can come avoid any unnecessary travel. flash flood warning for the area has been extended to 3:00 a.m. eastern. of the flooding also stranding air travel, with water rising in new york international airport. earlier, tornadoes touched down in new jersey, dozens of homes destroyed. joining us now for more on the situation is new york city councilman, in staten island, one of the hardest hit areas. joe, can you hear me? i can, thank you very much. what does it look like where you are right now? it s more widespread in terms of damage that hurricane sandy. with that storm, it was the storm surge and some of the low lying areas. we have the coast affected come almost predictably. with this, just the sheer volume of water is something i have never seen in all my years living in staten island, and it just overwhelms the sewer system and has backed up so many basements with sewage water and flooded garages and flooded houses, and i have to say, i ve never seen damage this wide
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 almos
i m laura jarrett. i m amara walker. welcome to our viewers around the world. we have reports from florida, london, kenya, the white house, and sydney great to have you this week. breaking minutes ago, simone biles is coming back. usa gymnastics confirmed she ll take part in tuesday s balance beam final. it will be her first olympic event since july 27th, is she withdrew citing mental health concerns. a tweet from usa gymnastics says we re so excited to confirm that you will see two u.s. athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow. suni lee and simone biles. i can t wait to watch both. we ll have more coming up from tokyo in a few minutes. to coronavirus now and positive news that more and more americans received the message that vaccines work. as of this morning, the seven-day average of people getting their first shot is about 433,000. that s the highest number in a month. the real good news here in the jump is in southern states that have been struggling to get sho
will crawl back under the rock from which you emerged. south africa s military is deployed to the streets, to stamp out violent protests against the jailing of former president jacob zuma. shops looted and buildings set on fire in the fourth day of unrest across two provinces and police are blaming the violence on criminals and opportunistic individuals . we will also turn to the us. wildfires are raging across western states, where millions have been hit by another heatwave. firefighters say conditions are so harsh, water is evaporating before it hits the ground. it was always going to be painful for england or italy. england s wait for for a follow up to the 1966 world cup goes on. for italy. well, they re home and celebrating. here s the winning side, currently being paraded through the streets of rome to celebrate with their adoring fans. our correspondent mark lowen has been talking to some of the people out there. seeking refuge from the heat, giancarla and herfamily