the way to a infrastructure bill. and the executive assistant pushed andrew cuomo of sexual misconduct speaks publicly for the first time. we have a preview of our exclusive interview. the we have a preview of our exclusive interview. the governor needs to be held accountable. duncan: the olympic games come to a close in tokyo. team u.s.a. closes competition with a gold rush. and later, competing couple, approximate it is an olympic sport, they did it, all of them. this is the cbs weekend news from new york, here s jericka duncan. duncan: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thanks for watching. we begin tonight with a spreading covid threat. even with just over half of americans now fully vaccinated, that s not enough to hold off a surge of new cases. the u.s. is now reporting an average 100,000 infections per day, up from 11,000 in late june. hospitalizations are also up averaging about 50,000 a day. cbs mola lenghi is in sturgis, south dakota tonight wh
plus new pain in america s covid crispa hospitalizations surge with a vaccine on pause. we need to find a pathway to bring this back to the market with perhaps additional warnings. duncan: eye on earth, how climate change is the latest threat to these baby seals. and the acm awards return to the music city. a tough year for nashville, multiple disasters but a resilient city tonight with something to celebrate. this is the cbs weekend this is the cbs weekend news from new york.d this is the cbs weekend news from new here s jericka duncan. duncan: good evening, guns have contributed to another violent day in america. today three people were killed in austin, texas. police are calling it an anernight a lede otrs at a bar n kenosha,is. and inialitheraronousutacity. li serdespite concerns by the fbi. people have also taken to the streets in several cities protesting fatal police shootings in minnesota and chicago. with the verdict in the murder trial of former minn
know why shots are not more the same. we want justice! history repeats itself. and, yet, we never learn. perhaps the only way to let them know is if we let this city burn. how do i explain to my three-year-old why i m marching in these streets? what s her name? what s her name? how do i explain to my three-year-old what his death has done to me? how do i explain to my three-year-old another black man was killed by police? this has been declared a riot. summer of 2020, america s reckoning. well, let s be clear. this isn t our first reckoning on policing. this is far from the first time we have seen police battling u.s. citizens in streets. like a spiderman movie, this is just another reboot. just more of us were paying attention this time. and it s also not the first time we tried to figure out what exactly is wrong with policing in america. from 1967 to the current administration to find out why this keeps happening. it is frightening simple. racism and
shocked. it s not new, just more of the same. [ sound of gunfire ] history repeats itself. and yet we never learn. perhaps the only way they ll know is if we let the city burn. say his name! george floyd! how do i explain to my 3-year-old why i m marching in these streets? what s her name? breonna taylor! how do i explain to my 3-year-old what his death has done to me? how do i explain to my 3-year-old another black man was killed by police? this has been declared a riot. summer of 2020. america s reckoning. but let s be clear. this is isn t our first reckoning on policing. this is far from the first time we ve seen police battling u.s. citizens in the streets. like a spider-man movie, this is just another reboot. it s just that more of us are paying attention this time. baby this is my last confession and it s also not the first time we ve tried to figure out what is wrong with policing in america. in 1967, lyndon johnson s administration formed the
the new plea from the cdc director to the nation s governors the first video from inside the border patrol facility overcrowded with thousands of migrant children the youngest separated into playpens where they also sleep. the disturbing surveillance a 65-year-old asian woman brutally attacked in broad daylight in new york city no one helping her the hunt for the suspect. the new secret service report finding that school shootings are preventable. the warning signs to look for and the countdown to an opening day like no other announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone captured on video in its entirety and seen around the world, so many of us essentially became witnesses to the death of george floyd but spared the trauma of actually seeing it face-to-face unlike the eyewitnesses who testified today in the murder trial of derek chauvin, he s the now former policeman charged with murdering floyd. today the jury heard from bystanders