george rutherford. we want to bring in stanford biology and immunology dr. robert siegel. thank you for being here. >> -- >> dr. siegel, we cannot here. we are having a technical issue and we apologize. we will try to get him on. we are also awaiting senator kiley, one of the candidates in the recall election and according to the new poll that came out from the berkeley institute of governmental studies, he is in 4th place. he is in the assembly member from la, the si and governor newsome is one of his constituents so i'm looking forward to chatting with him. hopefully we can t ryimrtant at are tracking the rising cases. so the seven-day positivity rate is five .9%. the state is also saying there have been 72,252 -- excuse me, 73 million tests conducted in california representing an increase of 116,000 during the prior 24 hour reporting period. we are seeing more people getting tested and totally there have been 63,000 deaths since the start of this pandemic. let's get back to. dr. rutherford. >> the cdc recommendation yesterday put the bay area under this recommendation.

george rutherford says the delta variant has pushed back the state's goal of reaching herd immunity by several months. and that's considered a safe estimate. >> i'm guessing we're now talking somewhere in the mid-80%. that's not people eligible for vaccine, that's everybody, including children. >> how much longer do you think it will take san francisco to get to that sweet spot? 85% fully vaccinated? >> at the rate we're vaccinating people which is not very fast, it'll take us months to get there. >> reporter: 53% of the state's total population is fully vaccinated. san francisco county is at 69% fully vaccinated. one of the highest rates in the country. yet covid cases are climbing at a pace we haven't seen since the onset of our last surge. >> we've increased eight fold in the past few weeks and projecting that we'll be on an average of 80 cases a day. when if you recall, we were down into the low teens a few weeks ago. >> reporter: that pattern seen across the bay area. count, positivity rates and hospitalizations are rising. data analysis found from june 20th to july 20th, there ha

she and her husband president rutherford hazy to set utilize the conservatory special way. both of them or teetotaller, so all alcohol was banned in his white house. after a dinner with guests, instead of serving drinks, they lead tours of the conservatory. this seems to have gone over surprisingly well with their guests coming away quite pleased by the experience. by about the year 1900, the single conservatory which is the big building here had grown into one vast glass house complex that ranged over much of the near southwest grounds. the conservatory itself was for show and enjoyment. a luxury for the presidential household. the rest of the buildings were purely functional greenhouses. simple utilitarian spaces designed to grow as many plants as possible. by the turn of the 20th century, these greenhouses were at their peak production. kicking out thousands possibly tens of thousands with bulbs, flowers, ferns, and shrubs per year for planting outdoors on the ground or use inside the white house. nine separate buildings shown in the strong from left to right. we have th

geordr rutherford this map compiled from the abc7 data team , that's tracking transmission and real-time across california, using the latest data from the cdc. as we zoom into the bay area, san francisco, alameda, contra costa and solano counties are all colored red. indicating the level of community transition is high. of four counties reported between a 30% to 70% increase in covid cases over the past seven days. >> it would make sense to me that the people with the worst problems would do it first. >> reporter: the remaining five area counties are colored in orange. one level below. indicating substantial timidity transmission. how would you rank the top three factors driving this transmission? >> first and foremost is lack of vaccination. then it is delta and indoor transmission. i think most transmission is going on in households. if we are going to go outside of households bars and clubs cl are next on the list. >> reporter: the state is recommending anyone vaccinated to mask up indoors, mirroring the cdc's guidance. if masks are to be mandated, that will be decided from each indiv

that was the last time they did that. >> 1876 was rutherford hayes. why did president hayes and his family decide they wanted to take over the tradition? >> the president was out on his daily walk. some school children encountered him and said we have no place to roll our eggs now and he said that's odd. why don't you just come back with me and you can roll eggs on the white house grounds. a couple hundred children did that first year in 1878. >> and then as time goes by, you tell this in your story, it is accompanied by illustrations. who did those? >> john hot and, an absolutely genius artist and art historian. >> what were you trying to achieve with this? >> what we were trying to do was have a book that was both educational and fun, and accessible to as wide a variety of readers as we could. we would like it to be a book that children can read, but also, especially for younger children, that hopefully their parents will read to the children. but it will still be interesting for the parents. >> one of your special tees is actually garden history an

george rutherford. it is great to see you again. >> i'm grant glad that i have to talk about the bears. >> you could if you want to. i am sure that there is a health angle as well. is talk about the covid to start. health officers are asking people to ask up again. bars are requiring patrons to show proof of vaccination. we might be having the colored tears. you are not a alarmist, give it to a straight, how bad is it? >> it is not good. the delta variant is much more transmissible than the earlier variants that we dealt with last spring. and as we get more and more and people infected, the chances of people who are fully vaccinated actually getting it goes up as well. that is just because there is an inherent rate of vaccine failure and now we have massively increased the chances of being exposed. so, i think you have to be, what i've been telling people is to be careful. if if you are fully vaccinated people, you do not yet have a complete carte blanche to do whatever you would like to do. you still n

