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in the yunited states, canada, and around the world. this is "cnn newsroom." ♪♪ all throughout the pandemic we reported on a number of sad and troubling milestones. today we have more. here in the u.s. the del tra variant is driving coronavirus case numbers to their highest numbers since february. according to johns hopkins university the u.s. seven-day average is more than 100,000 new cases per day as over 50% of the u.s. population is fully vaccinated and florida seems to be getting the worst of it. sunshine state is reporting its highest number of weekly cases since before the pandemic began and the highst number of ca

capita capitalizations. governor desantis is rejecting mask mandates in schools. >> i have young kids. my wife and i are not going to do the mask with the kids. i want to see my kids smiling. i want them having fun. >> the surge in the delta variant couldn't have come at a worst time since children across the u.s. are returning to class. i spoke with alison messina about the importance of mitigation measures an the advice she has. >> if you think about it as an infectious disease doctor it's a contagious virus that doesn't play favorites. the things that stop it is getting vax niindicated and wearin vaccinated and warring a mask. we recommend that everybody mask

up for the virariant which is contagious. >> we've seen plenty of resisted. community meetings and so on. what would you tell parents who are skeptical to convince them of what you're saying? >> we need to stick to the science, science and vaccines mach a difference and if you layer that approach, you really have the best shot at keeping healthy. i really think it comes back to looking at the science. >> now, you touched on the key and some 8 million people in florida eligible for the vaccine haven't been fully vaccinated and the lowest vaccination is kids aged 12 to 19.

how do you go about reaching them or importantly their parents? >> a lot of parents are hesitant giving a new vaccine to their child and even though is a contagious and dangi idangerous is tends to bear children the worst effects. if you're a parents, my kid won't get as sick. that's understandable. what parents need to understand at this point you have two choices. it's so contagious you choose to vaccinate your child or the chance they'll get the actual virus is very, very high, so you're really choosing between getting the virus and getting the vaccine and if you look at the risk/benefits of both, the vaccine is by far the safer

option. >> hundreds of thousands of bikers are gathering in surturg, south dakota, for a motorcycle rally. >> reporter: on maryland, the south dakota governor will hop on a bike and participate in a ride, to the largest motorcycle rally. long time business owners tell me thanks to the governor's support, events like this can still go on. >> more than a dozen put their hands together like they're in prayer, god, thank you so much au for giving us to get away from the hellhole our city became and your governor, we love her. >> reporter: do you think this event will be a super spreader

in. >> it's highly likely. other states the milwaukee bucks, 100,000 folks significant spread, 700,000 people. i wouldn't be surprised if we had a super spreader there. >> reporter: are you worried about the delta vary jant? > variant? >> got both my shots. i guess i'm okay. >> i got my shots. >> not at all. nope. had it, fine, not concerned at all. otherwise i wouldn't be here. >> reporter: one rider keeps a mask in his pocket. he didn't show up last year and worried this year. the concern is when participants step inside, for example, crowded bars or tattoo parlors, an increased risk for transmission.

adrienne broaddus, cnn, sturgis, south dakota. the last of this year's olympic competitions are now history and the closing ceremoniy is just under two hours away. a flurry of gold medals on the final day helped push team usa to the top of the standings. coy wire, the women's basketball team dunking on the competition. >> slam dunk. half of this year's team wasn't born the last time they lost an olympic game, august of 1992. the win streak at 55 after a comfortable win over japan. brittney griner, 30 points the most ever in a gold medal game.

bird getting a big hug from megan rapinoe afterwards. bird on what it teensmeans to f. >> i'm happy for this group and rap pi for the things that we were able to do and it's been a long journey and i think everyone's going to go home happy. >> reporter: the u.s. women's volleyball team their first ever gold medal picking off brazil. they medaled five times before but none gold. karch kiraly the second as a player and as a coach. now to win by 80 seconds is

unthinkable, no one in site, 80 seconds the largest victory since 1972. he cemented his place as one of the greatest moarathoner its we've seen. allyson felix another golden effort, the dominant run winning a seventh straight gold in the 4x400 meter by four seconds. felix has 11 medals to her name. she'll go home to her 2-year-old daughter cami and husband kenneth and celebrate. japan, the baseball-loving nation. made a special request to get america's past time back in the olympics beating the u.s. finally getting their gold, the

team of japanese all-stars shutting out team usa 2-0. j pan's first ever gold in basketball. the silver medal a huge accomplishment for ed ealvarez. 31 years old from miami and won a silver medal in speed skating in 2014. when we start to feel good about ourselves in the gym or something, we think of eddy alvarez. >> thanks so much, coy. the olympic games were held under the shadow of a global pandemic. as covid is keeping everyone apart there were presentee of trials to help people feel closer. less than two hours thor is mainy will hand over the 2024 summer games to host paris.

