we'll talk with french president emmanuel macron and the u.s. ambassador to the united states, linda thomas-greenfield, about that, plus the refugee crisis, and new conflicts with russia. it is all just ahead on ace tion." ♪ >> brennan: good morning. and welcome to "face the natin." we've got a lot to get to today, but we begin with the sobering news that over three million people have now died from covid-19 globally. here in the u.s., there is good news for adults who want to be vaccinated. starting tomorrow, 18 will now be eligible. strassmann. >> reporter: more mayhem in minnesota. [yelling] >> reporter: in our national reckoning about race. protests fueled by twin moments of anguish in the twin cities. less than 10 miles and just 10 months apart. first a cop's knee buried in george floyd's neck. in former officer derek chauvin's murder trial, a jury will start deliberating tomorrow. minnesota could face more unrest. >> these times are tense. police shooting lastseenis sunday in a minneapolis suburb. 20-year-old daunte wright killed when an o

emmanuel: good afternoon. believe it is the case -- a version for a lot of clients for the u.k. market. we have seen some assets reacting well to the prospect of the news and the successful vaccine rollout. the trend has been the proximate way to express a more positive view on the u.k. the equity market has been hurt by the strength of the credit theme. stronger currency is not good, but also in a risk on market, the u.k. market could not [indiscernible] a lot of defensive sectors in the u.k. index -- clearly markets have not been -- [indiscernible] there is the case for the u.k. to become more relevant in investor portfolios come in particular in the market returns over the next few months normalized. less bullish. alix: is that going to come in the form of large caps or medium and small caps beating that like they did last year? emmanuel: the price action has been very bullish in the small caps space. the money has come back. quincy investors coming back to the u.k. -- you see investors coming back to the u

french president emmanuel macron attended the funeral in the capital, n'djamena.eporter: 30 years of leadership have come to an end. thousands of mourners packed the main square in the chadian capital to pay respects to president idriss dÉby. the 60-year-old military leader died on the battlefield shortly after winning reelection. for many here, he is the only leader they have ever known. "help us to keep the joy. life has decided you must go and i must say goodbye. the chadian people have love you and give you over to god." western powers and african nations leaned on the longer link strongman is the linchpin in the international fight against islamist militants. "the battles that you let always had the goal of defending your country's territorial integrity, the preservation of stability and peace, and the fight for liberty, security, and justice. you lived as a soldier. you died as a soldier. " human rights groups often pushed against what they called his repressive government, but now the president's death brings instability in the country into question. france

emmanuel macron says the main way out is to vaccinate as many as people as possible.ng it a race against time. he says priority will be to vaccinate people like teachers and police officers, as well as the elderly before getting onto the rest of the adult population. that is really the focus of the next few weeks. april he said will be a difficult month for the french people, but he said there is light at the end of the tunnel. anchor: there has been another breakthrough in the race to inoculate the world against covid-19. pfizer biontech say their vaccine is safe and effective for children between the ages of 12 and 15. they say those who are 100% effective at preventing the disease, among more than 2000 adolescents in the trial the companies hope to get emergency approval to start vaccinating children in the u.s. and europe before the next school year. the pfizer biontech vaccine is authorized for use in people aged 16 and over. one young trial participant said he was proud to help out. >> i was -- it was definitely a special opportunity to be able to do something l

emmanuel macron led the tribute.e died of injuries while visiting the north of the country. >> with the shots, the army and people of chad pay tribute to their formal leader. a funeral service for the president of three decades was held in the capital's largest public square. it was attended by heads of neighboring countries. senior officials and family. the whole country and its people can feel my pain as a wife. who has lost her husband in difficult times. we have lost countrymen and head of our family. he was an exemplary husband, father, and counselor. all these characteristics of one man that we have lost. >> he died from injuries so -- sustained fighting a group in the northern region. coming to power in 1990 after overthrowing his predecessor, his tenure was filled with rebellions and who attempts. after a military council took over, his son a military officer is now head of state. the country's constitution, parliament, and government have all been dissolved and a charter put out to grab the country for the n

