And a burned Cargo Ship near th Sri Lankan coast and will cause an environmental disaster. At the site of one of the bloodiest chapters in u. S. History, president Joe Biden has done what none of his predecessors have done before. He is the first sitting u. S. President to pay tribute in person to the victims of the tulsa race massacre. One of the worst acts of racial violence in american history. Tulsas Greenwood District encompassed 35 blocks of entirely black owned businesses. And became known as black Wall Street. On may 31st, 1921, Tension Neighboring white residents boiled over and neighborhood was burned to the ground. President biden said literal hell was unleashed. During the night, into the morning, the mob terrorized greenwood, tortures and guns and shooting at will. A Mob Tieded A Black Man by the waist to the back of their truck with his head banging along the pavement as they drove off. A murdered black family draped over the fence of their home outside. And only couple knelt by their bed praying to god with their Heart And Soul when they were shot in the back of their heads. President biden is also launching new efforts to battle racial inequality and placing Vice President Kamala Harris in It Charge of leading the administrations efforts on Voting Rights. The they want to roll back discriminatory moves against minority voters and prevent republican led states from restricting voting access. President biden has been very forceful in his condemnation of states like texas. Kai Kaitlyn Collins explains. Reporter One Day after warning democracy is in peril, President Biden is Blasting Efforts to restrict voting. With an Intensity And Aggressiveness that we have not seen in a long, long time. Reporter biden addressing the dramatic fight in texas over the most restrictive Voting Bills in the nation. It simply unamerican. Its not, however, sadly, unprecedented. Reporter texas democrats stopped the Gop Effort for now but other states have already passed new Voting Restrictions or are debating it. Democratic state lawmakers are calling on biden and his allies in congress to act. We did our part to stop this horrible Voter Suppression Bill in texas. And now texas democrats are calling on President Biden and democrats in the senate to use the filibuster to pass the voti. Reporter it would reauthorize the Voting Rights act. Major Voting Legislation stalled in congress amid republican opposition. I hear all the folks on Tv Saying why didnt biden goet ths done . Because biden only have a majority of four votes in the House And Tie in the senate. Reporter democrats need ten senate republican votes or to abolish the filibuster which democratic senator Joe Manchin has pledged to protect. Im not ready to destroy our government. Im not ready to destroy my government, no. Reporter biden putting Kamala Hair Nisrris in charge. Im going to fight like heck with every tool at my disposal for the passage. Reporter in tulsa, biden met with survivors from the massacre when a white mob attacked a thriving black community. For much too long, the history of what took place here was told in silence, cloaked in darkness. But just because history is silent, it doesnt mean that it didnt take place. Reporter biden is the first Sitting President to commemorate the racial violence that was minimized for so long. My fellow americans, this was not a riot. This was a massacre. Reporter officials say biden wants to help close the racial Wealth Gap by using more federal funding to support minority owned businesses. Thats what great nations do. They come to terms with their dark sides. Reporter One Thing President Biden did not mention in his speech was cancelling Student Loan Debt which some leaders have called on him to do saying that disproportionately affects africanamerican students over white students and youve seen people like the leader of the naacp saying this is a step that the administration should be considering. But when the White House was asked about this and whether or not theyre going to respond to the calls for reparations of the descendents of the tulsa race massacre, they said that President Biden supports a steady forward it but didnt commit to doing so. Reaction to the u. S. President s visit to tulsa has been pouring in. Earlier the chairwoman of Tulsas City Council called for reparations. I definitely dont think we need to wait. We waited too long. Tulsa has waited 100 years. And we have very few survivors left. I think you can walk and chew Bubble Gum at the same time. We need to do boeth. We need reparations. We need to be clear on what reparations is. Reparations is land and cash. Everything else is good policy. There is a lot of work to be done to address this systemic and institutionalized racism that has taken place throughout this country. The biden administration is officially ending the Trump Era Policy of returning Asylum Seekers to mexico to wait for u. S. Court dates. The Homeland Security Secretary said the socalled remain in Mexico Policy had mixed effectiveness. Since President Biden suspended the program shortly after he took office, more than 11,000 migrants have been allowed to enter the u. S. To pursue asylum claims. And the biden administration plans to suspend another controversial Policy Trump put in place. The White House says the president is suspending Oil And Gas leases in alaskas arctic national wildlife refuge. This move protects the land from Fossil Fuel Extraction that environmentalists say disrupts fragile wildlife and ecosystems. Its a setback for Alaskas State Government which hopes the Trump Policy would revive its