This is cnn breaking news. Thank you for being with me, im fredricka whitfield, a dire situation in the u. S. As coronavirus is breaking new records, but first tragic news on the loss of a legendary broadcaster and iconic cnn alum, were learning today that larry king has died. He passed away at Cedar Sinai Medical Center in los angeles, the cause of death has not yet been revealed though king had been hospitalized with covid19 just a few weeks ago. He spent six tick cads on radio, television and digital media. Well look book on his life in a moment. We turn to the pandemic right now. The struggle the country is having. Getting it under control. Another 3,600 deaths on friday alone. This as the vaccine rollout continues to be a challenge. The cdc reported a singleday vaccination record on friday, nearly 1. 6 million doses administered. But states are facing critically low shortages. As millions of americans try to get vaccinated, long lines are forming at vaccine sites across the countr
Beats me. What is interesting, a lot of what you are seeing there was done before we saw the book. The speculation took on a life of its own. Look. It is nice to have a book the bull are talking about, and obviously what happens is people focus on who is up, who is down, what news has broken. Ultimately i do know what people to miss the more serious point. Washington is doing very, very well in a very gilded age in some ways while the rest of the country is suffering. Any reaction you have had to the book, surprising . Not really. Look, when you write a book, a lot can go wrong. That is the way i approach the world. I am somewhat neurotic in writing reporting and a lot can go wrong in 110,000 words. I was shocked i guess if there has been criticism from inside, it has mostly been in the vein of how dare he . How dare an insider give away the secret handshake . How dare an insider talk about other insiders in a way that perhaps might not be in keeping with the codes that we have in wash
Promise keepers rally in arlington,s virginia you may recall. But the marriage is obviously going very, very well indeed. Spina bifida rose 1997, spina bifida rose for the al hunt Judy Woodruff child. What did you see in that clip . You might comment on . Nothing, Andrea Mitchell is a terrific journalist, you cant emphasize that enough. Just seeing that right now, it just looked like a very friendly almost clubby washington event. Jokes are told that looked like a lot of comedy. Thats what i saw. Anything wrong with that . No, not really. Talking i think the reference they were making was Andrea Mitchell and al greenspans wedding that had been held around then. Look, theyre a power couple. Andrea mitchell is a great journalist and Alan Greenspan is one of the most powerful economic minds and forces in the last few decades. s an interesting dynamic. Had the crossover in the friendship between professional and social life and so forth. You write in there for instance, chris dodd, a senat
Kissinger and Greyhound Bus in the same sentence. They wandered onto the wrong bus and ended up in a promise keepers rally in arlington, virginia. [laughter] but the marriage is obviously going very well indeed. Spina bifida roast, in 1997. What did you see in that clip you my comments on . Nothing. It is Andrea Mitchell who was a terrific journalist. You cannot emphasize that enough. It looked just seeing that right now it looked like a jokesly washington event. Are told. Looks like a lot of comedy. Anything wrong with that . Really. Ot i think the reference he was making was to Andrea Mitchell and Alan Greenspans wedding that had been held around then. They are a power couple. Andrea mitchell is a great journalist. Alan greenspan is one of our most powerful economic minds in the last decade. It is an interesting dynamic when you have this crossover between friendship and social life. The president of the Motion Picture association told you he would never lobby. He did. I think what c
It follows the ouster of the Muslim Brotherhood from power and mr. Obamas president of choice, mohammed morsi. The violent and deadly clashes between the militaryrun government and Muslim Brotherhood and backed protesters to the wall and they are now responding. Continuing with violence and all likelihood this friday, when morsi supporters reportedly will conduct what they call a day of martyrs. And no relief for president obama in syria either. Assad Opposition Forces claiming more than a thousand civilians were killed in chemical gas attacks earlier today on the outskirts of damascus. The alleged attacks come exactly one year and one day after president obama famously warned assad that chemical weapons, the use of them, would be to cross a socalled red line and prompt u. S. Involvement in the now 2 1 2 yearlong struggle. Its a conflict that has seen nearly 100,000 syrians killed. The white house predictably today, after repeated questions on red lines, from the White House Press corp