live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta welcome to all you watching here in the united states, canada and around the world. we're following breaking news. spacex crew one has just splashed down off the coast of florida in the gulf of mexico. returning astronauts spent five months in the orbiting laboratory. that's the longest time spent in space by a crew launched aboard an american built spacecraft. it consists of three americans and one japanese astronaut. a flotilla of ships is positioned and once the crew is safely aboard they'll be headed back to nasa's space center in houston. for more on all this let's bring in a man with more than a little experience. leroy chow a retired astronaut. he joins us from houston, texas. you've been through reentry. i imagine that's the scariest part, falling at speeds 25 times

the speed of sound, braving temperatures. one of the astronauts on the endeavor said it felt like they were inside an animal. describe what it was like for you. >> sure. coming down in a spacecraft like the resilience is a different experience than coming back down on a space shuttle. so before i flew down and came back on one i flew on three space shuttlesch so very different experiences. the spacex capsule probably flies a lot like the russian -- so it's very smooth coming through the atmosphere as is the space shuttle. when you get close to landing the space shuttle you get a lot of rumbling as the speed decreases from supersonic down to subsonic. in the case of the capsule it's all pretty benign until the parachute deployed. that's a good feeling because then you know the parachutes have come out and you're starting to come down and you're going to be down on the ground in just a few minutes after that. >> we're seeing i believe live

pictures of boats speeding towards the capsule right now which is floating in the ocean there. tell us how long did it take them to get you when you landed? >> it's actually very quick. the rescue forces fall in and their helicopters and of course we landed down on land. there was so much snow melt in causic stan at the time. spacex normally lands in the water after a mission like this. and this is significant because it's the first time they've done it at night. so exercising not only the crew but also the rescue forces to go ahead and do these operations at night. >> you know, the fact the previous spacex flight they found the heat shield had worn away more than expected. they reinforced it and so on, but would that have been weighing on their minds, the question of would it hold as they went through?

>> you're very well aware of the risksch the heat shield as you point out is one of those things you think about. parachute deploy is another. but the wear they saw on the previous flight was a little more than expected but within the limits. and so just to -- just to increase the margin they did beef up those areas. and so really it probably wasn't really on the crew's mind. you know what things can go wrong until you think about them, but probably weren't fixated on them too much. >> describe the feeling they're going through right now, knowing you splashed down, the spence of being back on earth in their cases five months in space. what's that like? >> sure, they're very excited, of course. they're very happy to be home. waiting for the rescue forces to get them out of the vehicle and get them onto the boat. so there's a lot of anticipation. they might be feeling a little bit dizzy, of course, after being back in the gravity field after having been away for so long. but they're definitely keyed up and excited and happy to be

home. >> yeah. so what happens next? i mean, the capsule, they'll take that aboard the boat and so on. go through the steps they'll be going through and then they'll be taken for testing and so on. >> right. so after you get out of the vehicle, of course, they'll take you over to the area where they're going to get your suit off. and in the case of the spacex suit it's relatively easy to get on and off compared to the suits we wore on our spacecraft and aboard the space shuttle. you'll do the medical checks. they'll take your vitals and see how you're doing. they'll take some measurements and then get you in a relaxed position, get you some water to drink. you're going to be a little dehydrated from this experience. and then of course bring you back to shore and get you cleaned up and reunited with your loved ones. >> they spent five months in space. you know what it's like to spend a long time in space. describe what it's like

physically to be back on earth, all the physical changes that happen when you've been in space for a long time? >> yes, even after a short space shuttle mission of one or two weeks you come back, very dizzy, you feel kind of weak and uncoordinated. in the case of a long duration mission like this six or so months you come back with the same symptoms but they're exaggerated, feel a little more intense and last longer. in the case of a space shuttle mission after a couple days you feel back to normal. with a long flight it might take several weeks before you feel like you're back to normal. so similar symptoms. might make you feel a little nauseous. takes a little while for you to get your earth wings back, so to speak. >> i want to look larger significance of this, successfully reusing hardware. many experts say this couldn't be done certainly not this cheaply. what does this portend for