oil industry. The worlds largest Meat Packer says its making significant progress as it recovers from a Ransomweare Attack that can be likely traced to russia. Jbs foods says its operations in North America and australia were affected. We report this is just the latest a disturbing wave of high profile Cyber Attacks. Reporter the biden administration is accusing russian ransomware attackers of being behind the latest attack on critical infrastructure. Am this time meat processing. Jbs foods, one of the biggest Food Companies in the world, says it is the victims of an organized Cyber Attack against the i. T. Systems. According to the american Farm Dur owe, jbs processes under a quarter of the u. S. s meat production. The white House Isnt accusing the russian government but cyber criminals still they make it clear that they see it as Russias Responsibility to crack down on these malicious actors. The white House Deputy Press secretary said in a statement, the White House is engaging directly with the russian government on this matter and delivering the message that responsible states do not harbor ransomware criminals. The hackers that attacked the colonial pipeline were also from rush why. That caused Gas Shortages and long lines up and down the East Coast of the United States. Another official told me the president was briefed on monday about the attack and he told his administration to take any necessary measures to address any impact on supply or prices. So that is clearly a major concern of the biden administrations. The White House also says the multiple federal agencies are monitoring the situation. The usda is speaking regularly with the Jbs Foods Leadership And Jbs is getting technical help from the cyber agency. Neither jbs nor the White House have said what the Ransom Demand is. Nor has the company said what is working and what is not. But a number of their Production Facilities appear to have been shut down. Weve seen facebook posts in nebraska, texas, wisconsin saying that production is not happening and other services are also not working. So this is yet another reminder of how vulnerable critical infrastructure around the world is to malicious hackers. Cnn, washington. Israeli politicians working to push the countrys longest serving Prime Minister from office. Have less than a day to stitch together a new government. Centrist and the religious nationalist face a deadline of midnight thursday to pull it off. If they can do it, the knesset approves their coalition would end 12 years in power for Benjamin Netanyahu and usher in a new era in israeli politics. Journalist Elliott Gotkin is live in jerusalem. So where do negotiations stand this hour as time runs out to finalize a new Governing Coalition in israel . Rosemary, theyre talking. Theyve been negotiating in overdrive since sunday, almost nonstop. Im told from a source involved in the negotiations that very significant progress was made overnight. But that there is one Sticking Point that, Sticking Point is what would seem to be a relatively obscure committee within the knesset. Now the coalition that theyre trying to form if they get it over the line, they would have two positions on the judicial appointments committee. A committee that as the name suggests helps appoint judges. Now one of those has gone to the kind of rightwing side of the block. Gideon sar is the leader of the new Hope Party and the next justice minister. The other one has gone to the leader of one of the left wing parts of the potential coalition, the leader of the labor party. But the number two to bennett who would potentially be the first Prime Minister of the Prime Ministership in the new coalition, she is demanding she have the role on that judicial appointments committee. That has been promised to the leader of the left wing labor party. That im told by the source involved in the negotiations is the only Stumbling Block now that they need to get over. They need to somehow find some kind of agreement and as you say, theyve got now less than 13 hours in which to do so to tell the president and the speaker of the knesset that theyve done it and then to have that then go to a vote in the Anyon Knesset in a week. Were not there yet. Were inching towards that potential outcome. But as we know, you know, until its done, its not done. And at this stage, this point in the day, it could go either way. Well watch to see what happens. Elliott joining us live from jerusalem. Many thanks. Relations with the u. S. In keeping iran in check are two of the central issues for whoever leads israel going forward. I spoke early we are professor dove waxman, the chair of israeli studies at ucla and he explained how the two are related. On the issue of iran, there is more continuity than change in so far as the agreed policy for this government that comes into being will be to oppose the iranian nuclear program and a renewed nuclear agreement with iran. But the tactics that they may adopt will be, i think, somewhat less confrontational than netanyahus tactics have been less combative. And so i think that also bodes well for u. S. Israel relations. Just having a different leader at the helm is likely improve the relationship. Netanyahu is really become toxic to many americans, particularly many democrats. Hes deeply unpopular. Simply having a fresh face will be an improvement in that respect. And i think bennett, although in many ways is more rightwing than netanyahu, isnt going to confront the biden administration or the president himself in the way that netanyahu likely would have done. So in that respect, i think u. S. Israel relations will improve and having the foreign minister, a centrist as foreignster will probably help things as well. I wouldnt expect dramatic changes. But i think the climate of u. S. Israel relations will improve. Professor dove waxman, chair of israeli studies at ucla, talking to me earlier. As the Uk Reopening date approaches, not everyone is ready for all restrictions to be lifted. Still to come, the reason why scientists are urging the government to hit the pause button. Plus, how the technology used in Pfizer And Modernas Covid19 Vaccines could pave the way for new treatments for cancer and hiv. Well explain. 