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| ‘Pivotal moment’: CDC chief issues stark warning over surge in Delta Covid variant – live | |
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| Rochelle Walensky raises concern while public figures urge Americans to get vaccinated – follow the latest news | |
| Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control, warned that the US is at a “pivotal moment in this pandemic” because of the spread of variants of Covid-19, my colleague Joanna Walters writes. | |
| Walensky made the comments amid increasing numbers of cases across the country and as lawmakers and public figures urge Americans with increasing urgency to get vaccinated. | |
| Inside the White House there is reportedly an ongoing debate over whether to start a new push urge to Americans to wear masks like in the earlier days of the pandemic. | |
| Walensky, speaking at a briefing on Thursday, said of the Delta variant of Covid that it “is one of the most infectious respiratory viruses we know of and that I have seen in my 20-year career”. | |
| She added: “We are at another pivotal moment in this pandemic, with cases rising again and some hospitals reaching their capacity in some areas.” | |
| Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to Joe Biden, praised Republicans who have been encouraging Americans to get vaccinated. He made those comments in an interview with The Hill newspaper. | Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to Joe Biden, praised Republicans who have been encouraging Americans to get vaccinated. He made those comments in an interview with The Hill newspaper. |
| In particular Fauci praised Congressman Steve Scalise of Louisiana, a member of House Republican leadership, for encouraging Americans to get vaccinated. | In particular Fauci praised Congressman Steve Scalise of Louisiana, a member of House Republican leadership, for encouraging Americans to get vaccinated. |
| “I was very pleased to hear Congressman Scalise ... make that statement about vaccines,” Fauci told The Hill. “That was very helpful.” | “I was very pleased to hear Congressman Scalise ... make that statement about vaccines,” Fauci told The Hill. “That was very helpful.” |
| Fauci also said “I think when they see a Republican leader like Congressman Scalise lean strongly towards people getting vaccinated, I think that’s a very positive thing.” | Fauci also said “I think when they see a Republican leader like Congressman Scalise lean strongly towards people getting vaccinated, I think that’s a very positive thing.” |
| The White House press pool has passed along the guest list for the bill signing, which should start soon. It’s a long list: | The White House press pool has passed along the guest list for the bill signing, which should start soon. It’s a long list: |
| The Vice President | The Vice President |
| The Second Gentleman | The Second Gentleman |
| Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta | Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta |
| Acting Assistant Attorney General Amy Solomon, Office of Justice Programs, DOJ | Acting Assistant Attorney General Amy Solomon, Office of Justice Programs, DOJ |
| Kristina Rose, Director, Office for Victims of Crime, DOJ | Kristina Rose, Director, Office for Victims of Crime, DOJ |
| Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh | Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh |
| Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring | Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring |
| Senator Tammy Baldwin | Senator Tammy Baldwin |
| Senator Richard Blumenthal | Senator Richard Blumenthal |
| Senator Shelley Capito | Senator Shelley Capito |
| Senator John Cornyn | Senator John Cornyn |
| Senator Catherine Cortez Masto | Senator Catherine Cortez Masto |
| Senator Joni Ernst | Senator Joni Ernst |
| Senator Dianne Feinstein | Senator Dianne Feinstein |
| Senator Lindsey Graham | Senator Lindsey Graham |
| Senator Amy Klobuchar | Senator Amy Klobuchar |
| Senator Patrick Leahy | Senator Patrick Leahy |
| Senator Cynthia Lummis | Senator Cynthia Lummis |
| Senator Lisa Murkowski | Senator Lisa Murkowski |
| Senator Chris Van Hollen | Senator Chris Van Hollen |
| Representative Deborah Dingell | Representative Deborah Dingell |
| Representative Brian Fitzpatrick | Representative Brian Fitzpatrick |
| Representative Sheila Jackson Lee | Representative Sheila Jackson Lee |
| Representative Ann McLane Kuster | Representative Ann McLane Kuster |
| Representative James Langevin | Representative James Langevin |
| Representative Lucy McBath | Representative Lucy McBath |
| Representative Gwen Moore | Representative Gwen Moore |
| Representative Jerrold Nadler | Representative Jerrold Nadler |
| Representative Ayanna Pressley | Representative Ayanna Pressley |
| Representative Mary Gay Scanlon | Representative Mary Gay Scanlon |
| Representative Jackie Speier | Representative Jackie Speier |
| Representative Ann Wagner | Representative Ann Wagner |
| Representative Jennifer Wexton | Representative Jennifer Wexton |
| Even as some of the most famous Republicans in the country urge Americans to get vaccinated, half of all Republicans in the House of Representatives won’t say whether they’ve been vaccinated or not. That’s according to a new report from CNN: | Even as some of the most famous Republicans in the country urge Americans to get vaccinated, half of all Republicans in the House of Representatives won’t say whether they’ve been vaccinated or not. That’s according to a new report from CNN: |
| More here. | More here. |
