hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and around the world. you are watching cnn "newsroom." i am rosemary church. just ahead a barrage of air strikes overnight after a deadly weekend along the israeli-gaza border. taiwan was once hailed a covid success story and now it's battling a sudden surge of cases of the coronavirus. and then the campaign to cancel the olympics gains ground.

♪ good to have you with us. there's growing international calls for a cease-fire in israel, but there's no sign of an end to the violence. israel says air strikes destroyed several homes in gaza that it says belonged to hamas commanders, and this follows a claim of rockets into israel, and israel struck a hamas tunnel, and prime minister benjamin netanyahu said israel has carried out over 1,500 air strikes in recent days and will continue. >> we will do whatever it takes

to restore order and quiet, and the security of our people and deterrence, and we are trying to degrade hamas's will to do this again and it will take time, i hope it won't take long but it's not immediate. >> air strikes destroyed several homes in gaza on sunday. palestinian health officials say it was the deadliest day so far with at least 52 people killed on sunday alone. they say nearly 200 have been killed in the past week, including 58 children. the palestinian authority foreign minister addressed the u.n. security council on sunday. >> israel keeps telling you put yourself in our shoes. this is what they say all the time. put yourself in our shoes. but israel is not wearing shoes. it is wearing military boots.

any assessment of the situation that fails to take into account this fact is biassed. it's unjust. >> and we have the latest from israel. we are seeing a growing civilian toll as a result of the escalating violence. what is the latest on the situation? >> reporter: so we are just about 15 1/2 miles north of the gaza strip which is behind me, behind the series of towers that you see. all morning we have been hearing jets flying overhead and it has been quiet in the last half hour or hour or so and we have heard jets and explosions in the distance, and a huge black plume of smoke in the skyline, and this is the city that has had the highest number of red alert sirens, and that means rockets

could be headed this way compared to the rest of the country since the beginning of the conflict, and since 9:00 p.m. last night we have not heard a siren, and it could be an indication things are slowing down, and the israeli military confirmed overnight and through this morning they have continued to strike what they are saying hamas targets, including as you noted the homes where there were commanders and storing weapons, and they are continuing to target a tunnel system, and they say it's thousands of kilometers of tunnels that go across the gaza strip. they say they found these tunnels under and near k kindergartens and mosques, and we have seen the violence

continue, and we have seen what this violence is doing, the destruction and death toll rising on both sides yesterday according to the palestinian health ministry in gaza it was the deadliest day, and israel says so far there have been so far 3,100 rockets fired from gaza into israel since the conflict began seven days ago, and that is a pace they have not seen -- they are also seeing the rockets reach the areas of the country they have not reached before including the far northern edge of tel aviv, and tel aviv has experienced multiple rocket hits and there have been deaths in the tel aviv area, and 200 people in the gaza area have been killed, and so far the israel prime minister, benjamin netanyahu said their operation will continue until

they reach their military objectives. >> thank you for prebringing th live report. and the biden administration is spearheading diplomatic efforts. >> the white house is approaching the situation in israel with a growing sense of urgency as there's rising concern about the number of civilian casualties in the region, and that urgency was on display as the white house led this diplomatic engagement over the weekend. president biden spoke separately on phone calls with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and mahmoud abbas, the president of the palestinian authority. the first conversation biden had with him since taking office. on the ground in israel, the top state official dispatched and he was sent by the president to lead a determined effort to halt

the current violence gripping the west bank and gaza and to achieve sustainable calm. secretary of state, tony blinken also working the phones. one thing this white house is trying to do is lean on partners in the region to try and calm the tensions there. there's also concern up on capitol hill, a group of more than two dozen democratic senators released a statement calling for a cease-fire, and they wrote to prevent any further loss of civilian life and to prevent further escalation of conflict in israel and the palestinian territories we urge an immediate cease-fire. this is another example of the growing concern back here in washington as these hostilities between israel and hamas rage on. cnn, the white house. >> jessica levinson is a

professor of law at hrloyola la school, and she joins me now from los angeles good to have you with us. >> thanks for having me back. >> let's start with the many crisis facing president joe biden right now in the united states and overseas, including pandemic recovery, new inflation numbers, jobs recovery and the colonial pipeline hacking and violence between israel and hamas, all testing the president. how tricky will these next few months prove to be and what will likely be the biggest challenge there? >> very tricky, and i think the problem is that they're really -- he can't say this is the one challenge and he has to focus on all those things at once, and the press secretary said this is a president that was vice president for eight years and he understands you don't get to pick and choose what you focus on and when, and

