i m kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom . as the delta variant drive as global surge in new infections, urgency of vaccination finally appears to be sinking in for many americans. daily vaccinations are back up to where they were seven weeks ago averaging about 700,000 per day. gist under half of the u.s. population is now fully vaccinated, but is still far short of so-called herd immunity. new cases in the u.s. are now averaging about 98,000 per day, the highest in sifrksx months. and we re learning more about so-called breakthrough infections among the fully vaccinated. although rare, the cdc says vaccinated people are contagious if they get the virus. that is why the agency suddenly updated its mask guidance last week. here is what the head of the cdc told cnn. our vaccines are working exceptionally well, they continue to work well for delta with regard to severe illness and death, they prevent it, but what they can t do anymore is prevent transmission. so if you are go
and in the other big football match of the day brentford are promoted to the premier league after victory at wembley. in other news a teenager appears in court charged with conspiracy to murder, following the shooting of sasha johnson, the black lives matter activist. the 6 trillion dollar plan. president biden pushes the biggest spending programme since world war two to try to reboot america s economy. another lost summer for uk musicalfestivals a report by mps blame the government for not backing an insurance safety net for organisers. and in half an hour george floyd one year on a look back at the impact his death has had on the world. thousands of fans are descending on the portuguese city of porto for this evening s champions league final between chelsea and manchester city. champions league final 16,500 supporters will be allowed into the stadium to watch the all english affair the venue was switched from turkey, when the country was put on the uk s
shortly. in other football news, brentford are finally promoted to the premier league for the first time in their history. they beat swansea two nil. in other news a teenager appears in court charged with conspiracy to murder, following the shooting of sasha johnson, the black lives matter activist. the 6 trillion dollar plan. president biden pushes the biggest spending programme since world war two to try to reboot america s economy. another lost summer for uk music festivals a report by mps blame the government for not backing an insurance safety net for organisers. and at quarter to seven click heads to a race track with a dashboard device which might help you drive like lewis hamilton. thousands of fans have descended on the portuguese city of porto ahead of tonight s all english champions league final, between chelsea and manchester city. up to 16,500 supporters will be allowed into the stadium to watch the game and fans with tickets are being told to tak
dozens of demonstrations have taken place around the world to show solidarity with the people of belarus and coming up on the film review, mark kermode gives his views on the latest film releases including cruella 7 disney s new 101 dalmations prequel thousands of fans are in the portuguese city of porto for tonight s all english champions league final, between chelsea and manchester city. up to 16,500 supporters are gathering inside the stadium to watch the game the match gets underway in just under an hour s time. from porto, here s our sports correspondent natalie pirks. they are here for a good time and not a long time. we started at 4:30 this morning, a long day. fans arrived bringing exhausted but enthusiastic support for a 2k hours to remember. to get into the stadium they needed a ticket and a negative test and they received a coveted golden wristband and excitement was building. was building in the portguese sunshine. this is what it s all about. all the pressure
good evening. the all english final in the champions league has kicked off between chelsea and manchester city. thousands of fans have made the trip to portuguese city of porto for tonight s game. up to 16,500 supporters are inside the stadium to watch the game. from porto, here s our sports correspondent natalie pirks. they re here for a good time, not a long time. we start at 4:30 this morning, so it s a long day. the final planes arrived today, bringing exhausted supporters to porto for a 2k hours to remember. to get into the stadium they needed a ticket and a negative test and they received a coveted golden wristband and excitement was building. this is ourdream. this is what it s all about. all the pressure s on city. there s none on chelsea. we re just going to have a happy day. we have been following this for many years and we have these tickets - and we deserve them. we deserve our tickets. the mood today has been one of happiness to be on foreign soil again. but