future spaceflight, and does this get us any closer to that long distance goal to that journey to mars? >> absolutely. i mean, this is great demonstration of reusability. not only has this spacecraft flown before it's be reused again. you saw that was successfully reused -- a reused vehicle. so this is a huge deal and, again, spacex showing their maturity of their operations being able to do the recovery at night. and so this takes us a step further toward more inexpensive access to space and of course that's the goal. and that does get us closer to mars and hopefully spacex of course is working on the vehicle they say will be their mars vehicle. so exciting times ahead for sure. >> exciting times right now as we see these live pictures. thank you so much for joining us and taking us through what they're going through. really appreciate you joining

us. >> my pleasure. thank you. india is again reporting more covid-19 cases and deaths than anywhere else in the world. just announced a two week lockdown beginning may 5th. the latest government figures reveal almost 3,700 additional deaths, a one-day record. more than 390,000 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours. it's the 11th straight day of infections soaring past 300,000. hospitals are overflowing with patients and have run out of just about everything they need to keep people alive especially oxygen. so it was a welcome sight as about 100 tons of liquid oxygen rolled into a city south of the capital. it'll provide some short-term relief, but of course far more is needed. cnn's christie lustout joins us from hong kong. >> the world's worst covid-19

outbreak continues to ravage india with india today on sunday reporting 3,689 coronavirus deaths. that is the highest daily rise so far. it also marked its 11th consecutive day of over 300,000 cases of covid-19. and experts continue to point out those numbers are likely to be underreported given the nonstop mass cremations taking place across the country as well as india's lack of the extremely valuable rapid covid-19 tests. and these grim numbers translate into countless miserable stories of heart break and tragedy inside india, stories of families going from clinic to clinic, hospital to hospital trying to seek out any available intensive care beds for sick loved ones. accounts of medical workers literally pleading for supplies like oxygen, like medicine. experts continue to point out that the best hope for india is the covid-19 vaccine. now, the vaccine drive in india may have started in january but progress has been very slow.

only 2.1% of the total population of 1.3 billion have been inoculated so far. this weekend they widened the drive allowing all adults over the age of 18 to get vaccinated, but states and territories across india say they don't have enough supplies. and we learned on saturday just under 85,000 people received their first dose. so we have india, which is the world's largest manufacturer of covid-19 vaccines desperately needing more covid-19 vaccines. a shipment of 150,000 sputnik vaccines from russia touched down over the weekend. of course the united states continues to send over supplies including the materials needed to manufacture astrazeneca vaccines in india. some 20 million doses will be coming on hand soon. >> and as more countries send help they also are drawing a tighter cordon around the

country with travel restricts. what's the latest there? >> reporter: absolutely. india is becoming increasingly isolated as more countries announce travel restricts and temporary travel bans. we know the biden administration has announced the united states will restrict travel from india starting from tuesday. we also learned the government in ostailia has said anyone traveling from india to australia could face jail time even australian citizens. travel restrictions have been announced by a variety of governments including germany, the u.k., italy and travel bans or sus pengs have been announced by a growing list of governments including singapore, hong kong as well as canada and new zealand. ? >> all right, thanks so much, christy lu stout in hong kong. here in the u.s. fresh signs of the pandemic getting under control. according to data from john hopkins university the seven day moving average of daily cases just dipped below 50,000 for the first time since early october.

and more than 243 million covid vaccinevise been given. more on the progress made and what still needs to be done. >> reporter: even as global daily coronavirus cases reach a new peak pushed by the crisis in india and south america, the united states curve is flattening. the improvement in numbers is helped in part by the more than 100 million people in the u.s. close to one third of the population who are now fully vaccinated. >> i'm seeing a shift, i think, toward that underserved population. the ones maybe on the fence and are thinking about it that we have to do a little more effort to get the knowledge to them and to help them make the correct decision to get vaccinated. >> by the time they leave they have smiles on their faces and then they share with us the reasons why they're getting vaccinated. and they share them and post them on the wall. and all about doing it for not only themselves but most for the time for their family, friends and other loved ones. >> now the focus turns to

vaccinating younger teens once they're eligible. many of whom have missed routine vaccinations for things like the flu this past year because of the pandemic. >> it's going to take a coordinated effort to achieve both the rollout of covid-19 vaccine in adolescents and a rapid catch-up of routine vaccinations. >> reporter: pfizer has applied for an emergency use authorization to allow 12 to 15-year-olds to receive its covid-19 vaccine. president biden says schools should probably all be open in the fall. this vision of almost normal is tantalizing. new york city will allow 75% capacity for indoor dining starting friday. >> i think the daily news has it right here. this is going to be the summer of new york city. >> reporter: the restaurant reservation website open table shows the number of customers dining out is around 20% below pre-pandemic levels. disneyland resort in california, the only one of the global disney parks left closed since last march reopened with

