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the prime minister says that he will be examining the data on easing of restrictions in england onjune 21st. i don t see anything currently in the data to suggest that we have to deviate from the road map, but we may need to wait. gps in england say they re facing a tsunami of patients, as the country, emerges from lockdown. manchester united s marcus rashford suffers racial abuse on social media with at least 70 slurs after last night s europa league final loss to villarreal. and, a very special reunion. the friends get back together, for the first time in 17 years. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson has denied allegations made by his former top advisor, dominic cummings, that poor handling of the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people. he was speaking on a visit to a hospital in essex, and said an incredibly difficult series of decisions, none of which we ve taken lightly, had to be made at th ....
streets with racist attacks on the rise. i am pamela brown, in for jake tapper. this memorial day, we honor the ultimate sacrifices of men and women in uniform, and this year we mark america s first vaccinated holiday. that s where we begin today in our health lead. nearly half the u.s. population is fully vaccinated and many americans have hit the road and skies to reunite with loved ones. beaches, bars, restaurants, all packed. and new numbers from the tsa show the agency screened more than 7 million people from thursday to sunday. cnn s alexandra field reports that s a pandemic-era high for travel. reporter: the come back is big. we re ready to rock and roll, starting today. reporter: americans coast to coast are taking advantage of the first nearly normal holiday inn more than a yoear. never thought the shutdown would last that long. reporter: after so much time at home, 37 million are expected to travel this weekend. airports clocking pandemic era record ....
willis with the pain at the pump and casey stegall with how flyers are returning to the skies. first, alex in new york city. alex? hi, charles. a lot of festivities taking place around the country. if you picked up fresh fruit, the price went up 1.5% since april. if chicken made your cut, it s 31% more than this time last year, this try of chicken wings in new york city cost me $9. last year it was $6.87. in the last 12 months, prices have increased 2.4%. eating out isn t much better. restaurant food, 3.8%. the consumer prices jumped 4.2% exceeding the 3.6% expectation. it s the greatest increase in 12 years. keep in mind economists a tribute that to the economic fallout during the pandemic. the last time inflation grew this was 2008 after the recession. there s additional price changes this year. in terms of travel and transportation, used cars and trucks spiked 21%. motor vehicle insurance is up as well as airline fares. aaa pro predicts 37 million americans will ....
us why her deafness is her strength. you don t really see people like me on the screen. reporter: and minneapolis, one year later. one man s business goes from collateral damage to a sign of hope, all thanks to strangers. i thought i was ruined. i didn t know what my next plan was. this is the cbs weekend news from chicago. here s adriana diaz. diaz: good evening. here s a headline we haven t heard in over a year: expect traffic. unlike last memorial day weekend, things have drastically changed. travel is at a pandemic peak, nearly, with covid cases down and vaccinations up from zero to 51% of all american adults in less than six months. but danger still lurks with new infections hovering around 23,000 a day. cbs lilia luciano has the latest from santa monica, california. lilia, good evening. reporter: good evening, adriana. around six million people are expected to travel through airports this weekend. i ll tell you, i was one of them and it was hard to ev ....
getting vaccinated. tonight for the first time we hear from former police officer derek chauvin in the george floyd case. what he says as he chooses not to testify in his own defense. not far away, the former police officer kim potter who fired the shot killing 20-year-old daunte wright at her first hearing today. the community and wright s family watching. tonight, the biden administration hitting russia with sweeping new sanctions after that massive cyberattack that went on for months, hacking into federal agencies and private american companies and for interfering in u.s. elections. expelling ten russian diplomats. dozens of entities and individuals hit with sanctions tonight. russia warning it will respond. the image from the southern border tonight, a 2-year-old child dangling, dropped by a smuggler from a 18-foot border wall into the u.s. overseas, rare images from buckingham palace and news tonight on prince philip s funeral saturday morning. and here ....