. >> breakthrough cases, ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor george rutherford says he is already hearing about an apparent increase in testing in the wake of the covid breakthrough cases driven by the delta variant was t lking to somebody today who was down at in the mission and its. so there's a long line of people. yeah, i do want to get tested. most of whom are vaccinated already. they've been exposed and where. >> and we're worried san francisco covid testing data shows a drop in testing since january and a slight increase as of july 21st the city closed, the main testing site on the embarcadero in june after seeing a drop in cases and more people getting the vaccine at this time. the city is focusing on neighborhoods with the high covid positivity rate. meanwhile, data in santa clara county shows an increase in testing county public health officials say they plan to expand the fairgrounds testing location to 7 days a week starting july 31st in contra, costa county public health officials say there are many appointments available for testing every day. >> and may make changes

get tested with 3 to 5 days after that explosion. >> and doctor rutherford. and if you develop covid symptoms, you should get tested regardless of vaccination status in the newsroom. gayle ong kron 4 news. gayle, thank you for that. meantime, today, san francisco mayor london breed said 300 people will die of covid-19 in short order. >> if the city continues on its current path of rising case numbers. that's why city leaders are now considering re implementing a mask mandate even for those who are vaccinated. >> we do not make these decisions lightly. it is very difficult to try and move people and one direction. when we just felt like we came out of this pandemic in a way that we can celebrate. but the celebrations can't completely start. >> if the decision is made to mandate indoor masking for all san francisco with then joined los angeles, yellow and sacramento counties which have all turned a federal and state mask recommendation into a requirement we checked in with other 8 bay area counties. and at this time, all of them are still recommending. everyone

rutherford it's possible people will be infected in the bay area. he said may have been exposed to get checked. >>> in oakland police were stretched so thin they didn't stop people from setting off illegal fireworks. >> police said they were overwhelmed by 911 calls there. was a total of seven shootings. one person died. at least half a dozen hurt. a man was critically injured after he was hit by a side show. >> intensity increases like we saw this past weekend. that's something that's necessary while we seek to reimagine safety. we still have to have sufficient resources. >> chief armstrong said the 4th of july was among the most violent he's seen in his 20 years on the force. >>> this is video of crews at mission 26 hbs also helped clean up the mess >>> the san jose fire department said it responded to 20 firework related calls on the 4th of july and our cameras captured a number the department said there were more than 1,600 online reports since june 15th but that's down from 6600 last year. so far the department partment issued ten citations. >>

shows us reopening june 15, covid cases have gone up more than 20% in the bay area, and doctor rutherford says an event this size could put many vaccinated people at risk. >> the risk is for those unexpected unvaccinated. >> doctor rutherford is tripping the risk to the delta variant first detected in india, now accounting for 36% of covid cases in california. >> in the old days with the original variant, you had a 20% chance of getting infected. now it is probably closer to 50%, it is that much more transmissible. >> keeping that in mind, san francisco will have guidelines in place for the fourth of july . >> if you are unvaccinated, you should be wearing your mask when you are in crowds, even if you are outdoors. >> in an outdoor setting where people are going to watch the fireworks, if you are vaccinated, should you wear a facemask? >> it depends on how packed it is. the recommendations are if you are in a crowd of more than 10,000 people outdoors, it is recommended that you have a facemask. >> 74% of san franciscans are fully vaccinated, very close to he immunity. ls sy are ple fromg

george rutherford this map that is tracking transmission in real-time across california, using the latest data from the cdc. as we zoom into the bay area, san francisco, alameda, contra costa, and solano county are colored red, indicating community transmission is high. all four counties reported between 30% to 70% increase in covid cases over the past seven days. >> it makes sense to me that the people with the worst problems would do it first. >> reporter: the remaining five bay area counties are colored in orange, one level below, indicating substantial transmission. how would you rank the top three factors driving most of this transmission? >> first and foremost, lack of vaccination. the second thing is delta and then the transmission. most transmission is indoors. most of that is going on in households, but if we go outside of households, bars and clubs are probably next on the list. >> reporter: the status recommending anyone vaccinated to mask up indoors, mirroring the cdc guidance. but if masks are mandated, that will be decided from each county. >> they may do it collectively, th

