caribbean american heritage month. as a virgin islander and an american of caribbean descent, i'm proud to celebrate the life, legacy, and achievement of americans in this country. of caribbean people in this country. virgin islanders and other americans of caribbean lineage have made enormous contributions to the united states through academia, athletics, the arts and more. caribbeans have been involved in this country since its inception including one that included 800 french caribbean soldiers, 500 who are haitian free men of color who battled in savannah. caribbean heritage month was celebrated and recognized on june 5, 2006, by presidential proclamation signed by president george w. bush. it has been unanimously adopted in the house in 2005 through the unwavering power of our colleague, barbara lee, who sponsored the legislation. since 2006, the white house has released an annual proclamation, recognizing june as national caribbean american heritage month. caribbean americans have added to the history, culture, an

christopher columbus and the discovery of the caribbean and the americas by europeans. sunday at 4 pm eastern on real america. the 1975 nasa film, who is out there with or sun wells and karl seguin exploring the possibility of extra terrestrial life and communication with intelligence civilizations in the universe. sunday at 6 pm eastern on american artifacts. see a mock world war i tried and reconstructed german bunker. part of a living history exhibit by the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlile, pennsylvania. and sunday at 8 pm eastern, on the presidency, here how first ladies jacqueline kennedy, lady johnson, and pat nixon worked to preserve the historic nature of the white house. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >> next on history bookshelf, wellesley college professor kellie carter jackson speaks about her book. black elevate -- the politics of violence. new york university history professor steven hahn joined the author in conversation at the new york historical society. >> and that brings me to

the caribbean during the 19th century. dr. carter richie believes that history is an argument without end and that students are best attracted to its study. when the educator exudes a love of learning and we couldn't agree more. so, please welcome dr. jeffrey kerr-ritchie. thank you adam for those introductory remarks. i'd also like to thank graham dosia the museum for both the invitation and also assistance in putting together this talk which originally was. planned to be in person, but of course through our through events over which we have no control. it's currently being streamed i am i'm gonna talk for about 35 to 40 minutes, and then hopefully we'll have a dialogue and some of you will pronounce some questions because i think that's very very useful. um, i cannot promise that my comments are going to be as exciting and and as titillating as the the future speakers on virginia bed chamber habits, however, i shall try to engage you with. a very important historical event and why we should care about it. so graham if we can

but we can't say that for the same of our caribbean brothers and sisters. if they're not doing well, they're not doing well. you can't cruise to one island. it is safe to open up. we like to applaud president biden for his commitment to 500 million vaccines to foreign nations. we hope a lot of that is coming to the caribbean. with very to hold up the world. finally america is emerging again as a world leader by setting the example of what it takes to really set the record straight globally in terms of taking care of business. >> well, we know it's important to you to be opening up. a lot of jobs depend in the virgin islands on the tourism bi business. we wish you and the virgin islands the best. >> thank you, jim. >>> as americans again to return to in person work, many parents are hoping to rejoin the workforce. but face a new challenge. finding childcare amid worker shortages. we're going to examine reasons behind that shortage, how complicates reopening efforts and going back to work for some people emergency planning for kids. we can't predict when an e

. >>> set to sail, royal caribbean announcing six of its ships will once again sail from texas and florida and passengers will not have to be vaccinated. >>> plus, pushing the big lie. new cnn reporting on the lengths that former trump chief of staff mark meadows went to back up baseless election conspiracies. >>> and a bizarre scene at the pga as a golfer is forced to withdraw from the tournament after receiving a positive covid test. as the entire moment plays out live on national tv. >>> thank you so much for waking up with us sunday june 6th. amara, always a pleasure to see you and doing this with you. >> thank you so much for having me. >> of course. we start this morning with the fallout after a federal judge overturned california's assault weapons ban. >> the ruling and injunction has a stay for 30 days, and california's attorney general says he plans to appeal, but reaction from across the country was swift with house speaker nancy pelosi calling the ruling deeply flawed and a clear and serious threat to public safety. while an nra spokesperson praised the judge saying the ruling i

