confusion and new confrontations caught on camera. the supreme court taking up a major abortion case. why activists believe it s the key to overturning roe v. wade severe weather on the move homes and cars underwater and the flooded diner with customers inside the associate of matt gaetz pleading guilty to six charges including sex trafficking of a minor while gaetz himself remains under investigation. and kicking off our journey across america in orlando tourism making a comeback and why it s getting so hard here and many other cities to buy a house. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, across america reporting tonight from good evening, everyone day one of our across america journey reporting on an america rebuilding, refocusing and reimagining a future after the pandemic our first stop, orlando, well into its recovery we ll share the view from here in a few minutes. but we re starting of course in the middle east where israel and hamas are
and live from cnn world headquarters here in atlanta, i m michael holmes. this is cnn newsroom. and our top story this hour, an influential covid-19 model warns americans not to put their masks away yet, as cases surge in michigan. let s have a look at that spike there. you can see it at the right of the graph. the state reporting nearly 7,000 new cases on saturday. the federal government sending 160 extra vags nayccinators to get shots into arms. some hospitals there are delaying nonemergency procedures on a case by case basis because they re getting full. officials calling it a last resort. medical experts say pandemic fatigue combined with the spread of coronavirus variants are behind the surge in michigan. cnn s evan mcmorris-santoro with more. reporter: even if vaccination rates rise in places like new york, where i m standing, there s still a concern that america is in the grip of this pandemic, especially in the state of michigan, where the viral numbers are risi
you with us. more on cnn newsroom more retaliatory strikes. a dangerous atmospheric river bears down on southern california as residents prepare for the possibility of life threatening floods. and soccer fans in hong kong are fired up. a sold out game featuring legendary lionel messi. we ll have a live report coming up. a short time ago the u.s. announced a new strike against houthi targets destroying an anti-ship cruise missile in yemen that was prepared to launch. earlier saturday american and british forces and other allies struck 36 targets in yemen at 13 locations. fa-18 jets and a pair of u.s. destroyers hit what the u.s. says were facilities involved in attacks on international shipping. british jets also took part in the opoperation. the british defense secretary saying the strikes are about protecting innocent lives. the u.s., u.k., are at the forefront of an international coalition trying to stop the houthi attacks. in a statement the group said today s strike
hello and welcome to all of our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m nick watt live in los angeles. ahead on cnn newsroom, more air strikes in the middle east. the u.s.-led coalition hit multiple targets in yemen, but the houthis say they aren t backing down. plus, president biden is projected to win the south carolina primary, and people here in california are getting ready. severe weather is on the way and expected to impact millions. the united states has carried out more strikes in the middle east against iran-backed houthis in yemen. the u.s. said a short time ago that it struck an anti-ship missile that was, quote, prepared to launch. earlier saturday american and british forces struck 36 targets in yemen at 13 different locations. fa-18 jets and a pair of u.s. destroyers hit what the u.s. says were facilities involved in attacks on international shipping. british jets also took part in those attacks. a houthi official says the group, quote, w
counter offensive against russian forces. in a rare interview, oleksiy danilov describes the planned assault as an historic opportunity . now on bbc news.political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. every so often there s an issue that bubbles up. if you ll forgive the metaphor, and reaches beyond the westminster bubble. the issue we re talking about today is the issue of sewage, the quality of our waterways, our rivers and our seas. my my guest this week is the man who is insured that no political figure can and should ignore the question of the waterways. he is keen angler, campaigner, and original lead singer with the undertones, fergal sharkey, a man who left the stage in order to campaign for musician s right before taking up his current position another one of the country s leading environmental campaigners. he b