blake is standing by in tokyo. organizers are playing things close to the vest about the closing ceremony. what can you tell us us? >> reporter: the sun is about to set with the closing ceremony set to start in less than an hour. orga organizers are still reversing right now inside the stadium, less than 50 minutes before the start of the closing ceremony. we don't know much about the ceremony. the theme is the world we share, organizers say the idea being if we can't be together we can share the moment and open the door to i abrighter future. tokyo 2020 will be defined by covid-19 and the global health crisis, nothing about the games was normal. no spectators allowed to attend

and the constant protests and fierce opposition from the public didn't help. the shift hasn't come in the form of support for the olympic games but rather the athletes and their competition. we saw a lot of wonderful moments during competition. of course winning can help change attitudes. japan did well at these games winning 27 gold medals, 11 more than any other olympics before but it's important to remember the health and safety concerns, the reality that once the olympic flame is ex-tintinguish the people are left to deal with the consequences. the prime minister said it it has not resulted in increased infections but as an indirect of

the olympics, you can see the flow of people the cases to triple in tokyo within the next two or three weeks. >> you mentioned some of the obvious themes of the game so far but as they come to the close shortly, what else struck you about what you saw firsthand there as you've been covering this from start to finish? what impressions will stick most with you? >> reporter: as a sports fan myself being able to watch the events and get a front row seat, the most expensive seat that money can't buy to a lot of events sitting front row in a stadium essentially all by myself at times has been a surreal experience in getting to see the world class athletes up close is incredible but at the same time you feel saddened to know the games were supposed to be for the people in japan and they weren't able to be in the

stadiums to within these incr incredible athletic feats. last night i had a chance to go to the usa/japan baseball game, the final and baseball just absolutely huge here in japan, knowing that it was probably the most watched event in these entire olympics and the stadium was completely empty, sitting behind home plate watching history happen before our eyes. you wish as a sports fan and human being that there were other to share in the experience to build up the buzz and estimate that typically accompanies the games and mangz the olympics so special. >> must have been surreal but still so many great stories to come out of the games. blake, thanks so much. lawyers for alisyn k andrew

are moving forward with impeachment proceedings. paulo sandoval has the lpolo sandoval has more. >> reporter: thursday they laid out serious allegations again governor andrew cuomo. the sheriff eric apple saying the allegations are "sexual in nature." attorneys confirm she's the same woman referred to as executive assistant number one in the new york state attorney general's report released on tuesday laying out a searese of allegations from 11 women. this is the start of likely a long criminal investigation which they'll speak to the woman they describe as a victim and not ruling out the possibility they have to speak to the

subject of this investigation action governor andrew cuomo. the because the chief executive is the subject of this investigation does not mean they'll delay or rush this case. >> a female victim come forward which had to be the hardest thing and make an allegation of criminal conduct against the governor, a young lady victimized and we'll do everything in our powers to help her. >> reporter: executive assistant number one claimed the governor reached underneath her blouse and grabbed her breast in november some of the most serious allegations. should this lead to charges they could be misdemeanor charges the governor may face. the governor continues to deny all of these allegations but it speaks to the latest troubles he

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>> reporter: the embassy urged all americans to leave the country, coming on the heels of the taliban taking control of two provincial capitals, the first but by no means the last. three other cities are under imminent threat. we spoke to the icrr, the international red cross. help a hospital in kandahar. in the first six months of this year more than 2,300 weapon-wounded patients more than double the amount in the first six months of last year. we heard from the u.n. envoy to afghanistan. if the international community does not act soon it could be a catastrophe with few in any parallels this rcentury. with the official probe in lebanon stalled and no one held

accountable peeping are keeping the pressure on the government and demanding justice, killed more than 200. injured thousands and changed the lives of others. ben wedeman's report contains graphic images. >> reporter: nurse pamela was on the phone with her mother when the nightmare became. pamela in the ward for premature babies didn't hesitate. with three in her arms she walked for an hour and a half to find an unkib ator. the injured flocked to her i severely damaged hospital where the explosion killed four nurses. more than 6,000 wounded more than 200 killed. a city over the decades been through wars, car bombs and

terrorism had never seen anything on this scale. a year later, and most of the rubble has been cleared, some of the damage has been repaired yet deep scars remain. >> i know a lot of my colleagues are on medications and having a hard time sleeping or eating or still remembering what happened so it's really tough. >> reporter: they lost their 3-year-old daughter alexandra in the blast. they blame the disaster on lebanon's political elite. >> after the blast we decided to leave, a normal decision. they killed her daughter. they almost killed us, they destroyed our house. >> reporter: they're still here. he has become a vocal advocate for change and accountability, accountability that until now remains elusive.

