kristen: even with delta, that holds true with delta? dr. gandhi: even with delta. for example, shasta county and washington county yesterday and in washington state, they put out in the seattle, kings county, the put out how much higher likelihood you are to be hospitalized between vaccinated and unvaccinated. it is 46 times more likely to be vaccinated if you are unvaccinated. shasta county, it was something like 80 times more likely. so definitely more likely to be hospitalized if you are unvaccinated. kristen:. kristen: a viewer is asking where his daughter is demanding this. he has a niece is sick but the doctor refuses to see her unless he took her for a covid test first. . he had a hard time with that and had to pay a lot for same-day results. . he asks why doctors are requesting that. dr. gandhi: it should not be the industry norm. the purpose of health care is to see people who are ill. so, of course,, but that would be the dr.'s responsibility -- that would be the doctor's responsibility. this failure to deliver health care sometimes without a negative tes

this rapid increase, really attributable to the delta virus -- delta variant, excuse me, and the fact that we have reopened much of the city, so therefore, there's more activity. so the combination of these factors are what's driving this increase. next slide. so if there's any change in the current rate of vaccine uptake, and there's no change in san francisco's current contact rate, which is how much we're interacting with the public and each other, then we project the following, and these are just projections. the current surge would end with 257 additional covid deaths in san francisco. and with that last bullet, just to emphasize, the vast majority would be among people who are not fully vaccinated, and with vaccines, 90 to 95% of these deaths are preventible. next slide. as we've seen throughout the pandemic, covid-19 is having a disproportionate impact on different neighborhoods in the city. in this case, higher rates in the southeastern part of the city. the more the blue shade on this map, the higher the concentration in the city. so you see mission, tenderloin in particular

delta has disrupted both the demand and supply sides. many forecasters have downgraded consumer spending in the second half of the year. delta's limited the acceleration that had been expected in services which had been expected to help offset the drag on activity from the shift in fiscal support from being a tail wind to being a head wind. although the retail sales print for august was stronger than expected, the level of spending in august wasn't much changed from june. and high-frequency data indicates the consumption of discretionary services -- restaurants, travel -- stalled or may even have moved lower in some categories. and those trends don't seem to be very sensitive to regional variations in vaccination rates or covid cases. delta has also prolonged supply bottle next. single family -- bottle necks. single family homes declined in august, despite very high demand, because materials constraints. auto production was, again, paused at a number of north american plants in early september following covid induced shutdowns in sum ico

and deltas finally slowed progress on employment. and since leisure and hospitality unexpectedly fell to zero in august following an average monthly pace of three and 75000 in the preceding three months. delta induced spending decline for travel, recreation and discretionary services that i mentioned earlier likely reduce the intensity with which employers search for workers. in fact we see the number of households in the current population survey saying they were unable to work because their employer closed or lost business due to covid picked up again in august after it had been falling significantly through july. as of the end of august, payroll employment remains over 5 million below pre-covered levels. and about eight and half million below where it would have been in the absence of covid. roughly one third of that gap is concentrated in the front line leisure and hospitality sector. while the headlighte unemployment rate in august the unemployment rate adjusted for covid related nonparticipation remains elevated at 7.5%. the em

our delta's book of business is set at 28.5%. so, the retirees have met our delta's book of business for cleanings, whereas actives are at 26.9, so to achieve that 28.5%, 1.6% would need to be increased. again, we'll be sharing this dashboard on a quarterly basis and watching these numbers as they move into greater and greater utilization. next to the right is our smileway program. what this demonstrates is out of the active enrolled members, 729 through june 30th of 2021, 509 of those 729 enrolled members have actually utilized the smileway program. and for retirees, 852 enrolled members, 652 have utilized the benefit. the goal here is to get a 95% participation. so taking that 1581 total enrolled members and driving that participation up to 95%. or 79 more enrolled members need to utilize their smileway program to make this a success in participation goal. the number of online accounts actives are in the -- purple, 10,740. and in the grey, for 2021, 11,417. retirees have 4,096 online accounts that they've created since q2. why

