In the united states, canada, and around the world. Im Kim Brunhuber and this is cnn newsroom. We begin with signs that the Coronavirus Vaccine Supply in the u. S. May soon outstrip demand. According to the u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention, more than 93 Million people have been fully vaccinated. But over the past few weeks, average daily vaccination rates have started to fall. Cnns Polo Sandoval takes a look at what might be behind the drop. Reporter as johnson Johnsons Covid19 Vaccine is cleared to go into arms again, a slight but ongoing drop in overall shots being administered a day. That average number, according to the cdc, dipped below 3 Million this week. The biden administration attributing it to vaccine hesitancy. Its a trend that the university of Washingtons Institute for health metrics and evaluation has been closely watching, even before j js pause. Facebook runs a survey every day. And we look at that data on a daily basis. And thats shown that Vaccine Confidence in the u. S. Has been slowly but steadily going down since february. You know, not huge amounts. Like a Percentage Point a week. But that starts to add up. Reporter some of that hesitancy being felt more among republicans. A Monmouth Poll showed 43 of gop voters said they will likely never get a Covid Vaccine, compared to 5 of democrats. The head of the cdc said friday the government must perform extraordinary outreach when it comes to educating clinicians and patients. I am getting the injection now. Reporter baltimores former Health Commissioner dr. Win received a J J Dose before the pause. If given the option she encourages certain women avoid it given the fresh findings about extremely rare blood clots. Since there are two other vaccines that dont carry this small risk, i dont think i would have chosen to get the Johnson Johnson Vaccine knowing that risk. I wish the Cdc And Fda had gone further in their discussions to explicitly put a warning for women under the age of 50 to say, if it is available to you, consider choosing one of the other vaccines that do not carry this particular risk. Reporter the consensus remains the same among experts, all Covid Vaccines authorized for use in the u. S. Remain safe and effective. If you look at the tradeoff here, this is still far better, its far better to choose to take the Johnson Johnson Vaccine than to go unvaccinated, given what we know about the risks of covid. 1,000 shots, Whoo Reporter a local canadian pharmacy in toronto celebrated administering its 1000th vaccination this week, as here in the u. S. Efforts on a much larger scale continue amid vaccine hesitancy. In new york state, about 31 of the population already considered fully vaccinated. In an effort to try to keep increasing that number, multiple locations, Vaccination Sites open up, including in new York City where the american natural History Museum serving as a Mass Vaccination Site, even offering free admission as incentive. India has smashed another global record for Daily Coronavirus cases. On sunday, officials reported more than 349,000 new infections. Its the fourth consecutive Day India has broken the global records. Hospitals across the country are running short of critical supplies, including oxygen. Anna coren is tracking this from hong kong. The u. S. Government says it will deploy support to india to help with this crisis. Looking at the heartbreaking numbers there, its sorely needed. Yeah, absolutely. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken made that tweet and appealed to the indian people, saying that his thoughts were with them and that the united states woulD Do whatever they can to help with this Crisis Unfolding in realtime on the ground. You mentioned those figures, almost 350,000 daily cases, more than 2,700 deaths. Thats the fourth consecutive day of a global record for india. The experts say that these figures are not a true reflection of what is actually happening on the ground. Crematoriums are working around the clock. The fires burning, the bodies are burning 24 7. It really is staggering, the situation there in india. And were not just talking about the capital, new delhi. Were talking right across the country. The real figure could be two to five times that number, because testing is not ready available in the cities, let alone in rural areas where it is virtually nonexistent. So the real figures on the ground could be much, much more. We talk about that acute shortage of oxygen. Weve been speaking the last couple of days of that hospital that actually ran out of oxygen and 20 critically ill patients died. The chief of that hospital has told us that he is turning patients away now, unless theyre coming with their own Oxygen Cylinder and that Family Members can fill up those tanks. That is how dire the situation is now in hospitals in the capital. You can just imagine how bad it must be in some of those rural areas. And we are hearing reports, its been documented of people taking their Loved Ones to hospitals, they are not allowed inside because they are at full