. >>> that is our >> in idaho, the great state of idaho today, the state department of health and welfare issued this declaration. you see, it says there, in all caps, declaration of crisis standards of care, all public health districts in the state of ohio. data declarations, up number 16, 2021. that is today. crisis tenders of care provide guidelines that help health providers and systems decide how to deliver the best care possible under the extraordinary circumstances of an overwhelming disaster, or public health emergency the guidelines are used when there are not enough health care resources to provide the usual standard of care to people who needed a goal of crisis standards of care is to extend care to as many patients as possible, and save as many lives as possible. implementation of crisis standards of care are meant to be a measure of last resort, activation of the crisis standards of care means that all other options for addressing resource limitations have been explored. overwhelming disaster or public health emergency. again, this is for all public health districts in the st

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idaho has few if any restrictions and one of the lowest vaccination rates in america. with us now is a doctor who serves on the idaho coronavirus task force and the former ceo of st. luke's health system in boise and dr. goetz from the sacred heart hospital. your frustration comes through, you have talked about information and disinformation and the failure of school officials there to take better, stronger safety measures. what can be done by the governor or other elected leaders there to turn things around at this point? >> well, i don't think that, given what we're dealing with in idaho, that the governor can make people do the right thing. i think what we've got to do is we have got to continue to provide people facts. and we've got to really challenge those that are spreading the disinformation, some of it is some of our elected leaders, some of it doctors, and i think the medical community in idaho is so frustrated that i think you're going to see it is stepping up in terms of combating this misinformation and disinformation. >> and dr. goetz, you've said it's no

"the idaho statesman" newspaper recently described this crisis standards of care system for idaho as being like the whole state was being put on a dnr. the whole state was being given a do-not-resuscitate order, whether you wanted one or not. the "anchorage daily news" yesterday described what's been happening at alaska's largest hospital in anchorage where they actually as an individual hospital started crisis standards of care before the whole state did tonight. reporting, quote, a triage team using a specific formula to prioritize patients most likely to recover has been asked to help with patient care decisions. one decision, there were four patients who required a special kind of dialysis called continuous renal replacement therapy. four patients required that, but only two of the four could get it. of the two patients who did not receive the therapy, one of them died. the other one survived but remains hospitalized now in a palliative care setting, in a comfort care setting. another decision at the hospital involved deciding which patient got intubated because there were not en

idaho is running low on hospital beds.verywhere, fueled by the delta variant. as for talking booster shots, new way in today by dr. anthony fauci, after the fda decided against recommending pfizer boosters for the general public, only for those 65 and older and for americans at a high risk of suffering from severe illness, if they get the virus. that's the guidance for now. on "meet the press," dr. fauci said it's likely everyone will need a booster eventually, and defended the president's initial plan to start rolling out boosters this week. >> you know, chuck, i believe, as a scientist who's been following me that ultimately, the real proper regimen will turn out to be the original two shots plus a boost. the president and the medical group at the white house said, we are planning to be able to roll out boosters, essentially, for everyone, you know, 16 years of age and older. that was a plan that was always contingent, and every one of us said that, contingent upon the fda's normal regulatory process together with their

when the idaho politicians refused to act with common sense measures, it not only endangers idaho citizens, but washington citizens, and today, my state, washington citizens in many cases cannot get heart surgery, and cannot get cancer surgery they need because we are having to take too many people of unvaccinated nature and unmasked and many of whom have come from idaho, and that is maddening frankly, and so we are calling for idaho and the leards there to lead. and lead. i am frustrated that the governor of idaho is looking to reduce vaccination and then clogging up my hospitals where i can't get cancer treatment. so, yes, we are frustrated, and it is not just idaho, but it is the entire party, and the other party is not helping out, and pulling on the rope there. and many of the other governors will be experiencing the same frustration that i have. so it is time for people to start pulling on the rope and doing the american duty and get vaccinated, and have useful use of maxes where appropriate. if we do these things, we know that we can best this pandemic. one thing that we should say