elias lost his 32-year-old son, george, in the port when the blast happened. he regularly joins vigils with other relatives of the dead demanding justice. "every day his mother cries and cries. she asks why doesn't george come over for coffee? why doesn't he come over for the weekend?" the port blast is just one catastrophe visited upon lebanon which has seen unrest, political paralysis, financial and economic collapse and the covid pandemic. >> all of this when the explosion happened was full of rubble. >> reporter: they have come back to their old flat overlooking the port. >> most of the injuries is right side and he crouched here like

this. >> reporter: both were wounded by flying glass, scarred and traumatized. they are leaving lebanon. >> if we'd see an immediate future, we wouldn't leave. >> reporter: lebanon's future is dark. the jarring images seared into the memories of everyone who lived through it. the nightmare isn't over. cnn, beirut. opponents speak loud and clear against the so-called covid green pass in italy. next, protesters take to the streets as vaccinations become a must to go to many public polices. scenes of destruction as the dixie fire rages out of control in california. a look at the progress fire crews are making just ahead. stay with us.

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sturgis, south dakota, for a motorcycle rally. last year linked to 649 cases following the event. as the daily caseload glows in the u.s., anger is growing in italy over its new covid green pass a proof of vaccination or recent negative covid test. on friday the government made it mandatory to go to public places. the green pass say red line for opponent. we're joined from rome. we've seen similar protests in france. let's start there. this is the fourth weekend of protests, looks like these were the biggest so far. what can you tell us about them? >> over a quarter million people out on the streets across france over the weekend. there were some arrests but not the violence in weekends past. the people in frons are concerned about civil liberties.

the health passes are one step closer to an overall vaccine mandate. they think it should be the choice of the people. most have not been vaccinated. there is concern of a fourth wave and 20,000 new infections a day. the protests are concerning to the health authorities there as they try to get past the worst of it and not go back to where they were last fall. kim? >> going back to italy, where you are, protests there as well, some demonstrators using controversial and i'd say disturbing imagery to make their point. >> protections are a fraction of a size. giving protesting disturbing ways. in milan protesters wearing a star of david badge that said "i'm not vaccinated" a reference

to holocaust victims. in italy as of friday you have to show you've been vaccinated or a negative covid test, if you want to go to the museum, theater, sporting event. the restaurant owners have been compliant with this but some are concerned they're the ones that have to police this and be the bad guy to ask people for their pass and make sure the pass mamass matches their i.d. some of the restaurants are happy to have anybody back after a lot of lockdowns and months of bad business. it's moving forward and the government iniliry thinks this is the only way to stem the case not to end up like we were in france and inity lay, cases around 6,000 infections a day. deaths and hospitalizations are down. it's trying not to succumb to another fourth wave in italy as

well. kim? >> thank you very much. appreciate it. in britain, experts have been trying to wrap their heads around a puzzling coronavirus trend. they expected the number of cases to sky rocket after england scrapped most covid restrictions last month. the seven-day average instead declined. the question is why? earlier i asked sonlap to answer the question. >> this is a decline. the trend follows fewer hospitalizations and there has been a particularly over the summer period in the uk a lack of incentive to get tested in the first place. we don't have the same support systems in place for those self-employed. that has been a challenge from the start and during the holiday period, there is also concerns

that perhaps people were avoiding coming forward because of the implication on their holiday plans, et cetera, particularly mild cases. but also what we've seen in the uk is although we've had our freedom day, and legal requirements for certain behaviors have now been dropped, we've also had many businesses and other, health secretary come forward and say that indoor places where it's crowded on the tube, et cetera, people will be wearing masks so i think that behavior didn't all of a sudden switch off where people dropped mass bes all together and just threw caution to the wind. i think in this instance, there has been that behavioral element encouraged again in restaurants and in other environments where and especially riding public transport, that is still a

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california's largest wildfire is growing even bigger as crews struggle to get the

flames under control. the dixie fire has burned through nearly 700 square miles so far. that's more than twice the size of new york city and right now the fire is just 21% contained. this was the scene near greenville after flames burned much of the town to the ground. no deaths reported but three people are unaccounted for. serena baker, public information officer for the dixie fire east zone joins me by phone at the incident command post in quincy, california. thanks for joining us. what is the latest on the fire and the efforts to keep it away from the more populated areas. >> the fire grew by about a thousand achers today. when you're' looking at the

third largest wst wildfire san testament to the fire fighting crew. we have 21% containment, slightly more than 5,000 personnel assigned to this fire. the thing that helped us in the last couple of days is we've had a weather inversion and that has, while it's created smoky conditions, it has also brought cooler temperatures, higher humidity, and also much calmer winds and that has really helped limit the fire growth. >> the pictures we're seeing in greenville, when you walk through areas like that, an entire town is practically burned off the map, i see it firsthand, scenes from a war-torn country, as though they've been bombed into rubble and ashes, it must be crushing as a fire service and the briefings with the community to have to tell them listen, we tried our best but there's