capacity. People are being turned away. They are dying in the parking lots. I should also note, kim, that the Prime Minister, narendra modi, has given a monthly address in the last few hours. I want to read some of this. Its the first time hes addressed the sec wave. He says, covid19 is testing our Patience And Capacity to bear pain. Many of our Loved Ones have left us in an untimely way. After successfully tackling the first wave, the Nations Morale was high, it was confident. But this storm, the second wave, has shaken the nation. Kim, many would say the government took their eye off the ball, they completely dropped their guard, they beat covid the first time round, became complacent, there was no preparation, no stockpiling. They allowed life to return to normal, social gatherings, religious festivals are political rallies. The Prime Minister himself was at a political rally with thousands of people packed in listening to him address them. So india is going through a national emergency at this very moment. And the fear is that until they can get the oxygen, until they can make more room available in these hospitals, more and more people are going to die. You paint a very bleak picture there, Anna Coren in hong kong, thank you. At least 24 people are dead anD Dozen is more injured after a fire in a Baghdad Hospital treating covid19 patients. Officials say Oxygen Tanks exploded, causing the massive blaze. Video shared On Social Media shows the chaotic scene as firefighters scramble to get the fire under control. Health care workers tried to evacuate patients from the burning building. Iraqs Prime Minister is ordering an investigating into the incident. Switzerland has reported its first case of the double mute Tant Covid Variant identified in india. The person was a passenger at an airport. In japan, a new State Of Emergency goes into Effect Today in four prefectures, including tokyo. Japan is in the middle of a fourth wave of the coronavirus. The new restrictions are set to last through may 11th. Canadian prime Minister Justin Trudeau received his first dose of the Astrazeneca Vaccine friday. According to canadian health authorities, only about 900,000 people have received two doses of vaccine, about 2. 4 of the population. Covid19 has claimed the lice of more than 119,000 people in italy. Thats the highest number of deads in the european union. Hundreds of people continue to die from the virus each day, even though the government started vaccinating people back in december. Critics say there are serious issues with the countrys vaccine program. Dili gallagher explains. Reporter months into italys vaccination program, authorities realized something had gone terribly wrong. Despite Government Recommendations to vaccinate frontline Health Care workers, the elderly, and most vulnerable, some regions in italy were allowing other people to get their shots first. Translator the regions proved sensitive. As we must say, they vaccinated the magistrates, the lawyers. Reporter prime Minister Mario draghi admitted the problem earlier this month and reprimanded the queuejumpers. Asking italians, with what conscience could they skip in front of older, more vulnerable people at risk of death . A researcher for an italian Think Tank estimates 6,200 more lives could have been saved from midjanuary to now if those shots had gone to the elderly. Another complicating factor, the Astrazeneca Vaccine was initially only recommended for people under 55. It was the perfect storm that left some of italys over 60 population stranded. A group which accounts for 95 of the deaths, according to italys health minister. Like 63yearold teacher roberto, who died of covid on april 3ed in tuscany. When they started vaccination for the people of his age, he was already with covid. Reporter his wife blames italys delayed anD Disorderly Vaccination Rollout for her husbands death. They killed him. Everybody, them, they killed him. Reporter by the first week of march, the region of tuscany had only vaccinated about 8 of people over 80, prompting a letter of protest from its residents. The organization of all this, the decision of the government to open the schools without vaccinating, then the way, how they started to vaccinate, for me, they had to start with elder people, not with the younger ones. Reporter in march, prime Minister Draghi brought in a Military General to head his Covid19 Commission and clean up the mess. The general issued an ordinance to regions that they must toe the line. Miscellaneous canny has since increased vaccinations for the elderly, but the governor of the region of Campaign Yeah in Southern Italy said hes not going to obey the generals orders to vaccinate by age. Do something. Reporter in the meantime, olga wants justice for mistakes she thinks could have been avoided. He was brought here. Reporter for two weeks robertos body has lane here in a cement block, awaitiing c cremation. Another agonizing delay for a grieving heart. The horrific massacre of armenians 100 years ago is finally called genocide by an american president. That was