sarah harmon, nbc news, london. >>> and up next here for covid survivors, getting out of the hospital the beginning of a long road to recovery >>> also tonight, a trip to an american island getaway and the steps they're taking to bring back tourists >>> as the u.s. struggles with a record coronavirus case count for survivors the recovery process can be grueling dr. john torres joes us what happens after patients leave the hospital. >> reporter: for nearly three weeks 48-year-old selena lay in a new york hospital unconscious and on a ventilator the florida mother was visiting her sick father in new york and likely got the coronavirus from him. >> i texted my husband and i said i'm not feeling well if something happens, don't come to new york no matter what you have to be there for the kids. >> reporter: that text message was one of the last things she remembers before going to the hospital. >> i started to cry that danoing that now my sister was so good a week ago, and now she's in this condition. >> reporter: but selena is a fighter. she was able to get off the ventilator and out of t

and nbc's sarah harmon is in london, outside a pub that just opened its doors. >> peter, good morning. if you take a look over my shoulder, you can see the line of folks waiting to get in for that first drink. and to say that brits love a pub, it's a bit of an understatement. there are more than 30,000 pubs in the uk. that is double the number of starbucks that we have in america. but this morning, there are serious concerns about this reopening, because, peter, this is still a country in the midst of a pandemic. on this july 4th, it's independence day here in merry old england. >> it's lovely to have a nice pint. >> reporter: after more than three months of lockdown, today these world-famous pubs are back in business, at least for now. >> i do want people to feel that it's safe to go and enjoy themselves, to enjoy hospitality. but it's got to be done in a responsible way. >> reporter: pubs are an institution here, beloved by average joes and royalty alike. prince william enjoying a drink just before the official reopening. >> pubs go back to the 16th century. a

foreign correspondent sarah harmon is following the story for us. what more can you tell us about this case? >> reporter: well you hit the nail on the head. senseless is the only word to describe this attack. two people have now been arrested on attempted murder charges. three others have been arrested on lesser charges. it is, of course, the law to wear a face mask on public transit in france. so this bus driver who is only doing his job when he asks these passengers to cover up. instead of complying, they allegedly pull him off the bus and beat him so badly that he ended up in the hospital with brain damage. now that was on july 5th. his family has since made the difficult decision to remove him from life support. and they are now asking for these attackers to face the strongest possible punishment for them to be made an example of that no one else should ever have to feel the pain that they are feeling right now. there is an expectation that since the bus driver has now died, those attempted murder charges could possibly be upgraded. even though

nbc news correspondent sarah harmon has a look at how international travel is changing. >> reporter: u.s. flights are taking off again. but few are headed overseas. after the e.u. extended a travel ban barring u.s. tourists and dealing a major blow to u.s. carriers, which typically earn far more on lucrative international routes than domestic ones. the skies are increasingly busy. but on the water, the outlook is less clear. the once booming $45 billion cruise industry is now fighting for its very survival. major cruise lines have voluntarily suspended u.s. operations until mid-september, canceling ocean cruises through fall. but in europe the first handful of river cruises are cautiously resuming. this five-day cruise down germany's rhine and mosul rivers are only operating at 70% capacity. boarding is a lengthy process. first there is paperwork. >> have you had covid? no. >> reporter: an antibody test. a and a temperature check, all before you set foot on the ship. meals look different too. >> so this entire area, this would have been the buffet but it's completely off limits. >> r

toxic relationship including photos of depp's alleged abuse toward her joining us from london is sarah harmonhree. just as ugly as the other two. >> reporter: it is really tough stuff to look at, frances. all of this is coming out as a result of johnny depp's case against this british tabloid newspaper "the sun." they refer to him in print as a wife beater. their defense is that it is not libel if it is true, so they're attempting to prove that using allegations made by his ex-wife amber hurd between 2013 and 2016 now, as a result of the trial, we have seen some really disturbing photos, but also text messages about drug abuse, alcohol abuse, and chiefly physical abuse the crux of this libel case is whether or not johnny depp was physically abusive against amber hurd and this is important to point out. neither of these individuals is on trial this is very much a libel case now, johnny depp has admitted to head butting amber hurd an photg to show that but he said it was an accident he's not admitting to any physical abuse and, guys, while we're talking about this incredibly tough and disturbin

sarah harmon is in london with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to both of you.claiming to lift the lid on some of the drama behind the scenes, including claims that some palace staffers referred to harry and meghan's sussex team as the squeaky third wheel of the palace. and that a friend of harry and meghan's referred to the old palace guard here as the vipers. >> reporter: this morning, new revelations about harry and meghan's decision to step back as senior members of the royal family. excerpts from the upcoming book "finding freedom" published in pa british newspaper overnight claiming harry felt as though he and meghan had long been sidelined by the institution. the book was written by veteran royal reporters omed skoby and carolyn duran. a spokesperson for the sussexes saying that they were not interviewed and did not contribute. the authors describing jealousy and tension between the globally popular sussexes and prince william and his wife, the duchess of cambridge. once known as the fab four, the brothers and their wives were barely speaking by the time

. >> nbc's sara harmon is outside windsor castle with more. sarah> reporter: kristen, peter, good morning to you. 68 years, five months and 12 days. harry truman was u.s. president when she ascended the throne. here in windsor, she's spending a lot more time, it's one of her favorite residences and the scene of very special festivit festivities. a big day for the longest serving monarch. queen elizabeth along with her husband, prince philip, attending the secret wedding of their granddaughter, princess beatrice. the couple were originally set to marry in may but forced to postpone due to the coronavirus pandemic. the new wedding only announced once it was already over. buckingham palace confirming the small ceremony was held in accordance with all relevant government guidelines, the daughter of embattled prince andrew and sarah ferguson. her sister, princess eugenie also held their weddings at windsor castle. a few hours later, the queen held a rare in-person ceremony to knight captain tom moore, using a sword that belonged to her father, king grgiv