you'll hear from the jacksonville mayor in a minute.his morning, new york city became the first in the u.s. to require proof of vaccination in indoor restaurant dining, gyms, performances. i just put my vaccine card in a photo album on my phone. i imagine others will do that soon. surges everywhere, with nearly 40 states doubling cases in two weeks. officials and politicians are finding themselves in cross hairs after premature celebrations that the pandemic was on the way out. now issues that made the pandemic a lightning rod are back. should cities, counties, bring back mandates, capacity, should they implement vaccine requirements. we'll hear from president biden on the coronavirus response and global vaccination efforts. as i said at the top, nowhere is the surge more acute than florida, nowhere more acute than florida than in jacksonville. let me bring in somebody i have known a long time, the mayor, lenny curry. mayor curry, the numbers look dire. what have you seen this morning, any signs of hope that maybe these peaks will start

but then my dad got transferred to jacksonville, florida 1952 i grew up from age eight and jacksonville until i left to go to college in 1962. i attended the university of alabama. i was in rotc because back in those days you were required at a land grant university to be enrolled in basic rotc your first two years. and then the vietnam war broke out while i was there there's a lot of talk about the draft really coming into play. a lot of folks getting called up and being sent to this place called vietnam, depending whether not you and lyndon johnson. i along with a bunch of my friends enrolled in advance rotc pretty graduated in 1966 in may of 1966 and after a few months of waiting for my assignment orders i went back to jacksonville, florida had a temporary job tried to make a few bucks before i left. in august i received my orders assigning me to the 25th infantry division and vietnam. first i had to go to school in virginia. >> before we get into your military tell us about your family. >> well, my dad is the son of immigrants. my grandfather was from russia. my grandmother was from

we were there as they towed two of them out into the ocean off the coast of jacksonville, florida. how revolutionary could this be in terms of the data we get about a hurricane? thinking could be transformation in how we understand how storms develop. increasing chances of warning people on shore of what dangers they might face. >> reporter: if it works, these solar and wind-powered drones will provide the first ever data video from the surface of the ocean inside a hurricane, relayed in realtime back to sail drone's mission control at this former naval air station in california, which houses its orange army, a fleet of more than00 ds. >> nng else that doneis. so i i extremely new and extremely valuable. >> reporter: greg foltz with a scientist with the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. he says right now, most of the information we have about hurricanes comes from hurricane hunting airplanes that fly into storms and drop probes from the sky. sail drones are expected to provide far more data right from the storm's so-called engine, where the sea and air meet. this cou

that hospital here in jacksonville is a trauma center. he is worried about the trauma center operations being impacted by covid-19. right out front they have an over flow hospital where they can accommodate about 10 more patients if they run out of room in their hospital building. they are putting covid patients in other units that they wouldn't be because they have too many. here in jacksonville behind me is the governor's rapid response team. it's a mobile unit. they have antibodies there. they are offering that to people who have covid-19. telling you if they get that, that will limit your symptoms of covid-19. we continue to see the hospitalizations skyrocketing all across the state. >> thank you. from the northeast portion to the southwest. bring in my next ghoeuest who i seeing a surge in florida. you said that the crisis in southwest florida is becoming bleaker by the day. explain what you mean by that. >> we're seeing an unprecedented surge in covid hospitalizations in our region. in june we had 30 people in the hospital with covi

cnn's nadia romero is live in jacksonville. rapid response treatments? are they strike teams? what is this? >> reporter: jim, there's a mobile unit right behind me. that's part of the response team, and you'll see those -- at least the governor wants you to see them all across the state of florida. right now, though, right here in jacksonville. so if you are covid-positive and you're within the first ten days of having symptoms, you can come to this mobile unit and get an antibody treatment. it's supposed to reduce your likelihood of being hospitalized or finding an early grave. and we spoke with uf health about what their thoughts are on these antibody treatments. they say some of their affiliated clinics are filling up with appointments. there are people who are covid-positive in the jacksonville area that are trying to get any treatment possible to keep them alive and out of the hospital. but i asked one doctor, will this alleviate the stress you're seeing in your icus and the fact they've had to utilize all of their hospita

