get started with a great offer, and ask how you can add comcast business securityedge. plus, for a limited time, ask how to get a $500 prepaid card when you upgrade. call today. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and around the world. you're watching "cnn news room." i'm rosemary church. ahead. a fresh wave of air strikes pounds gaza overnights. israeli officials said they targeted the homes of hamas leaders. u.s. house leadership shake up in the gop. liz cheney speaks out about the republican party's future days after being kicked out of her post. and traveling to the united states to get vaccinated.

why growing numbers of people from latin america are making their journey. and thank you for joining us. the increasingly violent conflict in israel and gaza is in the second week and there's no signs of it ending any time soon. this was the scene in gaza early monday. israel said air strikes destroyed several homes in gaza that it said belonged to hamas demanders. it follows a hamas claim of launching rockets into southern israel. the israeli military said it struck a hamas tunnel in southern gaza. the prime minister netanyahu said israel carried out 1500 air

strikes in recent days, and they will continue. >> we'll do whatever it takes to restore order and quiet and the security of our people. we're trying to degrade hamas' terrorist abilities and degrade their will. it won't take long but it's not immediate. >> air strikes destroyed several homes in gaza on sunday. palestinian health officials said at least 52 people were killed and nearly 200 have been killed in the past week including 58 children. the palestinian authority foreign ministry addressed the u.n. security council on sunday. >> put yourselves in our shoes. put yourself in our shoes. israel is not wearing shoes. it is wearing military boots.

it is -- any assessment of the situation that fails to take into account this will -- it's unjust. >> we have some reporters in beirut, lebanon and israel. welcome to you both. what is the latest on the escalading violence that is taking a disturbing toll on civilians? >> reporter: i'm about 15 miles north of the gaza strip. the city that the israeli military said received the highest number of sirens indicating rocket fire. all day we've been hearing airplanes overhead. jets overhead and sometimes explosions in the distance that could be the sound of air strikes in gaza. we have at one point seen a large plume of black smoke rising over the skyline. we understand that the israeli

military continued to strike targets in gaza. they said they hit more than 1500 of the targets ranging anywhere from rocket launchers, to as you noted, homes to hamas commanders that included a weapons storage. we understand last few hours israeli military confirming they strike the hamas metro. they said it spans across the gaza strip. that's where the militants hide, store things, have operational equipment, they said, where they have operational assets. they said they destroyed some of those tunnels. as you noted, the death and destruction on both sides is continuing to rise. the palestinian health ministry saying that yesterday was the deadliest day in palestinian territories. 197 people killed since the conflict began. 58 children in israel. 10 people included, including children in this conflict. and damages extensive in gaza. we've seen buildings levelled in

israel. we've seen buildings struck including a synagogue earlier today. we know there are efforts, diplomatic efforts behind the scenes from the americans, egyptian, qataris. it will continue until netanyahu believes it has been met. they don't feel a lot of pressure from the americans yet to bring an end to this, but we know that the egyptians have been working and egypt was a key factor in the last cessation of fire in 2014. the egyptians said they're communicating with both sides to establish an immediate cease-fire and egyptian delegation met with officials last week reportedly proposed a one-year truce for both sides. but what we continue to hear is the jets and explosions. we don't hear calm here.

>> thank you for that live report. selma, to you know in beirut. what is the latest on regional and international reaction to this violence? >> rosemary, as you heard from my colleague, as violence escaladed and had the deadliest day in the conflict yesterday, there's been diplomatic efforts that are ramping up. the scene is really changing here, rose mary. traditionally it was egypt that was brokering deals. broker peace agreements between hamas and israel. now what is happening you have a lot of new actors on the stage. it comes down to the normalization of countries. last year they signed the normalization agreements with israel and you're going to see these countries try to get involved in these mediation efforts. their argument in signing the agreements, which are highly controversial in the region, are they could have greater

influence at the negotiating table. they could have a say that might help the palestinian people. that might help families in geo gaza. ultimately many people might feel it's red rhetoric. how it's playing out, people are being silenced. that's a couple of things playing out. you have autocratic regimes. countries like egypt that don't want to see tens of thousands of protesters gatherings in their squares. it feels lake threat. any human rights group will tell you the threat. you have a huge diplomatic shift. countries trying to normalize their agreements with israel. and the question is the status quo agreements, the violence we see every few years and are calmed with the agreements are going to change. are we going to remain in the status quo that brings the violence once every period when it flairs up. it means more lives lost and more instability in the region or will there be a shift?

