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overcome vaccine hesitancy. and then one of the most famous horses is under scrutiny and you'll hear what the trainer has to say. live, from cnn center this is cnn "newsroom" with robyn curnow. great time-out you along this hour. thanks for joining me. an uptick in violence in jerusalem is raising international concerns, and the u.n. to meet privately in the next few hours to discuss it. there have been nightly slashes between palestinians and israel police over possible evictions in the neighborhood. at least 19 palestinians were injured on sunday and an israeli supreme court will be scheduled,

and elliott is live with awful this. i do want you to update us on the information that israel is to temporarily halt visits to the jewish holy site as the tensions continue to sieoar. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, at this stage visits will not be allowed to muslim site that is revered by both faiths, and another statement in the last few minutes by police came out saying a short while ago hundreds of rioters began throwing stones at one of the gates in the old city and that following this police force is there where they were ordered to go into the temple to stop the rioting from taking place. although a new day has dawned the violence has continued and there are concerns that not only

is this -- not only is there no letup in the violence that thus far it seems to be getting worse. >> there has been international pressure, regional pressure and reaction to awful this. now we are hearing the security council will discuss the images we are now seeing on our screen. what is the likely outcome, if any? >> reporter: well, today is jerusalem day, which israelis celebrate the reunification of jerusalem, after the capture in the 1967 six-day war. there are concerns there will be further flash points as the circled flag march takes place for the western parts of the city to the western wall which is the outer parameter of the destroyed site, and there are calls for de-escalation, and the

u.s. national security adviser has spoken with his counterpart to discuss america's concern and are calling for things to be contained. i think certainly from israel's perspective, international pressure and comments about what is going on is not really their focus right now. they believe they have the right to quell violence which they believe was begun by the palestinians to ensure security is maintained from jerusalem. we are still waiting if there's any comments on the march, which is due to take place later today. as i say, violence has already continue spinto this morning wi palestinians throwing rocks at police and police going back on to temple mt. to try and quell the violence. >> we'll come back to you if you

get more information, if you get it there in jerusalem. thank you for that report. we are learning more now about how many people in the u.s. have saved a covid vaccine shot. the cdc says more than 259 million doses have gone into arms so far and that's making public health experts feel better about relaxing some restrictions, including wearing masks indoors. here's what dr. anthony fauci had to say. >> you have had experts saying it's time to start relaxing the indoor mask man tadates. is he right? >> i think so and i think you will be seeing that as more and more people get vaccinated, and the cdc will almost in real time, george, updating their recommendations and guidelines. yes, we need to start being more liberal as we get more people vaccinated and as you get more people vaccinated the number of cases per day will absolutely go down. >> more than one-third of the

u.s. population is fully vaccinated against covid, and 140 million americans in all according to the latest data from the cdc. experts say the country needs 70% vaccinated to reach herd immunity. dr. fauci says the u.s. is moving in the right direction. take a listen again. >> was get less and less people in the cohort of unvaccinated, it becomes more difficult to get them. when you have a large cohort of vaccinated people, then it's easier to get them. i think we will reach the president's goal of 77% of adults getting one shot by the fourth of july. >> how do you get more shots into arms? according to research from the kaiser family foundation, incentives could go a long way. cnn has a team of reporters covering all of the vaccine

perks. >> i am in new york, and as more universities and colleges announce covid-19 vaccine req requirements for the fall, rowen university announce any full time students that show proof they are fully vaccinated before the 7th will have $500 towards housing costs and $500 towards school. >> i am jean casarez in manhattan. mayor bill de blasio is announcing new york city has administered almost 7 million covid-19 vaccinations, and in an effort to build tourism they want to offer the johnson & johnson vaccine to any visitor that comes here. the plan is to install mobile covid vaccination sites at multiple tourists areas, like

times square, and central park, but it's all dependant on the green light from the state. >> if you live in memphis or shelby county, tennessee, and you get a covid-19 vaccine, you could get something else. a brand-new car. this week local officials unveiled a sweepstakes that could unveil one person winning a car, and it's all part of an effort to get people vaccinated in shelby county where so far about one-third of the people have received at least one covid-19 vaccine. sorry, proof of residency will be required. >> as part of a major push to get more younger adults to get their shots, more companies are throwing in a free beer, and