we are going to focus on the delta variant. as you can see from the slide, this variant has become extraordinary in its ability to dominate among the isolates in the u.s. and worldwide. note that in june, just a few months ago, it comprised about 13% of the isolates. whereas now, it is about 99% of the isolates. this becomes relevant when one thinks in terms of other variants that are becoming of interest to people. next slide. i refer specifically to the mu variant and the other which has yet to get a greek letter determination. very quickly, slide, let's take a look at the new variant first. it was identified in december 2020 and detected in south america and accounts for a large proportion of the isolates for example in columbia. the reason it was brought to attention, it had a number of mutations that were of interest. but when you look at the effect of antibodies against mutations, it is not a matter of alarm in that although it diminishes somewhat the protection, it falls within the range of delta and beta. but importantl

there's no question the delta variant is why today's jobs report isn't stronger. i know people were looking, and i was hoping, for a higher number. but next week, i'll lay out the next steps that are going to - we're going to need to combat the delta variant, to address some of those fears and concerns. i want to talk about how we'll further protect our schools, our businesses, our economy, and our families from the threat of delta. as we continue to fight the delta variant, the american rescue plan we passed continues to support families, businesses, and communities. even as some of the benefits that were provided are set to expire next week, states have the option to extend those benefits and the federal resources from the rescue plan to do so. not more federal taxes, state taxes, but they have the federal money to be able to do that. states continue to have access to a wide array of support, like help for schools that are reopening, help for childcare centers to make them available and affordable, and other resources to help our economy get back to normal. the

this rapid increase, really attributable to the delta virus -- delta variant, excuse me, and the fact that we have reopened much of the city, so therefore, there's more activity. so the combination of these factors are what's driving this increase. next slide. so if there's any change in the current rate of vaccine uptake, and there's no change in san francisco's current contact rate, which is how much we're interacting with the public and each other, then we project the following, and these are just projections. the current surge would end with 257 additional covid deaths in san francisco. and with that last bullet, just to emphasize, the vast majority would be among people who are not fully vaccinated, and with vaccines, 90 to 95% of these deaths are preventible. next slide. as we've seen throughout the pandemic, covid-19 is having a disproportionate impact on different neighborhoods in the city. in this case, higher rates in the southeastern part of the city. the more the blue shade on this map, the higher the concentration in the city. so you see mission, tenderloin in particular

delta is still surging. if you are not an employer, for every day americans, all of these shortages caused by the labor shortage is pushing inflation. prices are up on almost everything. what does the administration do with this? >> stephanie, the most important near-term economic priority is getting the virus under control. more vaccination and vaccination mandates is part of that. second, the states have a big role to play. they have a very large amount of money back from the legislation in march. they should be using some of that money to cushion the blow of the unemployment insurance expiration. we shouldn't go back to $300 a week, but we shouldn't be cutting off as many people that are about to be cut off. governors have the resources to do that. they should do it. finally, the administration should continue to concentrate on the medium- and long-term of the economy. a couple of months will be bumpy up and down. time is the biggest thing to fix the problems. we need to, as the president says, build back

there is no question the delta variant is why today's jobs report isn't stronger. i know people were looking for a higher number. next week i will lay out the next steps that we will need to combat the delta variant for some of those fears and concerns. we will talk about how to further protect our schools, business, economies from the threat. as we continue to fight the delta variant, the american rescue plan continues to support communities. even with some of the benefits that were provided are set to expire next week, states could explore those benefits and the federal resources from the rescue plan to do so. they have the federal money to be able to do that. states continue to have access to a wide range of support. to make them available. affordable. other resources to help our economy get back to normal. the measures we have taken so far have brought america out of the freefall. steadied us and enabled us to grow our economy as we continue to combat covid. we are not losing jobs. the fight against covid today is far different from the flight we were waging la