and you also have a generational shift here. the experience of my parents, my grandparents, other people in this region was one of the great arab wars. the violence that we saw. lived experience of anybody under 30 in the middle east is of the arab spring or periods of overflowing dictatorship and demanding greater democracy and freedom. it means turning inwards on their country but the great wars has changed. it's shifting online and especially on social media. you see a lot of young people speaking about a different way about their current experiences in gaza and jerusalem. how they can improve the lives for people right now rather than being tied to that history and that past. rosemary? >> that's significant. thank you for that live report. i appreciate it. the biden administration is calling for a deescalation on the violence in israel and gaza and spearheading diplomatic

efforts. ar ar arlett saenz has that story. >> reporter: the white house is approaching the situation with a growingceps of urgency. there's rising concern about the number of civilian casualties in the region. that urgency was on display as the white house lead this diplomatic engagement over the weekend. president biden spoke separately in phone calls with israeli prime minister netanyahu and then with the president of the palestinian authority. the first conversation that biden had with him since taking office. on the ground in israel, the white house dispatched a top state department official who said a virtual white house event he was sense bid the president to lead a determined effort to halt the current violence and achieve sustainable calm. secretary of state blinken was working the phones over the weekend. having conversations with the foreign ministers of quatar,

egypt, france, and saudi arabia. one thing that the white house is trying to do is lean on partners in the region to try to calm the tensions there. there is also concern upon capitol hill. a group of more than two dozen democratic senators released a statement calling for a cease-fire. they wrote to prevent any further loss of civilian life and prevent further escalation of conflict in israel and the palestinian territories, we urge an immediate cease-fire. this is just another example of the growing concern back here in washington as these hostilities between israel and hamas rage on. arlett seanz. the white house centers for disease control and prevention is trying to clear up confusion. this after its announcement that fully vaccinated people could go without masks in most circumstances. the abrupt change in policy caught many off guard, including the white house.

and it lead to a lot of questions. cnn's evan mcmorris santoro has the report. officials in the united states are still trying to get a lot of americans to take their vaccine shots. but they're also reopening the economy with a return to normalcy by lifting some mask requirements. the two competing goals can make for complicated situations. the reopening excitement is palpable. but with the cdc's new guidance last week that vaccinated americans no longer need to wear masks in most situations, there's also confusion. where is it okay to take off a mask? how do we know if people taking off their masks are vaccinated? there's one thing americans need to know, said the cdc. >> number its of the honor system, people have to be honest with themselves. you're protected if you're vaccinated. >> reporter: a celebratory moment muddied by continuing vaccine vaccine hesitancy. with less than 45% of eligible

americans fully vaccinated, it comes with caveats. dr. fauci said more clarity would come within the next few weeks about workplaces and situations. >> i would imagine we'll have a period of a couple of weeks you'll start to see significant clarification of some of the actually understandable and reasonable questions people are asking. >> reporter: in the meantime, states and local governments are left sorting out the new guidance. in rhode island the governor emphasized vaccines are the key to lifting the regulations. >> people who are vaccinated can enjoy the freedom of not wearing their mask inside and those who are not vaccinated, we're not giving people in the state of rhode island a pass of terms of not becoming vaccinated because it saves lives. right now everyone should be getting vaccinated. >> reporter: the science around vaccination hasn't changed. experts say more americans need

to get their shots if the country has a chance at herd immunity. the process is slow but maybe a boost with new guidance allowing younger people to get doses. the new rules mean all schools should reopen for full-time in-person learning this fall, said the leader of a nation's second largest teacher's union. it doesn't mean that american is fully ready to abandon the mask, she said. >> we can't have mask shaming for people wear masks or their protection, they should be able to do. >> reporter: public health officials in the united states are hoping americans do the safe thing. get fully vaccinated before removing their masks. evan mcmorris santoro. >> and i asked a professor of emergency medicine what she thought about the cdc's updated mask guidance and what americans should know going forward.

