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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci says the next couple of weeks will be a critical time in the fight against coronavirus following the deadliest day of the pandemic in the US.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) plans to launch a speaking tour alongside Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), beginning at a retirement community in Florida. Residents of the community, The Villages, tell CNN's Randi Kaye what they think of Gaetz.
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CNN's Fareed Zakaria expresses his concerns about rising levels of inflation and what warnings we should consider based on how inflation has impacted events in recent world history.
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Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan have been found guilty of all counts in the federal trial of the three men charged with violating Ahamud Arbery's civil rights. #CNN #News
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, says he wants to know what caused the January 6th insurrection and fired back at Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-FL) question about critical race theory.
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In the U.S. today, the average African-American household owns just 6 cents for every $1 of wealth held by the typical white household, and blacks make up just 1.7% of the top 1% of wealthy Americans.
But there are black members of the 1% who are working to change that. Tanzina Vega investigates the historical and contemporary racial barriers to wealth creation in the U.S.
US Black-White inequality in 4 charts
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/01..../politics/black-whit
3.5 million Black American households have a negative net worth, new study finds
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/18..../business/black-weal
Here's how to propel 2 million Black Americans to the middle class
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/18..../perspectives/racial
From Gadhafi to Ahmadinejad, Bush to Chavez: look back at memorable moments from past UNGA sessions. Richard Roth reports.
UN suspends Russia from Human Rights Council:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/07..../politics/un-russia-
Biden's Middle East allies change tune on Ukraine war as conflict escalates:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03..../middleeast/russia-u
Critics are calling for Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself in an upcoming case due to his wife's political activism. CNN's Pamela Brown reports.
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Temple Grandin discusses her experience with autism, from not speaking to becoming a renowned author and professor.
CNN's John Avlon takes a look at Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and other Republican lawmakers who are taking credit for bringing Covid-19 relief and other types of funding to their states even though they voted against the same funding before. #CNN #News
Two pastors on opposite sides of the country, one dangerous problem: QAnon spreading in their congregation. CNN Business' Donie O'Sullivan reports on how they're trying, and often failing, to stop the lies.
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Former Judge J. Michael Luttig discussed on a Politico podcast how he advised former Vice President Mike Pence not to overturn the 2020 election.
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Get a rare look at the entire process of how rocks are turned into magnificent sparkling diamonds in the hands of experienced craftsmen.
Mountains, ports and flat ground: Geography plays a part in Putin's desire to control Ukraine. Author and Broadcaster Tim Marshall explains why.
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Austin, Texas, is arguably the hottest real estate market in the country, with home prices up more than 40 percent since last April. Follow one local family as they struggle to find a place in their price range. #CNN #News #Business
Seared foie gras on potato puree inside a wood shack on a frozen Canadian lake? Anthony Bourdain calls this lunch.
Two provinces in southeastern Turkey were hit by heavy rainfall and flooding, leaving streets submerged and people trapped in floodwaters. #CNN #News #shorts
CNN reporters are in Mississippi and Missouri covering the fallout after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed a constitutional right to an abortion.
American teens are experiencing a rise in mental health challenges according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This includes high levels of sadness amid significant declines in overall well-being, especially among girls and LGBQ+ youth. Could social media be part of the problem? Dr. Sanjay Gupta turns to Professor Keneisha Sinclair-McBride (https://www.childrenshospital.....org/directory/keneis a child psychologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, to unpack this data and discuss the connection between social media and youth mental health. Sanjay also asks his teenage daughter, Sky, about how social media affects our self-esteem.
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Former President Trump is targeting Robin Vos, a veteran Republican lawmaker in Wisconsin, over his refusal to help overturn the 2020 election. #CNN #News
Body camera footage shows a firefight between Ukrainian and Russian forces near Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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Russia's state-owned gas company Gazprom said it would cut flows through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany in half, to just 20% of its capacity. A US official said the move was retaliation for western sanctions, and that it put the West in "unchartered territory" when it comes to whether Europe will have enough gas to get through the winter. #CNN #News
Matthew Pottinger, who served on former President Donald Trump’s National Security Council will testify publicly at Thursday’s prime-time hearing held by the House select committee investigating the US Capitol attack, according to multiple sources familiar with the plans. Pottinger resigned in the immediate aftermath of the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. #CNN #News
Applause rings out in the Senate chamber after Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman confirmed to the Supreme Court. #CNN #News
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky. Following their meeting, the top officials discussed the US' latest assistance to Ukraine. #CNN #News
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) reacts to Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) comments about how “vote-a-rama” will be for Democrats as the Senate moves to vote on the Inflation Reduction Act. #CNN #News
House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is expected to visit Taiwan as part of her ongoing tour of Asia, according to a senior Taiwanese government official and a US official. That's despite warnings from Biden administration officials, who are worried about China's response to such a high-profile visit. The stop -- the first for a US House speaker in 25 years -- is not currently on Pelosi's public itinerary and comes at a time when US-China relations are already at a low point.
Chinese government officials have escalated their rhetoric ahead of Pelosi's prospective trip. CNN's Will Ripley reports.
