♪ sharing the vaccines. the united states announces that it's giving tens of millions of covid-19 vaccine doses to the rest of the world. president joe biden expands a ban on american investment in dozens of chinese companies. we're live in beijing with reaction there. plus this -- >> did you ever think this might be a life or death situation for you? >> i remember specifically thinking it when i was on the floor. >> asking for answers. capitol police officers talk exclusively to cnn about the january 6th riot and lawmakers'

failure to investigate it. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber, this is "cnn newsroom." ♪ u.s. president joe biden says the united states is ready to help fill a vaccine shortage around the world with tens of millions of additional doses, but there's a catch. the majority of those surplus vaccines were made by astrazeneca and haven't yet been approved by the u.s. government. that authorization is required before the u.s. can export them to places like vietnam, but as one white house official said, the u.s. has a moral obligation to help protect as many people globally as possible. >> our overarching aim is to get

as many safe and effective vaccines to as many people as fast as possible. it's as simple as that. we want to save lives and thwart variants that place all of us at risk. but perhaps most important this is just the right thing to do. >> cnn's elizabeth cohen has more on how the u.s. plans to distribute millions of doses worldwide. >> reporter: the united states has more than enough vaccine to vaccinate the entire country against covid-19 and so today the white house announced how much vaccine would be given to other countries and when and where it will ship. so let's take a look. the plan is to send 19 million doses to covax, that's the international vaccine initiative, of those 6 million will go to latin america and the caribbean, 7 million to asia and 5 million to africa. 6 million doses will be shared directly with countries in need. now, these doses represent a

sizable chunk of the vaccines that are being produced in the united states and there are plans to make more. let's take a listen to jeff zients a white house official coordinating the covid response. >> these 80 million doses represent 13% of the total vaccines produced by the united states by the end of this month. we will continue to donate additional doses across the summer months as supply becomes available, but at the same time we know that won't be sufficient. so the second part of our approach is working with u.s. vaccine manufacturers to vastly increase vaccine supply for the rest of the world in a way that also creates jobs here at home. >> reporter: most americans are glad that the united states is taking a leading role in distributing these vaccines. let's take a look at results from a recent kaiser family foundation poll. kizer asked people living in the united states should the u.s. plays a leading or major role in distributing vaccines to other countries. 66% say yes, 88% of democrats

said yes, 65% of independents said yes, only 41% of republicans said yes. sharing vaccines worldwide can save lives in other countries but it can also save lives in the united states. viruses don't know borders so when a virus starts in one country, as we've seen, it can easily go to another. also variants can develop in other countries and potentially come back to the united states and for those variants it's possible that the vaccine might not work terribly well so it's also in the united states' best interest to be sharing this vaccine to help stop the growth of variants. back to you. >> so as elizabeth cohen just mentioned about 5 million doses are earmarked for africa. the u.s. said it will coordinate with the african on where to distribute them and there isn't a lot of time to do t the head of the world head organization in africa warns the continent is at risk of another wave of covid-19 if it doesn't get more

vaccines soon. cnn's david mckenzie joins us from johannesburg. david, 5 million doses not a lot. what kind of difference could it make on the continent? >> reporter: well, certainly it will make a difference. it isn't a lot and it's a drop in the bucket compared to the demand that is needed to be met here on the african continent. many countries have started their vaccine distribution but still, kim, the levels here are very low proportionately. in many countries as i said. one pickup of course is that the astrazeneca vaccine won't be shared by the u.s. at this point. there are several countries that were very good at distributing the first dose of that vaccine including kenya and other parts of east africa. they need those second doses. so that would be very important to get that cleared up as soon as possible. there's also the issue of distributing these vaccines. the u.s. made it very clear that they are going to work very closely with covax and the

