And sacrificed too much. Let me be clear, i trust vaccines, i trust the scientists, but i dont trust donald trump. At this moment, the American People cant, either. Last week, senator harris and i laid out three questions this administration is going to have to answer to assure the American People that politics will not play a role whatsoever in the vaccine process. If donald trump can give answers in the administration can give answers to these questions, the American People should not have confidence. If they can, they should have confidence in the transparency they need to trust a vaccine and adopted in numbers that will make a difference. First question, what criteria will be used to ensure that a vaccine meets the scientific standard of safety and effectiveness . With the criteria . Second, if the Administration Green lights a vaccine, who will validate that the decision was driven by science rather than politics . What group of scientists will that be . Thirdly, how can we be sur
Lets begin with jacqui heinrich. She is reporting live from wilmington. Hey, jacqui. Hey, dana. Both former Vice President joe biden and his running mate expressed doubts about a preelection vaccine following reports that President Trump pressured Health Officials to accelerate development of a vaccine to help his reelection chances. In the same breath, biden said, if a vaccine came about, science about it was transparent and it worked, he would be all for it even if it didnt help him politically. This is what he said last week. Ill ask the question, if the president announced the vaccine, would you take it . Only if it was completely transparent, that other experts in the country could look at it. Only if we knew all of what went into it. Because, so far, nothing hes told us has been true. The campaign has also voiced concern that the Trump Administration vaccine wouldnt be equitably distributed, seeing people of color are disproportionately affected by the virus and want assurances t
Also breaking tonight, instead of happening right near narrow los angeles and if it may be connected to the manhunt for a suspect wanted in the shooting of two deputies. A live report with the latest details coming from our west coast newsroom. The gulf coast, forecasters are predicting historic, lifethreatening flash flooding is Hurricane Sally inches towards landfall. Welcome to fox news at night. We begin with White House Correspondent kevin cork covering a landmark event in washington aimed at bringing peace to the middle east. Reporter ironic a man Many Democrats suggested would throw the us into war has instead forged a pair of peace deals, the president will no doubt be banking on is a message to undecided voters that when it comes to war and peace he will steer the us in the right direction. We are here to change the course of history. After decades of division and conflict we mark the dawn of a new middle east. And becoming the first arab state in a quartercentury to break a l
Breaking developments on Hurricane Sally as we come on the air right now. A slow motion disaster with the gulf coast getting inundated with torrential rain, storm surge, strong winds, the National Hurricane center says flooding will probably be catastrophic and they call it life threatening were talking about three to four inches of rain every hour, within some spots totals of three feet of rain you can actually walk faster than this storm is moving as it just sits and dumps water on the region sally made landfall just within the last few hours, near gulf shores, alabama, as a category two storm. Winds were stronger than 100 miles an hour, youve got tornado warnings and watches in effect, with 26 Million People feeling the effects of sally it comes exactly 16 years after hurricane ivan devastated the region good morning, im Hallie Jackson in washington with our nbc News Reporters on the ground in the storms path ali velshi in orange beach, alabama, not far from where sally made landfal
He was the ultimate villain. But today people are remembering him as much more. Peter fonda said goodbye to his friend on twitter saying hagman brought so much fun to everyones life. Barbara eden said this of her i dream of jeannie costar. There was no like su before you and there will be no one like you again. He was 81. In other news, a wild scene. Springfield, massachusetts where an explosion triggered by a gas leak ripped through the citys downtown area. You see it there. A building that houses a strip club was leveled while 25 other buildings were also damaged. Springfield police say 18 people were injured in the blast which could be felt miles away. A deputy is dead, another is critical little wounded after a shooting in baldwin county, alabama. The county sheriff offer this had tribute to the scott ward, the slain officer. I had personally worked with this deputy a majority of my career. I new him very well. Im very proud of him. Its a big loss. But he was doing his job. And wel