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idaho also has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. the lack of restrictions causing frustration in neighboring washington state, where there is a mask mandate and where hospitals like this one in spokane are filling up with patients from idaho. doctors warning everyone from cancer patients to people on a transplant list could see delays in treatment. >> those patients who are impacted and their families, how do they take that? >> horribly, and rightly so. we're doing everything that we can to expand capacity, get those folks in the operating room with their surgeons who can cure them. but at the end of the day, we're delaying their care. >> they did cpr for 45 minutes. >> reporter: as darryl got the tragic call his sister had died -- >> i was destroyed. i didn't know what's going to happen with these two beautiful children. >> reporter: he was also grappling with something else. his 71-year-old unvaccinated mother had also gotten covid and was coming out of a medically induced coma. she had to be told that her daughter, just a few roo

how are these drugs getting from the border all the way to idaho? >> quite simple.the cartels have a tremendous network and have been at this for generations, for decades, they are very welcomed for by the cartels and all they have to do is get past customs and border patrol which is very simple because of the crisis down there, with the humanitarian aspect so once it comes across the border it lands in the state house, the distribution points, through vehicles, cars, semi and distributed up close to the highways in mississippi, comes up the core doors through nevada, utah into idaho. there are many roots and they want to get into treasure valley. we are not just the depository but the distribution point. it is able to get up here. you get across the border you can get into idaho. >> do you feel you are getting of help from the white house to solve this problem? >> unfortunately we are not. the last administration donald trump was open to our concerns, the national sheriffs association bringing it to the table on a number of occasions to address this issue and works

the sarah palin's are here in idaho now.ant to come in for an emergency session, not to figure out how we can get more resources to address the pandemic, but to pass a law banning or health care providers from requiring vaccines for their personnel. right now we have various private employers across the state were requiring their employees, doctors and nurses to be vaccinated. the legislature is talking about coming back into ban those vaccine requirements. so, to me that's a little stoning that we're looking at these numbers and there are folks concluding firm this that our top priority should be to remove vaccines incentives. >> what's should idaho be doing now? >> well, certainly, i'm grateful that our health care providers are digging the health of their patients seriously. i think it's their prerogative to make a decision. they make a kind of decisions, for require people to get masks, gloves. it's been a long-standing practice to require personnel to get other vaccines. so, at the very least, i think we need to let hea

in idaho, where they're now rationing care, forced to decide who gets treated first. we're with ems workers tonight responding to covid calls and the number of them coming in from the unvaccinated. more than 1 in 4 new covid cases now children. and tonight, the new mu variant, now seen in at least 28 states and concern over whether it could evade vaccines. and are booster shots coming soon? dr. jha is here to answer your questions on it all. >>> also tonight heergs in the northeast, still recovering from those deadly floods and tornado, tonight, the new severe storm threat. flash flood watches across the northeast. what to expect from washington, d.c. to philadelphia to new york. and the new tropical storm taking aim at florida. rob marciano timing it all out. >>> the fbi and the new video tonight of the suspect wanted for allegedly placing pipe bombs outside the dnc and rnc headquarters the night before the january 6th riot. what they have now revealed and pierre thomas standing by. >>> overseas tonight in paris, you'll remember that awful terror rampage killing 130

of the idaho hospital association.f the state's full-service hospitals are members of the organization. he joins me now from boise. brian whitlock, great to have you. i'm sort of alarmed to hear what's going on in your state right now. can you just give us a sense of what you're hearing from different hospital officials? >> thanks, william. appreciate the opportunity. our hospitals across the state have been stressed for a couple of weeks. what we saw starting at the beginning of august was a rapid increase in the number of positive cases which translated into hospitalizations, which translated into i.c.u. visits and also an increase in the amount of covid deaths. so that's been concerning since the beginning of august, and we have been doing all that we can to prepare to move into contingency modes, to move hospital space into nontraditional spaces like classrooms, hallways and other areas where we can at least try to meet the demand that's coming there uh the doors, but we've reached the point where we are almost on

