baby to be born in the united states conceived outside the human body. conception occurred in a petri dish. made headlines around the world and launched the modern day fertility industry in the u.s. since elizabeth s birth, secretaries at the eastern virginia medical centers in vitro clinic have received between 600 and 700 phone calls from couples wanting to join the waiting list. last december, elizabeth celebrated her 40th birthday. according to the most recently cdc statistics, an estimated one in six couples without children are infertile. it s no wonder that the number of people using assisted reproductive technology to expand their families has doubled over the past decade. i know what it s like. my husband and i tried for three years to have a child. two miscarriages and three rounds of failed ivf cycles later, i was emotionally devastated. until 2005 when ivf worked and my twins were born. and 13 months later, the bigger shocker, i was pregnant with my third ch
her testimony. he does not have the courage she showed and is refusing to tell the committee what he knows. men like mark meadows who are openly defying the subpoena to testify and avoiding us as well. we d love to talk to him not under oath, but he s shown no willingness to even face questions from reporters. house minority leader mccarthy is seeking to cast doubt on miss hutchinson s testimony and the work of the committee. this is just the continuation. they re obsessed with trump and this is all they want to do, but this here say would never be allowed in the court of law. we should point out, nothing would be here say if mr. meadows or pat cipollone would testify under oath. all they need to do is tell the truth. say what they said. then everything would be clear. hutchinson is also being attacked be i the former president himself. here s some of what he told news max yesterday for an interview that aired today. this lady yesterday, there s something wrong with her
we begin tonight with the effort to discredit cassidy hutchinson s testimony before the house january 6th select committee and effort to destroy the credibility of a 26-year-old woman who had the courage to do what the former white house counsel and president s own chief of staff do not have to courage to do. two days after telling the committee that the former president of the united states sent a mob of people, some of who he knew to be armed to the capitol, she is being attacked by the president and his defenders. men like jim jordan whose republican members are attacking her testimony. he does not have the courage she showed and is refusing to tell the committee what he knows. men like her former boss, then chief of staff mark meadows who are openly defying the subpoena and testify and avoiding us, as well. we d love to talk to him not under oath, but he s shown no willingness to even face questions from reporters. house minority leader kevin mccarthy is seeking to cast d
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. ukraine s president will be appealing for more international aid this week when the ukraine recovery conference gets under way in lugano, switzerland. on saturday he urged his fellow ukrainians to stay optimistic. here he is. translator: no matter how difficult it is for us today, we must remember that there will be tomorrow. and tomorrow should bring maximum benefit to ukraine. everyone should do absolutely everything possible for this. relentless rampage in ukraine is now most heavily focused on the key city of lucy hansk, one of the few places under ukrainian control in the donbas. russia denies claims by pro-russian separatists that the city is surrounded. meanwhile, days after russian forces abandoned snake island in the black sea, ukraine s military is claiming it destroyed some of the quip the russians left behind. russian spirit does not stink there anymore. cnn s scott mcclain joins us live fr
these are live pictures from atlanta s jackson airport where you can see long security lines already forming this morning. we re tracking hundreds of delays and cancellations at airports across the country. where we re seeing those slowdowns and where the weather could impact your travel plans right now on new day. we re so grateful that you re starting your holiday weekend with us. it is saturday, july 2nd, just two sleeps away from fireworks and hot dogs and all the good stuff. thanks so much for waking up with us. good morning, kristen. good morning, boris. yeah, just two days away if you can get there as you look at all of these major travel disruptions that we re seeing this morning at airports across the united states. they re threatening to spoil the holiday for millions of americans. airports being put to the test as the number of people traveling by plane this fourth of july weekend climbs to near pre-pandemic levels. but staffing issues, cancellations and su