rutherford warns that we should be concerned about the delta. because it is highly transmissible. >> i wear a mask in the grocery store or when i'm going into pretty much indoor performances. those kinds of things. it is really on you to be careful at this point in time. >> and los angeles health officials confirmed more than 2500 new covid-19 cases today. that is a 20 fold increase from just 124 reported one month ago. >>> some of the most popular festivals in the bay area are making a comeback. >> last year the san jose jazz festival went virtual and the fremont festival of the arts was canceled altogether. katie nielsen is live in fremont to explain how things are shaping up this year. >> reporter: this stretch of paseo padre is basically the centerpoint for the festival, drawing up to half 1 million people over two days. and organizers say this year people who attend will tsone of e larg outdoor all types of vendors to draw the crowds. everything from jewelry, to clothing as well as food. but this year the festival is struggling to get them

demand changes other bay area counties have kept existing testing sites open. >> meantime, doctor rutherford says following health guidelines will help rule out breakthrough cases where masks if you're in indoor public spaces. and 2, if you if you have a known exposure. get tested with 3 to 5 days after that explosion. >> doctor about the for dads. if you develop covid symptoms, you should get tested regardless of vaccination status in the newsroom. gayle ong kron 4 news. >> and san francisco mayor london breed says that if the current trend continues the way it's going with the numbers heading northward their project and we could see as many as 300 people die in the near future. from covid-19 and that's why city leaders are right now considering re implementing a mask mandate even for those who are vaccinated. take a listen. >> we do not make these decisions lightly. it is very difficult to try and move people and one direction. we just felt like we came out of this pandemic in a way that we can celebrate. but the celebrations can't completely start. >> if the decision is made to mandate in

that that will will be seeing breakthrough cases ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor george rutherford says he is already hearing about an apparent increase in testing. >> in the wake of the covid breakthrough cases driven by the delta variant was talking to somebody today who was down at in the mission and its. so there's a long line of people. yeah, i do want to get tested. most of whom are vaccinated already. they've been exposed and where. >> and we're worried san francisco covid testing data shows a drop in testing since january and a slight increase as of july 21st the city closed, the main testing site on the embarcadero in june after seeing a drop in cases and more people getting the vaccine at this time. the city is focusing on neighborhoods with the high covid positivity rate. meanwhile, data in santa clara county shows an increase in testing county public health officials say they plan to expand the fairgrounds testing location to 7 days a week starting july 31st in contra, costa county public health officials say there are many appointments available for testing every day a

george rutherford to weigh in. >> if we start getting more pressure on hospitals, more pressure on icu beds, it may end up being mandated. having them vaccinated is huge. it's huge. it takes away 98%, 99% of the risk, but there's still that residual little bit of risk in what we are trying to do with the vaccine, with the mask recommendations, is to cut that down even further. >> the health department said today, 99% of the state's cases this year have been on unvaccinated individuals, and the breakthrough cases among the vaccinated often come with only mild symptoms or none at all. >>> the night a big crack down on retail theft. as kpix 5's kenny choi reports, several agencies across the state on all coming together to combat the crime. >> major retailers have had to close some of its stores and cut hours to try to curb the amount of theft that happens every day. today the governor signing a bill into law that allows local, state, and federal law enforcement to continue working together to try to tackle this problem. >> reporter: organized theft has become a 30-plus billion- dollar in

george rutherford with ucsf to get some guidance. >> if you are vaccinated, we are trying to preventbreakthrough cases, that is cases among people who have been vaccinated, and the more and more transmission there is, and there's a lot of transmission going on with the delta variance, the more likely you, as a vaccinated person, are to come into contact with someone who is infectious. >> today, governor gavin newsom also weighed in on the mask recommendations and how it might affect returning to school in the fall. >> up to 50% now of californians are in jurisdictions where there's some form of recommendation for mask wearing and as you know well, we are requiring masking for all of our kids to return safely in person this fall, and we are committed to making sure that a successful. >> u.s. pediatricians say children two and older should be wearing masks in school, whether they're vaccinated or not. that recommendation comes less than two weeks after the cbc a dated its own guidelines, which only recommend the students and staff forgo mask wearing indoors if they are vaccinated. >>>

