we re live outside athens, greece, where flames are swallowing forests and villages whole and many are forced to flee for their lives . a disturbing milestone in america s war with the coronavirus shows that the delta variant is winning the race right now. the u.s. averaging more than a hundred thousand cases each day for the first time since back in february before vaccines were widely available. the worst of it is in florida where hospitalization records are being shattered both in adults and children. florida also seeing its highest number of weekly covid cases ever. still is state s republican governor ron desanta is rejecting mask mandates for schools. i have young kids. my wife and i are not going to do the mask with the kids. we never have. i want to see my kids smiling. i want them having fun. and in what might be the ultimate example of the glass being half full or half empty, the nation s covid vaccination rate now stands at just over 50%, far short of the lev
i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. the final competitions of the 2020 summer olympics are wrapping up with the united states winning the most gold medals and the most medals overall. only a few hours remain before the closing ceremony brings the games to an end. the u.s. has clinched the win in the gold medal count and overall medal counts. let s get the latest on all this with andy scholes of cnn sports. the u.s. was behind the gold medals for almost the whole games here. how did they pull out the win in the snend. it was a complete team effort. track and field grabbed seven golds. on sunday, u.s. women s basketball captured their seventh straight gold medal. and then the u.s. women s volleyball team making some history, winning their first-ever gold medal. and there were tons of tears on the court after they scored that final point to beat brazil in straight sets. women s olympic volleyball, it started back in 1964. the u.s. had medaled five times before making
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