The way to a infrastructure bill. And the executive assistant pushed andrew cuomo of sexual misconduct speaks publicly for the first time. We have a preview of our exclusive interview. The we have a preview of our exclusive interview. The governor needs to be held accountable. Duncan: the olympic games come to a close in tokyo. Team u. S. A. Closes competition with a gold rush. And later, competing couple, approximate it is an olympic sport, they did it, all of them. This is the cbs weekend news from new york, here s jericka duncan. Duncan: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thanks for watching. We begin tonight with a spreading covid threat. Even with just over half of americans now fully vaccinated, that s not enough to hold off a surge of new cases. The u. S. Is now reporting an average 100,000 infections per day, up from 11,000 in late june. Hospitalizations are also up averaging about 50,000 a day. Cbs mola lenghi is in sturgis, south dakota tonight where there is clea
Of hospitalisation,by around 75%. And we are in coventry for the latest leg of our tour around britain. It is raining but not dampening the spirits of the city of culture. We speak to the creative director to see how much the pandemic is affecting their ambitions. And, a tale of heroism and survival. The woman who fought off a crocodile, to save her sister. It grabbed her on the leg and tried to death roll her and drag her away and it grabbed my wrist and my arm, so i had to beat it off with my other arm. And thousands of scotland fans are in london for tonight s big match against england at wembley in the euros. The liberal democrats are celebrating a stunning by election victory, after winning a seat that has been conservative for almost half a century. Sarah green won chesham and amersham in buckinghamshire byjust over 8,000 votes, overturning a tory majority, of16,000. The lib dem leader, sir ed davey, says the conservatives have ignored local voters, and their blue wall of souther
just over two weeks ago, christina found her grandmother, who lives in cheltenham spa, slumped in a chair, having a stroke. it was a blue light emergency. the ambulance should have arrived in 18 minutes. but instead, it took nearly six hours. it then queued outside hospital for an another three. it was then that an ambulance lady, i asked her how long it was going to take for my nan to get a ct, because ijust needed to know whether or not it was a stroke. and she told me, well, your nan s event happened last night. so we would only administer the medication that would reverse any permanent damage within that three hour window. how did you feel? ijust broke down in tears on the floor. whistle blowers from inside the ambulance services have told the bbc the system is at breaking point. this 999 call handler said even patients whose hearts have stopped are facing delays. there was a call for a cardiac arrest, and there was an eta in excess of 50 minutes. the nearest available cr
of undermining respect for parliament after they allegedly got drunk on a flight to visit uk forces in gibraltar. fw de klerk, the last white president of south africa, and a key figure in the country s transition to democracy, has died at the age of 85. communities across the uk come together for armistice day, a year after commemorations were disrupted by the pandemic. the cop26 climate change summit in glasgow has entered its last hours with countries being urged to step up their efforts and reach a meaningfulfinal deal. let s cross now to glasgow and my colleague annita mcveigh. welcome back to glasgow. the president of cop26, alok sharma, has told negotiators that the world is watching and that they cannot fail them by not securing a climate deal. mr sharma said the latest draft text is a significant step forward, but urged countries to step up their efforts on the penultimate day of talks. we won t get an update on that draft until friday, by the way. it comes
was depressing and left him stuck in the same status quo . richard ratcliffe says his hunger strike outside the foreign office will continue. communities across the uk come together for armistice day a year after commemorations were disrupted by the pandemic. the cop26 climate change summit in glasgow has entered its last 48 hours with countries being urged to step up their efforts and reach a meaningfulfinal deal. just a short while ago we heard from the president of the summit, alok sharma, who said ministers and negotiators are rolling up their sleeves and working hard to find solutions to some of the most intractable issues. let s cross now to glasgow and my colleague christian fraser. warm welcome back where delegates at cap 26 summit are hamming away at a final agreement that needs to be signed off by nearly 200 countries. the summit officially ends on friday, and in the last hour, the president of cap 26 says there is an awful lot more work to be done. on. n