| President Biden is due soon to deliver remarks at a bill signing for “H.R. 1652, the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021” as the White House press pool noted earlier today. | President Biden is due soon to deliver remarks at a bill signing for “H.R. 1652, the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021” as the White House press pool noted earlier today. |
| Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, one of the signatories of a letter expressing concern to the FBI about its investigation into now supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh. Whitehouse’s tweets illustrate the sense of dissatisfaction he and the other Democratic senators feel about the FBI’s response to tips about Kavanaugh and its probe of his past conduct years before he became a judge. | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, one of the signatories of a letter expressing concern to the FBI about its investigation into now supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh. Whitehouse’s tweets illustrate the sense of dissatisfaction he and the other Democratic senators feel about the FBI’s response to tips about Kavanaugh and its probe of his past conduct years before he became a judge. |
| The Biden administration just released a new statement confirming earlier reports about incoming sanctions on new sanctions targeting specific Cuban regime officials. | The Biden administration just released a new statement confirming earlier reports about incoming sanctions on new sanctions targeting specific Cuban regime officials. |
| Here’s the key passage: | Here’s the key passage: |
| “Today, my Administration is imposing new sanctions targeting elements of the Cuban regime responsible for this crackdown—the head of the Cuban military and the division of the Cuban Ministry of the Interior driving the crackdown—to hold them accountable for their actions. This is just the beginning–the United States will continue to sanction individuals responsible for oppression of the Cuban people.” | “Today, my Administration is imposing new sanctions targeting elements of the Cuban regime responsible for this crackdown—the head of the Cuban military and the division of the Cuban Ministry of the Interior driving the crackdown—to hold them accountable for their actions. This is just the beginning–the United States will continue to sanction individuals responsible for oppression of the Cuban people.” |
| Asked about the president’s filibuster comments last night Jen Psaki digressed. First she said that the Senate makes the decisions on the filibuster. She said that Biden was only addressing what the process would look like to change the filibuster and not weighing in one way or another. | Asked about the president’s filibuster comments last night Jen Psaki digressed. First she said that the Senate makes the decisions on the filibuster. She said that Biden was only addressing what the process would look like to change the filibuster and not weighing in one way or another. |
| But she also said she Biden’s position had not changed. | But she also said she Biden’s position had not changed. |
| “What he was referring to was simply to what that process would look like,” Psaki said, going on to say that Biden would “continue to advocate for the For the People Act...and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.” | “What he was referring to was simply to what that process would look like,” Psaki said, going on to say that Biden would “continue to advocate for the For the People Act...and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.” |
| That’s in reference to two major voting rights bills Democrats want to pass into law. Psaki stressed though that Biden did not want to weigh in closely on Senate procedure though. | That’s in reference to two major voting rights bills Democrats want to pass into law. Psaki stressed though that Biden did not want to weigh in closely on Senate procedure though. |
| “He alone doesn’t have a role in making these changes in the Senate,” Psaki said. | “He alone doesn’t have a role in making these changes in the Senate,” Psaki said. |
| White House press secretary Jen Psaki just said there would be more from the State Department and the Treasury Department on the sanctions against Cuban officials later today. | White House press secretary Jen Psaki just said there would be more from the State Department and the Treasury Department on the sanctions against Cuban officials later today. |
| Background on that here. | Background on that here. |
| The White House’s daily press briefing is under way and commerce department secretary Gina Raimondo is addressing the country’s semiconductor chip shortage. | The White House’s daily press briefing is under way and commerce department secretary Gina Raimondo is addressing the country’s semiconductor chip shortage. |
| The country’s semiconductor chip shortage is an ongoing problem that nevertheless has been under the radar to much of the population. | The country’s semiconductor chip shortage is an ongoing problem that nevertheless has been under the radar to much of the population. |
| A number of Senate Democrats are questioning the FBI’s handling of tips into Brett Kavanaugh during the now Supreme Court justice’s confirmation process. Per The New York Times: | A number of Senate Democrats are questioning the FBI’s handling of tips into Brett Kavanaugh during the now Supreme Court justice’s confirmation process. Per The New York Times: |
| Here’s the letter from the senators to the FBI. Here’s a statement from Whitehouse’s office on the letter: | Here’s the letter from the senators to the FBI. Here’s a statement from Whitehouse’s office on the letter: |