budweiser offering a free beer to those 21 and up if they show proof of vaccinations. >> joining me now from pittsburgh, pennsylvania, is a senior scholar at the johns hopkins university center for health security. doctor, hi, good to see you. so much vaccine hesitancy despite the widespread of availability here in the u.s. why is that? >> this is likely a multi-factor annual type of issue. there are some people opposed to the vaccine no matter what, what i think is really driving the vaccine hesitancy is those on the fence, and they might have heard misinformation, and they may not think things change when they get the vaccine, and that's what we need to combat is

showing this vaccine will allow them to claim the prepandemic life they put on hold for over a year. >> what can change their minds? >> what i think is the best way to change peoples' minds is showing how this vaccine benefits them, that now they can go about their life in a way that is free from the risk of either contracting covid-19 or spreading covid-19, these vaccines are very safe and efficacious, and we can underscore they may be able to do activities they may have been afraid to do when they get the vaccine. >> dr. anthony fauci said folks that have the vaccines don't have to wear masks indoors, and maybe that will make people aware of how much they are missing out because they will have to have the masks on indoors? >> the virus will treat you differently, so why shouldn't

other people treat you differently because you are no longer a risk. i think the public health guidance needs to be proactive. the cdc is taking baby steps, and really not reflecting what people want to do with the vaccine. people want to be able to go back to their prior lives, and that's what we want the cdc to be able to say. if we look at countries like israel and all the clinical trial data, these vaccines are not only able to prevent you from getting symptomatic infection, but likely to prevent you from being able to spread the virus with an asymptomatic infection. >> how did the j&j vaccine

hesitant affect this? >> it seems like we didn't learn the lessons, this pause really was something that was going to be difficult to unpause because what will stick in peoples' minds is there was something wrong with the j&j vaccine, not that it's an extremely effective vaccine, and it's a one and done dose, you can find people and go door to door and fully vaccinate them, and this is something we have to examine, because the johnson & johnson vaccine are a way to reach those that don't want to go to the vaccine center, and if you can do it door to door you might reach a lot of them. >> i was in a palates class earlier today and the person next to me was not vaccinated and i am vaccinated and they

said they did not want to get vaccinated because they had had covid, asymptomatic, and they were taking vitamin d so they should be fine, so how do you broach these kinds of conversations with people in your life and how do you convince people when they say things like that? >> you have to figure out what is driving the vaccine h hesitancy, and like the one you had, if people feel like they that, so the vaccine sell them selves if people are open to hearing the message. you can meet people where they are and many people can have their questions answers and

hopefully it will nudge them to get the vaccine. there are some individuals completely against the vaccine and that's going to be hard, and it's the people in the middle, the ones on the fences that i think we need to reach to give us higher populations of immunity. >> thank you. hard-hit india has released the latest coronavirus figures and they are still very high but no longer in record territory. the number of daily cases has dipped below the 400,000 mark, and now 3,700 fatalities reported this monday compared to 4,000 daily deaths we saw over the weekend. and then new delhi's lockdown has been extended through the 17th. i want to bring in anna corin live from hong kong. what is the likelihood of a national lockdown?

>> robin, the question is certainly being asked of nation's prime minister who has been missing since the 20th of april. that was his last address to the public. pressure is growing on him to impose a nationwide lockdown, obviously states and union territories have taken it upon themselves, and you mentioned 17 out of the 36 states in union territories in india have enforced this lockdown, which hopes to obviously stop the spread of the second wave that has run rampant across much of india. we are seeing rolling lockdowns. you mentioned new delhi and it's the third time it has implemented this week-long lockdown, and it will continue, it will continue until numbers come down. you mentioned those numbers released by the health ministry a few hours ago, and we don't know if we should reach too much

into it, has india surpassed the peak or is this a lull after the weekend when we do see lulls come due to a lack of testing. perhaps it is because the lockdowns are in place, or because of the international aid that is slowly getting to the places where it's needed. we also know that there's still an acute shortage of oxygen across the country, and the supreme court of india has taken it upon itself to set up a nati nationwide task force to work out the distribution of oxygen because of the acute shortages we have seen ride across the country, and people are wondering where is the prime minister and why isn't he addressing his people and why hasn't he imposed a nation-wide lockdown? >> anna, thank you so much for that update. good to see you. coming up on cnn after months of lockdown, partygoers cut loose across some of spain's