african union to identify countries which can actually give out the vaccines. so the issue here is really a long-term issue that the capacity isn't necessarily there in many of these countries to get vaccines into arms for the majority of the population. and you're right, kim, there is a third wave building in parts of this continent including here in south africa, an increase of some 20% of cases over the last 14 days compared to the prior 14 days says the w.h.o. and some specific countries of concern here in south africa one of them other parts of southern africa and uganda recently saw its highest single day case of -- cases of covid. so there is a long way to go but at least this 5 million will start the process, kim. >> at least some good news there. thanks so much, dave mckenzie in johannesburg. appreciate it. the number of americans getting vaccinated each day has declined dramatically since

april and for the first time since january the daily total of shots has fallen below 1 million. president biden's goal is for 70% of american adults to get at least one dose by july 4th, it's currently about 63%. the former head of the cdc says bridging the gap over the next month is doable but will be a challenge. >> we're making a lot of progress, but frankly we're entering kind of the slog phase of the vaccination campaign where the people who are most eager to have it and most able to get it have gotten it, now we need to continue to make it easier to get and to address people's concerns, to listen to the concerns, to find the messengers and the messages that work and to emphasize that this vaccine is astonishingly effective and very, very safe. >> president biden is almost doubling the number of chinese companies that will be off limits to american investment. the white house says they pose a

threat to national security because of links to china's military and its surveillance capabilities. the executive order continues the hard line taken by donald trump back in november. cnn's steven jiang is live in beijing. what's been the reaction there in china? >> reporter: well, kim, a chinese foreign ministry official just expressed china's, quote/unquote, firm opposition to this latest order, accusing washington of an sing the concept of national security and harming the interest of chinese companies as well as global investors. he urged the u.s. to correct its mistake by withdrawing this order or face consequences from beijing. although he did not specify what kind of countermeasures china will be taking analysts have pointed to the possibility of american companies including prominent global brands being added to the chinese government's so-called unreliable entity list that would restrict or disrupt these companies' activities in china. now, as i mentioned this order is a continuation of a trump era policy.

biden and trump obviously don't see eye to eye on almost anything, but china seems to be a rare exception here because mr. biden has said he doesn't disagree with trump's assessment that china is a strategic rival to the u.s. and threats from beijing have to be addressed head on but what the two men disagreed was approach. mr. trump preferred going it alone mr. biden has said the best way to confront china is forming this united front against beijing with allies and partners, especially those that share the u.s. democratic system. our values. that's why this this latest order he specified and clarified the scope of companies being targeted. they be on this list not only because of their alleged ties to the chinese military but also because their products and technologies, especially surveillance technology have been used inside and outside of china to repress religious and ethnic minorities, among them the uighur muslims. biden is saying these companies

are being targeted not only because they could harm the security interest of u.s. and allies but also their shared democratic values including the protection of human rights. >> thanks so much. steven jiang in beijing. iran's top negotiator says time may run out to salvage the international nuclear deal with tehran. he told a state news agency thursday that the next round of talks in vienna could be the last. former u.s. president donald trump pulled out of the deal in 2018, the talks have been under way to bring the u.s. back into the agreement and iran back into compliance. the u.s. says challenges remain and it's neither optimistic nor pessimistic about the talks. in just a few hours we will find out if u.s. jobs markets are picking up steam. the labor department is about to release its may report, a recent poll of economists is predicting 650,000 new jobs. that would be a huge jump from april when the u.s. created a disappointing 266,000 jobs.

if the predictions hold true the u.s. would still be more than 7 million jobs down compared to before the pandemic and we're still hours away from the opening bell on wall street but for now as you can see u.s. futures are just about flat there. infrastructure talks in the u.s. are pushing ahead as president joe biden offers to slash the price tag of his ambitious bill, but will it be enough to gain republican support? plus -- >> i thought i was going to lose my life right there. all i could think was we can't let these people in. >> u.s. capitol police officers describe what they saw and felt as trump supporters attacked the building in january. that's ahead. stay with us.

u.s. president joe biden is determined to move his ambitious infrastructure plan forward in an attempt to gain republican support he's not only offering to slash the price tag, he's also floating alternative ways to pay for it. cnn's jeff zeleny takes a look at where negotiations stand.