were in the caribbean? this chart compares private wealth in various regions of great britain's empire in 1774. it divides the territories into england and wales british america as a whole and then the 13 north american colonies that became the united states those in the british caribbean and then divides a 13 colonies into three regions southern mid-atlantic and new england. as you can see colonists on the continent held nearly 70% of the wealth in british america largely because the total population of property holders was much larger than in the caribbean. but when you break north america down by region you see that wealth increased as you move south that is according to the degree the colonial economy depended upon enslaved labor. and when you examine the average amount of property held per free white person an astonishing disparity drop leaps out. in the british caribbean where some 90% of the population was made up of enslaved black people. free white people were stupendously rich boasting more than 1

president i think you met caribbean in that last answer. oh, i'm in caribbean. i'm sorry. what are you intend to do mr. president about the draft registration law that was passed during president carter's administration and in view of your opposition to it and the campaign. how is that consistent with your about intention to strengthen our national defenses? well to answer the last part first. i just didn't feel that the advance registration on all the evidence we could get. materially speed up the process if an emergency required the draft. it did create a bureaucracy. it caused certainly some unrest and dissatisfaction and we were told that it would only be a matter of several days if we had to call up an address that we could do that several days earlier with the registration then we would be able to if there was no registration at all. we is one that's something to be looked at further down. i've only been here nine days and most of these nine days have been spent in cabinet meetings on the economy getting ready to send our package up to the hill and so i i just have t

with the caribbean, we will be working with the public health authority in the caribbean who will be making some of the key determinations for where the doses are allocated. ultimately, the u.s. will have the authority to say that the doses are going here as opposed to their. that will be done in close consultation with covax and according to covax's formula and using the covax logistics capacity and delivery capacity to ensure these doses translate into shots in arms that help save people's lives. jeff: the second part of the question -- [indiscernible] those doses are in flight now. we announced plans to share about 13% of the vaccines produced for the u.s. by the end of june. that is the most of any nation. over the coming weeks, we will work to get those doses to countries and get shots in arms as soon as possible. as we do so, we will work through logistics like medical agencies coordinating to ensure safety and regulatory information to share supply, to make sure we have the necessary needles and syringes and alcohol pads. transportation to ensure proper temperature storage, pr

in the case of the caribbean, we will be working with the public health authority in the caribbean, who will be making some of the key determinations for where the doses are allocated. ultimately, the u.s. will have the authority to say that the doses are going here as opposed to there. that will be done in close consultation with covax and according to covax's formula and then using the covax logistics capacity and delivery capacity to ensure these doses translate into shots in arms that help save people's lives. jeff: the second part of the question -- [indiscernible] those doses are in flight now. we announced plans to share about 13% of the vaccines produced for the u.s. by the end of june. that is the most of any nation. over the coming weeks, we will work to get those doses to countries and get shots in arms as soon as possible. as we do so, we will work through logistics like medical agencies coordinating to ensure safety and regulatory information to share supply, to make sure we have the necessary needles and syringes and alcohol pads. transportation teams to ensure proper temp

the state threatening royal caribbean with massive fines for only allowing vaccinated passengers onboard. the new decision just revealed, and how travelers could be separated and charged based on vaccination status. >>> and celebrating america's newest federal holiday. the grandmother of juneteenth helping make it a reality. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on this friday night. i'm whit johnson in for david tonight. and we begin with that breaking news as we come on, a tropical threat targeting the gulf coast. tropical storm warnings and flash flood watches across four states. louisiana declaring a state of emergency. bands of rain and gusty winds already lashing the shore. take a look at these satellite images here. the tropical system churning in the gulf of mexico. alabama closing all coastal beaches to swimmers. no one allowed in the water here in orange beach. the skies darkening and rain falls on the causeway. teams filling sandbags in jackson county, mississippi. let's get to abc's senior meteorologist leading us off with the timing and the track. rob, what can we

. 50 coming to antigua and barbuda, and by extension the caribbean.- by extension the caribbean. so you would say it — by extension the caribbean. so you would say it is _ by extension the caribbean. so you would say it is a _ by extension the caribbean. so you would say it is a safe _ by extension the caribbean. so you would say it is a safe place - by extension the caribbean. so you would say it is a safe place to - by extension the caribbean. so you would say it is a safe place to go i would say it is a safe place to go in terms of coronavirus? it is very safe at the _ in terms of coronavirus? it is very safe at the present _ in terms of coronavirus? it is very safe at the present moment. - in terms of coronavirus? it is very safe at the present moment. i - in terms of coronavirus? it is very l safe at the present moment. i think we have, as of yesterday, there were two positive cases. there are six people in isolation. as i said, our vaccine roll—out has gone very, very well. we are up to those that are 18 and above with the astrazeneca vaccine. we have reached almost 40%