nothing more we could have done. >> reporter: the power of mother nature is just, it's awe-inspiring and you are right to stand where just hours ago a house stood. you know, it's very challenging because our firefighters want to do the very best they can for the communities that we serve. i think that's also a prime example of why we so strongly encourage people to, please heed those evacuation orders and warnings. >> and just looking at the bigger picture here, what i'm hearing from firefighters is that fighting fires, these fires, these massive fires don't have the same behavior that they used to have ten years ago, bigger, more intense. what are you hearing from the

front lines about the conditions firefighters are facing a hard job is basically getting harder. >> reporter: right. when i first started in the federal government, my boss told me he will never meet a harder working federal employee than someone who is a wildland firefighter. if you can imagine swinging a pulasky, basically a huge blade and you are scraping, cutting lines, scraping all the soil off, all the vegetation off, off to bare ground, that's what you need in order to try to create that fire break to try to, fuel break to break that fire from going across. so it is very challenging work. i've talked to a lot of our hot shot cruise and hand cruise and they say that the camraderie of the teen environment and feeling like the work that they do

matters and makes a difference to the american people is really what inspires them to do such challenging work. >> that's amazing work that they do. good luck to you and your cruise. serena baker, public information officer for the dixie fire east zone, thank you for joining us. appreciate it. >> reporter: thank you, kim, stay safe. wildfires are raging through greece displacing thousands of people across the country. the coast guard had to rescue 1,400 residents on an island friday that were forced to flee their homes and escape to the beach. a major fire burning on the ireland. fires in athens have already caused massive devastation. we're joined from a town just outside the city. they've been trying to contain the fires for six days now.

have they managed to make much progress in >> reporter: they have managed to make progress in athens where the fires have been basically put out. the from structure networks suffered massively and dozens of homes being destroyed. we walked around the areas and talked to the people here and they are devastated. let's take a listen. another long night for firefighters in greece. exhausted figures moving like shadows in the darkness. desperate residents throw buckets of water at the flames but they still burn. >> light of day brings little relief. >> it's easier to see the extent of the damage. the question many people are waking up to, what, if anything, can be salvaged. this resident shows us what is

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you're looking at live pictures of tokyo where the olympics will soon officially come to an end. the closing ceremony will begin just over an hour from now. the u.s. is ending the games on top of winning the most medals overall and gold medals. next is china and japan third. sprinter allyson felix won her 11th career medal in the event sat makes her the most dedicated olympic track star. power houses at this year's

games. i spoke to christine brennan a short time ago. >> reporter: close to 60% of u.s. medals, 58% of the medals by the united states were won by women. the women are professional olympians and come back for games after games and as i said allyson felix is 35 years old. title ix invited with women to play in their 20s and 30s. allyson had her daughter three years ago nike her sponsor, one of the biggest names in the nike stable, nik esays we're not going to pay you while pregnant on maternity leave. she fought that and won. nike and other big shoe companies, big names in the sports industry relented and

said we need to respect the rights of mothers who continue to compete. a huge victory and we'll see the benefits of that continuing on in the olympic games, kim. >> that was cnn sports analyst christine brennan there. simone biles to sit out a good portion of the olympic games she turned to a secret is imnaz yum to straighten out the disorienting condition called the twisties. >> reporter: this is the first time international television cameras inside the ogawa field since simone biles camer to to train in secret. these are the uneven bars she posted on her instagram where she was training for hours and hours on end to try to get over this condition gymnasts call the

twisties the disconnect between their mind and body. after simone pulled out of the competition, the coaches here about an hour outside of tokyo got a call from team usa. they needed to find a place to train away from the media, cameras and scrutiny. you were on the floor with simone. what was she like? >> translator: she was trying to do things she wasn't able to do, trying to figure out what wassing on. >> reporter: how did simone before the olympics compare to the simone you saw? >> it was different. she looked like she was suffering. i was hoping i could do something to help her. >> simone left this thank you message and on twitter, she'll be grateful for the chance to come here and get her skills back. >> translator: helping get simone back on her feet, if we were even a small part of that

was a big success. >> reporter: simone was training on this balance beam and realized this was the only event she would compete in, there was no twisting movement involved. she spent a period of days in secret, hours inside this arena trying to perfect her balance beam so she could make her return to the olympics and win the bronze medal for team usa. will ripley. >> that wraps this hours of "cnn newsroom." in north america, "new day" is just ahead. for the rest of the world, it's "connecting africa."

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