Unprecedented proportions. And the u. N. Issues a stark warning to the world. The window to limit catastrophic Climate Change is closing fast. Good to have you with us. Well, the Battle Over Mask Mandates rages on in the United States. Florida governor Ron Desantis is threatening to withhold salaries of officials like School Superintendents if they violate his order banning School Mask mandates. And as you can see here, florida is just one of several states that have passed measures banning Mask Mandates in schools. And the timing could not be worse. Lucy kafanov shows how the pandemic numbers are suddenly trending in the wrong direction in the u. S. Reporter as children across the Nation Head back to school, covid19 cases are surging. Hospitalizations and deaths have nearly doubled over the last two weeks. The u. S. Is now averaging more than 109,000 new covid19 cases each day and more than 500 deaths per day. Florida reported more covid19 cases over the last week than any other Seven
History. Good to have you with us. Well, another city has fallen to the taliban. As the militants warn the u. S. Against more intervention in afghanistan. A local journalist tells cnn its under taliban Control Meaning they have taken at least five provintual capitals in just a few days. Taliban video which cannot be verified purports to show a Government Compound in kunduz after the militants took over. It has forced nearly 300,000 afghans to flee their homes since january. In total more than 3. 5 million have been displaced. And Cnns Nick Paten walsh has reported from Inside Afghanistan for years now. He is tracking these latest moves by the taliban, and he joins us now live from london. Good to see you, nick. So what is the latest on the taliban advances and how do we verify their claims . Theres quite a lot of evidence they have since friday now taken five provincial capitals. As of friday we saw the first one fall near the iranian border and the most significant of the five as you
Conviction case. Good to have you with us. Health experts and officials across the u. S. Are raising the alarm. The Covid Surge is getting worse. Take a look, the Delta Variant is driving an increase in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths from the previous week. Every state is reporting more new infections compared to the previous week. Dr. Anthony fauci said the country has made enough progress that he doesnt foresee any new lockdowns, but theres still a long way to go. I dont think were going to see lockdowns. I think with i have enough of the percentage of people in the country, not enough to crush the outbreak, but i believe enough to not allow us to get to the situation we were in last winter. But things are going to get worse. Concerns about the rapidly spreading Delta Variant appear to be driving a rise in vaccinations across the United States. Vaccination rates have been going up for three weeks now and the average daily rate is the highest its been in almost a month. Right now
law his infrastructure plan, but the heavy lifting of passing his largest social spending bill is right around the corner. plus, in the coming hours the u.s. will open its borders to vaccinated international travelers. we re live at london s gatwick airport. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. and we begin with new fallout from the music festival in houston, texas, that turned deadly. a concert goer that says he was injured at the event has filed a lawsuit against rapper travis scott, entertainment company live nation and the concert promoter. it seeks more than $1 million in damages to be determined by a jury. authorities, meanwhile, have launched a criminal investigation. thousands of fans were pressing towards the stage and we re now learning that scott continued to perform for nearly 40 minutes after the first reports of injuries. after approximately half an hour after authorities declared the concert a mass casualty event.
attacks. and we re days away from the winter olympics, and china just reported more covid infections. we ll have a live report from beijing. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, in just a matter of hours the u.n. security council will gather for an urgent meeting as tensions along the border between ukraine and russia show little sign of easing. the meeting, the latest push for a diplomatic solution to the crisis amid fears russia is planning to invade ukraine. the american ambassador to the u.n. says the u.s. is ready to listen but will not be distracted by what she called russian propaganda. and while efforts to stop further escalation push on, the british foreign secretary offered this stark assessment. we think it s highly likely that he is looking to invade ukraine. that is why we re doing all we can through deterrence and diplomacy to urge him to desist. ukraine s foreign minister also push