PANDEMIC OF THE UNVACCINATED

COVID cases rise in every single U.S. state as President Biden poked social media platforms

for letting misinformation spread.

The only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated as they're killing people.

Can America turn things around? I'll speak to the U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Morthy next,

and make a break. Senate Democrats set a deadline for a key infrastructure vote,

as growing Republican opposition puts the bipartisan compromise in jeopardy.

The latest with the chief Republican negotiator of the deal, Senator Rob Portman,

who joins me exclusively next, plus on the road. Democrats go local to promote voting rights.

There are many routes to success here.

But roadblocks remain in the Senate, so how will anything change?

I'll speak to the committee chair holding that hearing, Senator Amy Klobuchar ahead.

Hello, I'm Dana Bash in Washington, where the state of our union is seeing red.

Coronavirus cases are surging across the country once again,

as the highly contagious Delta variant spreads. All 50 states in Washington, D.C. are now seeing

rising cases. That's the first time that has happened since January.

As many of us know by now, the COVID vaccines are extraordinarily effective at preventing

serious disease, and 99 percent of those who are now dying of COVID are unvaccinated.

This new wave did not have to happen. The United States is a country where the vaccine is readily

available and free, yet less than half of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated against COVID.

And as vaccine hesitancy turns into vaccine hostility and health officials brace for more

avoidable pain and death. Some local leaders are encouraging or in the case of L.A.

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