as just days after arriving following his evacuation from kabul, afghanistan s hossain rasouli competed in the long jump. he finished 13th, but merely being here was a victory in itself. andy swiss reporting there. time for a look at the weather. good afternoon. no drastic changes over the next few days. that means more scenes like this, with extensive cloud across many parts of the uk. for the rest of the week, expect a lot of cloud which will be thick enough to produce the odd spot of drizzle. equally thin enough to break up and give a bit of sunshine. high pressure is sitting to the north west with the wind is flooding in this clockwise direction, dragging cloud towards our shores. there are some breaks in the cloud. some across parts of northern ireland, central and western scotland. and a beautiful scene from the isle of mull, blue skies overhead. some parts seeing the best of the sunny spells through the afternoon with a few breaks in the cloud across england and wales,
tropical storm henri hits the east coast, bringing rain to already water logged areas. plus, deadly flooding in central tennessee. it hit hard, it hit fast. i stepped into maybe two feet of water. the fda is poised to give full approval to pfizer s vaccine this week. do you expect this decision is going to make more americans willing to get vaccinated? this may tip them over toward getting vaccinated. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. we are following breaking news this hour out of middle, tennessee. as the flood waters recede, the death toll climbs, 21 dead, 49 missing after catastrophic flash floods. people in humphries county west of nashville say the flood waters struck almost without warning. some compared it to a tidal wave that swallowed its victims and swept them away. twin toddlers are reported among the dead and at least five children are among the minneapmissing. search and rescue efforts grind on as do the grim duties of r
reinstated. residents there have seen a 500% rise in covid cases in just the last month. and there s a new push from the white house to get more young people vaccinated. cdc data shows vaccinations remain stubbornly low as some schools prepare to reopen for in-person classes. the white house teaming up with pop superstar olivia rodrigo to help get the vaccination message out, particularly to young people. she makes her pitch in a video with dr. anthony fauci and reads some tweets from americans on the vaccination push. wear your mask and get your vaccines. i need to see olivia rodrigo live in the concert in the first row. i m excited to tour these days. i m excited to go a concert, aren t you? i agree. i want to go to a concert for sure. for sure. cnn s natasha chen is in birmingham, alabama, a state with one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. school starts there in just a matter of weeks. natasha, how are officials there planning to get students who are
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