falls idaho, in the southern part of the state, you see the top of the fold? all calm headline there. rationed health care imminent. that's because the whole state of idaho, now says that they are preparing to go to the same crisis standards of care that no room at the end rationing system they have in north idaho, they are preparing to expand that to the rest of idaho to, including the treasure valley resume where boise is. so, that's a bad situation that's getting worse than idaho in other states, including kentucky in a few other states that are approaching that. tonight will be checking in with a family doctor, who's the medical chief of staff at the largest hospital in the whole state of alaska. anchorage has about 300,000 people, it's the largest city in alaska by far, in alaska of course is a huge far flung state, with lots of small lace elated communities, in a state like, that people come to the biggest hospital in the state. they come to anchorage. to the providence alaska medical center. they come from all over the state. from all levels of care, th

it's not just north idaho.lementing the same rationing standards. the same crisis standards of care. statewide in high tahoe. with this new reality, the states health official is issuing a stark warning, saying quote, wear your seatbelt. take medications as prescribed, re-considered high-risk activities that could land you in the hospital. because that's where we are, in terms of hospital capacity at this point. keep idaho in your thoughts. we'll be right back. stay with us in your thoughts. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. stay with us and ask your doctor about biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in certain adults. it's not a cure, but with one small pill, biktarvy fights h-i-v to help you get to and stay undetectable. that's when the amount of virus is so low it cannot be measured by a lab test. research shows people who take h-i-v treatment every day and get to and stay undetectable can no longer transmit h-i-v through sex. serious side effects can occur,

and as said, that is the case right now in north idaho. this is the front page of the paper in twin falls, idaho, in the southern part of the state. you see that top of the headline there, "rationed health care imminent." is that's because the whole state of idaho now says they are preparing to go to the same crisis standards of care that no room at the inn rationing system in north idaho they are preparing to, panned to the treasury u valley region, where boise is. so that's a bad situation that is getting worse in idaho and other states, including kentucky and a few other states approaching that. tonight we are going to be checking in with a family doctor who's the medical chief of staff at the largest hospital in the state of alaska. anchorage is the largest city in affect by far, and alaska, of course, is a huge far-flung state with lots of small isolated communities in it. in a state like that people come to the biggest hospital in the state. they come to anchorage to the providence alaska medical center there. they come from all over

let's talk about idaho. they're rationing medical care right now in the state of idaho because the hospitals are overwhelmed. and i was hearing from an e r a doctor in spokane, washington, which is right next to the idaho border. they're taking in patients. an overwhelming that hospital as well. so tell us about the red state blue state conundrum of the different vaccine requirements. masking requirements and what it's leading to in the hospital room. >> well, if you wanted to be simplistic and one simply just has to look at vaccination rates. fox is just rain and services. go, connie, for example, about 80% of eligible folks idaho 40%. if you think about that bass number of people. i'm vaccinated. that's really driving hospital utilization. and that's what we got away from in the bay area in california. so it really is worse than last year because delta is much transmissible and you escape that. whatever worked for folks last year isn't going to work this year and you know, time will tell. but i'm hoping th

. >>> a huge coronavirus surge in idaho is putting immense pressure on the state's health care systemere are so high medical centers are now having to take extreme measures to make sure they're able to treat everyone. anger is mounting in neighboring washington state as hospitals there are under pressure to take in patients from idaho. here's cnn's dan simon. >> we are being absolutely crushed by covid. >> i am scared. i'm scared for all of us. >> reporter: in idaho, health care workers are beginning to triage the worsening covid-19 crisis. >> we're going to have to start and are starting ranking how things are being done. >> reporter: state officials say hospitals are now allowed to ration treatment in order to meet an overwhelming surge of unvaccinated covid patients. >> you get the question, if my husband, if my wife, if my son, if my daughter had been vaccinated, would this have happened? and the answer of course is no. >> reporter: the influx is forcing providers to determine who gets care and who must wait. >> we are currently able to tread water. it's going to decline simply be