. >> reporter: this epidemiologist doctor rutherford said the real concern is about unvaccinated peopleering and potentially spreading the strain known to be significantly more transmissible. >> probably 30% or 40% more transmissible than the alpha bear -- variant and uk variant. and you remember the rose garden when there were how many infected it was like 10 out of 75 or something like this and this could be 40 out of 75. >> reporter: the masking guidance recommends even vaccinated people stay masked when attending mega events which include 5000 or more people in doors. or 10,000 people outdoors. >> in the past few days we have seen a director for man unty an she expects the rate will more than holiday. >> i won't be surprised if it goes from three cases to 20 cases a day. >> reporter: even though more than 90% of the eligible population is vaccinated here with at least one dose, she said it only takes one unvaccinated pocket to trigger a serious outbreak. >> met everybody is following the rules. so people who are not vaccinated or not wearing masks and that is what increases the risa

rutherford does not see the bay area going that far, though he sees value in masking. slow transmission among people who are unvaccinated. and b, limits spillover of breakthrough cases to people who have been vaccinated. >> reporter: and now comes covid's next curveball, the lamda variant, designated as a variant of interest by the world health organization just last month. >> by knowledge is it's just as susceptible to the vaccines. >> reporter: he points out when the fda gives the vaccines full approval, expected sometime in the next couple of months, that will open the door to possible mandatory vaccines for businesses, universities and the military. >> here's the concern, the positivity rate in california continues to inch upward. it's now at 4.1%. now, for some perspective, at the height of the winter surge, the positivity rate was 17%. however, back in may before the state reopened, it was under 1%. despite the rise in cases, hospitalizations have only gone up slightly, and deaths are pretty much holding at the same low rate. >>> a leader in san jose is doing all

rutherford does not see the bay area going that far, though, he sees value in masking. >> a slow transmission among people who are unvaccinated and limits spillover of breakthrough cases to people who have been vaccinated. >> reporter: and now comes covid's next curveball, the lambda variant. designated as a variant of interest by the world health organization just last month. >> my knowledge of it, it's just as susceptible to the vaccines and not more transmissible than the delta. >> reporter: when the fda gives the vaccines full approval, expected some time in the next couple months, that will open the door to possible mandatory vaccines for businesses, universities, and the military. terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. >>> supervisors in san mateo will discuss a proposal to provide $2 million in pandemic recovery funds. the 2021 smc strong business assistance program would provide 200 grants of $10,000 to small businesses who have not received any financial relief this year. in the meantime the county is also considering allocating a half a million dollars to micro food businesses, such as

richard westcott, bbc news, the rutherford appleton laboratory in 0xfordshire.at the british e—sports student championships but ahead of the action, a special test tournament was held — to help organisers work out how to make events like this more inclusive. bbc radio1 newsbeat�*s steffan powell has more. dan is playing fifa, his favourite game and one of the most popular in the world. he loves it because nothing beats that feeling of putting the ball into the top corner, especially when your mate's watching. at the moment, there is no way for dan and chris to play competitively against people who are similarly abled. free kick! pupils at colleges like this one just outside cheltenham for those with special educational needs have been playing video games and watching e—sports for years and now they are asking, why can't we compete just like everybody else? dan has cerebral palsy, supports chelsea, uses an xbox adaptive controller to play and an igears device to communicate. why is competitive play so important foryou, dan? because i like to win. shoot! this pilo

george rutherford this map that is tracking transmission in real-time across california, using the latestsolano county are colored red, indicating community transmission is high. all four counties reported between 30% to 70% increase in covid cases over the past seven days. >> it makes

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pete: went to the sea life aquarium in east rutherford, new jersey and covering it all for us.nk attack or encounter? adam: we are in their living room when that happens. kind of tough to blame that on the shark, don't you take? pete: blame people first. will: i'm not giving them the ocean. i have every right to the ocean. i reject the analogy. [laughter] adam: okay, you reject the analogy as you guys said i'm out in front of the aquarium. aquarium with more than just sharks. 3,000 sea creatures in there. i'm going to get in here the next couple of hours and we will get to look at the sharks and stingrays. you know what? this is the end of shark week. this is when people are thering about the beach and ocean. you certainly should be this weekend because the weather for most folks is going to be cooperating for it diving right in. this heat that we have been dealing with, that is going to be continuing across the country. i will begin here with the early morning current temperatures. you will see widespread lots of places in the 60's. lots of places in the 70s. as we know daytim

