Olympic event but there s, still, one more chance to see her compete on the big stage. The world health organization says the highlycontagious delta variant of covid19 is now found in at least 132 countries, worldwide. And threatening to overwhelm many healthcare systems. Hospitalizations across the u. S. Have tripled, in the last month. A sure sign of a deepening crisis. Even vaccinated americans are now being urged to wear face masks in public, again, especially where transmission rates are high. And you can see there, where they re high, it s shown in red. And florida, again, emerging as a hot spot. Over the past week, the state reporting a 50% increase in newcovid cases. We re, also, learning more about fullyvaccinated people, who then become infected. According to the latest data from the u. S. Centers for disease control, the socalled breakthrough infections are exceedingly rare. Out of more than 160 million americans vaccinated, so far, the cdc says about 6,200 of them contracte
We start with the travel industry. It s anticipating a much needed shot in the arm later today, in the form of an easing of uk travel restrictions for people who are fully vaccinated. It s expected that from july 19th, uk citizens who ve had both doses will be exempt from quarantine when returning from countries on the amber list. If confirmed it would effectively open up most of europe for travel in time for the school summer holidays. Paul charles is a former communications director of virgin atlantic and eurostar, he now runs the travel consultancy the pc agency. Welcome to you, thank you for being with us. What are you expecting from today s government announcement? this would be a government announcement? this would be a major government announcement? ti 3 would be a major boost for government announcement? ti 1 would be a major boost for the travel sector if the government gives the go ahead later on today to enabling those who have been fully vaccinated to go after more t
The world. I m kim brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. We begin, of course, in florida where the death toll has risen following the catastrophic collapse of the 12 story building in the city of surfside. Five people are now confirmed dead after a body was pulled from the rubble by search and rescue crews on saturday. 156 others are still unaccounted for. The mayor of miamidade county says the aggressive search for survivors is still a mission. Randi kaye has more on the story. Reporter: officials looking at a report from three years ago which has certainly caught the attention of many. From 2018 it s a structural field survey report. It talks about the structural integrity of this building that collapsed and there are some things in it that are alarming. They cite the sizeable cracks in the concrete slab below the pool. They have crumbling in the parking garage they say. They found abundant cracking in the parking garage in the concrete columns and in the beams in that parking garage. The
day. and while donald trump gets ready to rally in ohio today the walls could be closing in on his businesses, possible criminal charges could come as soon as next week. a former trump organization executive on with us in the last hour. so charges expected this week, think it s just the tip of the iceberg? yes, absolutely. and hopefully it should be. we are going to tell you what to expect, and how the trumps are responding. plus if you can say anything to your daddy right now, what would it be? it would be i miss you, and i love you. extraordinary new testimony from george floyd s 7-year-old daughter as former officer derek chauvin prepares to potentially spend the next two decades in prison. his legal troubles aren t over yet. and you ve heard the stories, you ve seen the viral videos, unruly passengers and their bad in flight behavior, now prompting special new training for airline crews. good morning, it is saturday, june 26th, i m lindsay reiser. it s
a runner who set himself the challenge to run at least 500 tomorrow two km has completed his mission. david fitzgerald who s from liverpool was inspired to do it after a family friend was stabbed to death in 2017. samantha nanda reports. david is run almost two and half thousand kilometres. that s more than 1500 miles over the last 365 days with no days off. over the last 365 days with no da 5 off. , , over the last 365 days with no dasoff. ., ., over the last 365 days with no da soff. , , . ., ., days off. it s been amazing, a hell of a journey days off. it s been amazing, a hell of a journey that - days off. it s been amazing, a hell of a journey that i ve - hell of a journey that i ve been on. highlight being one running in every type of weather that you can think of so, rain, storms. christmas day? yet was really good. and after i had my christmas dinner. , ., , dinner. he started his running challenge dinner. he started his running challenge after dinner. he