we know how hardly latin america and the caribbean have been hit. i have family still there, my parents are in bolivia, my brother is in brazil, and we know how inoculations have been much slower. we want to have a discussion, wide ranging discussion, on where we are at right now, the lessons we have learned, the economic recovery, but also perhaps some of the social impacts that this pandemic has had on the region and perhaps opportunities for reset as well. i want to welcome my panelists and we have a great group that can give you really a comprehensive discussion on where we are at with the executive vice president of the inter-american development, and we also have executive vice president and chief patient officer and with us also roberto alvarez the dominican minister of foreign affairs. thank you to you all for joining us today. we are very excited about this conversation. let's just get started with an assessment of the current situation and i do want to move things forward to what the recovery would look like. we are already more than a yea

it's a, a caribbean success story. it's a latin american success story, but it's not so rosy with your neighbor as in haiti, it's enjoying some political turmoil. what's the dominican republic? able to do to maybe help that? well, we have, we have the future again. we've hated the our neighbors. we have that we have a 9 points in our re lateral agenda. war in the, in the next one or 2 years when we started the ministration 10 months ago. the person over there is a present, dominican republic, the president of haiti sign and 9 pounds agreement. in order to promote our bilateral malaysian, we are help a lot of feel haiti, mainly in the situation between our border. we have where dealing with the, from the different situation in the border migration situation. situation the related we've with the reverse and now we try to put in the, in the, in the international agenda. the political situation. it was our, hey, be, have having the haiti from the for the govern from hayden. okay. but delighted to have you here in moscow. y

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the laid back reg dunning, beaches and relaxed caribbean, jamaica. but the island also had the darker side in 2019 molden, 1300 people. there were a similar number of shootings, and just under 500 cases of rape bearing a day goes by without bloodshed, much of the perpetrators, a young people who are taking hughes from the music scene. we are on top of our mac number. so it's really bang astonished to make an dance will seen, has just released a new album on i'm a resume that i'm a good that 20 rifles in the recording studio approx used in his videos, which are saturated with imagery of gangster culture comments and drugs. lyrics with distinctly violent overtones up drunk. dancer is a cool kids and a tough one, and that's how we live. that's always what is life and then what is life it or negative life? is that level negative and positive? i mean, that's what just speak to tom who is the most popular music shondra in jamaica as the biggest hits tend to revolve around violence as far as kelly bang is concerned, he's keeping his balance that i can't und

royal caribbean's odyssey of the seas was supposed to set sail john july 3 from florida. that voyage is now canceled. eight crew members tested positive for covid-19. the entire crew had received both doses of the vaccine but for some the two-week waiting period had not lapsed. the odyssey is now expected to set sail on july 31. >>> among the sobering realities of the pandemic is that thousands of families have held funerals for loved ones over the past 15 months, funerals are usually expensive. >> and those families are now eligible for federal help to cover some of the cost. but most people haven't signed up, they just don't know about this. our consumer investigator chris chmura joins us with some direction on how to apply. >> the u.s. says families of covid-19 victims may receive up to $9,000 for funeral assistance per vvictim. if your loved one was cremated, say, for $5,000, might get the $5,000 back. but if the funeral was $15,000, the maximum benefit is $9,000. $28 million has been provided to 20,000 families. that's a lot of people but nor near the 600,000 likely

but it was carnival and royal caribbean stalks that were down to start the week. after reports of more cobit cases aboard their ships on thursday to passengers on the royal caribbean adventure of the seas ship tested positive during routine testing. but you were unvaccinated children under the age of 16, and were forced to quarantine before december, marking in the bahamas and returning to their home in florida. ro, caribbean requires all crew and passengers above 16 to show proof of vaccination except for ships leaving from florida and texas due to new laws in those states to people also tested positive aboard a royal caribbean ship earlier this month. and the launch date that for july 3rd has been postponed until july 31st. 2 after 8 crew members tested positive from one area of travel to another, the world of space tourism is heating up. as the virgin galactic gets the green light from us regulators the new the sparking reports that the companies founder, billionaire richard branson, could make his debut in space as early as next week, beating both jeff faces a