when you walk in the room you can have a variety of truly pressing issues and i think that's exactly what president biden has. obviously when he walked in the door it was the pandemic, the pandemic, and then the pandemic, and we're certainly not through the worst of it, but we are in such an incredibly fortunate position compared to the vast majority of the world. i think he largely is keeping things on track with respect to the pandemic. then it's the economy. he has to focus on the economy both short and long term. the jobs ratings, the new jobs were not as good as he would have hoped. there's reports that we may be going into a period of inflation, and those were the two pressing things when he walked through the door, and those will continue to be pressing, and he has a number of as you outlined short and long-term issues, immigration and the surge of migrants at the border, and now a new, you know,

more tension between israel and hamas, and also the idea that, you know, our weak cyber security system and the fact that a number of both government and private companies are subject to hacking, and that's not the end of the story. the idea that the pipeline is back up and running, we have to focus on this or else, you know, it will be -- maybe it won't be next week but next month you and i are talking about the next crisis when it comes to cyber security. >> yeah, that's difficult because we are talking about private companies and on the whole americans don't like the government getting involved and that's a tricky area for him, and also president biden on saturday spoke separately with both israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the palestinian president authority, mahmoud abbas. these con sversations come amid

the violence going on right now. what more does president biden need to be doing to end this violence, because there's lot of people including progressive democrats that think he's not stepping up with this, he's not doing enough? >> well, i think that's exactly right. i think this is going to be a big challenge for president biden, and i wish i could say i think this will be the first and last moment of tension between israel and hamas during his administration, and i think we all know basically it won't be. it seems to be in the situation a matter of time and until there's another flare-up, i think you are right there's a strong tradition in america of saying israel is our ally and we support them and support their ability to exist, and i think there are a lot of particularly progressive democrats who are saying we have to address the issue of violence, but we can say that the israeli government is doing things that we don't

approve of without saying that israel doesn't have a right to exist, or without criticizing the jewish people, and he will have to thread that very difficult needle because it increasingly does not look like this is a moment where you can get these two sides to the table. what i think he's hoping for is a short term cooldown, and then certainly if he could create any sort of lasting peace, that would be absolutely a crowning achievement for him and for all 6 us. >> yeah, that would be a tough call for sure. in the meantime, of course, the gop removed liz cheney from her leadership post on wednesday, and in response she told fox news that republicans kevin mccarthy and elise stefanik are complicit in donald trump's election lies, and how likely is it she could win over support from other republicans, and a

news poll reveals 80% of republicans agree with her being removed, 80%. >> that's an incredibly steep hill to climb, obviously. republican ranks are shrinking in america, and president trump is overwhelmingly popular according to that poll, and they are in favor of getting rid of liz cheney, who was ousted not because she said i have a different policy view or i have different proposals when it comes to tax reform or environmental controls or justice, but she was ousted because she spoke the truth. what does this mean? for republicans looking at what happened to liz cheney, for republicans want to go keep their jobs and not be vulnerable with at least their base in the primary, i don't see her having a big followings. the republicans saying we have to build a third party or have

to abandon this idea that president biden is not the real president, those are largely people who are not currently elected officials. in the short term it looks like the republican party continues to be the party of trump. >> we'll see where all of this goes. always great to get your analysis. appreciate it. >> thank you. the u.s. is seeing some of the rewards from its vaccination efforts but an abrupt policy change on masks have left many states and businesses confused. what do officials need to do to put the public at ease? we'll have that discussion coming up. plus, it's a big day in the uk with some major covid restrictions being lifted. a look at what is reopening and how health officials are still taking a cautious approach with variants of the virus.

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other residents are being told to stand by for evacuation orders and conditions in the area are very dry but arson is suspected in this case. u.s. president joe biden is expected to speak today about america's fight against the coronavirus and the efforts to get people vaccinated. i want you to take a look at the poll. about two-thirds of americans either have gotten or say they will get the vaccine as soon as possible. even more, three quarters say, they have gotten or are likely to get the vaccine. both of these were all-time highs in the polling, and the country is inching closer to what it hopes will be herd immunity. the head of the centers for disease control and prevention is defending the agency's decision last week to lift mask mandates for fully vaccinated americans. the policy change brought about widespread confusion.

