Spreader events and hot spots for college students. Were covering it all, and also, my Special Report this hour, thousands of immigrants still waiting to be reunited with families even after Donald Trumps muslim immigration ban has, in fact, been lifted. Im going to take a deeper look at that later on this hour. But we first want to start in atlanta where a rally organized by Stop Aapi Hate is in full swing. Marchers, theyre calling for an end to antiasianamerican violence in the wake of this weeks shooting. Deepa is in atlanta for us with all this. Good to see you this afternoon. Thanks for joining us on this. Talk us through what youre seeing on the ground here and what youre hearing from folks, what changes, what real changes do they want to see . Reporter yasmin, thats right. Its been an emotional week in atlanta in the area and today as well, about a thousand rally goers here gathering at the steps of the capitol, now marching towards further into downtown. People from all racial
Administration is preparing a Sweeping Campaign to encourage americans to take the covid19 vaccine when its available to them and as vaccine supply increases. And it all cant come soon enough. The centers for Disease Control and prevention report more than 600 cases of the more contagious covid19 variants from the united kingdom, brazil and south africa across 33 states. According to the latest forecast models, an estimated 631,000 americans would have died from covid19 by june 1st. The mounting of a real federal response to the covid pandemic for the first time comes alongside the Historic Second Impeachment Trial of the former president who failed and refused to lead that fight. The second Impeachment Trial of the accused insurrectionist donald j. Trump begins on tuesday. It does not appear that there would be enough Senate Republicans to join in convincing the former failed president of his role in inciting the mob that attacked the capitol one month ago on january 6th and thats not
the us supreme court has partially reinstated donald trump s controversial travel ban, targeting citizens from six predominantly muslim countries. the president has claimed it a victory for national security. america s highest court also granted a white house request allowing part of its refugee ban to go into effect. mr trump wants to place a 90 day ban on people from six mainly muslim nations and a 120 day ban on refugees. tim allman reports. his controversial travel ban. it was one of donald trump s first acts as president. his controversial travel ban. the reaction was immediate. protests springing up at airports across america. chanting: no fascist usa! soon, the court stepped in, suspending the ban, forcing the president to rewrite his executive order. now, the supreme court has said parts of that order can be implemented, at least for now. travellers from the named countries, who don t have what is described as a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the un
executive orders so far with more to come today. so how do voters who put donald trump in the white house feel about his first few days in office? we ll be speaking to one of them. and the presidential candidate who is shaking up french politics meet emmanuel macron. hello and welcome. it s a dispute with the neighbours that s spilling out of control one side wants a dividing wall, the other doesn t. one side wants the other to pay for it, and the other is point blank refusing. the result mexico s president is now cancelling a visit to washington, after an ultimatum from donald trump. the fight between the us and mexico over that wall took an extraordinary twist on twitter today. lets see what donald trump wrote. if mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting. and then this riposte from the mexican president. this morning we informed the white house that i will not be attending the working meeting planned for
in the united states. it comes after president trump signed an executive order temporarily banning refugees from entering the country. we ve seen a lot of reaction to the decision. these are protests atjfk airport in new york after it emerged 11 refugees were being detained there. meanwhile, neighbouring canada says it will remain a safe haven for those fleeing persecution. under the executive order, citizens from seven mainly muslim countries will be denied visas for 90 days. our correspondent in washington gary o donoghue reports. released after a night in detention, this man is one of the first to feel the bite at donald trump s crackdown on immigration. america is the greatest nation, the greatest people in the world. the man got his visa to come to america to come to to america on the very day donald trump was inaugurated. he worked for a decade as an interpreterfor the us military in iraq and was awarded a special immigration visa for those who had served. his release f