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there's been a shooting in times square as new york tries to reopen after the pandemic, and now the city's police department is on the hunt for a potential suspect. evan mcmorison has the day tails. >> reporter: this remarkable video tells the story of a scary moment in times square. shots ring out after a scuffle and three innocent bystanders are hit including a 4-year-old girl you can see police running through the scene with after the shots were fired. police say she was taken to surgery in the hospital and is expected to recover. the police released this photo of the person they are trying to speak with in connection with the incident. we're trying to reopen here and get back after the pandemic has laid the city flat on its back.

times square, the home of broadway, is hoping to reopen theaters at the end of summer, and police are hoping a surge in gunfire won't prevent the tourist from coming back. cnn, new york. >> thanks for that. six people were killed after a gunman opened fire at a birthday party in colorado springs. police believe the shooter killed himself at the scene and was the boyfriend of one of the female victims. many of us are celebrating the women in our lives that made us the people we are today. dozens of families in kabul, afghanistan are spending the holiday burying their daughters after an explosion by the

school. the taliban have announced a three-day cease-fire, but for the families in mourning there's not much to celebrate as michael holmes, now reports. >> reporter: loved ones gather to bury the dead. dozens of school girls killed in a blast as they were leaving class on saturday afternoon in kabul, and an uncle cries out. >> she was 15 years old and studying in class 8, and she was intelligent and did not miss a day of school, and yesterday her mother told her not to go to school, but she said yes, i will go today but not tomorrow, and she told the truth and we buried her here today. >> a car bomb followed by two ieds exploded just outside the school. >> first it was the car bomb and then the second blast went off

and then afterwards came the third. i did not panic and rushed to the scene and i found myself among bodies, and dead bodies were piled up on top of each other. >> the afghan government blames the taliban and the taliban denies any involvement, blaming the operations on sinister circles operating in the name of isis. no group claimed responsibility for the attack. many insurgents in the country are known to despise the education of girls. but for the loved ones, no claim of responsibility will bring back the dead. michael holmes, cnn. >> the former chief doctor at the russian hospital that treated alexei navalny is now missing. he left a hunting base in the forest on an all terrain vehicle

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welcome back to all of our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i am robyn curnow in atlanta. it's 29 minutes past the hour. it's by no means everywhere but if you know where to look there are signs around europe of a gradual return to normalcy. the spaniards had the streets packed with party goers late on saturday night. more than one quarter of all spaniards have had one shot. and that boris johnson is set to announce a further easing of restrictions in england and is expected to relax most social distancing a week from now. scott is joining us from london. i want to talk about spain in a moment but first let's go to

boris johnson's plans and the relative freedom that you guys might be experiencing after a pretty long winter over there in london. >> really long winter, robyn, and the key you just used is relative. boris johnson will be holding a press conference later today where he's expected to announce the easing of lockdown is on track, and one week from today in england at least, small indoor gatherings will be allowed and bars and straupts w -- restaurants will be allowed to serve people indoors, and sports will be able to have fans in the stadiums. they are slowly easing restrictions out of lockdown, and right now the program is putting shots in the arms of the adult population, and it hinged

on the effectiveness of the vaccination program meaning if there's another wave of infection in the country enough people would be vaccinated that the health care system would be able to handle it no problem. and the government wanted to make sure covid mutations and new variants would not hbe a problem, and then because of these promising numbers a lot of people in this country, even from within boris johnson's own party says lockdown restrictions should be eased quicker and they are wondering with this kind of data we have any restrictions at all, and the prime minister is stressing, we don't want to have to go back.

one week from today we will have more relative freedoms. >> are we going to see you partying like the spaniards? they are having a fantastic weekend by some of the pictures that have come into us. talk us through what has been going on in spain. >> yes, this was saturday night when spain's six months state of emergency came to an end not across the country but most regions of the country, and we saw people packing the beaches and packing what is like the times square of madrid, and the police tried to corral them and get them to go home, and i can tell you from personal experience that this square in madrid, at least, was heavily secured at the outset of the lockdown, police and shoulders would ask you to go home, and it

shows you how far spain has come. the only problem with the parties that we are seeing is that we are in violation of spain's new rules that says outdoor gatherings, you should not have more than six people. >> yeah, great to see you. thanks so much. always. scott mcclain there in london. >> you bet. still to come, safe from covid at the cost of mental health, covid cases may have dropped in england and now the country has to manage a rising tide of mental health issues. this is important and we'll talk about that, next. ears ago and me...the world's best, and possibly only, schmelier. philadelphia. schmear perfection. so what do you love about your always pan? the non-stick? incredible.