>> i think that people who were not inclined to wear a mask were not inclined to wear a mask before thursday. >> but some were mandated to do so and were lifted in part because of the new guidelines. whae >> what we are asking in those settings, in terms of the honor system, you have to be honest with themselves. >> the doctor is a professor of emergency medicine at oregon health and science university. she joins me now from portland, oregon. >> thank you for talking with us and all that you do. >> the cdc says it's relying on an honor system, lifting mask mandates for those who are fully vaccinated, and trusting that those not vaccinated will keep their masks on, and without proof of vaccinations many are concerned not everybody will be honorable and that could put

lives at risk. the cdc clarified this point saying the decision should be made at the local level, but now everyone is confused, so what is the safest way to approach this? >> there will be lots more communication around this and lots more guidance around specific environments, like businesses and day cares and things like that. the thing to understand is that this is not a universal sweeping order to lift mask mandates, and that from the first iteration the cdc said there's lots of environments, including health care settings and congress runt settings, and the pandemic plays out in a local way, for an individual community where case rates are still high and vaccination rates are still low, that -- that mask wearing may not budge an inch for quite

sometime, and we need to be respectful of that and not say, well, the cdc said it's universally okay and it's absolutely not what they said, and they were talking about in specific situations we can start feeling more comfortable. >> doctor, how confident are you that 70% of americans will have at least one covid vaccine shot by july 4th, which is joe biden's goal here, and that's going by the current progress. is that achievable? will a lifting of the mask mandate convince enough people to get the vaccine? >> yeah, that's the hope that is it kind of an incentive for people to want to go out and get the vaccine. i'm not sure that will drive things in such a literal way, and people will say now that they have done this i will get the vaccine, and it still rests

on people that have concerns about the vaccine and having access which -- which is not such an easy thing for la lot o people. i think the biden administration has made goals that they have exceeded almost every time when it comes to the vaccine, they have had an incredibly successful program. they are aware that we are now pivoti pivoting from mass vaccination sites to communities that have not had high rates of vaccinations, so i am guess tpg they put out a goal with a specific date that they promise to over deliver, and i think we probably will reach that as we have reached other vaccine milestones here. >> how far away might we be from herd immunity in the united states? is that even achievable, do you think? >> yeah, i have really felt like the public health conversation has shifted away from herd immunity. i think that's so difficult to

achieve. we are seeing, you know, a lot of different variants out there that seem to have increased trance missability of covid over time. my guess is that we have to stop focusing on that and are going to talk about getting as many people vaccinated as possible, and we will increasingly be able to treat this like just another seasonal virus much like the flu and i think that, yeah, i am not hearing about eliminations strategies anymore but making it a less serious disease and learning to live with covid for a while. >> thank you for all that you do. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me on. much of britain can now reopen for business starting today. you can grab a pint at the public, go to the movies or even dine at a restaurant indoors, all under the latest lifting of lockdown measures for england,

scotland and wales. meanwhile new data shows vaccines may be effective against the india variant. vaccinations are making the easing of covid restrictions in the uk possible, and now of course the data on the india variant sounds promising. what are you learning about all of this? >> rosemary today is a happy and positive day but not a champagne moment because it does reflect the progress that has been made on one hand, the extraordinary progress in driving down infections since this wave crashed down on the uk at its peak, and now there are complications, i think, over the concerns surrounding the new highly contagious variant first detected in india, and it's here

and spregd quickly and the numbers are small but the concern is what it could do if found to be significantly more transmissible than the current dominant strain. 69% of the adult populations have coverage from at least one dose and more than half of that, two doses, and for all that protection there are still lots of people that have not been vaccinated, and the vaccines are not perfect, and if the strain is more transmissible, you can still see a surge in cases and that could result in lots of people in hospitals and lots of pressure on the health care system. the government will be watching what this new variant does in the coming weeks. it's hoping it can keep infection numbers from the new variant to managing levels through a combination of aggressive testing isolation, while at the same time

maintaining rollout of the vaccine program, and a new focus on getting a second dose on everybody considered to be more vulnerable, and everybody who has a reason for being more vulnerable, they are shortening the gap between the first and second dose, and it was 12 weeks and now it's going to be eight weeks. the government hopes it will be enough to keep the cases at a manageable rate while it continues to rollout the vaccine more broadly with the aim of reaching the ultimate goal of getting it to every member of the adult population by july, and there's a lot at stake, and the uk hopes to lift all those restrictions remaining in just a short period of time. >> live from england, many thanks. there are growing concerns about the impact the violence is having across the region, and we'll have a live report from

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welcome back, everyone. there's no sign of a break in the cycle of violence in israel and gaza. smoke could be seen rising above gaza this morning. israel carried out more air strikes there as the conflict entered its second week. the air force said it struck nine hamas residences, some of them used to store weapons.