. >> but this is an incredible story out of jacksonville, florida.waiting at the public library for covid-19 monoclonal antibody treatments. people so sick that they couldn't even stand up. the man who took that picture will be here tonight to talk about what he saw as he waited for the treatment. but there is a lesson there, too. get vaccinated. wear a mask. try to avoid ending on the floor -- ending up on the floor in a public library waiting for monoclonal antibody treatments. and like i said, covid doesn't care about your politics. they don't care about those who are trying to divide us. and we will only defeat it by pulling together and following the science. and the scientists. not the politicians. okay? >>> back to afghanistan, now, where the news is coming fast and furious. the chaos on the ground in afghanistan. we have seen it almost impossible for afghans who stood by america to get to that airport. the only means to escape the taliban. but there are fears there may be worse to come. >> why have the american soldiers forgetting about us af

jacksonville.t health admitting more kids. children admissions for covid double in a week. quote, the number of patients including children hospitalized because coronavirus in jacksonville continues to rise just one day before local schools reopen their doors. baptist health in jacksonville saying this time last week they had ten kids hospitalized from covid. but it's gone to 21 kids hospitalized including six kids in that icu in that one hospital. jacksonville. in pensacola, florida, today the pensacola news journal front page is a photo of this very brave 14-year-old getting her shot. at the browns vi community center. they put that over that stark headline, virus hospitalizations break all-time record. speaking of florida, the federal government today did send 200 ventilators and 100 other high flow oxygen machines to the state of florida to help florida deal with its record number of covid hospitalizations. ron desantis is now not just insisting but threatening personal retaliation against scho

jacksonville certainly seeing it. the orlando area. statewide we are seeing significant increases in covid hospitalization. and it is combined with, by the way, dramatic increases in other non-covid patients. very sick individuals so it is the combined pressure of covid hospitalizations, along with other significantly ill individuals in the hospital. talk to me about pregnant women. i'm still hearing about pregnant women scared to get the vaccine. i think i heard you say pregnant women are coming in with covid. >> as we have spoken with our hospitals around the state, i am absolutely hearing about pregnant women in the hospital very ill from covid. we know that the vaccine will keep people out of the hospital. we have to encourage individuals. this is about getting vaccinated. as you mentioned, our staff for 17 months our nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists have been working this pandemic, they're exhausted, they've been running towards the pandemic for a very long time. >> masking, can it help? if you don't want to get the vaccine

health hospital here in jacksonville. they're trying to expand the covid-19 units. and we actually were just inside. i want to let everybody meet lauren johnson. he's 67-year-old man that has been here for 22 days. rushed by ambulance, unvaccinated. his message now very clear. we face timed with him just outside his hospital door. take a listen. >> every day i get on this phone, i say please do not wait. get a vaccination. if i wasn't so stupid, i got my best vaccination, i wouldn't be in this predicament. don't listen to no foolishness, go get vaccinated. >> god bless him. the word he used he is lus ened to foolishness. we talked there for quite a while. this is day number 22 for him. he is not alone. there are 220 individuals like him in there. he doesn't drink or smoke. he feels like a 20-year-old up until he contracted covid-19. but unvaccinated. we're also talking about people younger than him. he keeps hearing stories from down the hallways. as we were taking the elevator down to get out here to talk with you, we were talking about a pulmonary specialist. he w

jacksonville's trevor lawrence, formerly of claims it.lawrence's first play as an nfl quarterback, lawrence gets sacked by the browns sheldon day fumbles but retains possession a little bit later, lawrence bought some time and found marvin jones with the 35 yard pass down the middle of the field. that game is in the third quarter with the browns leading 16 to nothing. just the same jacksonville fans hoping they have finally found their guy and here's your play of the day in major league baseball so far, the red's tyler stevenson, it's a ground ball in the hole, d d gregorius makes an incredible stop. then it even better tossed his second to start a possible double play. stevenson initially ruled out at first base, but the play was challenged. he obviously beat the throw. the phillies were 61 winners over the reds. the reds right now three games behind the padres for the national league's second wild card spots, so it's time we start paying attention. yes, you do. alright, show. thank you so much appreciate. we'll see at 10 o'clock tonight

let's go from there to vaughn hillyard joining us from jacksonville, florida. vaughn, you have the state of florida right now seeing a record level of new covid cases. i mean, here is the point. it is the worst daily case count since the start of the pandemic. we're talking 18, 19 months. how are officials responding to this? >> reporter: think about that again, alex. you just said that fact, that this weekend there are more individuals who have tested positive for covid than at any other point during this pandemic despite the vaccine being available for months. here in jacksonville there are more individuals hospitalized than at any other point during this pandemic, the same as down in orlando across florida here, so that is why this is a two-front effort. number one, you have these doctors and nurses frantically working to take care of the patients flooding into these hospitals, but then you have the other pronged attack, and that is to try to get these unvaccinated folks. 40% are still not fully vaccinated individuals that are 18 and older. 40% not fully vac

i grew up in portsmouth, virginia and jacksonville, florida. already be back in school by now, right?

