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thanks so much for joining us. at this hour, the united states is making incredible gains in the fight against the coronavirus. by virtually every measure, america is heading in the right direction. j ust in time for memorial day weekend. and the unofficial kickoff to summer. st new cases down 56% in the last month. the lowest level since last june. deaths down 23% in the last four weeks. that is a lowest they ve been since last july. hospitalizations also down nearly 30% over the last month. and on the vaccine front, the u.s. is hitting a new milestone. nearly half of the entire population has now received at least one dose. the nearly 40% of americans are fully vaccinated. but the numbers of vaccine doses administered each day has fallen from more than three million at that high point a month ago to 1.8 million right now. but overall, these trends show that we re reaching the long sought hope on the horizon. that always felt just a little bit out of reach. but reall ....
thanks for being here, everybody. at this hour, it happened again. flags lowered to half-staff at the white house and the u.s. capitol once again. the city of san jose, california, joining the long and growing list of cities in america that are tragically marked marked bypass shootings. this is the 17th mass shooting in the last week. and there have been 232 mass shootings so far this year. the gunman tacked his own workplace, a rail yard in san jose, a terrifying scene that unfolded during our show yesterday. 24 hours ago we were starting to grasp how bad this be would. this morning authorities tell cnn this massacre could have been even worse from the weapons the shooter was carrying to the new details of bomb components that police found at the crime scene. cnn s josh campbell is live in san jose with the layest. josh latest, josh, what you are hearing? another day, another mass murder in the united states of america. as you mentioned, this is the 17th mass shoot ....
how to pay for it. and brian sicknick is meeting with republicans ahead of the procedural vote of the commission. it passed the house but doesn t have support in the senate. [ question inaudible ] usually i stay in the background. nbc garrett hak is at capitol hill. having her there, raises the stakes. how will republicans listen to her, talk to her and go down to the floor and vote no. some of them, including ron johnson, saying they feel for the sicknick s family but will say they feel this is designed to be political and will vote no anyway. a republican senator from louisiana voted for conviction of former president trump in the last impeachment trial. he said he is still on the fence about the vote. it s possible that the sicknick family appearance could sway some of the republicans who have been wavering but by and large they think this is a political move. let s talk about infrastructure negotiations. the president just spoke on the tarmac about his con ....
to china. good to have you with us. manhattan s top prosecutor has convened a grand jury to decide whether to indict former u.s. president donald trump. that is according to the washington post. those indictments might happen if the da presents criminal charges in its investigation into the trump organization. the ex-president on tuesday again repeated claims that he is the victim of a witch-hunt. cnn s cara scannell has the details now from new york. reporter: the washington post reporting that the manhattan district attorney s office has convened a special grand jury to hear evidence in its long-running investigation of donald trump and the trump organization. the image of the grand jury marks a significant turn and suggests prosecutors believe they have some evidence of a crime. according to the post, the grand jury will sit three days a week for six months, it will also hear other cases and is not exclusively focused on the trump investigation, but the sit ....
thank you so much for being here at this hour. a fragile cease-fire holds. but for how long? this morning there are new clashes between palestinians and israeli police in juice juice. showing you this video of police firing rubber bullets and stun grenades in response to what they say was a riot. this is just today. more than a dozen people reportedly injured. this comes just hours after a cease-fire set in, pausing the most intense conflict between israel and hamas in years. but not before more than 200 people were killed. most of them palestinians. leaving israeli and palestinians further apart than ever. this morning israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called the 11-day conflict with hamas an exceptional success, the operation put against hamas there. cnn s nic robertson is joining me for more on where things stand live near the israel/gaza border. what are you seeing there? reporter: kate, if there was going to be a flashpoint to re-ignite the conflict it wo ....