and the strikes followed a hamas claim of rockets fired at southern israel. concerns are growing about the affect this ongoing conflict could have across the region, so let's bring in our guest who joins us live from beirut. good to see you, salma. what are you seeing in the growing anger? >> yeah, this week we saw the anger erupt the border, and today is a day that commemorates thousands of palestinians displaced in the year 1948, and that anniversary was compounded with the pain and suffering they saw that families in gaza were suffering. take a look. on a lebanese hilltop overlooking israel they gathered to mark 73 years since what they call the catastrophe.

some commemorated the occasion with selfies for posterity, and others stood in quiet reflection, and most chanted, and soon small groups of men made their way down to the border fence to take part in another long tradition, stone throwing. soldiers tried to control the anger, but a sole rebel climbed to the top. a day earlier a lebanese man died doing the same from a wound sustained from a rocket, but with the fear barrier broken, the demonstrators grew boulder. they are throwing rocks, sticks, anything they can get their hands on over the border fence, and we have heard what appears

to be the sound of gunfire. we are throwing stones at israelis who occupies our lands, one man told me. then a collective effort to scale the nearly 25-foot tall concrete walls began. those who made it to the top hoisted their flags. others chose to send a more direct message. israel says acts like these threaten its national security. but the mother of one of the men hanging atop the observation tower told me this is their resistance. we are in pain, she tells me. this is happening to jerusalem and the arab governments are asleep. where are their morals? as perch capacity was maxing out, a tear-gas canister landed in the crowds and lebanese troops quickly moved in and dispersed the gathering. the day ended as it began with

loud promises to march to jerusalem from a crowd that knows it can do no such thing. now we saw very similar scenes play out in jordan as well, rosemary, but by and large there's a sense the arab streets are quiet and probably the demonstrations we saw in london, and the first comes down to they don't want to see tens of thousands of people gathered in their streets in a post arab spring environment, and you have a shift happening in the region. a lot of countries are signing normalized agreements, and that means a much more muted criticism and it's over 70 years since the lived experience of some of the younger arabs in

this country, and that's what people were telling me there, they said they feel isolated and alone and they themselves were palestinian descendants, and the arab governments are not simply representing them. >> thanks. at least two people dead after a collapse of bleachers in the seynagogue in the west bank and you may find this disturbing, we want to warn you. israeli emergency services say more than 100 people were injured. they were there gathering for a jewish holiday. the bleacher collapse comes just after two weeks after 45 people were tkpkilled in a stampede.

still to come, india's daily covid cases dropped significantly in the past 24 hours, but rural areas are still seeing a frightening surge. plus, a shortage of vaccines in peru means vaccine tourists are flying north. we'll have that.

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numbers below 300,000 for the first time in nearly a month. the country recorded just over 281,000 new cases on monday but the daily death toll is still topping 4,000. the indian government also announced a plan to contain covid in rural areas which are seeing some of the worst surges. cnn's anna corin is following this story from hong kong. that is encouraging that the daily covid cases are falling slightly but as we pointed out, deaths are still at more than 4,000 a day. how much comfort should there be and what do these numbers signal? >> certainly after the weekend there's always a dip in daily infections, however this is a significant drop. as you say, it's the first time in almost a month that it's fallen below 300,000 infections.

so it's certainly positive, positive that perhaps india has already reached its peak and is now on the other side. that is certainly some of the modeling we have seen, and the death toll is high and will remain high for several weeks, but perhaps there's a downward proj trajectory. in the country we are seeing this surge and we have to remember the attention was on the cities and chaos in the cities. we're seeing the workers, migrant workers return to their homes because of the lockdown, and most of india is now in lockdown so by returning to their homes and taking the virus with them, and this is where we are seeing the spread. the government has announced schools, community centers and government buildings be used to treat covid patients and for rural health clinics which are typically under resourced be stocked with beds and oxygen.

this is obviously desperately needed to try and contain this surge. the prime minister, india finally saw him last friday and he addressed the pandemic. he has been missing in action for more than three weeks. he talked about the government being on the war footing in combating the pandemic. he said as the country's servant that he feels his peoples' pain. interesting, rosemary, one minute he's trying to reach out. the government in new delhi and the capital have ordered police to arrest dozens of people who put up posters around the capitol over the weekend saying why did you send away our children's vaccines. we know the government is trying to silence its critics and it seems it's still focusing much of the energy on doing just that. >> yeah, understood.