>> this is challenging, i will say. i mean, we were all looking for ways that things are changing to show that we are moving forward in the pandemic. so i think the question of masks has come up again and again. if we're vaccinated, why don't we get to do things a little bit differently and actually the science supports that. it shows if you are fully vaccinated, so two weeks after your last vaccine, that you are much, much less likely to get sick from covid and to transmit covid to others. so it makes sense on one level to start loosening restrictions on things like universal mask wearing, but on the other hand, what is, say, a business to do? because there's no way to tell whether one person coming in is vaccinated or not. so we are really relying on people to do the right thing and, of course, it's been really difficult throughout the pandemic to get people to be

consistent with their behaviors. it's likely, say, you dislike wearing a mask or you forgot to put a mask in your pocket and walk into the store. i think the tendency will be, you know, it's no longer 100% required. i'll run through and do my thing, which, of course, puts the community at risk. so i think, you know, i think the thing to do is, i mean, there will be a lot more communication around this. and there will be a lot of guidance around specific environments like businesses or schools, daycares, things like that. >> wyoming republican liz cheney has been demoted by her own party. she's not keeping quiet about her experience or the dangers she said the country still faces. we'll explain on the other side of the break.

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welcome back everyone. it's been less than a week since republicans booted representative liz cheney from her leadership post because she refused to back the lie that donald trump won the election. cheney isn't keeping quiet about what she's been through or the state of her party. suzanne malvo has that. >> reporter: representative liz

cheney is taking the air waves. she's refusing to back donald trump. she is doubling down on her message that the republican party must confront and promote the truth before they can move on. cheney was voted out of her leadership role in the republican house conference as number three the past week. replaced by trump loyalist representative elise stefanik. cheney said stefanik and mccarthy are complicit in spreading trump's lies. >> when you talk about him being dangerous and the way he's leading the party, and i asked this about both mccarthy and stefanik, are they being complicit in what you consider the trump lies?

>> they are. i'm not willing to do that. you know, i think that there are some things that have to be bigger than party. that have to be bigger than partisanship. >> reporter: it played out openly on sunday as lawmakers debated the future of the party with or without the former president. representative cheney said she would consider a run for the presidency in 2024, but she, like her republican colleagues, are focussing on taking back the house and senate for 2022, but without bowing to trump. suzanne malvo, cnn on championship. earlier i discussed liz cheney's faith with law professor and she doubts cheney will find much support among the republican base. >> i think the republicans looking at what happened to liz cheney for republicans wanting to keep their jobs and not be

vulnerable with at least their base in the primary, i don't see her having a big following. the republicans that we hear about say we have to build a third party or we have to abandon this idea that president biden isn't the real president, those are largely people who are not currently elected officials. so at least on the short term, it looks like the republican party continues to be the party of trump. what i think it means for 2022 is that the republican party will continue to look a lot like the republican party in 2019, 2018, 2017 in the sense they will continue to be loyal to president trump, former president trump, even though he's not in power, and they will have to find their own way when it comes to policy proposals. president trump was an atypical republican or conservative. drivers in the d.c. area can be forgiven for not following all the political drama inside

the beltway. like many in the eastern u.s., they're frocussed on trying to final gas. t natasa chen has more on the panic at the pump and why it could linger for awhile. >> reporter: u.s. gas demand reached a pandemic-era high after seeing heavy increases since late july. that's on the app gas buddy. it is from drivers self-reporting outages and prices around the country. even as colonial pipeline said on saturday the systems were under normal operation, it could take several days or weeks, in some places, before seeing a steady supply of fuel at the pump. as of sunday afternoon, 81% of gas stations of washington, d.c., were without fuel. there was small improvements in north carolina where that number now sits at 57%. under half of the gas stations itself, carolina and georgia, don't have fuel. and authorities are telling

