flooded parts of the northeast. the death toll climbing to 50 as the damage from the multiple tornados is revealed. and america s jobs recovery hits a road block. the president says the delta variant is to blame for the very disappointing numbers. i ll ask the labor secretary marty walsh how the administration hopes to turn things around. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. first let s get the latest on president biden s tour of hurricane-ravaged louisiana. our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly is joining us. phil, with ejust heard from the president just a few moments ago. he was very specific in what he says the federal government can do to help. i think when you talk to white house officials they acknowledge that in moments like this in the wake of a disaster, it is the federal government that has the resources, the capability, the
fighting to save the wild horses of the american west. they need our voices. this is the cbs weekend news from new york, here s jericka duncan. duncan: good evening, thanks for joining us tonight. america s covid recovery has hit a road block, today dr. fauci said this surge driven by the delta variant will get worse. infections are spiking across the country. hospitalizations and deaths are also rising. more shots are going into arms but only about half of us are fully vaccinated. cbs lilia luciano is in west hollywood with the latest. reporter: thank you, jericka. now l.a. county has 45% higher hospitalizations in just one week and there are more than a thousand vaccination sites in the hopes that more people will get their shots and finally stop the spread. tonight, there s no end in sight for the covid summer surge. cases are climbing but that s not enough to stop this party. in chicago, hundreds of thousands packed lollapalooza the four day music festival. most
breaking point? we have you covered with anita vogel. hi, charles. we re near the finish line of the long july fourth holiday weekend. experts were predicting business as usual. almost. 3.5 million people were expected to travel by plane over the weekend. the most since the pandemic started, a lot of folks are flying home right now in the air as we speak. many experienced long lines across the country. airports were packed. the whole system, airports, rental car agencies and the like are rusty after a year off of the kind of crushing travel that we re used to. so what does this mean for the rest of the summer? first of all, there will be a shortage of workers everywhere you go. at the airport, the tsa is so short of employees that they re asking for volunteers and looking to hire 6,000 new workers. they re offering $1,000 bonuses. it s not a bad deal if you re looking for a new job. the tsa is predicting staffing shortages at 130 airports across the country and rental car a
welcome to all of you watching, i m kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom . it has been nearly 20 years since the united states first invaded afghanistan. now a senior u.s. defense official tells cnn that the last american forces have left bagram air base ending the u.s./nato security for the afghan people. the sprawling compound has become the center of military power in afghanistan over the past two decades. here is what the top american commander had to say about the situation there. it is the intention of the united states and the international community to remain doniplomatically involve in afghanistan and we see that in the best interests of a afghanistan as well. to leave behind those things that secure the diplomat it can x community so that they can operate in this environment. anna core kcoren is joining . i imagine this is bittersweet given the state in which the country is being left. reporter: yeah, it is interesting, kim, this has been shrouded in secrecy.
voicing support for the withdrawal from afghanistan. they issued commune keays on the threat proposed by china and russia. this is ahead of the meeting with vladimir putin and the buildup is tense. joining from us brussels cnn white house correspondent kaitlan collins and clarissa ward. kaitlan, first to you, swe expected to to start ten minutes ago but as expected sometimes these run behind. what will we hear from the president. i think there are a lot of questions about the upcome summit with the russian president, because really there have been so many moments of the trip, the first trip abroad since taking office. that really is going to be the defining meeting. and the white house is fully aware of that. i think what people are looking to is what they thinks he is going to get out of the meeting with putin. they are not holding a joint press conference. he justified that by saying he doesn t want the review of the meeting based on how the press conference looks and w