Tower. 85 boats carrying 11,000 athletes for the games will sail past parisian landmarks like Notre Dame, this extra special parade of nations will begin with greece as is tradition and it will end of course with the host nation, france. They are estimated to be around 320,000 spectators along the six km route, some 2000 artists, 500 of them musicians who have been rehearsing for the last 200 days. And the show is expected to take us through the history of paris and show france and all its diversity and were being told that everyone will be excited for the surprise us to come, its expected to lastjust under four hours but unfortunately the Weather Forecast for tonight is not good. It looks like its going to absolutely shut it down, but hopefully it wont Put A Damper on things. What shut it down, but hopefully it wont Put A Damper on things. Shut it down, but hopefully it wont Put A Damper on things. What is the atmosphere Put A Damper on things. What is the atmosphere like Put A Damper
In the yunited states, canada, and around the world. This is cnn newsroom. All throughout the pandemic we reported on a number of sad and troubling milestones. Today we have more. Here in the u. S. The del tra variant is driving coronavirus case numbers to their highest numbers since february. According to johns hopkins university the u. S. Sevenday average is more than 100,000 new cases per day as over 50% of the u. S. Population is fully vaccinated and florida seems to be getting the worst of it. Sunshine state is reporting its highest number of weekly cases since before the pandemic began and the highst number of ca capita capitalizations. Governor desantis is rejecting mask mandates in schools. I have young kids. My wife and i are not going to do the mask with the kids. I want to see my kids smiling. I want them having fun. The surge in the delta variant couldn t have come at a worst time since children across the u. S. Are returning to class. I spoke with alison messina about the
Player to come out as gay. Announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening claudette is making her way out to sea tonight but not before the tropical storm took a deadly and damaging swing at the gulf coast and southeast, causing at least 14 deaths and spawning destructive tornadoes. Alabama taking the brunt of it. Parts of it under states of emergency tonight. Another violent weather outbreak causing damage and injuries outside of chicago overnight. And as we come on the air, big parts of the northeast are under severe thunderstorm alerts and warnings. Al roker is tracking it all let s begin with kathy park in alabama. Reporter: tonight, the southeast picking up the pieces, after a lashing from tropical storm claudette. Alabama s governor declaring a state of emergency in eight counties, so residents like destiny ward can rebuild. Is that your trailer there? yes all of that is pieces of my trailer. Reporter: she survived a tornado with three young kids by her side.
democrat says doing nothing is not an option on voting rights, but chuck schumer has had a math problem, and it s a familiar one. we begin today though with the staggering new covid numbers and the disruption and anxiety they are causing across american life. more than 1 million new infections were reported monday, yes, that number is bloated because of holiday weekend reporting backlogs. still, look at the numbers. the united states nearly averaging nearly 500,000 new covid cases a day, more than 100,000 americans are hospitalized right now with covid-19. it s the first time that count has hit six figures in nearly four months. pandemic high pediatric hospitalizations are a troubling sub set that have overall count. impact is everywhere you look, and it s an understatement to say that it can be confusing, more than confusing. many businesses that can are shifting back to work from home. yet officials from the president on down say it s imperative that we keep kids in schools
germany is set for months of coalition talks after a knife edge election result. poor parts of the country will spend longer on the nhs waiting list. the united states cruise to a record win over europe in golf s ryder cup. good afternoon. the government says it has no plans at the moment for using the army to drive fuel tankers to resolve the petrol crisis, after a weekend of panic buying. there ve been more long queues today outside petrol stations, with thousands closed or running dry because of a shortage of fuel delivery drivers. ministers are urging people only to fill up when they need to. the government is issuing temporary visas in the hope of bringing in 5,000 foreign lorry drivers. it s also suspended competition law, so that oil companies can work together to get more fuel to the pumps. our business correspondent ramzan karmali reports. from early this morning, the queues began to form. drivers seemingly desperate to fill their tanks. but 40 nhs desperate to fill