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following the nation's third covid lockdown. we went to a center in london to discuss with children how the pandemic has affected their mental health. since lockdown lifted and doors reopened four weeks ago, kids age 8 to 18 have been coming here for a kick about with friends, and a game of ping pong and this. >> it made my emotional needs worse and anxiety on top of that as well. >> kids have opened up and are beginning to heal with mentoring and mindful sessions, a response to what staff here are calling a mental health crisis among young people. this is reflected in the latest uk government data, which suggests that 1 in 6 children may now be suffering a diagnosed mental health issue since 2017. >> what did you experience in lockdown that you had not

experienced before? >> just, a cloud over my entire life. >> that cloud never disappeared. >> i kwrused to have the best grade. >> loneliness, isolation. outside of this group doctors told us they have heard stories of chaotic home lives, with some young people experiencing negligent, overcrowding and domestic abuse. >> how many of you have seen your parents break down in tears? i'm with you. there's really a marked increase, and people losing their jobs and not being able to sustain housing, so yeah, it's definitely getting worse. >> multimillion-dollar private out posts like this are few and far between, charities and

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welcome back to cnn "newsroom." i am robyn curnow. the white house is set for a major push this week aimed at drumming up support for joe biden's infrastructure plan. the republicans have already declared the package to be too big, and the president has met

with several key democrats and republicans. here's some details on what we can expect. >> the white house is gearing up for its infrastructure push this week as president biden is set to host republican lawmakers here at the white to talk about his proposal. the president has two meetings over the course of the week, one of those where he will host majority leaders, and the first time the two men are coming to the white house here to meet with president biden. this comes as senator mcconnell insists his focus is on 100% of stopping the white house as they make progressive moves, and the president said they worked together in the past. the president firmly believes there are areas where he can cooperate with republicans and he believes that includes

infrastructure, and that's what the meeting with republicans on thursday will be as he host as group of six gop senators here at the white house to see if they can can hammer out some kind of deal on infrastructure. and the chief of staff talked about areas where the president thinks he can find agreement. >> joe biden said he will try to find common ground that has been bipartisan in the past, and that's the thing, mike, we need to focus on. building bridges and building roads, and electricity charging stations, the roads of the future, these things should not divide our political tparties. >> white house staff continued their conversations with lawmakers on infrastructure, and the jobs cabinet, including secretary pete buttigieg will also continue talking to

lawmakers over the course of the next week, as the white house is entering a critical period where they are trying to get this proposal passed. >> and within the republican party establishment there's heavy tension as republican lawmakers prepare to oust liz cheney from her leadership position. the house minority leader is throwing support behind stefanik to replace cheney for the number three post. >> everybody in leadership serves at the pleasure of the conference. as you know, there's a lot at stake. democrats are destroying this nation. to defeat that agenda we need united, and we need to be united in looking forward. >> do you support elise stefanik

for that job? >> yes, i do. >> that vote could happen as early as wednesday. joining me now from new york, cnn political analysts and princeton university historian, julian, and it's lovely to have you on the show. it's like the republican party are trying to decide their center here? >> i think liz cheney is challenging the direction of the party, even though she herself has been part of making the party and she's finding a lot of pushback to challenge the republican leadership, that makes you an outlier, and she's testing it to see how far she can go with the internal challenge? >> with that in mind who is next in the sight of the pro trump supporters in the senate, particularly? >> yeah, i mean, i do think that

she will be replaced, and in the house there's no comparable republican that caused that much trouble, but in the and the romneys in the end won't cause that much tumble. >> what does all this mean for president biden's agenda, then? particularly when it comes to the issue of infrastructure. are there going to be a lot of meetings this week? he's obviously put his cards on the table calling for bipartisanship. how realistic is that? >> it's very difficult. senator mcconnell has made it very clear. he has literally said his objective is to block the administration from accomplishing anything, which is what he said with president obama and he was serious. so i think the administration will try to see if there's one