restricts to california residents on friday. cdc direct rochelle walensky says falling case rates means a full reopening of businesses by july 1st is a reasonable target. though she also warns the virus has tricked us before and the u.s. has not reached herd immunity. oregon governor kate brown on friday designated 15 counties with harsher restricts as the state recorded five straight weeks of at least 20% increases in new cases and a near doubling of hospitalizations in the past week particularly among younger people. >> economic relief is something i can do as your governor to help oregonians impacted by this fourth surge. what i can't do is bring back someone's life lost to this virus. >> reporter: with similar caution in mind the biden administration will restrict travel from india for non-u.s. citizens starting on tuesday with some exceptions. so with much to celebrate on the

cusp of normalcy, there's also the reminder what can happen with too much too soon. natasha chen, cnn, norfolk, virginia. thousands of brazilians rallied to show their support for president bolsanaro. he's expected to face a challenge at the polls next year from former president -- over his handling oof the pandemic. brazil has the second highest official death toll in the world. failed to strongly endorse masks and only recently embraced vaccines. in columbia it isn't just the coronavirus driving protests. demonstrators are also demanding the government scrap planned reforms they say will only add to their misery. >> reporter: thousands of protesters come to the streets

protest against the government's handling of the pandemic and to protest in particular against the fiscal reform critics argue is going to make the situation worse for the middle class. it's the fourth consecutive day of protests in columbia against these reform. and while the situation remains calm here in bogota right now at least three people died in the southern city since the beginning of the protests. and this is happening while columbia is going through the apex of a dramatic wave of covid-19 that is wreaking havoc in the country and filling up intensive care units. bogota right now is under strict lock down orders, but as you can see behind my back people came out in numbers to protest what is essentially the economic cost of the pandemic. according to recent government figures from columbia alone more than 3 million people fell back into poverty since the beginning of the lockdowns last year. and this is a situation not particular to columbia only. many countries in south america

have been feeling the catastrophic damage from covid-19 that has inflicted the workers and employees. and while countries from argentina to brazil from columbia to youruquay, the economic cost of the pandemic. >> israel is marking a day of national mourning for those killed when a religious festival turned into a deadly stampede on friday. we'll have a live report from jerusalem next. also ahead, angry fellow republicans give senator mitt romney a peace of their mind with a convention in his own state. we'll have what he said and what this means for some upcoming special elections. stay with us.

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casino. that employee wasn't present during the shooting. officials say the scene is contained and there's no longer a threat to the community. israel is observing a national day of mourning for the dozens of people killed in a stampede on friday at a religious festival. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is asking people to pray for the wounded. netanyahu says a thorough investigation will be conducted to ensure a disaster like this doesn't happen again. obviously a very somber day there. what can you tell us? >> reporter: kim, flags flying at half-mast here at israel's parliament as they are at official buildings across the country as israel observes a day of mourning in the wake of the stampede that cost the lives of 45 people in the early hours of friday morning. now, all of the bodies have been identified. now some have been buried already. there will be more funerals taking place today in accordance

with jewish tradition which requires burial as quickly as possible. in addition to that there's still a dozen people still ill in hospital, two of them seriously. i can also tell you cnn understands at least five of the dead are u.s. citizens as well as. and of course amid the mourning and the sadness there's also anger and recriminations as to how such a tragedy could have been allowed to happen. the police is already conducting -- has already launched an internal inquiry and the attorney general has launched an inquiry looking into possible criminal negligence on the part of police. but many people are now calling for a full statement inquiry into the events up to and including this event. and there have been a number of interesting comments that have emerged over the last 48 hours, which no doubt will be looked at very closely by these investigations. one, for example, by the former head of the regional council

that administers the area that includes where the stamppede took place. he says this was a ticking time bomb and on one occasion he even issued a warrant to have it shutdown but because of political pressure that warrant was unenforceable. the security minister an ally of prime minister netanyahu, he says he takes responsibility, but that doesn't mean he takes the blame. and in an apparent echo of those ticking time bomb events and said look this could have happened on any year and it just happened to happen this year. and on previous occasions there have been more than 400,000 people attendance this event. it does seem perhaps like it was an accident waiting to happen. kim? >> yeah, tragic. thank you so much. joe biden is officially past his symbolically important first 100 days as u.s. president. and now he has big proposals to sell worth about $4 trillion.

