Southwest of tokyo. We re live on the ground with the latest. What started as a traffic stop escalated into a ninehour standoff with police and armed men in tactical gear. The highly transmissible delta variant is complicating the u. S. Fight against the coronavirus and pushing case numbers back up. Authorities say the strain is the likely driver for a 10% rise in u. S. Infections this week compared to the week before. Experts say the delta variant is hitting states with the lowest vaccination rates the hardest. Right now nearly half the u. S. Population is fully inoculated and that s not enough to reach herd immunity, where 75% to 80% of people are immune to the disease. Health authorities say the delta variant could make reaching that threshold harder. In california, where the positivity rate has doubled, the strain is responsible for more than onethird of new infections. Some officials are asking people to wear masks in indoor public spaces even if fully vaccinated. We are not requi
And so much more. Let s get to put. We question from diane m. That felt that you are you have grown. What was your favorite ice cream from the ice cream truck. The red, white, and blue. Jesse: the rocket pops. Every now and done, i still go to central. With my husband and we hit a specific ice cream truck. If i m feeling a little fancy, i will, a hot dog as well. Oh. Jesse: you lost me at the hotdog. I m with him on that. And they are not dirty water dogs. They are. Jesse: you call me an elite? you get blue lips. Exactly. Jesse: what is yours? vanilla chocolate swirl with rainbow sprinkles in a waffle cone. Jesse: waffle cones are the best. What about you, jessica quick. I was going to prove my patriotism. I do like like the fruit ones. And you can add them in a grocery store. You have it at home. I have to say, i don t think in colorado, they did not have the ice cream truck s. The question is, as a child. Jesse: it has to drive a long way. When i lived on capitol hill during the bush
Find survivors at the site of that surfside condo collapse. We are entering day 11 of this search effort. It s on standby after miamidade officials moved up ambulance to demolish the building s remaining units there. Engineers have been keeping a close eye on the part of the structure that s still standing since the condo s partial collapse. But an approaching tropical system is escalating concern about the safety of the crews working at the site. The fear was that the hurricane may take the building down for us and take it down in the wrong direction, on top of the pile where they have victims. We will allow our rescue workers to pour all over the entire site without any fear of danger from falling debris or falling buildings. Cnn s natasha chen is on the scene for us in surfside. Natasha, every minute counts now. So walk us through the timeline for the demolition. Reporter: there is no specific time announced yet for when the rest of this biluildin is coming down but the hope is that
Variant spreads across the u. S. And scorching temperatures are breaking records in the northwest. We ll have the latest ahead. Sunrise is a little more than two hours away in surf side, florida and a new day could bring hope or despair for crews searching to find survivors. The death toll has risen to nine. More than 150 people are unaccounted for as of sunday. Hopes of finding anyone left alive are growing more remote. Officials and families are still praying for a miracle. I think we all believe and expect miracles. We all believe and expect miracles. We have armies ready to go 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It s not going to stop until we pull everybody out. That s the way it s going to be. Families face an ag nicing wait desperate for any word on the fate of their loved ones. Rafael romo has more from surf side. Reporter: crews continue to sift through a mountain of rubble here in surf side, florida. They now have additional help. App team from mexico has joined the effort. Ac
A gun stashed in the dryer. A man s glove, but whose dna? a woman with a whole lot to reveal. No, no, no, no, don t take it off. She tossed her top to me. She just whipped it off. I was shocked. Hello and welcome to dateline. Keith bryan was a devoted fire chief that spent his career helping those in trouble. The local hero had the job of his dreams and the wife he adored. Then one night a gunshot in the couple s home shattered the life that they had built and exposed scandalous secrets at the heart of a complicated crime. Here is andrea canning with mystery in mustang. Just about 20 miles southwest of downtown oklahoma city sits a town called mustang. Once, farmers and ranchers dotted the land. It s bigger now, but folks still hold tight to their roots. A pretty quiet community for the most part. Faith connects community here and people stay lifelong friends. It is a smalltown feel. Very much neighbors helping neighbors. In a place like mustang, neighbors know almost all there is to k