Overdrive On The Road to a massive infrastructure bill. Olympic glory. The latest on team u. S. A. , and Allyson Felixs golden finish. And later, wonderful wally. A Home Town honors a trailblazer as she shares her story of soaring into space. Im looking out the window, and i say, wow there goes the ground this is the Cbs Weekend News. From chicago, heres Adriana Diaz. Diaz good evening. We begin tonight with the significant setback in americas covid recovery. New Daily Infections have reached their highest levels in six months, returning to numbers we havent seen since the past winter surge. Take a look. New daily cases bottomed out in june at 11,000. Now they number more than 100,000. Several southern states are facing their largest outbreaks of the pandemic. The worst is in florida, which had more than 134,000 cases last week. The Delta Variant is fueling infections, especially among the unvaccinated nationwide. And now theres concern that one of the worlds biggest Motorcycle Rallies
Thanks so much for watching. we will be back here at 6:00. the cbs we captioning sponsored by cbs diaz: tonight, the delta variant runs rampant. infections roar back to their highest numbers in six months. this as hundreds of thousands of bikers ride and rev up in crowded sturgis, south dakota. cbs news is there. reporter: more than half a million bikers are expected to roll into sturgis. some are already here. but the fear is some may roll out with covid. diaz: also tonight, a perfect storm of heat, drought, and wind fuels wildfires in the west. in the destruction, a race to rescue an escaped and burned bear cub. plus, the latest legal troubles for embattled new york governor andrew cuomo. i m the county sheriff. i m not going to be intimidated. i m not going to be coerced. diaz: the senate goes into