>> yes, morning, christi.of cases, breakthrough cases, are going up. these are people fully vaccinated that are still testing positive for covid-19. either they have symptoms and they found out somebody in the house tested positive. and they get a test and find out that they are covid positive as well. now, the good news, though, most of my patients are recovering at home. they tend to have mild symptoms. but i think what this really suggests, christi, is that the vaccine is definitely waning. otherwise, 30, 40-year-old healthy people fully vaccinated should not be getting breakthrough infections. of course, as we talk about so much on air, the delta variant is very contagious. you're twice as likely to be hospitalized, as the reporter just mentioned in that recent study. and we're seeing hospitalizations skyrocket also in children as well. >> well, for kids who have had covid and are now going back to school, are those kids protected now? and for how long? if they haven't -- if they are kids that too young to

i'm christi paul. >> i'm boris sanchez. as coronavirus cases surge we are getting a fresh look at how effective vaccines have been in preventing serious illness as health experts work to bridge this confidence gap with the unvaccinated. >> yeah, and you know what? the rent is due today. millions of people who can't afford to pay could be kicked out after the federal eviction moratorium expired hours ago. can congress still act to help the people who need it? >>> plus, balancing act as companies reopen their offices, some employers are finding it difficult to get workers back in. how vaccination status is becoming latest flashpoint in office politics. >>> and gold medal man. american swimmer caeleb dressel wraps up yet another big win and will soon head home with five gold medals. more on the big day for team usa. your "new day" starts right now. ♪ >>> good morning to you. thank you so much for keeping us company here this morning on this sunday, august 1st, boris. >> christi, autumn is on the horizon. it is unbelievable. >>

i'm christi paul. >> good morning, i'm boris sanchez. the delta variant is spreading, sending covid cases surging to levels not even in months as survivors gather in cities across the country to remember those lost to the virus. >>> firing back. the attorney for new york governor andrew cuomo forcefully defending him against the allegations and slamming the report into his behavior as shoddy and biased. we also have more on her response and the criminal case involving the governor now. >>> plus, an entire school board suspended for refusing to comply with state coronavirus protocols. the man who made that decision joins us live. >>> and golden girl. olympic track star allyson felix leaves tokyo as the most decorated american olympic track star ever. "new day" starts right now . >>> thank you so much for spending your sunday morning us with. it is august 8th. we appreciate you tuning in. good morning, christi. great to see you, as always. >> good morning to you as well, boris. so despite, you know, it's good to see you despite what we hav

>> hard to say, christi.hink everybody has to consider is, this guy is a real fighter. cuomo is also looking at the example of the former president of the united states, battling off and winning two impeachment proceedings. frankly, on charges a lot more serious i think than the charges that cuomo is facing. the other cuomo advisers may be telling him is that no new york governor has been impeached in over 100 years. so, there's no recent example of a governor being thrown out of office. and cuomo's a guy who rules with the stick, rather than the carrot. and i think behind the scenes, there's going to be a lot of pressure on individual democratic assemblemen and senators to back off on this. and what you're going to see, also, he's got a panel of three very prominent, very smart lawyers defending him. and they're going to start taking apart the claims of the 11 women, who say they were sexually harassed. now, we only heard an example of that yesterday, a very forceful attack, on this young woman who is bringi

i'm christi paul. >> i'm boris sanchez. officials approving a third dose of the vaccine for people with immune issues. >>> the taliban is continuing its aggressive push through afghanistan capturing 17 cities in just days. what it's like for people there as the taliban closes in. >>> plus, troubling chatter. the department of homeland security warning of potential violence ahead. why experts say that new threats are very similar to what they saw on the capitol. >>> do you believe trouble. states of emergency up in two dozen counties and we're tracking another system right behind it. >>> welcome to your saturday, august 14th. we're so grateful to have you waking up with us. good morning. >> good morning. christi, always great to see you. we have plenty of news to get to this morning. the biden white house facing two crises as the nation battles a fourth surge of covid-19 and afghan anything stand now on the brink of collapse as more cities fall to the taliban leaving americans there in harm's way. >> the pentagon's deploying

christy, let's start with you here. now these business groups include farmers, micro trip companies and pharmaceutical companies. so what about the trade war has brought them all together and why are they sending this letter now? yeah, so 30 of the most influential business groups in america, they're all calling on biden to resume these negotiations with china because essentially they want to reduce the import tariffs that have become a tremendous drain on the u. s. economy and subsequently their businesses. so the terrorists on chinese electronics and clothing and other goods having kept in part to ensure that china fulfills its obligations under the 1st phase of the trade deal . the business goes, emphasized that aging had fulfilled quote, important criteria and obligations in the agreement, including opening markets to us financial institutions and reducing some regulatory barriers to us agricultural exports. so there's a growing sense of frustration with us business groups. and it's funny because it literally is all

i'm christi paul. >> and i'm phil mattingly. what a day it is with the news, christi.