>> reporter: president biden hitting the road today. on a ride for first lady jill biden's 70th birthday as bipartisan negotiations intensify on his infrastructure package. the president is signaling that he's open to making serious concessions to keep the talks alive, including rethinking his plan to pay for it through raising corporate taxes, which had been a nonstarter for republicans. >> there are a range of pass forward here and the president remains committed to his goal of signing a bill into law, historic investment, infrastructure, by the summer. >> reporter: whether it's a path forward or the end of the road to finding a deal remains an open question, but the president has cut his original proposal nearly in half and is set to speak again friday with shelly moore capito, the lead republican negotiator. in a wednesday meeting the president said he was open to imposing a minimum corporate tax of 15% taking aim at profitable

u.s. companies that now short change the federal government. he also called for beefing up irs enforcement to collect more revenue. >> opposing this proposal would mean not only opposing raising taxes on the wealthiest americans who have done extraordinarily well during the pandemic it would mean imposing the very enforcement of the 2017 tax law. >> reporter: the $1 trillion infrastructure plan is about more than rebuilding the nation's crumbling roads and bridges, it's a test for whether washington can work in the biden era and the president is making it harder for republicans to turn down the deal. >> we're still hoping we can come to an agreement on a fully paid for and significant infrastructure package. >> reporter: senate minority leader mitch mcconnell must decide on whether to accept biden's concessions and offer some of his own, if not democrats will be left to try to pass the bill on their own in the narrowly divided senate. that is why at least trying to find bipartisan consensus is far more than political theater, but a critical step in winning over

moderate democrats like senator joe manchin of west virginia whose vote is essential in either case. >> we're definitely not there yet. i would say there is a gap and so that's our job to try to find where the common ground is. >> reporter: republicans are expected to make a counteroffer on friday when senator shelly moore capito has a phone conversation with president biden. this will show how serious republicans are in negotiating some type of a deal. the key question here is how much new spending they will propose. now, all of this factors into how long these negotiations will last before president biden asks democrats to go it alone. jeff zeleny, cnn, the white house. >> obviously going it alone would require all democratic senators to be on board and west virginia democrat joe manchin is signaling that he isn't at least not yet. here is what he told our manu raju. >> we need to do something in a bipartisan way, we can't

continue on these types of projects because we were able to bring everything to fruition working through a bipartisan way. the republicans didn't get everything they wanted the last time as you recall and basically we're not going to get everything, but we can move forward. the president has that desire and the urgency to get something big done. >> some roeps may welcome the news that president joe biden isn't planning to create a commission to investigate the january 6th capitol attack. according to a white house statement biden wants a more independent investigation. other democratic leaders have also dismissed the idea. house speaker nancy pelosi recently told her caucus a presidential commission wouldn't be able to issue subpoenas unless empowered by congress. and former vice president mike pence says when it comes to the capitol insurrection he and his old boss would probably never see eye to eye. pence was rushed out of a senate chamber as trump supporters stormed the building and called for his hanging. last night at new hampshire he

took a dig at democrats and the media. >> january 6 was a dark day in the history of the united states capitol. but thanks to the swift action of the capitol police and federal law enforcement violence was quelled, the capitol was secured. president trump and i have spoken many times since we left office and i don't know if we will ever see eye to eye on that day, but i will always be proud of what we accomplished for the american people over the last four years. and i will not allow democrats or their allies in the media to use one tragic day to discredit the aspirations of millions of americans. >> in the months after the attack the capitol police force has been shell-shocked suffering from both physical and psychological wounds. nearly 140 of their members were injured on january 6th.

our whitney wild spoke with some officers who were there that day and described the horrors they endured. >> reporter: what was the worst thing they called you? >> traitor. >> reporter: why was that the worst thing? s>> because i serve my country. i went overseas to protect our homeland from foreign threats, but yet here i am battling them in our own capitol. >> reporter: united states capitol police sergeant gonell immigrated from the dominican republic to the u.s. at 12 years old in 1991, deployed to iraq in 2003 and then joined capitol police in 2008. he is speaking publicly for the first time about january 6th when he fought rioters trying to stop the certification of joe biden's presidency. >> i got hurt.