he's pitching a huge legislative agenda this week. he'll need the support of voters to make it a reality. >> reporter: president biden is revving up air force one again next week as he's taking his sales pitch for his sweeping economic proposals out directly into the country. the president is hoping he can earn support for his measures from voters across the united states who he hopes will then in turn urge their lawmakers up on capitol hill to get onboard with these plans. on monday the president will travel to virginia along with the first lady. the two of them will be visiting schools as they're looking to promote that american families plan that focuses on child care, education and paid family leave. on tuesday and wednesday the vice president heads to wisconsin and rhode island, and then president biden will travel down south to louisiana on thursday with stops in new orleans and lake charles, a community that was devastated by hurricane laura back last summer.

the president these trips are following on his visits this past week to georgia and also pennsylvania where he made a direct pitch for his infrastructure proposal at an amtrak station and argued these investments will help keep america competitive with the rest of the world. take a look. >> we have a huge opportunity here to provide fast, safe, reliable, clean transportation in this country. and transit is part of the infrastructure. like the rest of our infrastructure we're way behind the rest of the world right now. we need to remember we're in competition with the rest of the world. people come here and setup businesses. people stay here, people grow because of their ability to access -- access transportation, access all the infrastructure. it's what allows us to compete. >> reporter: now as he makes this pitch out on the road the president must also court lawmakers back in washington. but republicans and some moderate democrats have expressed some hesitancy with the price tag and pay fors in

this plan. but the president has said he's willing to sit down with republicans to hear those ideas. and one of those senators he's had already a direct conversation with is senator shelly moore capito, a republican of virginia. the president has invited her and other republicans to the white house to hammer out details of the proposal and also keep the democratic coalition together as he's hoping to get these measures passed. arlette saenz, cnn, traveling with the president in wilmington, delaware. a republican party divided over trump's legacy looks a little like this. senator mitt romney booed by fellow republicans at a convention in utah. listen to this. >> the cat calls just as romney

mentioned trump. of course romney has long had a strained relationship with hard core activists in his state and there's obvious anger over the former president's impeachment. here's how a democratic law make m maker sees all this. >> could you imagine president barack obama going before a democratic audience and getting booed? it's as analogous that romney ran against obama be booed and just shows the republican party right now has an identity crisis. and anyone who departs from the party line, who even dares to criticize president trump is going to be ostracize by a large part of that party. >> as you remember romney often criticized trump throughout his presidency. all right, we'll have the latest on our top story, the covid crisis in india when we return and we'll tell you about the international effort to get

desperately needed help to people on the ground. plus china's success at keeping covid-19 cases at a minimum for months is coming at a cost. vaccines are now a tough sell. that's not the only challenge beijing has to deal with. stay with us.

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more than 392,000 daily cases and nearly 3,700 deaths were posted. the highest increase in daily deaths so far. now aid is rolling in from around the world. you're looking right there at pictures of a shipment from france that arrive just a few hours ago. india has received supplies and equipment from the u.s., russia and several european nations just to name a few. let's bring in our issa soares to break it down for us. like i said many countries coming to india's aid. will this make a dent in the problem, or is it too little too late? >> i think as you setout there's a record number of cases and deaths. you're seeing 11 days straight, every bit of help is needed and every bit of help counts at this stage. and what we're seeing, kim, is the world really coming together in a show of solidarity and cooperation to try and relieve

some of the really critical shortages that we've seen in india for several days now and the shortage when it comes to oxygen. we've seen people queuing up for days on end trying to get oxygen tanks, oxygen supplies to their loved ones. many of them unable to get their hands on oxygen. so as india tries to ramp up its health infrastructure, countries, companies are stepping up and stepping in. we have seen a lot of countries already, u.k., the uae, saudi arabia, singapore, many of them sending in shipments to india. and that's in a variety of forms. we've seen oxygen generated, we've seen ventilators, liquid oxygen, ppe medicine. we've seen russia sending in 150,000 doses of sputnik vaccine