this one in northern idaho alone has 500 job openings lester >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> up next, the impact climate change is having on children. we'll take you to guatemala for a firsthand look ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ the devastation from climate change, leaving families in central america to make the dangerous journey to the u.s. border, hoping to feed their children meagan fitzgerald has more from guatemala in our series "climate challenge. >> reporter: from high above, this looks like a lush landscape when you peel back the layers, a very different story. the fields are ravaged, crops inedible, millions on the brink of starvation are you scared why? [ speaking foreign language ] jose vasquez is struggling to feed his family farmer and father of four says crops are being destroyed with climate change >> what's the problem with this? [ speaking foreign language ] no rain. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: the soil is rapidly deteriorating, triggered by

in rural idaho and i want to bring in dr. natalie aczar. dr. natalie is a rheumatologist and msnbc medical contributor. dr. natalie, the scientific review in the lancet just out in the last hour of so, scientists are arguing that evidence does not appear to show that there is a need for boosters in the general population adding the wide distribution of boosters is quote not appropriate at this time in this stage in the pandemic. your thoughts and their argument and the reality of where we are right now. >> yeah, you know, there is a lot to parse out. if there is one take home message, it might be this. if you are an otherwise healthy individual under the age of 65, getting a third dose or a booster at this point probably gives you some nominal enhanced immune protection against covid-19, but what does that really do at a population level? that's what they're arguing. they are saying there are several lines of arguments that suggest immunity does wane over time and we're seeing it play out in unvaccinated folks and individuals

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yesterday 32 deaths from covid-19 were reported m idaho, the highest in eight months. you very much for joining us tonight. what has the republican legislature there done to help the fight against covid-19? >> well, not only to help the fight against covid-19 but as you noted in your intro, we are at the worst point of crisis we've been at since covid hit america. we have the highest hospitalization, highest icu occupancy isolation, occupancy rate, no beds and on the brink of implementing crisis care, full-on rationing of health care, the death panels that sarah palin were threatening one day are here in idaho now. but seeing the gop-dominated legislature which wants emergency session not to get more resources for the pandemic but pass a law banning health care providers for requiring vaccines for personnel. various private employer are requiring their employees to be vaccinated and legislature is talking about coming back in to ban those requirements. looking at numbers, folks are concluding that top priority should be to remove vaccine incentives. >> what should idah

page of the "times news" in twin falls, idaho.he top story above the fold says, quote, hospital rationing begins. northern idaho hospitals under standard crisis of care. last night i mentioned idaho has done what no state ever wants to have to do. they announced they're implementing crisis standards of care for ten hospitals and medical care facilities due to the covid surge there. it's the first time in history they've had to take a step like this. here's what the announcement means in practical terms. others in dire need but with lower chances of surviving will given comfort care to help keep them pain-free, whether they suck come to their illnesses or recover. other patients with serious but not life-threatening problems will face delays in receiving care until resources are available. if you're in dire need but you might not survive, you're going to get comfort care. the situation in idaho is dire. hospitalizations at a record high. the largest hospital in idaho, kootenay health, has been implementing as fast as they can with

as cases run rampant in idaho, there is only one word to describe the current situation. >> awful.ate than we ever have been in the pandemic. >> reporter: things last week so dire that they gave hospitals the right to ration treatment. it comes even as the state still has no mask mandate, protesters staging mask burning rallies like this one in march. idaho also has the lowest vaccination rates in the country, causing consternation in neighboring washington state where there is a mask mandate and where hospitals like this one in spokane are filling up with patients from idaho. anywhere warning everyone they could see delays in treatment. >> when you turn away families, how do they take that? >> horribly. we're doing everything we can to expand capacity, get those folks in the operating room with folks who can cure them, but at the end of the day, we're delaying their care. >> reporter: as dale got the tragic news his sister had died. >> i didn't know what was going to happen with these two beautiful children. >> reporter: he was grappling with something else. his 70-year-old mother

people can't get into idaho hospitals where they're seeking care in eastern washington.wning in covid cases, and they are looking for all the help they can get. doctor vin gupta is a critical care of pulmonologist, who you have seen before on the show, and other shows on msnbc, he's based in washington state. tonight he is going to join us from ohio, where he is on duty with the u.s. air forces, in his capacity as an icu doctor for the critical care air transport team for covid response. these critical care air transport team, create and operate a portable icu for use on airplanes so they can deliver care at 35,000 feet while transporting ill patients from point a to point b. these transport teams are an amazing thing that the u.s. military does, and they were created, but they were meant for was to transport critically wounded soldiers from places like bagram in afghanistan to germany, the u.s. military hospitals elsewhere, and then on to walter reed, and the united states. covid has changed that focus and now those skills and that equipment and teams are being used to

