Gates pleading not guilty. The new developments in the agreements. And cleared to race. After days of controversy, kentucky derby winner medina spirit is set to hit the track again. Can he pull out a second win? it is saturday, may 15th. We re so grateful that you are with us. And we re grateful to also have a special visitor, welcome, good morning, amara. Thank you. Great to be with you. We re going to enjoy it today and americans are going to enjoy their first full weekend with loosened covid restrictions, of course there are concerns as there have been throughout the entire pandemic. And the cdc says horn 155 million people have received at least one dose of the covid19 vaccine including 2. 4 million children under 18. But some experts have raised concerns about the new guidance, in part because vaccine hesitancy remains a barrier to achieving that goal of herd immunity. Nearly every state has ended or plans to soon end mask mandates. And while a growing number of retailers are tell
Gas flowing again. Are other criminals watching and learning? welcome to the lead. I m jake tapper, and we re going to start with the health lead and a pandora s box of confusion brought on by the cdc s sudden yet liberating announcement that mully vaccinated americans do not need to wear masks inside or outside. While many states took their recommendations at face value and lifted the mask mandate being others did not. Starting today federal employees including those in washington, d. C. Do not need a mask while at work if fully vaccinated. Despite the cdc guidance, airlines and amtrak are still requiring masks and so are many major retailers including walmart, target, kroger, home depot, starbucks, the list goes on and on. Cnn s nick watt reports on this reluctance to change despite what the cdc is advising. Reporter: the percentage of covid19 tests coming back positive has never been lower than it has been these past few days, ever. That s big. So is this. If you re fully vaccinated
Death and destruction. Let s begin, though, with the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Anthony fauci is about to join us. He s going to be answering your questions about the new cdc mask guidance. First, let s get an update from nick watt in los angeles. There s new advice from the cdc which is already causing serious confusion out there. What are you seeing? reporter: it is, wolf. Listen, if you were hoping this would end the confusion, it hasn t. The confusion is still here. If you re going to the store, walgreens says you still do need to wear a mask, but you do not need to wear a mask at most walmarts or costcos or trader joes. Officials here in los angeles county are saying we re going to take a little bit of time, review the guidelines and post our own sensible adjustments. The percentage of covid19 tests coming back positive as never been lower than it s been these past few days ever. That s big. So is this. If you are fully vaccinated, you no longer need to wear a mask. R
coventry direct redefining insurance i m rafael roma at the georgia state capitol in atlanta. this is cnn cnn breaking and you are in the cnn newsroom. i m wolf blitzer in washington. we begin with the breaking news, a response to donald trump s claim that it s impossible for him to get a $464 million bond as the appeal plays out, the new york attorney general s office is telling the appeals court to ignore that argument. cnn s kara scannell is joining us from new york right now. so qarrah, what exactly did the new york attorney general s say well, if it s trump made this filing on monday, making needs new claims that they were unable to get a bond of the approach 30 insurance brokers will the new york attorney general s office is telling me appeals court that it s too late for trump to come to the table with this information. so it should be ignored, but they also say if you are going to accept it, the new york attorney general s office is saying that the appeals court s
office has said israel s continued restrictions on getting aid in may amount to use of starvation as method of war . in a phone call, president biden told the israeli prime minister of his deep concerns over a planned assault on rafah in southern gaza. but benjamin netyanyahu has just said there s no way to destroy hamas in rafah, other than by a ground incursion. all this, as talks continue in qatar in a bid to secure a ceasefire deal. let s get this report from anna foster in jerusalem. at gaza s southern tip, the aftermath of another israeli air strike. 1.4 million displaced people are now sheltering in rafah and israel has made it clear it wants to go further. a ground offensive, it ,says would remove hamas from gaza entirely. but there s international pressure to avoid even more deaths. the message from israel s allies to its leaders is getting stronger. our position is that hamas should not be allowed a safe haven in rafah or anywhere else, but a major ground operation