the state s new election law is dividing those who believe it s a way to stop the black vote and those who believe it protects everyone s vote. georgia is the flash point for the nationwide battle over voting rights. natasha chen in atlanta with the growing anger over the new law president biden calls jim crow in the 21st century. natasha? reporter: about 150 people gathered outside atlanta city hall to oppose this georgia voter bill and also to stand with georgia representative park cannon, who was arrested for knocking on the door of the governor s office to try to witness him signing this bill. a lot of the signs we re seeing say i stand with park, stop suppressing our votes. a lot of strong, passionate opinions here about protecting people s access to vote. i spoke with one person who was actually there witnessing park cannon arrested that day. she was knocking on the door. it happened right in front of me and for it to end with her being taken away, it was horrif
ships in the world is still blocking the suez canal. welcome, everyone. the world is looking on myanmar, with horror, the day after security forces reportedly killed 114-unarmed civilians. it is, by far, the bloodiest day of military violence, since the coup last month. aid groups fear, the real-death toll is, probably, much higher. this all happened, on the day that myanmar s top general promised to, quote, protect civilians, and uphold democracy. but instead, according to local-news reports, security forces killed people, in 44 towns across the country. and they didn t just target protestors. several children are among the dead. one victim, a 13-year-old girl, reportedly, gunned down in her own home. now, myanmar s u.n. envoy calls it a massacre, and is begging for real-international action. the defense chiefs of the u.s., uk, canada, and several other nations, releasing a rare-joint statement, condemning myanmar s military. here s one example of how brutal the violence i
live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. a u.n. human-rights expert says myanmar s military is committing mass murder. and international condemnation is ringing hollow. that comes, one day after security forces reportedly killed 114 unarmed civilians. it s, by far, the bloodiest day of military violence since the coup back, last month. now, aid groups fear the real death toll is much, much higher. it all happened on the day myanmar s top general promised to protect civilians, and to uphold democracy. but instead, according to local-news reports, security forces killed people, in 44 towns across the country. myanmar s u.n. envoy calls it a massacre, and is begging for real-international action. kristie lu stout joins me, now, from hong kong. you have been monitoring all of this terrible violence escalating in myanmar. what more can you tell us, now? hi, kristie. amnesty international is now accusing the military in myanmar of trying to kill its way
i m kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom. we begin here in the u.s. where the coronavirus is still a threat, of course, but vaccinations are spiking. the centers for the disease control said about 15% of the vaccinated. america s top doctor for infectious diseases, anthony fauci, recently sat down with dr. sanjay gupta. he recalled a key moment in the u.s. fight against the pandemic. wasn t there a moment, dr. fauci, when you said, okay, this is the big one? yeah. 40. 40% increase in new york hosp hospitals. that s a big one. almost overrunning of our health care system, it was like, my goodness. and that s when it became very clear that the decision we made on january 10th to go all out and develop a vaccine we have a number of vaccine candidates it may have been the best decision i ve made with regard to an intervention as the director of the institute. another trump doctor made the sober admission to cnn. we have more on the revelation by dr. deborah bir
peaceful demonstrations erupted two months ago over the military coup. we re hearing reports of an air strike near a village near the thai border killing at least three people. myanmar s u.n. envoy who represents the ousted government is begging for real international action against the military crackdown. kristie lu stout is covering this hong kong. just talk us through what we re seeing. the death rate continues to tick up as protesters facing this assault, this violent assault, on their democratic freedoms. reporter: and the international outrage, the condemnation, is growing after a horrific day of terror in myanmar. the bloodiest day since the protests began. according to myanmar now, an independent media organization, at least 114 were killed across the country saturday. the casualties include children. a 5-year-old boy was killed in mandalay. a 13-year-old girl was killed inside her home in mandalay. we have seen video of a 1-year-old baby shot in the eye with a ru