beating the residents to the ground. as outrage grows over new restrictions that crushed the last bit of freedom people had left, china s supreme leader xi jinping vowed to double down on zero covid policy and punish anyone. when we talk about the zero covid strategy, we don t think that it s sustainable. the world health organization chief s comments were swiftly censored in china along with the desperation people have shared online. in china, zero covid turned into a ideological campaign to show loyalty to the communist party. at least 31 cities in china are under full or partial lockdown, impacting up to 214 million people. turning cities into virtual prisons, all in the name of zero covid. selina wang, cnn, china. new satellite images
left, chinese leader xi jinping has vowed to double down on its zero covid policy and to punish anyone who doubts it. when we talk about the zero covid strategy, we don t think that it s sustainable. reporter: the world health organization chief s comments were swiftly censored in china, along with the desperation people have shared online. in china, zero covid has turned into an ideological campaign to show loyalty to the communist party. at least 31 cities in china are under full or partial lockdown, impacting up to 214 million people. turning cities into virtual prisons, all in the name of zero covid. selina wang, cnn, china. a building fire in india s capital killed at least 27 people friday, and officials warn that number will rise after the discovery of more remains saturday morning.
when we talk about the zero, um, covid strategy, we don t think that it s sustainable. reporter: the world health organization s chief comments were quickly censored in china, along with the desperation people have shared online. in china, zero covid has turned into an ideological campaign to show loyalty to the communist party. at least 31 cities in china are under full or partial lockdown, impacting up to 214 million people. turn turning cities into virtual prisons, all in the name of zero covid. selina, what about you? i know you have been in mainland china. what s your experience been like? i recently flew in this country from abroad so i have been covid tested, temperature checked downless times since i have gotten here. i can t turn on the a/c because they are worried about covid going through the vents. i can t open the door except to
jacqui: joining us now to discuss is alex vogel and kevin walling. thank you both so much for being with us. i appreciate your time. good to be with you. great to be here. jacqui: so muriel bowser has pledged significant investments in reducing gun violence, $214 million over the next two years, support for the formerly incarcerated, longer hours at rec centers and jobs for people at risk of gun violence. she also says d.c. police can use any overtime necessary, but i don t see anything in this let arer about hiring more police even after the plea last night from the d.c. police chief. he said he s down 200 officers. is this the right approach? i will go to you first, alex, and then i ll have kevin answer. well, it s a critical situation, and, you know, a long
and soldiers to be killed, then there would have been a balance. but they were not doing that. finally, finance minister, nigeria s population is currently about 214 million. it s projected to increase to 400 million by 2050. will nigeria be a superpower then, or will it be so overcome by all the kind of challenges we ve been discussing that it won t be? zeinab, we have an opportunity to take advantage of our growing demographic. the advantage that we have is that about 60% of our population are youths, and these nigerian youths are vibra nt, they re innovative. they live in the it world, in the new digital world that is the current reality of today. so all we have to do is to support them and allow them to bring in their creative skills. nigeria will grow, and we will be one of the countries in the world to be a contender in terms of it, and also there are a lot of nigerians