Gaza, the WhIte House, tokyo, and rome as only cnn can. This is early start. Its monday. Well begin wIth encouraging news on the Pandemic Front. The sevenday average of covid cases and deaths dropping to the lowest levels since early last summer. The number of americans hospItalized cut in half since february. That Number Hasnt been this low since september and Its trending down. Thats good news. The nation looks forward to The End of pandemic, there are new questions about the oorigins of the virus. A u. S. Intelligence report found several researchers at a lab in china had to be hospItalized in November Of 2019 right around the time covid began to circulate. Stephen is live in beijing for us. Good morning to you. We knew these workers were sick but we didnt know exactly how sick. Reporter thats right. Thats the most important new detail. In this report they were so sick they had to be hospItal lied. The China Government has responded to the latest report rejecting It wIth a foreign M
Given the fact that hamaS Did not launch rockets on is ready territory. Certainly not on jerusalem in response to the flag much but launched in century balloons. And the fact that israel followed up in the way that it did with these, this particular round of strikes signals that neither side is ready yet to go back to the kind of situation that we saw in may during that short but extremely deadly and brutal war that the 2 sides were engaged in us present. Joe biden is to meet russian leader vladimir putin in a couple of hours. Both men say the dialogue on the wide range of issues, but dont expect any major outcomes of the talks in the City Of geneva. And our group and me and me are opposed to February Military coup has announced its holding tanks on government forces. More than 800000 people in the states have been displaced by the fighting. The un investigator has worn the risk of starvation and disease. North Korea Leader has war the possible food shortages and says everyone should b
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The Democratic Republic Of Congo. The journalist at the center of the controversial interview with Princess Diana has a message for her sons, Prince William and prince harry. Live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. With Robyn Curnow. It is 10 a. M. In gaza. U. S. Secretary of state Anthony Blinken plans to visit the region in the coming days. In Gaza City they parade through the streets to show they are in control. Much of gazas basic infrastructure was crippled in the conflict. As humanitarian aid arrives, they say safeguards remain in place to keep militants from getting it. There are mechanisms in place, one in particular is the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism which was established after 2014. Its an agreement between the palestinian authorities, israelis and united nations. We have mechanisms to monitor to make sure the assistance does not fall into the hands its not intended to be directed towards. Now the people of gaza are burdened of trying to recover from 11 days of shelling
Im moving towards the headquarters just 500 feet away from where we are now. And then the ssl just telling us they are going to party all night in the middle of the site month. You also hear anger, you hear about frustration. You also hear about the possibility of challenging the party in power. To clear is that is back home 10 years after and the process of Recourse Addition relatively could take longer than expected. Anyone start heading to the polls around now to pick the next president for people vying for the top job that are concerns, Voter Turnout is going to be low, but i suggestions. Many people are disillusioned after several candidates were blocked from running. The supreme court has rejected the challenge to the affordable care act, widely known as obamacare. Its the 3rd time the court is preserved. The law since it was introduced in 2010 president Joe Biden has signed a bill making whats become known as june teams, a federal holiday. Congress approved the legislation tomor