With other health officials and with national security officials as well but ultimately made the decision to ban all Indian Citizens from entering the United States we dont know how long this ban will be in place but it does go into effect next tuesday on May 4th now white house officials were quick to point out to see that this does not affect u. S. Citizens at all there are about 4000000 indian americans in the United States these are u. S. Passport holders u. S. Citizens but they could get self identify as either being born in indian descent they will not be affected by this nevertheless this is still a very strong by the united States Government here and they said that they are making this decision primarily for 2 reasons looking at the data coming out of india the high caseload there and also the multiple variants that are circulating as well now this move comes. As other countries and places are doing the same the u. K. Germany italy and singapore among others are already also is
A series of discussions with representatives from the pharmaceutical sector. The it was u. S. Trade Representative Catherine time who formally made the announcement these extraordinary times and circumstances of call for emergency measures she tweeted the u. S. Supports the waiver of protection on 1000 vaccines to help in the pandemic and will actively participate in W T O negotiations to make that happen. In the past the u. S. And other countries had opposed anyway but of intellectual property rights the white House Press Secretary explaining the change in position clearly as these decisions are weighed we take intellectual property incredibly seriously and we also though are in the midst of a historic global pandemic which requires a range of creative solutions and were looking at it through that prism while the pharmaceutical industry had argued strongly against the waiver there were many in President Bidens own party who insisted that he uphold his Campaign Promise blocking access
84. because of general powell s remarkable record of service to the united states, his status is just a singular figure in modern public service. american flags will fly at half staff in colin powell s honor not for a day but for every day this week until sunset on friday night. general powell s legacy is an important, powerful, complex thing that operates on a lot of different levels. we re going to have much more on his passing coming up over the course of this hour. he s just about the only american i can think of who was not a u.s. president but for whom you nevertheless need to consult a presidential historian to talk about his role in our country and his role in modern history, how he changed this country as a singular figure. we re going to do that later on this hour. we ve got much more ahead on that coming up. we are also following a number of developing stories tonight. the committee investigating the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol tonight has released a for
azovstal steel plant is supposed to begin today but there s already a snag. officials reporting that russian troops are blocking part of the complex. this is a site that has become something of a last line of defense for ukraine in that city. officials say that it was hit by 50 air strikes here in the last 24 hours and the situation is critical. in just a few moments we will hear from a ukrainian army commander who is inside of that plant and we re told that there are hundreds of people there, including dozens of children. the youngest of whom is just 4 months old. also breaking overnight, more signs of ukrainian counter strikes in areas controlled by russia or inside russia itself. a fuel depot attacked and set on fire in part of the donetsk region controlled by russian-backed forces. ukraine is not commenting on that. and the russians also claim a checkpoint in a village in kursk was hit by mortar fire. kursk is in russia near the border with ukraine. new images into
is really paving the way for now. they are making it very clear that there is just going to be no more roadblocks between donald trump and what will ultimately be merrick garland s decision to indict him or not over those documents at his home. and betting on trump appointed judges was not the right bet, as we found out. see the 11th circuit ruling. all right lawrence, all be watching. thank you, alex. well, the two worst nights of donald trump so far are election night 2020, and tonight. on election night, when fox called the election for joe biden, he knew then he was going to lose access to the white house and to air force one. and that s all the presidency was to him. but tonight, donald trump is staring at the possibility of losing everything. losing everything, including his freedom. donald trump began his day by getting hit with the most massive lawsuit he s ever faced, a lawsuit that could wipe him out, and bankrupt his adult children. and donald trump ended h