Details are wow. Wow is exactly right. My law license is a little dusty but never a good idea to but any of your crimes in writing. Its said that gaetz paid several women for sex and one was underage. Greenberg claims she thought she was 19 and then realized she was underage. As you noted though, we havent seen these letters but this does track with our reporting. Over the past month weve spoken with several money who exchanged money for sex with these two men. All of these women were of aiming and weve seen the receipts. This completely tracks with what weve heard in our own reporting. Our own chris cuomo spoke with roger stone last night. Stone though says he doesnt remember a left, doesnt remember Greenberg Implicating Gaetz and never received any money from greenberg and never tried to get him a pardon. Reporter so what are Congressman Gaetz and this former Associate Greenberg saying today . Greenbergs attorney declined to comment and the spokesman for gaetz says gaetz has never paid for sex nor had sex with a 17yearold as an adult and argue that this specific story claims or shows that representative gaetz was long out of touch with mr. Greenberg and had no interest in involving himself in mr. Greenbergs affairs. Thats not what this story actually reflects, and our reporting is, of course, mr. Greenberg who is behind bars right now. Hes facing 33 federal counts, sources tell us hes been cooperating with federal authorities since last year, and hes been telling investigators about these encounters that he and the congressman had with women exchanging money for sex, and we could learn more about what hes told investigators as he is expected to timize his plea deal in the next few months. All right. Paula, thanks so much. Now we go to Rudy Giuliani and the new revelations from the New York Times today about what the federal agents were looking for when they raided gul anys home and office earlier this week and how it all may connection to the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine and to giulianis efforts to get her fired, efforts that aligned with the desires of various corrupt Eastern European officials. What may be in the evidence collected puts giuliani in the middle of a federal growing investigation as cnns Alex Marquardt now reports. Reporter when federal agents swooped in this week raiding the new york apartment and office of Rudy Giuliani, they were reportedly trying to zero in on the role that giuliani played in ousting the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch. According to the New York Times one Search Warrant stated that it was seeking evidence related to the yovanovitch ouster. Fbi agents seized giulianis Electronic Devices to investigate communication that he had with ukrainians about the effort. That warrant is completely illegal. Reporter on fox news giuliani denied he was acting on behalf of ukrainians and blasted the prosecutors decision to search his home and office. There was no justification for that warrant. Its an illegal, unconstitutional warrant, one of many, that this department of injustice tragically has done. Reporter warrants were executed against giulianis assistant and fellow lawyer vic Victoria Toensing who also had dealings with ukrainians. Ambassador yovanovitch was a Career Diplomat who focused on anticorruption efforts in ukraine. Giulianis allies wanted her out and enlisted his help. During the first impeachment of donald trump, Yovanovitch Accused Giuliani of mounting a Smear Campaign against her. I do not understand mr. Giulianis motives for attacking me, nor can i offer an opinion on whether he believed the allegations he spread about me. Reporter giulianis efforts worked. Trump was convinced, and yovanovitch was removed. Why do you need her out of the way. I didnt need her out of the way. I forced her out because shes corrupt. Reporter now sources told cnn that while giuliani was working with the ukrainians, the Trump Administration was warned that some of the information that was being given to him was from foreign intelligence. We know that one of his primary ukrainian contacts, according to u. S. Intelligence, was an agent for the russians, so giuliani almost certainly would have been aware that there were serious concerns about the people he was dealing with, and, jake what their intentions were. Alex mar quart, thanks so much. Appreciate it. There is an elephant in the room. Its the posttrump Republican Party where things have gotten so bad Congresswoman Liz Cheney needed to defend her basic civility, that fist bump she did with the president of the United States earlier this week. Cheney is the third ranking republican, the house gop conference chair, and shes been duking it out with the House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy over not just fist bumps but over mccarthys embrace of President Trump and President Trumps election lies and what should be the future of the fractured gop as cnns manu raju explains. Reporter Congresswoman Liz Cheney facing new turmoil internally amid her