>> root beer ice cream but that is hard to find. that is our news and we will se you back captioning sponsored by cbs >> duncan: tonight america's summer surge, the covid menace returns with a vengeance, cases jump in all 50 states fueled by the delta variant. hospitalizations and deaths also up as vaccination efforts stagnate. >> for most people who get this delta variant it will be the most serious virus they get in their lifetime. >> also the latest from overseas and new cbs news pandemic polling. and ball park pandemonium. the sounds of gunshots sent fans in washington d.c. scrambling. >> i saw parents holding their small children close, rushing to the exits. >> plus extreme weather, wildfires and heat force the west while europe surveys the destruction as flood water recedes.

>> 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 a speed bump. >> how do you feel about this new mask mandate that is today. >> i'm fine with it. >> i don't buy all of it. i'm tired of living locked down. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci warns of a dangerous outbreak among the unvaccinated. los angeles is a place with a hig vaccination rate what are your thoughts on this mandate in particular? >> there are still plenty of people who are not vaccinated, leading to that dynamic spread of the virus throughout the community. i believe that's what the challenge is in los angeles. >> reporter: nationwide the rate of vaccinations is dropped by 35%. that has allowed canada at first low in shots in arms to catch up fast. mark's progress is threatened by

america's progress is threatened by the highly contagious delta variant. new cases have spiked almost 70% in the u.s. over the past week with eight states plagued with rapidly rising infections. >> most people will either get vaccinated or have been previously infected or they will get this delta variant. and for most people who get this delta variant, it will be the most serious virus they get inpt their lifetime in terms of the risk of putting them in the hospital. >> reporter: a new cbs news poll show that a majority of americans are worried about the delta variant but it is the fully vaccinated that are more concerned than the unvaccinated. >> this delta variant spreads lake wildfire. even in the face of vaccinated people. >> reporter: and tonight there is new concerns over covid spreading among athletes and the tokyo olympics which begin this week.s and t tennis star coco gauff just announced she has tested positive and will no longer be able to compete with team announced she has tes positi, jericka. >> duncan: wow, lilia luciano, thank you. police are searching for suspects after gunfire erupted outside the washington nationals baseball stadium.

it caused a terrifying interruption in last night's game. while no one inside was hurt three people outside were shot and wounded. our kris van cleave is at the ballpark. kris, good evening to you. >> reporter: jericka, fans are back inside nats park but for the people that were there last night it was a very scary experience, myself included. i was in the stands and there was a point in time where you didn't know what was going on or if you were in danger. panic at the ball park. fans by the hundreds race to escape nationals park in washington, d.c., after gunfire echoed through the stadiums. the shots heard on the nat's tellecast in the middle of the 6th inning, players rushed their families and even fans into the dugout, others hugged cement walls for cover fearing a shooter was inside the park. >> people are running, and it's a real scary situation. >> this was the scene from where i was sitting.

those that didn't run, ducked between the rows of seats. >> please remain calm. >> reporter: and this fan was overcome by emotion. >> people started leaving and then we hear another bang near the center field gate and more people start running out. >> the shooting actually happened outside the stadium, are pectedsurvive.woun >> we don't want anybody, in there, so like i said for me yesterday, i tried to protect as many people as possible. >> reporter: d.c. police are now looking for this toyota corolla. >> one vehicle pulls up, another next to it, engages that first vehicle in gunfire. an uninvolved citizen that was attending this game but outsideu the stadium was struck by gunfire. >> reporter: saturday's violence came less than 24 hours after another drive-by shooting killed six year old nyiah courteney and five adults. wounded five adults. police released video of this sedan where someone could be seen firing out a window. >> the cowards who committed this crime came into this community without any regard for human life, without regard for

nyiah's life. >> reporter: there is now a 60,000 dollar reward for information in the courteney case. washington, d.c., passed a hundred homicide this year faster than any year since 2003. jericka. >> chris, i know you don't normally work on sunday but you filed this report for us because as you said at the top you were actually inside at the time. what was that experience like? >> reporter: i was on the far side of the stadium from where the shooting occurred. i heard at least three shots, bang-bang-bang. the person next to me wondered if they were fireworks because there was supposed to be a big fireworks display, then this period of really not knowing what was going on, talk of there maybe being a shooter in the park. i'm struck still of this image of this father who was rushing his two kids, hugging them close to his body, rushing them out of the park and just the look of shock and fear on their faces. >> duncan: kris van cleave, we thank you for your reporting and thankful that you are safe.