boris, christi?nk you for that report. >>> as more students return to the classroom this week, the debate over how to protect kids from covid is intensifying across the country. mask mandates are sparking protests with school officials facing harassment and in some cases even death threats. one man in kentucky was charged with terroristic threatening and disorderly conduct after allegedly telling a local superintendant saying, quote, your f'ing life is over. marty polio, the superintendent of jefferson county public schools is with us to share his story. he was the superintendent that was targeted. marty, good morning. thank you for joining us. what was going through your mind when that was happening? why do you think that man was so angry about masks? >> good morning, boris. thank you for having me on. you know, i think that that was at the point that i realized that -- how intense this debate had become. obviously i've known, i've been superintendent throughout this entire pandemic. 18 months of ve

it's christy i and ben swan, thank you so much. and finally, from south driving cars to the future of robot, boston dynamics released some fascinating, also completely terrifying footage of its atlas robot, navigating an obstacle course. as you can see here, par core is no problem for the human like robot. the sand 5 feet tall and weigh $190.00 pounds. their skills include jumping between platforms, running across balance, themes and even making hans fans and back forth would easy. but these aren't just program movements. the robots you see here are actually adapting to their surrounding boston dynamics. claims as part of their plan to test the limits and see just what their robots are capable of. well, rachel, it was a good run, was it high from, from one to find thing to another is just, you know, i've all for technological advancement and i think the people who tend to get worried about what this might mean. but i have seen enough fired 5 films to know this doesn't look particularly gray, and i'm going to paraphrase a phase dr.

i'm boris sanchez. >> i'm christi paul. we have learned that the u.s.d. >>> plus, not backing down, new york andrew cuomo slamming the report that she sexually harassed seven. and the governor is addressing that report. >>> and with 1

christi. >> very drew.iella diaz, thank you so much. >>> democratic legislators in texas are trying to stop the passage of an election bill that would add restrictions and criminal penalties to the voting had there. sb 1 pass after a vote from carol alvarado. it was a move that she knew would not stop the bill but one that she thought would raise awareness over what she does. >> let's be clear, instead of making it easier to vote, this bill makes it easier to intimidate. instead of making it harder to cheat, it makes it harder to vote. >> the bill now goes to the texas house. and you may recall dozens of texas house democrats left home and risked arrest in their efforts to stop the election overhaul. our next guest is one of those legislators. representative jasmine crockett who is back in texas now. and joins us from dallas. representative crockett, thank you for sharing part of your morning with us. you're one of more than 50 texas democrats who has a warrant out for your arrest. it's largely symbolic, yo

i'm christi paul. >> and i'm phil mattingly. what a day it is with the news, christi.e'll begin with the state of emergency. the u.s. is in direct path of a massive storm swirling towards louisiana. hurricane ida has entered the gulf waters as a category 1 storm but could become a category 4 before landfall tomorrow. tomorrow being 16 years to the day that hurricane katrina terrorized the state. >> yeah. take a look at what hurricane ida looked like when it hit cuba yesterday. this storm smashed into the island twice before heading toward the u.s. and the thing that's interesting is it didn't deteriorate over land. it actually strengthened. which is unusual. and in new orleans, people have been told you've got to seek shelter. particularly, for some areas. the mayor says it's just too late to issue mandatory evacuation orders at this point. >> time is not on our side. the city cannot issue a mandatory evacuate because we don't have the time. >> that is a rather ominous warning, cnn meteorologist allison chinchar is tracking the storm. allison, one of the major concerns

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>> it's tough, christi. already said earlier, this is much different than the demographic of patients that we're seeing back in the peak of december and january. the population it has affected now is much younger. our average icu patient sent to us here in the past couple of weeks has ranged anywhere from age 47 to mid-50s. to me, when we hear numbers like that, it really gets, number one, the public's attention and gets our attention in the medical community. no loss it is ever any easier than any other. and the young ages that we are seeing now is very hard. it's very hard on the staff. hard on these family members. the 36-year-old that i mentioned that we lost, he had no underlying known medical problems. and i want to really emphasize that. because a lot of people have been coming out to me and talking about vaccination have said, well, you know, it's not that i was opposed to it. i was young and i was healthy. i didn't have underlying medical issues. but you know what, the delta variant doesn't care. it

