christine sloan, abc news, new york. >> criminal investigations are gaining steam. sources tell abc news the trump organization's controller, jeff mccarney recently testified behind closed doors to a special grand jury. that body will dede to bring criminal charges against trump, his company or any employees. one key focus is if he allegedly inflated the values of assets and deflated them for tax breaks. trump has previously called this investigation quote a continuation of the greatest witchhunt in american history.a. >>> meantime, devastating numbers continue to come out of india in the wake of his latest covid-19 surge. a bay area teenager saw these numbers and wanted to help. justin dorsey shows how her fundraising went to the purchase of life-saving equipment. >> reporter: more than 130,000 new covid-19 cases. nearly 3000 deaths.3000 deaths.. numbers that the 17-year-old has had her eye on. >> and so scary looking at the news and seeing how many people were being impacted also because my family and my friends family has been impacted. they had covered. when i g

christine sloan has more on this variant. >> reporter: the highly transmissible delta variant first spotted in india tightening its grip on the uk, where the strain now makes up 90% of new cases. the concern here at home intensifying, the delta variant now identified in at least 29 states, about 6% of cases. doubling from last week. research is showing the pfizer vaccine is 88% effective against this variant after the second dose but only 33% effective after one shot. >> communities that are not well vaccinated that haven't hit the targets we are looking for are those that are going to be most at risk in the future. >> reporter: some southern states with the lowest vaccination rates in the country, this vaccination site in forest mississippi nearly empty. >> at one time there were cars lined up all around getting a shot. >> reporter: as the u. s. slowly approaches another staggering statistic nearly 600,000 lives lost, chicago and washington d.c. the latest major cities to fully reopen. >> reopening day, 100% capacity, there's nothing like going to a game at wrigley field with everybody her

christine sloan has more on this variant. >> reporter: the highly transmissible delta variant first spottedng its grip on the uk. where the strain now makes up 90% of new cases. the concern here at home intensifying, the delta variant now identified in at least 29 states, about 6% of cases doubling from last week. research showing the pfizer vaccine is 88% effective against the variant after the second dose at only 33% effective after one shot. >> communities that are not well vaccinated that haven't hit vaccination targets that we are looking for are those that are going to be most at risk in the future. >> reporter: some southern states with the lowest vaccination rates in the country, this vaccination site in forest mississippi nearly empty. >> at one time we had cars lined up all the way around getting shots. >> reporter: as the u. s. slowly approaches another staggering statistic, nearly 600,000 lives lost. chicago and washington d.c. the latest major cities to fully reopen.en. >> reopening day 100% capacity, there's nothing like going to a game at wrigley field with everybody here. >>

here's christine sloan. >> reporter: former president trump in north carolina saturday retaking the political than three months. >> the survival of america depends upon our ability to elect republicans at every level. starting with the midterms next year. >> reporter: speaking directly to his supporters after being silenced on social media following the january 6th riot at the u.s. capitol. >> i stand before you today confident that the people of north carolina will decisively reject joe biden and the ra democrats. >> reporter: already banned permanently on twitter and snapchat, facebook announcing on friday trump is banned from its platform, which includes instagram, until january 2023. it will use experts to assess whether the risk to public safety has receded. the company citing videos like this one posted on facebook to supporters while they were attacking the capitol building. >> we love you. you're very special. >> reporter: he has called the decision an insult to the millions of americans that voted for him. while the former president has stayed mostly out of the public eye since leavi

christine sloan has more on his first major public appearance since leaving office. >> the biden administration seems to be putting america last. >> reporter: former president trump spoke to republicans is good north carolina saturday, taking aim at democrats. >> i stand before you today confident that the people of north carolina will decisively reject joe biden and the radical democrats. >> reporter: a blast of the biden administration on illegal immigration, china relations, cyber attacks, and taxes. >> democrats are attempting to pass the largest tax hike in american history and will affect everybody. it's against everybody. >> reporter: the former president address the man has to manhattan district kern investigation into trump and his organization calling at another witch hunt. >> they failed in washington. they failed all over the place. between the impeachment hopes. all of these investigations. we failed. let's send it to the radical left prosecutors in new york. >> reporter: his speech followed facebook's decision to ban him from his platforms including instagram until january 2023 at

abc news reporter christine sloan details what is ahead for his last leg of the g-7 summit. >> reporterbiden wrapping things up in cornwall today on the last day the g-7 summit. the first face-to-face gathering of the leaders since the pandemic began. the president will have two g7 sessions before he and the first lady visit windsor castle. throughout the summit, the president continuing to stress this message. >> the united states, we are back. >> reporter: asked by karen travers if that message is getting through. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> reporter: the french president praising biden after their meeting on saturday. >> i think it is great to have a u.s. president part of the -- >> reporter: boris johnson calling biden a breath of fresh air. german chancellor angela merkel said the president stands for a commitment to partnership that was quote missing in recent years. but there is some disagreement. biden and johnson support taking a tough stance against china's growing influence while angola markle and italy's support a more moderate approach. president biden will take part in

abc7 news christine sloan has the details. >> reporter: the delta variant detected in at least 46 states and expected to accelerate. the cdc director on cnn. >> we know the delta variant is more transmissible than the uk variant. i anticipate that will be the predominant variant in the month ahead. >> reporter: it's already sinking its teeth into under vaccinated areas like southwest missouri where cox health said the delta variant makes up 90% of their new cases. >> we are seeing a rise in the critically ill, covid positive patients. >> reporter: the country no longer a pace to meet the goal of 70% of adults getting one shot by july 4. with vaccination rates slowing, health officials are moving on from mega clinics in trying to meet people where they are. in ohio, this pop-up clinic in a transit station brought doses directly to holdouts like james. >> i had to catch the bus to the other side of town. i didn't know nothing about this. >> reporter: in washington, d.c., new incentives, the mayor saying city residents to get a covid-19 shot can be entered to win ski a car. $10,000 or pre-p