another heat wave is fueling wildfires, scorching the west. right now at least 80 major fires are raging across 13 states covering more than a million acres. among the nation's biggest, the tamarack fire in northern california it's spread nearly five miles in the last 24 hours forcing hundreds of evacuations. today in germany, chancellor angela merkel expressed shock at what she described as surreal destruction caused by flooding. she visited with survivors and emergency workers. at least 188 people in germany and belgium are known to have died. more heavy rain is in the forecast even as the digging out from the mud and ruins continue. european leaders have blamed climate change for the catastrophe. muslims have started to arrive in mecca and saudi arabia for their annual pilgrimage known as the hajj. but the numbers are again reduced as the delta variant

takes a toll around the world.er as elizabeth palmer reports, it is developing countries that are being hit the hardest. >> reporter: indonesia is now one of the hottest of covid hot spots. here a volunteer ambulance crew removes the body of someone who died isolated at home. it is it is happening more and more as overflowing hospitals have no beds even for the critically ill. in jakarta, the capital, this coffin workshop is working flat out. demand has pushed up the cost of wood, he says and orders have tripled to 30 a day. indonesia's death rate is now even higher than india's, and only 6% of its population has been vaccinated. but it's not only indonesia being hammered by the delta variant, it is the whole developing world. because delta spreads so easily, even outdoors. and there is just not enough vaccine.

for the second year the great muslim hajj pilgrimage in saudi arabia was subdued. normally this holy place would be mobbed, but once again only a be m trickle of the faithful were allowed. the delta variant has put pressure on developed countries, israel is now giving booster shots as a precaution to the most vulnerable. president macron of france announced vaccinations would be compulsory for health workers. and in the u.k. where 130,000 people gathered to watch the grand prix today, the infection rate is rocketing up. in fact, prime minister boris johnson himself is heading back in to self-isolation. >> i, myself, like so many across the country, i have been pinged. >> reporter: that means the health system app sent him a ping saying he had been in contact with somebody who had covid, and that person happened to be his own health secretary.

it's embarrassing for johnson, especially one day before his government, in spite of a barrage of criticism, is due to lift all covid restrictions in england. jericka. >> duncan: elizabeth palmer, thank you. back here in the states the six flags waterpark near houston is closed after 60 people were exposed to an airborne chemical leak. more than two dozen were rushed to hospital suffering from minor skin irritation and minor breathing problems.n were rushed to hospital suf no word yet on the cause of the leak. texas state lawmakers remain locked in a showdown over voting rights. since november elections, 17 states have enacted new laws that tighten rules around casting ballots and running elections. one of those states is texas where democrats and some faith leaders are fighting more changes. cbs' rodney hawkins is there. >> no justice, no peace! >> reporter: hundreds of black voters med ate pitol. ♪ this little light of mine ♪

>> reporter: calling for a stop to republican proposed voting restrictions in the legislature. >> they're going to hold us in there until those bills got passed. >> over 50 states democrats left austin to prevent a vote during this special session. >> what is at stake? >> effectively the voting rights of black texans. >> attorney abdul du sun mu founded the coalition, a group that is hosting voting right seminars at black churches nationwide. >> one of the annual traditions of the black church was souls to the polls. >> reporter: and remind parishioners about the historic roll the church has played in getting the african-american community to the polls. >> the same narrative that we are hearing today is the very narrative that we heard in the early 20th century. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> some of the more controversial restrictions like limiting early sunday voting were taken out of the latest bill proposal. g.o.p. lawmakers say these new measures are designed to ensure

election integrity. >> voter fraud is a criminal offense. >> reporter: republican state representative james white. >> i want to caution against saying, well, since it's a very, very small amount of voter fraud, somehow it's something that we should not be concerned with.orr: dosunmu hopes the voting restrictions will not r08 back the hands of time. >> it's important that a new generation understands the power of electoral politics. >> reporter: he says his group will use the civil rights blue print of the 1960s to fight these voting challenges. rodney hawkins, cbs news, dallas. >> duncan: rodney, thank you. straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, japan joinsn: rod. straight ahe athletes seeking olympic glory with the games set to start this week. italy welcomes back americans hoping for a tourism rebound. and later, the unlikely pair set to make history rocketing to the edge of space. e history rocketie edge of space.

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>> duncan: the tokyo olympics open this week after being delayed a year by covid. japan last hosted the summer games in 1964. it was a moment of triumph for the country but as cbs' lucy craft shows us, times have changed. >> reporter: from the emperor on down, every japanese seemed to be on the same team back in 1964, pumped about welcoming visitors and determined to pull off a perfect olympics just 19 years after japan's defeat in world war ii. among them was a painfully shy teenaged factory worker named mitsuru suzuki. now 76, suzuki and his wife sachiko run a noodle joint, an old jersey from one of the most exciting moments of his life, running in the 1964 tokyo olympic torch relay.