north dakota, congressman jim banks, elise stefanik of new york, kelly armstrong, congressman john rutherford of pennsylvania. they are just some of the names being mentioned on this friday morning. john bresnahan from punch bowl news. we don't need a committee, we will use that in the midterms. republicans had a chance to create the bipartisan commission and they lost it. that is looking like a dumb mistake. we have a call on the independent line, good morning. caller: i just want to say i don't know why any decent republican would not want to be on this committee. their lives were in jeopardy too. just watch the film footage. for them to just want to sweep this under the rug like it never happened, i don't understand. as far as i'm concerned, they have no souls to them. i just don't understand why they would not want to be part of the process of getting to the bottom of this mess and find out just what was going on and hold those people accountable for what they have done, thank you. host: nick is next from california, good morning. republican line. caller: it's ironic that liz cheney, whos

george rutherford says the real concern is about vaccinated people gathering and potentially spreading the strain known to be significantly more transmissible. >> 30% or 40% more transmissible than the uk variant. >> to put it in perspective -- speaking in the rose garden when there were about 10 out of 75 affected? this could be 40 out of 75. >> masking guidance recommended in vaccinated people sickpeoplek masked when attending the event which included 5000 or more people indoors were 10,000 past couple of days we have seen a significant uptake especially among the unvaccinated population. >> lisa is the deputy health officer from marin county. she expects the case rates will more than double after the holiday. >> i will not be surprised if marin county goes from three cases a day to 20 cases of covid per day. >> with a 90% of marin counties eligible population is vaccinated with at least windows. she said it only takes one unvaccinated pocket to trigger a serious outbreak. >> people will who are not vaccinated are not wearing masks. that is what increases the risk of transmission. >>

youngest woman to fly solo around the world rutherford british and belgium 32,000-mile journey from herator and will clock 250 flying hours that should take two three months. so, good luck to her. the current record holder is american who was 30 at the time when she got the record and the youngest male record holder is 18. so, best of luck. >> younger. right, geraldo? >> geraldo: absolutely. >> geraldo: the beloved cleveland indians they changed their name. they had to. you see behind me the cleveland guardians, i did that for greg's benefit to have a picture of myself. my one more thing is always a picture of myself. but the cleveland guardians, the guardian of traffic you see them very art dzeko, they are holding a stage coach in the car and a train. they knock this bring down. the bridge over the cuyahoga river that separates the east and west side. >> jesse: cuyahoga, i don't know, geraldo, that's an indian name. >> geraldo: i'm 10% native american so i have some license. >> dana: that's it? that's one more thing? >> geraldo: cleveland guardians that's it. >> jesse: one more thing e

rutherford set an event of this size could put many at risk who are unvaccinated. >> the risk is for people unvaccinated if they come into contact with someone else unvaccinated and is infectious. >> reporter: he is attributing the risk to the delta variant. first detected in india and accounting for 36% of covid cases in california. >> with the original set of variants, a case in your holds household, a 20% chance of getting infected. now closer to 50%. >> reporter: keeping that in mind, san francisco will have covid-19 safety guidelines in place for the fourth of july celebration. >> the guidances if you are unvaccinated, you should be wearing your mask when in crowds. even if outdoors. >> reporter: embarcadero where people will watch the fireworks, if vaccinated, should you wear a face mask? >> if it is really packed, i might do it. the recommendations, if you're in a crowd of more than 10,000 outdoors, it is recommended you were a face mask. >> reporter: 74% of san franciscans are fully vaccinated meaning we are close to herd immunity. city officials are aware people from across

george rutherford said the state has pushback the goal by several months and that is considered to bee estimate. >> herd immunity is a function of how transmissible the viruses. the goalposts have shifted and we are now talking in the mid- 80%. that is not a people eligible for the vaccine, that is everybody. >> according to the vaccine tracker, 53% of the states population is fully vaccinated. san francisco county is at 69%, one of the highest rates in the country. >>> as effort stall for vaccination, president biden is asking people to get their shots . the president spoke at a cnn town hall yesterday. jobina is at the live deskwh go vaccination efforts stall and the delta variant is on the rise. president biden sought to downplay the surge at last night's town hall. he said only unvaccinated people need to worry about the delta variant and urged them to get the shot or shots. but kids under 12 are still not eligible for the vaccine. the president had this prediction about when it may be authorized for them. >> soon in the sense that i do not tell any scientist what they should do.