near paris 3 people thought to be connected to the attack a have been detained french president emmanuel back home said the country would never give in to what he called islamic terrorism. a normally quiet residential neighborhood just outside paris now the center of attention in france security agents flooded the area investigating the killing of a police employee caught off guard. the police station is very well protected there is a protective lock and so people can't just walk in so the attacker waited for her to go and change her parking ticket the murder of course her by surprise as she left the police station for just a moment and so it was really a cowardly barbaric attack to kill someone and to kill a policewoman if. the local media report that the attacker was a 36 year old man with no criminal record witnesses say they heard him say or lulac bar arabic for god is great as he stabbed his victim a police officer then shot the attacker dead there are suggestions the man had previously scouted out the site. the office of the national antiterrorism prosecutor has taken charge over t

and in his eyes, emmanuel macron believes his leadership is what france needs in this war.colder. but today it has not been too bad, particularly where there has been some sunshine. however, some spots have been hanging onto the cloud. this was eastbourne earlier. some of that cloud really did struggle to break up. further west and north, that is where we have the best of the sunshine and the highest temperatures. but we take those clear skies and overnight, it pushes further southwards, and under those clear skies at night, that is where temperatures are able to drop, so there will be a touch of frost in some spots, even in the centre of birmingham, for example. some places in the countryside, a little below freezing. so it will be a cold but dry start for most on easter sunday, with high pressure stilljust about in charge. but that big change will come courtesy of this cold front which will be drifting in from the north. for many places, it is going to be a fine day, but northern ireland will cloud overfrom the north, scotland as well, we will see some rain as the front c

president emmanuel macron has put mainland france back into lockdown for four weeks from saturday.ddress, he said all but essential shops should shut, and people will again be asked to work from home. mr macron said from next week schools will close for three weeks, there are exceptions for the children of key workers. he also announced a vaccination programme, promising that by the end of the summer everyone over eighteen will be vaccinated. this from our paris correspondent lucy williamson. paris today is a tale of two cities — a sense of freedom in the streets, in hospitals, a sense of deja vu. with more than 5,000 patients in intensive care, france is already above normal saturation level. in this small paris unit today, all nine life support beds were full. translation: the thing that worries us a lot is that - protective measures are not being respected. when the weather's good, we see people walking by the seine, all cramped together, orshopping in the market without any protection. and we know that in these kinds of situations, the government has trouble enforcing the restr

president emmanuel macron has said france will never kneel to terrorism.

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and france's president emmanuel macron clearly agrees, writing on twitter: in response to recent terrorckle islamist terrorism. and with this latest killing, the same question rears its head — could anything have been done to prevent it? azadeh moshiri, bbc news. the british prime minister's former chief adviser dominic cummings has lashed out at borisjohnson, questioning his competence and integrity. mr cummings, who was sacked last year, denied leaking private text messages between mrjohnson and the billionaire businessman sirjames dyson. i don't think people care. what they care about is... that's not really an answer. ..what was i doing back in march of last year? and people have — people have attacked me for that. but did you finger him as a source of that leak? i don't think people give a monkey's, to be frank. vickijung vicki jung says the prime minister is facing tough questions. now, tonight, some in government are trying to downplay all of this, saying dominic cummings is disgruntled and discredited but it can cause real problems for the prime minister, i think. firstly, it co

in a national televised address, emmanuel macron said all but the essential shops would shut and peoplein be asked to work from home. he said from next week schools would close for three weeks, with exceptions for the children of key workers. he also announced a vaccination programme, promising that by the end of the summer, everyone over 18 will be vaccinated. our paris correspondent, lucy williamson, reports. paris today is a tale of two cities — a sense of freedom in the streets, in hospitals, a sense of deja vu. with more than 5,000 patients in intensive care, france is already above normal saturation level. in this small paris unit today, all nine life—support beds were full. translation: the thing that worries us a lot is that - protective measures are not being respected. when the weather's good, we see people walking by the seine, all cramped together, orshopping in the market without any protection. and we know that in these kinds of situations, the government has trouble enforcing the restrictions. 79—year—old madeleine arrived here after refusing the astrazeneca jab. she didn

