not yet convinced a third dose is actually needed, citing multiple studies, the white house task force laid out a case of waning protection from infection and the delta variant, but so far there's only been a slight decline in the prevention of hospitalization and serious illness. >> i do think the administration is moving a bit too fast. we vaccinate to save lives. the purpose here is not to prevent mild cough/cold/flu symptoms or something that leaves you laid up in bed. the point is to prevent serious disease, hospitalizations, and death. >> reporter: in a campaign blitz, top officials look to reassure americans, warning they're not just trying to prevent the explosion of new cases but more importantly the

meantime 3 more us senators have tested positive for covid john hickenlooper of colorado angus king ofne and roger wicker of mississippi they were each fully vaccinated against the coronavirus the 3 senators are just the latest lawmakers to test positive for. coronavirus this summer senator lindsey graham tested positive earlier this month, the governor of texas greg abbott recentl tested positive breakthrough cases though of covid are still very rare. the cdc has reported just 8,000 breakthrough cases resulting in severe disease or death. that is out of 166 million fully vaccinated people in the united states. >>still ahead tonight, the nation's capital brought to a standstill by a tense hours long standoff. we're learnin about the man accused of threatening to detonate a bomb. >>plus punishing unruly passengers on airplanes how much this bad behavior could wind up costing them. >>and wildfires in california are just threatening people's homes up next the bay area woman who's risking her life to save the lives of animals. >>a truck carrying propane caught fire on the bay bridge this m

working on this, from senator berkeley to senator padilla, senator schumer, and of course senator angus kingme and many others. what we're doing is we're putting together a legislation. we've already voted to proceed it's the republicans that child stopped us and once we get that package we will deal with that, and i don't think we can, and the second thing is what can we do with our procedural rules in the senate to steep this evil. and they're all things, and senator manchin has said that he was willing to look at it. i would abolish the filibuster myself, i think it has been used to stop all kinds of things we need to get done. there are some republican support on immigration reform, we can't get it done because of the filibuster. there are some republicans that are supportive, but 60 votes, those things were set up at another time at another place and it has always changed over time, and it is time to change it again. and those are the discussions we need to have, but my obvious focus right now is getting an agreement that will make a difference, not some small ball think that won't help

senator angus king from maine has covid. he got a test after feeling a mild fever, and he credits his vaccination for protecting him from more severe symptoms. king is the second senator to reveal that he's tested positive today alone. senator roger wicker from mississippi, who is also vaccinated, revealed that he, too, has tested positive. >> let's broaden the story. the seven-day average of new daily infections in the u.s. is more than 137,000, and on average 820 people die each day from covid. cnn's athena jones has more on the growing pressure for mask mandates and this debate that is intensifying in some communities. >> reporter: as covid cases and hospitalizations rise across the country, pressure to introduce more vaccine and mask mandates is mounting. more than 90,000 people now hospitalized nationwide. >> i watched a 22-year-old previously healthy, unvaccinated patient die from covid complications, and while we value every life that one was tough because it could have been prevented. >> reporter: hospitalization rat

senators tested positive for the coronavirus -- senator roger wicker, angus king, john hickenlooper,aid thursday they tested positive at into the number of breakthrough cases among lawmakers. the pictures of the senators there. the senate in recess after adjourning last week, leaving it unclear whether any of them had been in recent contact with other lawmakers. their diagnoses bring to 11 the number of senators that have tested positive so far, and more than 50 members of the house have tested positive over the course of the pandemic. several other vaccinated politicians have recently announced breakthrough cases of their own, including senator lindsey graham of south carolina tested positive after attending a gathering hosted by another senator, joe manchin, of west virginia. that is from "new york times" today. this is rita in jacksonville, alabama. an independent. would you welcome refugees to jacksonville, alabama? caller: might as well. everyone else is coming in. just welcome on in. we will keep them up. but let me ask you all something? who discovered america? where did he co

there are some people in the more moderate camp like angus king of maine who's an independent who haveling to step back from the filibuster -- his opposition to getting rid of the filibuster just for voting rights because he's so concerned it's become so partisan. can you imagine ever doing that? >> jake, i can't imagine a carve out because i was here in 2013. we're just going to do a cabinet for the president and then we're going to do the judges and they were even going to do supreme court but they didn't at that time. the democrats were in control. 2017 mitch mcconnell's in control, comes right back in and guess what, that carveout worked to carve us up pretty bad. then you have the supreme court. so there's no stopping it. if we don't put this back in order, if you get rid of the filibuster which makes us work together -- the brilliancy of our founding fathers was this, why in the world did they give two senators to rhode island and delaware at the time they were forming this great nation of ours when they told new york, pennsylvania, ohio to get two too? it was to make us work tog

republican senator roger wicker of mississippi, independent senate angus king of maine, and democraticlorado announced today they have all tested positive. all three of these men were fully vaccinated which puts a

senators now say they have contracted the coronavirus angus king of maine, roger wicker of mississippiohn hickenlooper of colorado, all announcing today that they have tested positive for covid 19. all three have been vaccinated. king, an independent. who caucuses with the democrats said he tested today after he began feeling my mildly feverish wicker, a republican, and hickenlooper, a democrat, also tested positive after experiencing mild symptoms. a bomb threat near the u. s capitol today prompted the evacuation of several government buildings in washington, d. c. it all began when police responded to a report of an explosive device near the u. s capitol this morning, police say a man sitting inside a pickup truck told them he had a bomb officers evacuated nearby buildings, including the library of congress and the u. s. supreme court. during the incident, the man suspected of making the threats reportedly livestreamed anti government remarks from his truck. the standoff finally ended some five hours later. he gave up and didn't did not resist. and our folks were able to take him int