anna joining us from hong kong with the latest on what is happening in india. appreciate that. up until a few days ago, taiwan seemed to have manage the pandemic and now it's facing the worst outbreak yet. the island is reporting a new daily record, and schools in two major cities are closed for the tpebgs two weeks to try and get the outbreak under control. let's turn to cnn's will ripley and he joins us from taipei for a look at what is going on. good to see you, will. it's worth pointing out taiwan had been doing so well until now. what went wrong? >> it was one of the first countries in the world to shutdown the borders, and as a result they eliminated local transmission for many months and life has felt remarkable normal

when you compare it to the rest of the world, when countries were in lockdown and people could not leave their homes, and people were gathering in large groups here and going to night clubs and markets and assembling of what could be only in the dreams of other people around the world, and now a new wave of infections are spreading and spreading quickly. in the last hour you had well over 300 of new cases, and that's a new pandemic record and taiwan has been hitting record after record and the concern among government records is that will continue to spike and there's talk taiwan will again shutdown borders in the next coming days and stopping all travel because that's believed to be the source of the latest outbreak. another concern for the taiwan government is they have a vaccine shortage right now. people that want to get

vaccinated cannot. frankly, up until a few days ago when you would walk out on the streets and getting a vaccine was not on the list of the average taiwanian citizen. and unless they are a frontline worker they will not be able to get the jab of the vaccine here, and getting the vaccine means that regional venders that hand out the vaccines loyal to the mainland might be reluctant to sell them to the government here in taiwan, and that could mean for a country that has no herd immunity, a very vulnerable population as the case numbers continue to tick up. >> yeah, that's a real concern. will ripley joining us live from taipei. many thanks. the coronavirus vaccine is rolling out very slowly in much of latin america, and those that have money and visas are

traveling to the united states to get their shot, causing controversy in the states and in their home countries. >> he leaves before dawn carrying two suitcases for the long trip, after hugging his family he is off to the airport. the business owner from lima is traveling to seattle. this is not just any trip, he says, but a life or death decision. our political environment means our government is unable to fulfill its duty and that's why i have made this decision, he says. his goal is spending a month in seattle, just enough time to get both doses of the pfizer vaccine. his wife who is also traveling to the united states but later says she only has enough time to get the johnson & johnson single shot vaccine. the vaccination has been very

slow in our country and we have decided we can't wait any longer. we were seeing many cases around us and the intensive units are full, and they are having their family fly to seattle for a covid-19 shot. and this is not about the american dream, he says, upon arriving. he says this is about the vaccine dream. just like this family, many in la latin america who are tired of waiting and have the means to do it are traveling to the united states to get a coronavirus vaccine, and florida imposed i.d. restrictions in january due to the large number of increase in the number of foreigners seeking a vaccine. >> but to just kind of come in from another confree or whatever, we don't support that

and won't allow that. >> but the pr specialist was spending time in florida and says her country's passport was sufficient identification to get the shot. they didn't ask for anything else, she said. in fact, so many people from argentina are traveling to florida -- that according to this travel expert, the price of a ticket to miami rose from an average of $800 in may of 2019 to approximately 2,700 this month. according to argentina state-run carrier in the first quarter of this year, their four miami-bound weekly flights were at half capacity, and now six weekly flights are at 70% capacity. in latin america, traveling to get a shot becomes an issue between the haves and have nots.

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welcome back, everyone. the tokyo olympics are approaching fast but japan still does not have the coronavirus outbreak under control and many in the country are saying it's too dangerous to host the games now and are raising their voices to get their message across. selena wang is in tokyo and joins us live. despite the ioc being confident the games will go ahead many across japan are calling for the olympic games to be canceled. what is the latest on this? >> reporter: rosemary, that's right. i am standing in a area of tokyo

where anti-olympic protesters will start to gather in a couple hours. what the protests represents is the mounting frustration against the games, and a majority of the people in japan think the games should be canceled and in fact in nine days an online petition received over 3,000 signatures to cancel the games, and large swaths of the country are under a state of emergency and the country only fully vaccinated about 1% of its population, the medical system and many parts of the country are on the brink of collapse. now the group of anti-olympic protesters, the one that organized the protests, they have been against the games every since japan won the bid. their argument is it's a costly and wasteful expenditure at more than $15 billion, these games are set to be the most expensive summer olympics on record.

they say there are more important causes that the energy and resources should be focused on, for instance, dealing with the covid-19 pandemic as well as rebuilding the region of japan devastated by the 2011 nuclear disaster. i can say the mood here on the ground does seem to be reaching a sort of inflexion point, and more and more high profile leaders are speaking out. on friday i sat down with an exclusive ceo for a tech and commerce giant here in japan and the ceo told me hosting the games in japan would amount to a suicide mission, and it's not just corporate leaders but it's also the medical community and a group of doctors urged the government to cancel saying it's impossible to host a safe and secure olympics, rosemary. >> selena wang bringing us the latest from tokyo, and we'll continue to watch this story.

many thanks. thank you you for joining us. we'll be back in just a moment.

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