Firing back at critics and people who question science. And new data suggesting how you vote could determine how you spend your Post Pandemic Summer and a Staffing Shortage forcing one major airline to cancel hundreds of upcoming flights. Good morning to our viewers in the United States and around the world. It is monday, june 21st. Happy summer. We do begin with the aftermath of a horrific Chainreaction Crash on a highway in alabama that left ten people dead. Nine of them children. The youngest victim just nine months old. Images of the crash on Interstate 65 revealed just how awful it was. Look at that. Eight of the victims were traveling in a van from a home for abused and neglected young girls. They were heading back from a Beach Vacation when the crash occurred in butler county. A team of Federal Investigators is on the scene. Cnn Martin Savidge is live with the latest. This is, to echo john, its horrific. Theres no other Wor D for it. Reporter they tried to do what they could. Re
team. others are, in fact, partnering with him. if they can believe it, senators cruz, graham and lee, who promised, pledged to be impartial jurors actually met with trump s lawyers late last night to discuss strategy. we ll have more on that in a little bit. this morning, president biden spoke to reporters about the trial. here s what he said. i m just anxious to see what my republican friends do, if they stand up. will the republicans stand up, he asks? president biden is really laser focused on fighting this pandemic, and there is big and good news to share with you this morning. president biden now says the u.s. will have enough covid-19 vaccine for 300 million americans by the end of july. that is huge. we ll get into it all in a moment. let s begin with the impeachment trial. lauren fox is on capitol hill. good morning. it s really interesting because if the defense doesn t take up the whole day today, then what happens? well, essentially they want to keep thing
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robin kurnow. we re just hours away from the conclusion of donald trump s second impeachment trial. sometime this afternoon u.s. senators are expected to vote on whether to convict or acquit the former president of inciting last month s deadly insurrection. as trump s lawyers laid out their defense on friday, stunning new details emerged about trump s actions as rioters broke into the capitol. republican lawmakers tell cnn that house republican leader kevin mccarthy begged mr. trump on the phone to call off the mob, but mr. trump refused. we ll have more on that in a moment. first, here s jeff zeleny. jeff? the article of impeachment now before the senate is an unjust and blatantly unconstitutional act of political vengeance. reporter: a verdict in the impeachment trial of former president trump donald trump is expected today. with his lawyers swiftly resting their case friday after arguing the deadly attack on the cap
new fears kicking off of an outbreak putting americans on edge. the president still on vacation in the home of a billionaire in nantucket, massachusetts. let s turn now to jacqui heinrich in that town. we saw the president yesterday, but what s he saying now about the new variant? reporter: hey, good morning to you, edward. despite holiday sales that were expected to climb at a record pace this year, national retail federation predicting up to 10.5% the global markets are reeling from the news of this new variant, and yesterday president biden announced travel restrictions from south africa and seven other neighboring countries will be imposed similar to those imposed by the u.k., more than a dozen other countries after they spoke with scientists about how fast new variant was spreading and also whether vaccines are effective against it. the president said the decision to hut down travel from south africa was made out of an abun cannes of caution, but he abundance of caut
fa cup final in a row. good morning. the warmest day of the year so far on good friday with temperatures soaring to 23.1; degrees in london. today it will be cooler, there will be sunshine and showers and strong winds developing across the north west. all the details throughout the programme. it s monday 18th april. our main story. russian air strikes have hit multiple targets across ukraine it s as residents of the eastern luhansk region are being urged to evacuate immediately. meanwhile, ukrainian forces are holding on in the besieged port city of mariupol that s despite ignoring demands from the kremlin to surrender. sean dilley reports. mariupol has not yet fallen technically. ukrainian troops who had until recently defended the now occupied streets are held up in the city s vast azovstal steelworks, despite an ultimatum by president putin s forces to surrender no later than yesterday. russian troops know that ukrainians are waiting inside, ready to welcome them wit