we ll begin with the progress in the battle against the coronavirus. the u.s. steadily making headway with covid-19 vaccinations. according to the cdc, more than 3 million shots are being administered per day. about one-third of the u.s. population has received at least one dose of the vaccine and a little more than 18% are fully vaccinated. but health experts remain cautious, pleading with americans to keep wearing masks and social distancing. and scenes like this don t instill much confidence, do they? the transportation security administration saying friday marked the 23rd straight day when more than a million people flew by air. the progress of the vaccination campaign so far might have encouraged more americans to travel this weekend, as this easter brought with it more promise than last year s. cnn s natasha chenow with more that. reporter: on the second easter into the pandemic, more signs of hope and a resurrection of life compared to a year ago. we share th
found hiding in a basement. and the us network cnn fires its leading anchor, chris cuomo, the brother of the former governor of new york. hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. president biden is due to hold a video call next week with vladimir putin, amid growing fears that russia may be preparing to launch a full scale invasion of ukraine. tensions between russia and ukraine have been building for some time in the wake of russia s annexation of crimea. these are ukrainian troops stationed in the donietsk region on the russian border. on friday, ukraine warned that russia is massing more than 90,000 troops on the other side it s saying its intelligence analysis points to a possible invasion at the end of january next year. bbc russian senior correspondent 0lga ivshina gave us an impression of what to expect from these talks. ukraine is the heart of this matter, and what s interesting is that recently, mr putin, during one of his public speeches, ac
and, the us network cnn fires its leading anchor, chris cuomo, the brother of the former governor of new york. president biden is due to hold a video call next week with vladimir putin, amid growing fears that russia may be preparing to launch a full scale invasion of ukraine. tensions between russia and ukraine have been building for some time in the wake of russia s annexation of crimea. these are ukrainian troops stationed in the donietsk region on the russian border. on friday, ukraine warned that russia is massing more than 90,000 troops on the other side, it s saying its intelligence analysis points to a possible invasion at the end of january next year. bbc russian senior correspondent 0lga ivshina gave us an impression of what to expect from these talks. ukraine is the heart of this matter, and what s interesting is that recently, mr putin, during one of his public speeches, actually gave a hint that in a way he s enjoying this tension, enjoying this build up of press
of january next year. bbc russian senior correspondent 0lga ivshina told us what to expect from these talks. what s interesting is that recently, mr putin, during one of his public speeches, actually gave a hint that in a way he s enjoying this tension, enjoying this build up of pressure and he said, you know, yes, we ve seen that. there are a lot of intelligent reports from the western side, yes, we ve seen that. there is lots of harsh rhetoric on the other side, but they should be worried. that s actually what we need. so, in a way, you know, he s enjoying this nervous situation in the west, but also, he needs it from an internal point of view, from the internal political point of view, because russia s economy is struggling, coronavirus cases are on the rise, so in order to distract attention from things which are going wrong inside the country, he definitely needs this international arena, these challenges on the international arena, just to show that, listen, we have
reaches a point where it s too difficult to do that, you must stop. president biden is due to hold a video call next week with vladimir putin amid growing fears that russia may be preparing to launch a full scale invasion of ukraine. tensions between russia and ukraine have been building for some time in the wake of russia s annexation of crimea. these are ukrainian troops stationed in the donietsk region on the russian border. on friday, ukraine warned that russia is massing more than 90,000 troops on the other side it s saying its intelligence analysis points to a possible invasion at the end of january next year. bbc russian senior correspondent 0lga ivshina told us what to expect from these talks. ukraine is the heart of this matter, and what s interesting is that recently, mr putin, during one of his public speeches, actually gave a hint that in a way he s enjoying this tension, enjoying this build up of pressure and he said, you know, yes, we ve seen that. there are