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disrupt essential services. wildfires continue to blaze in northern california, forcing thousands of residents into evacuation centres. hello and welcome to bbc world news. saturday saw the first full day of action in the tokyo olympics. 11 gold medals have been up for grabs on day one including in cycling, weightlifting and fencing. but it was in thejudo competition, where the host nation, japan, won its first medals. earlier, japanese spectators defied coronavirus advice to watch the men s cycling road race, one of the few events where they could see the competitors in action. it was won by richard carapaz, who timed to perfection a tactical final descent after a tough 234 kilometre course to give ecuador only its second ever gold medal in an olympics. some of the leading tennis players are calling on the organisers to delay the start times of the matches, after a number of competitors struggled in the tokyo heat and humidity on the opening day of the tournament ....
than 9900 points. now it s down more than 900 points again. it s been bouncing around but it s looked bad all day. the delta variant is spooking investor who threaten it could worry u.s. recovery. one calls it the most serious virus most unvaccinated people will face in their lives. right now every state in the u.s. is seeing a rise in coronavirus cases. for the first time since mid-may, the u.s. is averaging more than 30,000 cases a day. that s a 66% jump from last week. 145% increase from two weeks ago. hospitalizations are up 50% from two weeks ago. deaths are on the rise too. averaging about 260 per day. up 13% from last week. only 48.6% of the u.s. population is fully vaccinated. they are calling on all stientss over the age of two years old to wear masks this coming school year even if they are vaccinated. that s different than what the cdc recommends. let s turn to jason carol. explain why pediatricians are urging now that masks stay in place at school? i t ....
and transferring contact tracing to the nhs test and trace system for early years settings, schools and colleges. a man is found guilty of the murder of sisters nicole smallman and bibaa henry in a north london park injune last year. teenager danyal hussein repeatedly stabbed the sisters. police found a note in which he wrote about wanting to sacrifice women in exchange for winning the lottery. today, we remember our girls as the wonderful, strong women they were. and we hope that some good will come out of this horrible story. vauxhall announces a £100 million investment in electric vehicles, securing more than 1,000 jobs at ellesmere port. and emma raducanu thanks her supporters and says she is feeling much better after pulling out of wimbledon yesterday. this whole week has just been absolutely incredible. i ve neverfelt support like it. i m just so, so grateful for every single person who cheered me on during the matches and all of the messages that i received, you kno ....
new data makes crystal clear the risk of skipping your shot. the new things around the world add to the weight of evidence to convince you to talk to your doctor or pharmacist, get the questions answered, and get vaccinated. if you live in a community with a lower amounts of vaccination rates, generally speaking in the southeast, it s much more likely you re going to see outbreaks. in fact, it s guaranteed you re going to see outbreaks over the course of the late summer and in the fall. we begin right there with the biden administration struggle to reach vaccine hesitant americans and what the divide over getting your shot tells us about the country s fault lines. in the abc news poll, 93 % of democrats say they are or will get vaccinated. only 49% of republicans say that. with me to share the insights this way, barbara tall i have, jonathan martin, and sun ming kim of the washington post. polarization has been with us since the clinton presidency. this is from the ....
we talked to some folks filling up throughout the day. they say that s a pricey predicament they weren t prepared for. $11. i m at 2.5 gallons. i m from the 60s. $11, 11 gallons. remember them days. well, ask your parents? it s crazy. i feel like it s a deterrent for people to travel. that s what we want to do so much right now. reporter: she s right. some people are traveling. aaa says about 43 million people are expected to drive somewhere this holiday weekend. that s up about 34% compared to last year. that s not the only problem. there s pain at the pump for people who are not only flying as stephanie pointed out but people who are jumping in their cars and traveling either across the country or across town. thank you. that is job well done. the spike in holiday travel comes as we saw a spike, unfortunately, in covid cases. accord to the cdc director, the hyper transmissable delta variant is likely to blame. while this is a 95% decrease, lower from our ....