xfinity is here to inspire your biggest dreams we re so happy to say welcome to your new day here and to have your company. it is saturday, august 7th. i m christi paul. i m boris sanchez. thank you for spending part of your morning with us. christi, always a pleasure to be with you. you, too, boris. we want to talk about the health officials who say the u.s. is at a crucial moment. hospitals overrun with unvaccinated patients and the delta variant is spreading. the country has tools to get the virus under control. that s the most tragic aspect of all of this. it is preventible. yet for the first time since february the united states is averaging more than 100,000 new infections a day and deaths are also on the rise. the virus spreading quickly through unvaccinated communities and as we look at this map, you can see all the red in the southeast where vaccination rates lag behind the rest of the country. in states with the highest infection rates, the numbers are
great food, some of the greatest food on earth. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la anthony: what is it exactly about this place? over the past century, the system here, the tradition, whatever it is that took hold here, churned out a tremendous number of the world s most important chefs point, chapel, troisgros, bocuse. and as importantly, influenced nearly all the rest of them. why lyon? why is this such a gastronomic capital though. i mean, why bocuse here, why troisgros here, why all of these great chefs? daniel: because lyon is it s really positioned between the north and the south. you are locked in between burgundy and rome. anthony: lyon, it s the second largest city in france, situated in the southeast of the co
in the relationship. i am in the 620 summit in rome whether in the relationship. i am in the 620 summit in rome whether talks - in the relationship. i am in the 620 summit in rome whether talks are | summit in rome whether talks are under summit in rome whether talks are underway. summit in rome whether talks are under way, the first session focusing under way, the first session focusing on global health and the economic focusing on global health and the economic recovery. buckingham palace cancels all of the queen s official visits after doctors tell the 95 year old monarch to rest for another two weeks. lawyers for prince andrew claim the woman who s accused him of sexual assault is out for another payday as they ask a new york court to dismiss the case. and new york prepares for a severe impact to its emergency services after a deadline to force first responders to get vaccinated passes. hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. as world
chancellor rishi sunak will announce the budget later. rather than continuing to borrow money to prop up the economy, as he had to during the pandemic, he will instead try to show that he can manage the books and rein in spending. but with food and energy prices rising demand for support is high as faisal islam, our economics editor, reports. underpinning every budget is a precisionjudgment about the state of the economy, and that has never been more complex. cube precision, an engineering company in the west midlands, like other businesses around the country, has rebounded impressively in recent months but now the pressure is on, prices and wages are on the rise. day to day living for staff is getting more expensive which means they would like to earn more money and in orderfor us to do that we had to increase our prices to customers but we have to take into mind that energy prices are going up as well and also national insurance will be going up. rishi sunak will be kee
and dropping slightly in england. ministers now say they will force water companies to make a progressive reduction in the sewage dumped in seas and rivers. and many tributes to a legend of scottish football the manager walter smith who s died at the age of 73. and coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel. a good night for england as they maintained their perfect record in women s world cup qualifying thrashing latvia 10 0. good evening. the queen has accepted the advice of doctors and decided not to attend the global climate summit in glasgow which starts on sunday. her majesty, who s 95, spent a night in hospital last week and her doctors have recommended some rest. the cop26 summit will be a major gathering of world leaders and the queen was expected to play a prominent role in welcoming those attending. to play a prominent role in instead, she will be recording a special message to show to delegates as our royal correspondent jonny dymond reports. this time l