george rutherford that says it would make sense that counties would be first to implement and mandate. but added that the decision would be made at the group like we have seen in the past or by each county. here is what we know is driving the transmission. >> first and foremost. lack vaccination and the second thing is delta. and we get down to the third thing and it is indoor transmission. most transmissions in doors. it is going on in households and right, if we are going to go outside of households, bars and clubs are next on the list probably. >> the remaining five bay area counties are colored in orange. one step below red indicating substantial community transmission. we spoke to infectious disease expert dr. jorge with stanford and tracks the data and consults stanford on trends and mandate because the data often lag behind. dr. bob walker told us yesterday that he would be surprised if we don't have a mandate implemented across most of the bay area by early next week. we will see. >> we will. stephanie, as we all remember there was so much anxiousness about the vaccine waiting

rutherford said an event of this size could put many at risk who are unvaccinated. >> the risks and uncertaintiesor those in vaccinated if they come in contact with someone else in vaccinated and infectious. >> reporter: he is attributing the risk to the delta variant. first detected in india and now accounting for 36% of covid cases in california. >> in the old days with the set of variants, if you had a case in your household, you had a 20% chance of getting infected. now it is closer to 50%. >> reporter: keeping that in mind, san francisco will have covid-19 safety guidelines in place for the fourth of july celebration. >> the guidances if unvaccinated, you should be wearing your mask in crowds, even if outdoors. >> reporter: an outdoor setting like embarcadero people will watch a fireworks, if vaccinated, should you wear a face mask? >> if it is really packed, i might do it. the recommendations are in a crowd of more than 10,000 people outdoors, it is recommended you wear a face mask. >> reporter: 74% of san franciscans are fully vaccinated meaning we are close to herd immunity. city official

doctor rutherford says herd immunity may not be there yet, but he says san jose is on its way. >> herd immunity not only includes vaccination, but naturally acquired immunity. at least in san jose, where there were large outbreaks in december, january, into february of this year, probably lots of the population has immunity from being infected already. if you combine that with this impressive vaccination level, i think you are probably pretty close. >> reporter: the mayor says 85% is nice, but it is just a start and only the first dose. his message, if you are not part of the 85%, get vaccinated. if you are, get your second shot. dustin dorsey, abc7 news. >>> happening now, and effort to vaccinate more people in the south bay. the department of public health is offering vaccinations at paypal park in san jose. you can get vaccinated there for another hour. officials were offering free tickets to the game for the first 155 fans to get vaccinated. club america and atlas fc are set to play at 7:30 tonight. >>> 75% of san franciscans over the age of 12 are fully vaccinated as of today. 82%

george rutherford says in the bay area a cluster of covid outbreaks could occur among unvaccinated people. he says he's more concerned now about the delta variant than he was a few weeks ago. >> early variants about 20% of people would get infected. now it's closer to half. it's that much more transmissible. >> it's likely people will be exposed to the delta variant. but doctors say if you think you've been exposed over the holiday weekend, you should get tested even if you don't have any symptoms. >>> new details about the country's increase in violence during this pandemic. an internal memo from last spring warned of a spike in violence and extremism. abc news obtained the homeland security memo and warned that the emotional, mental and financial strain intensified from pandem violce the memo urged officials to develop an action plan for when communities return to normal tigun violence an epidemic. >>> fourth of july celebration resulted in moments of mayhem in oakland. police say they were stretched so thin they couldn't stop people from septembering off illegal fireworks. from setting

he needs to have that kind of a moment instead of a rutherford b hayes moment, was a president who endedconstruction, basically allowed white southerners toave their ways all across the country. we don't need joe biden to have that moment. we need him to follow a more aggressive example that supports and aggressively fights regarding rights. amy: let's hear what they did say at the white house yesterday. president biden and vice president harris meeting with civil rights leaders. this is sherrilyn ifill from the naacp legal defense fund. speaking to the black news channel after the meeting. >> i use the opportunity to talk about the history of civil rights legislation in this country, of the supreme court's role in often eroding civil rights statutes dating back to the 19th century, the 1875 civil rights act and the civil rights cases, dating back to plessy versus ferguson, mobile 1982. of course, shelby county versus holder and last week's decision. we are at such a moment. we're litigating at the legal defense fund in georgia, challenging their voter suppression law, challenging florid

they were well, now the city is focusing on neighborhoods with high positivity rates doctor george rutherford with ucsf says it is important to get tested. yes, but also one of the best things you can do is slow the spread. follow the guidelines. >> the more people who are infectious, the more people are walking around with infection, the more likely you are to come into contact with someone was infectious and the and the more likely it is that that will will be saying breakthrough cases wear masks. if you're in indoor public spaces. and 2, if you if you have a known exposure. get tested with 3 to 5 days after that explosion. >> in santa clara county. they have seen an increase in testing county. public officials there say that they a plan to expand the fairgrounds testing location to 7 days a week starting tomorrow. and in contra, costa county health officials say that there are many appointments available for testing any day that you need to. so definitely. follow the guidelines and beyond is what people are doing. yes. >> in the north. but sonoma county is starting to see an uptick of coro

