clarissa ward is back in london and she is joining me. es about you being there. this is pretty unusual, that you were noticed. myanmar citizens spread the word about you being there. some were worried you were there doing the military's bidding, basically. how did you approach this? >> i think, listen, it's always a difficult situation when the only way to get into a country is to go through the brutal, ap press sive regime that is responsible for the massacres that are happening. so you have to ask yourself, what are the potential merits, what are the potential pitfalls. this is a situation we find ourselves in, brian, over and over again as journalists, whether it be in syria, in north korea. we're often faced with this very difficult choice. in this case we felt it was so vital to go into myanmar to have the opportunity to directly confront the junta with their brutality. those local journalists that you mentioned who have been doing extraordinary work, who are braver than i could ever imagine being, the one thing they can't do for the

clarissa ward is cnn's chief international correspondent and the author of "on all front s," she was >> when you go into these kinds of circumstances it's extraordinarily heroic but you are often surrounded by government minders and security, were you able to get -- was there any point at which you felt as though you were able to get a sense of how people on the ground in myanmar are reacting to this fairly brutal crackdown? >> well, our expectations were very limited. for exactly the reasons you say. we were surrounded by minders, a convoy of soldiers, we had plain clothes security officers filming our every move. we had translators, you name it, we had it. we didn't anticipate we would be really able to interact with ordinary people but we had this extraordinary moment where we finally were given permission just to shoot some video in a market, a simple, ordinary market, simple, ordinary people and within minutes of us taking out our camera, even though we were so clearly surrounded by security forces, one man flashed the three finger hunger games salute. that salute has become the

and clarissa ward is a veteran syria reporter who has recently back from myanmar. d access by the myanmar military which seized power on february 1st in a coup. welcome, clarissa. >> thank you, fareed. >> so i know when you go into these kinds of circumstances, it is extraordinarily heroic, but you are often surrounded by government minders and security. were you able to get, was there any point at which you felt as though you were able to get a sense of how people on the ground in myanmar are reacting to this very brutal crackdown? >> well, our expectations were very limited for exactly the reason you say. we were surrounded by minders, a convey of soldiers, we had plain clothes security officers filming our every move. we have translators sh you name it, we had it and we didn't anticipate to interact with ordinary people but we had this extraordinary moment where we finally were given permission to just shoot video in a market, a simple ord market and simple ordinary people and within minutes of us taking our our camera even though we were surrounded by security,

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cases, we begin with a deeply troubling, but badly needed, cnn chief international correspondent, clarissa wardbeen seeing? >> anderson, this is truly a terrifying and epi

cases, we begin with a deeply troubling, but badly needed, cnn chief international correspondent, clarissa ward who joins us now from new delhi. clarissa, what have you been seeing? >> anderson, this is truly a terrifying and epic crisis. i mean, it's just staggering, the amount of suffering. people are struggling to breathe. they are literally dying on the streets. and there is just no end in sight to this tragedy. in delhi, now, you're never far from heartbreak. almost everyone in the city has been visited by grief. at the crematorium, the loss weighs heavily in the smoldering air. and the dead are piling up. there are bodies, literally, everywhere you turn here. i have, honestly, never seen anything quite like it. and organizers say that pre-covid, they might cremate seven or eight people, a day. today alone, they've already cremated 55 bodies and it's not even lunchtime. >> reporter: just months ago, india's leadership boasted that the country had effectively defeated covid. now, it has set global records for new cases, as a terrifying, second wave ravages the country. he says he and his me

cnn's chief international correspondent clarissa ward has just returned from myanmar where she and her team were the first western tv journalists allowed into the country since the coup. they were under military escort, their every movement carefully controlled, yet they still had a chance to see what is really happening on the ground. >> reporter: by day the hunta continues its brutal crack down killing pro democracy protesters who refuse to submit to military rule. at night the raids begin as soldiers round up activists and drag away the dead, their bodies evidence of the military's shoot to kill tactics. two months after overthrowing myanmar's democratically elected government in a coup, the hunta has been unapologetic in its r ruthlessness and silent in the face of international outrage. fearless local journalists and anthivists have risked everything to show the world what is happening while outside access to the country has been blocked. but now the military he's granted cnn the first access to visit myanmar. from the moment we arrive our movements are tightly controlled. gives y

