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 wh
the last borscht belt comedians. out speak up, be offended enough people should car to speak 9out speak up, be offended enough to make an issue out of it. duncan: and later, how american g.i.s changed the way the japanese ride the waves. this is the cbs weekend news with jericka duncan, reporting from the new york. duncan: good evening, thanks for watching. america s covid recovery is being threatened by a summer surge. hospitalizations and deaths are up nationwide. the highly contagious delta variant is giving new urgency to the country s vaccination push but that s actually lacking. seven months after the first shots only 49 percent of americans are fully vaccinated. we begin tonight with cbs lilia luciano in pasadena, california, lilia, good evening to you. reporter: good evening, jericka. that national vaccination rate is nowhere near enough to stop the spread of the delta variant and now health officials are bracing for an even bigger spike in infections. toni
hospital balcony. and later, they re cute little devils, a special species makes a return. they re beautiful, what is not to love about tasmanian devils? they re beautiful this is the cbs weekend news with jericka duncan, reporting from the new york. ork, her barnett: good evening, to our viewers in the west jericka duncan is off tonight. i m errol barnett. british billionaire richard branson first took tourists to the sky in 1984 flying aboard a used jumbo jet. today branson soared into space on board a repainted virgin galactic rocket plane with a crew of five others. he called this the dawn of a new space age aimed at sending tourist there, too. cbs mark strassmann watched it all in truth or consequences, new mexico. good evening. reporter: i tell you, errol, that really was something, a milestone for richard branson personally, but also one for commercial space. the emerging market of space tourism has a genuine success story. sir richard branson, astronaut.
she describes it as having left a huge void in her life. infrastructure push, president biden tries to build bridges to republicans for a bipartisan deal. and later, sounds of recovery as live concerts make a comeback. we really, really miss playing for people. this is the cbs weekend news. from new york, here s jericka duncan. duncan: good evening. in many ways america seems on the covid rebound. on 60 minutes tonight fed chair jerome powell tells cbs s scott pelley the economy is set to bounce back with growth in jobs. and this weekend a new vaccine milestone, a record 4.6 million shots were administered saturday which means nearly 71 million americans are now fully vaccinated. but some states are still in trouble. cbs s lilia luciano is in los angeles and leads us off tonight. good evening, jericka. here in los angeles the county is micking picking up the pace to vaccinate as many people as possible. so far they have given out almost five million shots but a
duncan: eye on earth, why these western dams are coming down so the salmon can run again. we re looking at restoration of salmon and restoration of our culture. duncan: and later meet a superhero protecting his community one vaccination at a time. that s it. you are fully vaccinated. yay. this is the cbs weekend news from new york. here s jericka duncan. duncan: good evening, this is our western edition. we begin tonight with new concerns about america s vaccine supply. there is enough to go around but vaccinations are slowing as cases remain high. this week president biden will mark 100 days in office and most americans including democrats, republicans and independents approve of the way he s handled the distribution of vaccine. as of today, more than 53 percent of american adults have gotten at least one shot. more than 36 percent are vaccinated. cbs lilia luciano leads us from los angeles where it is becoming easier to access those shots. reporter: jericka