Hong kong as one of america s top diplomats begins talks with china. Also coming up there s a lot of potential fuel for that fire to continue if it crosses. And so our efforts and our priorities over there are to keep that fire from crossing the road there. We ll bring you the devastating toll from the wildfires raging in parts of the united states. The tokyo summer olympics in full swing despite the pandemic. Just a short time ago the tennis superstar japan s naomi osaka advancing to the round of 16. Good news for the host nation. And let s have a look where the medal count stands at the moment. It could quickly change, though, with 21 medal events on monday. Now, officials have meanwhile confirmed at least 153 covid cases linked to the games so far. One of the new cases was a resident of the olympic village, and that brings the total number of cases from the village to 16. Japan now contending with the pandemic and also bracing for a tropical storm that s expected to bring rain and s
Storm. Authorities in florida bring down the rest of the partially collapsed condo. The white house falls slightly short of its fourth of july vaccination goal. How president biden is convincing americans to take that jab. And in afghanistan families flee the taliban as they move to take control of the country. We re live at bagram air base. Thanks for being with us, and we begin with it latest efforts to find survivors after the collapse of a florida condo 11 days ago. Crews have now demolished what remained of that high rise. Officials say they had to bring it down to resume search and rescue operations safely. 121 people remain unaccounted for while 24 people have been confirmed dead. Demolition might not have happened for days or even weeks had it not been for fears of what approaching tropical storm elsa might do. The approaching storm may have been a blessing in disguise for us in that it initiated the demolition discussion. That discussion has accomplished several things. It s e
the polling also shows big erosions in president biden s approval within key parts of the democratic base. and a major nearly double digit enthusiasm gap between democrats and republicans about the midterm elections. democrats are looking for ways to jump start biden s stalled domestic agenda on capitol hill, and gin up some excitement around the midterms, like divvying up the build back better social spending bill into smaller arguably more passable pieces of legislation. i m confident we can get pieces, big chunks of the build back better law signed into law. and once again, joe manchin will be calling the shots, telling reporters on thursday that when it comes to negotiating build back better, the democrats will, quote, be starting from scratch. joining me now to help understand the road ahead for democrats, congressman james clyburn, house majority whip and chairman of the house select committee on the coronavirus crisis. whip clyburn, as always, thank you very much f
restrictions. plus peng shuai surface, the chinese tennis star holds a face to face call with the president of the olympic committee but questions remain about her safety. and later, a trail blazer in tune with her career path. i never thought about the gender, i thought about the function within. this is the cbs weekend news from new york, with jericka duncan. duncan: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we begin with breaking news tonight. we have learned that two of the 17 americans and canadians seized in haiti by a criminal gang have been released. while there have been no official confirmations, the christian aid ministries, a group that sponsored the hostages said this in part. we are able to report that the two hostages who were released are safe, in good spirits and being cared for. we cannot provide or confirm the names of those released. the reason for their release, where they are from, or their current location.
a former vice premiere of sexual assault. and we begin with the chaos at atlanta s airport this weekend. things are now getting back to normal, but this was the scene on saturday after gunfire erupted inside the airport. now, travelers as you can see there, started hitting the floor in the security screenin g area. clearly you can see people are terrified there. that was the scene inside. outside, crowds of people began rushing away from the terminal. according to investigators a passenger was trying to get through airport security with a gun in his bag, but when tsa agents stopped him, he lunged and grabbed the gun and ended up firing it. that setoff the panic we just saw and sent other travelers running for cover. here s how one woman described the scene. people just came flying through and just were like, run, run, run. and then people were just running. and we all just ran outside this door right here and made our way across to the side of the airport and just it wa