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. Hi. 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Covid19 has been far deadlier there than the official numbers have shown. Heres a look at the Death Toll before Mondays Announcement just over 69,000. Now though that number has more than doubled to nearly 181,000. Thats the highest per Capita Death Rate in the world. The country was already one of the worst hit in Latin America and recently extended a State Of Emergency and nationwide lockdown until the end of this month. A top Uk Scientist says if the country wants to avoid a third wave of coronavirus, it needs to delay its Reopening Plans. Its the latest voice to warn against a speedy reopening. Profess Professor Adam Fin says we still have a lot of people that neither had this infection or been immunized and thats why were in a vulnerable position right now. In a dramatic development, the uk reported no Virus Related Deaths on tuesday for the first time since the pandemic began. But experts and officials say a rise in variant infections cannot be ignored and Reopening Plans should be reconsidered. So lets turn to Cnns Reporter who joins us live from london. Good to see you bianca. How likely is it that british government will reconsider the Reopening Plans at this point . The Prime Minister said throughout he would follow the data. And there are also several tests that he put in place to judge whether or not its appropriate to continue with unlocking down the country. And one of those tests which is key for this discussion is that there cant be an emergence of a new variant which might throw the current plan into disarray which might cause a surge in cases, hospitalizations, put extra pressure on the Health System in britain. So that is the test that were looking at when we ask the request whether or not britain remains on track to have the relaxation of all rules and social distancing or social contact rules lifted by the 21st of june. And this is, because there is a chorus of voices now from the Science Community in the uk, and the chief national Medical Officer in scotland as well as figures in the rest of the country who are saying that were now in thon the brink of third wave. It is an important time and caution is prudent at this point to try to mitigate the impact of the rise of the socalled delta variant. This is a variant first identified in india which is now the dominant strain in britain. The Health Secretary said it is likely about three quarters of the new cases in the uk are this new variant. They tend to be among the younger parts of the population which indicate that the Vaccine Effort is effective. But it still unknown at this point exactly how effective it is. So the countries that are at an interesting cross roads. You mention there is this incredible milestone of zero deaths reported yesterday in the united kingdom. That is the first time that happened since the beginning of the pandemic. Over 400 days. So there are the parallel tracks, that wonderful News But Everyone has been waiting for for a long time and then simultaneously there is a consistent rise in cases. Over the last week, rosemary, theres been at least 3,000 cases every day in the uk. That is a considerable rise on weeks prior. And we all know that hospitalizations and unfortunately deaths lag considerably behind the upstick in cases. Moment the decision is being made about whether or not it does make sense to continue to relax more rules in a couple of weeks time when there does seem to be the surge with scientists warning we could be on the brink of a third wave. So remains to be seen whether or not the Prime Minister and the government think that there will be an appetite for that and that compliance will be good. Were expecting Boris Johnson to speak later today. Rosemary . All right. Well wait and hear what he has to say about all this. Bianca joining us live from london, many thanks. The. More signs of progress in the battle against covid19. The number of new Coronavirus Infections worldwide has been falling for the past five weeks according to the world health organization. And for the first time since march of last year the u. S. Just recorded a seven Day Average of fewer than 20,000 new daily covid19 cases. Here is even more promising news. At least 12 u. S. States have now met the biden Administrations Goal to vaccinate 70 of adults. That is according to the cdc. Pfizer and moderna are both applying for full approval in the u. S. For their coronavirus vaccines. But both were created using Mess Efrpger Rna technology which could drive the next wave of health care innovation. Sanjay gupta explains. Reporter as i sat there waiting for my Covid19 Vaccine last december, i remember thinking, just how ordinary and extraordinary this moment was at the same time. It wasnt just that the vaccine had the potential to protect You And Me and end this pandemic and also the possibility this Vaccines Technology could fundamentally change