but it was carnival and rural caribbean stalks that were down to start the week after reports of more covey cases of are there ships on thursday to passengers on the rural caribbeans adventure of the seas ship tested positive during routine testing that you were unvaccinated? children under the age of 16 and were forced to quarantine before december, marking in the bahamas and returning to their home in florida. ro, caribbean requires all crew and passengers above 16 to show proof of vaccination except for ships leaving from florida and texas due to new laws in those states to people also tested positive aboard a royal caribbean ship earlier this month. and the launch date that for july, 3rd has been postponed until july 31st after a crew members tested positive from one area of travel to another. the world of space tourism is heating up. as the virgin galactic gets the green light from us regulators the new, the sparking reports that the companies founder 1000000000 air richard branson could make his debut in space as early as next week. beating both jeff faces and you on mask. so jo

and those states to people also tested positive aboard a royal caribbean ship earlier this month. and the launch date that for july 3rd has been postponed until july 31st. 2 after 8 crew members tested positive from one area of travel to another, the world of space tourism is heating up. as the virgin galactic gets the green light from us regulators, the new the sparking reports of the companies founder billionaire richard branson could make his debut in space as early as next week, beating both jeff bases and you on musk. so joining me out of this guy is aaron pago, adjunct professor of business strategy with a focus in space commercialization. aaron, it's great to have you on the show today, and it appears to be the race of the billionaires right now. i mean, we've got jeff phases saying that he is going to on july 20th, that will be the launch of his blue origin. now richard branson is signaling that he may beat him to it. i mean, is there more at stake here than just bragging rights? at this stage it's a lot of bragging rights. to be honest, this was a very long relay race. br

and those states to people also tested positive aboard a royal caribbean ship earlier this month. and the launch date that for july 3rd has been postponed until july 31st. 2 after a crew members tested positive from one area of travel to another, the world of space tourism is heating up. as the virgin galactic gets the green light from us regulators the new the sparking reports that the companies founder, billionaire richard branson, could make his day view in space as early as next week meeting both jeff bases and you on mask. so joining me now to discuss is erin pay go adjunct professor of business strategy with a focus in space commercialization. and it's great to have you on the show today. and it appears to be the race of the billionaires right now. i mean, we've got jeff phases saying that he is going to on july 20th, that will be the launch of his blue origin. now richard branson is signaling that he may beat him to it. i mean, is there more at stake here than just bragging rights? at this stage it's a lot of bragging rights. to be honest, this was a very long relay race. b

and those states to people also tested positive aboard a royal caribbean ship earlier this month. and the launch date that for july 3rd has been postponed until july 31st. 2 after a crew members tested positive from one area of travel to another, the world of space tourism is heating up. as virgin galactic gets the green light from us regulators the new the sparking reports that the companies founder, billionaire richard branson, could make his debut in space as early as next week meeting both jeff bases and you on mask. so joining me now to discuss is erin pay go adjunct professor of business strategy with a focus in space commercialization. aaron, it's great to have you on the show today, and it appears to be the race of the billionaires right now. i mean, we've got jeff phases saying that he is going to on july 20th, that will be the launch of his blue origin. now richard branson is signaling that he may beat him to it. i mean, is there more at stake here than just bragging rights? at this stage it's a lot of bragging rights. to be honest, this was a very long relay race. brans

the wind is a powerful force in the caribbean, especially during hurricane season. the idea we most likely say yesterday we had a wind speed, 11 meters per and the facility was going at full tilt with more momentum. hurricane the turbines will switch off once the wind speed hits 25 meters per 2nd. it's a self defense mechanism. i feel a little bit but wind is hard to control. that's one of the laws of demand referred to renewable energy's as an f. d, as non gets to nobliss, energy sources that are unmanageable and therefore unreliable. that's a ticket and you can then cut some stuck into people's heads a bit. i'm so especially at the start of this project, it was clear resistance to this variable, renewable energy operating and because of the fear its impact on the quality of the power network takes of dish that only it's 40 feet in the capital center domingo. there's now a central control center which helps provide a better overview of the energy supply. how much energy is currently being produced by the big coal and oil power plants? how much by carbon neutral fac

charles, who we work with closely at the caribbean african health care network. — the caribbean african health care network, to deliver a black african and black— network, to deliver a black african and black caribbean toolkit so we can make — and black caribbean toolkit so we can make sure the vaccine is something everybody wants to take up in their— something everybody wants to take up in their own _ something everybody wants to take up in their own community. there is still more — in their own community. there is still more to _ in their own community. there is still more to do, but our message from _ still more to do, but our message from the — still more to do, but our message from the nhs is clear, it is never too late — from the nhs is clear, it is never too late to — from the nhs is clear, it is never too late to come forward and take up your vaccine — too late to come forward and take up your vaccine. your vaccine has a name _ your vaccine. your vaccine has a name on — your vaccine. your vaccine has a name on it. _ your vaccine. your vaccine has a name on it.