you all know mother emmanuel because that's where the nine martyrs were so horribly murdered that day. a great entrepreneur starts a black newspaper and hires elliot to work for him. and then elliot runs for the sate legislature and then for the congress. when richard greener graduates from harvard in 1870, endless opportunities, does he go to new york? does he go to boston? stay in boston? does he go to philadelphia? no, he goes to charleston, south carolina, because that's where the action was. we can't imagine that today. you can't imagine how much promise and energy and optimism. think about it. think about what that was like if you had been enslaved up to 1865. endless horizon. boom, within 12 years, all gone. it's just horrible to contemplate. i often -- i was born in 1950. i often think -- oliver, i'm sure you do too. what it would be like to be black with the same capacities that we have now. you wouldn't have gone to oxford. i wouldn't have gone to cambridge, i wouldn't have gone to yale. we would not have had those opportunities. and i can imagine the heartbreak. when you re

emmanuel macron speaks to vladimir putin and says he is greatly concerned about the health of alexi navalny. a legal crackdown is launched while healing wishes in a prison hospital. thank you for joining us. the eu is announcing it is taking legal action against astrazeneca. this is the latest in a bitter exchange between the two over delays of doses already bought and paid for. >> a long-running dispute escalated as the eu conrmed on monday that it has legal action against astrazeneca for breach of contract over the failure to deliver coronavirus vaccines. >> we want to do -- wanted to ensure the speed of delivery that was promised on the basis of the contract. >> the fight between the eu and astrazeneca has been simmering since january, that is when the firm revealed it would miss its european delivery targets by a wide margin, adding another stumbling lock to a vaccination drive already in disarray. the two parties into a deal for 200 million doses of the oxford developed vaccine along with an option for 100 million more in the first quarter of 2021. only about 30 million doses were deli

direct from montreal, canada, emmanuelle caplette is here.an emmy and tony award-winning actress you know from her work on "the good fight," "the good wife," and the "mamma mia!" movies. she is hosting the stage and screen auction benefitting the actors fund and presented by doyle auctioneers and appraisers on wednesday, april 28th please welcome back to the show -- now, christine, there's no audience here but you are a star and i would like you to walk out like you're receiving a standing ovation from a full broadway theater please welcome christine baranski [ applause ] ♪ [ light laughter ] >> seth: they love you they love you. oh, my god i didn't realize you had a second level down. welcome. i'm so sorry i can't be a gentleman and take your hand and do all the things that we can do in simpler times >> do you know that bow, when is the last time you saw anybody bow? >> seth: you're right. >> there's no performers bowing anymore. >> seth: no one is bowing, and yet, there's a bit of a light at the end of the tunnel. i think the very fact that

annmarie: emmanuel macron last night. caroline is in france right now.ow strict is this new lockdown going to be? >> this is much stricter because it is extended to the entire nation. it is not only regional. schools are going to close for the next three weeks. this is something that president macron has been trying to avoid for weeks now. france has only closed schools for 10 weeks for the beginning of the pandemic, compared to 28 weeks in germany. this is something that president macron has been trying to avoid. he said we tried to keep this at bay for as long as possible. the number of people in the icu in intensive care in france has reached over 5000, an increase of 10% from last week. it is dangerously closer to the peak of the first wave last march. there were no apologies from president macron last night. he did acknowledge some mistakes were made in handling of the pandemic. manus: good to have you with us. he waited really as late as possible to do this because there are political ramifications for the president. caroline: one year until the pr

thousands attend the funeral of chad's president idriss deby with emmanuel macron leading tributes and pledging french support for the country. never occurred through and space x. sends for us to the international space station using a recycled rocket and capsule. the hummus now have all the sports are often adult takes a step closer to the wreck or the extending 12th barcelona open title the spanish tennis star is into the semifinals of this year's tournament. our top story this news hour anger and desperation growing in india where the health care system is collapsing as covert 19 cases continue to soar india's 2nd wave continued its shocking trajectory on friday setting a new global record with another 332000 infections this is how the caseload was looking in india just a couple of months ago 2 months ago on february 2nd about 8600 new cases confirmed in the 80 days since this is what's happened that's more than 1200000 new. cases in the space of just the past 4 days the daily death count follows a similar trend on february 9th there were 78 you deaths and then this is the story now

