ro robyn? >> okay. thank you for that story. >>> more than a pandemic after they were forced to drop anchor, cruise ships are preparing to set sail. once again caribbean will resume cruises from florida and texas starting next month and vaccines won't be required for passengers. >> reporter: a political storm brewing on land, one between florida governor ron desantis and the center for disease control suggests it will be anything but smooth sailing. right now most are advertising with vaccine requirements burkes royal caribbean abruptly change ed on friday. they will require passengers 16 and older to be vaccinated but no vaccinated requirements for its sailings from texas and florida, florida, where businesses can be fined for requiring customers to show proof of vaccination. >> i'm surprised. i think they're on the better side of it. >> reporter: a cruise industry maritime expert says the cruise ship industry is unique and they're trying to keep passengers safe. last year a number of cruise s

i'm robyn curnow at the cnn center in atlanta. just ahead on cnn, u.s.resident joe biden is set for his first international tour, aiming to bolster alliances in europe and tackle challenges posed by china and russia. >>> plus the u.s. passes a sweeping bipartisan bill aimed at countering china's global economic reach. what china is saying about that. >>> plus -- >> i've spent a lot of time on the border and both going there physically and aware of the issues. >> vice president kamala harris defending her comments on migrants at the u.s./mexico border, while the president is abroad the next few days could pose a test of leadership for her. ♪ >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with robyn curnow. >>> great to have you with me this hour. so the u.s. president will soon embark on a high stakes tour overseas, his first since taking office. after four years of mr. trump and america first, joe biden is expected to be laser focused on reestablishing america's role in the world. mending damaged alliances and fighting for democracy over auto

i'm robyn curnow, live, in atlanta.r. >>> so we are following more signs of progress in the battle against covid, in some parts of the world. here, in the u.s., nearly 45% of the population is now fully vaccinated. that's around 149 million people. the centers for disease control and prevention is tracking the data. anthony fauci, dr. anthony fauci, has said herd immunity might be reached if 70-to-85% of people are immune. but in africa, covid vaccines are hard to come by, in some places. and now, cases in many areas are back on the rise. some countries, including namibia, and sierra lee i don't know, have seen cases go up in the last week by more than 100%. one w.h.o. official a calls it quote, very, very concerning. he also says positive cases aren't always detected and more contagious variants are putting the continent at risk. >> the brutal reality is in an area of multiple variants with increased transmissibility. potentially, increased impact. we have left vast swaths of the population and the vulnerable populatio

>> robyn garfield: yes.multiple times that day. >> britta garfield: we went on a walk and she just fell on her face. it was very abnormal. she never does that. and then a second time, she completely lost her balance and just fell to the side. >> pelley: in 2018, then- secretary of state mike pompeo confirmed the case of catherine werner. upenn found her brain injuries matched the cuba victims. >> mike pompeo: we had an incident in guangzhou that the medical indications are very similar and entirely consistent with the medical indications that have taken place to americans working in cuba. >> pelley: for reasons that are unclear, the state department was raising doubt about the other 14 china cases. in 2018, the department's medical office sent mark lenzi a note that said, "we have reached the decision that your symptoms and findings do not correlate with the havana cohort." >> lenzi: they tried to deny it. they tried to cover it up. they tried to minimize it. >> pelley: why would the state department minimiz

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i am robyn curnow. joe biden on his next stop, and a look on tap in brussels, and benjamin netanyahu's 12-grip on power comes to an end. the u.s. government looking into a possible leak at a chinese nuclear power plant, and we have a look at this in an exclusive cnn report. >>> live from cnn center, this is cnn "newsroom" with robyn curnow. >>> thank you so much for joining me this hour. u.s. president joe biden is preparing for the next appearance in his america is back european diplomacy tour. the nato summit set to begin in just a few hours from now. mr. biden arrived in brussels, and part of his goal in europe is to repair relationships that have been freyed by the prior u.s. president. among the topics at the nato summit, what the u.s. calls is a new strategic concept dealing with threats from russia and china. phil mattingly has more on what to expect. >> president biden may have landed in brussels with the wind at his back in what u.s. officials believe was a positive summit meeting, and they wan

