former president trump s inaugural committee chair tom barrett in federal custody today come a seven-count indictment of acting and conspiring as agent of the united arab emirates without registering into the second year of the trump presidency. he was also charged with obstruction of justice and making false statements to the fbi, but first, our top story, the coronavirus. joining us now nbc s gabe gutierrez in manhattan and stephanie gosk covering the olympics in tokyo. gabe, you ve seen the worst of this down south in the southern states for a good part of the year and across the country, as well. now there are local leaders from all parts of the nation including there in new york city taking action to stop the latest spike. reporter: yeah. that s right, andrea. mayor bill de blasio in new york city announced that all employees at city-run hospitals like the one behind me, bellevue, will be required to be vaccinated or they ll have to submit a weekly covid test that goes
from people at work for years. the premier league season might not even be over, but the transfer speculation is starting. england captain harry kane is understood to be frustrated at tottenham, with widespread reports over his long term future. we are live at the royal horticultural society s brand new garden, rhs bridgwater in salford. its opening has been delayed by a year because of covid but it opens today and looks blooming marvellous. good morning from the top of the london eye. what a view! on a gin clear view, you can see a0 kilometres in every direction as far as windsor castle. many of us starting dry with some sunshine but through the day, further showers developing some with hail. all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday 18th may. our top story. ministers are stepping up calls for people to book a coronavirus vaccination as soon as they re offered one, amid increasing concern over the indian variant. it s now spread to 86 local councils, with more tha
armies in the world, but we cannot stop we cannot stop these viruses. and you are the army. you re the navy. you re the marines. i really mean it. this is a war. you are the frontline troops. what you re doing really, really, really matters. that was yesterday at cdc headquarters in atlanta, which was the first stop on biden and kamala harris first joint trip as president and vice president. the trip was dubbed help is here. it was initially scheduled to promote biden s recently passed $1.9 trillion relief package but the focused shifted after tuesday s shootings in and around atlanta that left eight people dead to highlight the asian-pacific islander communities where hate is on the increase in anti-asian sentiment since the start of the pandemic. they ve been attacked, blamed, scapegoated, harassed, verbally assaulted, physically assaulted, killed. documented incident of hate against asian americans have seen a skyrocketing spike over the last year. it s been a yea
a stunning case of a passenger behaving badly. very badly. the latest incident took place on an american airlines flight in honduras. a man stormed the cockpit, caused damage to the aircraft and apparently tried to climb out a window. right to pete muntean live at reagan national airport with what went on in his episode. pete? reporter: john, covering unruly passenger trend, this issue, for months. has to be one of the most egregious caseses. american airlines flight 488 on the ramp in honduras last night when american says a passenger during boarding charged the jejet way then got into the open cockpit door. remember, the flight crew tried to stop him, american says, but he still damaged some of the equipment inside the flight deck. more on that in a second. you can see in the video here the man hanging out of the flight deck window. that window can be opened by the flight crew in a 737 in case of an emergency to ventilate the cockpit. in an emergency, get down on the grou
the u.s. senate to, quote, protect the heart and soul of the nation by changing filibuster rules to pass new voting rights legislation. i ve been having these quiet conversations with members of congress for the last two months. i m tired of being quiet! and a frightening scene when a man storms the cockpit of an american airlines flight and tries jumping out of the window, just moments before takeoff. it is all caught on video right there. first, let s get right to our top breaking story and bring in cnn chief business correspondent christine romans, and, christine, the white house was more or less expecting a high number, but i guess the question is will it moderate in the coming months as some have predicted. have we reached peak inflation? yeah, and that is the biggest question out there, right. these are numbers that are not news to the american families who are paying more for just about everything. let s walk through these numbers. 7% this headline year over ye