welcome news in armenia, but the turkish Government Wasnt happy about it. Well have a live report from istanbul. Policing in america. Calls for transparency that the Justice Department opens an investigation into Police Practices in minneapolis. Details next, stay with us. Our new scented oils give you our best smelling scents. Now crafted with more natural ingredients and infused with Essential Oils that are 100 natural. Give us one plug and connect to nature. Protesters took to the streets for a fourth straight day in elizabeth city, north carolina, demanding answers after Police Shot and killed a black man, andrew brown jr. , wednesday. Police were serving an Arrest Warrant at the time. Witnesses say Police Shot into Browns Car but no shots came from his car. Radio traffic from Emergency Responders referred to a Gunshot Wound in the back. Browns family wants police to release body cam footage. Saturday the sheriff released video On Social Media saying thats what he wants too. Because we want transparency. We want the Body Camera Footage made public. Some people have falsely claimed that my office has the power to do so. That is not true. Only a judge can release the video. Thats why ive asked the North Carolina State bureau of investigation to confirm for me that the releasing of the video will not undermine their investigation. Once i get that confirmation, our county will file a motion in court, hopefully monday, to have the footage released. Seven deputies were placed on administrative leave following the shooting and three others left the department entirely. In minnesota, many are welcoming the conviction of Derek Chauvin and a federal investigation into Minneapolis Police, but there are those who say they dont go far enough and that africanamericans are still too often the target of police violence. Cnns Sara Sidner reports from minneapolis. Find the defendant guilty reporter a day after a jury found former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering george floyd, the Department Of Justice announces it has set sights on the Minneapolis Police department. Today, i am announcing that the Justice Department has opened a civil investigation to determine whether the Minneapolis Police department engages in a pattern of practice of unconstitutional or lawful policing. Reporter officials familiar with the investigation Tell Cnn One of the items it may look into is the discrepancy between the initial mpd press release, saying floyd had a medical emergency, and what really happened. The head of the minnesota justice coalition, jonathan mcclellan, says theyve been asking federal officials for a federal patterns and Practices Investigation for years. While he and several other rights groups welcome it, he says it is terribly unfortunate that it took the Slowmotion Murder of floyd to propel it forward. This case is significant in the sense that it brought the reality of what black and brown people face into the living rooms of america. This is the same thing that happened when the march happened over the edmund pettus bridge. The reality of what black people were facing was brought into the living rooms of america, and that spawned a litany of legislation. The same thing needs to happen with this as well. Reporter in a Cnn Analysis of Minneapolis Police department data after Floyds Death are the department reported using force on far fewer people. Then the use of force spiked late last year. And black people are still subject to the use of force by Minneapolis Officers at a highly disproportionate rate. The analysis found between 2008 and may 25th, 2020, when chauvin murdered floyd, 64. 6 of people who police used force on were black. Since Floyds Death, 62. 6 were black. In a schedule thats 19 black, according to u. S. Census records. That comes as no surprise to teixeira allen, a founder of families supporting families against police violence. For every Highprofile Case that you hear about, theres hundreds, theres 100 bodies behind that Highprofile Case. Reporter Allen And Mcclellan say their issue with this kind of federal investigation is, they want it to cover more Police Departments across minnesota, not just minneapolis. The highest, the biggest Profile Cases in history have come from the state of minnesota. Fernando castille. Jamar clark. George floyd. Daunte wright. The biggest ones in history have come from this state. So it is clear that it is a problem here in the state of minnesota. Reporter Sara Sidner, cnn, minneapolis. Joining me is cheryl dorsey, retired sergeant with the Los Angeles police, the author of Black And Blue the creation of a social advocate. Thanks for joining us. So the doj is investigating the Minneapolis Police department. During the obama administration, there were about 25 of these types of investigations. Under the trump administration, the Attorney General issued a Directive Discouraging federal oversight of police agencies. Now that policy being reversed. My question is, do these types of federal probes into local Police Departments actually lead to improvements . Well, you