i got hurt. i would do it again if i had to. it's my job. >> reporter: sergeant gonell led members of the department's civil disturbance unit. for hours they battled insurrectionists attacking the capitol. this video shows his fight on the west front. >> they kept saying trump send me. we won't listen to you. we are here to take over the capitol. we are here to hang mike pence. they thought we were there for them and we weren't so they turned against us. it was very scary because i thought i was going to lose my life right there. >> reporter: some of the most horrific video shows sergeant gonell steps from metropolitan police officer daniel hodges caught in a doorway.

>> i could hear my fellow officer screaming, the agony in some of them. all i could think was we can't let these people in. there's going to be a slaughter inside. >> reporter: rioters beat sergeant gonell so badly they cut his hand and he needed foot surgery, while he depended off the attack outside officer byron evans locked down areas inside the capitol and evacuated senators. did you ever think this might be a life or death situation for you? >> i remember specifically thinking it when i was on the floor. i remember thinking all this stuff like, byron, this is the day. all those times you've given thought on what you would do, you're doing it. >> reporter: for hours evans and the senators watched the riot on tv from a secured location. >> i just remember the anger i felt we be i saw those images, busting windows, climbing the walls and stuff like that. it was an audible gasp in the room.

>> reporter: around 6:00 the riot had calmed enough that sergeant gonell could finally tell his wife he had survived. >> i started texting my wife and what i said to her, i'm okay. i'll see you whenever. >> reporter: congress resumed certifying the electoral college votes that night. sergeant gonell arrived back home around 3:00 a.m. january 7th but found little relief. >> when i came in she wanted to hug me and i told her no because i was -- i was covered in pepper spray, my hands were bleeding still and i even -- i couldn't

even sleep because i went and took a shower and instead of helping that reinflamed the chemicals. >> it had gone through your clothes? >> yes. took a batth with milk, that helped. >> reporter: hours later he, officer evans and hundreds more officers still reeling from the worst attack in two centuries headed back to work. >> i did give my wife a hug, i started crying. >> reporter: why? >> everything that happened, i didn't think i would be able to see them. i went to my son's bed and give him a hug, he was asleep still, giving him a big kiss and i just start crying.

it's like five, ten minutes hug. i just cried. and he kept telling me it's going to be okay, i was like, no, i have to go back to work. i have to go back to work. >> reporter: for him the riot is hardly in the rear view. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: the failure of a bill to establish a commission to establish the origins of the insurrection left him devastated but gave him a reason to speak out. >> hurts me that the country that i love, that i came in, that i have sacrificed so much don't care about us. they don't. >> reporter: sergeant gonell came forward on the day the january 6th commission bill failed. he came forward on his own, not on behalf of the department. he said he just couldn't stay silent anymore. whitney wild, cnn, washington. >> and we will be right back. and infused with essential oils that are 100% natural.

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welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber and you're watching "cnn newsroom." we've been seeing blue skies and barricades in beijing's tiananmen square where 32 years ago today chinese troops launched a bloody crack down on pro-democracy protesters while the world watched in horror. it's believed thousands of people were killed although the official death toll is around 300. now, mainland china would like the massacre to be forgotten. in hong kong hundreds of police have been sealing off and clearing out victoria park, that's where huge vigils honoring the tine amen victims

have been held for decades. authorities say there will be no large assemblies due to the pandemic. last year people defied the ban and gathered there anyway but now a national security law makes it clear that china will no longer tolerate democratic dissent. kristie lu stout is live near victoria park and will ripley standing by in taipei. christy, despite the fact that the vigil has been canceled plenty of action at the park where the commemoration usually happens right behind you there. what's the latest? >> reporter: kim, i'm standing outside hong kong's victoria park on this sensitive anniversary, 300 to 400 police officers are out in force ready to take swift action against any unauthorized june 4th vigil. also ready to take action against anyone who dares to cross these barricades to enter the park which is now sealed off. we know at least two people have been arrested today including a vigil organizer with the hong kong alliance, she was detained