doctor george rutherford with ucsf says while it's important to get tested. one of the best things you can do to slow the spread is to follow health guidelines. >> the more people who are infectious, the more people are walking around with infection, the more likely you are to come into contact with someone was infectious and the and the more likely it is that that will will be seeing breakthrough cases wear mask . if you're in indoor public spaces. and 2, if you if you have a known exposure. get tested with 3 to 5 days after that explosion. >> meanwhile, data and santa clara county shows an increase in testing county public health officials say they plan to expand the fairground testing location to 7 days a week starting tomorrow in contra, costa county public health officials say there are many appointments available for testing. every day. san francisco mayor london breed said if the current trend of rising covid cases continues. it is now projecting 300 people could die. that's what city leaders are considering as there are thinking about starting another

with children under that age unvaccinated, doctor george rutherford says herd immunity may not be there yet, but says san jose is on its way. >> herd immunity not only includes vaccination, but natural immunity. at least in east san jose, where there were large outbreaks into february of this year, probably a lot of the population has immunity from being infected already. if you combine that with the impressive vaccination level, i think you're probably pretty close. >> reporter: the mayor says 85% is nice, but it is just a start and it is only the first dose. his message, if you are not part of the 85%, get vaccinated. if you are, get your second shot. in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc7 news. >>> san francisco is close behind san jose with 82% having one dose and 75% fully vaccinated. in oakland, 79% of had one dose and 65% are fully vaccinated. in the north bay, 97% of residease dose, with 89% fully vaccinated. >>> the m sending police officers to handle such issues. instead, 911 dispatchers will send a firefighter paramedic and an emt in an unmarked car to the scene in hopes of keeping

focusing neighborhood by neighborhood on the one to the highest covid positivity rates doctor george rutherford with ucf s ucsf says it's important that you get tested. but before you do anything, just follow the guidelines. that means mask up. >> the more people who are infectious, the more people are walking around with infection, the more likely you are to come into contact with someone was infectious and the and the more likely it is that that will will be seeing breakthrough cases wear masks. if you're in indoor public spaces and 2, if you if you have a known exposure. get tested with 3 to 5 days after that explosion. >> so that's what he said. just like you gyms yet. so many the family gets sick to get tested. john got sick. got tested. turns out not delta just cold. but still, you need to know. meantime, data in santa clara county shows that they have started testing more there. people are out getting tested county public health officials say the plate to expand the fairgrounds testing location now to 7 days a week. so you go there to get tested starting tomorrow. and in contra, costa co

doctor george rutherford with ucsf says, well, it is important to get tested. one of the best things that you can do is follow the guidelines. >> the more people who are infectious, the more people are walking around with infection, the more likely you are to come into contact with someone was infectious and the and the more likely it is that that will will be saying breakthrough cases wear masks. if you're in indoor public spaces. and 2, if you if you have a known exposure. get tested with 3 to 5 days after that explosion. >> data in santa clara county shows an increase in testing. their county public health officials say they plan to expand the fairgrounds testing location to 7 days a week starting july 31st ones that tomorrow more him and contra. costa county public health officials say there are many appointments available for testing every day show. this is that become a thing. now people eased off on the testing. now, if you get the sniffles, give a cold. you're like whatever just case double check. >> san francisco mayor london breed. by the way, said th

the president to lean in, we need to have him to have an lbj moment and right now he is having a rutherford b. hayes moment who is the president who ended reconstruction by pulling the troops out and saying black folks, you're on your own and that is what it feels like from a president in spift the passionate speech last week. we got to see it backed up to him leaning in and modifying and carving out a filibuster. there are not ten republicans, despite what joe manchin says, he keeps saying they're there, but he can never show them to us because they don't exist. >> we don't believe you. you need more people. and black folks are disproportionately impacted by these policies so i wonder if that is why there is some hesitancy to address how serious and dire the situation is. and the problem, after your meeting, with joe man chin, he says that the subject of the filibuster never came up, and that baffles me, how did you all talk for that time and nobody ever brought up filibuster? explain it to me. >> well, i want to be clear, i wasn't in that meeting. but i do know that, you know, no one want

