this time a massive grave outside of mariupol. officials are pointing to these satellite images showing the ground in one part of the city that s recently been disturbed, and there are claims from a credible source indicating the site has been used to dispose bodies. cnn is still working to independently verify those claims. now, it s estimated more than 100,000 people are trapped there in mariupol, including soldiers and civilians. the deputy prime minister mentioned a short time ago a humanitarian corridor is reopened after a brief delay. officials are trying to evacuate women, children, and the elderly from mariupol. in the meantime the plan now is to take full control of southern ukraine and the eastern donbas region to establish a land corridor to crimea, that area in the southern part of the country that russia annexed in 2014. take a look at this. it s new drone video showing just a scene of utter destruction there in the small village north of kyiv. house after
recommending masks in indoor public spaces. let s talk to the executive associate dean at emeory university school of medicine at grady, thank you so much, doctor, for being with us. we appreciate it. i do want to ask you what happened this week with most major airlines as well as amtrak, uber droning their mask mandate for passengers. what is your assessment of the reality of that? . well, i think the airlines had a mandate in place long before the federal mandate came into place. then the federal mandate came into place. as the epidemic has evolved, we ve seen a lot of problems. one of the problems is trying to enforce mask wearing on planes has become increasingly hard and for many flight attendants, it s become increasingly difficult. they ve been the mask police at an increasing population of people flying. many people take their masks off
the u.s. military, one of those institutions. secretary austin telegraphing that a short time ago. hold on for a moment. we re joined by dr. carlos del rio at emeory university school of medicine. dr. del rio, great to have you on. first, for folks watching here, yes, this came more quickly than often happens, but there s an enormous amount of data. the data shows a very effective and safe vaccine. i m drawn to the number we have on the screen. 363 million vaccine doses administered in this country so far. pore tell us, for folks listening who perhaps haven t gotten the vaccine, why they should be confident in the process here. a number of things have happened. since the vaccine was given emergency use authorization in december, as you have said to us, there have been millions of doses of vaccine administered. and the system has worked in the sense that there has been very