and importantly sputnik vaccine has been approved in india, so that's arriving as well as raw materials that will help facilitate and feed up the production of vaccines. let me talk you through the video we've been receiving. this morning we've seen arrivals and shipments today from uzbekistan, from germany as well as from france. the footage we have from france the numbers are quite staggering in terms of what they're sending. really crucial eight high capacity generators. that basically provides yearlong oxygen for 250 beds. importantly allows hospitals to create their own oxygen. so not just short-term but long-term help for hospitals. they'll also send liquid oxygen for 2,000 patients for five days as well as 28 ventilators. we've seen germany arriving as

well, everything from respirators and helping as well a production facility in india in terms of getting india back creating and providing for their own oxygen. now, that is a inside of europe. in the united states arrivals of shipments have begun. president biden telling president modi he stands shoulder to shoulder with india and he'll do everything in his power to try and help the crisis india is facing at the moment, helping to provide something $100 million worth of supplies being sent. they're being sent oxygen and related equipment, ppe as well as test kits. now, critically the united states has basically partially lifted a ban on the export of raw materials. why was there a ban of those raw materials? well, for some time the united states wanted to boost its own

production of vaccines right at home, the domestic consumption. that has now been lifted because there was some criticism around the world of what they were calling resource hoarding. so now that's been lifted the exports of those raw materials will arrive in india. and hopefully meaning the vaccine production speeds up because of course just over 2% of india's 1.3 billion people have been inoculated. so it's really important to get shots into arms as soon as possible. the question is now those astrazeneca doses, the millions the united states has it's not using, it has stockpiled, when will those be arriving in the united states because every bit of help really makes a difference right now. and that means vaccines critically, kim. >> so vital. thank you so much issa soares in

lund m london. and you can go to cnn.com/impact to find out how to help. well, chinese leaders are offering india a helping hand all the while struggling to vaccinate their own population. cnn's david coulver shows us wht they're up against. >> reporter: on the streets of beijing shops in the capital city using precious window space to advertise something other than sales and business hours. i'll show you what they're posting outside some of these places. you can see here this is one sign that says 100% of the people that work inside this shop have been vaccinated. another sign says 93% of those working at this beijing bank have gotten wind of china covid-19 vaccines as well as 90% of this restaurants employees. well, it's for my personal

safety this woman tells us as well as everybody's safety, for the safety of peoples lives, she says. but there's another side of this and that is to encourage others. perhaps you consider it peer pressure a bit. after the initial outbreak in wuhan china's central government organized into wartime mode to combat the virus. the strict measures seemingly effective and still very much part of our daily lives here, especially contact tracing. sphso this one for example will let me register, and it comes up saying i have no abnormal conditions. i show that to the folks who work inside. they then let me in. the same measures in place for some ride shares. before your car even shows up, the app tells you the driver's recent nucleic acid test results and shows you if they've been vaccinated. not to mention the vehicle disinfected. >> as soon as you get into a ride share you have to scan the qr they post on the back of the

chair here. the driver here showing me his. his is good. all right, and that means we're good to go. >> but while china was ahead in stopping further spread of the virus, it has struggled to vaccinate its massive population of 1.4 billion people. whereas by april 25th the u.s. had given out nearly 230 million doses vaccinating nearly 30% of its population. china had only administered about 225 million doses, far below the vaccination rate in the u.s. it has led to a propaganda push. across beijing we're seeing posters like this one put up, two in fact right next to each other. this one saying that people should get the vaccine so as to create the great wall of immunity as they put it. and then to make it easy they provide on this poster a qr code people use their smart phones to then scan, setup an appointment time and to get to that appointment some communities are

even offering a free -- the effort to vaccinate spreading here. private rooms setup for each injection. covering the original outbreak to wuhan to now all a bit surreal. we received china's vaccine though the company claims its 79% effective it's yet to publish detailed clinical trial data. so that's it. that's the covid-19 vaccine. and after receiving our second dose for the vaccine our health kit was updated. i can show you what that looks like. this was in our smart phone app, and you can see it shows we have completed our immunization series as they put it and allows us to show a certificate to officials should we be question