know, they may behave during the time that theres a Consent Decree in place or when agencies understand someone is actually looking over their shoulder. But by and large, you know, for officers who work patrol, these kinds of measures really do little to deter bad behavior. We know this is true because we see it happening over and over and over again. My concern is while theyre revving the engine back up, thats great, i appreciate all of that. Theres talk of, you know, initiating new policies or procedures and reform. But what are we going to do about the problems that have been existing for decades, over these 18,000 Police Departments . Theyre trying to get at that in congress, theyre talking about Police Reform. Weve seen bipartisan efforts but the main Sticking Point is the issue of holding individual officers more accountable, both criminally you hear people referring to 242 then civilly, the concept of qualified immunity. So here were going to play something that stacy plaskett, the democratic congressional delegate for the u. S. Virgin islands, said here on cnn. Qualified immunity has in many instances become the hood for bad Police Officers to act as modernday Ku Klux Klan members against black and brown people in this country. And it has got to stop. Clearly strong words there. Do you agree . Does any meaningful Police Reform have to include an end to the laws protecting individual Police Officers from prosecution . Is that a Deal Breaker for you . Absolutely. If youre not going to hold the officers accountable, whats the point . Holding an agency accountable, maybe, is being talked about, rather than having the Liability Shift to the responsible officer. If you dont do anything to deter the bad behavior of one officer who may be committing this conduct, how then do you stop that bad behavior . You have in Derek Chauvin an officer who was engaged in obvious misconduct which led to 22 Personnel Complaints, only one of which he was ever disciplined for. And so clearly over his 19year career, he learned nothing. Collecting Personnel Complaints as if they were gifts from a good friend. Then the answer for some people, at least, seems to be, more training, more training, deescalation, so on. Ive seen some of the training the lapd, your former department, does on that. Ive been out on patrols where theyve used some of these interventions. But then on the other side, some people argue the Answer Isnt more training, at the end of the day, generally, police know what to do. Its that, as We Saw in the chauvin case, they go against their training, maybe because they feel that theyll get the cover to do so. Where do you stand on this concept of, we need more retraining . Absolutely, training is not the issue. We know that officers by and large are well trained. And i understand that it varies from department to department based on resources and funds that are allocated. But officers absolutely know what to do. They would act have us believe that accountability is a fourletter word. Something that they just dont want to say. And so im back to, if you dont do anything to deter the bad behavior, how then do we change the problem . We know that one of the things that was different, in my opinion, in the case of the Derek Chauvin murder trial, is that we had Command Staff officers testifying truthfully as to the type of training that their officers received. Theres a lot of talk about the blue wall shattering. That was not the blue wall. Those are not Patrol Officers that were testifying. Those are not folks who are in uniform in a black and white day to day who have to worry about retaliation and not getting the adequate backup that you need should your Officer Friends be bothered by you speaking truthfully. These are people who are up in the Ivory Tower who havent seen a Police Car or a Foot Pursuit or an assault at the end of a Car Chase in years. And so maybe the key is, we need to bring more Police Chiefs in and ask them under oath, is this how you train your officers . Is this what you expect from your Patrol Officers . Perhaps well leave it there. Thank you so much for speaking to us, retired Police Sergeant Cheryl dorsey. Armenians celebrating the longawaited recognition of atrocities suffered under the oppmann empire. Joe bidens declaration of genocide is the Word Theyve waited to hear from an american president and what the Turkish Government has to say about it. It could save your life. Why do so many people in the u. S. Say they wont get a Covid Vaccine . Well explore that coming up. Welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. Im Kim Brunhuber. Youre watching cnn newsroom. The u. S. Government has now formally recognized the mass killings of armenians during World War i as a genocide. The Turkish Government has always rejected that term and summoned the u. S. Ambassador to complain. Turkey is a key Nato Ally and past american president s have always sidestepped the issue. Cnns Joe Johns explains why this u. S. President decided to do it now. Reporter its been a long time coming but The American President