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And heart issues in children. And a Chicago Police officer is out of a job after being charge ld with the capitol riot. Hear how his former chief is commenting. And this year, the Westminster Dog Show, brings about the change something not 19 in the shows 145year history. Well tell you all about it. We appreciate you joining us bright and early this saturday, june 12th. Thanks so much for starting your morning with us, amara, always great to see you. Thank you, how are you doing, boris . Good, hanging in there, muggy weather in d. C. Hopefully a little sunny today. Same thing here. Under way right now, the worlds Major Economies are meeting for day two of the g7 summit. On the agenda, Building Back the Global Economy post pandemic. Plus, competing with china and finding a Global Health declaration to make sure another crisis like the coronavirus never happens again. Yeah, joe bidens first outing on The World Stage as president is a chance to put his america is back mantra into practice. And so far, the visuals match the message, at least in comparison to his predecessor, right . Allies here, side by side, for the socalled family photos. And even in some cases, arm in arm, with the french president , Emmanuel Macron, very chummy those two leaders set to hold a bilateral meeting in just a few hours with serious disagreements on china and trade on the table. And looming all over it, President Bidens first facetoface in geneva. Laying out the state of the u. S. And russia relationship. Translator we have a bilateral relationship thats deteriorated in recent years. Lets get to jeff zeleny in falmouth, england, covering the summit. He joins us live. Jeff, one of the president s goals here is to repair relationships that have been strained and to reestablish a Multi Lateral approach to tackling global issues. Walk us through these meetings and what is at stake today . Reporter good morning, boris for the second day of the g7 summit. The sun is actually signing in cornwall up against the atlantic ocean, a beautiful site where the leaders are just resuming their meetings this morning. As you said, one essential themes for the summit, add least for President Biden is about strengthening the alliances with the u. S. And europe. Also talking about coming together to strengthen the Infrastructure Plans and strengthen the economic plans coming out of this global pandemic, all of this, of course, talking about the competitiveness of china. Thats one of the central themes, items on agenda today, how the countries can come together economically to compete in chinas rise. This is one of the key topics when President Biden holds his first facetoface bilateral meeting with french president Emmanuel Macron. We did see them greeting each other, arm in arm, hugging each other. President biden, yes, has been on The World Stage for much of his professional life but has never been in this club of leaders. Now, hes forming his own relationships, forging his own friendships and working through disagreements here. He has said repeatedly america is back but some leaders are skeptical how true that is and how true that will be in the future. So that is something that he is focusing on here. Last evening here in cornwell quite the sight for us when all of the leaders were coming together around queen elizabeth. You can see some of the pictures here, i believe, she was holding a Family Photograph with them. But also meeting with them individually at a cocktail reception. This is the 95yearold queen really making one of her first outings in the wake of the pandemic with the senior royals. Certainly a prelude to their meeting corporal when President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden travel to Windsor Castle for the meeting with the queen. But this morning, the meeting this afternoon with french president Emmanuel Macron, key to foreign relations, boris. Ill take it, jeff. That will happen, that bilateral between biden and the french president Emmanuel Macron, i think the breaking news is that the sun is peeking through there in england. Jeff zeleny, enjoy it while you can. It looks beautiful there. Thanks so much, jeff. Sure. Well, the historic gathering of the worlds top economic powers adds other chapter to the complex history of the g7. Cnns tom foreman is here to explain exactly who is in the club and what they do. Reporter the g7 is a short, but efficient abbreviation for the group of seven. And what it means is seven of the most powerful economies in the world, specifically, with a democratic focus. So, the United States, canada, uk, france, italy, germany and japan. Thats the g7. And they get together to talk about these big issues. How do you get thrown out of the g7 . Well, what used to be the g8 and russia in there, they got thrown out because of 2014, they invaded crimea, and the leaders said that is not something we can support, you shouldnt have done that, russia out the door. It used to be called the library group. It was called because of a formal meeting of Finance Ministers at the white house in the library where they said, look, how can we help each other out. In effect, thats what they still do. They meet once a year and they talk about big issues where these big economies can Work Together and help each other out. So, Global Warming would be one of them. Right now, vaccinating the rest of the world is one of the big concerns out there. And maybe even things like cyberterrorism, the idea theyre harboring nations like russia, china, iran and north korea, allowing individuals to stay Cyber Attacks on companies around the world. The g7 can get together and say maybe we can find a way to penalize those countries for letting these people do this. And there can be global consequences for all of this, thats why the g7 may be just a letter and number that those two can reach All Around The World with their impact. Boris, amara. Excellent break down from tom foreman, thank you