at her home for publicizesing the vigil. for two years the hong kong police have banned the vigil citing coronavirus restrictions. take a listen to this from the senior superintendent of hong kong island on the police reason why behind the ban. >> police have reasonable grounds to believe that the activities not only increase the risk of infecting covid-19 by participants and other people, but also pose serious threats to the lives and health of all citizens jeopardizing public safety and affecting rights of others. >> reporter: for over 30 years up until the year 2020 tens of thousands, if not more, hong kongers would gather here at night to light their candles and remember what happened in beijing on june 4th of 1989. it would be around 8:00 p.m. local time, a sea of flickering

light. those scenes will not be repeated tonight. we received a statement from the exile hong kong pro democracy activist and what this moment means for hong kong. it reads this, quote, the government is using the public health concern as excuses to ban the vigil politically. it's obvious that the government tries to criminalize the act. last year the vigil was banned by police citing coronavirus restrictions. in august of last year 24 pro-democracy activists were arrested in taking part in the vigil. jo joshua wong was sentenced to ten months in prison. hong kongers plan to remember june 4th but in small private intimate ways by lighting a candle at home, by attending a vigil at church or case of the imprisoned veteran activist who is serving jail time for his

2019 pro-democracy protest he plans to light not a candle but a cigarette in his jail cell tonight. kim. >> thanks so much, christy. >> will ripley in taipei, the vigil isn't happening there either but for a very different reason. what can you tell us? >> reporter: here in taiwan, kim, they are grappling with their most severe outbreak of covid-19 since the pandemic began. unlike hong kong which has had one local -- one imported case in the last day here they're seeing hundreds of new cases emerge every day and there are restrictions in place including gatherings on the number of people who are gather in a group. as a result there will not be a large-scale formal memorial for the teen men anniversary but the government is producing that they support the tina men supporters and the fight for

democracy in china. i spoke to one of those student activists who had many of his friends and classmates die in tina men square about the significance of this day. >> being a survivor of june 4 mas massacre, a participant of the 1989 student movement i certainly appreciate hong kong people commemorating june 4th but then the beijing regime together with its puppet in hong kong said no to our challenge, to our demand for freedom, to the demand of hong kong people for their freedom and democracy. >> you've said the western world lost a city. >> yes. we should see the world map more like free world versus the enemy of them. so if the world is two colors and then hong kong has just changed color. >> how would you respond to those who might think that the protesters pushed too much, too

far? that's what the pro-beijing camp says in hong kong. >> they also said we did that in 1989. it is not much different from accusing a rape victim of wearing too exposed. of course it's the communist party to be blamed first. you cannot blame the victim. >> is there any hope for the pro-democracy movement in hong kong at this point? >> it is -- there's no real sugar coating it. it is one of the darkest times in hong kong history i would believe. there is a silver lining. i see in the last two, three years u.s.-led western democracy who enabled chinese regime to conduct all these atrocities is coming around a little and realized what they have done and then coming to a point to thinking of changing this failed china policy. >> you left china 32 years ago after many of your fellow students died, now we are

sitting here at liberty square. do you worry about the future of democracy here in taiwan given what some have called chinese military intimidation? >> of course, you have to worry about democracy all the time, even with living in democracy. that threat to taiwan is military, is over1,000 warheads pointing at this island from the shore of china. people here in taiwan breathe in and out freedom and they know it and because they have earned it and they will defend it. >> reporter: who lost the fight for democracy in mainland china, he swam to escape the authorities in the mainland. he only had the clothes on his back when he went and lived in the united states and has now will i have had in exile here in taiwan for many years. interestingly even though he was public enemy number one or two back after the 1989 massacre, he

in the years since, including recently, has offered himself up for extradition. he has said i will go back to the mainland. put me in prison. charge me. and every single time he has done that the authorities have denied his offer. he thinks it's because they know that his message would be far more powerful even sitting inside a jail cell in china than sitting here in taiwan, an island that continues tina men square vigils. they say people will gather here again and again and again. >> thanks so much, will ripley in taipei. appreciate it. final preparations for the tokyo olympics are under way. the games are now less than 50 days away and yet more and more people want to see them canceled. we will explain. stay with us. uhhh... how long does credit repair take?

