Today i spent the day in the covid ward in the hospital where i was born in baton rouge, louisiana, except there s not really a covid ward. It s basically become a covid hospital since there are so many patients with the virus. They are struggling to breathe, they are struggling to live. The doctors and nurses are fighting to make it so. Even though there is a vaccine that could have avoided all of it and they have a message for all of you. Listen. Louisiana has the worst covid case rates in the country. It s also near the top of the list when it comes to hospitalizations. I was born in louisiana in baton rouge at this very hospital. I came home to see what was happening for myself. Baton rouge general mid city is bursting at the seams. We have more patients here with covid than without. That is correct. In general hospital in your lifetime, you haven t seen anything like this? i have never seen one illness occupy 90% of the resources and 90% of the beds. What s going on? it s more con
Politic pressure by the free brittney movement and her plea removing her father s c conservator. No one knew mr. Spears better. Every step along the way, mr. Spears offered his daughter love and support and encouragement both as conservator to and her father. Britt knit spears argued otherwise. Vindication for brittney and says they look forward for the vigorous investigation and others over the past 13 years. This pandemic is far from over. New york city has come certainly a long way in the fight, something uplifting for everyone, we love nyc, the homecoming con serpt is next saturday, august 21st in new york. Music feature superstars, you will see it here only on cnn, next saturday, august 21st. The news continues right now. Let s turn things over to don lemon tonight. Good evening everyone, this is don lemon tonight. This is really important to me and for you and the country to see. Every night for the past year and a half in this program, i sit here and i talk about the pandemic an
Live from are cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with there s a growing surge in cases as more health experts are warning that things will get worse. Here is a look at the seven day average with the u. S. Among the country s seeing a jump in infections here. To date, there s been nearly 200 million cases worldwide. More than 4 million people have died. Now, these new outbreaks and the ease of transmission have some officials reimposing restrictions. And while vaccines have been, and vaccinations have been lagging we are seeing an uptick in shots in parts of the u. S. For sure. This comes as countries are also looking ahead to boosters. The uk is preparing for a possible third covid vaccine shot from september, it s all part of an effort to pro long protection especially in those who are the most vulnerable. Now, the delta variant is behind a surge in new cases in hospitalizations throughout the u. S. Right now, every state is reporting more new infections compared to the previous week.
Conviction case. Good to have you with us. Health experts and officials across the u. S. Are raising the alarm. The covid surge is getting worse. Take a look, the delta variant is driving an increase in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths from the previous week. Every state is reporting more new infections compared to the previous week. Dr. Anthony fauci said the country has made enough progress that he doesn t foresee any new lockdowns, but there s still a long way to go. I don t think we re going to see lockdowns. I think with i have enough of the percentage of people in the country, not enough to crush the outbreak, but i believe enough to not allow us to get to the situation we were in last winter. But things are going to get worse. Concerns about the rapidly spreading delta variant appear to be driving a rise in vaccinations across the united states. Vaccination rates have been going up for three weeks now and the average daily rate is the highest it s been in almost a month. Righ
The taliban ramp up their offensive on afghan cities, with reports of heavy fighting in lashkar gah in helmand province. And large cruise ships have been banned from the centre of venice after years of environmental protests. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. There s been more success for team gb at the tokyo olympics with three more medals. Charlotte worthington recovered from a fall in her first run to win gold in the bmx freestyle. Britain have won a record eighth medal in the swimming pool with silver in the men s medley relay, with duncan scott winning his fourth medal of the games. And, the american gymnast, simone biles has withdrawn from another olympic event this time in the final of the floor exercise, as she continues to deal with mental health issues. Let s find out more about today s action from gavin ramjaun at bbc sport centre. Good morning. Let s start off with the olympic good morning. Let s start off with the olympic record go