for that. We have plenty to discuss, fortunately we have two great voices to join us. Joining us, cnn political commentator errol louis and david sanger. David is actually in the uk covering the summit. Well start with you, david. President bidens first g7 outing not quite as dramatic as we saw with donald trump leading the United States. And im reminds of this picture in 2018 in canada. The picture says a thousand words, this one says it all. Im not sure we can it there it is, its like a carvagio painting. There it is. How would you describe bidens meeting with the g7 and what hes trying to accomplish here . Well, i think, boris, the first thing weve learned here is that joe biden is benefitting from the fact that hes showing up and not being donald trump, right . All of that builtin contention that you saw before is gone from this. But that doesnt make any of the issues, and include something of the divisions with the europeans any easier to handle. For example, today is going to be largely about getting europeans on board with an american agenda to be much more confrontational with china as weve heard. For the europeans, thats hard. Ger germany sells a large number of luxury cars, theres a Big Trade Relationship and they dont want to be made to choose between the United States and china. But from everything that were hearing thats in fact whats going to happen. And one of the things you should expect, for example, is go be to be coming up with alternatives to the chinese Big Development initiative that has given klein influence around the world. Youre going to see joint statements about not buying goods that are made by forced labor, thats obviously aimed right at china. So, you are seeing a much friendlier approach but youre seeing also underlying tensions. Now, errol, well dig into china, but i want to step back and look at The Big Picture because we heard jeff zeleny reporting even though some european officials describe a sigh of relief at having joe biden there, there is some skepticism about American Policy And The Shadow of donald trump and how they may affect the United States in a lasting way. How does joe biden navigate that . Does that pose a challenge to his goals in having these multilateral efforts with european allies . Well, look, it certainly does present a challenge. Of course, its going to come to a conclusion after the summit when he goes to a further meeting facetoface with the russian dictator. Upholding democracy is one of the things we expect the american president to do. Thats why we call him the leader of the free world. The g7 summit is an economic conference, primarily, but its also an attempt to uphold the idea that democracies work better than atratocracys. Its something is that joe biden has campaigned on and believes in and something that hell fight for, even as there are headlines that weve generatored and weve talked about constantly about how we almost lost the whole thing, how democracy remains under attack and some of those attacks came from within the country itself. Its really, i think, a sign that it weakens the country on the international stage. To have people, you know, roaming the halls of congress, i mean, with the members of congress, the idea that hundreds of people have been arrested. Some of them from the military, some of them from law enforcement, for attacking 50 idea of counting up the votes properly. Its a serious question. David, so, factoring that into the question of china, biden has some g7 countries on board, japan, no doubt. But really the two that are most open to economic relations with chinas are Angela Merkel of germany and Emmanuel Macron of france. Both of them arguing for strategic autonomy between the United States and eu with china. How does biden align this western democracies against this autocratic regime that poses a threat to the 21st century . No, boris, you put your finger on just the right issue here. So, germany, obviously, has been the most outspoken with engaging with the chinese. That is particularly difficult right now, because youre in a position where youre in leadership change, right . This is Angela Merkels last summit. Shell be gone in a few months. And so, i think one of the Big Questions is does the new government in germany take the same view that she does. And with the french, this is their strategic autonomy is also not being overly dependent on american decisionmaking. Theyre worrying whether joe biden is the blip. Whether the United States could turn back to some form of trumpism after the 2024 election. But i think the bigger issue that has sort of surrounded all of these meetings is that they are concerned that the atocracy theme is pushing the United States back into a different time of cult war nonetheless. Thats been the big concern, the way they come out of this does not send a signal to the china or the russians that were happy to go back to the bad old days of cold war. We have to leave the conversation there. Still plenty on the table to discuss. Im sure we will do that in the coming hours, david sanger from the uk, thank you. Errol louis, we appreciate the time. Were going to ask that you sick around, errol. Were going to ask you to weigh in on the new yorks mayors race in just a few minutes. 