Beloved grandmother. Shes still missing in the collapse. The deadly Hot Air Balloon Crash in new mexico. The basket hitting power lines, separating from the balloon, plunging 100 feet to the ground, bursting into flames. Five onned board. No one survived. The ntsb investigating tonight. The dangerous and lifethreatening heat wave in the west. Sweltering temperatures up to 30 degrees above normal. Alltime records expected to fall. 24 Million People under heat alerts, many in some communities without airconditioning. Rob marciano standing by in the danger zone. The fdas new warning about the very rare risk of Heart Inflammation associated with the moderna and Pfizer Vaccines in some young people. But Health Experts say not getting vaccinated is more of a risk. The United Express plane getting ready to take off, forced to turn back after a passenger opened the door and jumped out. Andeed report. Nearly 150 sightings by navy pilots the Intelligence Community cant explain. One expert saying
Beloved grandmother. Shes still missing in the collapse. The deadly Hot Air Balloon Crash in new mexico. The basket hitting power lines, separating from the balloon, plunging 100 feet to the ground, bursting into flames. Five onned board. No one survived. The ntsb investigating tonight. The dangerous and lifethreatening heat wave in the west. Sweltering temperatures up to 30 degrees above normal. Alltime records expected to fall. 24 Million People under heat alerts, many in some communities without airconditioning. Rob marciano standing by in the danger zone. The fdas new warning about the very rare risk of Heart Inflammation associated with the moderna and Pfizer Vaccines in some young people. But Health Experts say not getting vaccinated is more of a risk. The United Express plane getting ready to take off, forced to turn back after a passenger opened the door and jumped out. Andeed report. Nearly 150 sightings by navy pilots the Intelligence Community cant explain. One expert saying
A live look there. We will take you there live just as soon as it starts. Right now though, the word of the moment is vaccine. Im at a Football Stadium thats part of the Charleston County School District. Its the second largest in this state. They are ready to give their teachers the vaccine just as soon as the state gives the green light. Already some people in the state getting their vaccines at drivethru sites which presents its own set of challenges. We will talk about that and learn about an ingenious solution from Mount Pleasants mayor. It includes an unlikely ally, chickfila. More on that in a moment. We will start in Charleston County. The School District is ready to roll out vaccines to its teachers. First, they need the green light from the state. I want to bring in jeff buroey. He is the Chief Operating Officer in the School District. 50,000 students. Jeff, first of all, i will put my mask on. We might be within the six feet here. Lets just start with the teachers. Again, So
Emergency use authorization next week. But there is a caveat, the efficacy of the j js vaccine dropped 57 from the highly contagious variant from south africa. Despite the travel van to stop that variant from coming over here, the new variant is already here. Two cases identified this week in South Carolina with two patients with no ties to each other and no travel history given that, signals community spread. During todays White House Briefing dr. Anthony fauci stressed the importance of vaccinating as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, before those mutant strains get out of control. Whether or not thats going to ultimately take over in the sense of being dominant is unclear by now. The projection that is made with regard to the uk is that probably by the end of march, the beginning of april, it actually will become more dominant in this country. The fundamental principle of getting people vaccinated as quickly and as efficiently as you possible can will always be the be
He criticized republicans for either wanting, and im quoting him now, to do nothing or not enough. Meanwhile, the new jobs report is out today, underscoring the severe Economic Impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The u. S. Economy adding just 49,000 jobs last month, leaving the country still down almost 10 million jobs since the pandemic started one year ago. Lets begin our coverage this hour over at the white house. Our chief White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins is standing by. President biden is emphasizing the urgency of his massive pandemic relief bill. Reporter capitol hill appears to be listening because both chambers have passed this resolution, paving the way for democrats to move forward on this bill and making clear they want to do so quickly. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says theyll start drafting that legislation next week, potentially get this passed by the end of the month. Wolf, here is the catch. There are no republicans on board. Right now the white house and Presid