smallest thing from using their first name in an email and/or when he would talk to somebody on the phone, checking in with them and seeing how they were and not just getting down to business. well the impact he made on his students, the stories, i was laughing and laughing reading these emails and also crying and crying because such touching stories and just such an amazing man that mora, you know, i want to thank you because, you know, it s you ve beared your grie in a way so few would have the ability to do and there is no right or wrong way to handle dw grief but the way you ve chosen to share yours has brightened our lives. it has. i know that s the gift of him but it is the gift of you. it is the gift of him. thank you, erin. good talking with you again. thank you, mora. thanks to you. anderson starts now. we begin with the growing calls on new york governor andrew cuomo to step down from some of the heaviest hitters. si s we are joined now, tell me ab
inappropriate behavior. that is the latest individual that cnn is reporting on, anderson. we ll have more on this shortly. right now a first for the first time in a long time, the covid milestone we crossed today was neither a cause for sadness as it was for half a million fatalities or an occasion to remember what our world used to be like a year and a day ago. instead, this latest marker for where we stand signals better times ahead. today the country crossed the 100 million vaccination mark. tonight more than 101 million shots have been administered. the goal was reached on the day president biden signed the covid relief package. day 52 of the administration. days ahead of the schedule he set and eight days ahead of the original version he revised last night. when i came into office, you may recall, i set a goal that many of you said was kind of way over the top. i said i want to get 100 million shots in people s arms in my first 100 days in office. we won t meet that
lot more from lviv at the top of the hour. but for now, let s get back to kim at cnn world headquarters there in atlanta. kim. thanks so much, john. the world has reached another staggering covid milestone. half a billion people have now been infected with the virus since the pandemic began according to the latest data from johns hopkins university. have a look at this graph. just took over a year for the world to hit 100 million cases and less than 200 days to reach 200 million. since then, each new milestone has been reached much more quickly. now, we are at 500 million but many people believe the real number is much higher. now, for the first time since the start of the pandemic, the cdc predicts the u.s. will record 1 million deaths from coronavirus and it says that is likely to happen by early-next month. according to johns hopkins, the virus has already killed more than 987,000 people in the u.s. but despite the looming milestone, the number of newly-reported deaths is
policy, it s logged more than 350,000 new infections since early last month. most of them in shanghai, which is enduring the country s most severe lockdown. meanwhile, hong kong is beginning its first phase of reopening as cases decline there. one week from now places like g gyms and salons will back in business. groups of four people will be allowed to gather instead of just two. the world has reached another staggering covid milestone. half a billion people have now been infected with the virus since the pandemic began. according to the latest data from johns hopkins university. i want you to take a look at this graph. it took just over a year for the world to hit 100 million cases. then less than 200 days to reach 200 million. since then, each new milestone