Restrictions from india as it is dealing with the devastating coronavirus outbreak, and the country setting a global record recorded for 100,000 new cases in a single day. Back in u. S. , more incremental steps for the normalcy and the Kentucky Derby is set for tonight with the limited capacity of 50,000 people. Evan mcmorris santora is at churchill down, and evan, what is being done there to keep everyone safe and i imagine that the folks are out to be doing something they love. Well, you know, that is right, fred. It is a party scene here, and people want to be out, and the Churchill Downs is taking a lot of steps to try and make things different this time around. And you know, a limited capacity that you mentioned, and upwards to 170,000 at these derbies sometimes and this time, 50,000 is the expectation, and the big test is whether or not we can do the indoor events again dealing with the pandemic, and now in the world the confusing cdc guidelines of what to do with the mask or not
Victim of a smear campaign. I do not understand mr. Giulianis motives for attacking me, nor can i offer an opinion on whether he believed the allegations he threw at me. Clearly no one at the State Department does. What i can say is mr. Giuliani should have known those planes were suspect coming from where they did, individuals with questionable motives. The times says giuliani wanted her out because she was blocking efforts to dig up dirt on the biden family in ukraine. Now investigators want to know did giuliani get her fired to help trump, or just help ukraine or mean both . Either way its a sad twist from the life who went from a National Hero who descended politics after 9 11 to a politician who peddles lies about a election. This instills a lot of feelings of anger and hatred and i ask the people of the city not to have those feelings right now or ever. The day since this devastating attack has led him to be called americas mayor. Hes the mayor of new york city, ladies and gentle
Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta welcome to all you watching here in the United States, canada and Around The World. Were following breaking news. Spacex crew one has just splashed down off the coast of florida in the gulf of mexico. Returning astronauts spent five months in the orbiting laboratory. Thats the longest time spent in space by a crew launched aboard an american built spacecraft. It consists of three americans and one japanese astronaut. A flotilla of ships is positioned and once the crew is safely aboard theyll be headed back to nasas space center in houston. For more on all this lets bring in a man with more than a little experience. Leroy chow a retired astronaut. He joins us from houston, texas. Youve been through reentry. I imagine thats the scariest part, falling at speeds 25 times the speed of sound, braving temperatures. One of the astronauts on the endeavor said it felt like they were inside an animal. Describe what it was like for you. Sure. Coming down
Now, the coronavirus situation here in the u. S. Is looking the best its been in months. Deaths and cases hitting new lows. Thats in large part of course due to vaccination efforts. More than 243 million doses have now been given in the u. S. This weekend bringing even more signs of life, returning to normal across the country, from Disneyland Reopening to Delta Airlines resuming sales of middle seats. Natasha chen now with more on where things stand. Reporter even as global Daily Coronavirus cases reach a new peak, pushed by the crisis in india and south america, the United States curve is flattening. The improvement in numbers is helped in part by the more than 100 Million People in the u. S. , close to 1 3 of the population, who are now fully vaccinated. Im seeing a shift i think towards that underserved population. The ones that are maybe on the fence and thinking about it that we have to do a little more effort to get the knowledge them and to help them make the correct decision t
Or welcome the latest news in a look back at whats been happening over the last 7 days youre watching a weekly here on r. T. International now the Russian Ambassador to britain says there is no sense to the u. K. Claims about russian meddling britain on thursday kees moscow of interfering in last years general election and also of hacking medical research for a coronavirus vaccine. That the russian intelligence agencies have been targeting in terms of Cyber Attacks against efforts across the those 3 countries and here in the u. K. Are attempts to find a vaccine through research and Development According to the marks we do not have information about who may have hacked into pharmaceutical companies and Research Centers in Great Britain we can say one thing russia has nothing at all to do with these attempts. Security services from the u. S. And canada also joined the cyber attack accusations they said the Hacking Group targeted very sorgen eyes ations involved in Vaccine Development wit