i will not relent until we beat this virus, but i need you. biden s primetime call to action. get vaccinated and help others beat covid-19. then several countries suspend the use of the astrazeneca vaccine as they examine a possible link to blood clots. later, prince will william says the royals aren t racist. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. u.s. president joe biden used his first televised primetime speech to lay out a hopeful vision for lifting america out of the year long pandemic. at the heart of his optimism, an enormous package of economic relief that totals almost $2 trillion. the president signed it into action on thursday. he circled may 1st on the calendar, a day he hopes will signal the beginning of the end of the pandemic for most americans. all adult americans will be eligible to get a vaccine no later than may 1. that s much earlier than expected. let me be clear, that doesn t mean everyone is going to have that shot immediately, but it means
observers said that s simply not the case. so this is certainly seen as politically motivated and not neces necessarily anything that aung san suu kyi can do to appeal these charges and verdicts given what has been done so far. rosemary. paula hancocks joining us live from sydney. many thanks. sources close to the biden administration say a diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics is expected to be announced sometime this week. that means no u.s. government officials would attend the games silently protesting china s human rights officials without affecting u. ss. athletes who wh to compete. christi lu stout joins us from
which has been found now in more than a dozen countries as well as territories. president biden will deliver remarks on omicron later today and g7 health ministers are set to hold talks on the variant in the coming hours. we ll have more news on that throughout the hour. taiwan is accusing china of conducting so-called gray zone warfare. beijing sent 27 planes into their protected area. christi lu stout is in hong kong with the latest. christi, what more do we know about the incident? we have been here before? reporter: we have been here before and taiwan is in a position where yet again it has had to scramble its jets to warn away china s air force. the incident took place on sunday. some 27 chinese military planes entered taiwan s air defense zone. this is not the territorial air space, this is a broader area that taiwan patrols and
long time. absolutely. there will be thousands of these parades in home towns, all across the community, fire trucks, boy scouts, girl scouts, firefighters all marching together, retired police officers. it s part of americana. one hopes they will be tightening up security in the weeks ahead. thank you so much. nice to see you this morning. thank you. good to see you. chinese tennis star pe peng shuai has finally appeared in public. she appeared in a video call with the international olympic committee where peng said she is safe and well. concerns for her well-being be are not going away. cnn s christi lu stout joins us from hong kong. she says she is well and safe. it doesn t quell the controversy about what s happening here, does it? reporter: no, not at all. according to the ioc a video
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