feud with former President Trump donald trump and the house gop loyalists erupting after the congresswoman responded to questions at a gop retreat this week in florida all stemming from trump and his role in the deadly january 6th attack on the capitol. Thats a decision that the Justice Department is going to have to make. Reporter saying trump is not the leader of the party. I think our elected leaders, you know, are the ones who are in charge of the Republican Party. Reporter a senior House Republican leader told cnn that cheney could be in, quote, very big trouble and expected that there could be another attempt to kick her out of leadership. The members were very upset that she trampled all over messaging during the party retreat. A fist bump with the current president of the United States even leading cheney to sweep were not sworn enemies. Were americans. The fallout underscoring how trumps appeal to the base still makes him the gops dominant figure despite his electoral defeat. Many endorse his lie that the 2020 election was rigged. Following her vote to impeach trump, cheney survived an attempt to out of her. The tension has yet only simmered. The two have not appeared at a press Conference Since this incident two months ago. Do you think former President Trump should be speaking at cpac this weekend . Yes, he should. Congresswoman cheney, thats up to cpac. Ive been clear about President Trump and the extent to which following january 6th i dont believe he should be playing a role in the future of the party for this country. Reporter a source told cnn mccarthy remains furious with cheney and this week we declined to back her up. Is cheney still a good fit for your Leadership Team . Thats a question for the conference. Reporter and the number two Steve Scalise makes it clear hes not in agreement with chainy. President trump is still a very active part of our party and very vocal leader in our party. Reporter so cheney does still have ample allies within the House Republican conference, including those who voted to impeach donald trump like Anthony Gonzalez of ohio when i spoke with this afternoon. He told me if a prerequisite for leading our conference is lying to our voters then liz is not the best fit. Jake. Thats exactly the issue. Manu raju, thanks so much. Appreciate it. Theres even more going on in the Republican Party. This next story is involving congresswoman marquezgreen taking a bit of a road trip. Were going to keep discussing that next. Plus, moves across the u. S. To try to limit protests, including some republican legislators proposing immunity for drivers who hit protesters who are blocking traffic. That story ahead. Plantbased surfactants like the ones in seventh generation detergent trap stains at the molecular level and flush them away. Its just science just. Science. Seventh generation tackles stains. Keeping your oysters Business Growing has you swamped. You need to hire. I need indeed indeed you do. The moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a shortlist of quality candidates from a resume data base claim your seventyfivedollar credit when you post your first job at indeed. Com promo in our Politics Lead congressman matt gaetz, republican of florida unfazed by allegations that he paid for sex with multiple women including a woman who was just 17. Is hitting the road with marquezgreen planning to go after republicans who are jail to former President Trump. The welcome back to karen finney. You had surgery and you look and sound great. Thanks for joining us, and were so glad to have you back. I know you want to say something. Lets wait until the end of the segment for that but lets talk about this. This tour was announced right after The Daily Beast reported and goes into detail about how he found out that one of the girls he had sex and paid for was an Underaged Girl allegedly. Aside from a denial from the Greats Spokesperson hes acting like everything is normal. Of course he is. Look, i think this situation highlights a Larmer Problem that Kevin Mccarthy has and he may even warrant to take a page out of the pelosi playbook. Hes got marquezgreen, matt gaetz and hes not really been able to unify his caucus behind a single idea. Instead mccarthy has been major is in the minors. Youre going to see people like matt gates continue to behave this way and create distractions of the Republican Party and i guarantee its not what the range and file want to be talking about but m. K. , im sure donald trump loveses it with greene and gaetz going around and attacking fellow republicans that arent loyal enough to him. Im sure that is right up his alley. I want to thank you for the opportunity. Im not a fan politically or ideologically of matt gaetz but its incumbent upon me to be fair. Hes denied all of it, absolutely. And there have been no indictments of him. There are of his soeshd and well find out more about that as we go along. Even when i dont love someone i want to point that out, but him going on the road with marqueMarjorie Taylor greene, its