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west sometime early saturday morning out into the gulf the cone of uncertainty includes miami, jacksonvilleinfall, we do know this much we're talking three to five inches but locally could be upwards of eight with flash flooding and rapid river rises a real possibility we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. i am meteorologist, kari hall. we are seeing showers near the coast but a lot more of the rain staying over the water, and this is all due to a surge of monsoon moisture. you will feel the humidity even if you don't see the showers today. our temperatures come down a few degrees but with the humidity it will feel just as hot, reaching 92 in antioch. our forecast continues to stay hot in the valleys. >>> oh, stop >> savannah -- >> stop it >> i think you should use that mic every day. looked like you're about to do a concert. like a lounge singer. >> al, i love it best thing that happened all morning. >>> coming up, all eyes on incoming new york governor kathy hochul as she prepares to become the first woman to lead the state and vows to turn the page o

. >> a jacksonville er doc saying that they are seeing more patients that were healthy before.up to 10,389. the a.p.reports at the uf health north hospital in jacksonville, covid-19 patients once again were being put in beds in hallways due to a surge in visits. in south florida, there's a rising number of young patients and nearly all are unvaccinated and they need intensive care. we welcome back to the broadcast, a miami based cardiologyist and the florida state lead on the committee to protect health care. thank you for being with us, dr. ashby, florida now the epicenter of the virus. you told my colleague it's groundhog day all over again. tell us about the flood of patients you are seeing now and how quickly the situation has worsened. >> well, pleasure for having me here. and it's great to have a platform, to speak on behalf of floridans and health care professionals down here. this is, you know, we are having ptsd, i mean, you know, the initial surge that we went through was very disturbing, very stressful, and we thought this was behind us, we had the vaccining nation c

but then my dad got transferred to jacksonville, florida 1952 i grew up from age eight and jacksonville until i left to go to college in 1962. i attended the university of alabama

again, that is jacksonville florida today. here's biloxi, mississippi the biloxi sun harold, from page today. nearly 8000 new virus cases today, part of an viral new spread on the gulf coast. here's the opelika-auburn news in alabama. in auburn alabama. only two icu rooms, in the state of alabama are unoccupied. here's the front page today in rome, georgia. the beaumont, texas rome news tribune. >> room scares for covid-19 patients. as covid cases rise, the influx of patients is stressing local hospitals. here in the left pride of your screen is beaumont texas. covid stretching the hospitals. mourners is needed. on the right side here screen, that's waco, texas, virus deaths and hospitalizations grow. look at this from melbourne florida today, the newspaper florida today. very dramatic front page from them today. it says we are on the precipice. that's their front page. look at that. our hospitals are overrun with covid patients. again that's melbourne, florida today. if you know, this i wanted to show you not the articles, bu

as i understand it, in two weeks there are six members from the same jacksonville church who died from covid. and they were all unvaccinated, the pastor said. and he has a message now. what is he saying? >> reporter: right. reverend george davis of impact church in jacksonville, florida, four out of the people that died were under the age of 35. and young and healthy people. he knew one of them was 24 years old and had known that person since he was a toddler. he tweeted that he's tired of crying about and burying people he loves. he said please take the political and religious games somewhere else. but there is a lot of political games still being played here in the sunshine state. all you could do was host another vaccination event this weekend. he tried to convince his congregation saying the vaccine is here if you want it. and he believes that faith and science can work together, erica. >> it is an important message. natasha, thank you. >>> our next guest is the chief medical officer at conway medical center in south carolina. health care facility s.e.a.l. se just put the covid 19

in fact, earlier this week governor desantis was in jacksonville, florida, where he announced a rapidhe said the state has started to dispatch these mono clonal antibodies to those who are sick. again, when you talk about those hospitalizations, we're seeing a spike there. the florida department of health releasing its latest data as of yesterday for the previous week. florida saw more than 151,000 cases of covid-19 with about 286 deaths, so that's a positivity rate of about 19%. even though we've had this anti-mask mandate from governor desantis, he's stepping up. and he did talk a little more about it, so let's listen to that sound bite. >> what we're going to be doing today is deploying a rapid response unit. starting today we'll be able to deliver regeneron, monoclonal antibody treatments to those folks. >> reporter: all of this is coming as we're seeing a spike in covid cases of children, those 12 and under ineligible to get vaccinated. i'm at roosevelt school in hillsboro, county. 13 have tested positive and they'll have to evacuate. it's disrupting things across palm beach coun