cnn's clarissa ward has more. >> reporter: in delhi now, you're never far from heartbreak.the city has been visited by grief. at this crematorium, the loss weighs heavily in the smoldering air, and the dead are piling up. there are bodies literally everywhere you turn here. i've honestly never seen anything quite like it. and the organizers say that pre-covid they might cremate seven or eight people a day. today alone, they've already cremated 55 bodies, and it's not even lunchtime. just months ago, india's leadership boasted that the country had effectively defeated covid. now it has set global records for new cases as a terrifying second wave ravages the country. this man says he and his men don't even stop to take breaks, and still they can barely cope with the flow. a volunteer approaches. they've run out of tables for the bodies, he says, then adds that his mother died from covid the night before. you must be tired. >> very. it's not time for rest. >> do you believe the government figures, the death tolls, the covid figures that they're giving, or are the figures much

clarissa ward, cnn, new delhi. >> heartbreaking. clarissa, thank you so much.ways that you can help combat india's coronavirus crisis, please go to cnn.com/impact. >>> the floyd family on capitol hill tonight along with others who have lost loved ones to law enforcement, pushing for police reform. w. kamau bell weighs in. he's next. u've flushed it all. and it's building up in your septic tank. but monthly usage of rid-x is scientifically proven to break down waste. maintain your septic tank with rid-x. oh man... let's get you to this moment. is that it? yep, that's it. of relief... [joyfully laughs] protection... i just got vaccinated- i just got vaccinated! noah just got vaccinated... hope... so that we can get to all the other moments. let's get you to the exhale you didn't know you were waiting for. let's get it... together. so we can be together. let's get to immunity. now's your moment to get vaccinated. >>> the families of the victims of daily police violence meeting on capitol hill with a bipartisan group calling for passage of the george floyd justice

c cnn's clarissa ward and her team were the first outside journalists allowed in the country since thet. clarissa, tell us, what are we going to see? >> reporter: that's right, jake. according to one monitoring group that's closely following developments in myanmar, 614 people have been killed in the last two months, including dozens of children. nearly 3,000 people have been detained. one u.n. official has warned of a blood bath or even a civil war if something isn't done to contain the situation in myanmar. we traveled there to confront the military about its ruthless purge and on the ground we witnessed some extraordinary acts of courage. by day, they continue their brutal crackdown, killing protesters who refuse to submit to military rule. at night, the raids begin, as soldiers round up activists and drag away the dead, their bodies evidence of the military's shoot-to-kill tactics. two months after overthrowing myanmar's democratically elected government in a coup, the hunta has been unapologetic in its ruthlessness. fearless local journalists and activists have risked everything t

let me say, first, it'll clarissa ward's reporting was outstanding.what is happening there despite the military's desire to get its propaganda out. this is a conundrum. the u.s. government is doing all it can, first of all, through targeted sanctions on the military and their families, their money, on their businesses. there's only certain amount of leverage that we have alone. this really comes down to the neighbors, to those in asia, in particular to asean, the grouping of southeast asian nations, to india, to japan, and, of course, to china. they have been in the asian way of working quietly, discreetly, but there's not enough boldness and assertiveness and a coordinated joint action to look at what's happening, which is not just the regression of democracy and the humanitarian disaster, but the prospect of a failed state in the heart of a dynamic region of asia. and they really need to step up and get beyond their traditional instinctive kind of low-key ways and really reassert their power and find their voice. >> i mean, if this doesn't have urge

cnn's chief international correspondent clarissa ward is in new delhi for us.rted some of the most ravaged war-torn parts of the world. how does what you're seeing in india compare? >> reporter: jake, there's no question. this country is in the vicious of a terrifying, vicious and heartbreaking tragedy. we saw poem on the streets today waiting in line for six hours trying to get some life-saving oxygen. most of them weren't able to find beds in hospitals for their loved ones. even those who were able to find a bed, those loved ones still weren't able to receive that objection jen and so they go every day. they crowd source online and they get on twitter and they share information. they are pulling together, and they say, listen, guys, at this spot in ten minutes there's going to be some oxygen, and then you just see this mass wave of people arriving getting in line and trying to get some that have life-saving oxygen. we also visited a crematorium where it became abundantly clear that the government figures, jake, really don't come close to capturing the true sc

