overdrive on the road to a massive infrastructure bill. olympic glory. the latest on team u.s.a., and allyson felix s golden finish. and later, wonderful wally. a home town honors a trailblazer as she shares her story of soaring into space. i m looking out the window, and i say, wow! there goes the ground! this is the cbs weekend news. from chicago, here s adriana diaz. diaz: good evening. we begin tonight with the significant setback in america s covid recovery. new daily infections have reached their highest levels in six months, returning to numbers we haven t seen since the past winter surge. take a look. new daily cases bottomed out in june at 11,000. now they number more than 100,000. several southern states are facing their largest outbreaks of the pandemic. the worst is in florida, which had more than 134,000 cases last week. the delta variant is fueling infections, especially among the unvaccinated nationwide. and now there s concern that one of the world s b
and looting south africa s president says efforts to overthrow democracy have failed. using a pretext of the political grievance, those behind these acts have sought to provoke a popular insurrection amongst our people. and diving for world records. we speak to the free diver who has done just that, 7a metres under with no fins and without taking a breath. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. i m mark lobel. we start in western europe where hundreds of people remain unaccounted for after some of the worst flooding in decades. 120 people are so far known to have died as record rainfall caused rivers to burst their banks. in germany, chancellor angela merkel described the floods there as a catastrophe. torrential rain has also devastated parts of belgium, the netherlands and luxembourg. swollen rivers, including the rhine, and the aar, have filled towns and villages, destroying homes and leaving many stranded. in the town of erftstadt in germany, who
using the pretext of the political grievance, those behind these acts have sought to provoke popular insurrection amongst our people. and a decade after the death of amy winehouse her parents tell her story in a new documentary. more than 120 people have been confirmed dead after parts of northern europe were devastated by some of the worst flooding in decades. hundreds more are injured and others unaccounted for. the german president has called for a more determined battle against climate change. the german states of rhineland pulatinate and north rhine westphalia were worst hit with over a 100 people dying there. in belgium, at least 20 people have been killed and the netherlands is also badly affected. the power of the water has been immense. here you can see what the village of erf stad blessem looked like before it was hit by floodwater(mix screen 2)and , like before it was hit by floodwater and , look , here it is afterwards. water gushed through. causing a huge landsli
were afraid. were afraid. and as japan struggles were afraid. and as japan struggles to were afraid. and as japan struggles to host - were afraid. and as japan struggles to host tokyo l were afraid. and as japan - struggles to host tokyo 2020 we have a special report on the small towns trying to keep the olympics excitement burning. hello and welcome. the sheer scale of the flooding disaster that s hit western germany and parts of belgium and the netherlands is only now becoming clear. at least 70 people are believed to have died and many others have lost their homes. the german chancellor angela merkel called it a catastrophe and linked the events in the region to climate change. our europe correspondentjenny hill reports from one of the worst hit areas in western germany. there was, many here told us, no warning. homes destroyed, lives lost, in a matter of minutes. the water ripped up the roads, tossed cars aside like toys. we met margaretta just as she arrived back in
unpopular insurrection amongst our people. and a decade after the death of amy winehouse her parents tell her story in a new documentary. hello and welcome if you re watching on pbs in the us or around the world. more than 120 people have been confirmed dead after parts of northern europe were devastated by some of the worst flooding in decades. hundreds more are injured and others unaccounted for. the work of the emergency services is being severely hampered by the difficult conditions. the german president has called for a more determined battle against climate change. the german states of rhineland pulatinate and north rhine westphalia were worst hit. over 100 people have died there. in belgium, where at least 20 people have been killed, july the 20th has been declared a national day of mourning. the netherlands is also badly affected. the power of the water has been immense. here you can see what the village of erf stad blessem looked like before it was hit by floodwater