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we'll have more to say about delta and especially about kids. and we're working hard certainly to make sure we get a vaccine for kids under 12, kids like my kids. what gives me hope, jim, is we know the pathway to end this pandemic. that's getting vaccinate, and we've just got to keep down that pathway and make it even easier for people to get vaccinated, get them the right information and help them on the path to protection from covid-19. >> thanks so much. coming up, the fbi just released new video of a suspect who planted pipe bombs on capitol hill shortly after the january 6th insurrection. stay with us. you're in the situation room. how much you'll need, and build a straightforward plan to generate income, even when you're not working. a plan that gives you the chance to grow your savings and create cash flow that lasts. along the way, we'll give you ways to be tax efficient. and you can start, stop or adjust your plan at any time without the unnecessary fees. talk to us today, so we can help you go from saving...to living. what happens whe

that is why delta became the dominant variant. >> is the delta waves subsiding now? >> not subsiding so much. cases are beginning to plateau a little bit nationally. see certain states where it is starting to come dumb. other states where you get a hint it is plateauing. in san francisco, it has come down. we were averaging 350 cases the a day. that is against where we were on june 1, which was 10 cases a day. it went way up and it does seem like it is coming down. with delta, you have to work hard because it is so transmissible. very high vaccine rates we have in the bay area plus with people being a little more careful the last couple of months does seem to be capable of beating back this variant and i am hoping that is what happens all over the country. all we are seeing is cases beginning to plateau. they are not coming down yet. >> president biden will outline his latest strategy against covid tomorrow. we will be covering that. his press secretary said there will be six steps. tell us what you know and think about them. >> i don't know anything about them yet.

adults having gotten there one shot and the rise of the delta variant and how much the rise of the delta variant may have could be did to the rise in vaccinations. dr. dowdy: we did see a big uptick in the number of people getting the first shot. the key is for those people who have gotten the first shot, make sure you get the second win as well. we are still less then two thirds of adults getting fully vaccinated, especially with the delta variant, the key is that that second shot matters. romaine: for a lot of folks thinking about their second shot, we are also being told we may need a third booster dose that the biden administration wants us to take and now we have heard from pouch and a few other professionals saying this may be the next course of action. is that what you think? dr. dowdy: i think on an individual level, getting a booster probably helps. but it's really the second shot, the full vaccine series that makes the biggest difference. it makes sense to get boosters, but i don't think that is going to be the priority as far as getting this pandemic under control. the first t

the delta variant is over 99% dominant. so when we say we're keeping an eye on the mu variant, we want to make sure it doesn't become more dominant. we don't know what the consequences would be. the concern is that it has a fewer constellation of mutations that would indicate that it might evade the protection from certain anti-bods. antibodies. that's what we mean when we say we're keeping an eye on it. right now it is not an immediate threat. >> is there any data available to detail how affective the vaccine might be against mu? >> doctor: i don't think there is any indication right now because we don't have enough data. but if you look at the level of antibodies that our vaccines induce, particularly following the boost -- we have data when you give a third boost to either the moderna or the pfizer, it is very affctive against any variant that we tested. so that's the good news about our vaccines. if you get the level of antibody high enough, which boosters actually do, then you can feel pretty confident you'll be protec

the delta variant is also behind disappointing job reports. just 235,000 jobs were added in august, that is far fewer than expected. it is more bad news for the president, we will get more on that from cbs's ed o'keefe. a agtoy on the disappointing jobs numbers: thet delta variant is why today's job report isn't stronger. i know people are looking, and i was, hoping for a higher number. >> reporter: while unemployment ticked down, the average number of covid cases jumped, hitting six-figures once again, prompting americans to scale back hiring and purchases. consumer confidence hit a six- month low. transportation, warehousing and manufacturing jobs climbed as online ordering continued, but industries that rely on foot traffic, like restaurants and hotels, took another hit, causing more indigestion for owners. >> we saw that every month was a new drama, was a new crisis. as onetep forward, two steps back, and it looks like this is a perfect example of this with the delta variant. >> reporter: the disappointing job news comes as new polls show

fewer air travelers this holiday weekend-- why the delta variant is to blame. plus, if you're hitting the road, what you need to know about gas prices. disappointing job numbers. the worst report since january. cardinal abuse scandal. the highest ranking catholic church official ever charged with a sex crime in this country pleads not guilty. declassifying 9/11 documents. why the victims' families call president biden's new executive order a turning point in their effort to connect the saudi government and the hijackers. and, "on the road." why this woman's letter meant so much to a world war ii veteran. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us ahead of this holiday weekend. well, tonight, millions are still suffering from hurricane ida and her trail of devastation, stretching more than 1,500 miles from the gulf coast to new england. tonight, the death toll in the northeast is still rising. floodwaters claimed most of those lives.