reportedly it has been claimed in certain areas of international media that the french president emmanueln actually quite like the idea of having a bit of a rubbish european commission president, because he could filter through her lack of traction as president his desired goal for the european union, and then along comes coronavirus, along comes covid-19? jeff: well, nobody benefits from the failings of the european commission. the president is ultimately responsible for everything that happens, but she has a large team, and while it is true we have not procured this before, making joint procurement reality in the eu, this is a large commission with many experts, and we would have expected there would have been oversight during not just the contractual process , not just the hundreds of means of dollars invested in developing vaccines, but also in assuring the production so i would reiterate that we are where we are and we are facing a shortage, and if the european commission sued and it was resolved quickly in the courts, and if it meant more doses were provided to the eu, and for examp

french president emmanuel macron -- emmanuel macron -- french president manuel mccrone visited the sitereporter: april 15, 2019, etched in the minds of parisians. of all the french. of anyone who has visited the city of light or wants to someday. but from the dramatic scenes turning the beautiful monument ugly, to the dramatic felling of a norma's oaktree -- of an eno rmous oaktree in western france, the first of many to rebuild the spire of the cathedral and make it beautiful again. would from the trees is being dried, some of it on site, part of a five-year plan that is three years and many miles to go. the work so far has been mostly bent to secure what was left after the fire. >> it is still there. we are all gathered and mobilized to restore the cathedral and to give this jewel of french architecture, of gothic architecture, back to the world. reporter: the french president toured parts of the restoration site on this anniversary of the fire, telling workers, each and everyone one of us remembers where we were two years ago, the motivation of all the catholics watching and all of u

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president emmanuel macron said the nation stood by the 49—year—old mother of two.ping infection in early clinical trials. the drug was tested on a50 babies and toddlers from burkina faso. the jailed russian opposition activist alexei navalny has ended his hunger strike, after 2a days of refusing food. he says he has now seen doctors from outside the russian prison service about his back pain and numbness. at ten 0'clock reeta chakrabati will be here with a full round—up

ambassador to russia here and will lead my dbil president of the sudan policy forum and an okro gonna emmanuelle kwesi unning director of research at the kofi annan international peacekeeping training center welcome to the program mahmoud let me start with you today how worrying is all of this for chad and what is the level of concern in the country thank you so much for this opportunity 1st of. allowing thaw give my condolences to the young people and the family of the president has france the head of states african head of states is rather us. or the african people who are shocked that i think. event of the death of the president it is not. a situation of course the deaths of it is that we had no could not even be feel but is still a country will continue. the military council for of transition that transition military council will continue the commitments of. agreements of. and the running of the state until the elections that a team of course see from your vantage point do you believe that this is going to lead to instability in chad and what would instability in chad mean for the region wha

french president emmanuel markhor led tributes to de b. who died from injuries he sustained last weekend off to rebels launched an offensive in the north of the country from and janina morgan now reports. with these charts chats army and people said farewell to their former leader. 4 days after the announcement of his death a funeral service for the president of 3 decades was held in the capital's largest public square. it was attended by heads of neighboring countries senior regional officials and family. the whole country and its people can feel my pain as a wife who has lost her husband in difficult times we've lost a country man and the head of our family interestedly to me was exemplary husband guiding father and counselor all these characters in one man whom we have lost their baby died from injuries he sustained fighting the rebel front for change and concord group in the northern region of am coming to power in mind 190 after overthrowing his predecessor he's saying how brave his tenure was filled with rebellions as well as coup at

from montreal, canada, emmanuelle caplette is here. so great having you, emmanuelle.e birdcage" and shows like "ray donovan," "brockmire" and his three decades-long run on "the simpsons." he is the host of "the jim brockmire podcast," with episodes available now please welcome back to the show hank azaria. how are you, hank? >> hello, seth nice to see you. we're both in our casual button-down shirts with sleeves rolled up. this is a dream come true really >> seth: it's not bad. i -- >> no. >> seth: i want to talk to you about how you figured out working from home. but i also enjoy talking to you about baseball and the mets. we're talking right now, the mets are above .500. i know it's early but how are you feeling? >> well, cautious. i'm feeling cautious, seth i'm very used to getting my heart broken something usually goes terribly wrong, as we know. as jim brockmire likes to say, "the mets are the yankees of not being the yankees. [ laughter ] but right now -- well, the yankees are so bad that's actually working in the mets' favor. but i -- you know, you have a naggi