so idaho's hospitals are also overwhelmed. we have npr talking about their hospitals are totally overrun but there's still a lot of skepticism of the vaccine so people are not getting vaccinated. the vaccination rates in idaho is among the lowest in the country. only 40% have been vaccinated. it's among the lowest, the lowest being of course alabama. now they're overrunning hospitals in your state. talk about what you're seeing on the ground. >> thank you, joy, for having me this evening. i think that that's definitely a stark reminder of the situation that we're in. this pandemic affects every single one of us, but it affects your neighbors, it affects all of the other folks who are fully vaccinated that are seeking care or need emergency care or need heart surgery or need help for a heart attack or stroke. so this pandemic really has highlighted the fact that we're all connected with our health care, but that our own individual actions can actually help save lives of people that we don't even know down the road. i see it on

i would guess in the state, a neighboring state called idaho, idaho, when i got elected as a 29-year-old senator was a republican state. and i don't know what the hell happened, but-- . [laughter] >> i mean, excuse me, democratic state and now it's a republican state. frank church, others were democrats, but the government was there, complementary if you're a governor that we had to have mandates for vaccinations. by the republican colleagues, i think, but that's what he's doing. so there's hope, there's hope. and by the way, fema has done such an incredible job across the board, across the board. i was on the phone today with the guy not really crazy about me, the governor of texas, offering his hope, let me know immediately what you need, when you need it, don't wait. don't wait. and folks, we have a chance. there's a chance that the work you're doing to make some significant change. to literally, and it sounds like hyperbole, save a generation, it's not a joke. not a joke. we don't stay below 1.5 degrees centigrade in terms of the earth warming, we're in deep trouble. and it's not rev

idaho also has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country.k of restrictions causing frustration in neighboring washington state, where there is a mask mandate and where hospitals like this one in spokane are filling up with patients from idaho. doctors warning everyone from cancer patients to people on a transplant list could see delays in treatment. >> those patients who are impacted and their families, how do they take that? >> horribly and rightly so. we're doing everything that we can to expand capacity, get those folks into the operating room with their surgeons who can cure them. but at the end of the day, we're delaying their care. >> they did cpr for 45 minutes. >> reporter: as darryl got the tragic call his sister had died -- >> i was destroyed. i didn't know what was going to happen with these two beautiful children. >> reporter: he was also grappling with something else. his 71-year-old unvaccinated mother had also gotten covid and was coming out of a medically induced coma. she had to be told that her daughter, just a few rooms aw

in idaho crisis standards of care have been formally implemented in a huge swath of the state.atients from idaho are also now starting to overwhelm hospitals in neighboring washington state. as of today, the state of alabama does not just have zero icu beds available. the state's icu bed availability is in negative territory. they have 0.7% negative icu bed capacity. ray demonia's daughter telling the "washington post," quote, dad would just want things to get back to normal. if people would realize the strain on hospital resources that's happening right now then that would really be amazing." but they don't flow if that will ever happen. joining us now is dr. jeanne marrazzo, director of the division of infectious diseases at the university of alabama at birmingham. dr. marrazzo, it's an honor to have you with us tonight. thank you so much for taking the time. >> my pleasure, rachel. good to see you. >> so you were warning a month ago that alabama was out of icu beds. you warned publicly that if things continued the way they were going you said that this month could be apocaly

idaho's hospitals were forced to start rationing care last week.e about the latest on the ground there. >> yeah, garrett, they had authorization to lower the standard of care to deal with the influx of patients. last week we heard from state officials who warned residents that they should be extra careful when driving a car or riding a bike, because you don't want to end up in the emergency room and take away resources that are already there, with the lines you're seeing for the emergency rooms. many of them converting hallways, converting conference rooms into extra beds for patient care. they're having to lower the standards in a way that they say is frustrating. the idea is not only do you have the high positivity rate here, where you have one in four people coming back with a positive result, but you have a situation where there are not those mitigation efforts. there's a resistance to mask and social distancing, but you also have a low vaccinate rate. in this community, about only 40% of the total pop has have even just even one shot of the va

