viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, the mastermind behind the 2021 suicide bombing at kabul s international airport taken out by the taliban. what we re learning about this. countries rush to evacuate their citizens from sudan as the latest fragile ceasefire appears in danger of collapsing. and day-oh, day-oh reporter: remembering the king of calypso. a look at the life and legacy of harry belafonte. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, the white house says the terrorist leader behind the deadly 2021 suicide bombing at kabul airport has been killed by the taliban. the attack came in the final chaotic days of the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. 13 u.s. service members and nearly 200 afghans were killed. so let s bring in cnn senior international correspondent ivan watson. good to see you, ivan. what more are you l
learned as they were building the new terminal a. what we ve learned is you need open spaces. can t have pinch points. you can t have places where queues form. you have to have the technology support rapid through-put, the ease with which people board so that all of these gates are equipped with e-gates in ways that right now people can board just with their cell phone. but in the future, it will be biometric. we re getting ready for summer, but last year was horrible. will this year be better? are you ready? i know to an extent it s not you. it s all the various but you get the blame. well, the fact is the system is still struggling a bit in terms of coming back. finding staff that guess across with our government partners. it s with the airlines. it s with the port authority. we have the highest vacancy in
worst. we re creating spaces outside of normal ones to house patients and using every contingency options we have for staffing. and what about across the state outside of your own system? andrea, we do have a role in managing the regional response as well, northern new jersey worked closely with the health commissioner and the government, and unfortunately all of hospitals in our region are experiencing the same trends. there s a race to the bottom in terms of finding staff through agencies and otherwise. there s a rapid increase in hospitalizations. we have a system here where we re trading off diversion, which is a system that allows for bypass of patients to other hospitals if the hospital is full. if we all go on divergent at once, patients will have nowhere to go. we re coordinating that closely, and we re seeing similar trends unfortunately everywhere here. we really do hope to weather this, and the way to weather it is to make sure folks are
owners point to finding economy. across the sector abattoir owners point to finding staff, - owners point to finding staff, conforming to what they say are outdated regulations and remaining profitable as constant challenges but opportunities remain. abattoirs miaht have but opportunities remain. abattoirs might have closed but opportunities remain. abattoirs might have closed but but opportunities remain. abattoirs might have closed but not - but opportunities remain. abattoirs might have closed but not all - but opportunities remain. abattoirs might have closed but not all of. might have closed but not all of those might have closed but not all of those businesses have closed, they are using those businesses have closed, they are using other abattoirs to do their are using other abattoirs to do their processing so it s quite a complex their processing so it s quite a complex picture. their processing so it s quite a complex picture. smaller abattoirs often provide comp
have a sense of security we have health insurance. and our bills get paid and we don t have to worry. they all have jobs on the line just like i did. reporter: tom douglas is back up to 91 employees but as he tries to ramp up, one of the biggest hurdles is finding staff. restaurant workers got the shaft. and so i think a lot of them are tentative to come back reporter: still, he s optimistic. i want to make our future bright. what happened happened that s in the rearview mirror let s move forward and mark joining me now. is the federal government helping these restaurants? yes, lester in fact, the restaurant revitalization fund is allocating more than $28 billion to restaurant relief. but demand is incredible they ve already received applications for more than 69 billion. restaurants have until this coming monday to apply. lester mark wright, good to have you here thanks so much we ll take a break. up next, a seattle doctor s remarkable journey inspiring america.