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fighting to save the wild horses of the american west. they need our voices. this is the cbs weekend news from new york, here s jericka duncan. duncan: good evening, thanks for joining us tonight. america s covid recovery has hit a road block, today dr. fauci said this surge driven by the delta variant will get worse. infections are spiking across the country. hospitalizations and deaths are also rising. more shots are going into arms but only about half of us are fully vaccinated. cbs lilia luciano is in west hollywood with the latest. reporter: thank you, jericka. now l.a. county has 45% higher hospitalizations in just one week and there are more than a thousand vaccination sites in the hopes that more people will get their shots and finally stop the spread. tonight, there s no end in sight for the covid summer surge. cases are climbing but that s not enough to stop this party. in chicago, hundreds of thousands packed lollapalooza the four day music festival. ....
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troubled sequel? japan s 1964 summer games have been called the greatest ever, how the newest glory may dintdy for liftoff, amazon jeff bezos and company get set to soar to space with no pilots. s this is the cbs weekend news from new york, here is jericka duncan. duncan: good evening, to our viewers in the west we begin with covid surge that health experts say was avoidable. with new cases fueled by the unvaccinated. a new cbs news poll finds most americans think the fight against the pandemic is going some what well. and president biden is getting positive marks for his handling of the virus. for the latest we begin with lilia luciano in los angeles where some mask mandates have returned. good evening. reporter: good evening, to you, jericka. los angeles is the first county to require masks again. the mandate is for indoors and it is indefinite. masks are back in los angeles today, one month after claiming the state s covidtions recovery was on track. but now ....
hospital balcony. and later, they re cute little devils, a special species makes a return. they re beautiful, what is not to love about tasmanian devils? they re beautiful this is the cbs weekend news with jericka duncan, reporting from the new york. ork, her barnett: good evening, to our viewers in the west jericka duncan is off tonight. i m errol barnett. british billionaire richard branson first took tourists to the sky in 1984 flying aboard a used jumbo jet. today branson soared into space on board a repainted virgin galactic rocket plane with a crew of five others. he called this the dawn of a new space age aimed at sending tourist there, too. cbs mark strassmann watched it all in truth or consequences, new mexico. good evening. reporter: i tell you, errol, that really was something, a milestone for richard branson personally, but also one for commercial space. the emerging market of space tourism has a genuine success story. sir richard branson, astro ....
is a construction mistake to blame for the disaster? spreading fast: new infections of the dangerous delta variant surging in the south among those who aren t vaccinated. in california, cases up more than 500%. why dr. fauci now says some people who have gotten shots may still want to mask up. long road home, nearly 50 million americans back at busy airports and on crowded highways trading in fireworks for frustration. is this a preview of summer travel? country club murders: an intense manhunt tonight after a beloved golf pro is gunned down. the gruesome discovery inside the truck the alleged killer was driving. recall: families and businesses nationwide urged to throw out eight million pounds of poultry, the dangerous bacteria just found and what your family needs to know. and on a mission she s 96 years old and still helping children thousands of miles away. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. garrett: good eve ....