Fighting to save the Wild Horses of the American West. They need our voices. This is the Cbs Weekend News from New York, heres Jericka Duncan. Duncan good evening, thanks for joining us tonight. Americas Covid Recovery has hit a road block, Today Dr. Fauci said this surge driven by the Delta Variant will get worse. Infections are spiking across the country. Hospitalizations and deaths are also rising. More shots are going into arms but only about half of us are fully vaccinated. Cbs Lilia Luciano is in West Hollywood with the latest. Reporter Thank You, jericka. Now l. A. County has 45 higher hospitalizations in just one week and there are more than A Thousand Vaccination Sites in the hopes that more people will get their shots and finally stop the spread. Tonight, theres No End In Sight for the covid summer surge. Cases are climbing but thats not enough to stop this party. In chicago, Hundreds Of Thousands Packed Lollapalooza the four day music festival. Most showed proof of vaccinati
Parts of the u. S. Pushing back against the cdcs revised mask recommendation. St. Louis, for one, voting to end its new Mask Mandate one day after taking effect. And the Mask Battle reaching all the way to Capitol Hill. House Minority Leader Kevin Mccarthy saying this is not based on science. Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling him a moron. The other major story developing as we come on tonight, President Biden and key senators now say they have an agreement on an Infrastructure Deal, after the president campaigned on bringing back bipartisanship, tonight, The Key vote. And what weve just learned involving the republican Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell on this vote. Hes now a yes. Rachel scott on what this means and where this goes from here. Team usa and gymnastics star Simone Biles withdrawing from competition for the second time. What biles says is behind this. Her teammates rallying behind her. Support from all over the world. And american swimmer katie ledeckys gold Medal Win in the pool
Coverage right now. 550 Billion Infrastructure Plan after a group of senators from both parties reach an agreement months in the making. It is not a done deal. Here at home, a major announcement to combat covid19 as the Delta Variant intensifies its furious grip on unvaccinated communities. In hours, President Biden set to announce additional efforts aimed at ramping up the pace of vaccinations, specifically in areas with very low vaccination rates. Thats in addition to him declaring a new Vaccine Requirement for all federal workers. It is not just the government beginning to implement Vaccine Mandates. Netflix is the first major Hollywood Studio to require the shot for all cast and crew. Google and Facebook And Lyft say they require them for all employees returning to the office. Also new, growing number of states with high Infection Rates say they will not follow the Cdc Guidance on wearing masks indoors again. It is erupting into an allout Battle Guess where, Capitol Hill. House Min
ActIon. MeanwhIle In cuba, a crackdown has sIlenced the bIggest crackdown In decades. The RegIme CuttIng off Internet And Food and medIcIne amId surgIng covId InfectIons. In mIamI, cubanamerIcans have taken to the streets demandIng more for havana. New covId cases rIsIng by 50 . More Bad News for the j j, vaccIne. The Fda WarnIng of an Increased rIsk for a rare NeurologIcal DIsorder. ThIs hour Ill be speakIng wIth dr. Anthony faucI, the presIdent s chIef medIcal advIser, but fIrst to our top story, VotIng RIghts. JoInIng us now texas State RepresentatIve Ann Johnson one of 50 lawmakers to protest agaInst republIcan State Efforts agaInst access and who wIll be wIth PresIdent BIden for hIs major VotIng RIghts speech. Welcome to both of you. Ann johnson, great to hear from both of you. You had a late nIght, your escape from texas. You and your colleagues are goIng to be arrested and that the house votIng moments ago, In fact, for the Sergeant At Arms To track you all down. A number of my