like an instagram tour, like pumping up someone who doesnt need to be pumped up many are theses about the Republican Party and this is a fight they will need to have about who is the face of the party . Is it someone like senator from South Carolina tim scott, or is it the Marjorie Taylor greenes of the world, and that fight is going to be fought in a lot of primaries and it could be pretty damaging to the party depending on which way it goes. And in that vain, karen, Congresswoman Liz Cheney had to actually issue a statement after she said i had to joe biden and gave him a fist bump and members of the Republican Caucus were upset about that. Just, i mean, she didnt i mean, she issued a blistering statement about what biden was propose, but she just acknowledged that hes president and was a human being to him. I think for most people watching that that was a positive for liz cheney to be appropriately respectful when the president of the United States appropriately shows you respect. I dont think most americans or even most americans in her Home District are going to fault her for that. They will Pay Attention to whether or not she supports bidens policies this. Goes back to what im saying, jake, about majoring in the minors. The Republican Party as m. J. Was just saying has got to figure out how do you come together, how do you unify regardless of the difference . Youve got the trump republicans and traditional reapins can a. Attacking liz cheney, attacking kamala hairs using a milk carton. Thats not putting forward ideas and policies that are going to do anything to actually tear into joe bidens high poll numbers. M. K. , sources tell cnn that some members of the Republican Caucus are irritated because cheney continues to go headtohead with House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy and continues to take a stand in favor of facts when it comes to thats not how they would put it but how i would put it and how facts would put it the about what happened in the election and her opinion about how trump shouldnt be the leader of the party. What do you think . Mean, should she stop, or should she just hold her ground . She shouldnt stop. Cheney has made it very clear that shes going to be very clear about her position, right, and i think that is the right thing to do, and when youre elected you should take the opportunity to speak the truth and speak it forcefully when given the chance, and if you think your party is headed in the wrong direction which she does under the leadership of a more trumplike figure and you want the party to find somebody who might bring these two coalitions together which i think is the healthy next step for the republican paeshts and im not sure that person can be trump, then you need to be speaking about it, and i think karen is exactly right that acting like a human while interacting with joe biden, President Biden, can actually or criticisms of his policy more power. If thats what youre actually talking about. Youre not talking about him so i think thats helpful to the party and shes also right about mccarthy, new dont put down a foot with the Marjorie Taylor greenes and the matt gaetzes of the world doing these rallies or things that you dont want emphasized, they will do exactly what they can do. Yeah. And he has not shown the ability to put his foot down on that. M. K. , great to see you. Karen, before we say goodbye, i just want to give you an opportunity to say something. I know thats been a long road for you recovering from your surgery and were so glad you have to back. Yeah. Well, thank you, jake, so much. As you know, in february i actually had brain surgery. I had a tumor removed, and its just when i tell you that i am grateful to be here, i mean that from the bottom of my heart, and i want to say thank you to you, the team at the lead, my cnn family, my family and my friends for your support and your prayers. I would not be here today without that. Well, were so glad, and we love you and we love m. K. And were glad youre both here. So good to see you, karen. Thank you, you too, m. K. Coming up, the white house now announcing it will start restricting travel from india to the United States as the covid crisis escalates there. Stay with us. We started with computers. We didnt stop at computers. We didnt stop at storage or cloud. We kept going. Working with our customers to enable the kind of technology that can guide an astronaut back to safety. And help make a hospital come to you, instead of you going to it. So when it comes to your business, you know well stop at nothing. So you want to make the best burger ever . Then make it that means cooking day and night until. [ ding ] success that means. Best burger ever. Intuit quickbooks helps Small Businesses be more successful with payments, payroll, and banking. This. Is a big deal. Now, at healthcare. Gov, millions more people can afford health coverage. 