Virus. But there is also news tonight involving a new highly contagious variant. Very similar to the india variant. Where it s been found and how effective are the vaccines against it? first, the cyber attack on the colonial pipeline on oil, affecting gas prices in the u. S. Now, news tonight on the newest cyber attack, this one targeting one of the largest meat producers in the u. S. The attack, it s believed, based in russia. How soon before we see prices affected at the grocery store? the images coming in tonight. The deadly shooting at a fire station. A firefighter shot and killed, another wounded. Emergency crews then rushing to a home up in flames. All of this playing out in l. A. County. The showdown tonight over voting rights in this country. This time in texas. Governor greg abbott vowing to still push through one of the most restrictive voting bills in the country. Even after democrats walked out, halting its passage. Tonight, the governor threatening their pay now. And late
People call it the black wall street. Wood home run greenwood was like this them all in one place. But whites talk about greenwood as little africa or niggerland. Tulsa was a powder keg. Meaning only something can set the community alight. 100, 300 people, most of them black, were killed. Today we call it a massacre. They were hate ing to get rid o the bodies by dumping it in mass graves around the city. We tulsians the number it murdered, should not have taken 99 years. Anybody who thinks this crime scene is not going to speak doesn t have the ears to hear. The ancestors are awake and the earth is shaking. I came to tulsa when i was in the sixth grade. So that s been, whoo, i don t know how many years. My mother is from oklahoma. That was a strong black community in tulsa called greenwood. These people were the core of black entrepreneurship. They will help you get your business started. People call it the black wall street. And when you read the editorials, they would also post event
And marking a commemorative anniversary as biden proposes to close the racial wealth gap in this country. We ll bring that to you live and an activist in belarus stabs himself in the throat in a courtroom instead of giving false testimony. The latest horror spotlighting the brutal dictatorship there. Welcome to the lead. I m jake tapper. We begin today with a health lead and a return to moralsy for millions of cases. Hospitalizations, deaths and cases all at their lowest points since about last year. For the first time since march 2020, 14 months ago, the sevenday average is below 20,000 cases. Just a month ago cases were around 50,000. Now this rapid drop is in large part due to vaccinations. Half of the total u. S. Population has received at least one dose. More than 40% are fully vaccinated, but a new study reported in journal of the american medical association finds vaccinations alone will not stop this pandemic even though they do reduce sickness and deaths considerably. Masks an
President s bogus complaints that the 2020 election was stolen. We welcome the viewers here in the united states and around the world. I m wolf blitzer. You are in the situation room. Chief white house correspondent katelyn collins is standing by. The president warned americans that crime is on the worse and may get worse this summer. Reporter: he noted that typically there s a spike in crime in the summer but now that the summer is happening as the states emerge from the lockdowns it could be even worse this summer than previous ones and dedicated a day s events talking about how to adrsz this rise in violence but tightening gun regulations, boosting police departments in an effort to curb the violence. Enough. Reporter: with vie leapt crime surging, president biden is putting himself at the center of the deb on how to solve it. This shouldn t be a red or blue issue. This is an american issue. We are being reasonable. Reporter: focusing on cushing gun violence after sitting down with
Virus. But there is also news tonight involving a new highly contagious variant. Very similar to the india variant. Where it s been found and how effective are the vaccines against it? first, the cyber attack on the colonial pipeline on oil affecting gas prices in the u. S. Now, news tonight on the newest cyber attack, this one targeting one of the largest meat producers in the u. S. Several plants forced to shut down. The attack, it s believed, based in russia. How soon before we see prices affect gd at the grocery store? the images coming in tonight. The deadly shooting at a fire staugs. A firefighter shot and killed, another wounded. Emergency crews then rushing to a home up in flames. The showdown tonight over voting rights in this country. This time in texas. Governor greg abbott vowing to still push through one of the most restrictive voting bills in the country. Even after democrats walked out, halting its passage. Tonight, the governor threatening their pay now. And late today,