. >> i'm christi paul. two stories we are following this morning, the breaking news is that hurricane ida has strengthened now into a dangerous category 4 hurricane, taking direct aim at louisiana. and the latest advisory just moments ago, the national hurricane center is warning of life-threatening storm surge and catastrophic damage. meteorologist allison chinchar with the latest for us next. >>> also developing this morning, the u.s. embassy in kabul is warning of a, quote, specific credible threat to u.s. citizens near the airport. this as president biden warns another attack is highly likely. this special edition of "new day weekend" starts right now. ♪ >>> it's sunday, august 29th. thank you for joining us today. christi, thanks for letting me tag along on another major news day. >> and thank you all for being with us. as we talk about the growing threat right now from hurricane ida, it's zeroing in on communities along the gulf coast, of course. >> overnight ida strengthened into a powerful category

excellent points to consider here, christy, i don't go anywhere just yet. we'll have you back to talk about the world of crypto straight ahead. thank you. and the united states said it finally released the text of its bipartisan infrastructure bill sunday. aiming to pass the massive measure this week, but this bill does a lot more than just deal with infrastructure. buried within this new legislation are new regulations that could potentially cause serious harm to the crypto currency industry. joining us now to break that down, or boom bus co host, a crypto adult bend swan and chris, the i who i know it's been so long since we've had on the program. ben, i want to start with you here. breakdown for us, what is in the bill that could be so negative for the crypto industry. yeah, i've actually been talking about this for quite some time as you guys know and warning the this way, look basically in order to be able to do all the infrastructure projects of the u. s. and it wants to do, they want to go out and find a whole bunch of tax revenue. and one of the eas

well, to discuss, let's bring in boom by telephone christy christy. i want to start with china's economy, which is hip re pandemic levels. but there are concerns that the growth is flowing due to inflationary pressure and issues with the supply chain. what they you? well yeah, one of the biggest threats to recovery of inflation, china's expansion is losing fema businesses are now grappling with the higher cost of supply bottlenecks. so the new coven, 19 infections, and the through the delta vary and have also now led to fresh restrictions in the region, which in turn disrupted the countries factory output. the data earlier this month also showed that export growth, which has been a key drive of trying to rebound, had unexpectedly slowed down in july. and this is, as we talked about before because of the highly interconnected nature of our world . now, while china is growth engine, in terms of supply and producing manufacturing goods, it doesn't matter. the rest of the world doesn't recover because then there's no cut consumer and customer to buy the p

great inside has always been must christy i and octavia mirandi of optimist. i'll see, thank you both for your time. thank you. and finally, private space firm rocket lab has announced that is planning its 1st looter log for some time before the end of this year. now, after initial plans to launch earlier this year from a nasa facility in virginia, the rocket labs capstone mission will lift off from the company's own launch complex. in new zealand rocket lab will launch the satellite using its electron rocket and the photon spacecraft will deploy the capstone into lunar orbit. the purpose of the 6 month mission is to gather data for nasa lunar gateway, which will act as a space station for its upcoming artemus mission. as the space agency looks to send the next humans to the surface of the moon. and rachel, i've always found this fascinating because we hear so much about space x. we hear about virgin galactic. we hear about jeff pays us is blue origin. and right now there is so focused on, obviously face ex has its mission to the international space station, b

and christy, we saw g, i m f word el salvador against bitcoin. they're likely to do the same with argentina. but how much power does they have actually have here? and how is keeping these countries in severe debt playing into that? well unfortunately the i'm a does have a lot of power as they hold a lot of money and they provide assistance and funds to debt late in countries or countries and crises. so while that sounds really good and all in practice, it's more like a drug dealer because yes, you feel really great for a while, but soon you'll just need more and more and more. and that's when things start to get really expensive. so that's kind of what and to a lot of these countries, they took money from the i enough which is not free. it comes with a whole host of terms and conditions, etc. they demand fiscal austerity, high interest rates, trade liberalization, privatization and open capital markets like these terms. they often been counterproductive or target economies and then turn it hurts more than it helped as a devastated local populatio

