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Climbing case load. on saturday shanghai reported nearly 25,000 cases another daily high. right now all 25 million residents, yes, all of them, are under lockdown. the easing of restrictions would be tied to mass testing. areas of low transmission would be granted more freedom. joining us now from hong kong, you ve been following all of this. any kind of easing of restrictions seems to be predicated on that mass testing. is this at all a change in china s zero covid approach or really specific to what they see in that testing and not a change in policy at all? reporter: paula, we just don t know. is the short answer. the reason being that officials have been only said that there could be an easing of restrictions after the next round of mass testing but they ve given no further details. no timeline. i mean perhaps they are listening to the residents, 25 ....
Including attorney general merrick garland and the commerce secretary gina raymundo. the concern now is who of the 67 were in fact in proximity to president biden and if he ll eventually test positive as well. his top covid adviser dr. anthony fauci says it s possible. precautions are in place. it is conceivable that the president will get infected given the fact that the people who are on one-to-one close contacts with him are all tested before they re with the president. number two that about 99% of the white house complex staff are vaccinated and the president himself is vaccinated and double boosted. now to the covid outbreak in shanghai where residents may get some eagerly anticipated news. officials may in fact begin easing restrictions. that is despite the city s ....
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Landmark moment for tourism. this is the first crew entirely comprised of private citizens like you and me. they spent about 20 hours free flying through orbit before arriving at the international space station. the first of its kind mission will last about ten days. onboard are three paying customers led by a former nasa astronaut now an employee of the private company behind the mission. each of the crew members will work on a list of research projects. now the covid outbreak in washington has one more cabinet member on its list. secretary of agriculture tom vilsack announced he has tested positive for covid. he said he is vaccinated and boosted and his symptoms are thankfully mild. he recently attended the gridiron club dinner last saturday, a high profile event where now 67 people have tested positive for covid. in addition to vilsack two other cabinet members are infected ....
New and really eye-opening number, predicting american lives lost in just the next few weeks? reporter: that s right, david. the cdc is out with some new predictions and they are pretty grim. they report that somewhere between 130,000 to 150,000 people could be dead from the coronavirus by july 18th, just in the united states. and that states like california, arizona, florida and right here in texas, will likely see an increase in the death rate over the next four weeks. david? tom llamas out in the country tonight. tom, thank you. and we have been reporting here on homes for seniors and veterans and tonight, the horrific new report just out involving the holyoke soldiers home in massachusetts, where 97 veterans have died since just march. investigators now calling it a tragic failure to protect the soldiers. eva pilgrim is in massachusetts. reporter: tonight, the first investigation into the devastating covid outbreak at the holyoke soldiers home found baffling decisions and ....