doctors where she lives in boise, idaho, can't schedule the needed surgery to remove an ovary. idaho department of health and welfare has activated crisis standards of care, postponing surgeries because hospitals are filled with covid patients. >> we have certainly struggled with vaccination rates as we know. and that struggle has translated into a hospital system and a healthcare system that's overwhelmed. >> i have no doubt that i would be at home recovering from surgery, had it not been overwhelmed with covid patients. >> reporter: instead, titus is a long way from home. she is here in the bay area, desperate for relief she talked with her doctor and decided to come here to this hospital in mountain view for surgery. some of the highest vaccination rates. to you titus says the difference in medical care here is drastic. >> there was two other patients. the entire time. whereas, um, urgent care in boise is incredibly busy. >> reporter: she says the procedure is scheduled tomorrow. if all goes well, she can go home next week. a medical journey costing her thousands of extra do

>> how the pandemic forced an idaho woman to travel all the way to this bay area hospital for a surgery she desperately needs. >> also, california versus florida. two states with two very different approaches to the fight against covid. we investigate if masks and mandates have paid off. >>> bizarre and violent behavior in a man's front yard. the video a south bay man wants you to see. >>> and an exclusive interview with simone biles. the superstar gymnast in the bay area tonight opening up about her mental-health struggles. >> it's like we got to the olympics and my mind and my body were like you can't do it anymore. this isn't your burden to carry. you need to go and take care of yourself. >> the message she wants you to hear. >>> good evening and thanks for being with us. the bay area is a lifeline as hospitals across the country are overwhelmed with covid patients, many are jumping on a flight here to seek medical care. >> that's because the case count in the bay area is low, and the hospital beds are available. as nbc bay area's jean elle reports, it is an expensive solution to a h

i got my first job offer where my deceased wife and i wanted to move to idaho because it is such a beautiful, beautiful state.

. >>> idaho is coping for a rapidly covid crisis.he state is putting pressure on hospital and neighboring washington state and health officials say vaccine misinformation is largely to blame. cnn's dan simon broke to the brother of a nurse who died of covid after refusing to get vaccinated. >> he works as a truck driver. >> reporter: their mother died last week from covid-19. >> that is they were giving her the sedation, her heart just let go. >> reporter: natalie was only 46. tell me what she did for a living? >> registered nourse and she di home healthcare. she went around and helped people. >> reporter: which made her firm vaccination stance more p puzzling. >> reporter: healthcare leaders face a challenge of nearly 30% of their own ranks as of july still had not been vaccinated. as cases and hospitalizations remain high in idaho, one official says there is only one word to describe the current situation. >> awful. we are in the worst state than ever in the pandemic. >> reporter: things are so dire. the state authorized hospitals

and some idaho hospitals have now switched to a crisis standard of care. they transferring patients to hospitals out of state, anne-marie, because they can't handle the surge. >> wow. listen, today's vote is actually specifically about pfizer booster shot. what about moderna? >> reporter: moderna has submitted its data on boosters to the fda. the company says it shows that there is a higher rate of infection among people who have had the vaccine for more than a year. so moderna argues a third booster dose will be needed, but we'll have to see if health officials agree. anne-marie? >> yep. bradley blackburn in new york. thank you very much. >>> the nation's capitol is bracing for a possibly violent demonstration tomorrow. the fencing is back up at the u. col o0 people are te the justice for j6 y. theyrt fharged withn january 6t. now there's also fencing at the supreme court. as jeff pegues reports, new threats showed up on social media ahead of the demonstration. >> reporter: with eight-foot-high fencing now surrounding the capitol, cbs news has learned tha