welcome back to the show, emmanuel lovely to see you.ward winning actress, who you know from films like “chicago” and “traffic.” she stars in the series "prodigal son," which airs tuesday nights on fox. please welcome back to the show, catherine zeta-jones hello catherine. how are you? >> i'm good, seth. it's so lovely to see you. it's been a while. >> seth: it has been awhile. it's always a delight to see you. how have you and your family been holding up? >> pretty good, you know i mean, it's been an unprecedented year for everybody. i must say, personally, it was lovely when we were in a vulnerable and knowing time to have my peeps, my loved ones around so i had my son home from college and my daughter home from school. she goes to school in switzerland. so we were all back in our bubble and supposedly, speaking to my son, we fared better than many families he was like, "mom, you don't understand people aren't talking to each other. they're like, "no. so we played lots of games my kids, and i must say, kudos to them. i thought for sure

from montreal, canada, emmanuelle caplette is here.k with us our first guest tonight is grammy award-winning, multi-platinum musician. her new single "slow clap" is available now, and she will be performing for us later tonight. please welcome back to the show, gwen stefani >> hey thanks for having me back! >> seth: man, it is so lovely to see you again. so you were here in october, last >> yep >> seth: and the very next day you and blake announced your engagement we've since had blake on he told us that you were actually technically engaged when we last spoke, but we just didn't know it yet >> yeah, well, you know, we got engaged about a week before that, and blake was like, "let's not tell anyone. let's just, like, make it ours for a minute." and i was like, "yeah, of course." but i was dying to tell everybody, you know what i mean? and i knew i was going to be on your show.erit is, you guys! [ laughter ] >> seth: now, that's interesting you showed it us, because blake said that if we had been more eagle-eyed, we would have noticed,

well the french president emmanuel micro imposed to the lockdown at the beginning of april so it means that non-essential shops are closed and schools are also close they are due to reopen in a week or 2 but we haven't yet had confirmation of that and not cross said that he wanted to start lifting some restrictions in the middle of may now that is just over a month away now and he has convened his ministers to try and come up with a strategy or a plan by which this could happen so we could see for example bars and restaurants open it is clear that what the french government want to do is try and support and boy the economy that has been so battered by the pandemic they also know that many people are simply fed up of living with these restrictions but want to hear from health experts and from doctors as that sort of timeframe is simply impossible they say p cause the daily coronavirus infections are still so high in france because so many people are still dying they are warning the government not to lift restrictions too soon even though the government has accelerated the vaccine rollou

president emmanuel macron has asserted that france will never give in to terrorism after a fatal stabbingted islamist attack was carried out by a tunisian man who entered france illegally more than a decade ago. france's anti—terror prosecutor has taken over the inquiry. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri has more. these have become familiar scenes in france. a victim, armed police and a town in shock. here in rambouillet, a paris suburb, a female police worker was killed. she was a 49—year—old mother of too, leaving her police station when a man stabbed her to death in the neck. the attacker was shot by one of her colleagues and later died in hospital —— mother in two. three others have now been arrested. translation: it is appalling. i am at a loss for words. i - am at a loss for words. i cannot see why something like this would happen here. we are not — we are in france, you know? not - we are in france, you know? ., , ., , know? how is that possible? this region _ know? how is that possible? this region is _ know? how is that possible? this region is no _ know? how is that possible? this regio

president emmanuel macron, has said france will never yield to islamist terrorism, after a female officer was stabbed to death inside a police station near paris. the attacker — who was a tunisian national — was shot dead. anti—terror prosecutors are carrying out an investigation. american health authorities say the one jabjohnson &johnson the one jab johnson & johnson can the one jabjohnson &johnson can be used again after it was pause after blood clots incidences were investigated. authorities say the risk is very low. coming up shortly, newswatch. now on bbc news, click. hey, welcome to click! we're going to start with a quiz this week! we're going to play a game of guess the famous face! using possibly the freakiest faces that you've seen in awhile. they are pretty disturbing, aren't they, lara? they certainly are. although i have to say that the end result is not quite as scary as the process of actually of making them. ok, so this may very well be something that you cannot unsee, but here we go! 0k. who is this? and who's this? and who is this? crikey! right, well, while you ponder,