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chief cnn senior correspondent clarissa ward is in new delhi today. seeing horrific things there, people struggling to breathe. tell us about the scene and the scale of this. >> reporter: we are standing in a very long line, people waiting for oxygen. it goes all the way around the block over there and all the way up this way. if you walk with me, let me tell you, some of the people have been waiting in this line since 5:00 this morning and since late last night. they still haven't managed to get to the end of the line because it isn't moving and trying to get oxygen for loved ones and people collecting it for their grandparents and people who can't get into the hospitals who don't have the luxury of affording a private hospital. they come here everyday and they wait in this long line, in this chaos, for their opportunity to get life-saving oxygen. a lot of them are telling us the same thing, jim, which is that they're frustrated. they're frustrated with the government. they feel a profound sense of despair. how long can this keep going? as far as we

clarissa ward, cnn, myanmar. >>> now, that woman was arrested as she was running away from the market were, also, arrested just for talking to cnn. thankfully, we believe, all were released after a couple of days. now, there is more from clarissa's team at cnn.com breaking down what myanmar's military says to justify their brutal crack down. and whether that matches reality. we'll be right back. business h is why t-r uses unconventional thinking to help your business realize new possibilities. only one 5g partner offers unmatched network, support, and value-without any trade offs. whitney and jane are always sharing tips on ways to save money. cvs carepass... it's my savings secret. carepass members get 20% off cvs health brand products, free same-day rx delivery. plus, a $10 promo reward. thanks for sharing! join carepass today and get yours. look at that scuffed up wall. thanks for sharing! embarrassing you. that wall is your everest. but not any more. today let's paint. behr. exclusively at the home depot. >>> now, joe biden is preparing to push ahead with his infrastructure plan,

cnn's clarissa ward live from london. you have spoken extensively in the past with navalny.test about him and his condition? >> reporter: well, at this stage, john, his allies are concerned he could literally die any day. one of his physicians has said they've had access to his blood test results, that they show a very high level of potassium, which could result in heart failure, which could result in renal failure, and in words of the physician, our patient could die at any moment. the whole reason that navalny is on hunger strike, and it's nearly three weeks he's been on hunger strike, he's been arguing he's not been getting proper medical treatment that he needed. he was arguing that he needed to have outside physicians come in to visit him because he was experiencing numbness in his hands and legs. he also had back problems. all of this on the back of him being poisoned with nova poison. the situation now is getting very serious to the point where his allies have called on the people across russia who support navalny to come out in mass protests on wednesday. wednesday s

clarissa ward has more from new delhi. >> reporter: well, this morning we woke up and saw on twitterhospital saying that essentially they were about to run out of oxygen and that 70 covid patients in their care might die potentially if they didn't get some soon. we went to talk to them. take a listen to what the administrator had to say. >> how much longer do you have before you run out of oxygen? >> today we have just -- i mean, it is one or two hours it will last and every day we are facing this problem of oxygen. >> i can hear these people coughing. i mean, they're obviously desperate. what happens if the oxygen runs out? >> if they don't get oxygen they can die. they will not survive. that's for sure. they will not survive for long. >> are you dealing with this every day? >> yeah, we have been dealing with this every day for the past ten days. every day we have to fight for the oxygen. every day we have to keep messaging, we have to say that we are running short of oxygen. please give us the oxygen. please give us the oxygen. >> so this is a question of life and death? >> yes, it

cnn's chief international correspondent clarissa ward has been following this on the frowned in new delhi. you went to a hospital earlier. tell us what you saw. >> reporter: this morning we woke up and saw on twitter this hospital saying essentially they were about to run out of oxygen and 70 covid patients in their care might die potentially if they didn't get some soon. we went to talk to them. take a listen to what the administrator had to say. how much longer do you have before you run out of oxygen? >> today, we have just -- every day, we are facing this problem of oxygen. >> reporter: i can hear these people coughing. they're obviously desperate. what happens if the oxygen runs out? >> if they don't get oxygen, they can die. that's for sure. they will not survive for long. >> reporter: are you dealing with this every day? >> yes, we have been dealing with this every day for the past ten days. every day, we have to fight for the oxygen. every day, we have to keep messaging. every day we have to say we are running short of oxygen. please give us the oxygen. please give us the oxygen.