royal caribbean up 81% and mgm resorts up 163%. as we were told vegas is jam packed mgm resorts up 160%. and these are just examples of other stocks in the group have similar returns. check out brunswick, that is, as kelly mentioned, the boat maker up 53% in 12 months and already 29% higher on the day and a buck and a half or so higher on this day. did i say 29% higher on the day? that's not right higher recently. you can't make the boats fast enough and now let's bring in the ceo of brunswick welcome. you have good problems, don't you? >> we do the demand is very constructive for us through april of this year retail was up so really strong and our effort really is on getting production as efficient as we possibly can to try and meet that demand not only the retail demand but trying to back fill some of the really low pipeline in the field. but even with our current production rates we expect that to take probably more than two years. >> so if i wanted to come in and buy a boston whaler or one of your other brands, how long would i

do you see royal caribbean taking out more financing options? you raised about $10 billion to $12 billion in debt since the pandemic began. >> i think we've been very successful in raising money during this period and you've seen as people see the end in sight and the starting up, there's been a very steady decline in the cost of doing it we're almost back to the cost we were pre-pandemic in terms of what it cost to raise funds. so -- but we raised the funds we need and we're feeling in very good shape. >> no more. >> we're feeling in good shape for that i never say no to anything, but i do think we have the capacity that we needed and i see us building up as people get comfortable with cruising again people see how free it is. we can sit and enjoy this. pent-up demand people are tired of being cooped up at home they want to get out and they're booking accordingly. >> one day away from "celebrity edge" setting sail. >> yes >> and you will also be seeing the ceo of royal caribbean thank you for your time today. >> thank you >> back to the studio.

now delayed after 8 vaccinated crew members tested positive for covid-19 royal caribbean is president and ceo michael bayley making the announcement on his facebook page. 2 steps forward and one step back out of an abundance of caution. we are postponing odyssey's inaugural sailing from july 3rd to july 31st, 2021 royal caribbean says 6 of the crew members are asymptomatic and 2 are experiencing mild symptoms. i personally feel that it's safe travel blogger actually kosilek was on the first north american cruise last week out of saint martin. >> 2 passengers on her ship tested positive and because she was on a shore excursion with them. she was in quarantine for 13 hours in her cabin. you notice at all when during that time. >> now, i i think anyone on that sailing probably knew that this was a risk and it was one that they were willing to take royal caribbean says the crew members who tested positive got the one-dose johnson and johnson vaccine on june 4th. that means they won't have full protection until this it's similar to what happened recently to pro golfer jon rahm on his final

. >>> and set to sail, royal caribbean announcing six ships will sail once again from texas and florida s, and passengers wl not have to be vaccinated. it is sunday, june 6th. thank you so much for waking up with us. i'm amara walker, and thanks for having me. >> always great to see you, amara. this is fun, this is great. >> it's been good. i don't know that i would want to get on a cruise ship now, especially when you don't have to be vaccinated. that would make me a bit uncomfortable in a small space. >> outside of a pandemic, there can be places where viruses and diseases are rampant. we start with the fallout after a federal judge overturned california's assault weapons ban. the ruling and injection have stayed for 30 days, and california's attorney general says he plans to appeal. >> reaction from across the country was swift with house speaker nancy pelosi calling the ruling deeply flawed and a clear and serious threat to public safety. while an nra spokesperson praised the judge saying the ruling is well reasoned and principled, demonstrates the importance of appointing judges wh