i'm robyn curnow. we are learning emergency workers are trying to rescue at least 17 people still trapped following a deadly train crash in pakistani province. the prime minister tweeted that he has ordered a comprehensive investigation into the crash. we'll keep you posted on any new details on that developing story. >>> meanwhile u.s. secretary of state, anthony blinken is calling for transparency from china on the origin of the coronavirus. he said beijing needs to be open and accountable, something that has not happened so far. >> what the government didn't do in the early days and still hasn't done is giving us the transparency we need for the international community, the sharing of information in real-time. that has to happen. to get those answers to do a proper investigation, the u.s. will need access to the labs? will you demand that and go as far as sanctions on china if they keep inspectors out? >> i think the international community is clear that we have to have the international community h

i'm robyn curnow here in atlanta.anish football star is recovering after a terrifying medical emergency in the middle of a euro 2020 match with fin land. christian erickson had to be resuscitated after suddenly collapsing on the pitch. teammates and fans watched in shock and anguish as medical staff rushed over to give him emergency care. erickson is apparently doing fine, according to the danish football association. alex thomas is in london with more details on this. alex, hi. certainly i know a lot of us were watching, and it was a very, very long 10 minutes, 13 minutes, when he was out on the field there. >> horrific change in mood as well. we're here to celebrate the european football championships, delayed for 12 months because of coronavirus. only a couple of days into this delayed competition. and you expect to see these guys running up and down the pitch, erickson particularly in midfield covers more territory than most. he suddenly collapsed a couple of minutes before halftime. it was clear very quickly it w

i'm robyn curnow. coming up on the show -- >> my daughter's supposed to graduate this week. i'm angry. and i'm also fearful for the next shooting and the one after that and the one after that. >> outrage from relatives and friends of people killed in mass shootings in the u.s. they're upset about a federal judge ending california's ban on the weapons used on many of them. >>> after months of deadly violence and deaths of dozens of politicians, it is election day in mexico. >>> u.s. president joe biden is getting support from g7 allies for a sweeping tax overhaul targeting multinational corporations. >>> great to have you along this hour. thanks for joining me. we begin in the united states where we're hearing from both sides of the debate after a federal judge threw out the nation's first-ever ban on assault weapons. house speaker nancy pelosi says the ruling is deeply flawed and poses a clear and serious threat to public safety. she's calls for gun reform legislation to be passed immediately. the nati

i am robyn curnow.o we are hearing from both sides of the debate after a federal judge overturned a longtime assault-weapons ban in california. house speaker nancy pelosi tweeted that the ruling was flawed, and if upheld, poses a threat to public safety and innocent lives. she also called for gun-reform legislation to be passed, immediately. but the national rifle association is praising the decision. nra calls it well reasoned and says, quote, demonstrates the importance of appointing judges, who accurately apply the original meaning of our constitution. well, the ruling is, certainly, a devastating blow to the victims and survivors of gun violence across america. many are outraged by the judge's comparison of an ar-15 to a swiss-army knife. the two men you are about to hear from, both, had loved ones who were killed with an assault weapon. take a listen. >> let me deliver a message to this activist/judge who's been at this now for a while. you are a liar. and you -- your opinion is written. utilizing

if we get robyn back, let me know. robyn, pick up your point. you were finishing on the irony of this happening on gun violence awareness day. >> absolutely. i mean, this was the decision issued on friday, which is actually national gun violence awareness day, where so many families who have suffered the loss of loved ones in mass shootings and other trarnlg i goes are pausing to remember the impact and toll of gun violence. and here you have a judge basically belittling that loss by saying, well, here we have a law that's working, right? i mean, his statement about so few losses of life from these weapons in california is actually a statement that this law is helping to reduce the loss, so why not throw the law away? it's just -- it's sort of -- it begs rationality to understand how that could possibly make sense and yet this is a judge that has issued other decisions that are completely contrary to precedent that throw out other state strong gun regulations. we're not surprised the industry is trying to go to this judge to get outlier decision

i'm robyn curnow. just heed, u.s. president joe biden vowed to work with republicans and now his promise is being tested with a massive infrastructure bill on the table. >>> and as pandemic restrictions are being lifted, we're seeing more and more violence across the u.s. and a rash of mass shootings from coast to coast. >>> and as the u.s. begins to meet afghanistan, the taliban seizing the opportunity to gain more ground, what this could mean for the country as america's longest war winds down. >>> so it is 4:00 in the morning in washington where in just a matter of hours the senate will hold a procedural vote on a sweeping voting rights bill, part of a critical week for president biden's legislative agenda and his efforts to secure a bipartisan agreement on another key issue, which is infrastructure. sources tell cnn that there is optimism around the talks with the president already sitting down with two democratic senators as he pushes for a path forward. phil mattingly is covering all of this and he has the lates