only at mcdonald's. . >>> a man is suing idaho springs after police arrested him tore no not complyingurns out he couldn't understand them. he was pulled over for running a stop sign. he alleges officers threw him to the ground, stunned him with tasers he said he tried to communicate. he was charged with resisting arrest and jailed for four months the idaho prescription police department said said the officers found their actions were deemed appropriate. >>> the nation's largest inner city bus company is settling a lawsuit with washington state. greyhound will no longer allow warrantless immigration sweeps on its buses and will pay 2.2 in restitution to passengers who were detained. the company had already announced it would stop the sweeps nationwide in february of 2020 after facing pressure but the new settlement requires them to display the policy in washington state. >>> hunting season is just around the corner. but a nationwide ammo shortage is jamming up supplies michelle white of affiliate kwwl has the latest. >> reporter: it's a nationwide problem. local gun dealers and law enf

i'm scared for all of us. >> in idaho health care workers are beginning to triage the worsening covid-19 crisis. >> we are going to have to start and are starting ranking how things are done. >> hospitals are now allowed to rags treatment in order to meet an overwhelming surge of unvaccinated patients. >> i get the question if my husband, if my wife, if my son, if my daughter had been vaccinated, would this have happened? and the answer, of course, is no. >> the influx is forcing providers to make unimaginable decisions determining who gets care and who must wait. >> while we are currently able to tread water, it's going to decline simply because a caregiver can't get to a patient fast enough. >> reporter: everyone from cancer patients to people on a transplant list could see delays in treatment as resources are transferred to urgent covid cases. despite a month's long push of public service announcements like these. >> protect yourself and others, get vaccinated today. >> reporter: 40% of the gem state is vaccinated, 14 points less than the national health average. blamed on misinfor

. >> the decision to ban backpacks at one idaho school district is causing chaos on campus. students carrying their books

idaho's governor calls it an unprecedented point.eels and looks different this time around. >> for people not vaccinated this is a very, very dangerous moment. people are ending up in hospitals in unprecedented numbers and kids who are not vaccinated are getting infected largely from the adults in their lives. so we have a lot of work to do to protect kids as well. >> reporter: in idaho they have one of the lowest vaccination rates in the entire country. officials here are begging people to get their shots but if you zoom out bigger picture there is good news, now about 75% of adults in the u.s. have received at least one dose of the vaccine. amy. >> that is some promising news there, kaylee, thank you for that. >>> we turn now to the very latest on the breaking news from overnight. a powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocking mexico. look at that video right there. this is all near a popular resort city that left one person dead unfortunately but shook buildings and caused power lines and poles to collapse. certainly a frightening ni

california, idaho, colorado all on schedule but also a critical week for his agenda back in washington. recall decision time. the political fate for california's governor will be decided this week. he's getting some last minute help from the president himself to try and save his job. the state's lieutenant governor is our guest. >>> and vaccines by the numbers. the debate over vaccine mandates is always been heated, has been for the beginning. yet new polling shows there is more consensus than you might think. thanks for being here. "at this hour," president biden is on his way to idaho to begin a two-day trip on the west coast. his first trip to the region since taking office and the president will once again tie the extreme weather events that we've been seeing across the country with the need to pass his infrastructure plan and the bigger broader economic agenda. president biden will be surveying the damage from the recent wildfires there which has burned millions of acres in several states this year. he will also campaign for governor gavin newsom ahead of tomorrow's recall vote th

department of defense sending surge teams to idaho. you're seeing and hearing national guard members reactivated. you even have state officials last week warning people to be extra careful when bike riding, driving around. if you end up going to the emergency room, lines are getting extra long. one doctor saying one patient spent more than 100 hours waiting to get a hospital bed. as we heard from the doctor, this is targeting people who are unvaccinated, the unvaccinated population with extreme precision. listen to what a medical health department official here told me recently in terms of impact she's seeing with the surge. >> what we're seeing now is not great. we're having a surge of cases more than we have ever seen before. we have exceeded where we were at during the november, december, january surge as far as positivity rates, cases, hospitalizations. we're just in a terrible time of the pandemic now. i would hate to see it get any worse. >> and there's no sign that this is ending anytime soon. you add in the fact that students w

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