Back on earth. The Crew Members of Inspiration 4 are home after their historic threeday mission. Live from cnn center, this is Cnn Newsroom with Robyn Curnow. A chilling warning from the cia came too late to stop a u. S. Air strike that killed ten afghan civilians last month. According to three sources, the Intelligence Agency warned there were likely civilians in the area, possibly children, just seconds before this missile found its target. This is what they were looking at. The military hit the toyota following a Suicide Bombing that killed 13 u. S. Troops and scores of afghans racing to evacuate at the Kabul Airport. But the pentagon now admits that No One in this car was linked to isisk. The taliban are condemning the u. S. Strike despite their own history of killing civilians. Heres what a spokesperson for the militants told cnn. It is great to see that they got the courage to confess the truth. But they didnt do so for the last 20 years. They targeted thousands of women, childre
Population is fully vaccinated. Its a state where the Dailyaverage Number of hospitalizations is north of 12,000. And just to break that down for you, in more human terms. That means mortuary trailers are coming in to store bodies of covid victims. It means dozens of children are newly hospitalized with covid every day. With Pediatric Icu Beds unavailable in some areas. In case Texas Leadership is listening right now, i am going to speak in very blunt terms. Texans are dying. Parents are dying. Their children are becoming orphans or they are sick and hospitalized, themselves. This child has died of covid. And yet, The States tHrice vaccinated, covidpositive leader, governor greg abbott, has spent months blocking Mask Mandates. Abbott tested positive for covid this week. 24 hours after attending this maskless fet. Covid is a serious matter, even for someone waging war against preventative measures, which is why abbott got treated right away with regenerons Monoclonal Antibodies prescrib
Spirit airlines cancels more flights. Passengers are so frustrated. They are stuck in airports. What you can do if you find yourself in a similar situation. And frightening behavior. Thats how firefighters are describing the Dixie Fire, which is burning mostly unchecked and prompting more evacuations. New day starts right now. Thank you so much for keeping us company this morning. It is sunday, august 8th. You are up early, but we are grateful for it, hey, boris. Good morning, christi. Always great to be with you. You, as well. Lets talk about the attorney for he embattled new York Governor Andrew Cuomo forcefully pushing back on Sexual Harassment claims. Rita glavin signaled that cuomo intends to continue to fight the allegations and she railed against the new York Attorney generals report that found that cuomo sexually harassed 11 women. That report is shoddy, it is biased, it omits evidence, and it was an ambush, and they havent shared all of their evidence. Heres the thing. From hi
Those words as the cdc warns americas future right now rests on the unvaccinated. What they decide today will sti everyones tomorrow. Officials say if vaccinating rates dont go the crisis can only get worse, possibly a lot worse. Hundreds of thousands of new cases daily and that will mean many more avoidable hospitalizations, more avoidable deaths, and new variants. Now hospitals are already at breaking points. Childrens hospitals seeing spikes in cases, yet right now, more than 90 Million eligible americans have not been vaccinated. 90 Million. And the solution to protect them and All Of Us is available and waiting. As for the vaccinated, there is News Today on boosters. Well get to all of that. Lets begin with Cnns Phil mattingly at the White House for us. We are reporting today the White House is considering a plan to withhold funding. The president didnt outright say it this morning, but he did hint more action is coming. No question about it. I think this is such a clear window in
Hello. Welcome to Bbc News in the uk and around The World. After months of uncertainty, and a Build Up marred by controversy and resignations, the delayed 2020 Tokyo 0lympics are finally under way. Although the japanese capital is under a State Of Emergency because of covid, 0lympic officials still managed to pull off a thoughtful Opening Ceremony watched by millions globally. Lucy hockings is in tokyo there wasnt exactly a party like atmosphere in tokyo today, still a lot of Fear And Anxiety around the rising Covid 19 Infection Rates is the city in the State Of Emergency or bars and restaurants are shutting at eight oclock and people are being told to stay home and stay safe because of the pandemic and because of these on games and the pandemic means theres been a lot of protests. Recent Opinion Polls say that over 55 of the japanese public didnt want these 0lympics that over 55 of the japanese public didnt want these olympics to happen and even of the olympics there has gone it away.