the soviet union, broke up the soviet union, divided their slavic brothers from them. that s not true. it was the leaders of russia, ukraine and belarus that met in december 1991 and dissolved the soviet union, completely mpt of what we were doing. that inconvenient fact for him i think is very important for people foounderstand. i read this is russia s sphere of influence. why do we care? would you have said that about colonization, oportuguese? french? i think we have to remember this happened. it was decolonization and we have to be for independence and sovereignty of all countries, including ukraine. i love getting a preview of what the very fortunate stanford students are getting this week.
while parts of new zealand have largely returned to normal an outbreak driven by the delta variant has kept auckland s restrictions in place for seven weeks now. portugal is a country that understands the critical importance of vaccinations. the nation was hit hard by covid-19 at the beginning of the year, reporting one of the world s worst surges. but portugal has gone from worst to first thanks to the highest vaccination rate on the planet. cnn s bosco catovio reports. reporter: meet vice admiral enrique govrail. he led portugal s vaccination campaign and has become something of a hero for the for the goportuguese. the country has the highest rate of any nation. but despite the credit he is getting the admiral tells me hero is a title he feels uncomfortable with. translator: i think that s an overstatement. luckily i was able to help my people, to help my country. and that fills my heart and it s