german president from delta steinmeier is in paris to meet french president emmanuel macro world they'll discuss european policy in the ongoing response to the covert 19 pandemic that is the french capital is president stan meyers 1st foreign trip since september reflects a close ties between the 2 countries countries. of course and russia has ordered organizations connected to jailed opposition leader alexina valley to freeze their operations the course is now considering banning mist in the valleys anticorruption foundation and its regional network as prosecutors accuse them of political extremism this is the latest state crackdown against the let's say in the valley as a force of political opposition of germany has condemned the code who've been declaring it unacceptable to use anti terror on those gates political opponents. we can go now to moscow where we joined d.w. correspondent aren't tilton welcome and what effect will these moves have. well basically if the anti-corruption foundation is found to be an extremist organization long term it would basically freeze all of their opera

coronavirus cases and nationwide curfew will also be put in place in a televised address president emmanuel mccall warned that the country risks losing control of the pandemic if action is not taken cases are rising in france with almost 60000 new infections reported in the past day. intensive care units at hospitals all over france are running out of free bets at this medical center an hour north of paris there i.c.u. unit is full and they've been forced to temporary beds to cope. feel this wave hitting us hard and we're hanging on people need to be explained that they should not gather we had a mother and her son die at the same time in 2 different intensive care ohm's all because of family gathering it's unbearable for us it's a very difficult situation to manage. spring weather has drawn people on to the streets despite the dramatic surge of covert 1000 cases images like these let medical experts to demand stricter measures and the government responded as of saturday and nationwide curfew will be reimposed schools and nonessential shops will close. president emanuel mccall pleaded for c

the president emmanuel mccann paid tribute to the police work and named as stephanie in a tweet he said the nation stood by her family and in the fight against islamist terrorism we will not give up. and the prime minister condemned what he called another barbaric and cowardly attack. here watching data but the news live from berlin al duffy on the serious is operational price stay tuned for that i'll have more news headlines for you have a top of the hour in the meantime as always our website w dot com i'm rebecca races thanks very much for watching. 6. their story of their very own personal drama. the people who survived the catastrophe and remember. and they share private footage with us that has never been seen before. back to turn over all sorts of people 20 minutes on t w.

he's out of office and just like mr trump emmanuel macron isjuggling three just like mr trump emmanuelect the economy and he wants to get reelected next year. and if we put all of this together, a mutating virus, the slow start to the vaccine road, the change in lockdown policy, a looming election we start to understand the moment that france has reached. a moment of great uncertainty. has reached. a moment of great uncertainty-— uncertainty. translation: we cam ai . n uncertainty. translation: we campaign down _ uncertainty. translation: we campaign down how— uncertainty. translation: we campaign down how long - uncertainty. translation: we campaign down how long this l uncertainty. translation: we i campaign down how long this way uncertainty. translation: we - campaign down how long this way for last. will it last two or three weeks or two or three months? we don't quite know. in this moment of and certainty emmanuel macron still believes his leadership, his knowledge is what france needs. both the virus and in time the electorate will decide if that's the case. and you can find mor

will understand that it's all yours and what will we all move together were equally zelinsky met emmanuelle mccrone in paris and angle america joined by video link selenski proposed a summit that also included moscow but so far russia has refused calls to pull back leaving ukraine fearful of an open invasion. interned in germany where the country is seeing its biggest spike in coronavirus cases since january 1 of the main reasons is the slow pace of vaccinations for fewer than one in 5 germans has received a 1st dose the rise in cases has prompted a warning from medical workers that intensive care units are being pushed to the brink did he report a test of alter visited a berlin hospital that is close to capacity. we're at the intensive care unit in the hospital half of the patients here suffer from cope at 19 dr thomas kuhn and this team have their hands full and the beds are filling up. on the. streets slowly you can see that there is an increase at the moment we're not yet in a situation that brings us to the edge of what we can do. but we know that if the numbers continue to rise becaus