it's tied to the delta ariant and people being nervous about going out. we're still seeing the surge in traffic. but it's similar to the jobs report >> when you say people are goin out but it's hitting a pause, are you seeing a pullback in certain locations or certain types of businesses? >> good question we're seeing more of a plateau to be honest, over the last six months, since march, we're seeing a huge surge in traffic and sales as people are excited to get out of the house and go shopping and in august, the feedback is not that there's a distraction or reduction in traffic but that we expect july to be consistent with august. so, that, in june and july we saw 10% increase in traffic. we're expecting that to be flat or up a little bit we're not seeing what we did in july but it hadn't gone back the other way. people are excited to get out of the house. vaccines are out there it's just that there's a little bit of trepidation hitting a plateau. >> got it. >> in terms of the employment picture and the willingness, not only to hire but what you're going

but there is so much more uncertainty with delta. we do not know when domestic or international borders are going to open. we do not know when the services sector is going to recover. what we saw was maximum flexibility, a cautious mining back of the bond buying program. still on track, but pushing out that duration to be revised until probably mid february then mid-november, which was expected. we did see that swing a little bit when it comes to the g10 session. let's look at the rest of the markets. we are watching out for new zealand, as most parts of the country outside of auckland emerging from three week lockdown. we will take a look at how that feeds into what has been a pretty hawkish tone. sidney futures, downside of 3/10 of -- 0.3% follow their weekly. -- week lead. we saw iron or rebounding despite concerns over chinese demand. dk futures trading in chicago, slight at the moment. we saw the nikkei 225 closing at ¥30,000 yesterday. we can see whether, given we are seeing japanese equities venturing into overboard territory

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the delta dental is more --delta variant is more contagious. it is more contagious but it is not more severe. the course of someone who does get covid-19 is not more severe than it was before. we are seeing more cases of hospitalizations from delta. this is largely being driven by the unvaccinated adults, children who are getting delta have mild or no symptoms. in the most serious cases hospitalizations are among unvaccinated adults and also among teenagers. because children they require -- therefore, we are the ones most responsible for entering into their environment. the current vaccines available for 12 and older works against the delta variant. the vaccine as it was intended to, prevents severe hospitalization and death due to covid-19. in the slide we saw earlier where deaths were on the low compared to the cases in specific age groups. lot of that is due to the fact there are vaccinated folks out there. the same is true of the delta variant that vaccinated adults by getting vaccinated provide that layer of protection. for children in the

, and delta has always proven to be the dominant heavyweight. the rest of the country and other parts of california are a different story. san joaquin valley is still seeing high hospitalization numbers and higher case numbers and we are seeing here. it is still a tale of where your vaccination rate stands, and that is becoming increasingly the case on the backside of the delta surge. live in oakland international, wilson walker, kpix 5. >> a lot of us have cautious optimism. thank you. >>> some parents in the cupertino union school district want to go back to distance learning. they are concerned about the delta variant, and their kids who are still too young to get a vaccine. cases involving children under 17 have been on the rise here in california, but cupertino reports just 10 confirmed covid cases among students, and six among staff, out of a district of 14,000. today, about a dozen parents met with the cupertino school officials to ask for an option to return to distance learning. >> we are very scared of the increase in cases around, and

