legendary singer and campaigner harry belafonte died at the age of 96. the un secretary general sent their condolences to his families and friends. welcome back to our programme. we ve been learning details of that british evacuation effort with the flights leaving cyprus and that centre being opened in the airfield to the north of the capital. we ve heard from the prime minister s also is office that many more flights evacuating british nationals from the conflict torn country into tomorrow. we don t know any numbers in terms of people out, but we ve seen pictures from the military personnel leaving cyprus. let s bring in our political correspondent, jonathan blake. the prime minister s office just giving us a few more details. that mission is clearly up and running. confirmation in the last few minutes that what appears to be a large scale operation by the british government to evacuate british citizens from act iii is now under way, and downing street confirming it has
hostages are out of harm s way. they re calling for a cease-fire. also breaking, ukraine s president in washington pleading for aid. are his hopes of getting a deal dead? this as another country is taking a pang ge from the putin playbook. and trump selling his mug shot as trading cards along with pieces of a suit he wore that day. now being accused of breaking the law and how it is paying off for trump. let s go out front. good evening. i m erin burnett. out front, gaza s tunnels are being flooded. a u.s. official telling cnn this the israeli informed the united states that they are flooding some of hamas tunnels with seawater to flush ott the fi fighters and short tishcircuit infrastructure. they re flooding tunnels where they believe hostages are not being held. president biden could not say whether or not that is the case. i m not at liberty well, there is assertions being made that there s quite sure there are no hostages in any of the tunnels. but i don t kno
administration on immigration. an influx of children crossing the border alone. there is a crisis on the texas border right now. as a result of president biden s open border policies. democratic congressman vicente gonzalez weighs in. and welcome to inside politics sunday. i m abby phillip. to our viewers around the united states and the world, thank you for spending part of your weekend with us. one year ago this weekend, the coronavirus lockdowns were just beginning and covid had killed 70 people here in the united states. the doeath toll, now 534,000 ca counting, would seem unimaginable, but today, americans have never been more optimistic the end is in sight. three quarters in a poll tell cnn the worst is finally behind us, and president biden says there will be enough vaccine for all adults by the end of may and we can safely celebrate the fourth of july with a backyard barbecue if all goes well. i will not relent until we beat this virus. but i need you. the a
physical evidence. it came down to who the jury believed. they believed andrea s story and bill cosby, the comic legend found guilty on all three counts. he faces up to 30 years in prison. he was let free on bail. million dollar bond. a home on house arrest. we await the sentencing hearing. his defense attorney said the fight is not over. that s tom mesereau, famous for defending michael jackson. so we expect this to go to appeals. right now a big victory for andrea constand and the dozens of women that accused bill cosby of sexual assault over the years today. neil? neil: bryan llenas, thanks very much. just to put this in perspective here, constand is the focus of this attention in this case and these allegations. more than 60 woman have come forward making similar accusations and a pattern of
behavior. putting it in perspective, constand testified that in her case in 2004 meeting with bill cosby, he gave her three blue pills and she drank wine at his request. she passed out, wo
this one was found in texas. reporter: only one kind of mosquito can transmit malaria. here experts are looking at things like mosquito behavior and how they respond to insecticide. it s one of the labs that helped fight the zika and west nile outbreaks. now the cdc, which was founded in 1946 specifically to fight malaria is working closely with local health departments where the latest cases have been found. they process the mosquitos, examine them, process them, and then they re sending them here for us to do the test of the parasite in the mosquito. reporter: she and most experts agree. during the summer outdoor months, insect repellent t is a must,t, but she says the chance of a national outbreak thankfully is very low. because of the history that we ve had, the outbreaks that we have had have been relatively small and contained, as are these. reporter: blayne alexander, nbc news, atlanta. up next here tonight, the great