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One person there is dead. Eight others injured, including two kids. And both children aged 2 and 13, they have nonlifethreatening injuries, other victims are in serious oral critical condition. And police do not have a motive and they have not named any suspects at this time. A chicago cop has been charged for his role in the january 6th capitol insurrection, Carol Chesswick allegedly entered senator murphys office and walked through the capitol before leaving through a broken window. Chicago Police Superintendent david brown relieved him from duty after being made aware of his role in the insurrection. What happened in d. C. In january 6th was an absolute disgrace. The fact that a Chicago Police officer has been charged in that attack on American Democracy makes my blood boil. It makes me sick to my stomach. And, yes, if these allegations are true, it breaks my heart. And that officer is facing five federal misdemeanors including knowingly remaining in Estricted Grounds without lawful authority, violent entry and disorderly conduct. The Department Of Justice is pushing back against new restrictive voting laws that have been passed across the country in republicanled states. Lawmakers in those states wrote the legislation claiming there was a need to correct problems with the 2020 election which many experts have actually declared the most secure in american history. Attorney general Merrick Garland announced next friday The Department is going to double their civil editions right to vote enforcement staff. There are many things that are open to debate in america, but the right of all eligible citizens to vote is not one of them. The Department Also plans to put out guidance for vote by mail and early voting ahead of the 2022 midterms. We should tell you that we are learning more about former Attorney General bill barrs role in the Trump Administrations targeting of democratic members of congress. Sources say barr pushed investigators for probe. On secret subpoenas on House Democrats perceived to be trumps political enemies. Now the Justice Department is investigating, here is cnns Jessica Schneider with more. Reporter democrats are demanding former Attorney General Jeff Sessions and bill barr testify under oath after revelations of secret fbi subpoenas served on apple to obtain metadata from more than 100 accounts according to a source. The Justice Department Attorney General is initiating its own review of what amounted to roundup of records from at least two President Trumps outspoken adversaries. Adam schiff and Committee Member eric swalwell. I cant go into who received the subpoenas or whose records were sought. I can say its extraordinarily broad, people having nothing to do with the matters being reported on. It just shows what a broad Fishing Expedition it was. Reporter cnn has learned that members of the committee plus staff were part of the dragnet, but family members, even one minor, people who had no connection to the russia investigation like schiff personal staff were caught up in the election. And it was part of a leak hunt for whoever divulged information about contacts between the Trump Administration and russia at the height of the probe. Sources tell cnn a source said the investigation would likely end without charges but when Attorney General bill barr took over at the Justice Department, barr pushed leak probes even bringing in a prosecutor from new jersey. I hope Trump Supporters who fear big brother will see that donald trump was the biggest brother weve ever seen in our country who did weaponize this to go all the way down the staff of private communications of people he perceived as political opponents. Reporter President Trump receipt petedly made it clear he wanted the doj to investigate leaks and congressman schiff. Ive actually called the Justice Department to look into criminal leaks. Those are criminal leaks. I think with the leaks of the committee, house version, i think they leaked it, i think probably schiff leaked it. Reporter Attorney General barr notably spoke of trumps push from kamala harris. Attorney general barr has the president or anyone at the white house ever asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone . Um, i wouldnt i wouldnt yes or no . Could you repeat that question . I will eprepeat it. Has the president or anyone at the white house ever asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone . Yes or no, please, sir. The president or anybody else . Seems youd remember Something Like that and be able to tell us. Yeah, but im finding to grapple with the word suggest. Reporter still, barr told politico that while he was Attorney General beginning in 2019 he was, quote, not aware of any congressmans records being sought in a leak case. And added that trump never encouraged him to target democratic lawmakers saying trump was not aware of who we were looking at in any cases. Barr did not become Attorney General until 2019, that was after the secret subpoenas or data from Congressman Swalwell and schiff were issued. Instead, Attorney General was Jeff Sessions at the time. He had broadly recused himself from any matters involving russia. Boris and amara. Jessica schneider, thank you for that report. So what could the legal fallout be from this . 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Just in time for the warmer weather. More cities and Summer Attractions are reopening and dropping covid19 restrictions, but lagging Vaccination Rates across the u. S. Can leave some areas vulnerable to potential outbreaks in new covid19 variants. Yeah, the country averaged over 1 million covid19 vaccine doses administered per day over the last week. Thats down from over 3 million per day in early april. And thats happening as more businesses look to return to normal, including at the happiest place on earth. Beginning next week, masks no longer required in most areas add disney world for vaccinated guests. Cnns Polo Sandoval reports on the efforts to reopen. Reporter restrictions continue being lifted across the United States, as more cities and states start fully reopening. On friday, chicagos mayor announced the windy city has dropped pandemicera regulations. No more mask mandate or social distancing requirements. Even offering free tickets to its famed lollapalooza to vaccinated fans. Now, its time for you to get up, get out of the house this summer and fully and safely enjoy the events of the best city on the planet, our beloved city of chicago. Reporter this week, other major cities like seattle and denver crossed the biden administrations goal of having at least 70 vaccinated by the fourth of july. Its on the states, Governor Cuomo said will