people to continue not to horde fuel because it could prolong the issue. here in charleston, south carolina, we're not necessarily seeing long lines at the pump as most of the gas stations in the city seem to have fuel. and those that didn't, also got new supply in the last few days. there have been some several states in the southeast with states of emergency that helps lift weight restrictions for the trucks delivering fuel and helps prevent price gouging. natasa chen, cnn, south carolina. a federal judge in florida will consider a plea agreement from a former official with ties to a well-known u.s. congressman. this man, joel green bberg, the former tax commissioner of seminole county. after striking a deal with prosecutors, he plans to plead guilty to six federal charges, including a count of sex trafficking of a child. prosecutors said greenberg recently tried to hide payments

to women in exchange for sex. cnn previously reported he had been providing information to investigators about his and matt gaetz's encounters with women. troubles are mounting for bill gates. a spokesperson for the "wall street journal," gates admitted to an extramarital affair with a microsoft employee. the journal reports that the company was investigating that relationship when gates resigned from the board last year. the affair happened two decades ago and it's not clear if that or the microsoft investigation played a role in bill and melinda gates' divorce finding. the "new york times" wrote that gates pursued women that worked for him. gates' spoke person disputed the

casualzation of his conduct to the times. no end in sight. coming up, the latest on the brutal cycle of violence in israel and gaza? the second week. back in a moment. you could take your ulcerative colitis treatment in a different direction. talk to your doctor about xeljanz, a pill, not an injection or infusion, for adults with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis when a certain medicine did not help enough. xeljanz is the first and only fda-approved pill for moderate to severe uc.

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southern gaza. air strikes destroyed several homes in gaza on sunday. palestinian health officials said nearly 200 people have been killed in the past week, including 58 children. the flair up of violence in gaza and israel is the deadliest in years. cnn's nic robertson looks back at the past week of fighting. >> reporter: first, hamas' rockets reaching jerusalem. followed by israel's fast response pounding gaza. the week of accelerated warfare has fear on both sides. gaza's toll significantly higher, as it has been in previous such confrontations. different this time militants sophisticated heat-seeking weapons and hamas' rockets, more of them, reaching farther from gaza but a greater intensity than ever before.

cutting deeper into israel's sense of safety. also different? sudden open confrontation between israel's arabs and jews. catching israel by surprise. >> we haven't seen this kind of internal conflict where the real social matter of the country is being stressed. >> reporter: in the west bank, generational palestinian anger ignited by gazas suffering. resulting in deadly confrontation with israeli police. >> if you combine that together, it is a very different situation than what we've seen in the past. >> reporter: before the first rocket fired, the perfect storm brewing, planned palestinian evictions in jerusalem, the collective palestinian pain raising tensions. worsened by heavy-handed israeli police tactics and islam's third holiest site during islam's holiest week and hamas

exploited. all against the background of political stagnation and increasing polarization. >> over the last 10 years, you've seen a swing in israel to the right. that pendulum is being swung further to the right. that has enabled this chs chauf nistic -- >> both sides under increasing american pressure to end the conflict. >> the real question is going to be do the israelis feel they have exacted enough of a price on hamas and is hamas ready to end this? >> reporter: saturday night hamas signalled they're ready. unilaterally stopping rocket attacks on tel-aviv for two hours. netanyahu, whose political prospect to hold on to the premiership, rose over the last week seems less willing. sunday the deadliest day and

week. >> we're trying to degrade hamas' abilities and degrade their will to do this again. it'll take some time. i hope it won't take long but it's not immediate. >> reporter: but with international pressure mounting, too, just possible this gaza conflict won't go a second week. the problems that caused it, however, have no resolution in sight. nic robertson, cnn, israel. the at least two people are dead following the collapse of bleachers at the synagogue at the west bank. we'll show you the moment it happened, but, first, we want to warn you, you may find it disturbing. israeli emergency services say more than 100 people were injured. they were gathering for a jewish holiday. these images give you a sense of

the wreckage once everyone was able to get out. the bleacher collapse comes just over two weeks after 45 people were killed in a stampede at a religious festival in israel. india has reported a significant drop in daily covid cases with numbers below 300,000 for the first time in nearly a month. the daily death toll is still topping 4,000, and rural india is seeing a surge in new cases. despite this growing crisis, india's ruling party is continuing the construction of a controversial project to revamp the indian parliament building. cnn has more. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: december of last year, india's prime minister modi raised the foundation stone for a new parliament. a grand and ambitious project to replace the current building

