reporter s notebook from the front line. back in our car, trying to get out of this area. duncan: and later, against expectations a surprise appearance, queen elizabeth hears the cheers as her platinum jubilee celebrations dome to an end. ( cheers and applause ) this is the cbs weekend news, from new york, with jericka duncan. duncan: good evening, thanks for joining us on this sunday. we begin tonight marking yet another weekend of deadly gun violence across america. the latest mass shootings happening in big cities and small from philadelphia to chattnooga to texas, at least six people have been killed, more than two dozen others wounded. we begin tonight with cbs elise preston tracking it all for us. good evening, elise. reporter: jericka, this weekend s violence comes as cities across the nation honor national gun violence awareness weekend hoping to prevent the very tragedies many communities are dealing with now. philadelphia police are investigating whether
duncan: today pride celebrations advocating for l.g.b.t.q. equality returned in cities across the country after a two year pandemic pause. in dallas, large crowds gathered for the texas freedom parade at fair park and it was a sea of people at the philadelphia pride march and festival. now, as those festivities and other large gatherings are taking place, the u.s. faces a third summer of this pandemic. experts say the 6th wave is more of a swell than a surge. covid cases are increasing in at least 21 states and there is concern those cases may actually be higher. that s because home test results are underreported. and even after getting over the virus, up to 23 million americans have been identified as having long covid, where americans have been identified symptoms can persist weeks, months and even years after someone has been diagnosed with it. last week i spoke to a 12 year old adriana vaughn who is
receiving treatment at this clinic at children s national hospital in washington, d.c. it was designed to study the long-term effects of covid-19. vaughn tested positive in october of last year. how has it changed your life in terms of things you like to do that you can t do any more? so, i really like to dance, really like to dance, and i get out of breath. i can t really do it as much. duncan: how long can you dance now before you feel like are you out of breathe? 60 seconds. duncan: 60 seconds. yeah. duncan: so within a minute you feel out of breath. yeah. duncan: well, you can see more of my interview with children with long covid this week on the cbs evening news with norah o donnell. next on the cbs weekend news, a cancer survivor going the distance. vor going the distance.