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live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. we begin with good news for americans dreaming of a european holiday after a year of restrictions, and fully vaccinated americans will be able to visit eu countries this summer. according to the centers for disease control and prevention, nearly 95 million people are fully vaccinated in the u.s., it s more than a quarter of the population and that travel is likely to bring a big financial boost to european economies suffering under the weight of travel bans. richard quest has more. the eu and the u.s. have been working on a deal for sometime, and now the europeans have accepted in principle, three vaccines that have been approved by the european regulator, there s no reason why citizens should not have unconditional access to the european union. there are logistical problems, that involves recognizing the vaccination certificates being used in the united states. the eu is moving towards a digital green ....
is rachel levine. the article is funny because she pointed out that rachel levine is himself pretty funny. here you hav e a man dressed up wearing like a woman in makeup and purple glasses wearingbe the some kind of admiral s uniform, pretending to be the assistant secretary of health. istantcretary when he looks e a candidate for an imminent heart attack himself. so the whole outfit is a riot. it s like a halloween costume,se some clever drunk collegeg as student dreamed up this year. a i m going as an obese transvestite health admiral. e n you svd laugh ifes you saw him a partlay. allow t but the bush administration can t allow you to laugh at rachel levine.h at rachel levinr kamala harris or a or at karine jean-pierre or kamala harris or any of the other transpac absurd figures to pretending or o running our country, or for that matter, at bynum urs self, who somehow they tell you got, suote, eighty one million vote despite being senile and rarelyn going outside. it ....
memorial, takes pictures, and talks. i just want to confront this demon of carnage, if you want to call it that. and for me to do it i have to come here. reporter: he s lived in highland park for 26 years, and on july 4th went to the parade with his wife and grandchildren. we re 50 feet from the shooter and the easiest targets possible. and why we weren t shot i can t figure out. reporter: he heard the shots and ran, then saw the injuries and one of the dead. here he is on surveillance video. i just couldn t wrap my head around what had just happened. i kept trying to figure it out. and i guess i m still trying to figure out what makes somebody this evil. reporter: it s the question this entire community is trying to answer. for the first two days i would say am i still sleeping? is this a nightmare? wake me up because it cannot feel real. and you go through these waves where you re numb for a little bit and then you get angry and then you feel guilty and ....
in a letter to bannon former president trump writes, i watched how you and others have been treated spending vast amounts of money on legal fees. i will waive executive privilege for you. the committee says today it s open to bannon s testimony as long as it s under oath. bannon s potential testimony would come on the heels of testimony from another major witness. former trump white house counsel pat cipollone, part of his eight-hour closed door interview will be this week. context and nuance is important when it comes to steve bannon. the letter is essentially the equivalent of me telling you that i m waiving my executive privilege for you to talk to our bosses tomorrow in our morning meetings. what does what bannon and trump are doing here actually mean? well, look, if he actually testifies, let s say he actually goes in and does it for real that would be huge. we re so far away from that still. he basically gave bannon the cover so that he, bannon, could go to the ....
the vice president votes in the affirmative and the bill, as amended, is passed. the bill, known as the inflation reduction act, contains the biggest climate investment in u.s. history. it also makes big changes to health care policies. it s headed to the house later this week after enduring more than a year of pain staking debate of more than 15 hours of a vote-a-rama delirium on capitol hill. manu raju is on capitol hill for us. this was once called the build back better agenda for joe biden. he didn t get everything he wanted, but they got a lot of what they initially were going after. how did it get resolved? there was some last-minute drama here. reporter: yeah, this capped more than a year of negotiations within the democratic party. you mentioned the build back better agenda. this is scaled back from this, but still significant in size and scope, dealing with health care, drug prices, climate and energy issues, imposing a new 15% corporate minimum tax that ma ....