the euro will understand that it's all your and what we will move together where we zelinsky met emmanuelle mccrone in paris and anglo-american joined by video link selenski proposed a summit that also included moscow but so far russia has refused calls to pull back leaving ukraine fearful of an open invasion. broke castro has announced his resignation as the head of cuba's ruling communist party putting an end to 6 decades of rule in the country by members of the castro family role who took over as president from his brother fidel in 2008 has said he is passing leadership on to a new generation. reserve you. asked for me my task as 1st secretary of the central committee of the communist party of cuba and with the satisfaction of having fulfilled my duty and was confidence in the future of the country. with those words to the communist party congress and i will cause. announced his retirement from the frontline of cuban politics it has been 6 decades since i was prouder fidel castro came to power following the cuban revolution of the 1950 s. and i will cuss through has played most of his li

reporter: in a bid to de-escalate tensions, president of volodymyr zelensky met with emmanuel macron on friday. the two spoke with angela merkel by video link. the french and german leaders have been mediators since 2018. >> it's not only our problem. the safety of europe, point all of europe would understand its safety for all europe will move together vertically from worse to direct steps. reporter: the lenski says he is open to meeting with vladimir putin. the ukrainian leader is accusing him of breaking the cease-fire as thousands of russian troops gathered near the ukraine's eastern border as well as annexed crimea. russia insists the soldiers have been stationed as a are result of threatening nato action, accusing ukraine and its allies of propaganda. [speaking foreign language] reporter: an uptick in fighting since the start of the year has seen moscow and kiev blame each other for fighting in the region where conflict between the two factions have left over 14,000 deaths since 2014. the latest tensions come at a time when relations between russia and united states have become

french president, emmanuel macron, spoke to cbs news about the plan. >> we will progressively lift theestrictions at the beginning of may, which means that we will organize in the summertime with our officials and friends, and as for americans citizens, we are working hard to have a solution especially for cities that are vaccinated, and so with a vaccination pass, i would say. >> for more on all of this let's bring in cnn's melissa bell who joins us live from paris. always good to see you. talk to us about the special pass for all those vaccinated, and how do you prove you are vaccinated? >> the european commission is working on this and we are hearing from the man in charge of the task force who has been explaining this had been fairly controversial in the beginning but the progress being made towards its creation has been advancing quickly, and under pressure from the countries in europe that are most dependant on summer tourism, and countries looking to hope to reopen their tourism industry and get over those barriers that have been created even within europe between countries, so

emmanuel baptist church where i am on the east side has vaccines.does the fairgrounds, expo hall, at berger auditorium. levi's stadium has availability. valley specialty center and gilroy high school down in south county. santa clara county got more from the state and a boost of 100,000 from the federal government and will transition to offering vaccines at night. which a lot of people have been asking for. folks are still struggling to find appointments even as the federal government hits a major milestone. there are more than 200 million doses in arms and right now 25% of the population in the u.s. is now vaccinated. in california we're doing even better than that. 53% of people 16 and up have at least one dose. speaking on the "today" show the cdc director talked about the next challenge. >> we have a vaccine within five miles of americans. we are trying to understand why people might be hesitant. is it the science they feel was rushed? we know 100,000 people were enrolled in the clinical trials. is it they haven't reached messaging from a truste

. >> emmanuel macron announced a new lockdown.ire country will be on lockdowns as a third wave threatens to overrun the hospital system. >> there are rules which will be spread to the whole of the french territory for four week. ♪ >> welcome to all of you watching. it is day three of the trial of derek chauvin, the police officer charged with the murder of george floyd. prussia case in -- the case is simple, chauvin held his knee on floyd's neck for nine minutes. the prosecution showed a witness footage of the moments leading up to george floyd's death. this was his reaction. >> [sobbing] oh my god. >> we will give you a moment. i'm not sure if there is water as well. if you need a break, we can take a break. >> charles mcmillion is still giving evidence in the courtroom. let's listen further. >> i can't breathe. please, let me stand. >> get on the sidewalk. >> my face -- [indiscernible] >> just leave him. [indiscernible] >> look at my face, man. >> and you were describing an officer getting one. did you ever see the officers use