publication called caribbean under one magazine in 2008. along with her son, michael morgan, as co-founder, c.f.o. to the show, the richness -- to show the richness of diverse cultures, the community liaison for other caribbean organizations and businesses, to provide resources, outreach, disaster leaf and help others to unite and grow our cultural awareness in the larger community. as a cultural advocate, she is passionate about building a welcoming community with her women of culture brand that comes together as community leaders to educate, empower and celebrate, while keeping their own sense of cultural identity. as a certified professional life, health and nutrition coach, she encourages others to make, meet and exceed goals in both their personal and professional lives by using her success as a 21-year breast cancer survivor, as a health advocate to produce and host her monthly virtual show, "glow 365 equals greater level of wellness 365." that brings awareness of the latest health and wellness information in america and the caribbean

we'll see some savage to for the east and knowledge of the caribbean splashes showers that are plenty of sunshine as well. never got plenty of not making its way away from the eastern seaboard of the us. that is trouble. storm clouds now it has reinvigorated and will make his way up towards at east side of canada. hey, be right now coming in across the central plains, way back down towards a deep south by mid week sponsored cut on airways, a global pandemic, social unrest. a world under locked down brought to a need by the buyer. but now we have a window to like the past to a brighter future. coming to you live from doha. we bring together leaders from the corners of the globe and across all sectors of society. chalk away out of this, join the company, if you cannot make forums powered by blue. ah, this is al jazeera, ah, hello there, i'm have them here. and this is the news are live from dough home coming up in the next 60 minutes. if you had the pools but a conflict between conflicts and p grey and no violent papers in other places, some answers will be left out. phoners, iran's pre

to the caribbean nation with the date of the 1st delivery, one of the final issue still under discussion, the government won't sit as a 3rd top booster shot by a different manufacture from the 1st 2 officials explain the move is necessary to combat the latest more contagious strains scrutiny of these already been approved by more than 60 countries covering more than 3000000000 people on the list includes 2 unique nations to hungry answer back here. european medicines agency approval required for other member states is still pending. russia is also assigned deals for more than 10 countries to produce the vaccine. but my colleague column bright did speak to the republics deputy foreign minister. he says, a return to normal life is vital for a nation. so were lined on tourism. my boss for a hearing in russia are making a lot of discussion with the institution which are handling the president about vaccine. and now the problem is about the day that they will send, they expected to send to, to the green ball in the back jeans will be. and we are trying to made an agreement in order to make th

the hurricanes that -- the united states and caribbean are more severe in more frequent. the individuals who depend on -- fill the threat to our climate, the air we breathe, the water we drink in to our loved ones. kingstown, bogota -- tackling climate change, deforestation, and protecting the environment all have a collective impact on our prosperity. -- it won't be easy, but global collective action would create an norm's economic opportunities. it will create good paying jobs in the united states, throughout the americas, and around the world. it will build the industries of our future. this is a valuable in. economic reform in the caribbean basin initiative help companies in the region diversify their product exports, but there is still unused tendril in this program. the purpose of revisiting trade programs with the goal of exploring and capitalizing on all opportunities is particularly important as we face order challenges. millions of people in the region experience acute suffering. that insecurity has forced many to flee their homes in search of safety, debility,

cruise l line setbacack: royal caribbean pushes back the launch of its new megaship as eight crew members test positive for covid. could this sink a military billion-dollar industry? hamas sends fire-carrying balloons into israel. tonight, how the new israeli prime minister reacts. we're in israel where there's concerns the fragile cease-fire could fall apart. and diplomacy in action. action. whil while two world leaders practice the politics of personal relationships. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting tonight from the presidential summit in geneva, switzerland. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin tonight with breaking news. president biden is on his way came to do during his historic summit here in gen home, declaring he did what he came to do during his historic summit here in geneva. during a tense three-and-a-half- hour sit-down with vladimir putin, mr. biden says he laid out basic rules of the road, warning the russian leader in stark terms that the consequences of future ransom wear attacks against the u.s. and

the caribbean nation looks to buy rushes, v faxing. we'll have the details in what he said in a couple of things. the join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport. business. i'm show business. i'll see you then me certainly the british empire perfected logistics. the sun never set on the british empire, either dominant domination of the c d like right. and so the u. s. what china is saying is that they have, especially with one bout one road initiative, going to kind of connect similar empire. that's great, but it's going to be land based. their ideas are going to create a land based empire where it's all for you. so therefore to do, and anyone who partners with them is also exposing themselves to the risk of bitcoin. absolutely. replacing all the money. because we're seeing enough labrador ah the ah ah, welcome back and i russia and the dominican republic or in talk to distribute the sport v k. v job to the caribbean nation, the date of the 1st delivery, one final issue s