medicine. It all starts with this tiny strand of mrna. It is made in our bodies all the time. Directing our cells to make difference proteins. And its also the backbone of Pfizer And Modernas Covid19 Vaccines. In this case, instructing our own bodies to, first, make the coronavirus significant Spike Protein which then in turn prompts our Immune System to create antibodies to that Spike Protein. Think of it like this its essentially turning our bodies into our very own vaccine making machines. Once you got the sequence, its a one Stop Reaction to make rna. This doctor began investigating Manipulating Mrna in the mid 2000s. Back then, we were thinking of using it for vaccines, for therapeutic proteins. Reporter fast forward two decades, and these ideas are a reality. And they are growing. Moderna is now testing that technology for a virus that is the leading infectious cause of Birth Defects in the United States. Another company is utilizing the technology for a potential rabies vaccine. And everyone is seemingly focused on flu. Currently it takes about six months to develop a Flu Vaccine, meaning researchers have to make an educated guess on what is going to be the major Flu Strai circulating next season. Even before the current Flu Season is over. Mrna Flu Vaccine could shorten that Time Line to about a month. Whic what you may not know is this began with a love story. The Husband And Wife team of Doctors Sarin and thorechi. I spoke with them months ago from my podcast. Coronavirus fact versus fiction. What is the future now of Mrna Technology . It is a very versatile technology and you can also use it to combine things, for example, of cancer. Reporter remember that idea of turning our bodies into vaccine making machines, well, they are now in the early stages of doing that for cancer. But instead of the Spike Protein for coronavirus, they find cellmarkers for an Individuals Cancer and essentially train the Immune System to fight it. It is highly specific. And very fast. Its this agility that pfizer is also now relying on to fight potential new variants of the coronavirus. Our goal is to do it in three months. Be able to develop a new variant, get it through production and bring it to patients. Reporter in a year where so much went wrong, it is worth truly celebrating the things that went right. Three million doses pumping through here. Reporter Mike Mcdermott got emotional when i asked him to reflect on the program. The day we shipped the first doses out of this site, that was our Moon Shot. Reporter a Moon Shot that we were not only incredibly lucky to witness but to actually experience ourselves. 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I thought it might be interesting to show the kid how i commute around. Reporter so when the opportunity arose to move to myanmar and cover this complicated country in southeast asia, the Detroit Native jumped at it. Eventually landing a position at the independent online News Outlet Frontier myanmar as the managing editor. But whether they staged a Coup On February First Parting Protests and bloody crockdown, danny and his colleagues soon realized their profession made them a target. There is no safe way of doing journalism. It is a job you do inside the country on extreme risk. It is extremely important one. I think for a long time in myanmar, being a foreign national is seen as a protection. Not any more. Miss you so much. I cant wait to get home and see you. Reporter when 37yearold Danny tried to board a flight to the United States just over a week ago, authorities arrested him. Their efforts to squelch journalism, it kills life and kills freedom. It kills truth. I think they need to let him go immediately. He hasnt committed any crime there. He is the fourth national who has been arrested since the coup began. Another u. S. Journalist Nathan Mung was detained in march when his offices were raided. A Family Friend told cnn that the editor in chief of the media was tortured for two weeks after his arrest. The 44yearold and his local producer was severely beaten around their heads, burned on their stomach, buttocks and thighs with cigarettes and made to kneel on ice while handed were handcuffed behind them. The committee to protect journalist described the abuse as unconscienceable. Both Danny And Nathan are being held in the notorious insane prison, a monument to brutality. Housing more than 10,000 prisoners of which hundreds are political prisoners. There are many, many people in that prison that are going through hell right now and theyve done nothing wrong. Owen, were not using his real name, was one of dannys close environment friends in myanmar. He left the Country Back in p april as the crackdown against journalists escalated. The longer you stay on, the more risk you were taking of them One Day coming into your own house and taking you away as well. Reporter according to the human Rights Group Assistance association for political prisoners, more than 830 civilians have been killed in myanmar also known as burma in the last four months. Dannys wife remains in myanmar and they work tirelessly to keep his detention in the headlines. We miss you so much reporter hoping and praying the u. S. Government can negotiate their sons release. Its a total nightmare. Its a total feeling of no control. Its heartwrenching. And i just want my son home no matter what it takes. Reporter cnn, hong kong. A Bellarussian Activist stabbed himself in the throat during a Court Hearing on tuesday. The images are disturbing. A local human Rights Watchdog says the wounds are not life threatening. The group says that