has now declared in a statement released over this weekend that the atrocities that occurred in turkey 106 years ago being commemorated this very weekend were, in fact, genocide. Heres part of that statement. The president writes, each year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the ottoman era Armenian Genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again occurring. This recognition has been years in the making. In fact, many american president s have declined to take such a step out of fear of damaging the strategic relationship between the united states and turkey. Turkey has also repeatedly denied that there was ever genocide. So the question is, why did Joe Biden decide to do this at this time . Number one, there has been a big Lobbying Effort thats gone on for decades here in the united states to get this recognition to actually happen. Joe biden used it as part of his campaign promises while he was running for president. Also, the biden administration has been working very hard to try to stress the importance of Human Rights here in the united states. Theres also a tough relationship between the president of the united states and turkish president erdogan. In fact, Joe Biden called erdogan on friday, indicating to him that he was going to make this statement. Previously the president of the united states has referred to him as an autocrat. The Turkish Government did respond with a long statement. Some of it was muted, however. Once again, denying there was ever a genocide. Also suggesting Joe Biden may have haD Domestic political motivations for putting his statement out. At the end of the day, the government did promise to maintain dialog and cooperate with allies. The question going forward is whether there will be any more blowback as a result of this episode. Joe johns, cnn, with the president in wilmington, delaware. Los angeles is home to the largest armenian community in the u. S. This was the scene there after President Biden issued the genocide statement. A large crowd assembled near the turkish consulate to play the Armenian National Anthem anD Display an effigy of turkish president erdogan. Cnns Arwa Damon is covering this story from istanbul. Arwa, very divergent reactions to this announcement. Take us through the reaction where you are in turkey and how it might affect relations with the u. S. Reporter well, to take this the other way around, if were looking at the relations between turkey and the united states, they are already fractured over a number of issues. So we can just add President Biden recognizing these mass killings that took place more than a century ago into that whole basket of things that are potentially facing both countries as they try to somehow move their relationship forward. What was interesting was that neither the White House nor the president s office following the call that took place between erdogan and biden, before biden made this specific announcement, mentioned the fact that they had spoken about how the united states would now be viewing what took place in ottoman lands more than 100 years ago. They both completely sidestepped this, instead choosing to focus in both of these readouts on the strategic relationship between both countries and mentioning that they would be having a bilateral meeting in june on the sidelines of the nato summit. That being said, though, entirely expected a very harsh reaction coming from turkey. Worth noting that president erdogan, as he does every single year, did offer condolences to Ottoman Armenians but said it should be up to historians to decide how to categorize what took place, not third parties. We had a very harshly worded statement from the turkish foreign minister, who called it a vulgar distortion of history, also went on to say, we are not going to take lessons about our history from anyone, calling this whole move by President Biden political opportunism. But suffice to say, it does not sit well with anyone when two nato allies, the united states and turkey, are at odds over so many issues. Appreciate the analysis. Cnns Arwa Damon in istanbul, thanks so much. Health officials in the u. S. Battle more than just the spread of the coronavirus. Just ahead, how false Information And Conspiracy theories are feeding vaccine hesitancy. England has relaxed many lockdown restrictions but thats not enough for these protesters who are spreading Conspiracy Theories as they march. When that car hit my motorcycle, insurance wasnt fair. So i called the Barnes Firm, it was the best call i couldve made. Call the Barnes Firm now, and find out what your case could be worth. 