>> ( translated ): suddenly people at the factory knew my name. i became their little hero. >> reporter: back then the entire country was on an adrenaline rush said author roy tomiwa. >> this was the olympic park. >> reporter: tomizawa, a self- described olympic "nerd," who has written a book on the firstd who has written a tokyo olympics argues 1964 was the greatest year in japanese history. >> i don't think i can imagine a time when japan was more aligned in its mission to one, get the country back on its feet, and two, make sure that the 1964 tokyo olympics was a fantastic show that impressed the heck out of the rest of the world. >> reporter: instead of a devastated country that made cheap toys, japan was shockingly hypermodern with brand-new superhighways. and the world's fastest train, its famous bullet train. the stunning success of 1964 looms large over this summer's

olympics. observers say it helps explain why japan is so determined to push ahead with the games despite wide spread public opposition amid the global pandemic. still grappling with the 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear catastrophe and economic malaise japan thought sought another olympic do over. noodle shop owner suzuki said the 1964 olympics changed his life. >> ( translated ): in 1964 everyone was excited about the olympics. now people aren't so sure we about the ol should have an olympics at all. >> reporter: this time the olympics has divided the country instead of uniting it. and recapturing that old olympics magic has never seemed more elusive. lucy craft, cbs news, tokyo. >> duncan: i'm sure those athletes are determined to make the best of it. well, still ahead on the cbs weekend news, italy welcomes americans back hoping for a tourism rebound. news, italy wels

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minute. with such irresistible beauty, can you really blame them? across italy monday you mments are no longer empty. across italy monuments are no longer empty. and direct flights from the u.s. have resumed. tabatha watters and her family from kentucky were among the first to touch down in venice. what has the pandemic been like for you. >> i have lost a couple family members to it. my brother and a good friend. and i'm a nurse, so... it's just been a really bad thing to get used to and seeing the world start to become normal again is really good. >> reporter: the feeling is mutual at cafe florian, italy's oldest coffee house, once on the brink of bankruptcy during the pandemic. now americans like the watters family are helping bring it back to life. >> my heart literally has not stopped beating fast. >> reporter: but their return comes with a cost says lorenza

lain. >> venice has been called the capitol of over-tourism. >> reporter: before the pandemic, some 20 million tourists came to venice in a typical year. many aboard cruise ships that dwarfed the fragile wonderland below and once even crashed into it. but this week the italian government banned the behemoths from the center of the city effective august 1 at venice and all of italy aim to strike a post covid balance that, post covid balance that, works for locals and tourists alike. >> now tourism is vital to venice, to rome, the entire italian economy, it makes up about 13% of the g.d.p., in a normal year. in 2020 it was virtually cut in half, so seeing all of these tourists flood back is a sight for sore eyes, at least for the time being. chris livesay, cbs news, rome. >> duncan: next on the cbs weekend news, how a teenager and trailblazing female aviator could soon make history by reaching space. space.

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oldest person ever to go to space, she will be joined by the youngest person to make the trip, as mola lenghi reports, their tickets to ride came as a huge surprise. >> i am super excited to experience zero g. >> reporter: that is 18 year old oliver deaman on thursday blue origin announced the teen from the netherlanders will be joining amazon founder jeff bezos during the company's first commercial flight with passengers to space. > blue sheppard is clear of the tower. deaman's seat was supposed to go to an unnamed person who bid $28 million for the opportunity. blue origin says that person can no longer go because of a scheduling conflict. >> i am super excited to go to space. and joining the flight. >> reporter: deaman who was an auction runner-up says it will be the most special 11 minutes of his life. >> i now become the youngest astronaut ever. >> reporter: along with deaman will be bezos brother and

aviation pioneer, wally funk, at 82 funk will become the oldest person in space. >> that was the best day that ever happened to me. >> reporter: it is a lifelong dream for funk who was part of mercury 13, the women-only space group whose space flight was cancelled back in 1961. >> release, release, release. >> tuesday's launch follows another dream fulfilled. >> to all you kids down there, i was once a kid with a dream looking up to the stars. >> reporter: one week ago virgin galactic's richard bran son became the first person to ride his own rocket out of earth's atmosphere. >> we wish jeff the absolute best and the people going up with them during his flight. >> but unlike branson's space craft blue origin is fully automated without pilots on board. mola lenghi, cbs news, new york. >> duncan: so exciting.'ll al w. that is the cbs weekend news for this sunday. coming up, "60 minutes." thanks for staying with us. i'm jericka duncan in new york. have a great night.

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