a number of caribbean countries haven't added to the green watchlist, including barbados, grenada and antigua and barbuda. the dominican republic tunisia are the standout holiday destinations added to the red list inward. people returning from red—list nations have to pay more than £1,700 for ten days of hotel quarantine. with more on this is our political correspondent damian grammaticas. there seem to be a little bit of last—minute haggling going on as the time for this release would be published slipped a little bit, then reaction he found out first from northern ireland.— reaction he found out first from northern ireland. those last minute discussion going _ northern ireland. those last minute discussion going on _ northern ireland. those last minute discussion going on inside _ northern ireland. those last minute discussion going on inside the - discussion going on inside the government about exactly what would be on each list and then it came out @ the different times in different bits of the uk, but essentially i think if you look at this, what you see is some good news

so, for this simulated voyage, royal caribbean is turning to its employees. so, everyone on board has been fully vaccinated and works for royal caribbean. i had a chance to talk to a few of them. we talked about why they decided to get on board, and some of their concerns. >> i needed to get out. i'm vaccinated. i have haven't -- you know, i've been very healthy. i'm very healthy, thank god. i just need to get out and see my friends and see my work family. >> i'm feeling very excited overall. i mean, a little apprehensive. not because of the cruise but just because i haven't packed for a trip for a long time so i kind of forgot. >> reporter: in april, governor desantis sued cdc over its requirements and on friday a judge ruled that come july 18th, the cdc cannot require cruise lines to follow their new rules. so, you have the ports, the cruise line as well as the industry as a whole reading through the decision and trying to make sense of what that means for future voyages and passengers. leyla santiago, cnn, miami. >> tlau for that. >>> thank you for joining

. >>> breaking overnight, grounded, royal caribbean postpones the inaugural cruises of its newest ship among the very first set to leave from the u.s. in more than a year. just ahead, the covid outbreak behind that delay and its impact on the summer vacation plans of thousands of americans. >>> all that, plus prime day, mackenzie scott, the ex-wife of amazon's jeff bezos gives a massive donation of nearly $3 billion to charities, schools, and nonprofits. >> my hand was shaking when i wrote it down. >> we'll talk to those on the receiving end of that major surprise, today, wednesday, june 16th, 2021. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." it is 7:00 on the west coast, and it is good to have you along with us on a wednesday morning. >> it's a real busy one. let's get right to this morning's breaking news. all eyes on geneva, switzerland where president biden and russian president vladimir putin are holding their very first summit as we speak. >> they too

largely because the total population of property holders was much larger than in the caribbean. when you break north america down by the region, wealth increased as you moved south. according to the degree the colonial economy depended upon enslaved labor. when you average the average amount of property held, a disparity leaps out. in the british caribbean, where 90% of the population was made up of enslaved back people, free white people were stupendously rich, boasting more than 17 times the wealth of those in the 13 colonies. the average private wealth of a free white colonist in jamaica was nearly 58 times greater than that of a similar settler in new england. military deployments were distributed to protect that wealth. there were nearly as many warships signed to jamaica as to the whole north america continent. this might go some way to explaining why the governor couldn't get as much support as he needed as soon as he wanted from british policymakers when rebels rose up in massachusetts in the 1770s. before that american revolution, the british were well aware that the ev

what they're doing is asking and having volunteers, 600 royal caribbean employees, take a cruise for three days and two nights to the bahamas and to cape cay, and they're also doing a bit of a simulated voyage. this is an opportunity for the cdc and royal caribbean to see what works, what doesn't work, and see what can be better before their sold-out voyage on july 2nd. you mentioned the difference between vaccinated and unvaccinated folks on the cruise. there's a consensus if you're vaccinated, cruise ships, totally safe to go on. go for it. if you're unvaccinated, it's risky, but cruise lines are ready. here's what folks from royal caribbean had to say. >> we started to plan overall the comeback since we were shut down. so we have planned for many, many, many months. of course, the evolution of knowledge on covid have changed over time, so we have been very adaptable to changing the plan and so forth, but we have planned this for many, many months. >> and alex, as we get into this post-covid era, things are going to be different. as you know with a lot of things, there's an app for