i'm christi paul. >> i'm boris sanchez. breaking news in afghanistan where we are witnessing history. taliban fighters have reached the gates of the capital city of kabul. >> a statement issued by the taliban a short time ago asks for calm saying its fighters are on the outskirts of kabul and want to take control of the capital peacefully. meantime, the effort to get americans out of afghanistan is at full force right now. a u.s. official tells cnn the goal is to get embassy personnel out by tuesday if to not sooner. what you are looking at is cnn video of helicopters shuttling employees from the embassy for that evacuation. president biden has authorized sending in another 1,000 troops to carry out the operation which brings the total to 5,000. >> let's get more on the fast-moving developments in afghanistan and get straight to cnn's nick paton walsh, who joins us live from kabul. nick, there werer the. there was an intelligence assessment a few days ago that said this would take place in 30 to 90 days. u.s. intelligence d

well, phil scott has done the opposite of christy gnome. he has been proactive since the beginning of the pandemic. instituting a mask mandate, last july. and crucially, rolling out a very, very successful vaccination campaign earlier this year. vermont is now the most-vaccinated state in the union. 76.6% of the eligible population, 12 plus, fully vaccinated. this dispatched from vermont describes a world where the pandemic has basically been defeated, suppressed. restaurants, bars, shops, open. hospital covid units are empty. the state is basically staved off an outbreak, brought on by the delta variant because they have such a high-vaccination rate. they also have among the lowest death rates per capita. now, this is a state that joe biden won by more than 35 points. it's a pretty liberal state. governor phil scott is a republican. but his approval ratings for his handling of the pandemic are through the roof. 71%, according to one survey, released in march. think about all this. what this adds up to. in any sane political culture, phil s

i'm christi paul. >> i'm phil mattingly. two major stories, starting with hurricane ida strengthening into a dangerous category 4 hurricane taking direct aim at louisiana. the national weather service is warning of life-threatening storm surge and catastrophic damage. meteorologist allison chinchar is standing by with the latest. >> also developing this morning, the u.s. embassy in kabul is warning of a, quote, specific credible threat to u.s. citizens near the airport. president biden is warning another attack is highly likely. this special edition of "new day weekend" starts right now. ♪ >>> we're so grateful to have you with us on this sunday. it is august 29. thank you for keeping us company here. hi, phil. >> hey, christi. >> alrighty. so let's talk about hurricane hunters right now. they are doing hourly updates at this point as hurricane ida zeros in on communities on the gulf coast. >> ida is already a powerful category 4 storm and it's still gaining strength. now, it will make landfall today bringing as much as 20 i

bors and christi. >> you all take good care there. brian todd, we appreciate it. >>> a lot of the damage from the storm is expected to happen in rhode island. that's where we find cnn derek van dam live in new port. so, i see, it looks like you're starting to feel the outer bands? >> yeah, this s in fact, the first experience of henri that we had here in newport, rhode island. of course just to our west new york city getting hammered with heavy rain. over six inches in a very short period. we saw that unfold overnight last night. we are preparing for the first landfall in 30 years. this is really significant. the impacts of the storms but i walked around newport last night and people here, remember, this is high tourist season. people acting and behaving as if there wasn't a hurricane on its way. quite surprising. really the only people that i experienced yesterday taking this storm seriously were some of the ship captains and the boat owners. take a look at how this person prepared himself for the oncoming storm. >> i didn't think i

>> it's going to be hard, christi. it will be hard because of a lot of transmission of covid in the community. the best way is to have the adults fully vaccinated. if we can get the parents, teachers, school administrators, everybody with kids under the age of 12 vaccinated, that's the best we can do. masks are very important and good to have good ventilation and air flow. if we can do all of that, it's going to be done. it's going to be challenging. there's a lot of people not vaccinated and there's also a lot of places where they don't believe in masks and therefore they're not going to do it. >> with that said, there's been some real ak krim money any against people who are vaccinated and people who are not. i want to listen to you to frank lunds, pollster and communications strategist. he was talking to cnn how we need to stay away from demonizing people who have not been vaccinated yet. let's listen. >> the problem is if you demonize them, if you insult them, they will surely not listen to you and they will not be