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Unsurprising as thats when Vaccination Efforts really ramped up, but with Vaccine Hesitancy still a major issue the cdc says they are now laser focused on convincing americans who are still hesitant to get shots into arms, including almost hovel of republicans, according to polls. As cnns Alexandra Field reports. Reporter a major milestone in americas fight against covid. With 100 million americans fully vaccinated as of today, we continue to move ahead in our progress to end this pandemic. Reporter as more people get vaccinated the average daily number of deaths falling, down by 80 since the peak in january when 3,000 americans were dying daily. The average number of daily new cases at the lowest level since october. What weve seen the last weeks has been stunning progress in terms of reduce the levels of covid, greatly increasing the numbers. Vaccinations. Reporter new york city mayor Bill De Blasio says hes hopeful that one of the countrys first Covid Epicenters could fully reopen by july 1st, chicago also loosening restrictions that will allow for a return to festivals and bigger events. Chicago is safely open for business and play. Reporter kentucky preparing to welcome 50,000 people to the stands for this weekends derby. Delta airlines putting passengers back into seats and the return of cruising is on the horizon, as soon as this summer according to the cdc. Most critically by fall President Biden suggests that all children should be back in classrooms. Based on the science and cdc they should probably all be open. Reporter more teens could soon have vaccines, too. Moderna is aiming to have its vaccine authorized for children aged 12 and up according to the president and pfizers authorization for the same age group could also come soon. Right now the countrys average number of vaccinations has sunk to its low elf level in weeks. 2. 6 million dale, and a new cnn poll shows 26 of American Adults dont plan to get a shot, that as so much of the world suffers and struggles to get more vaccines. In india just 2 of the population is fully vaccinated. Their capital city running low on firewood needed to burn bodies. What we are seeing is nothing short of an apocalypse. Weve had patients being rushed in. Getting through overnight and 90 patients in less than 12 hours. Reporter truly a stark and horrifying contrast between what youre seeing in india and the scenes of normalcy that youre starting to see across the u. S. , but, jake, requirements and restrictions are not being lifted everywhere. The tsa announcing today that they are extending their mask mandate for travelers at least through september 13th. Jake . Alexandra field, thank you so much. The dean of Brown University school of Public Health joins me now. Doctor, what do you make of new york citys plan to fully reopen on july 1st or the Kentucky Derby parking their stands or disneyland opening up to californians. We do have an amazing milestone of onethird of americans vaccinated. Do you think this is too much too soon . Yeah, jacques, thanks for having me on. Some of those things sound pretty reasonable. July 1st for new york city feels very reasonable. That time which is a couple months away well make a lot more progress. Packing in stands right now feels its not just a feel. We have a lot of infection spreading. Seems to me that thats less prudent and i would wait on that a little bit longer, but certainly we are headed in the right direction. Infections are falling, vaccinations have to continue. I think well have a really good summer but we need to be a real more careful against the big stuff right now. Covid deaths down 80 since january which, of course, when vaccinations began ramping up. It seems a pretty clear indicator of how effective these vaccines are. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, the vaccines just work. They protect you, they prevent you from spreading the virus to other people. I think, you know, we have not really appreciated how lucky we are that we have three terrific very safe and highly, highly effective vaccines. The cdc now says that they estimate roughly 35 of all of the American People were infected with covid. Thats roughly four times whats been reported. What might that mean for Herd Immunity . Yeah. You know, weve been tracking this very closely so that means that probably that half of americans who have not gotten vaccinated, about a third of that have probably has immunity from infections and that gets us into the sort of 60 , of 5 of americans have immunity right now. Thats great. It does mean that were not going to need to get 190 of people vaccinated but well have to do better than we are right now. Probably another 10 , 15 before we really see the numbers crash the way we did in israel when the numbers came way, way down. President biden hes fully vaccinated and tons wear a mask indoors and outdoors, even if hes around only other people who are fully vaccinated. The cdcs messaging is that the vaccine is a path to normalcy, but i wonder about this rule and the example the president is setting continuing to wear a mask. Might that make people reluctant