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Africa. after six years of construction and numerous delays the channel tunnel has been formally opened by the queen and president mitterand. the tunnel is still not ready for passengers and freight services to begin. for centuries christianity and islam have long struggle for supremacy. now the popes visit symbolises their willingness to coexist. roger bannister becamel the first man in the world to run a mile in under four minutes _ memories of victory as their ve celebrations reached their cl...

[ cheers and applause ] ♪ goo goo goo goo goo goo goo goo ♪ >> welcome the great white north. im bob mckenzie, this is my brother doug. today we got a real big show -- >> there was a second city chicago company, there was a second city toronto company. the toronto one is the one that fueled the sctv series which originally was syndicated and got to the states that way. >> hail, hail! >> hail, hail. thank you very much for that marvelous reception. i particularly want to thank my supporters o...

Madame speaker, madame vice president. [ applause ] >> no president has ever said those words from this podium. no presidents ever said those words. and its about time. >> yes, it is. vice president kamala harris and house speaker nancy pelosi made history wednesday as the first women to preside over a joint session of congress. this streaking image of harris walking to the chamber was captured by nbcs frank thorpe. with the 100-day benchmark behind her, she has a lot on her plate and here to ta...

Have come together to beat those challenges. he talked about the promises he made and the promises he kept and delivered on. he promised 100 million shots in 100 days. president biden and vice president harris noted we got over 200 million shots in 100 days. checks in bank accounts, more jobs, schools are open. jonathan, more schools are open now than at any previous time during the pandemic. theres progress but theres still work to do, which is why we are urging the passage of the american jobs...

Gentleman and the vice president. talk about the two of them in the 15 seconds we have left. >> arent they just amazing. vice president harris and the second gentleman often talk about how important it is that its not just for little girls, that little boys see and know that this world were living in could be, quote/unquote, normal. to see a woman as vice president of the united states, a man as second gentleman, to see joe biden as the president, dr. biden, a doctor, a teacher, as the first lad...

The biden administration sending urgent shipments of medical supplies to india where the health care system is on the brink of collapse, completely overwhelmed by a catastrophic surge in covid cases sweeping the country. cnn is on the ground in india. heres chief international correspondent clarissa ward. >> reporter: in delhi now, youre never far from heartbreak. almost everyone in the city has been visited by grief. at this crematorium, the loss weighs heavily in the smoldering air, and the de...

I can save this life butjust cannot because of lack of medical equipment or oxygen. or basic equipment. they are so stressed out, because the health care system can take only so much, it cant take beyond. and, you know, we are a large, large population with a large amount of a sick number of people today. and, yes, there is anger and frustration, too, because we have failed to really invest into health care over the last many decades, which we ought to have done. while thats happening in delhi, ...

With election bound bengal, another state in the eastern part of india. citizens on thursday braved the virus to come out to vote. many have questioned why political rallies, led by leaders across party lines, were allowed to go on for the last months, even as cases in the country continued to spike. equally jarring is the fact that until one month ago india was projecting itself as the pharmacy of the world, sending millions of free vaccine doses to countries around the globe. it is hard to ima...

Digging graves in mumbai. experts say the number of actual deaths are much higher than whats being reported. translation: its ramadan but im not able to fast. - my work is really hard, we work 2a hours every day. how can i keep my fast? its so hard. its so hot. but i need to dig graves, i need to cover them with mud and i need to carry dead bodies. how can i fast? contrast these images with elections in bengal, another state in the eastern part of india. citizens on thursday braved the virus to ...

Thinking behind this? that is just it, he is on a _ thinking behind this? that is just it, he is on a high - thinking behind this? that is just it, he is on a high rightl just it, he is on a high right now. youre seeing his favourability, he is very high, even with republicans, not in congress but certainly republicans when they do their polling are showing up and saying thank you for the vaccine, we appreciate the $1400 and | vaccine, we appreciate the $1400 and 1 think vaccine, we appreciate t...