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and live from cnn world headquarters here in atlanta, i m michael holmes. this is cnn newsroom. and our top story this hour, an influential covid-19 model warns americans not to put their masks away yet, as cases surge in michigan. let s have a look at that spike there. you can see it at the right of the graph. the state reporting nearly 7,000 new cases on saturday. the federal government sending 160 extra vags nayccinators to get shots into arms. some hospitals there are delaying nonemergency procedures on a case by case basis because they re getting full. officials calling it a last resort. medical experts say pandemic fatigue combined with the spread of coronavirus variants are behind the surge in michigan. cnn s evan mcmorris-santoro with more. reporter: even if vaccination rates rise in places like new york, where i m standing, there s still a concern that america is in the grip of this pandemic, especially in the state of michigan, where the viral numbers ar ....
hello and welcome. a us man has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically modified pig. doctors at the university of maryland medical center were granted a special dispensation by the us medical regulator to carry out the procedure and hope the surgery will be a game changer in solving the organ shortage crisis. tanya dendrinos reports. and a warning: some of these images are graphic. precious cargo being wheeled into the operating theatre but this was no ordinary transplant. this donor heart belongs to a genetically modified pig. it belongs to a genetically modified pig. belongs to a genetically modified m. . , ., , modified pig. it had previous surue modified pig. it had previous surgery so modified pig. it had previous surgery so it modified pig. it had previous surgery so it took modified pig. it had previous surgery so it took a - modified pig. it had previous surgery so it took a while - modified pig. it had previous ....
breaches of covid rules. what were you doing or not doing on the 20th of may 2020 during the first lockdown? and do you want the prime minister to make it clear immediately whether or not he was at a drinks party in downing street on that date? get in touch with me on twitter, @annitabbc, and use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. with freezing temperatures and a blanket of snow, the un appeals for $5 billion to help more than half of afghanistan s population get through this winter. one of britain s largest energy suppliers apologises after it advised customers they could cuddle pets and eat porridge to stay warm. and a man in the united states becomes the first person in the world to have a heart transplant from a pig. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the british prime minister is yet again under pressure after it emerged that as many as 100 people were invited to a bring your own booze drinks event in the downing street garden during th ....
president biden returning to washington moments ago after spending the day in connecticut trying to sell his massive spending bill. that bill, along with much of the president s agenda, stalled tonight. yet, biden says he s still optimistic. i told you before what my neurosurgeon years ago said when i had that an eurysm. he said your problem, senator, is you re a congenital optimist. but i m convinced we re going to get this done. i m convinced we re going to get it done. we re not going to get $3.5 trillion. we ll get less than that. but we re going to get it. and we re going to come back and get the rest. well, the problem right now for the president is that these negotiations over a $3.5 trillion spending bill aren t just holding up that bill. they re actually holding up the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. a bill that passed the senate with 19 republican senators onboard. that s epic. it s amazing. and yet, they can t get the thing passed. it s a bi ....
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