stefan harmed himself in court because he says authorities threatened to harm his family if he didnt plead guilty to charges he denies. Cnns Frederic Plikin joins us live from berlin to talk more on this. It is a disturbing and distressing story. What is the latest on this . Well, certainly is, rosemary. All this played out in the courtroom yesterday. Essentially what happened was that as this trial was going on, is that stefans father, he was in the stand as a witness. When his father finished, it was then that stefan said that the authorities had pressured him, had said they would go after him if he didnt wrongfully admit his guilt. And that he would they would go after his neighbors and his family as well. It was then that he took out a pen and stabbed himself in the throat. I think one of the things that our viewers are able to see on the very disturbing images is that defendants in the trial very often are in cages. So it took a while actually for Court Workers to get to him and get him out. He was then carried on a sort of Gurney Stretcher out sued. As you mentioned, required surgery. But luckily his wounds are not life threatening. This is another reflection of the on going and accelerating crackdown on dissent on activism and on critical journalism in belaruse. Still in jail. His companion also in jail. Were now about ten days since that ryan Air Flight carrying both of them was forced to land at minsk airport. What happened yesterday is that there was a conference in lithuania by the belarussian delegation. The Opposition Leader called this state terrorism. Called on the biden administration specifically to do more to pressure the governments in minsk. A lot of folks in that part of the world looking to that Summit Pren Biden and putin to see how things move forward there. Absolutely. Well be watching that very closely. Fred, bringing us the latest from berlin. Many thanks. Environmentalists say its one of the worst disasters in S Sri lankas history. The Cargo Ship could spill oil any minute now and fragile ecosystems could be at risk. Well have a live report. This. Is what freedom sounds like. And this. This is what Freedom Smells like. Ahhh, enjoy 30 days of openroad freshness. Febreze car. Do you have a Life Insurance Policy you no longer need . Now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. Call Coventry Direct to learn more. We thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. But we quickly realized that we needed a way to supplement our income. Our friends sold their policy to help pay for their medical bills and that got me thinking. 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So, will, what is the latest on this Sinking Ship and how extensive will the environmental impact likely be . Well, the true extent of this damage may not be learned, rosemary, for weeks, months, years, because this is the kind of disaster that has the potential to dramatically alter the ecosystem in a nation that relies heavily on its fishing industry, on beach front tourism. And is also home to several species of endangered animals including species of turtles and fish. And nonmigratory whales that are in peril as a result of this. You have a multiple pronged catastrophe here. There is more than 300 metric tons of oil. That is more than 300,000 kilograms of oil that could spill into the ocean. They do have a Contingency Plan in place for an oil spill. But now that the ship is sinking, that process is much p more difficult but you have micro pellets made to make a lot of the plastics in the world and these are things that animals can swallow. That can be very damaging if not deadly for certain species of animals that swallow these. You have chemicals, some of which we dont even know what they are yet. Because right now sri lanka is calling this the worst environmental disaster in it our lifetimes if possibly ever. And that was the damage from a handful of containers that were torn apart in this explosion. The fire is now burning for two weeks. You have 1400 or so large containers. Everything that is inside, the contents could potentially spill out into the ocean. I was chatting with an environmentalist right now who likened this to a man made version of the devastating 2004 tsunami. Not in terms of visual, draic and loss of life, but in terms of the potential for many years of destruction as a result of this. All right. Will rippley joining us. Many thanks. The Neon Lights are glowing bright again in Sin City as Las Vegas welcomes back visitors with no pandemic restrictions in sight. The city is betting big on reopening to help bring back jobs and revenue. But as Cnns Reporter reports, that could be a risky gamble. In downtown Las Vegas, a countdown to mark Sin Citys come back. It is officially open right now pandemic restrictions are now a thing of the past. Maskl tourists celebrating. It feels good to be back free. Hopefully everybody goes and gets vaccinated. Well be back out here. For the first time in over a year, the visitors rocked out to live music. The plexiglas dividers meant to keep gamblers safe during the pandemic are coming down. In most places, fully vaccinated visitors can ditch the masks and scratch social distancing. Not everyone will play by the rules. The challenge is to get people to wear masks if they have not been vaccinated. Its on the honor system. We have a lot of people coming to town that are on the first vacation in a year and a half. Reporter but for a city so reliant on tourism, its a tricky balance. Last year the Coronavirus Pandemic turned vegas into a ghost town. Casinos were ordered to shut doors