constructed during the era of british rule by 2022. but on the same day, india reported almost 30,000 new cases with worse to come. the people of india will construct the new parliament building together. but many in india are questioning the government's expensive efforts to revamp this 3 kilometer long stretch from the doorstep of the president's house in new delhi to the avenue where india holds the annual republic day celebrations. the area in the development project will come over the next couple of years is equal to the size of almost 100 football fields. the ongoing construction has become increasingly controversial at a time when india has shattered the records. repeatedly crossing 400,000 new daily cases of covid-19, while

running short on vaccines. >> you can't be building the new capitol when you are saying is you don't have enough money to buy vaccines and get them. >> reporter: a staggering $2.7 billion of taxpayers' money will be used for the project. the opposition congress party claims the money could be spent instead to inoculate almost 620 million people. cnn reached out to the government and three leaders from prime minister modi's party for comment and they declined to speak to us. india's minister for housing and urban development recently defended the project saying despite the cost, the government will allocate twice the amount for vaccinations.

but this failed to cut eyes with the opposition parties. you have vaccinated 3% of the population. it's irrelevant as to how much money you have allocated. the question is, is it enough? >> reporter: indian government is already under pressure for allegedly mishandling the virus. constructing a new seat of power at a time as insensitive of this could add to the existing public anger. much of britain can now reopen for business starting today. you can grab a pint at the pub, go to the movies, or even dine at a restaurant indoors. all under the latest lifting of lockdown measures for england, scot land, and wales. meantime, the british health secretary said new data shows vaccines may be effective against the indian variant now

the dominant strain in parts of the uk. cnn phil black joins me now with more on this. the successful vaccination rollout allowed the uk to further ease covid restrictions and now this news on the indian variant. what more are you learning? >> reporter: so -- even hugging. we can embrace each other once again. the advice is use the freedoms carefully. assess the risk, think about it, and make responsible decisions. this is now a personal responsibility. and emotions today, i think, are complicated furthered by the concerns over the new variant detected in india, which is here, and we're told spreading quickly. the case numbers are low, still. it the concern is it could be more significantly more tr transmit -- transmissble.

for a country that doehas an advanced vaccination level, it's not high enough. it's possible to see a surge in cases and pressure on the health system. a lot of ifs and coulds there. the uk has vaccinated around 69% of the adult population. that's how many are protected by th these. there's a lot that has been done but still work to do. there's a potential vulnerability, that's what the government fears. for the next few weeks, they'll be watching closely to see what the new variant does, hoping it can keep case rates manageable through continuing vaccines, testing, tracing, and vaccinating in. the hope where you can reach a point where so much of the population is vaccinated that the uk can proceed with the next step in unlocking restrictions. that is potentially just five weeks away.

that is when england, in particular, hopes to return to something very much like a normal way of life. there's a great deal at stake that really depends on just how the variant is early evidence suggests the new variant -- so for that reason but the government will be hopeful. it can somehow maintain the status of unlocking the country while at the same time dealing with the variant and concern that is more transmissble. >> very important. phil black for joining us live from england, thank you. coming up, a shortage of vaccines in peru means vaccine tourists are flying north. we'll explain.

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have money and havisas are traveling to the united states to get their shot. that's causing controversy in the u.s. and also in their home countries. rafael romo has more. >> reporter: he leaves before dawn carrying two suitcases for the long trip. after hugging his family, he is off to the airport. the peruvian business owner from lima is traveling to seattle. it's not just any trip, he said, but a life or death decision. >> translator: our political environment means or government is unable to fulfill its duty and that's why i made this decision. 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.