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i'm robyn curnow live in atlanta.evastating toll. nine children and one adult were killed when a van coming back from a beach vacation collided with a sports utility vehicle. the van burst into flames. officials are investigating the cause as it was raining as tropical depression moved through the region. martin savidge now reports. >> reporter: four of the victims who died in saturday's crash attended the high school here. federal investigators now are going to begin sifting through the scene, trying to determine exactly what caused it. this tragedy is horrific on a number much different levels. not just the number much lives lost, ten, but the fact that nine of the ten were children between the ages of 9 months and 17. many of those children had already gone through so much difficulty in their own lives to die tragically. this incident happened around mid-afternoon on an interstate highway known as i-65. in the north bound lane south of montgomery. it was a multi-vehicle crash. the images convey just how horrible th

robyn thomas, executive director of san francisco base giffords law center to prevent gun violence says the president is doing his best to show leadership. she wholeheartedly agrees on investing in. well, resourced community programs, pointing to success in the east bay with the cease-fire program in oakland. well, thomas credits then for a reduction in gun violence by 50% between 2001 and 2020. >> really try and identify. >> who are the individuals in a given community who are most at risk of being either the perpetrator or the victim of violence and they go to those specific individuals and they offer them an alternative path. a way to engage in their community without violence. and so they're really effective because it it addresses that root cause demand that disconnect that lack of opportunity that i think sometimes drives bad decisions and it improves the health of the community overall, thomas back to biden on say law enforcement officers are necessary component to reducing gun violence. >> if they achieve accountability interest in their communities. well, again, we're going to

robyn thomas, executive director of giffords law center to prevent gun violence, told us the case maypect that gun rights advocates, the gun lobby and the gun industry, who would love to be selling many more assault weapons to many more americans, would like it to go to the supreme court because they will do anything they can to convince people to buy these guns. this is what drives a lot of the momentum behind this litigation, is the desire to sell more guns and to encourage americans that they need these very, very lethal weapons in order to be safe. when in fact, having these kind of weapons on our streets endangers the safety, notjust of our communities, but of your own family. many, many of these mass shootings that happen in our society happen because of unsecured assault weapons left in the home, like the sandy hook shooting. dozens of people are facing fines for taking beach sand and shells from the italian island of sardinia — where it's illegal to remove the island's natural resources. authorities there say the investigation is ongoing — so far, 41 people are facing fines of

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welcome to all of our viewers joining us here in the united states and from all around the world, i'm robyn atlanta. so just ahead on cnn, a joint u.s./australian operation may have dealt a major blow to the criminal underground, how so many alleged criminals fell for the trap. >>> plus exclusive access to the phone calls that became the center of donald trump's first impeachment trial. >>> and then a texas mom gets caught posing as her teenage daughter in school. she says she did it on purpose. ♪

robyn thomas is the executive director of giffords law center thank director of giffords law center you us on bbc news. in the ruling, thejudge said the assault weapons ban in california came because they failed the experiment, the experiment allowing people to ban the guns, do you agree? absolutely not. it is ironic this idea that there are so many fewer assault working crimes and assault weapon mass shootings in california means we don't have a problem, so we don't need a law is an absurd argument. it is like standing under an umbrella argument. it is like standing underan umbrella in argument. it is like standing under an umbrella in a storm and you are dry, you might as throw away your umbrella. it is these laws in california that make california have one of the lowest gun death rates in the country and laws like that help to protect us. country and laws like that help to protect m— country and laws like that help to protect ve— to protect us. according to statistics. _ to protect us. according to statistics, 43 _ to protect us. according to statistics, 43 states - to protect us. ac

. >> i'm robyn curnow in atlanta a new israeli coalition could put an end to benjamin netanyahu's 12-n the pitch and needs to

williams's with robyn williams's representatives.oughout england, wales, and they reached as far north as the scottish border. but we know in the last 100 years they have been lost from 17 english counties. so in a national context, the decline is quite severe. it has been a painstaking team effort. the animals were born at london zoo and after health screenings and nine weeks' quarantine, the 30 rodents were transported more than 250 miles to this remote spot. why go to all of this effort for this one species? they lived here originally, they belong here. so even if you improve the habitat of the area, some of the species are missing and they can't come back themselves. if you can bring them back, then you are putting them into that jigsaw of what the overall ecosystem should be like. and that is what the dormouse is providing, is part of thatjigsaw and putting it back together. 0n the final stretch of theirjourney, i had the privilege of very carefully carrying two dormice to their new home. i am not expecting them to come out at a

i'm robyn curnow. >>> coming up, an ultra-conservative cleric is elected iran's president.

