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days. i m pamela brown, in wash was washington. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are in the cnn newsroom, on this saturday. and across much of america, the masks have come off. covid numbers have gone up. and reality sets in. this nation is facing a pandemic of the unvaccinated. new cases are trending up, in 49 states. and with that spread, more deaths, more hospitalizations. the rise mainly caused by the highly-contagious delta variant, and the highly-politicized anti-vaccine crusade. more leaders on the state and local level are now implementing or at least considering new restrictions, in hopes of reigning in the escalating numbers. just under half of all americans are fully vaccinated. pushing herd immunity, for now, out of reach. meanwhile, the fda and cdc are exploring a possible-booster dose of covid-19 vaccine. but as of now, only for people considered immunocompromised. and in some states, like texas, local officials may ....
and keep working. hello, and welcome. the first gold medal of the tokyo olympics has been awarded to the chinese air rifle shooter yang qian. ten others are being contested on the first full day of action including in fencing, judo and weightlifting. organisers are hoping that the sporting drama will spark enthusiasm among the japanese public and dispel some of the anxiety about holding the games in the midst of the pandemic. let s cross to the bbc sports centre and speak to our sports reporter mike bushell, who s there and has been watching the action in tokyo. we finally have medals on the board. china havejust we finally have medals on the board. china have just got there a second gold medal, so they won the second gold medal, so they won the second gold medal, so they won the second gold medal of these games. it has come in the weightlifting, in the under 49 kilograms category, and it s another chinese athlete. a second gold for china. this follows the first prestig ....
a ban on most spectators into the road of olympians who think we somehow care about their political views. they will be great performances but how boring the leader. what a contrast to our wonderful collective memories olympics past, our rivalry with the former soviet union that made beating the key team the true miracle on ice, the mind blowing next 6 performances of dominic dogs and who could forget the mesmerizing gliding to the pool of michael phelps. and whether it was president reagan opening the 1984 olympics or bill clinton at the 1996 games in atlanta we rallied because we loved the country and we left our athletes and for a few weeks we all put our differences aside about pretty much everything else, but today things are different. now there are millions of americans disgusted by the us woman soccer team not because they lost to sweden but because they use the international stage to insult our nation. this isn t what the olympics is all about. the internationa ....
and we get the story behind the soaring price of the beans in your coffee. the delayed 2020 tokyo olympics are finally under way. it follows months of uncertainty, and a build up marred by protests and the resignations of senior japanese officials. but for the athletes, the day is here. 11 gold medals are up for grabs on saturday, and day one of the official olympics schedule is packed, with plenty of key events to keep an eye on in the coming hours, including: the first gold medal it s expected to go to the winner of the 10 metre air rifle for women. we will also keep an eye on cycling. the 234km men s road race starts in about two hours time and is expected to take around seven hours. slovenia s tadej pogacar goes in this, fresh from winning the tour de france. also, look out for the tennis. just two weeks after wimbledon, the competition for olympic gold begins with novak djokovic on court. he s going for the golden slam which would be gold here along with four g ....
particularly parts of the southeast here. consider alone that right now, every state has an average seven-day at least a seven-day average of new covid cases that, if it doesn t match last week, it s exceeded. the best way to get ahead of any surge is to get the preemptive vaccination, according to experts. sadly, according to the latest cdc figures, showing many of those efforts continue to slow. if you happen to be among a third of the nation s population out living in the community considered to have high covid transmission, you can blame it on the unvaccinated, says alabama s republican governor kay ivey. the new cases in covid are because of unvaccinated folks. reporter: the u.s. averaging 43,000 new covid cases a day. a 65% increase over the last week. the dark colored regions on the map showing the highest concentration of cases. you re just watching this freight train coming, that delta is going to sweep across the south. so many people are going to get ....