trigger an end to all of the states covid19 restrictions. New yorkers can also plan on the return of the famed macys fireworks for Independence Day kroo according to mayor bill de blasio, Vaccinations Rates remain in tennessee, mississippi and while children continue to receive vaccines in the United States, 62 of that population has one dose so far. Experts are split how urgently children should receive their vaccine. Theyre still at risk of hospitalization and theyre still at risk of having adverse id side effects. Kids have been isolated for a long period of time but as they started back in school, with sports, its going to get colder and moving inside their risks increase if theyre not vaccinated. Reporter and other concerns, the Mental Health of adolescents. The Suicide Attempts rose an alarming 51 during the pandemic, thats according to a new study by the centers for Disease Control and prevention released on friday. There remains signs of optimism against the global fight against the pandemic. The food and Drug Administration authorized the two damages of the Johnson Johnson vaccine completed at a Baltimore Lab concluding theyre safe to use. Polo sandoval, cnn, new york. Lets bring in dr. Asaghi right now. Doctor, they were debating the urgency of vaccinating kids under the age of 12. We know the risk is low for children when it comes to covid19 but theres also a concern of reemergence in the fall. Good morning, amara, i know this of is specific interest to you i know you have kids at home as well. And the question is why is there the debate . The debate is straightforward. As you get to other kids, the risk to kids is fairly low but low risk doesnt mean zero risk. Lets remember, 3 million kids have tested positive for covid in the u. S. 300 deaths from covid. Also, kids transmit this infection to adults. I saw a multigeneration family four months ago, amara, the kid brought in the virus. The parents got sick. Father was in the icu, and the grandmother died. A lot of those stories happen more often than we think so, yes, i do understand that the risk is low. But if every adult is not going to get vaccinated and were not able to protect kids as a result, children are still vulnerable to the disease. I am of the belief that they need to get vaccinated. Yeah. And i can definitely see that argument. I also want to talk to you about concerns that were raised during this meeting about this inflammatory Heart Condition called myocarditis, i think i said that right, hopefully. You can correct me if im wrong. Look, there are plenty of reports, doctor, that show that this condition may potentially be linked to vaccines and dr. Codey misener, during that meeting the director of pediatric diseases at Tufts University said i do not feel i can justify the authorization, the burden of the disease is small. We have on the screen, just more information on, i guess, risks when it comes to myocarditis, what are your thoughts your that . And the potential link between the inflammatory Heart Condition and the vaccines . You know, anytime we see a condition that happens in a greater number than it normally would in that population, its something that we should look into. And yes, you said it right, myocarditis, inflammation of the muscle and the lining of the heart called the pericardium. P pericarditis, were seeing this mostly in young boys. All of them have recovered. I still think its important to look at it. Overall, though, if you look at the number of kids that have had this condition its very low. Out of 2. 5 million shots given so far, amara, there have only been 80 cases. And as we vaccinate more and more people, you saw that with adults, youre going to find the rare conditions. I think we should look into, but its still a very rare condition thats treatable. You know, i live in a state i think youre in georgia, is that correct, or atlanta . Yes. You and i are in a state that is among the lowest Vaccination Rates in the country. There are five states, alabama, louisiana, mississippi, tennessee and wyoming where fewer than half of adult residents have received at least one dose of the covid19 vaccine. Thats concerning. Especially when you do have people in your family, or people that you care about, who cannot get vaccinated or who are immunocompromised. So what is your advice in terms of what kind of precautions we should be taking, especially in these states with lower Vaccination Rates . Right. So, were back to, you know, the playing forward again, so to speak, what is what we have said you through the pandemic. Everybody is really at risk for getting covid. So people that are not vaccinated might think, hey, if im around people that are vaccinated, they will protect me. Thats not true. The biggest risks right now are the variants. The Delta Variant that is now the predominant strain in uk. We know its more contagious, more deadly. Its killing about 10,000 people a day in india. So, if youre not vaccinated, you are giving the chance for the virus to mutate and develop into these bigger strains. My bigger surprise is when you live in a state like georgia, where the Vaccination Rates are low, you still have to decide on which activities are considered to be safe. But the most important thing is, that if the unmasked unvaccinated people have taken their masks off, they can pose a risk to themselves. And people around them as well. Dr. Saju mathew, always great to talk to you, thank you for the advice. Appreciate your time. Thank you. Early voting begins today in new york citys mayoral primary. And one candidate is facing accusations that he doesnt even live in the city. The big issues defining this tight and at times contentious race, coming up. And were learning now details about exactly what happened on january 6th. Cnns drew griffin talked with those who were there. Do not miss assault on democracy the roots of trumps insurrection. This sunday, june 20th, 9 00 p. M. Here on cnn. Stay with us. But your stom. That disagreement ends right now. Lactaid ice cream is the creamy, Real Ice Cream Y You Le that will l never mess with your stomach. Lactaid ice cream. Serena its my 3 10 noexitinsight migraine medicine. Its ubrelvy. 