it is a good day. we made progress today. embrace that. thank you for watching. it s good to share it with you. the big show, don lemon tonight, big star, d lemon, right now. how are we going to celebrate juneteenth? when there is progress, we should celebrate. oh, we ll figure it out, this weekend. but i am just going to celebrate by honoring the people who came before me. i try to celebrate it, every day, by honoring the people who came before me. who fought for me to be able to sit in this seat, every night. to be able to speak, with authority. to be able to give my point of view, not opinion, there s a difference. opinion is not based in fact. a point of view is based in fact and in truth. and it is my particular lens, through which i am speaking, as a black man in america, who happens to be gay. and i have the incredible opportunity to have this platform to to speak, directly, not only to the american people but, to the world. to more than 200 countries around the
good morning. welcome to your new day. i m boris sanch. i m amara walker. rising gun violence. as the country hits a vaccine milestone, there are worries out there that one variant could spark a new wave of cases. thank you for starting your saturday, june 19th with us. the very first juneteenth national independence day. now an official national holiday. happy june tteenth, boris. i can t believe you eat that. i ll send you some of the good kind. we begin this hour with images that some lawmakers in congress are trying to downplay and distract you from. they are from january 6th. and they are a brutal reminder of the violence carried out by a mob that was stirred into a frenzy by the former president and his lies about the last election. yeah. the latest clip shows a rioter taunting, stalking, and hitting law enforcement. it was disturbing enough it moved a judge to keep the man in jail pending trial. the judge saying, quote, if any crime establishes da
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. danish footballer christian eriksen is in a stable condition in hospital after he collapsed on the pitch during his nation s european championship match against finland. the danish football association said he s awake, and is awaiting further tests. the 29 year old suddenly fell to the ground in front of his home supporters in copenhagen, causing the match to be temporarily suspended. the match resumed after a lengthy break at the request of both teams. nathalie pirks reports. christian eriksen is the talisman of the denmark national team, butjust before half time, without a player around him, he staggered to the ground and collapsed. team mates immediately recognised how serious it was, forming a protective ring around him as medics rushed onto the pitch. fans could only look on in horror as doctors attempted to resuscitate the midfielder. his team mates could barely look as they hope to would be ok. the gam
and the family s independent autopsy results tonight showing brown was shot five times, including what their lawyer said was a kill shot to the back of the head. the attack on the capitol. the fbi tonight arresting two of that a their most wanted suspects. tonight, the u.s. and iran and the tense encounters in the persian gulf. new video showing iranian speedboats swarming u.s. navy and coast guard ships. the u.s. navy firing warning shots. and martha raddatz standing by with late reporting. in this country, several states bracing for damaging winds, hail and possible tornadoes tonight. and the wildfires. one fire exploding in size. hundreds of evacuations under way. in new york city tonight, the arrest in a brutal and unprovoked attack on an asian man. the desperate search for a 40-year-old mother of three from houston. tonight, the fbi now called in on the case. and genetically modifis mosquitos. tonight, why some scientists in florida are set to release the mos
did colonial pay a ransom? what is being done to protect other companies? we ll keep our eyes on that. and president biden held a virtual meeting with a group of bipartisan governors. the topic before them, the vaccine rollout, expanding access and how to convince the unconvinced. the white house still hopes to have 70% of all adults vaccinated by july 4th, but the pace of vaccinations have slowed over resent weeks and supply is outpacing demand in some states. we re watching to see how this week s big announcement from the fda could change that, since the fda now approved the pfizer vaccine for americans ages 12 to 15. we could see shots in kids arms as early as this week. vaccinating young people will be key to our return to normal. we know this is a big step for our country as vaccinating a younger population could bring us to a sense of normalcy and ending the pandemic, and the agency undertook sign tiff data as we have with all of our covid-19 authorizations. here t