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duval county comprises the jacksonville area ballot to a county.sville area county school board voted to require students to wear masks unless parents fill out paperwork to opt out the superintendent of a 3rd school district actually sent a letter to governor desantis asking him to allow the use of masks. >> the biden administration is taking the first steps toward requiring nearly all foreign visitors to be vaccinated for coronavirus the requirement would come as part of the administration's phased approach to easing travel restrictions for foreign citizens to the u.s. no timeline has yet been determined has interagency working group study. how and when to safely move toward resuming normal travel right now. all travelers to the u.s. are required to show proof of a negative covid test taken within 3 days of travel. >> and now kron 4 sports from the 18 t fiber sports desk. >> after waiting. what feels like forever even though it's actually been less than a week. we finally got to enjoy the debuts of the warriors. 2 first-round draft picks tonight.

in jacksonville, a tragedy unimaginable for a church congregation.n be trace in the part to covid miseducation. >> we need to understand, we're waking up into a battle zone. >> reporter: at his church in florida, pastor george davis is praying for higher vaccination rates. over a reason ten-day period, he said otherwise healthy members of his church died from covid. none of them were vaccinated. >> we had experienced six people last week within a ten-day stretch that passed away from covid. four were under the age of 35. yesterday we had a seventh person who passed away. these are all people we care about dearly. one young man, i've known him cynic he was a toddler. a young man in the prime of his life who still had plans to be married and live out a full life. >> reporter: what frustrates pastor davis the most is all the misinformation about vaccines that's out there. that many in his congregation believe. >> when you get injected, the government is putting a tracking device inside of you and they're watching your every move. that people are dying i

we can confirm that a 16-year-old patient at wilson children's hospital of jacksonville passed away onrsday due to covid-19. we encourage everyone to continue to take precautions to prevent the spread of covid-19 -- f covid-19 -- doctor patel, i just don't know when else it takes to convince parents of 16 year olds and younger children that they need protection that. >> lawrence, nothing breaks my heart more than to tell parents that if their children comes into clinic or urgent care, that we need to isolate or separate them. can you imagine? it doesn't matter the age. having to be physically removed from your parents, so that you do not put others at risk, it breaks my heart. so i don't know what to say, except that i have been trying a different tactic with my patients. saying, look, i get it, this is all very scary. so why don't we just break down what you are scared of? lawrence, here's the good news. we are one showing that people are listening. vaccinations are going up, not as fast as i would like, but that trend is low one i would like to continue. ask your questions, it's a ma

nbc's vaughn hillyard is in jacksonville, florida, and shaquille brewster in omaha, nebraska. florida breaking all records in the wrong direction, including hospitalizations, at a pandemic high. >> reporter: yeah, this is the fourth wave that should have never happened here. you're talking about a population here in florida in which more than 40% of the adults are still not fully vaccinated, and that is exactly the individuals that you are seeing inside of these hospitals. here in jacksonville, in orlando, the hospitalization records being shattered, essentially 50% more than the highest previous peak here, and you're seeing over the likes of 10,000 plus covid patients inside of these hospitals here in florida. but this is now percolating beyond florida. yes, more than 20,000 cases, essentially making up 20% of the new daily cases across the u.s. at the same time you're seeing this take place in the likes of baton rouge, louisiana, where one particular hospital, baton rouge general medical center, i was talking with the nurse meredith cooper yesterday as they were building a f

. >>> this was the front page of the "florida times union" in jacksonville, florida. covid kills 19 people in three days at university of florida hospitals. then over on the right side, the a-1, hospitals bursting, fear staff shortage. that is jacksonville, florida, today. here's biloxi, mississippi, the "sun herald." front page today, nearly 8,000 new virus cases part of unbridled spread on the gulf coast. here's the "opa-locka auburn news" in auburn, alabama. only two icu rooms in state of alabama are unoccupied. here's the front page in rome, georgia. "the rome news tribune." rooms scarce for covid-19 patients as serious covid cases rise. the influx of patients is stressing local hospitals. here on the left side of your screen is beaumont, texas. covid stretching the hospitals. more nurses needed. on the right side of your screen, that's waco, texas. virus depths and hospitalizations grow. look at this from melbourne, florida, today. this is the newspaper "florida today." very dramatic front page from them today. it says "we are on the precipice," that is their fro