cnn's chief international correspondent clarissa ward recently visited myanmar.uelty, beating and torture pro-democracy protesters and worse. >> reporter: that's right, jake. the purge against pro-democracy activists continues, and we had the rare opportunity though to speak to one young soldier who was so horrified and ashamed by what he had seen that he defected from the military. they gather outside the prison every day. mostly parents desperately hoping for a glimpse of their children, proof that they are still alive. they know that behind these walls myanmar's military junta is engaging in unspeakable cruelty against those who dare to defend democracy. now in hiding, this 19-year-old is brave enough to share his story with us. he says he was detained after being stopped by soldiers who found photos of him at protests on his phone. >> translator: when we got there, the commander tied my hands behind my back and used small scissors to cut my ears, tip of my nose, my neck and my throat. then he let his fellow soldiers beat me up that night. >> reporter: he shar

cnn's clarissa ward is live for us in myanmar with the permission of the military. ssa, explain why it's so important that you're there. >> reporter: well, jake, i want to underscore that no independent international journalists have opinion allowed in this country in the last two months since the bloody coup took place. as you said, rights groups saying more than 550 people killed. this is a massive protest movement that really came about after the military ousted myanmar's democratically elected government, the people coming out into the streets in the millions, and the more they protested and the more animated those protests became, the more the military tried to suppress them. the military here really does not have the popular support of the people of myanmar, so we felt it was essential even though it is a difficult situation when you're in a country with the permission of the in this case the military, the main oppressors in the situation. we felt it was very important to be on the ground, to see for ourselves whatever we could and to tell the story of the peop

cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward with more. >> reporter: they gather outside the prisonly hoping for a glimpse of their children, proof that they are still alive. they know that behind these walls myanmar's military junta is engaging in unspeakable cruelty against those who dare to defend democracy. now in hiding, this 19-year-old is brave enough to share his story with us. he says he was detained after being stopped by soldiers who found photos of him at protests on his phone. >> translator: when we got there, the commander tied my hands behind my back and used small scissors to cut my ears, tip of my nose, my neck and my throat. then he let his fellow soldiers beat me up that night. >> reporter: he shares photos of the abuse, his back lacerated from whippings with a cable wire, his face swollen from endless strikes. >> translator: i even told them to kill me instead of torturing me. it was that painful. >> reporter: myanmar's junta shows no shame about its cruelty, on state television it proudly displays images of those arrested for so-called terrorist activity. the fa

cnn's clarissa ward were the first outside journalist allowed in the country since the coup. >> reporters its brutal crackdown, killing pro-democracy protestors who refuse to submit to military rule. at night, the raids begin. as soldiers round up activists and drag away the dead. their bodies evidence of the military's shoot-to-kill tactics. two months after overthrowing myanmar's democratically elected government in a coup, the junta has been unapologetic in its ruthlessness, and silent in the face of international outrage. fearless local journalists and activists have risked everything to show the world what is happened, while outside access to the country has been blocked. but now the military has granted cnn the first access to visit myanmar. from the moment we arrive, our moments are tightly controlled. it gives you a sense of the intense level of security with us. one, two, three, another three over there. six trucks full at township offices, alleged victims of the protest movement dutifully await us. they tell us they have been beaten and threatened and humiliated by the violator

kensington palace, clarissa ward is there.y together for the first time in many months. >> that's right. this will be the first time that the world has seen them together in over a year. the first time that they will have seen each other since prince harry moved to california and since, of course, that famous interview with oprah winfrey where he spoke openly about the rift between the brothers, about the strained relations. i think people will be watching very closely as the two of them walk behind the casket of their grandfather. there will be a separation between them in the form of prince philip's eldest grandson peter phillips. for the brothers, themselves, prince william and prince harry, they really want today to be about focusing on the memory of their beloved grandfather. both of them had a very close relationship with prince philip and talked a lot about enjoying beers and barbecues as prince harry said. prince william talked about his spirit of mischief and love of adventure and for them, they will want the focus to