across the caribbean over the next day or so. actually not just for the larger islands the east. and i was also seeing some wet weather as we go through wednesday when say, towards mexico, where we have seen the wettest weather recently with hurricane enrique effect too much about western side of mexico is weakening as a tropical storm. now. still some rather wet weather in the forecast over the next day or so. we could do some wet weather when the full cost of the western part of the u. s. western passive canada, that deadly heat is now in the process of falling back a bay thinks might be over the next hour. so some sundry showers just coming in here into b. c. c, f. we have a top temperature around 28 celsius over the next couple of days for central parts of canada, central part of the us, them violence storms rumbling away with the likelihood of flooding. sponsor cut on airways 2 years ago. the great, the damage caused the precious gras. samantha chile, it's being reversed with one of the world's biggest other conservation pro

yousef: that was richard fain, ceo of royal caribbean cruises, saying he hopes to have the majority of his fleet back sailing by the end of the year. looking at the markets, many travel and leisure stocks selling off yesterday. investors in the sector faced with a bit of an existential, unpleasant question -- could this be another lost summer for europe? maria tadeo joins us from brussels. maria, europe is reintroducing restrictions for travelers. to what extent is it likely to derail the seasonal together? maria: yes, that is the question, and we saw that reflected in markets yesterday, the big concern over the summer season, it whiplash travel stocks in europe. when you look at the picture right now, we are seeing more restrictions come into play. we've seen them from -- that will ask for a negative pcr test to enter the country. it is a change from the previous rules that said if cases are low from a country, you don't have to take a pcr tests. a number of things are coming into play. one is this is a reminder of the summer season last year. when you start changing the rules and leg

. >> reporter: whether you live on the east coast -- >> caribbean, looks like caribbean. >> miami. >> a stove. >> reporter: or in the pacific northwest -- >> ever been hotter than this? >> no. >> reporter: it's painfully hot. >> heat is a stress on the body. it's a stress on the mind. it is uncomfortable to be hot for long periods of time. >> reporter: roads are buckling near seattle which set an all-time heat record on monday at 108 degrees. president biden even weighed in challenging climate change skeptics after portland, oregon, hit 116 degrees. >> 116 degrees, but don't worry, there's no global warming. it doesn't exist, it's a figment of our imagination. >> reporter: most people in this area do not have airtiin >> we to oney anthey're soutmith came to the rescue. he drove all night to redding, california, to buy air conditioners for his family. >> thought i had room for another 17, so i grabbed 17 more and thought i'd bring them back. if people were interested in them, they could pick them up for exactly what i paid for them. >> reporter: people are also scrambling to book hotel

looking beyond the covid-19 of the one of the challenges and opportunities for the royal caribbean to rebound. as you said people are coming in the bit to travel. >> you've actually put your finger on it, global economic activity is doing well. well i don't like higher fuel prices, truly the economy that drives us in the pent-up demand. he really sing it, people want to get found 41 of the beauties of cruising as actually you are freer today in the chris and you are many hometowns. so that works very well for us tonight they it is well for future as well. sue and thank you i understand you're going on this initial process so have a great trip printed. >> you better believe i'm on the first one. i'll be waving goodbye to those who are not fortunate enough to be a ship. jack: thank you have a great trip pretty coming up, a list of the top ceos in the country and find out who made the list and why. oh! are you using liberty mutual's coverage customizer tool? so you only pay for what you need. sorry? limu, you're an animal! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. libert

looking beyond the covid-19 of the one of the challenges and opportunities for the royal caribbean to rebound. as you said people are coming in the bit to travel. >> you've actually put your finger on it, global economic activity is doing well. well i don't like higher fuel prices, truly the economy that drives us in the pent-up demand. he really sing it, people want to get found 41 of the beauties of cruising as actually you are freer today in the chris and you are many hometowns. so that works very well for us tonight they it is well for future as well. sue and thank you i understand you're going on this initial process so have a great trip printed. >> you better believe i'm on the first one. i'll be waving goodbye to those who are not fortunate enough to be a ship. jack: thank you have a great trip pretty coming up, a list of the top ceos in the country and find out who made the list and find out who made the list and why. ♪ ♪i've got the brains you've got the looks♪ ♪let's make lots of money♪ ♪you've got the brawn♪ ♪i've got the brains♪ ♪let's make lots of♪ â

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