bob in jacksonville, democrat. caller: good morning. it is good to hear your voice. i hadn't talked to you since december 7 last year. a caller, several callers ago still part of my thunder -- stole part of my thunder. i think this trillion dollars price tag is propaganda. first of all, people have forgotten that we went into -- we went over there on a lie about weapons of mass destruction. i suggest that there have been a lot more than a trillion dollars spent. a trillion dollars, you have to tie iraq to afghanistan. if you figure a trillion dollars over 20 years, unless my math is wrong, that is $50 billion a year. i doubt if that would buy the bullets. host: you said you have to tie iraq to afghanistan, talking about weapons of mass destruction when it comes to iraq. why do you have to tie them together? caller: because i don't think we would have been there if it -- if we hadn't gone to iraq first. host: you said we talked on december 7, talked a lot about 9/11. do you think the date of august 15, 2021 will be remembered much in u.s. history? caller: i doubt it.

and this started in jacksonville, jacksonville at the start in july had only about a 49% vaccinationmi-dade on the other hand had well over 70% and is currently right around 85. 85%, and so they haven't been hit as hard, and it's just real strong evidence that the vaccines do really good work. >> and you know, you don't have this kind of influx of patients without having an effect on your staff. i understand that you have the ppe you need, but it's really, the staff is so taxed here. we have actually seen a group of south florida doctors who staged a walkout to protest against the surge in hospitalizations among the unvaccinated. that's not your hospitals, but it seems like the problem is the same in your system. >> yeah, i think they were really trying to send a message of the importance of vaccinations here. so it was not one of our systems, but i certainly understand the message. our hospitals are seeing that from the panhandle down to miami. the vaccines definitely work, and i think that it really is something, if you want to do something to help the staff, then it's a matter of

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this is a statement from wolfson children's hospital in jacksonville, florida.16-year-old patient at wolfson children's hospital of jacksonville passed away on thursday, due to covid-19. we encourage everyone to continue to take precautions to prevent the spread of covid-19 including wearing a mask, washing hands, and getting vaccinated if eligible. dr. patel, i just don't know what else it takes to convince parents of 16-year-olds and younger children that they need protection. >> laurngs, nothing breaks my heart more than to have to tell parents if their child comes into clinic or e.r. and urgent care that they have covid that we need to isolate them and separate them. can you imagine? any age having to be physically removed from your parents so that you don't put others at risk and it breaks my heart. i don't know what to say except that i have been trying a different tactic with my patients, saying, look. i get it. this is all very scary. why don't we break down what it is you're scared of. the good news we are showing people across the country are listening

did you still have racial issues off base in jacksonville? certainly. but you also have instances of white marines grabbing african-americans and coming to their aid when there were fights that end sued off base. so there was very much so this collective idea of being a marine. some of them didn't know that there were african-americans. but the fact they had the uniform on meant they had earned it. so that i think facilitated it more. and i would press forward with that caveat that small force structure allows this to happen. >> as we continue, you can probably end the screen share so people can see more of you and me which i'm sure they would much rather do. and actually, that same comment about bleeding green, it raised another question to me about the state of race relations in our military today. i don't know if you have any knowledge of, to what degree if any that the problems that we have in society at large are mirrored in the military. >> i would say that for one, the military is still very much viewed as a avenue or a testing ground for things

that is jacksonville, florida, today. here's biloxi, mississippi, the "sun herald."ay, nearly 8,000 new virus cases part of unbridled spread on the gulf coast. here's the "opa-locka auburn

one church leader in jacksonville, florida hosting a vaccination event this weekend after six of hisishioners died from covid in the last couple days, all unvaccinated. >> we're praying. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci saying he hopes the fda will fully approve covid-19 vaccines by the end of the month. >> if that's the case, you're going to see the empowerment of local enterprises giving mandates. the time has come as we've got to go the extra step to get people vaccinated. >> reporter: as the school year begins, there's growing concerns new virus hot spots will emerge. with dr. scott gottlieb predicting that illinois, indiana and north carolina could be next. >> cases are building in these states. >> reporter: dan lieberman, abc news, new york. >>> canada has re-opened its border with the u.s. americans traveling to canada must be vfully vaccinated. children under 12 will be allowed to cross vci adul out ts wi what'sng calle the .arges ror it comes as historic wildfires rage across three continents. this morning the dixie fire burning in north california is now the second largest fi