about our vaccination status. meantime the question is raised why is it the vaccine rollout is struggling a bit here in china? there are a lot of factors that play into that. for one, china has been dealing with some of the concerns over transparency and a lot of skepticism with the vaccine makers not disclosing a lot of the clinical trial data. another factor is that for some of the folks here they feel like why get vaccinated when it is almost near normal? it feels like life pre-covid. in fact they in many cases are living in this bubble that feels very safe. and then the third factor really that plays into all of this is the vaccine diplomacy. and that is china having prioritized early onto export a lot of its vaccines and not keep them for its domestic population. all of that combined with trying to vaccinate 1.4 billion people is posing a challenge. david culver, cnn, shanghai. if you're looking forward to

post-pandemic travel in the u.s. this summer, don't ditch the mask just yet. we'll are the updated guidance from officials straight ahead.

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and spacex crew one is safely back on earth. in the last hour they splashed down just off the coast of florida in the gulf of mexico. now the capsule has been hoisted aboard a recovery ship. the hatch is open there and the crew is exiting the capsule. the astronauts spent 168 days in space aboard the international space station, and that's the longest time spent in space by a crew launched aboard an american built spacecraft. the crew one consists of three americans and one japanese astronaut. once the crew is safely recovered they'll be headed back to nasa's johnson space center in houston. #. closer to earth plan on

masking up if you're flying in the u.s. this summer. the transportation security administration, the tsa is expanding its mask mandate through mid-september. it was initially set to end on may 11th. the mandate requires masks in airports, commercial airplanes, buses, trains and boats. president biden put it into place shortly after he took office. now you know you'll have to wear a mask on a plane, social distancing may be difficult. delta is now selling its middle seats again despite the cdc's recommendations. more on that and how the airline industry is trying to get back to normal. >> reporter: the era of social distancing onboard flights is over. delta was the last major airline to cap capacity onboard. now every seat on every airline can be filled. the newest changes the pandemic era air travel will make it look more like before the pandemic. delta airlines just resumed

selling middle seats starting saturday, something all other major carriers did months ago. ron heads delta's in flight operations. its latest estimate almost 75% of delta passengers have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. airlines say they could not continue capping capacity without a serious increase in fairs. >> the vaccination rate is really helping. we know our customers are feeling confident about it or they wouldn't be booking in large numbers. >> reporter: the latest model from the cdc says leaving middle seats empty reduces the risk of coronavirus exposure by as much as 57%. but the airline industry slammed the report for not considering the impact of masks now mandated on planes by the biden administration. harvard university found masks and heavily filtered air onboard makes coronavirus transmission rates very low regardless of

where you sit. >> it's the many things together at the same time to greatly reduce the risk of air travel and in particular provides a safe opportunity for people given the ventilation, given the wearing of masks, given the disinfection on the planes, given the individual and personal hygiene attention that does allow for that middle seat to be -- to be occupied. >> reporter: industry groups think flying will look more like normal as more people get vaccinated. some airlines are now bringing back in-flight food and drink service, something flight attendants fear could bore the message. >> it's more important than ever we're vigilant about those mask policies. >> reporter: new ideas to bring passengers back are coming from all corners of the aviation industry. plane maker airbus envisions a

future of seats arranged in pandemic friendly pods. this design from the university of cincinnati imagines a productivity class, part plane, part coffeehouse. >> i'm excited, you know, to see the future of where some of these ideas might take us and where the industry might go in the future so every crisis can also be an opportunity. >> reporter: delta says capping capacity onboard cost it $100 million in march. that's when pandemic air travel started to surge and the numbers remained high. the tsa has screened more than a million people each day at america's airports for seven weeks straight. pete munteen, cnn. movie goers are mourning the loss of an actress. olympia dukakis a scene here in

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can't ever count out his horses. medina spirit coming into the derby under the radar. he jumped out to an amazing start and the favorite essential quality and the others just unable to catch up. for baffert this his record seventh kentucky derby win. he's now won three of the last four. >> i cannot believe he won this race. that little horse, that was him. it was all guts. i'm the luckiest guy in it world. i mean, i'm so spoiled bringing these heavy-duty horses in there, i'll tell you that little horse has got a heart. >> reporter: and jockey john velazquez also having himself a great weekend. he also won the kentucky oaks on friday. for baffert he's now going for his third triple crown pile. he had american farrow win it back in 2015 and justify win it again in 2018. will medina spirit have a shot

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