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By friday, the state had more than 74,000 open slots in its Scheduling Website through the middle of may. This is the Driveup Lane of a Mass Vaccination Site in jackson. They say they can handle up to 1,200 appointments a day. So far theyve got about 275 scheduled. But they admit some people just dont show. Its not that everyone 16 and older has got the shot. Far from it. 30 of mississippians have had their first vaccine dose. The national average is closer to 40 . Its pretty quiet. Yes. I mean, today is quiet. But it hasnt been like that all the time. Reporter so whats going on . Experts worry the dropoff suggests a lot of people dont want the Vaccine And Fear whats happening here could jeopardize reaching herd community immunity, which doctors say wouldnt be achieved until at least 70 of the population is vacc vaccinated. Besides mississippi, other states significantly lacking when it comes to percent of Adult Population fully vaccinated include alabama, georgia, and tennessee. States that are more rural and more republican. A population more skeptical of the vaccine. Do you continue to fight misinformation . Yes. Even now . Every day, yes. Every day. Reporter Public Service campaigns encouraging vaccination are overwhelmed by a flood of false information On Social Media. Its what caused Halley Coleman to delay getting her vaccine. It just felt like everywhere i looked i was seeing somebody with a new Conspiracy Theory or just a reason not to get the vaccine. Reporter those false fears were only fueled when the Johnson Johnson Vaccine distribution was pauseD Due to concerns over a rare type of blood clot. In mississippi, since that happened, Health Officials say projected Vaccination Numbers have fallen off a cliff. That incident fed into the fears of those who were hesitant. Yes, it did. It was i told you so. Yes. It was like, okay, see . Reporter when it comes to getting people vaccinated, mississippi has a number of challenges, not the least of which its one of the poorest if not the poorest states in the country. As a result there are a lot of people here who dont have access to the internet, which you need to get information or to even make a vaccination appointment. A lot of People Cant afford transportation to a vaccination site, or they cant afford to take time off to be vaccinated. As america closes in on nearly half of all adults getting vaccinated, medical experts are beginning to realize that just may have been the easy part. Getting the other half vaccinated could be a lot more difficult. Martin savidge, cnn, jackson, mississippi. Still to come, why this Years Academy awards show will be an experience unlike any other in oscars history. Try our new scented oils for freshness that lasts. Crafted to give you amazingly natural smelling fragrances, day after day. For up to 60 days. 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Tv ratings for Awards Shows have been going down lately, but the producers of this Years Oscars are hoping they can attract a big Audience Tonight with a new type of experience. Cnns Stephanie Elam explains. Reporter from struggle i am a revolutionary reporter to desperation. It needs work, i like work. Reporter the times are felt in this Years Oscar nominees. Are you concerned about an overreaction from the cops . Reporter so is the silence. Including from viewers whose lack of interest made most Awards Shows this year a bomb. If the ratings continue to decline, youre going to see some changes. I think some Award Shows might go away. Reporter the oscars want to the reverse trend. Gone is the internet remote Access Feel that hindered shows like the golden globes. It ended up being like a bad version of an office meeting. And the oscars dont want that. Reporter enter Steven Soderbergh and stacey sher, the team ironically behind the film contagion. The pandemic will be a big theme, they say, Bud Soderbergh wants a show unlike any other. He said he wants the oscars to feel like a movie. Shots from behind shoulders of people, moving cameras. Reporter to pull it off the show is moving to a smaller venue, here to l. A. s iconic union station, itself a star in films like Catch Me If You Can and the dark knight rises. With vaccines out and fewer restrictions, the biggest challenge may not be the pandemic but the movies themselves. We will rock you reporter absent of any hits like years past this year the best films come mostly from streaming platforms. Its very different than choosing to go to a theater, buy your popcorn, sit in the theater, and watch a movie. People just become attached to those movies in a way that they dont when theyre on streaming. Reporter mank leads with ten nominations but nomadland is the frontrunner for best picture. Chadwick boseman is expected to win a posthumous oscar for best actor. But the pressure to win may just be on the oscars themselves. Will they be able to get that audience back . When there are movies in theaters . Or is this accelerating a trend that already existed and audience members are not coming back . Joining me is the Film Critic for the Los Angeles times and nprs fresh air, justin shang, great to have you on. On the oscars themselves more broadly, the types of films chosen, does it speak to a broader trend or has this year been so extraordinary, its just kind of a oneoff that we can basically write off . Thanks for having me. I wouldnt write it off at all. Some have spoken about, should there be a special asterisk next to this Years Academy