in jacksonville, florida, 12-year-old maya hartley wants masks in schools to protect her 10-year-old brother. >> even though i'm vaccinated, i can still get sick and also my younger brother, i don't want to get him sick, if i get it. because i wasn't wearing a mask. >> hearing from her makes a big impact. bay area schools are fully reopening in the coming weeks. we want to help parents student bs prepared. kate larson spoke to an expert at home and in hospital. >> as pediatric covid cases reach alarming levels across the country, parents are preparing for the school year. >> we're definitely worried. >> in san francisco, his son is starting kindergarten and her son is starting preschool. >> we are going to buy more masks and are teaching him how to use hand sanitizer and maintaining distance. >> the masks that they use in hospitals, they can replace them. >> i was wondering how i can maximize my family's back-to-school mask shopping. i asked stanford children's health. >> why is what was good enough last year is not good enough now? i think that is a very, very understandable frustra

only black driver to win a race at nascar's top level was honored this wee ndell scott won the jacksonville 21963, last night at daytona international speedway his family finally received the trophy commemorating that historic victory. scott did not receive the credit back then, instead it went to buck baker. but a review of the scoring determined scott had won the event by two laps. with baker finishing second. scott's grandson said scott built a bridge for diversity. today would have been his 100th birthday. >> when we come back, it's known as the grave yard of empires. our cbs news correspondent elizabeth palmer reflects on her time reporting in afghanistan. >> we end tonight with a reporter's notebook. cbs news senior foreign correspondent elizabeth palmer reflects on her time in afghanistan and america's longest war. >> when the u.s. invaded afghanistan the taliban who had been in power melted away. >> and i remember those early days of joy and relief that the tyranny was over. >> did they ever beat you? >> the old man wept, remembering the humiliation. >> women rejoined public life to

it the gulf some time saturday afternoon but the cone of uncertainty includes miami, tampa, and jacksonville rainfall amounts anywhere from 2 to 4 inches, but could see upwards of 8 we'll continue to track it. lester >> all right, al, thanks very much >>> in just 13 days, new york will have a new governor today kathy hochul distanced herself from andrew cuomo and the scandal that drove him out. anne thompson spoke to her tonight. >> reporter: kathy hochul stepping out from andrew cuomo's shadow >> i want people to know that i'm ready for this. >> reporter: the lieutenant governor will replace the besieged cuomo on august 24th. hochul today promising she'll be a different kind of leader. >> no one will ever describe my administration as a toxic work environment. >> reporter: the state attorney general's blockbuster report on cuomo detailed the allegations of 11 women who say the governor sexually harassed them. >> in my mind, i've never crossed the line with anyone. >> reporter: though he faces potential civil and criminal action, cuomo has not been charged with a crime and denies any wrongdo

we actually just left the inside of this jacksonville hospital, uf health jacksonville and i asked nurse sebrina and nurse debbie, who are the patients that you are seeing. take a listen. >> reporter: when you are talking about younger, what do you mean younger? >> 20s, and we had a patient that was 13, 14, 15. so, yes, definitely. >> reporter: sick enough to come to the hospital? >> sick enough, and sicker. and even sicker than the first one that we had, and so it is actually a lot worse than what we saw last year. >> this is a population now inside of the hospitals with covid that we are talking about 50% of them between 25 years old, and 50 years old and you heard it from the two nurses, and they cannot underscore enough the calling out to folks to get vaccinated here, because when you are talking about the florida population, yes, you have 50% of a population now being fully vaccinated among the adults, but that means that there is still about six or seven million unvaccinated adults in the state of florida, and again, watching that trajectory over the course of the last weeks, this

. >> this morning we're learning that six members of a jacksonville florida church have died from covid in less than two weeks. the pastor of that church says all of them were unvaccinated. four of them were younger than 35. joining us now, cnn's natasha chen with this story, six in less than two weeks. what a tragedy, natasha. >> reporter: yeah, john, really heart breaking and the bishop of impact church in jacksonville says one of them was 24 years old. he had known that person since he was a toddler. over the weekend, he said that in addition to prayer he wants to take action. the bishop had the church host a vaccination event telling his congregation that god is the one giving wisdom to the scientists creating the vaccines. so, faith and science can work together. here is something the bishop reverend george davis tweeted ot over the weekend about. i'm tired of crying about and burying people i love. take the political and religious games somewhere else. unfortunately there are a lot of political games being played here in the sunshine state at the moment, even as the seven day aver

that is jacksonville, florida, today. here's biloxi, mississippi, the "sun herald."