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so far in japan not many people are vaccinated against covid-19 and nine regions along

with tokyo are under a state of emergency, but as far as the tokyo 2020 organizers are concerned, the games will go ahead. cnn's blake essig is live from tokyo. blake, we heard harsh words from a japanese olympic legend. tell us more about what she said and whether it will make any difference at this point with organizers seemingly barreling ahead here. >> reporter: kim, look, it seems like there's nothing that's going to stop these games from happening, tokyo 2020 president made that point when she said that the games will be going ahead and that the event is impossible to postpone a second time. while the games do see inevitable, the criticism has been relentless and as you mentioned today it came from japanese olympic committee board member and former gold medalist in judo kouri yamaguchi. she hit out at olympic organizers and japanese government saying that the games

have lost their meaning. she asked the question what will these olympics be more and whom will they be for? writing that the power of sport is of little comfort to people worried about the medical situation, that if organizers keep pushing we will all be left with baiter after taste. yamaguchi writes that we have been cornered into a situation where we can't stop that the international olympic committee seems to think that the public opinion here in japan is not important. now, she points out that comments made by ioc vice president john coates who recently said that the games would be held even if there was a state of emergency order in effect. the public criticism from a board member involved with the olympics is the first that we've really heard, you know, anything of the sort from somebody with that much involvement in the olympics and it definitely captures the mood here on the ground. now, in just the past few weeks we have heard from doctors groups and olympic sponsor, industry leaders and a majority of japanese population who have all called for the games to be

canceled or postponed as a result of health and safety concerns. those concerns yamaguchi says the japanese government and olympic organizers have failed to address and that in general appear to be avoiding having the discussion about. now, currently tokyo and nine other prefectures are under a state of emergency order, expected to expire june 20th, just about a month before the games are scheduled to begin and it is worth noting that japan's top coronavirus adviser told the lower house of parliament that it's not normal to host these games during a global pandemic and that holding the olympics under a state of emergency should definitely be avoided. will it make a difference, kim? i guess we will have to wait and find out. we have about 49 days. >> all right. thanks so much, blake essig in tokyo. appreciate it. sri lanka is reeling from an environmental emergency following the sinking of a cargo ship just nine nautical miles from its coast. the sinking already has created one of the worst ecological incidents sri lanka has ever

seen but it could get even worse if chemicals and oil leak from the vessel and now a local conservation group is going to court demanding compensation for fishermen and coastal communities. paula hancocks is following developments from seoul, south korea. the fact that this group is asking for compensation suggests the ecological damage here could be massive. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, kim, certainly this group itself is saying that some 50,000 fishermen in the area could be affected by this and, in fact, have been in many ways. so there has already been an environmental damage. we have seen that there have been many chemicals spilling into the sea as that almost two week fire raged on the vessel. now, we have got drone footage of that vessel and even though much of it is submerged beneath the surface you can still see that some of those containers are smoldering, showing the absolute intense heat that was

coming from the fire that was on board and of course there were chemicals on board which means there has been pollution going into the seas and then affecting the coast lines of sri lanka. now, we know at this point that there have been billions of these plastic pellets of microplastics, we know there was nitric acid and other chemicals although authorities hope that some of those chemicals were actually burned off in the fire. what is the greatest concern at this point is the 350 tons of fuel oil that is on board. authorities saying at this point there is no indication that it has been leaking, but of course that is a great concern if it does. >> we would need, you know, to use disbursements and as you disburse it starts to move oil, it can caught species, sea birds get badly impact bd by thighs things, any species in the water it can get stuck in the fish

