we ll get into that tomorrow night. it is the top of the hour and it s good to be with you tonight. the taliban have seized control of at least three provincial capitals in one day. president biden is deploying thousands of troops to afghanistan to evacuate embassy staff. but what comes next? the u.s. just saw its strongest back-to-back vaccination days in over a month. could this be the result of the new vaccine mandates? our saturday night panel is here to discuss. the 2020 census data is finally here. we will break down the numbers and see how america is becoming more diverse than ever. later, batman s sidekick is dc s newest openly queer superhero. are comics reflecting our culture or leading the way? from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. the u.s. is reporting a rate of new covid cases that we have not seen since last november. the current seven-day average is 140,000 cases per day. right now, basically everyone i
it added that there is so much carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, that the warming will last at least several decades. but there is a silver lining. aggressive emissions cuts around the globe could limit the warming beyond the year 2050. the stakes are high, and many people are asking what we can do about the climate crisis. we ll get into that tomorrow night. well, it is top of the hour, and it s good to be with you tonight. the taliban have seized control of at least three provinial capitals in one day. president biden is deploying thousands of troops to afghanistan to evacuate embassy staff. but what comes next?gh the u.s. just saw its strongest back-to-back vaccination days in over a month. could this be a result of the new vaccine mandates? our saturday night panelva is he totu discuss it. also, the 2020 census data is finally here. we will break down the new numbers and see how america is becoming more diverse than ever. and later, batman
making jason kenny britain s most decorated olympian. it was like i was standing still on that last corner. i was hacking away, but ijust kept telling myself, you know, it is a medal, it is a medal, even if one comes, it is still a medal , and then when i crossed the line, i was like, oh, it is the bloody gold medal! the closing ceremony was spectacular, but played out to an empty stadium, testament to the age of covid. after a game is like no other, one that defied expectations, i will be live here in tokyo, as it starts preparations for the paralympics in just two weeks time. we ll be assessing what the games have meant to the people of japan. also tonight. in greece, a scene from hell as wildfires burn out of control. residents and holidaymakers try to escape. it was like a scene from an apocalyptic movie. definitely, because there is no sky, the sun is red, it has been red the entire day, so it is quite scary. and, as some covid travel restrictions ease, no quarantine
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the daily mirror columnist, susie boniface known as the fleet street fox and madeline grant, who s the daily telegraph s parliamentary sketch writer, as well as a columnist for the paper, too. it s a good job both of them are doing most of the talking. i might be getting absent. the daily mail says england will have to wait untiljuly 19th before all covid restrictions are eased, in a move likely to anger some mps, business leaders and hospitality chiefs. the daily telegraph also sastune 21st in england will no longer herald a full return to normality, after borisjohnson resigned himself to a delay of up to four weeks in lifting remaining covid restrictions. the sun calls it a blow to football fans if the date gets pushed back, as the euro 2020 final wouldn t be able to played out in front of a full wembley stadium, and pubs would have to stick to the rule of six indoors. the g