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All of this, agency the frontrunner eric adams is still under intense fire about whether or not he actually lives in new york. As the candidates try to cast doubt on his honesty during their final debate on thursday night. With me now to discuss is cnns political commentator errol louis, a very busy man this morning. Hes also a political anchor for Spectrum News and the host of you decide podcast. Good morning again, errol, good to see you. So, we were watching thursdays debate and open with questions about whether eric adams actually lives in brooklyn or not. Lets take a listen to what he said in response last night on cnn. I am insulted the public to constantly talk about a conversation where i live, where we have over 100,000 children that dont have a place to live. We have real problems in this bu borough, i have answered this question over and over, im a brooklynite. Thats true, he has answered that question many times, errol, do the residents really care or are they trying to make its an issue . Good morning, amara. Yes, the Rival Campaigns are trying to change the conversation from the fact that Eric Adams Has led in almost every poll of the last several that were going into voting today, and that he seems to be well positioned on the issue that voters have said is the most pressing concern in new york which is the rising rate of shootings and of homicides. And so some of the other candidates are desperate to change the conversation. To change the subject. And the fact that hes got he owns i think about five different apartments. He has a girlfriend that lives in new jersey. None of that is against the law. He has visited new jersey. Thats not against the law. They asked for his ezpass records and it showed wait for it, amara i think he visited new jersey 11 times in the last year to go see this girlfriend. So, yeah, this is a little bit of a silly season. This is candidates who have been shopping the story for a while now and try to get people to think this is what the race for mayor of new york city should come down to. I dont think the voters are swayed by it, quite frankly. Its funny how one of the candidates said i only go to new jersey by accident. Errol, one major topic playing out in cities nationwide, also here in atlanta, is how to tackle this rise in Violent Crime this country has been seeing while confronting incidents of Police Brutality and excessive force. And eric adams, as we know, a former cop, he proposed bringing back the plains Clothes Police unit which, by the way, was disbanded last year for aggressive tactics and aggressive force. And hes also said stop and frisk can be used effectively. What do voters think of that . Yeah. Well, the voters are going to let us know what they think of it precisely. But its a nuanced question as you suggest here. Eric adams started out not just as a cop, but as a Police Officer who started an organization to publicly complain about stop and frisk and some of the other tactics and the way they were being used. So, he actually has ended up on both sides of this issue, in with the kind of nuanced conversation that this city and other cities need to have, about how do you actually keep the public safe, without trampling on peoples rights. Without brutalizing people who dont deserve that kind of treatment. And history includes being brutalized as a 15yearold by cops. And that partly inspired him to go into The Department, not just as a cop, but as a reformer. So, this question of this tension between much needed reforms and the need to keep the public safe which is the core duty of any government, this is something that were all going to have to try and figure out. Were not going to do it with slogans, though. And thats really in a lot of ways, what this race for new york city mayor has come down to. There are a lot of other issues out there. But this one say tough one. Its a tricky one. Its not cut and dried. Ive got to ask you about andrew yang, he entered the race with much fanfare, he obviously has the most name recognition, because he did run for president. But hes getting a lot of flak for leaving the city during the pandemic. How are things going for him . Well, hes been fading in the polls. Honestly, and its not even so much about the fact that he had a country home and he spent a lot of the pandemic there. There are a lot of people who did something similar. The real issue was, it came to light that, you know, hes not serving government but hes also in 20plus years of Living In The City had never voted in municipal elections. So, the other candidates really kind of slammed him for that saying how is it that you want to run for mayor when youve never voted for mayor. And what level of engagement have you had on important issues over the last century. Thats been a hurdle hes not been able to get over to a certain extent. He started out with great name recognition, but hes sort of seen a decline in the number of people who have said that theyre actually going to vote for him. And, of course, all of that, you know, is going to be moot in a couple of weeks when we get the totals and sum up what it is new yorkers really want in our next mayor. Its been a dynamic and interesting race to watch. Errol louis, appreciate you joining us this morning. Thanks so much. Thanks, amara. Well, it might be the most adorable competition around. But its still a competition. And it can get fierce. The Westminster Dog Show is this week. And theres a new wrinkle to the proceedings. Well break it down, next. Your mission stand up to moderate to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis. And take. It. On. With rinvoq. Rinvoq a oncedaily pill can dramatically improve symptoms. 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