republican roger wicker of mississippi; democrat john hickenlooper of colorado, and independent angus kingf maine. we'll focus on surging infections in low-vaccination areas, later in the program. hurricane "grace" struck mexico's yucatan peninsula today. it came ashore before dawn, with winds of 80 miles an hour and heavy rain in its wake, roads were covered with downed trees, wrecked cars and boats and other debris. the storm is expected to sweep across the gulf of mexico before hitting veracruz state late friday. in haiti, hospitals have reached a crisis point, five days after an earthquake that killed nearly 2,200 people and injured well over 12,000. aid workers appealed today for medical gear. so far, aid is only trickling in. supplies arrived wednesday at the airport in hard-hit le kay, but quake victims said the help is not reaching them. >> ( translated ): people don't get any help. we have nothing. we are abandoned here. we are asking for aid for all the people who are here. i want to find some aid and get out of here. >> woodruff: one hospital in port-au-prince closed today, for

senators say they have now contracted the coronavirus angus king of maine, roger wicker of mississippi john hickenlooper of colorado. all said today that they have tested positive for coronavirus. all three have been vaccinated. king is an independent who caucuses with the democrats. that he said he tested today after he began feeling mildly feverish. wicker is a republican, and hickenlooper is a democrat. they also tested positive after experiencing mild symptoms. american airlines confirmed today that it is extending a ban on alcohol sales to main cabin passengers all the way through january. 18th of next year, meaning airlines have blamed alcohol for an increase in unruly and inappropriate behavior by passengers, especially during the pandemic. also today, the faa said that massless flyers could face $9000 finds the federal agency is proposing more than 531,000 in fines against 34 airline passengers for their unruly behavior that pushed total fines for the year passed $1 million stocks closed mixed on wall street today, after a choppy day of trading, the dow lost 66 points. the nasd

the vote could hinge on the vote of senator angus king in maine, who has been pushed by the local maine sportsmen groups, the national gun rights advocates. has the white house reached out specifically to senator king on this issue, and is the white house fully committed to chipman , or might it go with a different nominee at some point? sec. psaki: well, i'm not going to read out private conversations with members of congress, but i will tell you that we knew this wouldn't be easy. atf hasn't had a confirmed director in six years and only one confirmed director since the position became senate confirmable. so we've been eyes wide open into the challenge from the beginning, but we are disappointed by the fact that many republicans are moving in lockstep to try to hold up his nomination and handcuff the chief federal law enforcement agency tasked with fighting gun crimes. it speaks volumes to their complete refusal to tackle the spike in crime we've seen over the last 18 months. this is someone who has 25 years in distinguished service to our country as an atf agent. he has the exact set

senators tested positive for the coronavirus -- senator roger wicker, angus king, john hickenlooper,aid thursday they tested positive at into the number of breakthrough cases among lawmakers. the pictures of the senators there. the senate in recess after adjourning last week, leaving it unclear whether any of them had been in recent contact with other lawmakers. their diagnoses bring to 11 the number of senators that have tested positive so far, and more than 50 members of the house have tested positive over the course of the pandemic. several other vaccinated politicians have recently announced breakthrough cases of their own, including senator lindsey graham of south carolina tested positive after attending a gathering hosted by another senator, joe manchin, of west virginia that is from "new york times" today. this is rita in jacksonville, alabama. an independent. would you welcome refugees to jacksonville, alabama? caller: might as well. everyone else is coming in. just welcome on in. we will keep them up. but let me ask you all something? who discovered america? where did he com

senators, roger wicker of mississippi, john hickenlooper of colorado and angus king of maine revealingch better than i would have without the vaccine. hospitals reeling with nine out of ten patients unvaccinated. >> i know mommy. she left her husband and le little kids. >> reporter: the florida hospital association putting out this sobering psa after reporting three out of four hospitals in the state expect to reach critical staffing levels in the next seven days. what does that actually mean? >> it means they are not able to accept any additional patients. that's what we are worried about right now. >> reporter: some doctors say they're quickly losing patients for parents who refuse to get vaccinated. in alabama, one doctor is now refusing to see patient who's are unvaccinated according to birmingham news, dr. jason bal lan tine writing, if they asked why, i told them covid is a miserable way to die and i can't watch them die like that. one physician describes a dying man under 50 with a wife and who young children who chose not to get vaccinated, writing, last year, a case like this

>> senators elizabeth warren and angus king are proposing a new tax on companies reporting at least $100illion spending plan. the tax would be 7% on profits above $100 million, and the senators say it would impact about 1300 companies companies would get a credit for any federal taxes already paid this would function more as a corporate minimum tax, ensuring that there aren't any companies that end up paying zero federal income tax once they report to the i.r.s. this does mirror a plan that president biden had floated during thinks campaign, and while he's been in office as well that would tax companies at a 15% rate at book income of our $2 billion, but clearly this tact being proposed would encompass a much wider swath they say it would raise $700 billion over a decade. we just got the text of the $3.5 trillion plan today, guys, so you can start to see the fight of what the policies will look like back over to you >> ylan, we're saying this is an additional 7% of corporate income tax on top of existing corporate income tax rates for those paying it? or is it an attempt to capture the a