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Former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday delivered a speech outlining an "agenda for the future" in Washington -- just hours before a competing speech from Donald Trump during the former President's first visit to the nation's capital since January 2021. #CNN #News
Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed a new general, Alexander Dvornikov, to direct the war in Ukraine, according to a US official and a European official.
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Anthony Bourdain rediscovers classic old world dining in a "hipster-free zone" at Le Continental in Quebec City.
Joby Aviation's electric, six rotor aircraft can take off like a helicopter yet fly like a plane. Its commercial operations, which it hopes to launch by 2024, will allow customers to book a seat on one of its aircraft like they would on a rideshare app. With a distance of up to 150 miles on a single charge and four-passenger capacity, Joby hopes that its aircraft can help relieve urban congestion.
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Anthony Bourdain is in the Philippines exploring the culture's love of music and cooking firsthand. Tune in Sunday at 9 p.m. ET.
Former Obama adviser David Axelrod asks conservative commentator Scott Jennings, who voted for Trump twice, if he'd do so again after all of the evidence presented by the Jan. 6 select committee. #CNN #News
Kansas voters handed abortion-rights advocates a massive victory Tuesday by rejecting a ballot measure that would have allowed lawmakers to ban abortion in the state. CNN's John King and David Axelrod discuss the primary results and how they affect the elections for Democrats. #CNN #News
Members of the conservative Republican Study Committee thanked former Vice President Mike Pence for his actions on January 6 and encouraged him to run for President during a private meeting near the US Capitol in Washington, according to multiple attendees. Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former White House aide under Donald Trump, discusses with CNN’s Newsroom. #CNN #News
President Joe Biden addressed the nation to assure Americans that the banking system is safe after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. In his speech, he highlighted the immediate action that his administration has taken. #CNN #News #cnnbusiness
On "Parts Unknown" Anthony Bourdain heads to the German city of Cologne. He shares a taste of his "happy zone" and how the working class impacted the cuisine.
CNN anchor Poppy Harlow speaks with Ben Kaufman, CEO & co-founder of Camp, a toy company that got caught up in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and is asking customers for help to keep it afloat. #CNN #News
There has been an increased focus on former White House deputy chief of staff Tony Ornato after former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified at a committee hearing that he had told her about Trump lashing out in anger and lunging at a member of his protective detail as he demanded to be taken to the Capitol on January 6. CNN’s Ryan Nobles reports. #CNN #News
The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 riot has obtained text messages between former President Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows and Virginia 'Ginni' Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.#CNN #News
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis challenged lawmakers to eliminate the special status that allows the entertainment company to operate as an independent government around its Orlando-area theme park. CNN's Dianne Gallagher reports.
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CNN’s Jake Tapper speaks with David Scheffer, former US Ambassador for War Crimes in the Clinton administration, and Beth Sanner, former Deputy Director of National Intelligence, about the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. #CNN #News
Deputy Dean of Public Health at Brown University Dr. Megan Ranney breaks down a new CDC report that shows that the nation's maternal death rate rose significantly in 2021, with the rates among Black women more than twice as high as those of White women. #CNN #News
Chief Justice John Roberts privately lobbied fellow conservatives to save the constitutional right to abortion down to the bitter end, but the unprecedented leak of a draft opinion reversing Roe v. Wade made the effort all but impossible, multiple sources familiar with negotiations told CNN. CNN's Joan Biskupic has more. #CNN #News
CNN's Brian Stelter discusses the Pennsylvania primary elections for the US Senate and governor and how it is splitting two prominent Fox hosts. Stelter also speaks with Politico reporter Holly Otterbein and Philadelphia Inquirer opinion columnist Will Bunch about why some Republican candidates are shutting out the media. "It's certainly a base-riling tactic, but I think it speaks to a real authoritarian turn in the Republican party," Bunch says. #CNN #News
The family of 28-year-old Irvo Otieno, who died while in the custody of a Virginia mental health facility, speaks out after having viewed the tape of the fatal incident. CNN's Brian Todd reports. #CNN #News
Here's how the coronavirus started, continues to spread and what to do to protect yourself during the pandemic. #CNN #News
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi became the highest-ranking American official to visit Taiwan in 25 years.
Pelosi traveled to the island in the face of warnings from both the Biden administration and China, which reacted strongly after the House speaker’s congressional delegation touched down in Taipei.
China’s Foreign Ministry charged that Pelosi’s visit “has a severe impact on the political foundation of China-US relations, and seriously infringes upon China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
Pelosi said in a statement that her visit to Taiwan “honors America’s unwavering commitment to supporting Taiwan’s vibrant democracy.” #CNN #News
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential 2024 presidential nominee, is facing backlash from the GOP after he characterized the war in Ukraine as a "territorial dispute" between two countries. Former Trump adviser Alyssa Farah Griffin and CNN senior political analyst Ron Brownstein discuss. #CNN #News
The man was seen gripping a rope and a concrete structure at the rain-swollen Los Angeles River, while waiting for a helicopter crew to come. #CNN #News #shorts
Arizona’s upcoming Republican primary for governor has turned into a tug-of-war between former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence. CNN’s Jake Tapper discusses what this means with a panel of experts.
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