they will be exposed to delta. we extend the benefits that have to take care of the kids as well as pay the bills. again, it doesn't really affect the economy that much. >> all right. thank you so muffin for your time. >> thank you. >>> a dallas suburb is divided over how to teach kids about race in america. the creators of south lake is next. >>> michael moore will join me. you'll not want to miss that conversation. 2:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. 2:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. when you're entertaining, you want to put out the best snacks that taste great, and come straight from the earth. and last time i checked, pretzels don't grow on trees. just saying. planters. a nut above. i order my groceries online now. shingles doesn't care. i keep my social distance. shingles doesn't care. i stay within my family bubble. shingles doesn't care. because if you've had chicken pox, you're already carrying the virus that causes shingles. in fact, about 1 in 3 people will develop shingles, and the risk only increases as you

the delta variant or the word delta appears 32 times in the august beige book. that's a quick search. some of that will be duplicated. 32 times after appearing zero times in the july beige book covid appears 22 times compared to 9 times in the july delta variant running throughout this the federal reserve saying the economic growth down shifted slightly to a moderate base. weakness would contribute to a pullback in dipg out, travel and tourism. that decline, the weakness was attributed to the delta variant being responsible for it weakness in auto sales, of course, subscribe to low inventories, rising employment, however, seen in all districts return to work, however, those schedules were pushed back by the delta variant. inflation was steady, though, at an elevated pace some districts said they saw a strong pace of growth, an increase in inflation. offers said it was moderate. businesses were finding it easier to pass along cost increases. this is the beige book where the delta variant is said to be consequential. kelly? >> let's turn back to our guests >> i wa

everybody is going to have to face delta. you start easing up and allowing anybody to start moving around more broadly, and we have people who have been not vaccinated and there are millions in every country. those people are at risk. those are large numbers of people. haslinda: thank you so much for that purity senior medical reporter michelle cortez. it's get the first word news with paul allen in sydney. paul: former alibaba manager accused of sexual assault has been released after police ended their investigation. prosecutors in the city of yunnan rejected the arrest of the men on charges of forcible indecency because they say it is not an infraction on criminal statutes. the man was arrested in august after being accused of sexually assaulting a colleague. george soros is blackrock -- -- the billionaire financier wrote in the wall street journal the move was likely to lose money for the client. blackrock is leading a global foray into chinese asset industries two months before becoming the first wholly owned mutual fund.

cheryl: emits in the delta. the airline industry is getting its feet back in the water fee will and trying to get back to normal and furloughed workers back on airplanes. what do you think this means for the airlines now? >> it's going to be challenging but also all that's been going on back and forth between the countries of the domestic travels are strong for the u.s. airlines and with kids going back to school we will have to depend on more than domestic travel. we have to depend on international travel. cheryl: we have the situation with candidate that i want to ask about the canadians open the border to the u.s.. u.s. is extending and the canadians don't want to come and again that's dollars that could be going to new york and detroit in other cities. what is your reaction to back? >> cheryl there is no logic to this. canadians are vaccinated 60% so they are healthier than our own country from a vaccination standpoint. $1.5 billion a month is lost in the border cities you mention better hit the hardest. che

i do not think that delta will be such an impact. that delta will be such an im act. ., �* , that delta will be such an imact. . �*, ., , impact. that's really interesting - impact. that's really interesting what - impact. that's really interesting what you j impact. that's really - interesting what you are impact. that's really _ interesting what you are saying and it goes against other views out there. the saying that the delta variant is not having much impact on consumer spending. can you explain how important that is as an underlying driver of the us economy? massively important, not just economy? massively important, notjust in the us, but also for the world economy.. everyone watching this all the time. what you've had happening with the us consumer over the last 12 months is that it has been quite fascinating. broader base economy _ been quite fascinating. broader base economy and _ been quite fascinating. broader base economy and things - been quite fascinating. broader base economy and things add l base economy and things add recovery and things have gone back up by april th