to get vaccinated because they see that and think that guy is vaccinated, everyone around him is vaccinated, they are still Wearing Masks. What the heck, why should i even bother getting a shot . This is interesting because in the beginning of his presidency it made a a lot of sense. He wanted americans to be Wearing Masks and we all did, and so i think modeling Good Behavior was a really good idea. At this point with vaccines so widely available, Infection Numbers coming down, i think certainly outside the president can feel comfortable dropping the mask and, you know, things like the state of the Union Address that he had the other night. I think dropping the mask is going to be really important as a signal to people that vaccines are the path out of out of this craziness that were in. Moderna says that those who have been vaccinated with their vaccine will likely need a booster shot anywhere from 9 to 12 months after they were fully vaccinated. Does that mean because the vaccine is going to lose efficacy around nine months or is it because like with the flu, i know thats a different kind of shot, but they are updating it because of new variants . Whats the reason for it . Yeah. You know, weve heard this both from moderna and pfizer. Its possible we might need a booster at 9 to 12 months. My best estimate looking at the data on Vaccine Efficacy is she is vaccines should last at least a year, if not longer so there are two reasons. It may be that you start getting some waning of immunity. Thats one reason you might need an earlier booster. It may be that there are enough barriers around starting to get Breakthrough Infections that we want a booster but i think its early to be talking about boosters. At this point we need to get more people vaccinated. Im not wore id about people needing a booster until 2022 at some point. Earlier in the show sanjay was on, sanjay gupta, and he told us about his personal connection. He has lots of family and friends in india. We just lost an uncle and Fareed Zakarias mother died from covid. Youre indianamerican and you have a lot of friends and family still in india. What are you hearing from them . Are they okay . Yeah. Its a pretty horrible situation, jake. I have cousins who are infected and and one who is very, very sick. It its just its awful. Its affecting every part of india. I know people who have died, people that ive nope for a long time. Its just its a very bad situation, and, you know, up of the things that being an american is all of us have some connection to some other country. Its a reminder that that there are many reasons to care about the world. This is one of this. Dr. Jha, so horry to hear that. Prayers with your cousin. Thanks so much for talking with us today. Thank you. President Biden Visiting A very familiar place today as he makes his pitch to spend trillions of tax dollers a. Thats next. Stay with us. If you have. Moderate to severe psoriasis,. Little things. Can become your big moment. Thats why theres otezla. Otezla is not a cream. Its a pill that treats Plaque Psoriasis differently. With otezla, 75 clearer skin is achievable. Dont use if youre allergic to otezla. It may cause severe diarrhea,. Nausea or vomiting. Otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. 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Like the rest our infrastructure, were way behind the rest of the world right now. We need to remember were in competition with the rest of the world. Reporter the president standing in the shadow of 30th Street Station to mark the 50th A Verse Riff his beloved amtrak. Back on amtrak. Reporter he famously took the train every day from wilmington to washington tore more than 30 years as a senator. My name is joe amtrak biden. Reporter biden is asking congress for 80 billion to improve rail service, a small slice of the sweeping economic plan. Now at the Heart Negotiations between the white house and lawmakers. Theres so much we can do, and its the biggest bang for the buck we can expand. Reporter the visit is part of the president s sales pitch for his twopart economic agenda, the american jobs plan, a 2. 25 trillion package aimed at part in fixing the nations infrastructure and the American Families plan, a 1. 8 trillion proposal to expand access to education, child care and more. To make investments that could help america get back on track, no pun intended. Reporter its a heavy lift with skepticism with a handful of democrats and most all republicans who oppose raising taxes on the wealthiest americans to pay for the plans. A new cnn poll finds not only a deeply divided country but one where 70 of republicans believe that biden was not legitimately elected yet biden is seeking bipartisan support and is inviting Shelly Moore Caputo of West Virginia to the white house to try to find common ground, at least on infrastructure. Its been a good conversation. And i invited to come with anyone she wants to bring with her to the white house. The white house is increasingly focused on selling the plan to the