>> translator: 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 care units are overwhelmed, which means you can die. >> reporter: together they have spent $2200 to have three members of their family, including their 18-year-old daughter, flying to seattle for a covid-19 shot. >> translator: this is not about the american dream, he said, upon arriving. this is about the vaccine dream. >> reporter: just like this family, many in latin america were tired of waiting and have the means to do it are traveling to the united states to get a coronavirus vaccine. florida imposed id restrictions in january due to a sharp increase in the number of foreigners seeking a covid-19 shot in the sunshine state. >> you have people that live here six months. that's fine. they use the hospital here. they pay taxes.

to come in from another country or whatever, we don't support that and won't allow it. >> reporter: but argentinian pr specialist said her country's passport was sufficient identification to get the shot. >> translator: they didn't ask for anything else, she said. so many people from argentina are traveling to florida and according to the travel expert, the price of a ticket from beau knows air reese from miami rose $800 in may of 2019 to approximately $2700 this month. >> reporter: according to argentina's state-run carrier, in the first quarter of this year, there are four miami-bound weekly flights at about half capacity. now it's six weekly flights at 70% capacity. in latin america, traveling to get a shot has become a wedge issue between the haves and have

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how long you stay in the country. cnn's reporter joins me now with more from rome. how likely the tourists will jump at the offer to buy russia's covid vaccine? >> reporter: well, you know, i was speaking to an official from the san marino government this morning, it's the first day they opened up bookings online. they told me they have bookings from countries like uk, ireland, france, switzerland, and china. there's obviously interest in this. san marieno is a small country. even after allocating vaccines for their residents, they found themselves with 20,000 extra doses. they decided to open it to tourists. you have to be able to get there and book three nights in a hotel in san marino in order to get your first jab and for them to monitor you after wards.

you have to be able to go back after 21 days to get your second jab. so you have to have a lot of time on your hands in order to take advantage of this offer. of course, an they are not part the european union. they are not bound by the eu guidelines which, at the moment, has not approved sputnik for use. so all of those things considered, rosemary, it's clear there are people who are happy to combine vacations the vaccinations. they'll be starting monday of next week to vaccinate tourists. >> vaccine tourism, something new. thank you. the tokyo olympics are approaching fast but japan still doesn't have its coronavirus outbreak under control. many in the country are saying it's too dangerous to host the games now and they're raising their voices to get their message across.

selena wang joins us live now from tokyo. protests against japan holding the olympics. they'll get underway soon. people are gathering behind you, of course. how many people are expected overall to turn out and could it perhaps change minds? >> reporter: well, rosemary, i was speaking to organizers and they said because of the stormy weather expected to be starting in a couple of hours, they're expecting less than 100 people, but as you say, the protest doesn't start for another hour. there's already a group of people forming behind me. they're holding signs and calling for the olympics to be cancelled. i spoke to one of the participants of the protest and he's holding a "cancel the olympics sign" in japanese and english. he told me because of the suffering that is happening around the world and in japan, he said it is just not the time for japan to be hosting the olympics. he also said there is no hope, in his miengd, that japan is going to be able to protect the people of japan.

now this reflects the growing, broadening frustration among the people here. according to local polls, the majority of the population in japan thinks the games should be cancelled. should not be held this year. in fact, an online petition calling for the games to be cancelled brought more than 350,000 signatures in just nine days. it's not just the broader population. you have high profile leaders, including athletes and corporate leaders who are speaking out, as well, including toyota, which is a top olympic sponsor. in fact, just on friday, i saturday down with the ceo of the tech and e commerce giant in japan and he tells me japan hosting the olympics amounts to a suicide mission. not only that, but you had a doctor's unit in japan urging the government to cancel saying that it is impossible to hold a safe and secure olympics which japan is struggling to deal with the surge in covid-19 cases with large swaths of the country are under a state of emergency and only about 1% of the japanese

population has been fully vaccinated. we're now 10 weeks away from the olympics and each day the number of voices coming out asking the government to reconsider the games is only growing. rosemary? >> keep an eye on this. selena wang joining us live from tokyo, thank you. the new york yankees are dealing with a covid crisis. nine members of the baseball team, the coaching, and support staff, have tested positive for covid after being vaccinated. they have all received the johnson & johnson vaccine only one of the nine has shown symptoms. those were mild. cdc director dr. walenski shows the vaccine is working! and thank you so much for your company. i'm rosemary church. "early start" is next. you're watching cnn. have a wonderful day. [whisper] air wick

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