part of the british media that this was just a peak— british media that this was just a peak where emmanueland angle of merkel to different reasons, expressed scepticism about aspects of this _ expressed scepticism about aspects of this. they were taking this precautionary principle. it is absolutely right that they've determined this the greater good that it _ determined this the greater good that it has been really hell for leather— that it has been really hell for leather and getting it out in the uk and elsewhere. but it is entirely right— and elsewhere. but it is entirely right to — and elsewhere. but it is entirely right to pause and to question what may he _ right to pause and to question what may be going wrong and as i've said an hour— may be going wrong and as i've said an hour ago — may be going wrong and as i've said an hour ago. the thing that we really— an hour ago. the thing that we really should have avoided and should — really should have avoided and should avoid from now is any sense of competitiveness or sensitive, because — of competitiveness or sensitive, because we jus

. >> emmanuel macron visited the notre dame cathedral, two years after a fire almost totally destroyhe site. he is now involved in the living and restoration of notre dame. he wants it rebuilt and opened by 2024. experts say it is possible but the whole job not be completed by then. time to check on the days business stories, we are joined by kate moody. the united states has pointed -- recorded more signs of a strong economic recovery. tell us more. kate: millions of americans -- the number of americans filing for jobless claims dropped to the lowest level since the pandemic began, 576,000, down nearly to a 2000 from the previous week. claiming benefits dropped from 18.2 to just under 17 million. there are still 8 million fewer jobs than before the pandemic. consumers are also spending more, retail jumped 9.8% in march as people received stimulus checks. the restaurant and bar industry so i 13% rise in spending as more people were vaccinated and restrictions were eased. industrial production also picked up in march. consumer confidence in the u.s. at its highest level since before t

. >> are you expecting visits from emmanuel macron soon? >> that visit could have happened before the report. there are other french president who have -- rwanda, not to have been there for the initial visit couldave been organized. as a country ready to receive the president of france whenever he wants to visit. >> you hope to see him soon? >> yes, we are talking about such a visit. but we don't have the details yet. any time he wishes to visit, we will see him. >> i want to ask about a discussion you have had with your belgian counterparts regarding paul ruth, the former owner of a hotel in kigali and has been celebrated for saving people during the genocide. he is on trial on terrorism charges. his lawyers have criticized the way he has been brought to rwanda, saying he is undergoing an unfair trial. the prime minister has expressed her worries about the way the case was being handled, we heard criticism from the u.s. from the european parliament. is there a problem with the way rwanda is handling his trial and the way it is dealing with

. >> french president emmanuel macron attended the funeral and was criticized as an endorsement of theitary takeover. he condemns the use of force on demonstrators. >> i give my support to the integrity and stabity of chad. i support peaceful, craddock, inclusive transition -- democratic. , inclusive transition. >> for now things are calm but there are fears it not remain. >> at least three people have died and four are missing in burkina faso after a convoy was attacked in the east. two spanish journalist and an irish national were killed on an anti-poaching patrol in eastern region. of the four people missing, three are foreigners and one is a burkina faso national. they have not been formally identified. no one is carrying was once ability so far. somalia's prime minister says it does not support an extension of the president's term. the heads of two regional states who have been allies of the president also rejected the move. the uncertainty has led to clashes in the somali capital. >> this is a neighborhood in the somalian capital people are living there -- leaving their homes. fo

vladimira saloon ski met emmanuel macron. he called for a summit involving all four nations. >> iran said it had begun enriching uranium at 60%, the highest level it has achieved so are. the process takes closer to the time needed to produce a nuclear weapon. the united nations is warning that conditions are worsening as a result of the conflict in the northern ethiopian region of tigre. the united nations says people have begun to die of hunger and sexual violence is still being used as a weapon of war. the united nations is morning of an escalating humanitarian crisis in mozambique. thousands have been forced from their homes by islamist militias. many more face food shortages. >> from the islands of -- from the air, the islands of mozambique's northern coast look like paradise. on the ground, the flood of refugees has more than doubled its population in the last few months. the united nations aid mission is not able to eat everyone. >> we've been here since 7:00 in the morning and haven't gotten anything. now they tell us