costing thousands of jobs and billions in lost revenue. The vegas jobless rate shot to 33 last april from 7 in march. One of the worst in the nation. Large Trade Shows and conventions came to a halt. The. How critical are conventions to the Las Vegas economy . Theyre so critical that what you see on the strip would not make sense to build. Without meetings and conventions as a major compliment of that. Reporter conventions bring in Big Bucks and crucial Week Day bookings contributing 11 Billion in 2019 alone. Next week the Las Vegas convention and Visitors Authority will debut the nearly 1 Billion expansion to host americas first major Trade Show since the pandemic began. World of concrete which is tens of thousands of people will be here june 8th. It is the first citywide event to happen in the United States. Its an economic test for the stakes are high. A city to high stakes. It does feel like there is a lot of optimism here if things appear to be returning back to normal. But there is still a long road ahead. International travel is not back yet. Thats a critical missing piece of the puzzle. Were not Out Of The Woods in termsst pandemic. A new surge in cases and vivid cases or a new variant could put the brakes on Sin Citys come back. Cnn, Las Vegas. Amazon is trying a new tactic to draw in potential workers. The chp says applicants will no longer be tested for marijuana. And the drug will be treated the same way as alcohol. Amazon notes that State Laws on maryland are changing and the company is now endorsing a bill to have the drug legalized on a federal level. Still to come, the faceoff between a large bear and a California Teen trying to protect her pooch. Tony here from creditrepair. Com taking to the streets to talk about credit. Can you repair your credit yourself . Yes. Great. How . Uhhh. How long does Credit Repair take . 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Upgrade to Febreze Fade defy plug. The biggest stars in tennis come to the defense of naomi owe sack why plus a tough loss for the reigning nba champs. Patrick snell has our minute in sports. We saw this wednesday, rosemary with the overwhelming show of support for Naomi Osaka following her decision to withdraw from the French Open. From the world of golf, basketball and tennis, mens top ranked djokovic calling the japanese superstar very brave and adding he hopes she comes back strong after the 23yearold cited Mental Health reasons for withdrawing. Elsewhere, patrick becoming the second seeded Womens Player to withdraw from the tournament. The twotime major winner from the Czech Republic injured while fulfilling Media Obligations after her first round victory. To the nba playoffs now. Defeat for Lebron James and the l. A. Lakers in game five against the phoenix suns, suns winning at 115 points to 85. And they now lead the best of seven series 32. The nets advancing to the Conference Semis for the first time since 2014 after eliminating the Selceltics Withe post tripledouble. And real Madrid Manager again. The famed italian Head Coach leading English Premier league for the second stint. And with that, rosemary, its back to you. Thanks so much. And as patrick mentioned there is an outpouring of support for japanese Tennis Star Naomi Osaka. World Sports Alex thomas joins me now from london. Good to see you, alex. So Naomi Osaka has powerful names in her corner. What is the latest on her brave stand to shine a spotlight on this sensitive issue . We havent heard anything from naomi herself since she quit the French Open on monday night. But a full 24 hours from everybody who is anybody within tennis but also the wider Sports World and also business and sponsors. I think because her statement explaining why she was finally quitting the tournament was so much clearer and also, you know, very open and revealing about her problems with depression, shes widely been supported. Even the tone of the latest statement from the four representatives that organized the four Grand Slam events each year is very different. Lets read out statements from tuesday. It read, we wish to offer Naomi Osaka assistance in any way possible as she takes time away from the court. She is an exceptional athlete and look forward to her return as she deems appropriate. Mental health is a very challenging issue which deserves attention. It is both complex and personal as what effects one individual does not necessarily affect another. Thats a real soften ining in T Stance and the dialogue that owe socka wants to talk about how to treat people differently and if they find the Stress Conversations stressful. Djokovic, the leading ranked Mens Player in the world has had quite a regulationship with the media and also with Tennis Governing Bodies down the years. Very support you have of osaka and in the modern age when they have millions of followers, they can speak directly to the fans without using the conduit of the media. The Oem Issue we have being in this business for a year, the perfect press is there to provide friendly but critical questions to athletes and others. Of course, though, were dealing with such young athletes these days. Well see what comes of all of this. Alex thomas joining us live from london. Many thanks. A Momma Bear and its cubs were no match for one California Dog Mom and her pups. Footage captured the moments a seen shoved a bear off a Backyard Wall to protect her familys dogs. The pups charged toward the intruders and the bear started charging them. Thats when the teen jumped into action bringing the dogs back to safety. 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