plus the great kings and queens of egypt have made it to their final resting place. i ll speak with the egyptian minister. good to have you with us. for a second year in a row people around the world are waking up to an easter sunday impacted by the coronavirus. now lock downs and health guidelines mean scaled back celebrations for oh, so many, and that includes pope francis. the pontif has been leading services with safety in mind all weekend. we want to go straight to the vatican and our vatican correspondent. she s in front of st. peters square. delia, can you believe it? this is the second easter in lock down for the pope. and if you think of europe, this spring, easter, supposed to be a time of renewal and yet that seems to be such a long way off. what is the pope s message at this point in time when this is the second easter we ve been going through this? well, you know, it s interesting, paula, because just last night at the easter vigil that was his message, tha
mummies parade through the streets of cairo, making their way to their new home. coronavirus vaccinations in the u.s., reaching new heights. boosting hopes that an end to the pandemic could be within reach. the u.s., on saturday, reporting more than 4 million doses given. a new-daily record. that brings the seven-day vaccination average above the 3-million mark, for the first time, ever. more than 161-million doses have been administered, so far, in the u.s. but that progress does not mean the threat is over. several states are seeing some worrying numbers of new infections. michigan, among the worst. seeing its highest day of infections, in nearly-four months. and experts worry, that might be a sign of what is to come. top infectious-disease expert, dr. anthony fauci, spoke with cnn, earlier. he says, now isn t the time for people to let their guards down. what we re seeing, after that big peak that we had, around the christmas holidays and new year s. when it started to
so we start with the murder trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. the main witness on thursday, dr. martin tobin, a renowned expert in pulmonary critical care. he testified george floyd died from a lack of oxygen after being placed on the street on his stomach with handcuffs, a knee on his neck and a knee on his back. dr. tobin saying even a person without medical conditions would have died. cnn s sara sidner reports. reporter:. that s the moment the life goes out of his body. reporter: the prosecutor s expert medical witness did not hold back. mr. floyd died from a low level of oxygen and this caused damage to his brain that we see and it also caused a pea arrhythmia that caused his heart to stop. reporter: the renowned expert on breathing and lungs dr. tobin pointed to the officer s actions saying george floyd died because the officers created a scenario in which floyd s lungs were put into a vice-like grip. this was almost to the effect as
staff, at, both, the capitol and the white house, in the fallen officer s honor. jessica dean has the latest on where things stand. reporter: the united states capitol, on high alert, again. as another attack left one capitol-police officer dead, and another injured. the suspect rammed his car into two of our officers. reporter: a 25-year-old suspect, noah green, rammed this blue sedan into a barricade at the capitol building. striking two officers, before exiting that vehicle, and charging at the officers with a knife. the suspect did start lunging toward u.s. capitol police officers, at which time, u.s. capitol police officers fired upon the suspect. reporter: a law-enforcement official, telling cnn, one officer was stabbed. it is with a very, very heavy heart, that i announce one of our officers has succumbed to his injuries. reporter: william billy evans. an 18-year veteran of the force is the second capitol police officer to die on duty, in just the last-th