gills. it can be very problematic. that is the last thing we would need right now. >> at one point they were trying to tow this vessel further out to sea so at least some of the damage could have been mitigated for the coastline of sri lanka. there are or at least were up until a couple weeks ago pristine beaches in sri lanka and when the pandemic was over the tourism surgery was really hoping to be revived. this will have a severe impact on that. and as i say, up to 50,000 fishermen according to that conservation group have been affected. it is a coastline that is rich in marine life in man droves and certainly certain lagoons have been oil booms put around them to try to prevent any oil spill from reaching that particular area, but at this point authorities believe that part of the ship is actually embedded in the floor of the sea and so it is impossible to try to tow it further out to sea as of course the danger there is it could

simply break up and that would guarantee that the oil would leak from the vessel. fishermen are furious, they say that local authorities did not handle this well. that the ship knowing that it had a leak on board should never have been able to come so close to the shore. so at this point the supreme court will be hearing that petition. fishermen saying they need compensation. kim? >> real ecological disaster developing there. thanks so much, paula hancocks in seoul. an 18-year-old high school valedictorian in texas risked public outrage to speak out on a controversial issue close to her heart. she tells us why she did it. >> it just kept playing on repeat in my head how upset i was and at that point i realized that this is something that i need to talk about.

for the first time in his legendary career four-time nba champion lebron james has been bounced from the playoffs in the first round. patrick snell has that and more in our minute in sports. >> well, we start this friday with an extraordinary story from one of the biggest events on the

international golf calendar, the u.s. women's open in san francisco where it's 17-year-old high schooler mega garna co-leading after round one. in the nba playoffs the denver nuggets looking to clinch their series against the portland trailblazers and they are moving on after completing the job to seal the series 4-2. to paris where the top ranked women's player in the world ash bartee out of roland-garros at the french open after retiring in her march on thursday. victories for the big three, nadal, djokovic and federer though the swiss icon losing his cool a little bit during a dispute about the chair umpire. to south america on a thursday nile of you a emotion as messi and argentina's player paying trib ul to diego maradona who passed away last year. how about scoring a double century in your first ever test

match. devin conway, on that high flying note it's back to you. a high school valedictorian in dallas, texas, is using her platform to make a powerful statement. paxton smith scrapped her approved graduation speech to speak out against the state's sweeping new abortion restrictions. the so-called heartbeat law effectively bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and makes no exceptions for pregnancies that result from incest or rape. paxton gave the speech and later spoke to our chris cuomo. >> today i was going to talk about tv and media and content because it's something that's very important to me, however -- however, under light of recent events it feels wrong to talk about anything but what is currently affecting me and millions of other women in this state. six weeks. that's all women get. and so before they realize most of them don't realize that they're pregnant by six weeks. so before they have a chance to

decide if they are emotionally, physically and financially stable enough to carry out a full-term pregnancy, before they have the chance to decide if they can take on the responsibility of bringing another human being into the world, that decision is made for them by a stranger. it's a problem that cannot wait and i cannot give up this platform to promote complacency and peace when there is a war on my body and a war on my rights. a war on the rights of your mothers, a war on the rights of your sisters, a war on the rights of your daughters. we cannot stay silent. >> i had recently heard about the passing of the heartbeat bill and i was trying to work on an assignment for school but i couldn't bring myself to focus on that assignment because i was so distracted by how upset i was

with thebeat bill and it kept playing on repeat how upset i was and i realized this was something i needed to talk b this was incredibly important to me and i felt like it was the right thing to do and that there was no better time to make a speech like that. i had thought of a lot of the risks that were involved and that was something that i was willing to take on. >> smith earned praise for her bravery from people in the crowd and even on twitter from former secretary of state hillary clinton. what a courageous young woman. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. "early start" is next.

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