>> reporter: the plan is already under way, christi. inside this parking structure behind me, the lower level has been transformed into a covid unit. we want to be clear, covid patients who need critical care treatment won't be seen on that lower level of the parking garage. it is for patients who need minimal care. if you step inside and take a look where you would normally see parked cars, there are 20 hospital beds. this came on the same day the state reported more than 5,000 new covid cases and more than 30 deaths. we heard from a state health official, dr. thomas dobbs. he says the data is showing a troubling trend over the last four days. listen in. >> we reported the largest number of covid cases a day that we ever have. we reported 5,023 cases and 31 deaths today. 166 nursing home outbreaks. when we look at the deaths that we've had over the past four days, i want to do a little bit of a dive. we've lost four healthy people in their 20s, two of whom were pregnant, zero vaccinated. >> reporter: tough numbers for some to hear. chr

joining us now to discuss the latest last co host, christy i. now christy, the latest report stay that they seeing is targeting those with a certain level of sensitive data. why is this the focus right now? while it's actually been the focus for many years now, the plan has been firm hunting for years, but now it's rapidly gaining momentum. giving the growing schism between the u. s. and china and accusations from both sides of security breaches. so the plan is designed to protect chinese interest and to help support the chinese economy in the coming decade. and this include pilot projects for the state supervise data trading markets. so the idea, this splinter net, where you have a western internet and the eastern internet has existed for a while, but the trade war last year and deepening mistrust has now fueled the way data is becoming a critical battle ground between china and the us. and both sides fear the other that unchecked collection by private firms could allow state actors to weaponized information on infrastructure and other national

. >> i'm christi paul. new york governor andrew cuomo's lawyer is firing back at allegations that he sexually harassed 11 women and slamming the roar report into his behavior as shoddy and biased. more on the criminal case involving the governor. >>> plus, even as the delta variant is spreading, covid-19 survivors are gathering in cities across the country remembering those lost to the pandemic. you'll hear from one woman whose husband is still fighting for his life right now. >>> and stranded. spirit airlines cancels more flights. passengers are so frustrated. they are stuck in airports. what you can do if you find yourself in a similar situation. >>> and frightening behavior. that's how firefighters are describing the dixie fire, which is burning mostly unchecked and prompting more evacuations. "new day" starts right now. >>> thank you so much for keeping us company this morning. it is sunday, august 8th. you are up early, but we are grateful for it, hey, boris. >> good morning, christi. always great to b

i'm christi paul. >> good morning, christi. i'm boris sanchez. we are tracking henri. tropical storm expected to reach hurricane strength before making landfall. we have the latest on the storm's impact. >>> also, thousands of afghans are camped out at the airport in kabul. begging for a flight out. >>> imminent approval. the pfizer vaccine can come as soon as next week. the news comes as hospitalizations reach their highest levels yet . >>> good morning. we are thrilled that you are with us, this saturday, august 21st. thanks for waking up with us. good morning, christi. >> good morning, boris. good to see you and good to have you all with us this morning. 5 million people in long island and connecticut in the eye of the storm of tropical storm henri. >> the storm expected to strengthen into a hurricane later today. it's likely to make landfall on new york's long island tomorrow. if henri stays on the course, it will be the first hurricane to directly hit that area in 36 years. >> connecticut and massachusetts, for example, have both activated their national guards in

christy, i thank you so much for your expert analysis on this topic. and finally, part of soccer legend leon l. method compensation for signing with pear saint germaine this week include some of the clubs crypto currency fan tokens. messy side, a 2 year contract with the french club on tuesday, and according to reuters, p s g said the tokens were part of his quote, welcome package, which is reportedly worth as much as 35000000 dollars. they did not say how much of that was actually in the token, but did say it was a significant amount fan tokens allow holders to have a say on minor decisions, most of the time related to the associated team, socio dot com, which provides the tokens for several soccer says they have generated $200000000.00 in 2021. so is this going to become the new trend where they say matthew did it now we need to have our own tokens and make sure we can become closer with. well, there's a lot of teams actually that have these tokens. so i believe that was manchester city has it. and then there's several other big, high profile clubs w

let's bring in boom, bus, co host and crypto analyst, christy i. now, christy, if you aren't deep into the crypto sec, you may not actually understand what any of this means. so let's start with what exactly poly network is and how the heis could have even happened. yeah, so polygon is a blockade project that basically allows users to transfer a digital tokens across different block chain, which is something that we've talked about before on the show. how acids are actually built on different networks and different chains. and that can sometimes get really annoying because they can't trade bitcoin on an ease chain or an eat on a ripple chain unless they tokenize versions of themselves. so it's been a very exciting project and it's certainly fulfilled a need in the market. it was formed as an alliance between the team, the multiple block chain projects including neo ontology and switch. so initial cyber forensics revealed that one possible reason could be either the leakage of the private key that is used to sign the cross chain message, or that the