Overdrive On The Road to a massive infrastructure bill. Olympic glory. The latest on team u. S. A. , and Allyson Felixs golden finish. And later, wonderful wally. A Home Town honors a trailblazer as she shares her story of soaring into space. Im looking out the window, and i say, wow there goes the ground this is the Cbs Weekend News. From chicago, heres Adriana Diaz. Diaz good evening. We begin tonight with the significant setback in americas covid recovery. New Daily Infections have reached their highest levels in six months, returning to numbers we havent seen since the past winter surge. Take a look. New daily cases bottomed out in june at 11,000. Now they number more than 100,000. Several southern states are facing their largest outbreaks of the pandemic. The worst is in florida, which had more than 134,000 cases last week. The Delta Variant is fueling infections, especially among the unvaccinated nationwide. And now theres concern that one of the worlds biggest Motorcycle Rallies
Possible risk of contracting guillain barre. They received about 10 0 preliminary reports. Thats after 12. 8 million doses of the vaccine being given out. Again, thats presumably about 12. 8 million people since its a one shot vaccine. Its been largely reported about two vehicles after vaccination. Its being reported mostly in men. Many of them over age 50. As you can see, the cdc saying a small possible risk. Now the Washington Post is reporting that the fda is preparing to do some kind of warning about Guillainbarre Johnson and johnson johnson. Its important to add this risk has not been found with moderna or pfizer. Those are mrna vaccines. They work in a completely different way than johnson johnson. The vast majority of the vaccinations that people in the u. S. Have gotten and continue to get is not johnson johnson. Its pfizer and moderna. That applies to a relatively small number of people. Thank you for the Breaking News. Lets stay with it now with the director of the division o
a new disaster over denver a engine explodes debris falling onto front yards. it sounded like a war zone around here. duncan: this princess from dubai claims she s a prisoner. the evidence this video. and later unifying america, that is what happened when red and whether you blue state rivals meet and share their stories. we say things differently but we deeply care about each other. this is the cbs weekend news from new york, here s jericka duncan. duncan: good evening. tonight americans are confronting yet another brutal covid milestone, 500,000 deaths, no other country has counted so many. and across the south tonight more misery. this inflicted by an outbreak of arctic cold. dozens have been killed in at least eight states. in texas, the so-called energy capital of the world millions shivered in the dark for days. now many are boiling mad because of the near collapse of the state s electrical grid. and the crisis is not over. janet shamlian is in houston where
south africa to pay their respects to the late archbishop desmond tutu, whose body is now lying in state. so medical experts call 2021 the year of the vaccine, a chance for people to protect themselves against the coronavirus pandemic. but the year is coming to a close with an average of more than a million new infections a day right around the globe. that is an all-time high. the u.s. is also breaking records for the first time, averaging more than 300,000 new cases a day. johns hopkins reports as well that close to 490,000 cases were reported on wednesday alone. we should point out, of course, that number is the result of a lag in reporting over the christmas holidays, but it is a staggering toll nonetheless. the centers for disease control and prevention is now forecasting 44,000 new covid deaths over the next month. now, the cdc also projects those fatalities will rise most quickly in early january, then tapering off later in the 3407b89. month. more u.s. states
the cdc is out with new guidelines shortening the recommending isolation of quarantine time for those who tested positive or expose todd the virus. this comes as the fast omicron variant puts pressure on airlines and other businesses. nbc news. reporter: testing for the virus reaches by a crisis point. by 5:00, the lines in south florida already forming with the prospect of free covid testing kits. what are you seeing in shelves? they re all in stock and fine, i guess they all disappeared in a matter of three days like they were not there. reporter: at this library at miami-dade county, you are looking at two different lines. this is for free testing kits. this is for testing on-site. both of them snake around the building in both directions with no end in sight. a national crisis, chaos in lines from new york and miami and dallas. we have more work to do and quadruple number of pharmacies offering free test and they are now more than 20,000 places where you can get