American People outside of washington. A group of biden allies launching a new Advertising Campaign today tougt his achievements and praising his approach you wont hear him yelling or sending angry tweets because for joe biden actions speak louder. Now those ads are part of a multimillion dollar Advertising Campaign trying to rally support out in america, but, jake, the question is what effect will it have in the congress . Will any republicans come on board with this big Spending Plan . Infrastructure is one area where they do believe they can get some republican buyin but like will the not for the entire plan. You know, the question also can they keep democrats together . Next week there will be meeting is at the white house im told. This is a central challenge and test facing the administration in the coming months. Jake . All right. Jeff zeleny in the great city of philadelphia, thank you so much. Appreciate it. One activist says its an attempt to prosecute Black Americans for calling out systemic racism. Were going to take a look at whats going on with all these laws to limit protests across the country. Thats next. Not all 5g networks are created equal. Tmobile americas largest and fastest 5g network. 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In the National Lead today a driver who hits a protester with a car might be legally protected because of laws in at least two states now as republicans in 30 others push what they call antirioting bills proposed since massive protests last summer after George Floyds murder, many of which turned violent. The lawmakers of these laws argue that their bills encourage peaceful demonstrations, but some critics told cnns Laila Santiago that these bills dont get to the root of the problem and are instead aimed at silencing voices. The beanbags come out, and its really hard to understand like why. Why did this happen . Reporter nearly a year later Michael Hausen still struggles to make sense what have happened here in Fort Lauderdale when police violently clashed with black lives matter protesters following the murder of george floyd. Now another worry, a new state law that he believes targets just these kinds of necessary protests. I believe this was about prosecuting black people for having the nerve to stand up and call out systemic racism and fight against it. Reporter in florida the socalled antiriot law prohibits damaging memorials or historic proper. It prevents defending police and increases penalties for crimes during a riot which it defines as three or more individuals whose shared intent to engage in disorderly or violent conduct results in imminent damage of Property Damage or personal injury or actual damage or injury. It is the strongest antirioting proLaw Enforcement piece of legislation in the country, and theres just nothing even close. Translator deal with the real problem. Deal with the systemic racism in this problem. Deal with the real issues before you start legislating against a group of people who are speaking out. Reporter florida is not alone. Republicans in more than 30 states have introduced more than 81 bills targeting protests in the 2021 legislative session, thats according to the International Center for notforprofit law. Since the murder of george floyd sparked protests across the country last year, they tell us more than twice as many bills have been introduced and more are on the way. Fundamentally antiamerican to respond to protests by seeking to sigh lent lens them. It seems like State Lawmakers are reaching for a tool thats thats commonly reserved to repressive governments. In indiana gop lawmakers want to penalize people for funding protests. Another bill in minnesota would cut off many Public Benefits like state loans or assistance to a person convicted of an offense during a protest. And in a move that critics say emoex advocates painful memories of the deadly 2017 car attack on Peaceful Protesters in charlottesville, virginia. Republicans in iowa have proposed Granting Immunity to drivers who hurt protesters convicted of Unlawful Assembly or blocking traffic. Democrats worry the new florida laws broad language could lead to Peaceful Protesters being detained and silenced while republicans here cite some of the more violent demonstrations in recent years in other states and praise the measure for haloti violence and protecting police. Look at seattle, portland, minneapolis, thats no way to treat the community. Thats no way to treat those that put their entire life into building their business. Well, thats interesting because, you know, we dont want to be killed by police officers. Reporter the new law is being challenged in court in florida. Black lives matter black lives matter reporter for now the black lives Matter Alliance stays will focus ownedcating protesters about the new law. Is this stopping . Its not going to stop us because we know our First Amendment rights. Reporter jake, the black lives Matter Alliance here in Fort Lauderdale plan to spend the next few days reaching out to local