Without power and water. Hello and welcome. The Un Refugee Agency is calling for hundreds of migrants whove been rescued in the mediterranean to be granted a place of safety. Nearly 200 migrants have been taken off a rescue boat that was stranded near the near the italian island of lampedusa, north of the coast of libya. The Italian Coast Guard took 49 of the most vulnerable passengers from the the Louise Michel, which is funded by the british graffiti artist banksy. Simon jones has more. Not too sure and to safety. 49 migrants who had initially been rescued by a ship longing to banksy, the Louise Michel. They we re banksy, the Louise Michel. They were taken to lampedusa by the italian coastguard. These are the lucky ones. The fate of hundreds more people still on the water remains unclear. The Louise Michel had picked up more than 200 people at sea. It became dangerously overcrowded and stranded off the coast of malta. Some of the migrants had to stay on life rafts, floating alongside
In the mediterranean, a vessel funded by the street artist banksy. The first piece of silverware of the new football season in england has been won. Chelsea are crowned winners of the women s community shield. Good evening. Moving tributes have been paid to the actor Chadwick Boseman, whos died of colon cancer atjust 43 years old. He was best known for his lead role in the marvel hit black panther, a film that proved Ground Breaking and iconic. For a generation of children, Chadwick Boseman played the first major superhero they could identify with. The film became the first comic book movie to be nominated for a best picture oscar. Lizo mzimba looks back at his life. His report contains some flashing images. Over the last four years, throughout his appearances in black panther, avengers infinity war and avengers endgame. Yibambe . Chadwick boseman chose to keep keep. Chadwick boseman chose to keep private that hed been diagnosed with bowel cancer. I want to be a great king, baba. And t
Recent trouble spots like florida and georgia are seeing the lowest case numbers in months. On the vaccine front, new concerns that the white house may be trying to rush the process. The head of the fda Stephanie Hahn steven hahn tells the Financial Times his agency might grant authorization to a vaccine before the phase three trials are complete. His comments coming roughly a week after President Trump accused the fda of slow walking a vaccine. Today top medical experts are calling out the administration. They want an independent commission separate from the fda to review Covid Vaccine candidates before they become available. So lets start there. With me Elizabeth Cohen and White House Correspondent kaitlan collins. And elizabeth, first, on this independent review, why do the top doctors think that would be necessary here . So these doctors fear that too Many Americans have become distrustful of the way this whole vaccine approval process has been going. The comments that you mentione
Has now released its own version of events that led up to blake being shot in the back seven times. In this video taken by a witness, blake can be seen walking back to his car and police guns are drawn. The Police Union Says blake had a knife in his possession and was combative with officers. But that account is being disputed by blakes family. What else was the police union there saying about all this new information . Reporter yeah. Remember, the police union obviously defending this officer the middle of this investigation they decided they needed to speak up because they felt there was inaccurate information. Part of it is because investigators have not been talking about this. Have released very limited information, so they felt the need to come out and give their version of events. As you said, this knife is becoming the key part of this investigation. The investigators said they did find a knife and that when they spoke to jacob blake that jacob blake admitted that he had this k
In the speech the president ial nominee accused the president of, quote, rooting for chaos and violence, adding that hes trying to scare america. The white house is denying the president is fanning the flames of division by praising his supporters who clashed with protesters in a deadly confrontation in portland, oregon. The u. S. Just crossing the 6 million mark of known coronavirus cases as the death toll climbs past 183,000 people. Lets begin at the white house with cnn White House Correspondent kaitlin collins. We do expect to hear from the president soon. Reporter yes, and we may hear more of what he tweeted within an hour of that speech of joe biden where biden was trying to turn around one of the president s main criticisms of him, which is that it wont be safe in joe bidens america. Joe biden is saying, look, this is happening now and its happening on Donald Trumps watch. Tonight the white house says President Trump wasnt fanning the flames of division as he lavished praise on