i'm robyn curnow. just heed, u.s.and now his promise is being tested with a massive infrastructure bill on the table. >>> and as pandemic restrictions are being lifted, we're seeing more and more violence across the u.s. and a rash of mass shootings from coast to coast. >>> and as the u.s. begins to meet afghanistan, the taliban seizing the opportunity to gain more ground, what this could mean for the country as america's longest wa

i'm robyn curnow at the cnn center in atlanta. just ahead on cnn, u.s.n is set for his first international tour, aiming to bolster alliances in europe and tackle challenges posed by china and russia. >>> plus the u.s. passes a sweeping bipartisan bill aimed at countering china's global economic reach. what china is saying about that. >>> plus -- >> i've spent a lot of time on the border and both going there

i'm robyn curnow. so just ahead, tensions are high in latin america. as voters head to the polls.erent, than ever before. >>> and donald trump hitting the stage for the first time in months. why he says china should pay trillions of dollars in compensation for the pandemic. >>> plus, the avengers campus at disneyland is, finally, open. but only to those who live in california. thankfully, our team has a sneak peek. >>> lots o

i am robyn curnow.vernment looking into a possible leak at a chinese nuclear powe

robyn in dell toena, florida, good morning to you. what do you think are the lessons?i think that americans are uninformed. and we don't go out and research information. we just listen to what is either on the news station that we choose to listen to, and, you know, people don't do their own independent research. and i think that -- and follow the money because sometimes information that's given out there with -- >>> welcome. today's hybrid hearing, pursuant to house rules some members will appear in american and others will appear remotely via zoom. before we begin i want to say we have set clear guidelines for the use of the hearing r

superintendant robyn williams said she had not viewed the clip after being sent it by her sister and watch england in the euro 2020 fan zone in trafalgar square in a public ballot. the zone will continue to be used to host london's key workers, but the mayor's announced that if england get through to the knockout stage, there'll be a ballot for other members of the pubilc to join them. anyone without a ticket though is being asked not to turn up. part of oxford circus will be transformed into two, pedestrian—friendly piazzas, under plans unveiled by westminster city council. the aim is to create a greener west end and revive the area. work�*s due to start later this year. travel now. the tube is off to a good start. no reported problems there. and we've got some works slowing things down round clapham common. a3 long road remains closed westbound from clapham common station to rookery road now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's been a very uncomfortable night for sleeping with temperatures in the mid to high teens. we have had some thunderstorms, largely out towards t

superintendent robyn williams lost herjob last year, but a police appeals tribunal has found that her after her conviction and determined that her dismissal should be replaced with a final written warning. ryanair, manchester airport and other travel businesses are beginning a legal challenge to try to get the government to give more details about how it decides on its covid traffic light travel system. they say decisions are being made in an "opaque" way — making it impossible to plan. jet2 and easyjet holidays also say they don't understand why destinations with low infection rates — like mallorca — are not on the green list. and we'll have more on this in the next half—an—hour. hong kong police have arrested five senior figures from the pro—democracy newspaper apple daily, including the three top editorial staff — under security laws imposed by beijing. the five — including the editor—in—chief ryan law — were detained in a dawn raid on the offices of the paper which has opposed china's tightening grip on hong kong. police say they're suspected of colluding with foreign powers to en

robyn in dell toena, florida, good morning to you. what do you think are the lessons? >> i think that americans are uninformed. and we don't go out and research information. we just listen to what is either on the news station that we choose to listen to, and, you know, people don't do their own independent research. and i think that -- and follow the money because sometimes information that's given out there with -- >>> welcome. today's hybrid hearing, pursuant to house rules some members will appear in american and others will appear remotely via zoom. before we begin i want to say we have set clear guidelines for the use of the hearing room in order to comply with guidance from the attending physician. members who are fully vaccinated may be in the hearing room without a mask. but any member who is not fully vaccinated must wear a mask at all times. in addition, i have been clear that because we may have a mix of vaccinated and unvaccinated people in the hearing room, we must maintain distancing in order to protect those who are not vaccinated. members on the other