awards . Because as fit doesnt really count . Because this was a year without a lot of big studio movies, a year when most of us stayed home and watched movies at home, if we watched new movies at all. I know many havent and are concerned about the ratings of the oscars tomorrow. But i would see this, if theres an as terrific next to this year, i would say this has been one of the more interesting years for the academy awards. And that a lot of really terrific movies were recognized that might not have had a chance to be recognized in other years. What happens to those big Tent Pole movies that you were talking about that were kind of held, held back, held back again . Presumably theyll be released later. But do those films still get made going into the future, considering the different ways that were consuming movies and so on . Or has there been a Sea Change that might see fewer of those movies, more of the types that were seeing now recognized in the oscars . Im actually not too concerned about those big movies. I think that theres always going to be an appetite for them. I think that studios recognize that pictures that they can sell as big events are an obvious and easy maybe the easiest way to get people to buy tickets and go to Movie Theaters. Im more worried about things that arent superhero movies. Worried about movies, quote quoteunquote, for grownups. The Awards Season does provide an apparatus and an appetite for these kinds of movies, so its not like theyre going away forever. But its the kind of the in the middle pictures that i think im a little more worried about. Weve seen, you know, movies released free onto streaming platforms, weve seen video on demand, home release. Everyones asking that question. When we finally enough people have been vaccinated. Will audiences go back to the old ways, Movie Theaters, popcorn . Or have we changed so much because of the pandemic in some irrevocable way . Will that have an effect on the industry, and also on Movie Theaters . Weve seen so many of them chose during the pandemic. Will they stay shuttered . Or, you know, will you see a sort of a resurgence when we go back to the way things were . Well, kim, right now i think a lot of us in Los Angeles are still reeling from the devastating news that the Arclight Cinemas and pacific theaters, one of the biggest chains, has closed. Unless something changes, those theaters are not coming back. Thats a Crushing Blow for a Film Combination in one of the moviegoing capitals of the world. I think its very Touch And Go as the industry is trying to figure out a lot of things. Speaking for myself, although i dont think im alone, i think theres an extraordinary hunger to go back to theaters, as Theres Husker to go back to live events and to go back to museums. I think a lot of us are going to want to go back to theaters with a vengeance when its safe. Lastly, quickly, i wanted to ask about l. A. , the city. I used to live there. Its hard to convey exactly how all encompassing the Entertainment Industry is there. Seems like every Coffee Shop is pitching running lines, discussing projects. How has covid changed all of that, the Ebb And Flow of the town itself . Is there a sense that things are getting back to normal . Or has this kind of changed the way people will work going forward in l. A. . I certainly hope it does. I live in pasadena. Ive been a little i feel distant from l. A. Proper myself a little bit because just having working from home, you know, all the time. And so but absolutely, i miss, you know, seeing the shoot setup, just seeing the immersion, the immersion as you describe it in the industry, that is just Part And Parcel of living in this great movie town. Im very curious to see how the oscars are going to be Tomorrow Night at union station. You know, which is a very iconic location, very hollywood iconic location. I know not everyones happy about it. But i am fascinated to see how and if theyre going to pull it off. We are as well. Well have to leave it there. Thank you so much, justin chang, really appreciate it. Thank you, kim. Its been a monumental week for space exploration. He is the first to progress to the international Space Station a crew in a Space Capsule arrived to hugs and smiles at the international space six. The next six months theyll work on research Nasa Hopes will help in the development of drugs and vaccines. The iss is now full with 11 astronauts and cosmonauts, the largest crew the Orbiting Station has ever hosted. Also this week, Nasas Ingenuity Helicopter successfully flew a second time on mars, going higher and farther than it did before. And the Perseverance Rover on mars converted Carbon Dioxide into oxygen, enough to sustain an astronaut for about ten minutes. This technology is key if humans ever want to set foot on the red planet. That wraps this hour of cnn newsroom. Dont fear, i will be back in just a moment with more news. Please do stay with us. My plaque psoriasis. The itching. The burning. The stinging. My skin was no longer mine. 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