mercenaries. cnn has obtained video purported to be from that shootout between haitian authorities and the alleged assailants. cnn has not confirmed the authenticity of this video. [ gunshots ] now, as we said, authorities were saying there were seven people in that shootout all dead. they also are saying there are six people in custody tonight. today haitian media showed two men authorities are calling suspects in the back of a police pickup surrounded by armed guards. we blurred their faces. again, we want to point out cnn cannot confirm the details provided by haitian authorities. all of this of course taking place in a country under former martial law where two men now claim the mantle of leadership in an already destitute country, growing weaker due to a growing humanitarian crisis and worsening covid epidemic. i m joined by journalist harold isaac who s in haiti tonight. there s certainly a lot of rumors flying around in haiti with good reason because of the lack of t
described as foreign mercenaries. cnn obtained video purpose ported to be from that shootout yesterday. cnn has not confirmed the authenticity of this video. [ sound of gunfire ] now, as we said, authorities are saying there were seven people in that shootout, all dead. they also are saying there are six people in custody tonight. today haitian media showed two men authorities are calling suspects in the back of a police pickup surrounded by armed guards, but blurred their faces. again, cnn cannot confirm the details provided by haitian authorities. all of this of course taking place in a country under former martial law where two men now claim the mantle of leadership in an already destitute country growing weaker due to the growing humanitarian crisis and worsening covid epidemic. journalist harold isaac is in haiti tonight. there are rumors flying around haiti, with good reason, obviously, because of the lack of transparency and all that s happened to quickly. what do you
effective in keeping us out of the hospital and averting severe disease. it is a bonus if they can also prevent what we call infection. you get infection, have mild symptoms or no symptoms at all, they diminish that possibility greatly but they can t turn it off completely. meanwhile the highly transmissible delta variant now accounts for more than half of all new infections in the united states. that could be because the nation is still far from reaching herd immunity with less than half of the population fully vaccinated. there is growing concern that low vaccination rates across the u.s. could potentially wipe out of of the progress the nation has made in fighting the virus. athena jones has the latest. reporter: america s covid-19 crisis is not over. infection rates rising in almost half the states driven in part by the delta variant. low vaccination rates putting the country s progress fighting the virus at risk. the more unvaccinated people there are, the longe
a mask-off over face coverings on capitol hill tonight. some republicans refusing to wear a mask on the house floor saying they re just following the latest cdc guidance. it s correct. i went onto the floor of the house of representatives. i had to speak. as i was sitting there, a member of the house sergeant of arms staff approached me and asked me if i was going to put on my mask. i said no. they said, ok. we begin tonight in the middle east where the fighting continues deep into the night and into the morning there. greg palkot has the latest live from tel aviv. good morning to you there, greg. reporter: hi, shannon, yeah, it is early wednesday morning here in israel and still no sign of how or when a cease-fire could be brokered between israel and the hamas militant group. there are, however, still a lot of signs of trouble throughout the region. rockets from gaza, from the hamas militant group once again rained down on southern and central israel throughout tuesday
all about joe biden essentially making his kind of debut as president on the world stage and kind of renewing america s vows towards multi-lateralism, international institutions and really what they would call the liberal world order, the one that has essentially ensured a lot of global peace since world war ii. that is what joe biden is here to do. he s trying to say diplomacy is back and america is back with a new role in the world. now a lot of this is surrounded by awkward photo opportunities, meetings with the queen who s made her own couple of jokes and tonight there s going to be marshmallows and hot rum, steak and lobster on the beach. so you might be able to see some really important global leaders snacking, chatting with each other, maybe walking around barefoot. so it should be quite a nice one to see and then, like you said, president biden is going to be taking off for london to meet and sip tea with the queen. joshua? well, matt, actually, i m jason. joshua is