or two republican votes. he's open to possibly splitting apart the infrastructure package. but most important, he'll try to use the bully pulpit to build pressure by appealing directly to republican voters even if republican legislators won't play ball. >> yeah, that was going to be my next question, is about public sentiment. how much can this president urge ordinary americans, whether they're republicans or even democrats, that something needs to be done here and that's -- there needs to be some sort of pressure on those folks in d.c.? >> he could do it. with infrastructure that's something a lot of people care about. everyone wants good bridges and roads. everyone wants broadband access. and i think the polls reflect that a lot of republican voters aren't as closely aligned with their leaders as the gop would hope. that said, i don't think anything is really going to move most of the republicans on capitol hill, even their own

electorate right now. but that's what the president is going to try to play on. >> where is there a point of compromise when it comes to these conversations the president is going to be having on infrastructure and some other projects? i mean, is it about tax -- avoiding tax increases? is it about pushing for lower numbers? where can these people come to some sort of agreement if possible? >> i think the only real possibility is to break this big bill apart and to focus in on one care where there does seem to be stronger republican support. that's funding for traditional infrastructure projects like bridges and roads, which cut across every state red or blue, and then deal with the rest of the package in a different way possibly through what's called the reconciliation package. i think that's the question. does he cut this apart and does he find one piece that he can

secure some republican support and then just move forward with his own party. >> julian zelizer, thank you very much for joining us. have a good week. >> thanks for having me. a criminal group from russia is believed to be responsible for a major cyberattack that prompted a temporary shutdown of one of the largest fuel pipelines in the u.s. that's according to a former senior u.s. cyber official who also tells us the criminal group is known as the, quote, dark side. well, the white house set up an interagency working group over the weekend in response. the gas supplier colonial pipeline says some of its smaller lines are back up and running but their main lines are still down. the company transports nearly half of all fuel for the east coast, and there are concerns how an attack could impact fuel supply ahead of the summer travel season. one republican senator says protecting the nation's cybersecurity is something both parties can agree on. >> it's going to take an ongoing relationship. by the way, a bipartisan

relationship. in which we better equip small businesses and large businesses to withstand cyberattacks. i promise you, this is something that republicans and democrats can work together on. >> now to a controversy in one of america's pr memier sporting events. the winner of last week's kentucky derby could be forced to forfeit that victory. race officials say medina spirit tested positive for elevated levels of a drug that could have given him an unfair edge. but the horse's trainer is vowing to fight the allegations ahead of the next leg of the triple crown. well, cnn sport's carolyn manno reports on this. >> reporter: medina spirit's kentucky derby win is in doubt after a positive drug test revealed traces of an anti-inflammatory that can mask health issues in horses before a race. i spoke with hall of fame trainer bob baffert and he unequivocally denied any wrongdoing and said that this drug was not administered to his kentucky derby-winning horse. he was, however, emotional after learninging the news and

speaking with reporters earlier this morning. >> yesterday i got the biggest gut punch in racing for something that i didn't do. and this is really -- it's disturbing. it's an injustice to the horse. >> reporter: we're now waiting on the results of additional tests that will ultimately determine whether or not the horse is disqualified as a kentucky derby winner. and bob baffert also has a right to appeal those results as well, a process that could take a very long time to adjudicate. churchill downs has also suspended bob baffert from training or running any horses on their property until the situation is resolved. a result that he told me was incredibly disappointing as he has a lot of respect for the kentucky derby, as he put it, and would never do anything to jeopardize a result there. in the meantime organizers of the preakness stakes are gathering their own information as the second leg of the triple crown is right around the corner, scheduled for next saturday. they will ultimately determine

whether or not medina spirit will be allowed to run there. carolyn manno, cnn, new york. and finally this hour, the whale is free. we've been following a small minke whale that was stranded in the river thames in london. early on monday good news, after being stuck for almost four hours the whale is now back in the main river thanks to rescuers who actually carried it there using inflatable stretchers. the whale was first spotted on sunday and it's believed to be about three meters, or about ten feet long. one onlooker said it was exciting to watch the rescue but also very upsetting. some good news there. so thanks for watching cnn. i'm robyn curnow. you can follow me on twitter and on instagram @robyncurnowcnn. i'm going to hand you over to my colleague rosemary church. she's next.

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