An evening drenched in sound, colourand rain. This was always going to be a more watery Opening Ceremony than ever before. The River Scene and not a stadium was the centrepiece. The River Seine and not a stadium was the centrepiece. But you Cant Plan the weather. Not much shelter for the athletes on board the 85 boats sailing through paris, but Team Gbs Flag Bearers were a rower and a diver. Theyre used to water. Yeah, it definitely hasnt dampened the spirit. Team gb are definitely out in full force and the crowds on the bank are just amazing. I cant believe how epic this is. Were used to the rain as brits. Its going to be olympic Memory Number one. I mean, come on, its like, you know, fifth olympics to go in it with the Opening Ceremony. Its pretty special. No such problems. Nearly 10,000 Miles Away in tahiti, where the surfing is being held. A far quieter scene than that laid in paris. The ceremony was split into 12 acts, featuring various performances, some traditional, some less so
The money till we want to let people know it might be disturbing to some now. This happened Thursday Evening in the Fruitvale Section of oakland. Now take a look on the right and youre going to see a Pontiac G six. Enter the frame and then slam into a Honda Odyssey that police say. Was filled with kids. Police say the driver was going about 90 mph in the Bus Lane before hitting the minivan on international boulevard and 38th. Bystanders rushed in to pull kids from the smashed van, and we saw at least one person walk away in all, police say 10. People were transported to hospitals, including six kids in the van. Two of them were actually thrown from the vehicle. Weve seen a lot of accidents here but on this intersection, and thats probably the worst thing ive ive seen. In the van were taken to Childrens Hospital and are reported to be in critical condition with head trauma. The driver of the pontiac has been arrested and is facing multiple charges, including Wi Fi standards are credited
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Covering the infrastructure debate, and in Mississippi And California covering the dangerous spread of coronavirus. In fact, that is where we will start. Nbcs Allison Barber is outside a hospital in jackson, mississippi, where they are starting to see a rise in children hospitalized with covid. Las vegas an indoor Mask Mandate is back in americas second largest city and i want to bring in Dylan Byers and dr. Patel. Lets start in mississippi, one of the least vaccinated states in our country and now children make up 7 of Icu Covid patients statewide there. What are you hearing from folks on the ground about the crisis . Reporter yeah, the numbers are rising here. Theyre rising quickly. Thats whats giving a lot of Doctors Concern is the rate at which theyre seeing these numbers really start to pick up. We are outside of a childrens hospital. Its part of a larger medical system. One of the largest in this state. They say they have seen hospitalizations pick up across all ages in recent we