lydia hu following it all from east rutherford, new jersey.re than the previous olympic games because sports betting has been legalized in 21 states plus the district of columbia, so now , people that want to place a bet on the olympic games don't have to travel to nevada to do it unlike past games. you know, new jersey could see a lot of that activity because this is the second largest market for sports betting outside of nevada, and we are here with a man that knows a lot about this , this is ryan marche si, the general manager of fan dual sports here, thank you so much for being with us, ryan. a lot of interesting sports have been added to the olympics this year, we're seeing karate and cheerleading and skateboarding. what are you seeing what sports are jumping out to the people placing bets here? >> absolutely this is actually surprising to a lot of us because we thought people gravitate more towards basketball, baseball, sports they are familiar with but we're seeing 100-meter dash, skateboarding younger generation getting involved with t

rutherford: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise today to share my concerns for the crisis we are seeing at the southern border and the obvious unwillingness of the biden-harris administration to provide solutions. illegal border crossings are at the highest level in two decades, yet this administration not only won't address it, they actually exacerbate it because they cut the c.b.p. budget over $900 million. in june alone, border ages encountered over 88,000 people at the southern border, a 450% increase over last june. madam speaker, the biden administration created this invasion this border crisis. this year alone, over # 0,000 kids from crossed the board we are 15,000 remaining in government custody. fixing the crisis at the border requires an investment in manpower, infrastructure, technology and strong policy. that's why i ask this body to plus up $300 million next year's budget for operation stone garden, to reimburse boarder states like texas who are actually stepping up at the state level to provide security for the

zara rutherford, who's belgian—british, will be circumnavigating the globe, taking in 52 countries alongut incredible feats by teenagers at the olympics today. it is great to talk to you. where did this ambition begin? i’zre it is great to talk to you. where did this ambition begin? i've been fl in: with did this ambition begin? i've been flying with my _ did this ambition begin? i've been flying with my family _ did this ambition begin? i've been flying with my family my - did this ambition begin? i've been flying with my family my whole i did this ambition begin? i've been i flying with my family my whole life. my flying with my family my whole life. my mum and dad and my little brother are pilots. flying was a natural thing to do. i had a dream. i had a dream fora thing to do. i had a dream. i had a dream for a long time to fly around the world but it is too crazy, too impossible so i thought, it is a dream, i will see what happens and then suddenly i took a gap year and suddenly i have one year, i spoke to my family, i said i want to do this crazy thing, do you think it is possible?

north dakota, congressman jim banks, elise stefanik of new york, kelly armstrong, congressman john rutherfordf pennsylvania. they are just some of the names being mentioned on this friday morning. john bresnahan from punch bowl news. we don't need a committee, we will use that in the midterms. republicans had a chance to create the bipartisan commission and they lost it. that is looking like a dumb mistake. we have a call on the independent line, good morning. caller: i just want to say i don't know why any decent republican would not want to be on this committee. their lives were in jeopardy too. just watch the film footage. for them to just want to sweep this under the rug like it never happened, i don't understand. as far as i'm concerned, they have no souls to them. i just don't understand why they would not want to be part of the process of getting to the bottom of this mess and find out just what was going on and hold those people accountable for what they have done, thank you. host: nick is next from california, good morning. republican line. caller: it's ironic that liz cheney, whose

rutherford: it's what the majority of americans want and in fact, a recent poll found that 60% of americans oppose taxpayer-funded abortion. it's shocking and heartbreaking that democrats would remove this critical protection from the law after supporting it for over 40 years. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on energy and commerce, ways and means, and the judiciary be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 18 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: under guidelines consistently issued by successive speakers, as recorded in section 956 of the house rules and manual, the chair is constrained not to entertain the request unless it has been cleared by the bipartisan floor and committee leaderships. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? mr. higgins: i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. higgins: madam speaker, today the house convened the first public hearing of the select committee to investi

with me is professor karol sikora, chief medical officer at rutherford health.? i expecting to hear this afternoon. -- what is your view?— what is your view? i think there is no choice- — what is your view? i think there is no choice- we _ what is your view? i think there is no choice. we have _ what is your view? i think there is no choice. we have to _ what is your view? i think there is no choice. we have to do - what is your view? i think there is i no choice. we have to do something on the 19th and is all about non—pharmacological interventions, social distancing, mask wearing. the public have been psychologically damaged by what has gone on. getting back into normal is much more difficult than where we are. i'm really looking forward to hearing from my colleague here to tell us about masks. he is the expert. i think the relaxation is necessary for getting back into normal education and the economy. i think the individual risk assessment is important — the individual risk assessment is important. if you live with elderly parents _ important. if you live wit