crew members of inspiration 4 return home after their historic three-day mission. a 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 and possibly children just seconds before the missile hit. the strike followed a suicide bombing that killed 13 u.s. troops and scores of afghans at the kabul airport, but the pentagon now admit is no one in the car was linked to isis-k, calling the air strike a mistake. cnn s nic robertson has been speaking to the relatives of those killed and he filed this report from kabul. this is a lot of children this is part of the children up here? reporter: yeah. ahmaudi shows me his shattered house. reporter: it s heartbreaking now to see this now and know that they say it was just a mistake. no one has had the heart to clean it up since the drone strike three weeks ago. my cute daug
mandated covid vaccines for all adults. we ll show you how it s working for them. plus, how an unranked teenaged qualifier walked into tennis biggest stage and won the tournament without dropping a set. we have that story. live from cnn center, this cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. it was a somber day across america as the nation stopped to remember the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives on 9/11, exactly 20 years ago. [ bagpipes playing ] for the families of the victims, the tragedy remains a vivid memory, undimmed by time. the nation s collective loss was captured by a young girl as she spoke directly to the uncle she never met and imagined how he might be today. my uncle firefighter michael christopher. even though i never met you in person, i still miss you a lot. mom always tells me the crazy, fun things you did. and i m sure if you were here, i d probably be doing them with you. this is a look at the 9/11 memorial at ground zero in new york. deep foun
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. hello, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states joining us here on cnn international. around the world, the advice is mostly the same, the safest place to see in the new year will be at home surrounded by a small number of people. in many cities, public celebrations have been canceled, scaled back or tougher guidelines. hopes of partying like it was 2019 have been dashed with a surge in covid infections. despite a record daily count of 74,000 infections in new york state, the traditional ball drop in new york city still scheduled, but attendance capped at 15,000, and viewing areas will be off-limits until 3:00 p.m. the seven-day average of global infections is 1.2 million, the highest ever since the pandemic began. average daily cases in the u.s. have set a record for the third straight day. more than 355,000 on thursday. and children once thought to be immune from the worst of the coronavirus, now b
south africa to pay their respects to the late archbishop desmond tutu, whose body is now lying in state. so medical experts call 2021 the year of the vaccine, a chance for people to protect themselves against the coronavirus pandemic. but the year is coming to a close with an average of more than a million new infections a day right around the globe. that is an all-time high. the u.s. is also breaking records for the first time, averaging more than 300,000 new cases a day. johns hopkins reports as well that close to 490,000 cases were reported on wednesday alone. we should point out, of course, that number is the result of a lag in reporting over the christmas holidays, but it is a staggering toll nonetheless. the centers for disease control and prevention is now forecasting 44,000 new covid deaths over the next month. now, the cdc also projects those fatalities will rise most quickly in early january, then tapering off later in the 3407b89. month. more u.s. states