Law Enforcement, even sending letters asking them not to enforce this new lets bring in w. Kamau bell. Hes got a new season of United Shades Of America kicking off on sunday. Congratulations on the new season. Your reaction to this wave of republican legislation in more than 30 states to try to change various laws around protesting. What do you think . This is all just a reaction to the fact that black people, black activists, a lot of black women activists were the engine behind the Democratic Party electing joe biden. This is a way to strike back against them as far as im concerned. Any time black people claim a bigger section of our citizenship in this country, there is a backlash from the right of this country. Your show this season takes a look at lots of things, but policing in america is one of them in the wake of the murder of george floyd. You looked at policing in your home city of oakland, california, in episode 1. Lets roll a quick look. Is this moment different as far as where we are in america and specifically around Law Enforcement . For me, its just this moment of being a you got it on. Right. The bay area had the high profile oscar grant case in 2009. Thats the black man killed by a bart officer. Tell us what your takeaways from that case and whether you thought it had an echo nationwide. Yeah. I was living out here then. Thats one of the things thats responsible for my career right now. It activated me as a citizen and said we need to raise up the voices of black People Killed by cops. At the time it was pretwitter being in the moves and preblack lives matter. Oakland helped us push the discussion that got us to black lives matter and is still part of the discussion right now. Now we have a case out here with mario gonzalez, who is a drunk guy in the park. People called 911 on him. The cops showed up and they killed him. Were still in the middle of this. The episode is focused on alternate ways to police and create safety for our communities. Thank you so much. Congratulations. The premier of season 6 of the United Shades Of America. Coming up, its being called one of the worst disasters in israels history, a massive crush at a religious festival. How paramedics described the scene, next. Grammarly business helps my Company Build higher performing sales teams. Since simons team started using Grammarly Business to sharpen their writing, weve closed more deals. Learn more at grammarly. Com business. We started with computers. We didnt stop at computers. We didnt stop at storage or cloud. We kept going. Working with our customers to enable the kind of technology that can guide an astronaut back to safety. And help make a hospital come to you, instead of you going to it. So when it comes to your business, you know well stop at nothing. 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As the bonfires, singing and dancing at the if hefestivities were under something terrible happened on one of the passageways leading out to the grand stands. Its a slippery ramp leading toward some stairs. Something happened to where people fell all over each other. A tangle of bodies led to 45 deaths, more than 150 people injured. The u. S. State department are confirming that u. S. Citizens were among those killed. An official telling cnn that they expect about five u. S. Citizens were among the list of those killed. Weve been on the site all day. The shock from last night is turning into anger. Theres anger at how this could have happened, how Tens Of Thousands of people could have crowded into this festival, especially during coronavirus times and seemingly what happened to the crowd control. This festival happens every year. Perhaps what was different this year or perhaps how did something this terrible not happen already, because in the previous years there have been Tens Of Thousands of people crowding at this festival. Now the Attorney General is Launching Investigation and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling on sunday for a national day of mourning. J j jake. Before we go, we want to take the time to remember one of the 575,000 lives lost to coronavirus in the u. S. Today we remember roger dean. He was just 31 years old, he was a firefighter and a paramedic in texas. His Department Says dean was diagnosed with covid back in december. He died of kplicomplications a ago today. Fellow firefighters stood in the rain to salute the procession as deans remains were moved. His funeral is tomorrow. To all his friends and family, may his memory be a blessing. Tune into State Of The Union sunday. Well have Susan Collins and cindy mccain. You can tweet the show the leadcnn. Our coverage continues with wolf blitzer. Hes right next door in the situation room. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. Happening now, Rudy Giuliani defiant as the criminal investigation of the former president s long time personal lawyer intensifies. Just a short while ago giuliani railed on the radio about the fbis search of his home and office in connection with his activities i