delta, american, united, jetblue and southwest all trimming their outlook due to the delta surge. >> china clamps down on gaming again, tencent, and some other tech giants continue to be battered by this regulatory squeeze. >>> and shares of gamestop tumbling despite a 25% increase in sales why investors remain cautious about the company's turnaround potential. let's dive into the airlines i guess, jim the only bright spot in the case of delta, at least they do see bookings recovering somewhat in the last ten days. >> it's funny because we all know, david's talked about this endlessly that the business traveler doesn't seem to be coming back. and that's a zoom situation. this is about leisure traveling and clearly about the delta variant. what really concerns me is that when you -- of course phil lebeau -- that you're going to be down the next month and the next month, ual really kind of making a prediction about the fall, then you say to yourself, you know what? they de-risked it. we've got to hope that delta gets better. maybe that's the reason the stocks aren't reacting i don't ha

getting back to comparing delta to the alpha variant, getting back to however you slice it, the delta variant has always been more transmissible than the previous variants. so what you'd like to do is to make sure you can get the children to get masks that are as best fitting as they can, but a requirement for a kn95 on the child isn't necessary and in fact, often that's much more uncomfortable than the masks you're showing on the screen right now, which actually might work against you if you have an uncomfortable mask that the children have trouble keeping on and keep messing with. so i think the masks you saw look like they would be adequate. >> our next viewer question is about testing in school. our viewer says our district has decided not the quarantine, but rather to test in place. the practice of a close contact going to school each day, but being tested in the morning daily in lieu of quarantining. this came from two high school piloting last year months and months before the delta variant entered the united states. how safe is that in these times with delta, dr. fauci? >> aga

autoridades piden no viajar lp peligro de una variante delta. ♪(mÚsica)♪ >>> buenas tardes. gracias por acompaÑarnos en telemundo 48. empezamos con la noticia del dÍa, bomberos en taho siguen batallando por el incendio calder y hay miles de personas que no saben cuÁndo regresarÁn a sus casas. vamos con andrÉs brender, cuÁl es la situaciÓn en carson city? >>> la situaciÓn estÁ complicada pecro hay progresos, en este albergue hablamos con varias personas que pasaron la noche, me dicen que lo difÍcil es no saber cuÁndo regresarÁn a sus casas. pero muchos de ellos dicen que sus casas estÁn a salvo. la calidad del aire estÁ mala en carson city, pero podemos ver el sol sin humo, es la pza vez que en carson city puedo respirar un poco mejor. en los Últimos que manejamos el incendio consumiÓ un poco mÁs acres que ayer, esto se ubica en mÁs de 212 mil acres pero no se compara con lo que se quemaron, y esto se debe a que los vientos se calmaron un poco. el nivel de contenciÓn ayer estaba al 25%, hoy subiÓ al 29%. cuando los bomberos esperan controlar el fuego? esta

the highly transmissible delta variant a key driver in that surge. and now "the new york times" reporting that top health officials are advising the white house to dial back a plan to roll out booster shots later this month. the president today blaming the delta variant for a slowdown in job creation. susan just mentioned this. adding that he intends to announce new measures to stop the spread. >> we need to make more progress in fighting the delta variant of covid-19. since becoming president i have ramped up testing, secured enough vaccine for every single american and gotten 175 million americans fully vaccinated. still, still too many have not gotten vaccinated. next week i will layout the next steps that are going to -- we're going to need to combat the delta variant. >> so, eugene, i mean it is a fool's errand to try to say what is going the happen in the rest of the presidency. what we can say is that his presidency got off to a strong start. he has had a very difficult time between covid and all of the other things that we've talked about. ar

what is to blame covid, specifically delta. we'll bring you the president's remarks as soon as they begin. he's delivering those right before he heads to louisiana, where hurricane ida wiped out houses, businesses, we are live in new orleans and we're live in new jersey, where towns and cities are still paralyzed this morning from the record flooding. today this morning, we're learning 48 people have been killed connected to ida in the northeast. new jersey's governor looking at the damage in one town still underwater. >> millburn was crushed in the downtown small business community was crushed and that's a big reason why we're here today. >> i'm hallie jackson with monica alba at the white house and julia coronado, former economist at the federal reserve. good morning to you both. we are 30 minutes from president biden making remarks on the economy. mon, these numbers are not what economists thought we'd be seeing. what are you hearing from the white house pokes behind the scenes? >> reporter: they're trying to highlight some